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July 1, 1888. Orange Blossoms Regiment at Gettysburg. Note: The Middletown Volunteers were recruited in August 1862, as part of the famous Orange Blossoms, the 124th Regiment. They fought at Gettysburg, where half the men were killed or wounded. The regiment was active until the end of the Civil War. it arrived home in June, 1865. [Williams]