New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-10
GETTYSBURG.
THE HISTORY OF NETWORK STATE SOL
DIERs IN THE BATTLE.

NEw-xoEK At sETTysBURa; FINAL 81, T. Rspor.
York Monuments C Commission s for The Battle
fields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. In Three
Lyon Company. Printers.
In 1886 act was passed by the New-York
Legislature appointing Commissioners to deter
mine the positions and movements Of the troops
from the State of New-York on the battlefelds
of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. III 1895 further
legislation authorized expenditures, of which
the volumes containing the final report on that
part of the work relating to Gettysburg are the
result. General Daniel E. Sickles, as chairman
of the Commission submits the publication to
the Governor in brief note. but in justice to
all those identified with this admirable work we
may give the names OF the other Commission
ers. follows: Brevet Major-General Alexander
s. Webb Colonel Lewis r. Stegman, Major
Charles A. Richardson. Mator-General Daniel
Butterheld. Brevet Major-General Arson G. Nc
Cook and Colonel Clinton Beckwfth. The Adju
tant-General Of the State, ex-officio. is also a
member OF the Commission. and the name Of A
J Zabriskie is recorded on the title page
engineer and secretary.
To give the names Of all those who have
shared in the production of these volumes would
be impossible. for they are made up from many
sources. The first hundred pages of the first
volume given to narrative of what New
Yorks men did at Gettysburg by Lieutenant
Colonel William F. Fox of the 10th New-York
Volunteers a narrative both interesting and
clear. the writer aiming animated state
ment OF facts Following these pages are itin-
erar1es, rosters and casualty lists of the Army
OF the Potomac and the Army of Northern vir-
this bulky work is taken up with account of
all monuments erected in honor of the New-York
regiments at Gettysburg, with the orations. ad-
dresses and regimenta1 histories. The record
begins with New-York Day at Gettysburg. July
2. 1898. when the State monument was dedicated.
At the end, after all the monuments have been
celebrated. there biographical notes all
the New-York generals who served at Gettys-
burg: there Is concise statement Of the loca-
ton. dimensions construction and cost of each
Of the New-York monuments. and the final docu-
ments OF the Commission printed. The whole
work Is crowned by a useful general index.
The volumes are obviously calculated to be of
solid use 10 the historian, for among the ora
tons and addresses delivered at the various
dedication ceremonies there can be found in
Vulnerable data relating to the battle, valuable
because coming in many instances from those
who took part in the great conflict There is
much in this publication which is intensely in
teresting for its first hand information We
may add that the acts by virtue of which the
Commission carried out its work provided for
the production of pictures of the monuments
erected. These pictures, all beautiful heliotype
plates, are scattered profusely through the vol
urnes. and. Furthermore, there similar photo
graphic views Of various points the field gen
erously distributed through Lieutenant-C Colonel
Fox's long chapter. There also maps show
ing the positions of the troops on the three diff
ferent days. This is not. Of course book for
consecutive reading but 1t is Indispensable
work Of reference 1t has been printed in first
rate form, and is substantially bound