Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-06-03
3RIDGEToN, N. j., THURSDAY. JUNE 8, 1886.

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The first point visited was Cemetery
Ridge where the Fourteenth Indiana
Regiment so bravely defended the
Union position. The National Gem
etery is close by, and here lie the bodies
of 1873 Union soldiers. 1t is one of
the finest cemeteries in the world, COW
ering seventeen acres of ground, and
laid out in selni-circle, with the grand
National Monument as a centre. The
Monument was erected by the Federal
Government at a cost of sixty thous-
and dollars. 1t is one of the most mag
nificent funeral columns in the world.
In this cemetery there are many bodies
marked unknown. New Jersey has
seventy eight soldiers inferred here,
among them Simon w. Creamer, for
lnerly of Pittsgrove Township, Salem
county. There is beautiful statue of
Gen. Reynolds mounted on an impos-
ing pedestal, in the cemetery, near the
main entrance. The National Gene
terry was dedicated November 10th,
1868, on which occasion President Lin
coin made that remarkable address in
which he said that this nation, un-
der God, shall have a new birth of
freedom and that the government of
the people. by the people, and for the
people, shall not perish from the
earth"
Cohorts farm was visited. Here on
this ground was fought the most ter
rifle artillery duel the world has ever
known. 'Not less than one hundred
and fifty cannon on each side belched
forth the missiles of death, producing
a continuous succession of crashing
sounds, filling the air with lines of
whMzing, screaming, bursting shells
and solid shot. After this the stiffness
of death, men held their breath, they
we'll knew the decisive moment of the
battle was at hand. Out from the
woods, back of Codori's, eighteen
thousand Confederates emerged, in
three dark massive lines, an avalanche
of human beings, marching with colors
flying, bayonets glittering, in magnifi
cent order, to pitiless slaughter" This
was Pickett's charge. Along the En-
mitSsburg road, through the Peach
Orchard where General SickIes lost a
leg, to Culp's Hill where the timber
still exhibits traces of the battle, to
the Devils Den, where the rebel sharp
shooters were posted, and then up
Little Round Top. the party rested at
the summit. From there view of the
entire field was had, extending over a
territory of twenty-five miles, from
Oak Hill to Round Top. from Gene
terry Ridge to Seminary Ridge and the
South Mountains, taking in the valley
where the famous wheat field was To-
Gated. The latter waved that July day
in golden grain, that never was to be
reaped. "Swathes of human heroes
were reaped instead by death; here
was the whirlpool of the battle, the
valley of death" This ground was
fought over many times. Other sec
tions of the field were also visited, nota-
bly,, the spot where General REYNOLDS
fell near the Chambersburg road, and
the rebel breastworks on Seminary
Ridge.
The battle of Gettysburg was one OF
the greatest known in history. 1t is
estimated that the Army of the Poto-
mac, under Gen. Geo. G. Meade, mum
bered ninty thousand men, while the
Confederate Army. under Gen. Robert
f. Lee. was probably one hundred
thousand strong OF Meade's army
| q, 1000 men were killed, wounded anC
missing of Lees army, $4,000 mer
were killed, wounded and missing
5000 soldiers were killed outright anc
buried on the field. 1t required sew
eral months for their disinterment an6
Refinement. Many of the bodies
were taken to their homes in the
North, while numbers of the Confed
crate dead were conveyed South
Between 1850 and 5000 horses were
also killed. 1t was battle of giants
and it's result foretold the downfall o
the Rebellion and the restoration o
the Union
After an afternoon of sightseeing
the party returned to their hotels, an(
on Thursday morning left for home
several of the company stopping a
Harrisburg on the way, and paying E
visit to the State House. A number
of others went further South, visiting
the caverns of Luray, in the Shenan
doah Valley, Virginia. All unite, how
ever, in the opinion that the Gettys
burg trip was the finest and mos
pleasant they have ever taken.
Rev. Morvin Cutter, of Providence
Square, Pa, has accepted a call from
the Presbyterian church at Elmer
| and will be installed on the eVenins