The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31
a Pleasant Correspondence.

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tai Guarda(Co. F, I'd Reg't Vt. Vols) was organ
lied, the Hon. Daniel Baldwin, of Montpelier
met Col. Randall, then Captain ofsaid company
on the street, and quietly and unostentstiousl,
handed him a package, remarking that b
would find directions inside, and passed on. Oh
opening the packagei it proved to contain eighty
seven gold dollars (the number of men in tn
company being eighty seven with directions t.
distribute it to the company as a gift from thu
liberal donor. Recently the remaining mem
bers of the company, twenty-seven in ell, wish
ing to acknowledge their gratitude in a suitable
way, sent to Mrs. Baldwin a neat and beautiful
silver fruit basket with the following inscription
engraved on the inside i" Presented TO Mrs
Daniel Batdaoin BY the members Of the Capita
Guards" on the occasion of which the follow
ing correspondence ensued. 1t will be seen tho
the ranks of this heroic band of Green Mountain
boys has been sadly thinned by many a hare
fought battle and the malaria of southern
swamps. No regiment in the field has earned
higher enconiums than the I'd Regiment, anc
no company in the regiment has sustained 6
better reputation than this company and THU
incident shows that in becoming the soldier they
have not become c%allous, as is often asserted OIL
soldiers, to the finer sensibilities.
CAMP 2ND VI. REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS, J
June Goth, 1863. {
SIR We, the few remaining me mbers of the
" Capitol Guards" who have as yet,by the good.
ness OF Providence escaped the dread hand OF
disease and been spared the deadly bullet, feel it
our duty to express our gratitude to you, which
has been so long delayed. We have not forgot
ten the one who first gave US a substantial en-
enlargement to go and do nobly. Although two
years, e%ventful years, have passed over our heads
and our ranks have been decimated again and
again by the dread fevers of the Peninsula, and
the several battles Of Bull Run, Lees Mills, Saw
ages Station, and the first and last Fredericks-
burg, in each of which we have made willing sac.
%riices, yet we still remember our noble benefac-
tor, and we now pause in our bloody but noble
WOIh W JIG q tLlOutC VI C5tCCLn. 1MU years ago
the sullen roar of the guns of Fort Sumter re-
verberating over the hills of our Green Mountain
State, told US that hydra-headed treason was
threatening our Country. The spirits of our Fore
father, seemed to say, " to the rescue" Our
Country called and we responded. Although the
work has not been done as soon as we know you
fondly anticipated, yet the doom Of Rebellion is
fixed, and we trust but a few more months will
elapse ere we shall have made a i" Union, one and
inseparable," and for your patriotism in urging US
on in this most noble work, we, the undersigned,
in camp assembled, have resolved
l. That in respect to you and the esteem of
your Lady, we will present to Mrs. Baldwin a
silver fruit basket, in which we trust the fruits OF
peace and happiness only shall be placed.
2. That we individually desire your prayers
and good wishes to follow us in our struggles with
treason, and that your lives may be spared to give
us a welcome home.
A. WORCESTER, 1st Ii, GEO. GAZETTE, Private.
g. w. BRIDGMAN, I'd" GEO. AYREs,
A. FERRY, Ord. Sergt., d. B. GEORGE,
GEO. NJ. FLAGG, Corp, S. TAYLOR,
E. e. ROLLINS, 4" H.. G. MORSE, 4"
THos. CLURY, +" H.. STEARNs, "
SIS. HUTCHINSON, I" G. G. DODGE, "
w. H. H. CAMP, Serg't. THos. MoCoLLY,
ELCINE SHoRY, Private, H. I. SANDERS, "
ERR GUNNIsoN, J. ANDREW, "
F. r. LUCE, E. CLoUGH, "
ID. LAPoRTE, WIN. G. FIELD,
JAS. T. BACON, Serg't, H. G. BALLoU, "
n ID Voarpy D-;uoto W., CToNp