River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-07-05
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GettysburE's Cory Field the scene OF
Many Declarations of Monuments to the
Fallen DEMONSTRATING Speeches Made.
GETTYsBTRG, Pa, July WISCONSIN ded-
lcated her seven monuments Saturday on
the Gettysburg battlefield. The exercises
were held at Reynolds Grove. and within
few feet of where that General
was killed during the first days
engagement
Governor Rusk was not present, and the
State Treasurer, Colonel H. b. Harshaw,
accepted the monuments on behalf Of the
State. United States Senator SpoOner
then delivered an eloquent Grafton.
The monuments were then formally
presented to the Gettysburg Battle
field Memorial Association by General
Lucius Fairchild. General Fairchild spoke
with great feeling, and many Of
the veterans were moved 20 tears.
Governor Beaver, as cX-office PTesi-
lent 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 a number Of
speeches were afterward made by prom
inent Wisconsin men. The seven Wiscon-
sin monuments are splendid structures,
and are those of Third. Fifth, Second, Sew
enth. Sixth, Twenty-sixth and Company
u. First Regiment Sharpshooters.
Saturday afternoon the exerc' ses 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 Duff,
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-
mcnts to the Gettysburg Memorial Associa~
tion, and Governor James A. Beaver ro-
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 10 80 yesterday morning the veterans
formed and led BY the Frankfort Band,
marched 10 the National Cemetery, and or
through this to the vine clad rcstrum
where religious services We're held.
At O'Clock p. m. the road from town 70
Reynolds Grove was crowded with car
witness the exercises Of the First Corps
Bishop Potter made most eloquent prayer.
Major Z. 2. Halstead, president Of the as
ISOLATION of the first corps, introduced
Governor Beaver, who delivered the
address of welcome Ex-Governor John
{. Robinson, of New York, resting
on his crutches, responded i'm behalf of tho
corps. Frederick Smythe, the war Gov
ernor of New Hampshire, made a short adj
dress. Governor T. j Ormsbee of Vermont,
also spoke. General Longstreet was given
a rousing reception. He said;
y was not in time 70 witness any part of the
engagement of the first day Of Gettysburg. but
am pleased TO be here in time 10 witness these
ceremonies and TO express that sympathy which
should go out from all hearts to those who
know how TO appreciate the conduct OF
soldiers who Cner their lives OF the altar oi
their country. The gauge Of battle was
pitched and here the great army 81 the Sou.h,
the pride and glory Of that sect IA, found itself
Overmatched. arrested in its rIarch Of triumph,
and forced 10 stand and reclhl, but not for want
Of gallantry fOriitude 4aith. Tho battle Of the
second day by McLane's ard Hof DIS Divisions
and part Of AndersOns was as spirited SONS
of the dashing efforts of the first Napoleon,
but before the end it was found to be work tc
upheave the mountain That OF the third dag
by Pickett's Division and Trumble's marching
1890 yards under the FIRE OF / % cannon ana To-,
COO of musketry has no parallel nor is not likely
to have N the annals Of war. This battle
see reCurs 10 my mind with vivid
force But times have changed Twenty-Five
years have softened the usases OF war. Those
frownng he ehts 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 Introduce.
He said twenty five years had made it pos
sible to sandwich Yankee and a Confed-
crate between Yankee Doodle and
Dixie" The men of the North did not
love the men of the South Jess, 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, aud 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 various
memorials. At fifteen minutes before
o'clock the Ninth New York Militia, Cot
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 pSocessiOn moved on out the pike to
REYNOLDS avenue and along the crest Of
Seminary ridge to the monument, which is
near the Johannesburg road. The infantry
formed square around this and the ex
ercises were opened with an invocar
tion by Rev Alfred K. 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
dcrslioG. 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 Corps
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 fGaribaldi Guardsl Cap
tain Clarke, of New York, delivered the ora
ton. At the Ninety Seventh II. f. Turner,
of Lowville, was the orator. At the One
Hundred and Forty seventh General J.
Volney Pierce of Kansas, formerly a Cap
tain in the regiment delivered the Grafton
The One Hundred and Twelfth and Forty
Fifth New York a. 50 dedicated their mon
uments.