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Title: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission Nicholson, John Page, 1842-1922 Beitler, Lewis Eugene, 1863-
Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Gettysburg Reunion, 1913
Publisher: (Harrisburg : W. S. Ray, state printer)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e camps and find such wonderful appreciation andpraise as w-as heard on every hand from the veteran guests. Ttieveterans have a love and affection for the Army such as no citizenccvn feel, and the manner in which the Army entertained them atGettysburg must be of the highest benefit to that organization inpopularizing it and making the whole country proud of the way itwas represented by its armed forces. Every veteran at Gettysburgwill go home a missionary, to spread pride and affection for the Armyin his community, and the result cannot help but be in the highestdegree beneficial to our military establishment. The great Peace Jubilee is now over, and we can, in the quietthoughtfulness of our homes, review it calmly and critically. Therecan be no question that it was one of the most important events inthe countrys history, that it will be productive of immense good andthat every one who was present will recall it as one of the happiestand most noteworthy events of his life. rENL. WELL!
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VimuoiiT8 Mo:«ukiE.*CT to Hi Getttsbubo. Dedicatory Sebvices, July i^mt. 1D1.3. C Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 215 EXTRACTS. From The Confederate Veteran, (U. C. T.)—Nashville, Tennessee. August, 1913. ***** It is believed that the world has scarce ever witnessedsuch a scene. Not more than a hundred yards distant—the Presidentsclear patriotic voice reaching that sacred spot—is the Bloody Angle,where the flower of Virginia veterans under Pickett went to their doom,carrying the hopes of the Confederate cause with them. On the platform just behind the President sits the daughter ofGeneral Meade, Miss Plenrietta, his last surviving child, and severalof his grandchildren, and about her are gathered, in Gray, distin-guished sons and daughters of the South—daughters of Confederategenerals who were in that battle. United States Senators and Gov-ernors from the Southland with a chivalry that is as touching as itis beautiful are paying sincerest respect to the daughter of the greatUnion

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