THE FIFTEENTH EXCURSION
Change In The Plan For The Visit To Historic Localities
The
committee of the 15th regiment having in charge the
arrangements of the excursion of the regiment to
Gettysburg
and other places will in a few days send out the official circular
of the trip. By a new
arrangement just completed with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
they have changed the plans previously made, and while the tickets
will be reduced, the trip will be made much pleasanter.
This road will take the party on one of their trains from the
battlefield at Antietam, going direct to
Washington
, passing down through the valley near Harper’s Ferry and
Poolesville. The
headquarters of the party in
Washington
will be at the Ebbitt House.
From there, such of the party as desire can go to Leesburg and
remain over Sunday, returning to
Washington
Monday morning. This
will give an opportunity to visit Ball’s Bluff, Harrison’s
Island, Conrad’s Ferry and Poolesville, The party now numbering
nearly 100, will leave the Union Station in this city on the boat
train over the
Norwich
road on the evening of Memorial Day.
Tickets for the trip to
New York
and staterooms on the boat “City of
Worcester
” will be had at the committee on the train.
They will arrive in
New York
at
8 o’clock
Monday morning and be ferried across to
Jersey City
, where breakfast will be obtained at the dining room in the
station. At this station
the tickets for the trip to
Washington
will be obtained. Jersey
City will be left soon after 9 o’clock, and Philadelphia will be
reached about 11:30, where dinner will be taken in the station, the
party leaving at 11:50 for Gettysburg by the way of Harrisburg,
reaching Gettysburg at six in the evening.
Wednesday morning the party will make a tour of the battle
field of the second and
third day’s fight . On
arrival at the monument of the 15th Regiment Association,
which is near the famous copse of trees, remarks will be made by
Col. George C. Joslyn who commanded the regiment after the death of
Col. Ward. He will
welcome the members of the party and will then introduce Gen.
Charles Devens, who will make the address of the day.
From
this point the party will have an opportunity of visiting many
places of interest, among them being Calf’s Hill, Spangler's
Springs, Cemetery Ridge, the
National
Cemetery
, Big Round Top, Little
Round Top, Devil’s Den, Peach Orchard, Emmitsburg Pike, ect. On
their return the party will stop at the monument erected to Col.
Ward, which will at that time be formally dedicated by addresses by
Gen. Charles Devens, Senator Hoar, Gen. J. W. Kimball and others.
The afternoon of the day will be passed in visiting the
village
of
Gettysburg
or the battlefield, as individuals may desire.
On the entire tour of the battlefield the party will be
accommodated by Sergt. Holtzworth, a man who is thoroughly
acquainted with all the points, and who will give a
brief lecture at each place of interest. He has been engaged for
some time for this purpose, and will give much information.
The party will remain in
Gettysburg
until Thursday, the forenoon of which day will be devoted to making
examinations of some of the places where the enemy held positions
during the great contest. Among
these will be the woods from which Pickett’s division made its
charge upon the lines of Union soldiers, near the center of which
the 15th was placed.
This place is called the high water mark in the third days
fight, and it is very near the location of the regimental monument.
Leaving at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the party will go to
Hagerstown, near Antietam, where an opportunity is to be offered to
visit the well known Carlisle Barracks, where there are now 350
Indians being educated. returning
to
Hagerstown
, supper will be served. The
party have hotel accommodations engaged there.
At
6 o’clock
Friday morning the party leave for Antietam, where the battlefield
will be visited, as will also the
National
Cemetery
and around where the regiment stood during the fight.
Lunch will be served at the grove near Dunker’s Church, and
at this point General Kimball, who was in command of the regiment
during the battle of
Antietam
, will make an address. From
here the party will be taken over the
Baltimore
and
Ohio
road, as at first spoken of, to
Washington
. After leaving Leesburg
the tickets are good for five days, and this will give ample
opportunity to visit
Mount Vernon
,
Richmond
,
Fredericksburg
, and other places, if desired.
The
Pennsylvania
road have arranged to send one of their officials from this city
through with the party, and it will be seen that every courtesy is
extended to all. The
committee have arranged for good accommodations at all places, and
at the hotels with the exception of
the Ebbett in
Washington
, the rate will be $2.25. Yet
they have fixed it, for all those who feel that they must make the
trip as inexpensive as possible, to obtain food and lodging at a
still lower rate. If
there are any others who desire to go on the trip, and who have not
yet signified that intention, they can obtain tickets on the train
on the evening of the start, even if they do not conclude to go
until a late hour.
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