Comments on: Brig. Gen. John Geary http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/2007/08/general-john-geary/ the Gettysburg Monument Project Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dale Call http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/2007/08/general-john-geary/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Dale Call Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:53:07 +0000 http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/?p=282#comment-430 I was sort of wondering if they gave it a good cleaning before the ceremony – I stopped by it on August 4th to show my kids and for some reason it never seemed to stand out like it did that day. It was almost as if it were new.

Interesting side note: Geary’s son, Edward, was a Lieutenant in Knap’s Independent Battery (their monument is at the top of the hll near the tower). Edward was killed in action at Wauhatchie, TN in a rare night battle in October 1863.

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