Pennsylvania at Antietam: Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission of Pennsylvania and Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Mark the Position of Thirteen of the Pennsylvania Commands Engaged in the BattleThe Commission, 1906 - 260 pages Volume includes "26 photolithograph half-tones with tint plate in both screen and random dot. Photographs of personages, scenery and statues. Photolithograph in screened and random dot half-tone by Julius Bien & Co., New York."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 138 |
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... granite , must appeal to every thinking man . Four bronze statues and nine granite statues with one exception , each seven feet in height ( 124th Infantry being eight feet ) mounted on nine feet granite pedestals of appro- priate design ...
... granite , must appeal to every thinking man . Four bronze statues and nine granite statues with one exception , each seven feet in height ( 124th Infantry being eight feet ) mounted on nine feet granite pedestals of appro- priate design ...
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... granite , bronze , or other durable material , to mark the position on the field of Antietam of each of the commands of Pennsylvania Volunteers , that participated in that battle and were not at Gettysburg . Section 2. That the Governor ...
... granite , bronze , or other durable material , to mark the position on the field of Antietam of each of the commands of Pennsylvania Volunteers , that participated in that battle and were not at Gettysburg . Section 2. That the Governor ...
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... Granite Company of Boston , Massachusetts , was selected , as nine - thirteenths of the organizations approved the designs of this company , and the experience it had had with the character of the work it had accomplished , Pennsylvania ...
... Granite Company of Boston , Massachusetts , was selected , as nine - thirteenths of the organizations approved the designs of this company , and the experience it had had with the character of the work it had accomplished , Pennsylvania ...
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... granite statue of the 128th Regiment's monu- ment . With this accomplished , it is gratifying to report all of the work carried to a very satisfactory conclusion within the appropriation made by the Legislature . On the 17th of ...
... granite statue of the 128th Regiment's monu- ment . With this accomplished , it is gratifying to report all of the work carried to a very satisfactory conclusion within the appropriation made by the Legislature . On the 17th of ...
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... granite provided for and erected by her authority to the memory of her gallant regiments en- gaged in the battle of Antietam . One of those regiments was the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry . In the Providence of God , comrades ...
... granite provided for and erected by her authority to the memory of her gallant regiments en- gaged in the battle of Antietam . One of those regiments was the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry . In the Providence of God , comrades ...
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Antietam Battlefield Commission Antietam creek artillery battle of Antietam BATTLES PARTICIPATED bless blood Bloody Lane brave bridge Brigade bronze Burnside Burnside Bridge campaign Captain CASUALTIES cavalry church command Company comrades Confederate crest crossed D. H. Hill dead dedicate division Durell's Battery duty east woods enemy enemy's engaged erected Federal field Fiftieth Fifty-first fighting fire flag flank fought Fredericksburg front gallant Governor granite ground guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hawley Hill honor Hooker Jackson James Nagle JULIUS BIEN Keedysville killed and wounded Lee's loss Maryland McClellan memory ment miles monument morning nation Ninth Army Ninth Army Corps Ninth Corps O. C. BOSBYSHELL o'clock officers patriotism pedestal Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Petersburg position Potomac rear RECRUITED regiment road Roundheads Second Bull Run Secretary September Sharpsburg shot SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE skirmishers soldier South Mountain statue stone survivors Thee to-day troops Union victory Virginia yards
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Page 125 - Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His day is marching on.
Page 229 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 125 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 126 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 104 - Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 181 - South; but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made,— what is more than either,— they have made a nation.
Page 181 - I agree with you that the time is come for offering mediation to the United States Government with a view to the recognition of the independence of the Confederates. I agree further that in case of failure, we ought ourselves to recognize the Southern States as an independent State.
Page 172 - General Stuart will detach a squadron of cavalry to accompany the commands of Generals Longstreet, Jackson, and McLaws, and with the main body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army and bring up all stragglers that may haVe been left behind. The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws, and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsboro
Page 196 - New occasions teach new duties : Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea. Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 172 - General McLaws, with his own division and that of General RH Anderson, will follow General Longstreet On reaching Middletown he will take the route to Harper's Ferry, and by Friday morning possess himself of the Maryland Heights, and endeavor to capture the enemy at Harper's Ferry and vicinity.