Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-11
ON HISTORIC GROUND.
Gettysburg's Cory Field the Scene q
Many DellCatlOnR Of Mnnume nfs To tn

Many DedlcatlOns Of Monuments ia the
Fallen MISUNDERSTANDING Speeches Made.
GErTYsRuRG, Pa, July2.-Wisconsin ded-s
lcated her seven monuments Saturday on
the Gettysburg battlefield. Tho exercises
were held at Reynolds Grove, and within
. few feet Of where that General
was killed during the first days
engagement. ~ .ass 3D..
Governor Rusk was not present, and tho
State Treasurer, Colonel H. B. Harshaw,
accepted the monuments on behalf of the
State. United States Senator Spooner
then delivered an eloquent Grafton.
presented to the Gettysburg Battle
6eld Memorial Association by General
Lucius Fairchild. General Fairchild spoke
with great feeling, and many Of
the veterans were moved to tears.
Governor m Beaver, as ex-office Presi-
dent of the Memorial Association, received
the memorials In the.name Of the associa-
ton, promising to guard and pro-
tect them This closed the formal
dedicatory exercises, but number Of
speeches were afterWard made by prom
lnent Wisconsin men. The seven Wiscon-
sin monuments are splendid structures,
and are those of Third, Fifth, Second, Sew
enth, Sixth, Twenty-sixth and Company
g, First Regiment Sharpshooters
Saturday afternoon the exercises Of tho
New Jersey veterans were held at the
brigade monument north Of Round
Top. The National Guard .deployed
into the woods on the right and the
Governors sat at the range out from
their guns. The First Regiment Band
opened the exercises and the assembly was
called to order by Colonel James N Dun,
chairman of the Gettysburg Monument
Commission of New Jersey. The invoca-
ton by Rev. Arson r. Hams, late chaplain
Of the Fifteenth Regiment, was followed
by the unvailing of the brigade monument
by the commission. Governor Green deliv.
cred the Grafton and transferred the monu.
ments to the Gettysburg Memorial Associa-
ton, and Governor James A. Beaver re-
ceived them in the name of the associa-
ton. Brief addresses were then made by
surviving members of the several New
Jersey commands engaged.
At $50 yesterday morning the veterans
formed and, led by the Frankfort Band,
marched to the National Cemetery, and on
through this to the vine-clad rostrum
where religious services were held.
At o'clock D. m. the road from town to
Reynolds Grove was crowded with car
riages and pedestrians on their way to
witness the exercises of the First Corps
Bishop Potter made most eloquent prayer.
Major E. P. Halstead, president of the as
ISOLATION Of the first corps, introduced
Governor Beaver, who delivered the
address Of welcome Ex-Governor John
c. Robinson, of New York, resting
on his crutches, responded in behalf of the
corps. Frederick Smythe, the war Gov
ernor of New Hampshire, made short ad.
dress. Governor T. j. Ormsbee, of Vermont,
also spoke. General Longstreet was given
q rousing reception He said:
was not In time to witness any part of the
engagement Of the first day Of Gettysburg but
am pleased to be here in time to witness these
ceremonies and to express that sympathy which
should 80 out from all hearts to those who
know how to appreciate the conduct OF
soldiers who offer their lives on the ultar Of
their country. The gauge Of battle waa
pitched and here the great army Of the South,
the pride and glory Of that section, found itself
overmatched, arrested in its march OF triumph,
and forced to stand and recoil, but not for want
OF galautry, fortitude or faith. The battle of the
second day by McLanes and Ho, DIS Divisions
and part Of Anderson's WAS as spirited as some
OF the dashing efforts Of the first Napoleon,
but before the end il was found to be work to
upheave the mountain. That Of the third day
by Picketts Division and Trumble-s marching
1.20O yards under the fire OF 100 cannon and 10.
GOO Of musketry has no parallel nor is not likely
to have in the annals OF war. This battle
sceEe recurs to my mind with vivid
force. But times have changed. twenty-five
years have softened the usakes OF war. Those
frownlng heights have given over their savage
tone, and our meetings for the exchange OF
blows and broken bones are left for more con-
genial days and for friendly greetings"
The band played "Dixie'' before Long.
streets speech and yankee Doodle" after
which General Fairchild was introduced
He said twenty-five years had made it pos.
sible to sandwich a Yankee and a .Confed-
crate between Yankee DOODLE and
"Dixie." The men of the North did not
love the men Of the South less, but they
loved the old flag more; and the men of the
South did not love the old flag less. but
they loved States sovereignty more. The
old flag still remained and all said amen,
from the gulf to the lakes.
Prof. Williams, representing Governor
Sprague, Of Rhode Island, followed. After
him the assemblage was addressed by nu.
merous other persons Of prominence in the
First Corps, and at about o'clock the
meeting broke up and the crowd dispersed
over the battle field to inspect the variout
memorials. At fifteen minutes before
onel William Seward commanding, acting
as escorts to the survivors of the Eighty
third New York Regiment, led the march
toward the monument Of that command on
Seminary ridge.
The procession moved on out the pike to
Reynolds avenue and along the crest OF
Seminary ridge to the monument, which il
near the Mummasburg road. The infantry
formed square around this and the ex:
ercises were opened with an invoca,
ton by Rev. Alfred E. Roe, the
Chaplain of the Eighty third The Grafton
was delivered by Orlando B. Potter and the
monument was received for the Battle
Field Memorial Association by J. NJ. Van
derslice. Rowland B. Mahony read the
poem. The exercises were closed with
three volleys of musketry by the Ninth In.
fantry. This closed the exercises.
The other monuments dedicated on the
field during the day were the Fifty-fourth
and One Hundred and Thirty fourth New
York Infantry on the Eleventh Corpa
avenue; the Thirty ninth New York in the
Second Corps line, and the Seventy sixth,
Ninety-seventh and One Hundred and
Forty-seventh New York on the first days.
field, Reynolds avenue. At the monument
of the Thirty-ninth (Garibaldi Guards) Cap
tain Clarke, of New York, delivered the ora
tiOn At the Ninety Seventh H E. Turner