Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-04

saaisas for aefsadiee il tAax the First and |
Eievensh corps foand is . secure rsilying |
ppsus. - fsrnllsble = 70 cause the v;csori |
COS eseny to psnse even in the full nush Of
their slvsasaxe- This height. the heal sai
frons Of The Union. position. Howard bfssely
ard skiIifuliy keeps ;hroaznouf the nar;..
Caldwell. drst colonel Of the Eleventh Nxi,.e
commanded the fess dsyisioa Of the Second
eofpa. The assistance hss four brixaaes xars
the left when Birney hs! been driven back,
vss among she most pronisent events Of the
husxie. A. r. Hose, of the regular servic
md Adeibeft Ames, first colonel Of the
Tsenfiexh Maine, commanied divi.i ns.
Colaaei McGiivery haniiel his artillery
brigade in . eonspicaoasly brilliant AMI ef-
fective manner. Gen LgsAad<r Cutier.
vhos- brigade Of the First corps tsuxas ~
long on the srst lay. passed 50 many years
Of his life in active business 10 our State ~
70 give her strong claim 20 him II Maine
could appropriate 10 her osn honor the col
iefs Of Gettysburg vha hal their birth aud
breeding on her soil. and we're -schooleh At
her homes in the hardy virtues that glor ~
American MANHOOD; if she could cali to her
owu standard her stalvars sous Who went
from the dark forests Of the Penooscof, the
keanebee and the Andfsscogsin TO The PIN
cries Of Pennsy ivaaiz, Michigan. Wisconsin
and Minnesota; anil from her rugged HILLSIDE
farms Ia the psxiries Of the West; aad those
Who bad sought - better their fortunes IN
the cities and toS - Of her sister states o.
Sew EngIAnsi--sll Sho were enrolled In the
examinations of their adopted States ahi
fought uader the came broad banner OF the
Union, hos long her line would stretch And
What increased splsndor Of achievement And
sacrifice would ha.h from her scutcheon.
Cut from the granite Of our native nils We
bring hither mem 5ri2ls Of yaior and patriot
IN and impiaHt them on the soil-shank
God, Of our common country. Each marks
. spot where sons Of Maine stood SHOULDER
10 shoulder facing the enemy their misguided
coantrymen, ranged in arms To destroy the
country won by the blood of their fathers,
and proved BY the test of well nigh hun ired
years 70 be the best hope of mankini. Pillar
and shaft and blocks. 80 long IS time shiil
space them they will bear mute bat i'm
pressive witness Of the glorious fall OF tho e
sho died the thrice biessei death OF the
patriot, before the faces of their fathers and
ander the walls Of their country's capital
fnvrought with legends AMI With the knight
ly emblems tina, were proudly worn by tn
soldiers Of the Army of the Potomac aud
graced the fiu,tering pennons Of its great
leaders, they are instinct foreyermore with
honor to the brave, and tribute to the chival
rous spirit of the grandest army that ever
marched to battle. But they will fat to
bre tthe the spirit Of our higher intent If tney
stand merely as the chronicles o. bate
Won of heroes slain; OF noble arm iment
of a country saved. We dedicate them 10
the past in the fervi1 hope that the memories
they evoke may have immortal power to keep
alive and strengthen whatever tends TO maj T.
tain this precious, blood bought country, one
free, strong and pure. With joy aud thank
fulness We hail these peiceful, prosperous,
happy days. Reunited in q stronger bond by
the memories of A common suffering All
herOism, the late foem nov face the sam
way and move forward together for the glory
Of com mon country. Everywhere through
out the land there 10 gro 9TH, development,
energy, promise and hops fitness. But per
feet harmony. Ritroubled ease, progress
without check, can never rule in greit
country with widespread millions of people
among complex ,terests and various and
constantly varying conditions. At each r,
move Of q free peoples onward course new
dangers, bardships and difficulties stimulate
to rene wed effort AMI deeper thought, test
the quality Of the manhood and citiz ,nship
Of each generation. and thus leai on To
higher states and nObler ideals. o, troubled
patriot, if. in the years to come, fear aad
foreboding Cypress your spirit, and the bur
den is heavy and the way is dark, and dan
gers threaten, come to this field an stand
among the Sc silent monitors and learn that
resolved h. arts, fire by adeathless purpose,
can make q way through the heaviest loon
to the fair sunlighr beyond.
Prayer was offered and the benedci1n
pronounced by Re-. &. X. Palmer.
ha U,pp nf To
appropriately Inscribed. They are located
as follows Third Infantry, Peach Orchard;
fourth Devils Den; fifth. Little Rou
| Top; sixth, WrigIt avenue, near fancy
town road seven h, Wolf hill; sixteenth,
Reynolds ayenu,; seventeenth, South
Wheat Field; Nineteenth, Ciump of Trees,
twentieth, 1.-TWO monuments) Little Round
| Top and Big Round Top; irst cavalry, four
miles east of the town; Halls battery,
| Chambersburg pike; Stevens battery, Cups
hill Dows battery, Hancock avenue sharp
shooters, Snyder farm.
The party leaves Gettysburg at o'clock
tomorrow morning and after taking in the
battle fields in the ,icinity of fIarper's Ferry
will reach Washington Sunday evening, ami
the National Hotel will be the ir headquarters
| for few days.
| At the 9Th Maine Battery monument. Maj.
G. +. Stevens mxde very interesting talk,
a description of the Important part his bat
tery took IN the battle. Privae John +.
Chase, who received 4S wounds in this ac-
tion, was present and interested the boys in
pointing out the points of interest in the
vicinity.
AT the LIST Maine Cavalry monumen. Col.
Smith entertained the members of the regi
ment and others VIII hal gathered there,
d, scribing their part IT, tie attic and other
points of interes, in h h'-,p-y of the or
| ganizxtion. He was f.l.o ID By Lieut.. To
bic, Who read very ihfer, suas poem which
is highly spoken OIL
While these ex .eises sers going on al
the different monuments Capt. James T.
Long at East Gem ter, isl gave full des
cription OF the entire movements of both
armies, and later pn fr m Little Round Top
gave dcsGrp'iot Of the battle between
| Generals Slckies snI L III kstreet on the after
neon of July 2, 1868
The party then cane TO the angle, the
scene of rirksus Oh rye, s'here Q full and
graphic description wa give. cf tina; ter
rible struggle tnat took place on the after
noon of July 3 !, aH here t;ie tide OF tiie
rebellion was checked aud turaed back IN its
downward cour.e.
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