The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-10-10
Al Cettys burg.
DEDlcATIoS or NE MAlsf MosINKs1

/ DEDIc4TiOS 81 Tng HAISK AosfNKSrs
The dedication II ,ac Pne Tfec Stat
monuments, erected IN ne Getty-bufg
battlefield n the Tk.Jr u her soldiers
took place THURSDAY oct. d. a. the
Court House. instead u the ry-.run Al
The National Cemetery A. announced.
] ne change va made " give the ye,ef.
an- chance 10 yislt the field IN ever
art. The day va spent IL s1ca a tour.
including the .cene II the cavalry tglt,
n-pectiug the Star. monuments and
aD.dilg reg mental reuuiou=. Col J. 3
Bachelor gave talk- az ka-t Cemetery
M, the bloody angie and Little Round
Top, describing the general movement.
Of the troops during the light All the
monuments were sl-ird ia order. and
descriptive sccorrt- of the part taken -
the regiments were given. usually 1y the
Colonel commanding. General ChamDe
lain talked a. the I sentieth, Gen. Cna=.
" Iildeu al the Sixteenth, Gen CAa..
4. Smith a. the F.r-t Cavalry Colonel
Moore al the Seventeenth and Col Moses
l.akeman a. the Third. the Fifth alone
held special regimental cereInonie. at II
monument On Little Round Top. Gen.
e. s. EDWARDS described the part taken
ny the regiment, and an original poem
was read by Mrs. Packard II Springfield,
Mass A national salute Of forty minute
guns was fred from East Cemetery HI
10 the morning.
At the formal exercises Gen J. l..
Chamberlain presided. An earnest and
patriotic PRAYER was offered By Rev,
Theodore Gerri-h Of the Twentieth kegi-
nent. Gen. Charles Hsmiin, Chairman
~ h.4r 'fvri am. ia
presented the monuments 70 Gov. Bur
! eigh. who received them il nea. speech
and in turn handed them over To the Gus
tody Of the Gettysburg Battlefield Assoei-
alton. The Governor said
Gentlemen Of Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association The monument
which ne this day dedicate are in honor
Of soldiers Of Maine who fell here il
bloody struggle for the Union Of tae
States and for Constitutional liberty
These memorials viii perpetua.e not Only
the glory Of Individuals out also the Just
fame Of brave organizations to wh.ct
they belonged. In still larger sense
they will conference.-the the fame Of the
STATE which tenderly cherishe> the mem
ory Of her sons, who, in the sacred cause
of country, made the la-t great sacrifice
which men can make-they gave Their
lives. By the worlds common AGREEMENT
the victory won OF this battlefield WAS
the crisis 10 war which was waget for
the integrity Of the Union. We come 10
It now. a. millions viii come 10 the future
generations Of the republic, - pay our
tribute - the patriotic endurance. 10 tle
lofty courage. u the Matches heroi-m
which forever con >ecrated the grJ1ad
upon witch We stand. God grant that L
t.aH M a q. Fs,--
loved country, the example Of the Draw
men who lie here Will inspire the hearts
and nerve the arms of our descendants
who shall inherit and enjoy the greatness
and the grandeur of the in-eparaole In
ion of the States. Gentlemen, it give
NE great pleasure. in behalf Of the STATE
of Maine. to intru-t these memorials n
the care and custody Of your worthy and
patriotic organization.
In the absence of Governor Beaver,
who was prevented from being present
by an engagement made last April, the
trust was accepted by John NJ hralth,
Secretary of the association. Gen. Sci
den Conuor then delivered au a1mlraole
and eloquent memorial address, which
was enthusiastically received.
Ex-Governor Common devoted the intro
ductory portion Of his address TO
graphic portrayal nf the Importance OF
the great struggle 81 Gettysuurg. which
was The eliminating and turning point Of
the civil war. He then proceeded 10 state
at considerable length the pat which
Maine soldiers bore in the great conflict.
In closing he summed up their achieve
ments Is follows;
In proportion 10 the number OF her
troops in the action no one of the eight
h, i'm Nsyy np
and Stripes on thi. hardtought field con-
trlbuted more than Maine to the victory.
1t il somewhat remarkable that seven of
Of her nine infantry regiments in the
army, and all three batteries, were in the
front lue. and that the service OF 50 many
of them was OF unique character, hay-
ing AL important bearing upon the grand
result. At whatever point the battle
ragged. sons of the Pine Tree State were
in the melee. The sad measure of their
services is the loss they suffered. In mil
tary parlanee the word conveutionally
used to express severity of loss is deci-
mated When one-tenth of 8 battalion
is struck down it implies bloody work.
Col. Fox, in his valuable work on Resi-
mental Losses, gives the percentage of
loss in killed and MORALLY wounded al
Gettysburg OF the Sixteenth and Twenti-
eth Maine as 10 per cent. each. of the
Fourth Is per cent, OF the Third "A per
cent. and OF the Nineteenth Is per cent.
The corresponding percentage of loss of
the Seventeenth, derived from other
sources. was twelve per cent. The entire
loss 10 Maine was one thousand and TWEEN
ty.three. OF this number three hundred
and two were reported captured or miss
ing, and of these all but nineteen were
f.N bi-i
teeuth. and their loss under this head ties
tfes TO the good conduct Ga those regi-
meuts and proves how tenaciuusly they
clung to their difficult and exposed posts
the Sixteenth a. We have seen. was sac
rihced almost to man while holding tie
right of the line on the first day th-'
Third WAS at the Peach Orchard angie
where. SAYS Fox, the tenacity with which
the Third Maine held the >kirmish line j.
worthy of note :; the Fourth was for =
time in isolatdd position, occupying the
ravine between Devils Den and Little
Round Top, and was the left If the line
until the Twentieth stood on Little Round
Top. The Maine Regiment which suf
ferti most in killed and wounded was
a might he expected from its share in
meeting the attacks on the centre on the
second and third DAYS. the Nineteenth
OF thr four hundred aud forty taken into
engagement il lost one hundred and nine
ty-nine, only seven of which number
were reported as captured or missing
The percentage of entire loss was Al
To show by comparison the severity of
such losses a this, Col Fox cites the
Light Brigade. whose loss in its famous
charge at Bslaclava was but 81 per cent,
The Brigade to which the Nineteenth be-
longed suffered the severest loss in this
battle that any brigade of the Union ar
mics incurred in any one action OF the
war. The percentage OF loss was 81
The highest percentage of loss of any
German regiment in the Franc 1-Prusssn
war was 40"
The beuedictiou was pronounced by the
Rev. Il. X, Palmer, Chaplain of the Nine
teenth. The venerable Hannibal Iamlin
was present. The monuments are scat
tered over the three days fight. After
the meeting a dedicatory salute of sixteen
guns was fired. one for each monument.
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