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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
4
Veterans from both sides recall the 1863 battle at Gettysburg during a July 4 commemoration at the great camp. Generals, governors, and widows attend as stories of Honor and sacrifice unfold amid bands, flags, and moving pictures.
A Virginia Stonewall Brigade veterans unit led by Colonel Chew arrives in Gettysburg with their torn original flag showing bullet holes. Less than 100 survivors march in, followed by about 2000 spectators. Governor Mann attends in an automobile with General Brown and Colonel Freeman. A New York party arrives on a special train. Governor Sulzer does not come.
At Gettysburg six decades after the battle, seven veteran nurses from both sides, including Mrs. Salome M. Stewart, gather at her home base as headquarters for surviving nurses. Notables like General Daniel Sickles and General Felix H. Robertson draw attention while Sen. Penrose attends events.
Ex-Mayors Samuel A. Green and Thomas N. Hart, both 84, recount memories of 1863. They describe watching Vicksburg and Gettysburg unfold, relying on Charleston and New York papers, and the impact on Boston business as the war shifted in favor of the Union. Hart recalls starting Hart Taylor Co. and how Gettysburg’s victory buoyed commerce.
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania fifty year veterans gathering the Grand Army commissary runs an efficient feeding operation with Major J E Normoyle in charge. Veterans praise the menu and timing as compared with Civil War days noting extended meal hours and ample seating. A humorous note says times have changed and the old army had nothing on this modern service.
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