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Many prominent persons present.
From the times-dispatch, November 12, 1908.
Unveiling of monument at
Fredericksburg to
Humphreys' Division largely attended.
Fredericksburg, Va., November 11.—The unveiling of the monument in the
National Cemetery here today to
General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, and
Pennsylvania Troops, attracted a large number of people to this city, including about 1,500 Pennsylvanians, many of them being Federal veterans who took part in the battles of the
Civil War here in 1862, and members of
General Humphrey's division, which made its heroic charge against
Marye's Heights, but was repulsed by the
Confederates with a heavy loss of men.
Notables present.
Prominent among the visitors were
Captain George F. Baer, president of the
Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Commission, of
Pennsylvania;
Governor Edwin S. Stuart, of
Pennsylvania and staff, and
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
The parade formed at the courthouse, under command of
Major Clay W. Evans, of
Pennsylvania,
chief marshal, and
Captain M. B. Rowe, of this city, assistant marshal, headed by
Tansil's band of sixteen pieces, followed by Washington Guards,
Captain T. M. Larkin;
Maury Camp of Confederate Veterans,
Major A. B. Bowering;
R. S. Chew Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans,
W. H. Hurkamp; members of the
Battlefield Memorial Commission of
Pennsylvania, in carriages;
Governor Edwin S. Stuart, of
Pennsylvania, and staff, in carriages; invited guests, veterans in regimental formation.
The line of march was through the principal streets to the
National Boulevard, up the boulevard to the
National Cemetery.
The Parade was over one mile long and over 1,500 men were in line.
At the monument,
President George F. Baer presided over the exercises.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. 
