Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-23

'Suhucu' W lbH VIC lOfutu III line OF DlLll
ana moved into position we took only the ma
tional flag with us, the State flag beng left i
: Ool Roberts tent. The last named flag afte
the action, was by Sergeant Ross OF cGmpan'
ID, unstrapped from the tent pole OF Col. Rob
erts tent, and presented to Lieut.. Col. Fullam
VINO sent the same to the hospital. The color
Drought by John Donaghue from camp consisted
OF a small flag formerly used as marking fag
IN battalion drill, ana which had been used by
MAYOR Holbrook while in command at Fort
fiKe, as boarding flag for vessels passing the
fort, and atterward used for blotting paper in
the Adjutant's Office, and thrown aside as worn
out That, sir, is in the possession Of Major
H0lbt0ok. So much for our colors, which we
are represented as deserving, 1t is lalsehood
no man Will presume TO utter to an 0lhcer Of our
regiment, The national Aag was borne by the
color bearer Of the regiment, Sergeant ) w
Parkhurst, who brought the same on to the line
on Which to form our regiment on that memoir
able morn and by him was carried throughout
tue entire action, ana which under a murdcrous
IRE was held aloit aud kept where the regiment
could gee and rally if need be around it. That
nag Was ever where it should be and nObly did
ne stand by and bear the same from the field,
without its once leaving his hands. Thus 10
Impeach the bravery OF man vino stood the
test Of Bull Run credltaDly to himself and his
company, as LIST Lieutenant, and to publish TO
the country that other hands than his bore our
flag from the field Of battle is a statement so
unjust that | pray God it may never stain .hc
annals Of our history ! watched IN the sroke
OF battle our lag and watched him bring tho
same to We're We halted.
Thus, sir, frost have proven to Vermont
that our coJTs were borne by none other yaan
our own regimentai color bearer Our colors
left us not Tor one moment. ana yet we are de-
prlyed OF them. / believe Mai Gen. Butler
ihus acts upon his best judgmen, upon reports
furnished AIM and l4ments the disgrace OF our
most surely unfortunate regiment
In conclusion ! have to say that the order
seems to Us like the dea ID kuelI OF the 7th YER
mont regiment Ii Is our own Green Mountain
State that We mourn for, for believe me we
can and will die but those colors shall be re
stored to the regiment. We feel mortified and
chagrlned that our State must be dsgracgd by
US. Heaven knows We struggled to do our duty,
while we knew our brothers were falling like
leaves Of autumn on the Potomac in defense o {
the old flag that we should thousand times
rather die Tor than be disgraced
Our regimen, entered the contest with but
some POO men all told, the remainder being sick
in quarters and hospitals, and when the battle
was raging iiercest those sick men We're ordered |
to the river by an aid Of cen Williams, for |
safety. Thus comes the impression that our
regiment broke and ian.
We wish the people of Vermont to know the |
fact Of the case and We will 10 the struggle |
but men fighting in the cause we are men who
have suffered what we have in the iruitless siege
Of Yicksburgh officers and men who fol ten
days after our arrival at Baton Rouge, buried /
our dead at the rate OF one, two, and three per
day from company, and in one day buried
nine men side by side, three from each OF the
companies B, & and Ii, (when at brigade re
views some companies were utterly incapacita-
ted from being represented, as they had not men
enough to care for the sick and dying, and give
a dead cornrade Christian huriai) sag when
in that condition they were called upon to fight
that bloody battle OF Baton Rouge, and con-
Quoted themselves like men, better than other
regiments who were broken up and forming
upon our right and left, suffering as did only the
Dist Indiana and 9TH Michigan 10 be at this
hour compelled to give up our hag tor tie as
serted reason that we proved ourselves towards
ard deserted it, which God knows We never did,
and .lr State unjustly disgraced-thcn man
murulrs and believes here is policy IN var.
Ga. regiment IN the malarious swamp Of
ick,1urgh have sown seeds Of disease that
have md lear will prove fatal to many forced
to d. 'atigue DUTY until it was impossible to Till
the lstails from the regiment, wherea slave
owus. would not work his slaves, as the atmos-
phe.. arising from the disturbed earth was sure
to bred disease and brought 20 Baton Rouge
and sex and well forced to sleep upon the
ground when al the other regiments were quar-
terejn buildings 1t S now after having as a
regimen. behaved well il bat,le-dissraced
Cur rs II that will save our state ami friends
If country can be saved an wiling TO die
wit. ny regiment, bu, for tod sake Vermont
ers MI believe Us what we are represented as
beu. disgrace to our State
SALMON DurroS,
CANT On q eth VI Infantry