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lack of room prevents onv piiimsmn-.: In spito of tho : disagroeable surroundings it was a.swlly pleas.nut;pHv. liege Lu.bo prosent at tho interesting ^fomony, and likewise an honor nut vouchsafed to many men in many gen-eaufcioin?. To have been at Gettysburg U IwiUer than to have been in any IJfreat battle over fought aiid won.GEN. i- B. ■M1CBEAKY*B ADDRESS.Gon., MeCreury, ia receiving the monument and.in turn presenting it to the Battlefield Association, said:esmIt,iid*e»wn-‘aIOn behalf of the Burviyora of Hie One Huns di ed and Forty-illth Jteftimetit, Pennsylvania Volunteers, I accept this monument which has bien here erected to commemorate the parttaken by our regimen fc In the battle of Gettye* burir. Icau only regret, In common with you all, that our old colonel, H. I.. Brown, who shed his blood on this and many other battle Helds of the war, cannot be with iis'fo perform the duty which the committee of arrange-meats have seen lit to assign to me. I knowihat your thoughts, with mine,-will, go this dav to bis grave on the shore of the great lake where he quietly reBts. This monument not only commemorates the gallant deeds of the Ohm Hundred and Fortystlfth In that mo-moruble conflict, but Ub location shows that no 1 troops belonging to any organisation reached a point farther to the front or nearer io the position of the enemy than did we One Hundred aud Forty-fifth. Among all the needs of daring performed in that battle, and there were raauy, all along the Union lines, none were more conspicuous in the liei'cenese of eouiest and importance of results upon the llnal i»Hue of the battle, than the celebrated and now historic charge of Urn Fourth brig, ude, First. Division, Second Corps, of which the One Hundred and Forty-fifth wue part, across the wheat field, through' the wooded ravine and up and over the rooky elope to the point where we now etand, and which for all time wili be marked by the monument we to*dav dedicate, . . - „ ,When tho historian of the future comes to write the decisive battles of the world s hlsto* rv. high up in the list, along wlih Marathon, AQ4t«r)Hi and Waterloo, will he written the name of Gettysburg; and it will be mutter of just pride to children and children’s children v»lt;t unborn, that they are the desccudaoU of ‘thjro who belonged to,a rclt;?i«rtv,v1*#--r. .'are its colors so bravely in the face of the eueuiyin that great conflict,Comrades and survivors, this is to ua a grand aud memorable aunWerearv day. Twenty-to ven years this very dav, yea, th»« verv hour, our regiment broke camp in the city of Erie and started for the frpnt. in an-01VI-) to the call pf the uoyernment which »•» deei/Jy felt the perils and dangers following the tevsrses and disasters to the Union army mi ibe Virginia peninsula and at NjBoml liullHun. In less than hours after Isavtug the blue waters of Lake Erie we heard the roar ,o» the enemv’S KUUS not far diiUnit at. South Mountaini aud within six days from ‘be Mine we left our homes, we stood to 9* MM*on the battlefield of AD tie tarn.1 have spoken of the importance of the re-suite oi that charge on the final iMuea pf thefor W oh*r*e W got hsoo wthsent to Banks' Ford with the brigade, .wlion they did picket duty until daylight, when they, brought up the rear of the Second corps.On June l? the brigade reached Fairfax Sta-| tion, and, after a severe march through deep dust, they halted at Thoroughfare Gap on Jiuie 3o, aud from there marched to Edwards’ Ferry, crossing the river at midnight. June $), audi matching through Frederick. Jld,, also through i tho villages of Liberty, Johnsvllle a;ul Union Town, arriving ut {Jettysburg and going ou picket at midnight.Juiyl. Gen, Reynolds Is reported killed. tin'' First and 111!) eorps repulsed, when thefSoeoml and Third corps are brought to the front, well: knowing that this would he ono of the hottest battles yet known. Early In thu mowing thoi Second corps took position to the left center mid Bilenlly awaited the enemy’s arrival. About four o’clock in the afternoon ibo First Division of the Second eorpB %*s sent to support tho Third corps, which was being driven back through tho Peach Orchard\ the rebels, whited with their success, followed up the victory am) eaino cautiously through the wheatiield until they met the veterans of the Second corps, and tho command was given to fire, Col, Brown repeated the command, and after * few rounds were fired moved to the center of Uie wbcatfleld, and, lying down, several volleys of buck and ball were poured into Kershaw's brigade. Then the order was given to charge. The gray-coats would not stand lu front of tho bayonets of.the Second corps veterans, but retreated through tho wheat Add aud meadow beyond, up the ravine, and Into the hornet's nest of rooks urnl underbrush, where they halted and sent a deadly fire of load into the Unfon ranks before they were dislodged, Half of thorn escaped, the other half threw dowr. their ar; is and were tsken prisoners. The 146th sent to the rear over one hundred prisoners under charge of the sergeant major,The third day’s fight final* the J45th with the brigade to the left of the Boeond corps preparing to resist thu greatest charge tbeConfederates ever made, About one o'clock Hie Whole artillery of the enemy blfissod forth round after round, and the shell are sept whining through the afr into the Union ranks. Then the Federal guns reply, sending whistling shells that burst and deal death upon every side, making such havoc that it amazes the coolest.heads, Tbs Federal fire now ceases, the e uemy interpreting this to mean that wo are out of ammunition.Pickett orders hip men forward, they advance with a steady, measured step, confident of success. but in each step they are weara* their destruction.The Federal batteries play into their ranks with a charge of grape and eannlster, thinning out their ranks; but, not disemiraged, another line comes up, and on they cope In their mad career until they haye 'imet hand to hand their old foe, and the Second corps |bfantry pour* volley after volley Into ttofij.-littered ranks until they waver, yet go on tomivt their d*»«h led by Gen. Arwistpad' Who. J*H| mortally wounded, fell men falling back]h,e9nfo*ton. Tha bntve Hancook alto f# wad** afterInlieu»Cnpt*fllCl LaJnut t ni «k mvf?Will}!Lon;elmr hut1 the Seug Ion lt;“IJ'Vwv-u
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Shenango Valley News
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1889
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