The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-17

Butler at review THIS Afternoon, Yern1p, 'n 90,
learn that her 7th regiment Of Green MI Will
Boys have been deprived of their cnI Tunan
cowardIce at the battle of Baton Ronoo ie
Aug. 5th, 1862, and that we stand heSo,. "a,
native State and the armies of the I'M our
graced for the asserted reason that in H. us
of the battle Ne deserted the Stars and w. neat
and like towards fled the field OF eonaio. pa
death. This is the charge the edict bos aad
forth, and our brave, but Heaven knowo hoae
regiment, tomorrow marches forth strn,,. ls'ea
the old flag we worshiped aye, and fd rpu y. Of
thousands would die, presented us bn " G
Washburn, as we stood knee deep in he .. 'en'
of our mountain State only to regain them su' W
che enactment of drama wherein grim do. y
triumphs in every scene. ''u
The allegation is unfounded and unips, =.
disgrace unmerited and disbearteninp, aa,' we
and upon the assertion stake my all, thai 49,
7th Vermont regiment conducted themsaIvo.'u e
IL regiment. creditably, as can and will a. q
proven in a court of inquiry. The reglmen,;s
disgraced for no reason In the world hnt y.
malice and envy of those not engaged in the the
fight These statements | make, and in NAL.
lng them speak the verdict Of all the o8ca,.
ard men Of the regiment. BY reference 70 tt'
order, you will sec that Col. Roberts is sa;d ~
have fallen while rallying his men. That W.
fell while giving orders to his regiment is t,na
having dlsmounted, his horse becoming NJ"
manageable, and standing near the rebt Il
pany B but .ohen he tell the regiment wss
standing firm as a rock under most daaNr
fire, without one broken file, at the same linz
loading and firing very rapidly,
Again it is alleged that the regiment 70.
fused to march to the aid of the Outnumh4,od
and almost overwhelmed Indlanmns. Thu
9TH W.. regiment never refused to march, and
one thing is true-that every movement executed
brought us under fire from either artillery a,
musketry. The reg lment was never ordered IA
support the Dist Indiana It is SAID we 6rad
into the same reglment killing and wouDdm,
several" The regiment stood unmoyed undaSP
fire, without returning the sarac until ordered
possible That order | heard myself from the
lips of Gen. W illiams not twenty minutes be.
fore he fell, mortally wounded,
Again in the order it is said that John Don.
aghue, 4th Mass. battery, " Brought of from
tie camp of the It'll Vt. regiment their color
at the time of retreat This charge is also
untounded. When we formed 10 line Of battle
and moved into position we took only the Ia.
tional flag with us, the State hag being left 10
COL Roberts tent. The last named aas after
the action, was by Sergeant Ross of company
B. unstrapped from the tent pole Of Col. Rob-
erts' tent, and presented to Lieut. Co.. Fulam,
who sent the same TO the hospital. The co.ors
brought by John Donag hue from camp consisted
OF small Tag formerly used AS a marking flag
in battalion drill, ana which had been used BY
Major Holbrook while in command at Fort
Pike, as d boarding flag for vessels passing the
Fort, and afterward used for bl0tting paper
the Adlutants office, and thrown aside as worn
out. That sir, is in the possession of Major
Holbrook. So much for our colors, which We
are represented as deserving 1t is talsehod
no man will presu Inc to utter to an officer Of our
regiment The national flag was borne by The
color beager of the reg iment, Sergeant 5,
Parkhurst, who brought the same Oh to the line
on which to form our regiment on that memo.
able mora and by him was carried throughout
the entire action, and which under murder0u
fire was held alott and kept where the regiment
could see and rally IL need be around it, That
| flag was ever where it should be and nobly did
he stand by and bear the same from the field
without its once leaving his hands, TbusD
lmpeach the bravery of man who stood the
test Of Bull Run credltably to himself and bis
company, as LIST Lieutenant, and to publish 70
the country that other hands than bis bore our
flag from the field of battle is statement
unjust that pray God it may never stain the
annals of our history. watched In the suoAe
of battle our flag, and watched him bring the
same to were We halted.
! Thus, sir, | trust have proven to Vernon!
that our colors were borne by none other than
our own regimental color bearer Our Colon
left US not for one moment. and yet we are lv-
prived of them. l believe Maj. Gen. Butler
thus acts upon his best Judgment upon reports
furnished him, and laments the disgrace o. OuF
most surely unfortunate regiment.
In conclusion | have TO say that the oEO''
seems to US like the dea b knell Of the tn YER
mont regiment. 1t is our own Green Moan'All
State that we mourn for, for believe me- We
can and will die, but those colors shall De II
stored to the regiment. We feel mortified aI4
chagrned that our Stat must be dIsgEacsu y
US. Heaven knows we struggled to 90 OUT Uu'!,
while we knew our brothers were falling "'s
leaves of autumn on the Potomac IN defense y.
the old flag that we should thousand 'In''
rather die for than be disgraced 81, ~,
Our regiment entered the contest WIN W. -.
some 200 men all told, the remainder being W.. ~.
In quarters aud hospitals, and when tae G 5.'}
was raging fercest those sick men were oru'L'.
to the river by an ali of Gen, " llan'' W. W.,
safety. Thus comes the impression tia' 01'
regiment broke and ian. l.,
We wish the people of Vermont to know ~. ~.
fact OF the case, aud We will to the Stiuss'.
but men lighting i'll the cause VT are iI'' w..
have suffered what we have in the ruli'S' ~. {,
OF Nicksburgh officers and men VINO !" .,I
days after our arrival at Baton Rouge, 0u'.' NV,
our dead a, the rate Of one, two, and tire. !si
day from company, and in one day ',' ,b'
nine men side by side, three from elcN " ~, ,s
companies b, Il and II, (when at 6rSao5 ~. >,