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ANOTHER MARKERMarker to Stewart’s Battery Erectedon Monday.The erection of the last marker to Stewart’s Battery was finished on Monday. It is of the same design as the other monuments of granite and bronze, erected under the direction of the National Park Commission, and is located along the Chambersbnrg Pike at the position the battery occupied. The inscription on the monument reads;“July 1. In position about 200 yards south of the Theological Seminary until 3 p. m. when ordered to support Brig. General J. C. Robinson’s Divi-sion, First Corps, and took position on Seminary Ridge, one half the Battery ■ below the Chambersburg pike and Railroad cut, the other half north of the cut in corner of the woods was actively engaged. The Battery afterwards retired with the troops to Cemetery Hill and went inro position on the Baltimore pike opposite Evergreen Cemetery commanding the approach from the town two guns on the Pike and two in the field, two having been disabled- Casualties killed 2 men wounded 2 officers and 29 men missing 3 men. Total 36.”Another tablet was erected on the Baltimore Pike some time ago.
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Adams County News
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Sep 20, 1913
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