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inriaomebilliard illey onousc on i veneerd. Thepreventit So norors the ing con-office on eitaking second quickly I the one ld Wil-ccupicdSome Accent of the 64 th N. T. Vole. 1a CamptigA ofGettsborg.Under a new Commander of the .Army, Gen. Meade having succeeded Gen. Hooker, July nt, we marched, to Taneytown and arranged to go into camp Suddenly orders came to pack . up And start to reinfoice the ist armyi_____ a . f________i _ iIKK V.Udeath i Strechlt; duringlines ir the 641 Twice staff al the anlt; unless 1(Tder con -:lf out. the fine oamouth 'oropanyd by a but two le.ill reach is can beitributeduildicg, s*ranee,100.as could»d rest, valued1 u ranee.f moved. 1 about;h is a4rs. C. surancecorps, engaged a few mile* ahead at Gettysburg. Gen Gibbon took command of 2nd corps aodGen. Han cock galloped to the scene of action followed at a slower gait by his old troops. Soon we met the body of Gen. Reynolds going to the rear under cavaliy escort. iThe quick step was continued until into the night, when we halted two miles out of Gettysburg and . builta ■breastworks of rails and dirt, with one ax and two shovels for the whole regiment, supplemented with bayonets and pocket knives. At 2:30 a. m. of the snd of July, the boys quitely made coffee to moisten hardtack and at 4:10 a. m. moved to the battlefield, changing position two or three times, and at a little before 6 a. m„ the In division was massed in a wood to lip right and east of the Taneytown road. Now all the commissioned officers of the 4th brigarde, except Lieutenants not in command of companies, reported under orders at headquarters of Col. John. R. Brooke, acting Brigardier. Thete in the early dawn Cd. Brooke gave us the most impressive talkT ever heard, on the great criaic before us, the supreme importance of the expected battle on northern soil to protect the homes of our people, urging the utmost diligence and bravery. He inlot mod• i CaltaOn 4rauausby theto part of Okl tion co train flt; Cat tan return! midnig trip ha is cordof this.compaiRemlt; And th aside al 4*y of) Ike Wj U AntJ. G. 1DICK1Will is one lt;making
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jul 23, 1909
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