St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-03
HEROES MEMORIES
Perpetuated by Monuments
Erected on the Field Of
Former Strife.
BattIe-Searrel Veterans Lis
ten to Eulogies Of
the Fallen.
Gen. Sickles' Eloquent Ora
ton Revives Memories
of the Past.
Eminent EX-ConfederateS
Take Part in the EXer-
eises at Gettysburg.
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Special to the Globe.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, July 2.-The town
is crowded IN the extreme to-day and
every arriving train adds to the I'M
mense crowds already here. A number
of New York monuments were dedl-
Gated this morning.
At s o'clock Sickles' Excelsior bri-
gade, composed of the SEVENTEEN,
Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy
third and SeVenty-fOurth New York
regiments, met and held dedicatory eX-
ercises over the foundation of the brl-
gade monument. The monument is un-
finished and only the foundation as yet
is ready. Rev. G. II. Buckley, of How
ard university, Washington, ID. o.,
chaplain of the First regiment, opened
the exercises with prayer and read an
original poem called Excelsior" Rev.
G.. II. Twitchell, of Hartford, delivered
the Grafton. The monument, when
completed, will consist Of a Doric tenn
pie with a statue of Gen. SiclleS. Later
the Irish brigade, consisting of the Six
ty-third. Sixty-ninth and Eighty-eighth
New York infantry, heard requiem mass
at st. Francis Xavier's church and af-
forwards dedicated their monument in
the wheat field. This is the brigade
that was
BLESSED AND ABSOLVED
by Father Corby just before going into
battle Oh this field. Father Co1by
assisted at the mass to-day. OrationS
were delivered by several of the brigade,
and two poems were read. At 2:3O this
afternoon. Bishop NJ. A. Dewolff Howe,
of the Central Pennsylvania Diocese of
the Episcopal church, laid the corner
stone for the memorial chapel at Gettys-
burg, to be known as the church OF
"The Prince of Peace" 1t will contain
in its walls several memorial tablets.
quite a number having been donated
within the past few years. The site is
at the corner of Baltimore and High
streets, and is very conspicuous. Hon.
William Mclean. presiding judge for
this judicial district, delivered an his
torical Grafton, the dean of the Harris
3urg convocation and Gen. S. w. Craw-
ford, u. 5. A., participating in the eX-
erciSes. Among the monuments dedl-
Gated this morning were the Seventy
ninth and One Hundred and Second
tDllllN, L lNb ll5io az liiiSiy,
SiXty-Second, SiXtyf0urth, SlXty-SeV-
nth, Third independent battery, One
Hundred and FOrty-ninth, Fifteenth
Independent battery, Eleventh battery,
'Ortieth, One Hundred and Fifth, Forty
lirst and Fifty-third.
At O'clock the society of the Army
f the Potomac held its annual meeting,
nj elected Gen. Joshua Chamberlain
resident for the ensuing year. A tele-
ram was sent to Gen. Sheridan con-
ratulating him on his convalescence.
1t 80 the grand procession moved
rom Center square to the ros-
rum in the National cemetery
where the exercises of reunion
between the blue and the gray took
place. On the roStrum the front row of
Of chairs was occupied by Gen. SickleS.
Gen. Beaver and Gen. Robinson (all
with crutcheS), Gen. Gordon, of Georgia,
Gen. Graham, Gen. Buttertield and Rev.
)r. Valentine, OF the Southern the0log-
cal seminary. At o'clock Gen. Rob
nSon. in few brief words, introduced
len. Sickles as the presiding officer.
The old commander of the left corps
made the following address:
This aSSemblage marks an epoch.
YOu are survivors of two great armies.
You and your comrades fought here the
decisive battle of a long and terrible
civil war. Twenty-Five years have
passed and now the combatantS of '63
come together again on your old field
Of battle, to unite in pledges of love and
devotion TO one constitution, one union,
and one flag. To-day there are no vic
tors, no vanquished. AS Americans,
we may all claim common share i'll the
glOrieS of this battlefield. Memorable
for so many brilliant featS of arms, no
stain rests on the colorS of any bat
TALON, battery or troop that cOntended
here for victory. Gallant Buford, who
began the battle, and brave Pickett,
who closed the struggle, fifty repre-
sent
TIE INTREPID HOSTS
that for three days rivaled each other
in titles to martial renown. Among the
hundreds of memorial structures on this
field, there is not one bearing an i'll
Scription that wounds the susceptible
ties of an honorable and gallant foe
This meeting is an historical event. We
dedicate here on this battlefield, to-
day, an altar sacred to peace and tran
quillity and union. We sow the seeds of
friendship between communities and
states, and populations once hos
tile and now reconciled. We
all share i'll the rich harvest
reaped by the whole country, North
and South, East and west, from the
new America born on this battlefield,
when the republic consecrated her in
stitutions to liberty and justice. 1t is
sometimes said that it is not wise to
perpetuate the memories of civil war,
and such was the Roman maxim. But
our civil war was not mere conspiracy
against a rule; it was not plot of a
soldier to oust rival from power; it
was not pronunciamento. The con-
flict of lS6l-lSii5 was
WAR OF INSTITUTIONS
and systems and policies. 1t was a rev.
olutiOn ranking in Importance with the
French revolution of the eighteenth
century and with the English revolution
f the seventeenth century. Universal
n its benevolent influence upon the
estinies Of this country, and inetface-
hle in the footprints 1t made in the
"ath of our national progress. The
'.iemories of such war are as ndes-
.uctible as our civilization, the
ames of Lincoln and Lee and Grant
nd Jackson can never be effaced flom
ur annals. The valor and fortitude
md achievements of both armies, never
urpassed in any age, demand a record
n American history. And now that
line and thought, common sense and
common interests have softened all the
ANIMOSITIES OF WAR
we may bury them forever, whilst we
"herish and peipetuate as Americans
the immortal heritage of honor belong