Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-07-05
NO. 2IO2
DEDICATION.
The New Jersey Monuments
Dedicated and the Sol
diers Return

GETTYSBURG, June 30-New JERSEY
dedicated its monuments on the field
at o'clock this afternoon. At that
hour the 1st Regiment Of National
Guards moved from their camp in the
wheat field and swept down Sykes
Avenue with colors flying and band
playing to the brigade monument,
where the exercises were to be held.
BY hard work last night and this morn
ing thls monument was completed ana
thus Jerseys work is done. Colonel
Campbell selected a SQUAD and ordered
them off into the woods. Then as
Governor Green, of New JERSEY. and
Governor Beaver drove up, the rocks
OF Round Top re-echoed with the roar
OF the Governors salute. Colonel
James N. Duff, chairman of the Get
tysburg Battlefield Commission of
New Jersey, called the audience to
order and introduced Rev. Allanson A.
Haines, late the chaplain of the 18th
New Jersey Infantry, who pronounced
the invocation. The members of the
commission then unveiled the brigade
monument, while he crowd cheered.
the band played and the Infantry fired
a salute.
Governor Rober7 s. Green delivered
a carefully prep trAd and eloquent
oration. and ended by transferring the
monuments to the Battlefield Memoir
ial Association. They were received
in the name OF that body by Governor
James A. Beaver This closed the ex-
erclses, but, as at the Wnconsin dedi-
cation this morning, a number of spr-
wing members belonging to the vari-
Gus New Jersey commands engaged in
this battle made short addresses.
Among them were: Rev. George B.
Wight, Colonel Samuel L. Buck.
Major William E. Bryan, Captain
Samuel L. Gaul, General James F.
Rushing, Gen. Frank Price. Gen. Ram
say, Captain Ambrose NJ. Matthews.
Captain Lewis Van Bascom. Major
Henry W. Sawyer and Colonel N. Jud-
son Clarke.
The New jersey Militia broke camp
tonight and left for home, but Cover
nor Green and staff will remain for the
reunion.
The monuments of New jersey are
all OF granite, and neat and tasteful in
design. That of the Sth Regiment is
fifteen feet high, and consists of base,
sub-base, on which is the brigade and
division to which it belonged, and a
tall shaft surmounting this, bearing on
the front cross, flag and musket.
Ihe diamond corps badge resting on
the top completes the decorations. 1t
is situated on the second davis field
near the Valley of Death.n The me-
mortal OF the nth Regiment is near
the Smith house, on the Emmittsburg
Road, and is about ten feet high. 1t is
a massive stone. cubical in shape. with
rounded corners. on which is the corps
badge, and with flag cut in granite.
having the stars polished, draped over
the top. The 7th has an altogether
original design for its stone. 1t is made
up of a base. and sub-base. on the
front of which are a diamond and
wreath enclosing the figure I. A high
granite minnie ball, more than three
feet in diameter and proportionally
high, surmounts it. Its location is on
the Trostle farm. near the new peach
orchard and clos. to the Emmittsburg
Road.
Two New Jersey regiments have all
ready erected and dedicated monu-
ments, the 18th and 18th, but the
former has added massive marker.
1t was this regiment, known as the
Buck and Ball. that captured the
Confederates who were stationed in
bliss Barn." between the two armies.
The 1st Cavalry monument is fifteen
feet high, and consists of base, SUBJ
base and die, on top of which is cut
the full cavalry accoutrement.