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Two reunions of the 142d Regiment, Pa. Vols
Horatio N. Warren, 1890
Named on the page for Battle of Gettysburg.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.
1–3 July 1863
Battle of Gettysburg
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,
THE MONUMENT, A DESCRIPTION OF
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 23
We are now, my comrades, on the historic field of Gettysburg,
with its thousands of weary men, thousands of wounded and thou-
sands of dead.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND REGIJVIENT. 57
Address of Lieutenant John V. Miller.
Comrades : We, the survivors of the i42d Regiment of Penn-
sylvania Volunteers, after the lapse of over a quarter of a century,
have been permitted to assemble on this field of Gettysburg, where
so many of our comrades went down in battle. They did not live
to enjoy the thrill of joy that victory gives to those that contend in
battle here. On this field the light of their lives went out amid the
roar of cannon and the rattle of musketry — some of them in the
throes of agony, while conscious that our little force was being
overpowered, before death came to their relief. At the mention of
the name of our brave and gallant commander, Colonel Cummins,
every eye will turn to the spot where he fell helplessly wounded,'
and yet with sufficient life in him to know that the day was lost.
Picture, if you can, his thoughts and feelings for the few moments
that he lived, as he saw his brave regiment repulsed and forced
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
DESCRIPTION
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
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