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The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863

By George Wood Wingate

2019-02-27 18:03:13

Excerpt.......On the 18th of June, 1863, it having been definitely ascertained that the rebel horde had invaded Pennsylvania in force, the call of the President was issued to the Empire State, and her militia, leaving everything as it stood—their b ... Read more
Excerpt.......On the 18th of June, 1863, it having been definitely ascertained that the rebel horde had invaded Pennsylvania in force, the call of the President was issued to the Empire State, and her militia, leaving everything as it stood—their books unclosed, their ploughs in the furrow—hurried eagerly forward in response, to unite in the defence of our sister State. All day long blue and gray uniforms were dashing frantically backward and forward through the streets, and in and out of the various armories of the city, in search of essentials found missing at the last moment; and in military circles the flurry and commotion were indescribable, particularly at the Palace Garden in Fourteenth street, where the Twenty-second regiment N. G., S. N. Y., assembling in great haste, were preparing to be “off to the war” on their second campaign. Less

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File size46.846 KB
Print pages68
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2015-08-23
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1505618044
George Wood Wingate (July 1, 1840 – March 22, 1928) was an American lawyer and organizer of rifle practice. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the constructi...

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