Evening journal., 1913-06-25
Delaware Survivors of
Civil War TO Meet Others on
Battlefield SO Years After War

Two hundred and seventy-five men,
hardly three full companies, but all
the Delaware survivors of the Civil
War residing in this State. will go to
Gettysburg, Pa. on next Monday to
take part in the fiftieth anniversary
of that world-famous battle. II will
be the most important and elaborate
celebration of its kind ever held in
the United States. with $4,000 surviv-
ors of the Civil War taking part They
will come from every State in the
Union and will sleep in tents and eat
army rations as in the days when the
country was rent asunder by the ter
rible strife, and brother fought against
brother.
The two hundred and seventy-five
men, some of them wearers of the
blue and others of the gray who will
represent Delaware at the celebration,
will be, the guests of the State by rea-
son of the action of the State Legis-
lature, which at its last session appro-
priated $4,000 to pay the expenses of
tho veterans to and from the battle
field.
At that time a commission, of which
Governor Charles r. Miller is chair
man and Lieutenant r. G. buckingham
lis secretary, was also named.
The other members of the commits
sion are: Lieutenant Colonel H. G.
lCavanaugh, c. S. A., retired New Cas-
tie; State Senator William F. Black
ston. Georgetown; James NJ Satter-
field, Dover and Major c. P. Holcomb,
10. NJ. D., New Castle
Governor. Miller will attend the
celebration and will be accompanied
by his aid, Adiutant General /. Pusey
Wickersham.
The trip to Gettysburg as guests Of
Delaware was made possible mainly
through the efforts Of R. G. Bucking-
ham. AS a member Of the Legislature
in 1911, Mr.. Buckingham introduced
bill and succeeded in having It pass
authorizing Governor Pennewill "a
appoint a commission of three to ar
range for Delaware's participation in
/ the celebration. The bill also apprO-
lpriated 5000 for expenses. The COVER
nor appointed Senator Blackstone, Mr.
Satterfeld and Mr. Buckingham on
the committee. The latter the only
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! Mr.. Buckingham, who entered the
/ Union army as a private August IL
| 1862 ended his service as first lieu.
tenant of Company E, Fourth Della.
ware Regiment, at the close of the
war. He has been especially active
in having this State recognize the vet
erans by sending them to the Gettys-
burg anniversary.
Circular letters we're sent to al
Union and Confederate soldiers in thi'
State notifying them of the actor
taken. Responses were received from
15O The commission thereupon asked
the Legislature for an appropriation
of $4,000, estimating that three hun
dred men would make the trip. Th'
General Assembly passed the bill anC
Increased the commission.
James Rankin Armstrong. Of New
ark, department commander of the G
A. r. of Delaware. will make the tril
as we'll also Assistant Adiutant Gen
eral ]. S. Litzenburg, of this city.
lDeIaWare's Part in Fight.
Both the First and Second regiment
of Delaware took a prominent par
in the Gettysburg battle, which wa
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and had il not been for some of tn
lighting done by the Delaware troop
the battle might have turned the othe
way and with it the Union.
The celebration next week will b
a wonderful thing to the men VIII
Survived the bloodiest battle of tn
civil War, and It will recall to thei
minds the scenes that occurred. il
those four days just fifty years ago.
The destinies Of a nation we're set
tiled by the death of more than 1900
lmen in that battle, and the woundinl
of thousands more. II was there tha
General Lee, encouraged by victory
and desiring to relieve Virginia of tn
lpresence of the Union army, deter
mined to invade the North and trans
fer the seat of the war. It was 70
three days, under the heavy fire of hi
lartillery and bayonet charges Of hi
troops Lee gradually pushed back tn
whole Union army; it was there tha
General Picketts men made thei
gallant charge against the famou