By order of_Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863

Brigadier-General W. F. SMITH.

PRESTON F. WEST, A.A.A.G.

The tribute to our fidelity paid us in this hastily penned order will

lose nothing of its value when read in connection with the ungenerous

slur upon our trustworthiness contained in the paragraph, before

alluded to, of General Halleck's Review. Nor was General Meade

unmindful of what was due to us, as witness the following:

Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac, }

July 15, 1863. }

Special Order, No. 190.

The troops comprising the command of Brigadier-General W. F. Smith

are released from further service with the Army of the Potomac, and

will be reported back to General Couch for instructions. The

Major-General Commanding thanks Brigadier-General W. F. Smith and

his troops for the zeal and promptitude which, amid no little

privations, have marked their efforts to render this army all the

assistance in their power. ******

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