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Memory of Civil War HeroWho Fought and Died HereWill be Commemorated AgainThe memory of a Pennsylvania hero who fought and died on the field of Gettysburg, during the three days' engagements here in '63, will be further commemorated by the city of Erie, according U) information received by the Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce.The G A R post. at Erie, was named the General Strong Vincent post, after General Strong Vincent who was a colonel m the 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, infanry regiment,Now word has been received that the new senior high school at Eriehas been named the Strong Vincent high school The school board of Erie plans to erect a monumentalstatue of General Vincent in frontof the new school, similar to the one erected to the memory of the Civil War hero on the battlefieldhere,I rert Slatur HereA beautiful bronze statue oT General Vincent, atop a stone monument, rests on the southern s!o|*e of Little Round Top, a few feet from the sp«»t where the then Colonel Vincent received a gunshot wound that caused his death five days later. He was wounded on July 2 and died July 7,Shortly after he was wounded and before he died Colonel Vincent was promoted to brigadier general, 8, J Kelly, the sculptor who carved the Buford monument, on the battlefield. is the sculptor who carved the Vincent monument,IiThe inscription on the Vincent monument reads as follows:“This brigade was hurried to Little Round Top about five o’clock on the afternoon of July 2, the regi-ment taking position in front of this monument, and repulsed several charges of the enemy, after which the regiment assisted In driving the enemy beyond and in taking possession of Big Round Top. On the morning of the 3rd the regiment rejoined the Brigade on the left center ’*The 83rd Pennsylvania Volun-teers participated in 31 engagements and suffered casualties of 11 officers and 267 men killed or died of wounds; two officers and ISO men died ofdisease; 29 officers and 486 menwounded.Vimt-s.iki- MiH LivingThe outfit was recruited from Erie, Crawford and Forest counties.When Bishop Vincent, brother of the slam soldier, came here to claim the body, he learned that a baby boy had been born to a Mrs Bushman, to whose home Colonel Vincent had been removed after being woundedBishop Vincent asked that the boy bo named after his brother The youngster was christened Vincent Bushman and the mother received a beautiful cut-glass pitcher from the bishop, in appreciation of thisact.Vincent Bushman resides in Hanover. The gift from the bishop isstill in the Bushman family.
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Mar 10, 1930
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