Identifier: antietamreportof01ohio (find matches)
Title: Antietam. Report of the Ohio Antietam battlefield commission
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Ohio Antietam Battlefield Commission Cunningham, David, 1837- (from old catalog) Miller, W. W. (Wells W.), b. 1842?
Subjects: Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Publisher: (Springfield, Ohio, Springfield publishing company, state printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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it will be but a question of a short time whenall the States whose soldiers were represented on this field willfall into line and make this the great historic battlefield of theCivil War. What an attraction for the tourist or the visitor to ourNational Capital! A two hours ride to Antietam battlefield! Ibelieve the day is not far distant when an electric line will be estab-lished that will make the run in less than ninety minutes. Yes, I visited this field today because I was invited here by Cap-tain W. W. Miller. I would not miss this occasion to pay homageto the Ohio soldier. I visited this field forty-one years ago, onSeptember i6th and 17th, 1862, and was accorded a much warmerreception than on this occasion. Captain Miller did not inviteme in 1862, although we served together for three years in thesame regiment, the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1862 it wasmy duty to come here; my country was in danger. That grand oldman, Abraham Lincoln, peace to his ashes (through Little =3:
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DEDICATION OF MONUMENTS. 145 Mac, Major-General George B. McClellan), extended a specialinvitation for the Army of the Potomac to visit the suburbs ofWashington at the expense of the nation. We came; we con-quered. Thank God for it. Today is Ohio day on this field, a sacred day in commem-oration of those of our late comrades who gave their lives onthis battlefield, and we, who have been spared these many years,can say: See what Ohio has done for me. My monument islocated on the far front, on the Emmetsburg road at Gettysburg.Another monument will be found away in the advance in theBloody Lane at Antietam; and, again, my name appears in thearchives of the great State of Ohio, and, as well, in the archivesof the Government at the capital of the nation, where it will bepreserved forever and ever. The Chairman introduced Colonel Edwin Frey, of the 28thOhio Infantry, of Cincinnati. Colonel Preys remarks: Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: As surviving members ofthe 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunte

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