Excerpt from The Eighth Ohio at Gettysburg: Address of General Franklin Sawyer, Reunion at Columbus, Ohio, 1888; Roster of Survivors<br><br>A vast concourse of the survivors and others assembled at the Grand Stand in the Cemetery and were addressed by members of the Ohio Com mission and the Governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania; after which the several regiments proceeded to their monuments holding such special services as they deemed appropriate.<br><br>The Eighth Ohio had a platform near the base of its monument, (the monument itself, unfortunately, not yet completed,) which stands west of the Emmitsburg road, and is the most advanced of any monument on the line of battle. There were thirty-seven survivors of the regiment, many with their families and numerous friends, present on this occasion.<br><br>The platform was occupied by Gen. S. S. Carroll, formerly Col. Of the regiment and president of its present organization Gen. J. B. Bachelder, superintendent of monuments, &amp;c., Capt's W. W. Miller, J. G. Reid, Lieut. Thornburgh and others.<br><br>Gen. Carroll made some very complimentary remarks to the survivors of his old regiment, commended its gallant conduct during the war, and especially, its bravery and audacity in capturing and holding the important position now to be marked by its monument, its capture of flags, pris oners, He then introduced Gen. Sawyer, who addressed his old comrades as follows.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.