The National tribune., 1884-09-11
GETTYSBURG.
The Work Being Done by the Battle
field Memorial Association.

To THE EDITOR: The Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association propose to lay out q new
driveway from the Devils Den to the Peach
Orchard. This ground comprises the famous
Wheatheld and the surrounding woods" the
whirlpool of the battle" in the contest of the
second day, as Col. Batchelder graphically
calls it.
A meeting of the survivors of eight of the
brigades that fought on this part of the field
has been called for the coming 1st and I'd OF
October.
The Association desires to verify the posi-
lions of the lines of battle of these brigades,
thereby rectifying any previous errors thst
may have occurred.
1t is important that there shall be good
representation from all the commands desig-
mated. The survivors of every regiment will
desire to have some kind of tablet to mark
their positions on this most important battle
field Of the war. Quite a number of monu-
ments have been alrcady dedicated Some are
costly and grand, others, simple tablets, but all
alike serve to arouse patriotic thrill of admi-
ration for the heroism of the sons of the Is
loyal States, who, on this historic ground,
turned back the sweeping tides Of oppression.
Here is the high-water mark of the rebel
lion" the beginning of the end" Here, the
prophetic legend on the old Independence bell,
that rang out the glad tidings of the birth OF
ing over the world, from the believing -throats
of hot, smoking cannon: Proclaim liberty
throughout all the land, unto all the inhabi-
tanfs thereof"
The positions of the following regiments
will be ON the proposed driveway:
Cross's 1st Brig, 1st Div, I'd Corps-5th N.
a., 61st N. Y, 61st Pa. and 146th Pa.
Kelly's I'd Brig, 1st Div, I'd Corps-Meagh-
er's famous Irish brigade-2Sth Mass 63d N.
" nd pa
looks Sd Brig. 1st Div, 2d Corps-52d NY,
57th N. Y, Goth n. Y, and 140th Pa.
Brooke's 4th Brig. 1st~Div., ID Corps-27th
Conn, Gath n. " SD Pa, 145th Pa, and ID
Del
Wards ID Brig, 1st Div, Sd Cerps-3d Me-,
4th Me-, Seth n. z, 12dth N. Y, 99th Pa, goth
Ind, 1st and Cd u. S. Sharpshooters
De Trobriand's Sd Brig, lst Div, Sd Corps
18th NE, Sd Mich, 5th Mich, 10th N. Y, and
10th Pa
Tilton's 1st Brig, 1st Div, 9Th Corps-15th
Mass, 22d Mass, 118th Pa, and 1st Mich.
Sweitzer's I'd Brig, LIST Div, 9th Corps-9th
Mass, 32d Mass CID Pa, and 18th Mich.
Col Jno. B. Batehelder one of the Board OF
Managers of the Battlefield Association, is
Superintendent Of Tablets and Legends. A
note to his address, Hyde Park, Mass. viii
secure definite information of all arrangement Is
that have been made.
The undersigned viii be glad to hear from
any one of the old First Division of the Second
Corps relative to the part taken by our diyis-
ion in this contest.
The movements of the various brieades on
this part of the field were complicated, and il
IS a difficult matter to understand them. The
various writers ON the subject have passed over
this part Of the action in few lines. The
Comte de Paris has used an unwarranted word
in the details given in his work. He speaks oi
" the retreat of Barnes and Caldwell" The
withdrawal Of these troops was in no sense a
retreat.
The results of this Reunion on the field win
no doubt lead toa better understanding of these
movements. Let all interested move at once
in the matter. This viii be the best oppor-
tunity ever offered TO study this portion of the
great battle.-CHARLEs 4. HALE, 9th n. H.,
is n. 9th ST., Phila, Pa.