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DKIT!CATION OP THE MoKU-• * • .MILXT OF THE 145til IV TV• On tb(2 11 tli iiisl. the survivors of the 146th l?n. Vols. dotlicalort their rogi-,mental fiieinorial iiioiiumontnt Gettys-flnirgi in accordance with previous arrangements. The ceromonii’s took place iLt 2 p. m., ami in a drenching rain.: Still, the boys stood walei- on this occasion,as the}' stood ilro twenty-six ' years before. '; 'There wore present on the grounds' about 60 of the old regiment, though there wcro mol'd of tlic buys in the itowii who did : not veil turn out i n the drenching«rain. The Mercer county •delegation- of members * (survivors of Co. KV’) embraced the following: R C McClure. S. A. Osborn, James Heck-•man; VY. A.Keck, Emanuel Kyle, HenryKromis, E. A. Jones, Thomas Crawford, Aaud crson Crawford, . lieu hen Lew is, Alilgjrt Henry, Thomas Cling:in, S. C. Dickey, A. A, Ycakei, W, H. H. Du-.niars , Tlico.- Oakes, of Co. “Iv,” was of the party also.' : • .The ceremonies were opened with prayer by Rev. J; Boyi I Espy, pasto r of Simpson M.'EhChurch of Erie, who,commanded•;1Co. ‘»HM of the, 145th ,in the ”battj o. ; •: •.. .• \' '■ ;yThen followed an Historical sketchand an address by the old com man der of the regiment, Gen, 1), 1J. MeCremy, also of.Erie, both of which interesting efforts arc given below.uuiiu turunib Him vruuitwe stand to-day. As we look down the beau* tl/ul valley, over die quiet ytllage aud upon t.iic green summits ot tlio diHtatib mountains, our hearts (111 with rapture tliat peace, triumphant peace, spreads her benign shadows and sunshine over our beloved land, and that liberty and union are still and forever will be otiu mid Inseparable.Many of our comrades In arras fell upon this and other battlefields of the war; many, since 1 ben, have baited In their life march, and crossed the broad river to rest upon the unseen and eternal shores bcyohd. For the last time for. many, and perhaps for all of us, we are holding our annual reunion upon the Held of Gettysburg. Iu the ytars to come, as the shadows of life's close gather about us, the scenes which we hern behold and in which we ar« participating, will be a pleasant memory to us all, and may we return to our homes Inspired with an enlarged Joyaltj' to our common country, and to our good old commonwealth, on whose soil we have tp-day dedicated this raouumeut, to perpetuate the memory of the devotion'and valor of our regiment for the preservation of free government.It now'onJy remohis for raa to turn this mouument.'over to the care of the commission whose duty it is to take charge of this and all other monuments erected on this battlefield, The labor and assiduous attentions which the gentlemen: composing the commission have alreadvgivcu to the preservation and marking of the main lines ami position* of both ot this contending armies during the time of the terrible conflict, and the excellent taste and judgment shown by them in the supervision of the various monuments heretofore erected upon these grounds, .afford to us the mostample assurance that they will guard andwatch over the trust which we this day commit to their bauds, with the utmost devotion and fidelity,CA1T. HltTOH S UKPOKT.: Capt J. 0. Hilton, of Eric, who lost a leg at Gettysburg, as Secretary of tliii 145th lleglmewtal Association, read tho following report: .The 345th Regl, P«nna. Vols. was mustered iulo tho United Singes, bgrvleeVat'Erie, Pii. Sixiu Warren eouuty, tine each'in Crawford and Mercer, counties, Hiram L, Brown was selected as Colonel, he haviug served as Captain iu 83d Penna. Vois. mid having been, severely wounded at the battle of Gaines’Mills. The regiment had been engaged in the battles o'
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Shenango Valley News
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1889
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