Bridgeton pioneer., 1886-06-03

On Tuesday morning, May 25th, @
party of Bridgetonians, numbering
seventy-five in all, left home on trip
to Gettysburg, Pa, to take part in the
dedicatory ceremonies of the 18th New
jersey Regimental Monument. Salem,
Millville, Woodbury., Camden, Glass
boro, and other sections, also sent del
egations, SO that when the party left
the Broad street station, Philadelphia.
there were eight carloads in all, con-
tanning in the neighborhood of four
hundred people.
The ride through Chester Valley and
Lancaster county to Harrisburg, was
very pleasant, the country never pre-
senting a finer appearance. From
Pennsylvania's Capital city to Gettys-
burg, the famous battlefield, it was
even finer. The Cumberland Valley,
lined on one side with the Blue Ridge
Mountains stretching away in the hazy
distance, and on the other by a rolling
hill country, dotted with beautiful
farms and cozy farm-houses, made up
continuous line of scenic beauty,
rarely surpassed on this continent.
Arriving at Gettysburg at $50 p. m.,
the visitors betook themselves to the
Eagle and Mcclellan hotels, where
quarters had been secured, there to
await the coming of the day set apart
for the dedication.
Gettysburg is small town nesting
in q valley at the foot of the South
Mountains. The situation is pictur
esque. All the principal streets are
paved with brick, and the town pre-
sents an air of neatness and thrift. II
is the shire town of Adams county,
and contains $500 inhabitants. There
are two Lutheran Churches in the
place, and a Theological Seminary OF
that denomination. Gettysburg was
settled by the Dutch, and retains tC
this day many Of the solid character
istics of that people. Until the great
battle it was quiet borough unknown
to the country, but it is now, and al
ways will be famous as the scene o1
the contest which virtually decided
the war for the supremacy of the
Union.
The town yet shows evidences of the
battle, quite a number of houses bear
ing bullet marks, several of the brick
buildings containing fragments OF
shells. One of the points of greatest
interest is the little house from which
John Burns, al aged man, sailed forth
with his musket and joined the Union
forces in an assault on the Confederate
lines. 1t is said that Burns killed sew
eral ''rebs" during the battle. He was
the only citizen of Gettysburg who
took part in the fight, save those reg
ularly enlisted in the Pennsylvania
regiments which participated in the en-
gagement. The house where Miss
Jennie Wade was killed, on Baltimore
street, near the National Cemetery, is
also one of the points of interest. Miss
Wade was the only woman killed ii
Gettysburg during the battle, and she
was stricken down by stray sho
while standing in her own doorway.
The Confederate General Early ar
rived at Gettysburg few days pre-
vious to the battle, and made requi
sition on the borough authorities fol
60 barrels of flour; 1000 pounds O
pork or bacon; 1000 pounds of sugar
600 pounds of coffee; 1000 pounds o.
salt; 40 bushels of onions; 1000 pairs
of shoes; 500 hats; or So 900 in money
He was answered by Mr.. ID. kendle
hart, President of the Council, who in
formed Early,-''That the requisitior
asked for cannot be given, because il
is utterly impossible to comply. The
quantities required are far beyono
that in our possession This note
was sent on the evening of June Goth
1868, but Early having received orders
to proceed to York at once, the requl
sition was not again asked for.
At nine o'clock Wednesday morning
the Goth, the veterans and friends