Eighty-Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry) - Address by Captain Thomas E. Merchant, at the Dedication of Monument, on Battlefield of Gettysburg, 1889 #227741

On the 15th Jane, 1887, the State of Pennsylvania provided for the erection of a Memorial Tablet, or Monument, for each of the Pennsylvania Commands that participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863.<br><br>At a Re-Union of the 84th Regiment held at Huntingdon, Pa., 21st September, 1887, Captain Thos. E. Merchant, Gen. Geo. Zinn, Adjutant Edmund Mather, Sergeant A. J. Hertzler, and Henry L. Bunker, were appointed a Committee on Monument, with full power to act as to design, inscription and dedication.<br><br>The dates, September 11th and 12th, 1889, were named by the Governor of the Commonwealth to be "Pennsylvania Days" - Wednesday, the llth, for the dedication of the Monuments by the Associations of the respective Commands; and Thursday, the 12th, for the transfer of the Monuments to the State.