The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-03
THE THIRD CORPS REUNION.

Preparations for the Enctmpmeut at Get
ysbura OF Gen. Sickle's Veterans.
Tie reunion of the Third Corps at Gettys-
burg next week promises to be one of the
most cvcntful and memorable gatherings
OF veterans since the war. Yesterday after
noon the Committee of Arrangements held
its final meeting at Gen. Sicl<le's house. 1t
was then made known that representatives
Of tn" following regiments, which We're in
CIu,ied III "FightiHg Dams" corps, will be
present: Seventeenth, Seveaty-tirst. Sev-
rnty-Sccoud, Scyenty-third, Seventy fourth
the old Excelsior brigade, which ori ginally
was commanded 10y General Sickle>; the
Eighty-siXth, One hundred and twentieth,
and One hundred and twenty-tourth New
York; the Fifth, Sixth, seventh, Eighth,
and Eleventh New Jersey; Third, Fourth,
and Seventeenth Maine; Second New
lIaInpshirr; First, Eleventh: and Sixteenth
Massachusetts; Third and Fifth Michigan,
and Twentieth Indiana, besides the follow
batteries: Maj. JudSon Clark's New Jersey,
Smiths First New York independent Bat
terry, Bigelow'S WinSUw'S and Randolph s.
the latter of whom WAS Chief of Artillery of
the corps, aud who has come from Colorado
expressly to join in the reunion. Among
the general officers who Will be present are
Gen. SicklcS, j. Hobart Ward, Joseph g.
Carr, Henry y. Barnum, Henry L. Ire
maine, Charles IL. I. Coils, Philip X. de
Trobriand, John Ramsay, and Senator
William i. Sewell, who commanded New
Jersey brigade. In answer to an invitation
from Gen. Sickles 10 bivouac with Kim on
the field, Gen LougStrcct, who commanded
the Confederate right-the same which in
lrrfercd seriously with the Third Corps
ulaus-has expressed his willingness to at
tend, providing he can find time. The Con-
trlcr;tIe General McLaws, whose troops
were directly opposed to Gen. Sickle's left
during the battle, and Eppa Iiunton have
also been invited to participate.
In order to retain a wariile appearance
the War Department has ordered Col. War
ncr's Light Battery {, Third Artillery, TO
proceed from Washington to Gettysburg, to
remain Gncampcd from June 5Oth to
July oh. The battery will give General
SiChlcS Il MajprGouerhI salute when he
arrives on the field On the afternoon of June
.iOth The programme aS lald down pro-
vidoS for the departure of the New York
veterans on June 3Oth at . o'clock via the
Pennsylvania railway, which has arranged
10 sell tickets from any station on its road
t. Gettysburg and return for one fare. The
New England column viii leave Boston on
a special Train the evening before and Join
the main body at Jersey City. GA the LIST
and ID several regimcntal mOuuments
will he dedicated, and on the afternoon of
the lst grand parade of the veterans will
take place in the town of Getty sburg, end
ing with Il review before Gen. Sickles.
That night Gen. Sickles and several of the
general officers viii blyouac on The field on
the site OF their general bivouac twenty
three years ago.
On the morning of the ID, the anniver-
sary of the battle of the Third Corps, the
ceremonies on the field will be opened by
Joseph II. Twicheii, the former chaplain OF
the Seventy New York, but now pastor
of the Asylum Iilll Church, Conn. Gen.
Sickles will then deliver his address and
ende tvor to give the corps its proper place
! i'll history. Five-minute addresses will fol