The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-16
From the Vermont Brigade.

From the Vermont Brigade.
We copy below from the Burlington Times,
resolutions of respect for the memory of Capt
Ainsworth, adopted by the officers of the Sixth
Regiment ; also the Regimental and Brigade
orders issued after the late battles
Whereas, By the sad providence Of battle, on
the heights of fredericksburg, Va, May 4th,
1868, God has removed from our midst our we'll
beloved brother, Capt. Luther Ainsworth, Co.
Il, 9th Vermont Volunteers.
Resolved, That we, the officers of the 9th
Vermont regiment, do hereby express our deep
regret at the loss we, in common with our cause
and country, have sustained.
| Resolved, That we cherish the memory of our
fallen comr2de, as brave officer. an unpretend-
ing, generous, nobIe-hearted friend, who, by
his uniform kindness and disregard of self, has
won the love of his company, the esteem and
kind remembrance of his regiment.
ResoIUcd, That we tender TO his company and
to the numerous circle of his friends, as we'll as
to the bereaved friends and relations Of all those
who have fallen with him in our recent battles,
our profound sympathy, in remembrance of the
| gallant dead-our common loss
ReSolUed, That their ma mes, written in blood
on the banner We follow, shall incite us to emu
late their brave deeds and noble sacrifice
RESOLVED, That copy Of these resolutions be
forwarded for publication in the newspapers of
Vermont and also a copy to the orphan chill
| dlen OF Capt. Ainsworth, whom we commend
to the kind and considerate care of all those w ho
love their country and its cause.
WIN B. REYNoLDs, Capt Co. |.
GEO. Q. RANDALL, Capt. Co. +.
S. H. LINCOLN, Adj't.
Com. on Ref solutions
On re-crossing the river, and while encamping
near Banks Ford, the following Regimental
and Brigade Orders were published
Hid. QRs. 9th RECT. Vt. VoL's. }
May 6, 1868. {
| GENERAL ORDER, NO. II.
1t is with feelings of pride and pleasure that
! the Colonel Commanding, reviews the action OF
tha 9th Vermont, from the crossing the river to
the time when companies A, ID, and |, the very
last of the corps re-crossed.
The galantry with which you charged across
the plain and over the heights of Fredercks-
burg, has been noticed by the General Com
manding
The GOODNESS exhibited by you while under
fire, awaiting the enemy's assault, the gallant
manner in which you repulsed the enemy, and
in turn charged him the number of prisoners
you captured, all are proof of your unexampled
bravery and intrepidity.
Do as well in the future, and your Colonel
and State may be proud of you
By command Of
E. l.. BARNEY,
Col. 9th Vt. Vols.
s. II. LINCOLN, Adj't
HID. QRs. 2ND BRIGADE, End DIVISION, }
Ora CORPS, May 6, 1868. {
Officers and Soldiers of the Brigade,
Your record is a proud one. You have sus-
tanned the honor of your State and the glory OF
your Revolutionary fathers. You have demon
strated that organized patriotism, discipline,
perseverance, and courage Can know no defeat.
The events of the past few days will live in
the nations history, and the record of yoxr
deeds of valor will fill a shining page. The re-
collection o. your heroic conduct will sustain
you through the subsequent trials of life. com
fort yonr old age, and swell with noble pride the
hearts of those who shall rise up to call you
blessed.
You stormed and took the heights of Frede
rlcssburg, which, it il believed, was one Of the
most brilliant f-ats of the war You took three
pieces Of artillery and many prisoners. And
although you are not IN possession of those
heights, you were not driven from them, bu
lett them to advance upon a retreeting foe
The fact that the enemy is now in their posses
sion, does not, in the least, detraot from tn,
: credit due you for tskisg them.
f AT the battle near Banks Ford, you sustained