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N.«sFust Memorial Erooted oil Mo-ocaoy Battif field.MANY V KTKRANS A:IE 1’KESKNTfllonuKiK n! b'olt; uisMjr Prt*8 nt lt;1 to t f»*’•Sirt aml iTrannforrcfl the.1 Keanion it! v of tlir Foarf rent hI►!i►»►►)►N, w Jereev \ dunteer Infantry. InWli 8i3 M* rnnry It wa* Urccteil.The annual reauloa of the membersof the F artoonth Regiment, New Jers-y Volunteers, oorvened in Junior Hallust evening The soldier**, aoo mpaaied by in mbersi Ihiit fanlUes and friends about ISO im all arrved ou a epecial train ovi.r the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad atft*# - 5“ sabout 4 43 p. m. yesterday, aud went to the City Hvtol and private bearding houses la tbe evenlrg t ie Now Jersey v do.ans w to escorted t Jauior Hal!Pest, G., aif -,ram*£1 %■iir'3Hit IIi1i5PRIt*f£|3*tIII4!1III1by a delegation of Reynolds A R.Aftor a selection by tho Rra ldoek Hclghte OrohpHtra, the meeting was opened 3-vt*b praver by Rov. John Hand ley, of Vineland. N J. The meetii g was then called to order by the pr-el dlt;-nf. Hor.ry 0. LaRowe. f Pro klfu, N YToe reports of the s-oretaries of the various posts showed that there wjre i07 members in atteudacc) Nine deaths w«rfl reported daring th*» year The following committees werenamed:N naira*iong -0 To olck, .J H F.i*man and .J W. ToPen Hetoluti ni H. R Yetaian, F L* dr 'tn and O M BartnidTh“ oommittoe on nominations. afirir being ut a f-.w mt'-ntee, reported she foil wing no litre* s, who were unani mously elected: President. Majr Joh * l1 Patterson, of Oraug** Grove, N J.,«* orf tary, W H Fos*wr, of Foobeyflile,N. J.; treasurer. Ku-s 11 L’ Jo iomou. of New York; chaplain, U' tk D S rtcr, Trenton, N JI* was decided to ! 1 1 th ncx ?o nual Mi ssion at Polo* Pi a aut, N ,) , In Sf ptember, lb *S.The merubntH of the M uument Asso-olaton wer** male a b *vr d of tru-tuee totaka care of the monument ht th° r\ pense of the a eoolatloo and t) hi' vacancies in the board v h ri they shall 03oarAfter the *nr unior. ;•) **• ? - rgirdiugtil** nuVfl lug, *hfl rr!eating o’.Gjveraor Biuke®, Now Jjrsey, who wose* oted to atte f tho reunion and make an address at the m voUlug of the monuiu°nr today, was uuahle to oom**,an 1 ei' .f R».y Dr. VV W das-5, of Tien to a, N J., as his reprosentatl ve.Ii v fllnjt of 111*3 Moiiunii of.This ni r?Hng many f n! comrades wont ont at - 10, In ord r t vi^w thebattlefield O^hgrs went at b 10 audand ! 4o arriving In time for the eierelse®, which o minnnoed at 10 JO o’olook.'1 he following was the order of ihe ni-roi-t » I Payer R-jv Joun tiandloy, Vineland. N. J ; inuilo, Brad lock Heights Rand; brief history lt;I tb3 14!hNew Jersey Volunteers Jobu 0.P-vtterx^n, Monmouth, N ,T , unvnillcg of monument, by Mws Alida Patterson, daughter of Maj)r Johu (J. Patterson, assisted bv Mi s NP i'te Foster, daogh ter of Adjitant W H Foster; presrn-tatlon of the monument to the 8tate of New Jersey, Maj ir J )ln U Pattersor; a eptanoe by 8taie of New Jersey aud presentation to the Reunion Association ofll'h New .Jersey \'oluuteers. Rev. Dr W W. Uase. Trenton, N J , accept accs of the monument for K union A*sooiatlOD, Henry U L* iiowe, i^rojk-lyu, N. Y ; oiuslo, BraddookB.tnd; brief addrets, Kov H.iudley, Vineland, N J K D Smith, Elizabeth, addrc'N Judge Wm H Vredeu!• jrgh, Freehold, N J , Judge of SupremeDourt. p: e”, written by K 1. Cowart,Jr , son of (,) lartermaiter K, L Cowart, Hr , Freehold, N J ; tienediotiou.I tie I Igtif *t the Alonoeacj.Msjir Patterson, In hlstkstoh of the 14*h New Jersey Volunteers, said, iu reference to the part It had tn this buttie:*‘0n the nigh of July WH, weproceeded by a w*ary ulght maroh to City Point on ths James River. Here wt were placed on transports and as fast as steam could carry us we soocnaohed Baltimore, where wo took oars for Monooat y, came here,‘ On this ground, wh became part of tho little army of Gao Lew Wallace, 3,400 strong, with ono battery, ( Alexan der’e) of ruub, aud two or three oddpieces besides.We formed on the skirmish and intho single line of battle,Across tinea fields, to right of us, tn le 11 of us, and behind us aud in fro**! of us Oor orders were to stop the advanoa Of General Early vUih Ills picked b3dy of men, oommauded by suoh able oflioers as Breokenrldge, Rhodes. Raim ner, WhartOD, Evans, Rosser, Johnson and G rdon.We were greatly outnumbered, yetwe took our position against an army known to be eighteen to twenty live thousand strong, with forty pieces oi artilleryWeak in uumbers, we wire rein forced with the thought that the hour fur tho destruction of our National Capital was at band.Her# on these fields, ia the face of such gre.ii ids, the brave men of Gen era! Wallace's army fought with a courage ard rerialanoa rarely paralleled tu the an »1» of war From eight o’o’tck in the morning, with the thermometer in the uiuetles, we fought tbi iii until five o’clock of that July dayAt that hour, General Wallace ordcted us t withdraw from the field, lint before we went we bad aooompllsh-lt;d the purpose i r which the brave men fr m Ohio. Pennsylvania, Marylaud, \Prmo. t, N w 3 irk and New Jersey h.ib-eu *tt r’fioed We had delayed (■oceral lGrly in his march to Wa»h tugion one day How touch this one day all j wed to ba done history will tellyou‘it al’owed the 'lrst and Sec md Oiviai i:s of * »i owu eirps to hasten frlt; in 0tty i'clni oa the James river and rta h Washington, where, encouraged by the immortal Lincoln In person,f-^ ^myp=%i! j’fJtj-j •* A *3 . -S *Kf•*p.■ • - 1 * f *-j ■ “ fiL t:^ “H • m*- ^ „Wlf!Wv {:, #' y, . K *»i’ Vf • - * •: •■TH K MUNI’ 11 ENT FNYSILED AT FKEDERICK J I' NOTION TODAY.44f++’bH++'lt; ♦♦♦♦they marchfd through the city a-’d to1 mane a retreat b^ck info Yhrgtuta Ij5wF-rt Btzvons, where *hey deployed InHt ig itsJohnpoimN J ;line of battle jast a® Early w as prepared to n*ta^k* We had thus, by this delay, given time to man the works proteottrg Washingtoo with tried vet* ra ib of the Army of the Potomac, and -saving our Nauon’e Capital.In tni- battle RgaSnst such odds we sort red severely, Many of our ocm rad e who had fought a» the Wildvr ue«?, fep itteyviama, Court House, th6* Bloody Augle, aud at Cold Harbor fell hire.1 ho 14‘h New Jersey wlt; ut into this battle with about 35lt;l rifle®, 1 lieutei. aut colo- el, 1 sdjataut, h oaptalne, acd 1 tbiiiK 5 lieutenants The next morn tr.g was a sad ‘roll call’ for the 14th New Jersey Only 93 answered to the ‘roll call * We had lost ono Beaten ■mt-c oq ! wounded, one ahjatantwounded, three captains killed or mor tally wounded, four captains wound d, aud one it mtentaut killed, aud I thinktwo iieutacacta wounded.You wLi learn from this that out of 15 i diners engngid, we lost 4 allied and h wouDded We IohI our o dor snargnni ktllod, ami of the seven men of the oolor guard, two were killed aud three v juicled l o Ides this, a large nnmb-r ut the rank were killed, wound*d and oaptar o. With all this loss we fought ou until ordered out.In a short tin ** after thie battls, b/ the return of aiightiy wounded, tick, and by recruits, we p.’ iiu iiiusteredab3Dt -o J rliien Presentation of Monumi nt.In presenting the monument to Rev Dr. Case, the repre entative of the ritate, Mayor Patterson -aid:Sir. The Oommiialonere appointedby toe (*• vrrn r ui cut 8 ate have to the best of their ability fulfilled thepurpose of meir appointment.They fake great pleaeare ta calling your attention to the Teiult (.1 th3irlabor of love, shown In this monument *Tuto your hands we pia o it, and stand ready to receive it from yoa. and as au as'30iatioa of the survivors of our regiuieut assume its care, aud our children after up,This monument marks the place where true valor and sa rlflbe was shown by brave men who lied, a« said their gallant commander, General Liw Wallace ‘To save the Capital of their Nation, and they did save it* They wore ready to die that their couuirymight live.* It will be, we tro^t, a lrsaou In pa trlotlsm to this aud fulare generations, aud remind all who may look upon it that New Jersey’s sons did well their duty ou this field iu the g cat etrupglr for a I’ ulted N allou • Aoe* ptsnoe of Monamt nt.Rev Dr Case, In ipjulag, rxpressedhis regrets at the inability of Gov, Edward U Blokes to be prtseut. He said he had a f* elit g of personal interest luthe battlefield, a« ht* owu regiment, the 195th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was in camp there f t two months, la the course of his remarks he said;There la no doubt that the Battle ofMonica, y v .i- ue of the most import ant bait! s t the war. Ou July I, 1 the oily of Washiugtoo, bad a very small force for its defense, as most of thw available troops had been sent to Geutial Grant, who was pressing the slfg-* of Richm nd, by «low and sure prom sate The Uonfedua»e f, ro-s were kept ooQstantly informed, through slg nals by tbelr friends in Washington At Point Lookout, below Wacbtugton, ou the Marylaud side, was a amp of 20,000 Confederate prisoners It seemed an opportune time to capture Washing ton and release theie prlt-jucrs. It *usdetermined to semi a large force under General Early through the Hbeuaudoab ValLy into Marylaud. This force of not less than 25,000 men cruised thePolomao on July 7, 1K04. GeneralEarly demand* ii of the oiti/tfai of i1 red eriok | HJ.m 1 In American money, which was paid. General Lew Wai U e had less lhau * i11 men to oppose this fmoe of the euemy The m si ofGen Wallace’s man w**re •,posed of the Third Division of tbe Bum Co.pi.Army of the Potomac. These un-u gavea stubborn fighl on July 9, 1 i Theywere * urlia: ly protected by the ’1 'nomas house and natural defeases On July 10 he sbaudoued bis wouoded andmoved tow ai d iiuckvilie. His army wasuot tbe proud army that man hed to tbe M uocaoy. hut shattered and broken The delay of two days was also very Ojstly, When he reached Washington he found that there had bom time to get tii a other two divisions of the Hiith Army Corps u War. Hr g toa. Aftsr a very brief atia-k ou some f tht- defenses, Farly vs is gla i toWallace n fori i- wr-re obliged to retreat but rot until they bad it f!i ted a dam aging blow upnn the enemy Tho oapl tal wa- ^ave l bv Gen. Lew Wallace and hi-- men al the Battle if Monocacy andh:. urr I val of tbe ol her two di visions oftbe BUth Corps within the defenses of the oapital.There were Instances of wonderful hen i-m in th* 1 aiti* * f Monocaoy The tifddiug of the Uallroa I b idge by ('aut Dairsand hh 75 men, of the Dth Vet mant, belongs to this o!rm. When obliged finally to retreat, they marcheddouble q dek across the lies, j,an.eed bythe Confederate, shouting ‘Halt’, and‘Burrendoi!‘ Volleys w« ic poured tuto the \ ermonteri; the dead and wounded fell into tho wai. r below the bridge Ono of th8 wounded survive I the battle ai.d the war A few were captured. The 1 Rh New Jersey Kegiim*ni bore the cruet f the battle The regiment eu tered the battle with 850 men, only• m93 came out umnjared, 255b Ing killed, woun l'd and capturedThe regiment was af* without au (rti oer to oommaud if.Thlg ground is historlo ground. It is worthy ol tuts monument. As we thick « f th noble meu who here foughtth bit tie, wh K.iy, lu the language ofthe immortal L'r. :ln, at Gettysburg,‘W m ioI dpJiov *, wo cannot oonsecrate,w** cannot hallow this ground; thebrav. men, 11,log ur urad wno struggh* I hero, have oocaeorated tt far above our power to add cr detract.’\ct i ii am * of ilfonuiiK'nt,In aocaptlng the monnieut on behalf of the iHiOciation, Prest le it La Rowe, said, in part:Oa behalf of Hie survivors* • thellih Regiment, NtW Jeriey Volnutetrs, I accep with prof und giafltude, this leautiful monum. ut erected by the : :*te of N w 5 r v lu honor of her scn» wh fought u L... ■ field 12 ybars ago We promise to care forit while we U*e m, i oommltto our children the duty of oaring for it after our w ork is dom* Tins day marks the culmination cf jaars of hope, aud we render hearty thanks to the Btatefor this splendid memorial.Gen Gordon says he saw here the streams ruuuiog red with blood. Thiswas ine blood of nun, who. be the faceof what th y all ki, * v. ,uid in a dlsasf .rous defeat, ut. Joohtcgly stood here □ Mil overwhelmed by superior nuui* bsr*; but they gained 24 hoars’ tims time whiob, if lo t, mo*ht have madethe arrival at Washington r f the othertwo dlvl-dons of th*3 :n Oorpi too .ate* save the National Capital from cap tare.This is indoed a n emorable day iuourllvts the courier tar* f which weare not likely ever to again, butwith all our pride au l r**j )U' ug comes a feeling of sorrow and siduess. We‘a voice (hat is e'ili;'’feel a tuuoh ofhand a votoa wea baud we olasped, for80 or 40 years ag * today, dernory recalls forms and faces that we shall not see again until we ‘pass over th** river and rest with them tn theshade of the trees *But, after all, Comrades, don’t you think tt ( *td, to stay bert li won’tmake m. idr.loret e, 0 rurade Clark, for the few remaining days f till yearsof life, whether H is one foot or two that carries you along the met few miles of the maroh What if precious lives were sacrifioec Wh*t if meu were maimed for Bf What matters it if we did redden these shraves with our blooc. Who regrets it all now, in view of the tremendous, undreamed of, beneficent results, w ht h have followed the mighty strung tn lt;f the Uivil Wat We have peace and union, and fraternity andfreedom; we have a powerful, respited, r'ghteoui government, and untold blessings iuob as no otherpeopls on earth enjoy. Yes, notwithstanding the fabulous prices, it was worth all it cost, and more.* May this monument be an inspire tnu to futora generations, and wdiilewe. wbu ku w the horrors of war ^ ray earueotly for t • ao?, neverlhelefs if the time ev**r comes demaudtug the s rvlos and sacrifice, our hope is that tbe sous of New Jersey will ipuug to tbe de* feuse of the »g aud maintain uadim-me*l the 1 -r and th- gl* ry *. f thegrand old oi mmouwealth.‘May they come regiments deep,And down toe slopes iu column sweep, Aud over river, cliil and piatu Break out lu battle talk rgtio.11 tn* Monument..almost hear we almost a vanishedheard, and the last time,by a firtoly-ex outed tigure of an lnfa.it rymau, out from the same stone. Bet lu the stone, jnst beneath the soldier’s tig ure. is tlu* New Jersey coat of arms, lu broc/.e, and also ou tbe front of the monument are two brot. i tablets, one above the other The upper ono bears this inscriptionFreottd by the Btate of NewJersey to c nnmemoruta tbe Herole Bervloes of the mh Kfglmen! New Jersey Volunteer Io tintry, 1st Brigade, 2d Division, ♦ith Army Uorps Army of the Potomac, at tbe Battle of Mo-nooaoy, Md , July 9. G*U.Toe 1 Dh Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers was organ ized oo the Monmouth Battle Ground anl Mustered Into me I titled Btates service nearbreehold. New Jersey. Augast -**h, 1 h(13, and was musteredout on June 1Mb, G*5, near Washington, D 0a*On the lower tablet is this tion;luscripThe I nlon Forces Oommaud ed by t^aueral Lew Wallaoe on this Battleflfll si stabbornlyopposed the Oouff derate troops undrr (Jeueral Jubal A Furly as to assure the safety of tha National Capital»sfThe oommlssion tomonument Major Psttersou, President, William H. Foster,(ienerai R. A Ulark, Captain Jarvis Wanser,geaut John Grovererect theJohn U.Adjutantsecretary, treasurer, HeriOut on the stone sepsratiog the ones upon which these tablets are fastened are the letters 141h Reg't. N J VThe plot of ground upon which the monument stands is surrounded by a ueal fence of tubular trou rails, with granite postsNotea of the It onion,The oomuiissiou appointed to select the site i r aud erect the monument was ocmposed of Majir John U. Paiter.oc. Adjolaul VV H F ster, Cat fu'n Jarvis Wauser, K A Ulark and John GroverRev Dr Case, who delivered the speech of acceptance, *u behalf of lb* Btate iu place of Governor b iward U Blok**, was uhap.'alu of the iboib Peuu sylvauia V'oluuteers He ts pastor of the Olive* Baptist ohuroa at Trenton, N. J.The m uuuueut is a v**ry handsome struoluie i graaite, tho haft, formed of seven s** tluus part lro*e -1 an 1 pariwith rough »urfa e, being surutouuleJTuis afternoon aid tonight the volunteers will enjiy themselves socially and in n ght seeing, aud mauy will go to BradRek Heights tonight The special iratu i.s ill leave tomorrow morning at !0 o’Olook.It was announced at the meellog last night that »h« Btate of Pennsylvaniawill tipei i #10,too upon the erection of a mouumcut ou the Idouoca. y battle
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Tue, Jul 09, 1907
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