Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-07-07

EFALLEN BRAVES REMEMBERED.
Continuation o4 the Reunion IT the nlus
and the Gray - Gettysburg BAttle-
Field Ssveral More Memorial shafts
Dedicated, and : Number Of Speeches
Made.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, July s. AT 10 o'clock
g M, yesterday the five regiments 81
GREEN'S Brigade, the Seventy eighth, One
Hundred and Second, Sixtieth, One Hun
drei and Thirty seventh and One Hundred
and Forty-ninth New York, dedicated
their monuments on Cups Hill.
| Gettysburg bAttle- field, and inlmedi-
sately afterward q reunion OF
tbs brigade was held. Major General
Henry J.. Slocum, who commanded the
right Of the Federal line during the bat
tie, and Brigadier General gorge s.
Green, the brigade commander, made adj
dresses. At the same hour Sicklesa Excel
sior Brigade, made up 81 the Seventeen,
Seventy first, Seventy second, Seventy
third and Seventy fourth New z orlr regu-
lars, met at the site Of the brigad monu-
ment and held the dedicatory exercises,
At $50 o'clock the members Of the
Irish brigade, composed of the Sixty
third, Sixty-ninth aud lightly eighth New
York Infantry, marched to the Catholic
Church where requiem mass for those
who fell In the battle was celebrated by
Fathers Suillett and Corby. 1T was the
latter who, just before the brigade went
into battle on the afternoon of the ed,
blessed and absolved them.
In addition to these memorials there
were dedicated yesterday the monuments
OF the following regiments Battery ID,
First New York Artillery, theSecond New
York (Anderson Zouayes) the Sixty
fourth New York, the One Hundred and
Forty ninth New York, the Fourth New
York Independent Battery, the Eighty
sixth New York, the Sixty.eig hth Penn
sylvania {Scott legion) the Ninety eighth
Pennsyl vania, the One Hundred and For
ty- fifth New York, the One Hundred and
Tenth Pennsylvania, the Forty first New
York Infantry. the One Hundred and Fifth
Pennsylvania, the SixtN-second Pennsyl-
vania, the Fifty-second New York. the
Fortieth New York, the Fifteenth New
! York Battery, and the Nimetieth New York
Cavalry. II
At o'clock the corn stone of the s Me-
mortal Church Of the Prince Of Peace 4, was
formally laid In the presence OF thousands
OF people The question OF The creation Of
this edifice has been agitated for a number
OF years, and one Of the former Episcopal
rectors collected quantity OF stone in
scribed with either the names OF donators
or that of some comrade or friend who had
fallen in the rebellion. These will be
placed in the inside of the church tower.
Bishop Howe, of the Central diocese Of the
Episcopal church, laid the cornerstone.
At 8 o'clock the Society Of the Army
the Potomac held its annual meeting and
elected General Joshua Chamberlain pres
ident for the ensuing year x "A telegram
was sent to General Sheridan con ratulat-
ing him on his convalescence. t4:30 the
grand procession moved from Center
square to the rostrum in the National Gem
etery, where the exercises OF reunion be-
tween the blue and the gray took place.
On the rostrum the front row OF chairs
was occupied by General Sickles, General
Beaver and General Robinson Gall with
crutchesl, General Gordon, OF Georgia,
General Graham, General Butterfeld and
Rev. DR. Valentine, Of the Southern Theo-
logical seminary At S o'clock General
Robinson introduced General Sickles as
the presiding officer. The old commander
of the left corps addressed the throng, say
ing among other things:
Among the hundreds Of memorial structures
on this field there is not one bearing I'm ms Grip
ton that wounds the susceptibilities of an hon
orable and gallant foe. This meeting Is an his
torical event. We dedicate here on this battle
field to-day an altar sacred to peace ana tran
guilty and union. We sow the seeds OF friend
ship between communities and States and pop
fulati0n once hostile and now reconciled. Our