Henry Warner Slocum

1826-1894

Publisbed by Autbority of the State) of New York, Under the Supervision of the

To His Excellency the Governor of the State of New York

Sir:- Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 600, Laws of 1903, the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga has the honor to submit herewith its report of the exercises held at the dedication of the equestrian statue at Gettysburg, erected in honor of Major-General HENRY W. SLOCUM, to which has been added a biography of his life and a history of the corps which served under his command.

Yours obediently

DANIEL E. SICKLES

Chairman

In Demoriam

Henry Warner Slocum

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Introductory

MEETING of the New York Monuments Commission for

the Battlefield of Gettysburg was held April 17, 1894, to take some appropriate action touching the death of MajorGeneral Henry W. Slocum, one of its members, who died at his residence in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Saturday, April 14, 1894. The following preamble and resolutions, offered by General Sickles, Chairman, were unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS, This Board has learned with profound sorrow of the sudden decease of our colleague, Major-General Henry Warner Slocum; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to enter upon the minutes this expression of our sense of the bereavement we have suffered; and we unite with our comrades of the Union Army, and especially the surviving veterans of the State of New York, in placing on record our appreciation of the distinguished military services of the deceased and the high standard of rectitude and honor which marked all his conduct in his civil life;

Resolved, That this Board, as a body, attend the funeral of General Slocum, to-day, in Brooklyn.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the widow and family of the deceased.

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