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Some Account of the 64 th N. Y. Vol». in Campaign of Gettsburg.The 64th had left Falmouth, June 13th with two hundred and eight guns. Six men had succumbed to the heat and fatigue of the forced marches and now the whole fighting force of enlisted men was reduc« d to two hundred and two Twenty men (two to each company) were detailed to carry stretchers and twenty more were detached to bring up ammunition as it should be required in the heat of action. Thus one hundred and sixty-two enlisted men and twenty five officers—one hundred and eighty-seven in all—was our fighting strength.About 3 p. nt. the 3rd corps, under command of Gen Sickles, moved out to the front on higher ground, brigade after brigade in solid column, with batteries, flags flying and bayonet-* glistening, as though on parade, and formed into battle order, hdf way between the Union and Confcrdute armies, It took an hour and a half and
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Aug 06, 1909
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