wards, he served as mayor tersburg and then moved icago, where he served as aster before being elected e United States Congress in but he was not a candidate eelection in 1893. April 11, 1893, Newberry to Secretary of War Russel ger recommending Meyer Medal of Honor recipient is act of saving a brother er acting well beyond his ar duty. He also cited the position Meyer held in
Vol. 46, No. 1 Remembrance Day, 2019, Ge The world will – Abraham Linc
by Joe Bordonaro President Lincoln was wro about the first part, but v correct about the second pa this famous phrase from his nificent “Gettysburg Addres On Nov. 23, 2019, reenactor members of the general publ gathered in Gettysburg, Pen
to remember the actions of soldiers and the President
Stafford County Science Teacher Don Mullen, portray
President Lincoln. (Garry Adelman, American Battlefield Trust)
Members of the 14th Brooklyn ca years ago. The Sons of Union Veterans held their 62nd annual parade, featuring numerous Civi War reenactors. Members of re-
enacting groups commemorated the actions of various individu and units by conducting marches and visiting monuments. A “Remembrance Illumination” of Gettysburg National Cemetery graves occurs each year, as wel Although the numbers of reenac-
tors are down from its 2000 pea when Wikipedia estimated there were about 50,000 Civil War reenactors; a still impressive nu ber showed up this year and kep the traditions alive. The accom
activities that took place. Joe Bordonaro is a USAF veter-
the scientific world as a prop person to receive such a high and distinguished honor from t government. Meyer was honored as a Medal of Honor recipient March 29, 1899. According to Meyer, Randall was hit five times before bein helped from the Petersburg battlefield. He started his lo painful road to recovery in a wagon over rutted roads to Cit Point. Randall was discharged disabled on December 9, 1864. After the war, he lived on Nin Street in Washington, D.C., while working as a bookkeeper at the Treasury Department. He
died in 1893 and is buried in Phillipsburg, Orange County, N.Y. He never married. Information for this article
came from Meyer’s “Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Cust Raulston, and Newberr Research by the author and
research and editing by histor Ben Trittipoe.
