a Small Part of this Train enters Chambersburg-Scenes of Suffer- ing-Provisions made for Sufferers - Captain Jones with Two Hundred Cavalry Dash upon this Train at Cearfoss' Cross-Roads- One Hundred Wagons and One Thousand Wounded Prisoners Taken - Pursuit by General Gregg and Captures made at the Con- The Sound of the Cannonade Heard at a Distance of One Hundred, One Hundred and Twenty, One Hundred and Forty, One Hundred and Fifty, and Two Hundred Miles from the Field-Certificates by Rev. C. Cort, Rev. Dr. C. R. Lane, Rev. Bishop J. J. Glossbrenner, Hon. F. M. Kimmell, and Rev. L. W. Stahl, -Explanatory and Philosophical Papers by Professors Spencer F. Baird of the Smith- sonian Institute at Washington and A. B. Johnson of the United Gettysburg-The Nation's Shrine. The Condition of the Slain after the Battle-Purchase of Ground for the Soldier's National Cemetery-Dedication of the Cemetery- Solemn and Impressive Exercises-Eloquent Prayer by Dr. Stock- - Memorable Dedicatory Address of President Lincoln - Affec- tion of the People for Mr. Lincoln - Burial of the Dead - Beauti- fying of the Grounds - Memorial Tablets and Monuments-Tribute LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Portrait of Major-General George G. Meade. Frontispiece. Portrait of General Robert E. Lee............................. 32 Portrait of Major-General Joseph Hooker.... 233 Pen Sketch of Major-General George G. Meade........................... 357 Map of Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania, from the Potomac to the General Lee and Staff in the Public Square of Chambersburg, Pennsyl vania.............. .... 163 Portrait of the Scout, Benjamin S. Huber.......... 166 Portrait of the Scout, Rev. S. W. Pomeroy......................... .......... 225 View from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, showing the scene of the first day's battle........ 260 264 The tree under which General Reynolds fell.. East Cemetery Hill, upon which the Union forces were rallied.............................. 278 View from the Cupola of the Theological Seminary, looking East and South-east, showing East Cemetery Hill and Ridge.............. 296 The Wheat Field, or the Scene of the Whirlpool of the Battle............ 327 The Assault upon East Cemetery Hill....... General Meade's Head-quarters......... .............. 340 xxvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. The High-Water Mark of the Rebellion, or the Place where it Received its Death Wound....... 370 Codori's House and the Emmittsburg Road-Scene of Pickett's Great Charge.... 374 ......... 381 Pickett's Great Assault..... Cavalry Shaft, marking the Place where the Great Cavalry Engagement behind the Federal Right took Place, July 3d, 1863 Soldiers' National Cemetery......... General Reynolds' Monument Soldiers' National Monument......... ............... 410 522 ......... 524 .... 527 Observatory upon East Cemetery Hill........ 543 View from Little Round Top, looking North-east.............. APPENDIX. A. Extract from Hon. A. H. Stephens' celebrated "Corner Stone Address." B. Poem. Advice to the South, by Maurice Thompson...... C. Consideration of the Charge against General Sickles, that he Disregarded an Order from General Reynolds, July 1st, 1863... D. Did General Sickles Disobey an Order from General Meade, July 2d, 1863............ E. The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by the Confederates, July 30th, 1864. xxvii Page. 553 556 558 570 580 |