Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-03-13
The New Hampshire I'd Regiment.

The New Hampshire I'd Regiment.
arrival at Manchester or. the 81 i,st..
Of the New Hampshire 2I Resiiac1t-seut
home to recruit It's e5.umns, thiunei h. .il-
lsnt ser5icc in the fret and second Bull Run
taltles, in the batclcs at WilliaIesburgh.
Meohanicsville, Gainc= Mills. Peach Orchard.
White Oak Swamp. Malvern Hills and Fred
erieksbursh-was q great occasion. We fnd
a fuil account in the Manchester Mirror.
from which w condeuse the following. III
business was suspended in the City and lac
torres, and though snow-storm was prevail
/ ing, the streets were thronsed to meet them.
/ e bells were rung, fireworks shot their
dasiins light into tie SKY, and tie cannon
! boomed out a welcome % the veterans. Tie
Regiment arrived from Boston at half-past
in the evening and vas escorted by an i'm
mense thrcng, cheering and waving handker-
chiefs, to S,nyth's Hall, PREPARED fer their
reception. Ladies in great number. had &C.
cupied tie galleries Of the Hall from 9 O'Clock
in the morning. Col Marston Of the rogi-
ment vas detai1el on businees - Washing
t1n, and :he Regiment was lel by Lieut.. CD.
(. /. Bailey, Of Manchester. T. .hc brief
address Of welcome on the part Of The the citi-
zenr am authorities Z Manchester, Lieut..
Col. Bailey re=pondel:
-Her cd J,s.isl, Cit-sa: q -Hlnt...fs5:
Your cordial Esi;ol.e Is something
We hardy expected. The weather Las lesu such
s. TO preclude the iiel - our receiving such a
welconc--of finding ~ many here tonight; but
tie soldiers ail remember it. Tie 2i Ne5g Hamp-
shire Regimen, and YOU al Remember when the
fr.t fire ~ NI,.ter kindled The blaze upon the
altar Of liberty. Ne then collected together and
left Portsmouth with l047 men; ournuabe1.7-as
afterwards swcilel e. 500, o.: WHOM ve now
bring back about $40 aud less than .Up 1f the
original number You All ku0d aHcrg We have
been, q I-- -I, have flieuis aith l= have fol-
iJaei ti- course 0f de Rc-m-lt ..i are ns
He. aware gifts dui1Gs ~ als. Z have oulyt1
say. tA,v are today as firm in the cause as they
cfcl Urle. ~ the banners We bring l1lGe which
!-a a.-q,ayci here, one was presented b, the
citizens g.. Nsw ork, ani las bc1u ho.ue in ma .
lg Hri.e-. Iae second was git Of the citizens
lt flst-t 7ni1, and that, to-. las ieit tls shock
lf haitie The ether 'sa- presented bg the Cit
7-us cf ,aleruia, sni We have never ~ uota' Z +
"a ID 1u Lhe i.'l ciJ-ttle; but Il ne lv,rco back
O. ti- field you >i'ili hecr llat the banner has
n-. h-eh tiai.ci m th. dust. ] can answer for I
at heI, and s4v t1ty are true 20 tag cause; ficv
are H1t discouraged, and they arc a9f 1ssJ oral
'-s-. hope, ~Llu se r-.ufu 70 l.i- Ire with
rams -te-.vi uy those Ct you from ibis State.
Wa5 ara earnest il The Cause. and Tin ws vii
march le oy SIDE ard sk.-,lee shoulder.
nrsr q q '
Af.er Jho n-4 had psr-aken -f refess- :
meuss, there 7ae Istriotie eeatIa.ents au- .
nouueci at-i Tatriotie remarks l-o.,s ia re-
sponse, among which were The j ,i.eius
The Igouua,3-Tley t-ar testinonisls Of
honor ehieh I'll. make Jaem alvsy= Lowell and
respected ~ their c1uuUymen. while their
wounds ara e.oqTe.t P,eedars th.' should put
tTelsou 60 shane.
Capt Holman, vino w=s w1unlui IN ,he
last Bull Run hgh-. arose Ga his cru-clc- IN
answer t. jhis. lie said am proud y say
these wounds Which have received are LON /
Jrah,c, because theyv-re received in IN hon
Jrablc and n1hls csuse l viii only add, |
hope when M J., ,.-uent returns tp the fciI !
shall he able to return with them and once
more join in the glliious cauae ! have SIT
iered greatly and | am willing - sIie. a
great deal more 70 put down this rebelh IA
yer. wiling 70 -fgii then o. s'-5S # r-e5
The Common Saldier--The true material to
make brave and successful o.hcers.
Sergt. Adams. oi CO. p, was called up on
: l., 10 speak for the men in the ranks, and
ne drought down the house. az every rem
tence lie remarked have be.n called up
on IL make speech, and if my r,marks are
dull, ycu must eZc.se ne, fer have q lead,n
bullet still lodged in my head. SJme families Z
and noh!cmen are proud oftEeir cat Fl arms /
and their anoretuIs but Tor ne, ! an proud
tina; belong to the Second New Hampshire
Regiment " hen this rebellion fist broke
out. the greatest desire | had was 10 sc; q
chance 70 fight aud help crush it 50 without
asking nv mother orsister OF anybody wenS
and enlisted ami I am proud also to say |
was the first man that enlisted in this State
for three years. Well, after had enlisted,
| went aud told ray mother, and | will tell
YOU wha: she said She is sixty yeare Old.
and when told her, she said: Il was think
ing myself, if | WIS man and wan Z quite
- old, woali enlist myself. That's nv
mother, and | am proud Of her. too. When
I saw the Constitution ss7aied, | could not
keen still. / should have had Ju enlist or
gone to the mad house My grand father
fought in the Revolution, but he died and
didn't get any pension for his services. Bat
after be was dead man came along to ZEE
about his pension, and we got i. Then tney
took the money and put up nice monument
over hls grave bvcsuse he fought in the glo-
rious Old Revolution. Now when ! thought
OF mv ancestors who had fought for tnis
/ country, do You suppOse | could keep still and
ST those dirty -ray-backs trampiing the old
Z haE under foot? Those Seutuerners have
I Dragged how smart they we're. At the hat
/ tie Of williamsburg | picked up n letter be-
/ longing 10 one Of them, written TO his lady
I love, aud in It il said one Of the re}cls could
I whip I've Yankee.
! His letter shovel MS education f.r ne
! spellel whipped. Whipped put in letter.
enough to make it strong But did not see
/ it 60. But | will tell you what did see;
saw two little NeT Hampshire boys driving
along five big rebel prisoners. like the bills
I recentlv raised BY Congress, which give u=
the chance Of usiug all The means IN our pow
er to crush this REBELLION. There arr a Ger
! tain class starting up through the country,
! like insects that have died IN the winter ana
are again warming into existence. Iney are
called copperheads. But one bad hetter not
come around where the Second New Hamp-
slire Boys are if be does they will put their
heel ON him. But let Us take courage, crush
treason wherever found and once more restore
the Union.
TreosoH--short prayers and !oag rope for
il North and South
Response By Capt. Patterson Tie soldiers
are tired and | viii say but one word. We
have bevn in tie field, and know what it Is
to fight; We haso lad dealings with treason.
have heen aakel il war sick OF fighting. |
aIn, but 90 long at the nations life Is in dan-