Howe’s Division storms Marye’s Heights May 3, 1863
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1863:
Coming Home.
It has been definitely determined that the 33d Regiment, and the old 19th, (now the 3d N.Y. artillery) will be mustered out of service on the 22d inst. Both Regiments will probably be home by the 1st of June, and they should receive a spontaneous and hearty welcome at the hands of their fellow citizens. They will come with ranks shattered and rent with the bronze of camp and bivouac – heroes of battle fields which will live in legend and story while the race lives. Their welcome should be full of heartiness and enthusiasm. Our village has many gallant representatives in these Regiments, whose names are foremost among their country’s defenders. In pathetic contrast will be their return to their going forth two years ago, when their ranks were full, and their uniforms bright ?, and their faces all aglow with some wild vision of the pomp and magnificence of war. Some of them have found soldiers graves, unmarked and unknown, some have wasted in hospitals and from thence wandered forth into the valley of the shadow. To their companions who return, the public owes a lasting debt of honor and gratitude.
As it turned out the 33rd left (page 322 and following) the front on Friday, May 15, 1863 and reached Elmira, New York on Sunday, the 17th. It stayed in Elmira for about a week.
The image comes from a book about the Sixth Corps at Project Gutenberg on page 196.
