Montana Territory
Private
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2015
- Location
- Montana. Gettysburg College alumni.
I'd be interested in any information about enlisted men and officers (including veterans who had already served, currently serving soldiers, and men who entered the service later in the war) known to have been present at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg on November 19, 1863.
Marine Band, Second United States Artillery, United States Regular Cavalry, from Carlisle Barracks. Major General Darius Couch and Staff, Major General Julius Stahel and Staff, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, one hundred and twenty in number, under command of Colonel B. Stickney. Colonel Charles Prevost, of Philadelphia, and Staff. Battery A, Fifth United States Regulars. Major General Robert Schenck and Staff. Band of Fifth New York Heavy Artillery. Fifth New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, under command of Colonel Edward Murray ... Brigadier General Horatio Wright, Major General Abner Doubleday, and Brigadier General John Gibbon attended by their staffs (centennial November 19, 1963, Gettysburg Times article).
Marine Band, Second United States Artillery, United States Regular Cavalry, from Carlisle Barracks. Major General Darius Couch and Staff, Major General Julius Stahel and Staff, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, one hundred and twenty in number, under command of Colonel B. Stickney. Colonel Charles Prevost, of Philadelphia, and Staff. Battery A, Fifth United States Regulars. Major General Robert Schenck and Staff. Band of Fifth New York Heavy Artillery. Fifth New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, under command of Colonel Edward Murray ... Brigadier General Horatio Wright, Major General Abner Doubleday, and Brigadier General John Gibbon attended by their staffs (centennial November 19, 1963, Gettysburg Times article).