Orations And Addresses Of George William Curtis - Vol III

CONTENTS OF VOL. 111 PAGE I. MAJOR-GENERAJLO HN SEDGWICKA n Oration delivered at the Dedication of the Statue of Major-General John Sedgwick, at West Point, N. Y., Oc-tober 21, 1868 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 11. THE SOLDIERSM ONU IEN AT n Oration delivered at the Dedication of the Soldiers Monument, at Pitts-field, Mass., September 24, 1872 . . . . . . . 31 111. THE SOCIETY O F THE ARMY O F THE POTO IA A C n Oration delivered at the Nineteenth Annual Reunion of the Army of the Potomac, held at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 IV. CENTENNIACLE LEBRATIO O N F CONCORDF IGHT An Oration delivered at Concord, Mass., April 19, 1875 . 85 C V. THE CENTENNIACL ELEBRATIO N A n Oration delivered at the Centennial Celebration in the Town of Northfield, Richmond County, N. Y., July 4,1876 . . 123 VI. BURGOYNES URRENDE R A n Oration delivered on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Burgoynes Surrender, at Schuylerville, N. Y., October 17, 1877 . . 133 VII. THE UNVEILING O F THE STATUE O F WASHINGTON An Address delivered at the Unveiling of the Statue vi CONTENTS PAGE of Washington, upon the spot where he took the Oath as First President of the United States, on the 25th 26th November, 1883, the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Evacuation of the City of New York by the British Army. . . . . . . . . . 169 VIII. THE WASHINGTOMN EMORIALA RCH An Address delivered at the laying of the Corner-Stone of the Washington Memorial Arch in New York, May 30, 1890. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 IX. CHARLESS ULINER A Eulogy delivered before the Legislature of Massachusetts in the Boston Music Hall, June g, I 874 . . . . . . . . . . . . I99 X. GARFIELDA n Address made in the Town Hall of Ashfield, Mass., on the Day of the Burial of Presi-L dent Garfield, September 26, 1881 . . . . . . . 2 51 XI. WENDELLP HILLIPS A Eulogy delivered before the , Rlunicipal Authorities of Boston, Mass., April I 8, I 884 269 XII. ROBERT BURNS An Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of the Poet, in Central Park, New York, OC-tober 2, 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 XIII. WILLIAMC ULLENB RYANT His Life, Character, and Writings. A Commen orativeA ddress delivered before the New York Historical Society, at the Academy of Music, New York City, December 30,1878 . 323 XIV. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL An Address before the Brooklyn Institute on the Seventy-third Anniversary of his Birth, February 22, 1892 . . . . . . . . 36 j MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICIC AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE STATUE OF MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK, AT WEST POINT, N. Y., OCT. 21, 1868 Early in November, 1864, the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac being then encamped on Cedar Creek, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, Major-General H. G. Wright, the corps commander, called together the division and brigade commanders, and at this meeting it was proposed and decided to erect at West Point, N. Y., a bronze statue of Major-General John Sedgwick, who had recently been killed while in command of the corps. A committee, consisting of the corps and division commanders, was appointed to effect this design. The funds estimated to be necessary were prolnptly supplied by the corps. The statue was made by Mr. Launt Thompson, and on October 21, 1868, it was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies...