The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-04-17
Fr m the " IT. Patriot
TIE LEFT WING ATBUNkER HILL
A REVOLUTIONARY SKETCH OF H..

REVOLT TTnNAEY SKETCH OF l..-D.
MFS>ES EDIToES The substance Of the
following. which received MANY wears ago
from an old soldier who had followed the Va
ried fortunes of his conntrv's armies from IN,
first essay in arms at Breeds ILL., TO the siege
at Yorktown. NAV not lie unintcrestins tc
v"ur New Hampshire readers.
Our regiment. which the insultcd rirht
Of an injured people. the CIV Of blood from
Lexington. and their confidence in the mill
t,rv talents and experience of one who after
wards became their leader had called TO arm,
had assembled At Mcd.ord
Thov had mo. as volunteers. selected ,hc;r
officers. and voluntarily enlisted nndrr their
orders. The province of Massachusetts offer
cd their Cn,onei commission which he tenn
porarilv accepted and acting unl,r it. had
reduced the troops to tolsrable state Of dis
cipline: it mustered 500 strong.
BY this time. the authorities of New NamD-
shire had adopted measures for the service
Of the common cause and cited Colonel Stark
to appear before them and show canse WHY
he had taken orders from Massachusetts. while
his troops were all New Hampshire men, He
appeared before the Provincial Congress and
took his seat at the side of the presiding off
Ger. After waiting some time. while husines>
which he deemed of secondary consequence
was transacted. he cnquired of the President
for what purpose they had sent for him. The
other replied Colonel. we have voted ia
raise two regiments the first to he command
I'd by Col. Whipplc. the second hr vonrsclf'-
Col Stark declared that his regiment had
been ordered six weeks before. and that If
they had no other communications TO make
his men required his immediate presence at
head quarters and retired from the Hall.
The council disturbed br the idea Of hav-
inc so fine regiment transferred 10 a ncinh-
boring Prorincr.in>tan,lv re-considerrd thcir
vote and drsNatched messenger. WHO fnun,l
him mounting hi horse IN return to the arm,
and presenting a rommis,ion constituting him
Colonel of the First Regiment of infantry in
the y. II. Line
From this time nothing of much Importance
occurred to us. until the evening of June
/ 18th, when an order arrived from Gen.
Ward for a detachment of 200 men to aid in
throwing up rcloubt upon Bunker'< Hill
They received their ammunition and ra,inn>
and marched the same evening. nndrr the
conduct of Lieut. Col. Wvman. They pro-
cecded to Bunker'> Hill. and there learned
that the party which preceded them. had mis-
taken the order. and advanced nearly a mile
farther. to a better -mncnce called Breed
| Hill, and commenced their work There our
party joined them The position they select
ed for their breast work. was commanded hv
the battery at Copp's fill in Boston, and
the men-oi-war lying in the harhor.
AT daylight on the morning of the / l:th. We
were awakened by the roar of cannon from
the ships and battery. a furious cannonad.
was kept up during the forenoon. which oc-
casioncd not much loss to the fatirued parties.
AT two o'clo.k, p. NJ. an express arrived
with orders from Gen Warren. for our whole.
regiment to advance and oppose the enemy
who were landing at Morton's Point. The
drums Immediately beat to arms, and the
troops paraded. As their arms were of all
sorts and different calibre, some little time
was spent in sorting balls, which were then
delivered, sixteen to each man. The powder
measured in gill cups was then passed along
the line, which some made into CARTRIDGES.
and others disposed ofin powder horns. The
march then commenced. On reaching
Charlestown Neck, we found on one side of
it the Lively" frigate, and on the other two
floating batteries, read" to en6lade the pass.
y regiment Of our people al.o stool there al