Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Mark the Positions of the Pennsylvania Commands Engaged in the BattlesW. S. Ray, state printer, 1897 - 499 pages |
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Page 64
... soon forget a battle which has cost us such precious lives as those of Lieutenant Colonel McAloon and the other dead . At the post of honor and duty these true and noble soldiers have with their blood enhanced the price of victory ...
... soon forget a battle which has cost us such precious lives as those of Lieutenant Colonel McAloon and the other dead . At the post of honor and duty these true and noble soldiers have with their blood enhanced the price of victory ...
Page 69
... Soon the entire country around was flooded , cutting off the skirmishers , who had to be brought in by the cavalry . Fortunately the ground occupied by the regiment was high ; still the men were obliged to stand during the night in ...
... Soon the entire country around was flooded , cutting off the skirmishers , who had to be brought in by the cavalry . Fortunately the ground occupied by the regiment was high ; still the men were obliged to stand during the night in ...
Page 70
... soon exchanging shots with the enemy . Ad- vancing some distance through a wood , to a hill where a battery was be- ing posted , the regiment was ordered to take position for its support . For four hours the men lay under the heavy fire ...
... soon exchanging shots with the enemy . Ad- vancing some distance through a wood , to a hill where a battery was be- ing posted , the regiment was ordered to take position for its support . For four hours the men lay under the heavy fire ...
Page 71
... soon throw- ing their shells into the Union ranks . From Warrenton the command moved to Gainesville . On the night of the 27th of August , Companies A , B , C and D were ordered out on picket duty , and on the following day captured a ...
... soon throw- ing their shells into the Union ranks . From Warrenton the command moved to Gainesville . On the night of the 27th of August , Companies A , B , C and D were ordered out on picket duty , and on the following day captured a ...
Page 72
... soon forced the company to retire , which was done in good order , but narrowly es- caped capture . The brigade now took position in line of battle in a wood , with Companies A and B of the Twenty - seventh thrown forward as skir ...
... soon forced the company to retire , which was done in good order , but narrowly es- caped capture . The brigade now took position in line of battle in a wood , with Companies A and B of the Twenty - seventh thrown forward as skir ...
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1st Sergt advance Allegheny army artillery attack Battery battle of Chickamauga battlefield Bragg Brigade camp campaign Capt Captain captured Cavalry Charles Chattanooga column command comrades Confederate Crawford Co Creek crossed Cumberland dedication of monument Division duty enemy enemy's engaged field fighting fire flank force front Geary Geary's George George W guns Henry Hill honor Hooker hundred and eleventh Illinois Indiana James John Joseph Kentucky killed Knap's Lancaster Lieut Lieut.-Col Lieutenant Colonel Lookout Mountain Major ment miles Missionary Ridge morning moved Murfreesboro Nashville National Negley night Ninth Cavalry officers Ohio ordered Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Volunteers Phila picket Pittsburgh position Potomac prisoners Private railroad rear rebel regiment infantry retreat River road Rosecrans Rossville Second Brigade Seventy-eighth Seventy-ninth Seventy-seventh skirmishers soldiers Tenn Tennessee Tennessee River Third Brigade Thomas to-day troops Twelfth Corps Twenty-ninth Union Union army Valley veterans Wauhatchie William wounded
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Page 192 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 398 - ... destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon...
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Page 398 - ... any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed...