Illinois Monuments At Gettysburg

Author : John L. Beveridge
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ISBN 13 : 9781331316633
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Illinois Monuments at Gettysburg written by John L. Beveridge and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illinois Monuments at Gettysburg: 1891 To each regiment was assigned one face of the monument for regimental inscriptions, and the fourth and front face was reserved for general inscriptions. Each member of the commission was authorized to invite designs to be presented by December 1, 1889. At a meeting of the commissioners December 14, 1889, several designs were presented. After inspection of the same and consideration of their merits, the commissioners decided to defer further action until they had visited the battle-field at Gettysburg. This visit was made in June, 1890. The object of the visit was to acquaint themselves with the purposes and plans of the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association and the character of the monumental architecture of the battle-field, and to select a site for the Illinois monument. In riding over the battle-field, the commissioners found that all the loyal states, except West Virginia, and Illinois, had erected monuments in honor of their troops. These monuments number now over three hundred (300). Most of them are plain in character, marking the spot where the regiment stood in line of battle. The plan of the Memorial Association is to commemorate victory and to honor the victors, living and dead, and by the monuments, their location and inscriptions, to trace the lines of battle and render the field historic. The preamble of the act assumes that the 8th Illinois cavalry opened the engagement, and the act contemplates the erection of one monument to mark the spot where the battle was opened. It was impossible to follow strictly the act of the legislature and conform to the rules of the Memorial Association and the facts of history. The question arose, "Where was the battle opened? On the picket line or on the battle line?" If on the picket line, and the monument was erected on this line, it would be two miles beyond the lands of the Memorial Association: if on the battle line, the 8th and 12th Illinois cavalry occupied the same line and both had part in opening the engagement. The commissioners therefore, at a meeting held June 3, 1890, at Gettysburg, considering it would be more in accordance with the plans of the Memorial Association and the historical facts, and believing it would be more satisfactory to the survivors of the three regiments and to the people of the State of Illinois, resolved to erect three monuments, one for each regiment, to mark the spot where it stood in the line of battle on the morning of July 1, 1863. This action of the commissioners has been fully approved by all the survivors of the three regiments and Illinoisans who have visited the battle-field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.