Excerpt from Address Delivered by Brevet Brigadier General J. William Hofmann, U. S. Vols; (Late Colonel 56th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry): At the Dedication of the Regimental Memorial Erected Upon the Field of Gettysburg, by the Liberality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, September 11th, 1889 Owing to her geographical position at the time of the adop tion of the Constitution of the United States - having six states upon her right, and six upon her left, Pennsylvania was accorded the honorary title of the Keystone State of the Federal Arch. And, although no longer, geographically, the centre Of the Arch, which for many years has spanned the Continent from ocean to ocean, yet when the Grand Arch was trembling, trembling under the measured tramp Of a mighty host organized and marshalled for its destruction; then the grand Old Commonwealth proved worthy of the mission implied by her title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.