Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-06-21
Mai. 2. B. Crandall.

| MY their respect Tor his memory. From The
discourse preached on this occasion by Rev, v
Il Lord Of this village, we gathered some facts
Of Major Crandal's life. lie was a native OF
Berlin, and at about twenty years Of age entered
Dartmouth College. lie Was in his junior year
warm sentiment OF patriotic devotion which
fhen swept over the land, he of red himself to
the service Of his country BY the assistance
OF friends who were interested in his character
ard address, he received from the Colonel OF the
9th regiment the position Of his Aojutant lie
commended himself in this Office to his COM
fades aud superior officers Subsequently be
@as promoted 10 a Captaincy, and soon to the
! Maj )r.shlp IN the re. iment. At the time OF his
eath he was acting as It's commanding officer.
| While engage in the routine OF his duies on
che picket line Of our army near the Chlcka-
lomuy, on "Wednesday mornlpg the 7th OF
June, be was shot by rebel s1arpshooter Toe
ba passed through bis lungs, aud be died on
The evening Of the same day. He had antlcI-
paed, and was not uuprepared for, such an
event, for be was man Of consistent religion
tie. He was 10 member Of the Church at
Dartmouth College, AMI had revealed the SIN.
certify Of his profession in devoted, generous,
and active Christian character.
lie was rapidly acquiring those military
qualities which, had bis Life been spared, would
nav made him emnen. in the service. There
were few officers among our Vermont regiments
VT stood 30 high in the affection Of the men
or in the respect Of the superior officers. He
was brave to a fault, and yet never licking in
presence OF mind and cool selfpossesslon. lie
i, great loss " the cause in which be gave hs
life.
We ada to this brief notice one Of the last
letters Major CsANDALL wrote addressed to Hon.
RoDARlcK RICHARD On Of this village
NEAR SF5TrYLvANIA UR1 HousY,
Ma 2O.b, 1854.
Mn RlcuARD.oN-My Dear Sr.-Yours Of
re9n date, from Freeport, was receiveda day or
Two since in the f st mai we have bad since We
left Bra dg Station Since that time we have
been literally waklnl in a pathway Of fire '
We have known nothing of fighting unul this
time Our other battles have been bat skir-
mlshes in comparison. God has most mercifully
preserved me through all while my comrades
lie IN almost every woods between this and the
Rapdan Our Brigade has been in all the
hardest battles, and, | will venture TO say, has
fought better than any other b zade in this
Army do not say this because am a Yer
m,nter, but because il is IN accordance with an
impartial Observance, AMI because it is the uni
veral tes timony Of the whole Army. We have
| lost seusnfeen hundred msn G ID belnihe poor
mother. wives and sisters At home You haze
I probably got Gen Grants official reports of the
oas1alties IN ou- Brigade before this, so need
n9t spa Of them Ny owo regiment has lost
three-ffths Of its members. and some of our best
q )ers, including our Colonel and Adjutant,
and our three senior Captains, We have got a
! Commander now never saw such tenacity.
/ II we had had him while the rebel army was in
Pennsylvania, believe be would have destroyed
! it but will venture 10 say that he finds an
army and leader opposed to him here rather
more difficult to manage than anything be ever
found in the West Neither armhy has ever
fought before as it has this time.
The coufederates fight with desperate fury,
knowing how much depends Tor them on the Is.
sue Of this campaign, and the Union soldiers
with cool, heroic endurance, that more than
once IN the last twelve days has warmed my
heart with q quick throb Of national pride.
The old Republic wiA Ire The losses on both
sides have been terrible. We have forced Lee
back, inch by inch, to this place, some tw, nty
miles, and are now lying close under his guns
in line of battle, and tie cotact may be re-
uewed at any moment We are on the first line
We have iouehqa the time 10 lntermlnable for
ests, but We are now getting into more open
country. lie is now strongly entrenched, but q,
we have forced him from dozen lines Of works
think We can from these. The lighting is moi
yet over. Oar losses must be yet greater. Bu
we must not turn back now though desclatior
be brought to every Preside a, the North. NJ
regiment has been augmented by l4U men iron
BrattleboTo, so tina. now | think we are To,
largest of any Of the old regiments. The Ill
is with US. The army, though worn with 1T
terrible and exhausing work, is bOuyant it
81 irit, and will fight it through with upshrink
ing iorttude. cannot tell you with what re
sret tins corps laments the death of it's believe,
leader, the ion-hearted Sedgwick The couLtr,
could lily spare him
sm much Obliged for the trouble you hay
put yourself at tor me. will give you an &C
count Of the battles, perhaps, some time
Please write
With the highest hopes for The cause Of on
country, remain yours most truly,
X q. CRANDALL.