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TO PKX*«YI,VAXIA DK \D.A tvpcoiftl tniin carried to Frederick. Mil.. Nov. 2\, Gov. Stuart, of Pennsylvania. hi* utiiff. nnd a larso number of soldiers of the civil war. who participated in the unvuiling of the monument erected In honor of the soldiers who t«»ok part In the battle of Monoency. near Frederick, on July 9. 1S64.The 87th Pa., composed of York County troop*, was one of the commands which displayed conspicuous valor in the engagement. Two hundred soldiers of the 87th Pa. are now living In tin* various Stat«*s of the Union. This regiment was organheed in September. 1S6J, on tlift public common of York, with George Hay as Colonel, lie was succeeded by Col John W. Schall. now* a retired Major-General of tho Pennsylvania National Guard.The Inst action of the Pennsylvania Legislature appropriated $5,000 for the purpose of erecting the Monocacy Monument. It Is about 35 feet high, and h.« blt;*en erected at a central point on the battlefield.Capt. \V. FI. Lanins, of York. Pa.. pr«*sided at tho unvnlling ceremonies. He formally turned the monument over to the State of Pennsylvania. Capt. Robert T. Cornwell, of West Chester, delivered the oration.
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Washington National Tribune
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Thu, Dec 03, 1908
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