The National tribune., 1902-10-09

of Gettysburg.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Hereto
fore you have printed statement from
me to the effect that on the afternoon of
July 1, 1868, the First and Third Bri-
sades of the Second Division, Twelfth
Corps, went into position to the right of
and near Little Round Top, and that Gen.
John w. Geary, approaching the i'm
portance of holding that point, caused the
same to be occupied that night by the 9th
Ohio and 141th Pa. Also that a brigade
organization had been effected for the pur-
pose of locating and marking the posi-
ton of the First Brigade in that vicinity.
and that bronze and granite marker had
been prepared and placed to the right of
Little Round Top near Sedgwick Avenue.
On Thursday, Sept. Is, at 4 p. m., men,
bers of the Brigade Committee and others
gathered about this marker, held a brief
and simple service and formally turned
the same over TO the Government. The
following program was Observed The
comrades were called to order by DR.. Will
son, Chairman of the Brigade Committee,
who stated the purposes of the meeting,
and then introduced Judge John Z. Muir
ply, of Cincinnati, o., as the presiding
officer. After appropriate remarks by
Comrade Murphy, Comrade Owen Hicks
offered an invocation.
On the bronze tablet is found the name
the brigade and the regiments composing
it at that place nearly 40 years ago, and
Il sketch of the service of each was read
by Capts. Howe and Foering and DR..
Wilson.
The record of our Brigade Commander,
Gen. Charles Candy, who entered the
Regular Army in May, 1850, was read,
honorable and efficient service as an en-
listed man and Sergeant before the war of
1851, as Captain and A. A. G.. of volun-
teers; Colonel of the 6Gth Ohio, and Brevet
Brigadier-General and commander of the
First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth
Corps to March 13, 1865, and later as
Commissary of the Soldiers Home at
Hampton. Va, where he now renders most
efficient service in clothing and feeding
the old comrades there.
Col. John ii. Patrick, of the 9TH Ohio,
entered the service in April, 1861, as Cap
tain elected Lieutenant Colonel; reelected
in the three years service and promoted
to Colonel in September, 1862 He was
killed in battle May %, 1864, at New Hope
Church, Ga, and his remains were taken
to his home in Cincinnati, O., and buried
in Wesleyan Cemetery.
Col. William II. Creighton, of the 7th
Ohio, entered service April %, 1861, as
Captain; elected Lieutenant-C Colonel; re-
elected for three years, and promoted to
colonel. lie was killed In battle at King
gold, Ga, Nov. q, 1868, while command
ing the First Brigade, and his remains
now rest in Woodlawn Cemetery at Cleve-
land, Ohio, at the base of fine monument.
Capt. Wilbur F. Stevens, of the 29th
Ohio, entered the service as Captain in
August, 1861, and served in that rank
until Sept. 8, 1864; commanded his regi-
ment at Cedar Mountain, Charlottesville
and Gettysburg; died May II, 1894, at
Tacoma, Wash, and is buried there.
Lieut. Col. Edward Hayes, entered the
service Aug. 26, 1861, as Captain, and
was promoted to Major and Lieutenant
Colonel; was very severely wounded at
Dug Gap, Ga, in May, 1864, and dis
charged on account of disability there
from Nov. 4, 1864. He died in 1901, at
Warren, Ohio.
Brevet Brig.-Gen. Eugene Powell en-
tered the service in April, 1861, as Cap
tain in 4th Ohio; remustered in same
grade for three years and promoted in
November, 1861, to Major of the Goth
Ohio, then to Lieutenant Colonel, same
regiment; in 1865 promoted to Colonel of
the 193d Ohio, and to Brevet Brigadier-
General in March, 1865; has been Collector
of Internal Revenue, member of the Legis-