Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-11-25

| honor 20 our honored fr1ecld, the distinguished
guest Of the evening lie had known Gen 5.
! from boyhood; he hsi found him in private life,
/ always the good citizen, the faithful friend
Always reliable and true in every position, and
filing with credit and fidelity every station in
which he had been placed. lie had vas-ked
him as the great emergency OF the Country
called cut his qualities. He remembered how
earnestly. at the first outbreak of the war, he
/ lab0red in the fitting ont of the lst Vt. Resi-
I rs.nt, and with what reluctance he permitted
jrnperatiye duties to keep him from going with
them; how eagerly he left ell the ties Of home
and business, for the service Of his country, when
the ID Vt was organized. From that time his
course had been steadily upward. lie had now
! -aaehed alno,i the highest grade Of rank, and
we were all agreed that his advancement ought
not to stop hsre.-nor would il; Our worthy
I Chief Magistrate knows and remembers his
merits, as he (the Goyernor) had from tie
Presidents own lips, aud be had no doali %. =
would be htly and fully recognized. IN ccnclu-
sion the Governor said that he was rejoccd 20
see the soldiers retaining and renewing their III
terest in each other and in the service. IL was
well they should do 50. The emergency might
soon come when Vermont would need them an
B again, for the protection Of the State, and DE
( was glad to know that she had such SONS TO call
on, and could not call in vain. Hong applause
I'll Grs. p. T. WAsHBray-.lg,u,rat and
4 Taspect0r General 0f TtrmoaL the brave
Z Soldier, who ied the Green Mountain Bows
into the first engagement of the war. With
B hlihtulLess, energy and the largest success, has
/ be since administered the mos; important uili-
tary Bureau OF the State.
Gen. Washburn said it was with unmingled
! pleasure he met mere the men whose names had
been familiar 90 him during the three OF four
+ years past, and whose actions be had recorded
4 with such interest. Those deeds he'd given
/ Vermont n historic uame,-tae reputation VI
sending troops whose daring yalor bad never
been surpassed The battle grounds Of Bah
Run, and Lees Mil, and Savage Station. and
/ White Oak Swamp, ana Autietam, and the two
/ FreIericksburchs, and Banks Ford. aud Port
Hudson, aud Gettysburg, ana the wilderness.
and P,terstuIg and Winchester. and Cedar
/ Greek, and other hard fought fields. hal been
relienei with the blood of Vermont soldiers g.
/ they had often taken the l,uui OF the fight. bl,
he could say with exultatou. thar uo standard
ola Vermont regiment had ever fallen into rebel
hands. Suatchei from tie hands Of one diving
iearer, TO be borne alof by another tru.tv ,t,oI-
ard bearer, himself perhap. soon 60 fail buty.elI-
iug his charge even il death only TO one equally
true, those standards, after passing through t.a
storm Of many battles. had been returned t,the
State and were now hung up in the capitol iu
honor Of our soldiers
Gen. Washhurn alluded briefly TO the battle.
won at home with ballots. lie also trls.I Gen.
Stnuari's career from his drst entry into ue
service at 1t. Col of the II VI 70 the command
ofa Diyision-fgom Bull Run TO Cb4p.u- Farm
and closed with hearty expression Of the u,c-.
esq felt by vermonters in MIN, and in the sl-
diers generally.
". The Old Vermont B-ig15c-Itis nor .
for Us, rs soldiers, to boast of its deeds hut a.
sons OF Vermont we are an proud ?. Share FOO
the glory Of the fighting Brigade. winch h.
made the name Of Nerm0nter. in the Army OBJ.
the Potomac and in the Shcn lndoah. the evror- .
ynI for steadtist bravery. and whose nam. F..
never meldoHei by Vermontels tpt with aitr.I .
Of honest pride.
Il. Col Piugres Of the tth Va. was first cl..-
ed N TO respond 90 this sentiment, and 1.3 so
ittinely and well He slil IL was a high honor
90 be called on TO SPEAK f1r the Fir.. IT.. Bril-
ale, who's fortunes it had been his PRIVILEGE q.
share during TIE three years Of It's term. It.s.s
honor enough for any man to have saved ioa---
ably III any Vermont Re-iment-ani certainly
not the least 10 have served with that Bresie
which was the Oldest in tine service from tbs
this State. which had mustered on is rolls. I'm
all, almost iea thousand men. which hal seen
the time when hard fighting had reineei If,
members TO eiersa tuadrsl, though now re-
cruited to over four thousand, ami which would
doubtless remain brigade while the war lasted.
An allusion to its first commander. Gen Brooks.
brought out a round Of hearty applause In
closing he said that the oh brigade claimed
property in the man whom We had met to honor.
though in 50 doing it would take nothing from
the secord Brigade, which he had the honor TO
Command and winch had the honor TO be COM
mauded by him.
1t. Col Joyce, ofthe u Vt vas next called
up, and responded in an eloquent speech. He
said he had prayed for such an occasion as this.
and that his tongue could not utter the feeling,
Of his heart, as he looked around him on those
vino were once his comrades, and as he thought
also Of the gallant dead, whose memory would d
live with this people, while Liberty and Free
government are worth striving for. lie believed
he could claim distinction belonging TO but
two present-that Of having belonged to the old
ID Vt. Regiment with Gen. Stannari and of he T
ing sharer Of the perils and a witness Of his
cooness and daring in the first great battle Of
the War. He thought nobody would ever forget
Bull Run who was there. As for the oh Brig v
ade his words could add nothing to its fame 1t j
was no wonder that the sons Of Vermont
State born in times Of war, and taught in infan- d
y to hight by Ethan Allen, fought as they did. $
He closed with an expression of hope that this !, !,
was but the first Of series Of similar gatherings ii
n future years.
V. The First Vermont Caralry-Riders n
flashing and valiant as the Knights Of old Their M
lannors are eloquent with the names Of cloriou. n
'atiles, from Mount jackson to the last and y
'roudest achievement at Cedar Greek, IN which q,
hey have so often and so gallautly charged to a,
1ct0ry
1t Col. Bennett, responded He believed he IA
night claim that what Vermont soldiers had "
zen elsewhere, they had been in his regiment. h,
lie paid high tribute to " the unknown heroes 81
the priyates, whose bravery was as great.
hose judgment as good, whose capacity for
ommand often equal to those under whom they
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