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drove back a line of battle, the only case on record of such a feat of arms; the reckless gallantry by which the Maryland Hne saved Rich- mond from Kilpatrick and Dahlgren's sack; and let them take equal pride and do equal honor to the memory of their ancestors who fought under McClellan and Grant, Hancock and Buford, or who fol- lowed Jackson and Ashby, and charged under Lee and Stuart. Let this be the common heritage of glory of our posterity to the remotest time, as long as honor is revered, chivalry is cherished, courage is respected among the descendants of the founders of free thought in all the world. The heart of the poet already feels the inspiration of noble deeds, and one of the tenderest singers of our time, himself a Union soldier of repute, has even now embalmed the memory of Stonewall Jackson in immortal verse :

"And oft when white-haired ^randsires tell Of blood)' struggles past and gone ; The children at their knees will hear How Jackson led his columns on."

THE MONUMENT DEDICATED.

The monument was dedicated on Frida}'', November the 19th, and we clip from the Baltimore Stai of the next day the following ac- count:

Twenty-three years after the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg by President Lincoln, the first monument, marking the position of a Confederate command on the battlefield of Gettys- burg, was dedicated yesterday, a beautiful day for any ceremony. It was erected by the surviving members of the Second Maryland regiment and their friends, and the dedicatory ceremonies were wit- nessed by two thousand people, including the members of the Second regiment, the Maryland Line, the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States, the Murray Association, the Ladies' Confederate Memorial Association, Company C, First Mary- land cavalry, the Fifth Maryland regiment acting as escort, and sur vivors of the First Maryland infantry, First Maryland artillery, Chesapeake artillery, and a large number of ex-Confederate soldiers from other States, gentlemen and ladies of Baltimore, Frederick and Gettysburg. The Western Maryland railroad ran a special excur- sion train at 8.30 A. M. to Getty.sburg in two sections, the first sec- tion being in charge of Conductor William Johnson, and the second