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Title: History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument;
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Infantry. 124th Regiment, 1862-1863 Green, Robert McCay, 1842- , comp
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Pennsylvania Infantry 124th
Publisher: Philadelphia, Ware bros. company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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by death, to enter the army of the redeemed inhea\en, was pathetic and touching. The Obituary Committee reported 24 deaths that had not beenpreviously reported, as follows : Thompson L. AlexanderGeorge B. ShillingfordWilliam S. BrewsterValentine SaurmilchJohn S. SibleyW. Wayne VodgesGeorge S. BensonHenry M. WorthCaptain W. W. StottJoseph HughesEhner EdwardsJ. J. Gil)bons Jii^nes TrainerJ. Rowland CochranPlummer E. WalkerJacob H. WayAndrew J. HawsJ. BedlowJ. Albert MillerJerome ByerRichard T. CowanHarry C. ValentineWilliam RogersJames B. Gordon It was decided that the next reunion be held at Antietam, andColonel Hawley named the following committee to take chargeof the arrangements. Captain Charles WTliomas AV. TaylorThomas T. Smith Roberts Joseph Showalter Robert WoodsideLieutenant Wilham C. Dickey Dinner was served at the Eagle Hotel, and the thanks of theAssociation was extended to the superintendent (if the Glen MillsSchool and to the leader of the Ijand frcim that institution. 247
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AXTIETAM REUNION. (Tenth Annual.)September 17, 1894. On Saturday morning-, the survivors of the regiment to thenumber of 86, many of them accompanied by friends andmembers of their famihes, started on the pilgrimage to Antietam.Harpers Ferry was reached at 1.30 P. ^NL, and the party wasdriven through the picturesque old town to the Hill Top House. Colonel Hawley was then called upon, and spoke as follows: Comrades: It seems but a few months since we were marching overthese grounds with an enemy in front of us, watching every movementwe made, but in those months what changes have taken place. To-daywe are tendered a cordial welcome, and freely roam over tliis beautifulcountry, accompanied ))y our wives and children. No bristling gunsappear on the surrounding heights as they did then. No guard stands atthe pontoon bridge to examine our passes. No provost guard warns usto return to our regiment. The railroad trains no longer carry muni-tions of war, but are loaded with the product of the

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