Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-15
REVIEW OF THE 9TH CORPS.
General News.

Thursday last by the President. stand for the President, and members of the cabinet, general officers and the foreign legations. was l erected on the pavement in front of the Execn- tive Mansion, and another stand was placed 1 on the opposite side of the street for the ac- commodatioR of members of Congress and mil itary and naval officers, and directly east of it third stand was located. for the sccommoda- l tion of sick and disabled soldiers. All of these ] stands were tastefully decorated The Sixth Army Corps has participated in all the battles l of the Army of the Potomac, from it's organi- ration. Maj.-Gen.. H.. c. Wright was in the advance, with his staff, followed by his escort. The Generals horse was decorated with Q beautiful wreath, and his saddle was covered with flowers. Maj j.-Gen. Bartlett rode. with l the staff, and was followed by the corps flag and escort. The troops, as they passed, were enthusiastically cheered by the thousands of spectators, among whom were not few sol- diers supported by erutches. The veterans of the corps wore green twigs on their caps, and flowers were profusely displayed by the off, cers. The old torn and faded battle-fags were proudly borne in the long line. A detachment of New York Engineers brought up the rear.
 The spectacle was as imposing and interesting as the previous reviews, though not so exten-- sive as to numbers.
 1 The Washington Chronicle says:
 The 9th is about the only corps in the his 1 tnry If undapn rfoco hot olo tn hoy
 served through three successive and success fnl campaigns in the space of nine months. From Gettysburg they fought their way to
 the earthworks of Petersburg; from Peters, burg thoy came 10 bafle the attack of Early
 upon the capital of the United States; and then, pursuing Early through third campaign
 in the Shenandoah Valley, finished him. Nor
 did their labors end here, for again coslescing with the main army their bravery and their toll contributed not little to the capture of Richmond and the crowning victory of Five Forks.
 l Upon the denizens sf Washington this corps
 has special claim to gratitude and admira- l tion, for they saved it. One of their divisions
 earned under Wallace the glory of the day of Monocacy, while another threw around Wash.
 inton the protecting ramparts of its skill and
 bravery. Thus it is that Gettysburg, Coal
 Harbor, Monocacy, Winchester, and Five Forks
 are found inscribed upon the same banner. More frequently isolated and surrounded
 than any other corps of the Army of the Po-
 tomac, the 9th has never known rout, never ac-
 knowIedged defeat, and the 1st brigade of its
 1st division still rallies around the same ban ner and battle. staff that the lamented Kearney
 bestowed upon it. Such is the 9th and if its first leader, their hero, now mouldering like the knights Of old in a hero's grave, with no
 thing left of him but his fame, painted their name upon history's page as the lone corps of Charlottesville, and as the men of Gettysburg and of the Wilderness, their new one wrote upon their stainless field of white the words ] upon an unchristian foe, they were right to adopt the badge that on the ramparts of Con- stantinople 60 nobly defed the hosts of the Crescent. They could not have found better emblem of their cause or suggester of their value than the straight cross of azure upon field of white. The war of Christian vs. Pa gan descends to nations like debts on entailed estates. It had to be fought here in some shape or other, and Freedom vs. Slavery was 1 but a new name in new country for the ex- pression of & fued tha: dates it's existence from 1 the birth of sin. The 9th had holy banner, and may well be proud that it understood the claims it assumed with it. and so nobly dis l charged the duties it imposed. THE FIRST DIVISION. The white triangular pennon of this division with the blood red cross in the centre, brought 1 the imagination back to the pomp of medieval war. After the pennon and staff came the lst brigade of the corps, General W. H. Penross commanding. This brigade numbers about 2.5OO men, divided as follows:
 4th \. J. vols, including battalion of 1st N. J. vols, It. Col. B. Hufty commanding 10th N. J. vols., Ut. Col. J. D. Johnson.
 18th N. J. vols, including battalions of 2d and Sd N. J. vols, Major E. W. Davis. 10th N. J. vols, Col. s. R. Gilkyson. T The 2d brigade, led by Brigadier General Hamblin, followed. This brigade is inclined to 'brag on it's general He was private vol. unteer once, andnow bids fair, if we only have another war, to become Major General, and is, among his men and with his staff, regularly idolized. His appearance is striking. Up wards of six feet high, he sits horse with the assured grace of an expert rider, and be- comes 2 uniform better perhaps than any other general officer in the corps. But handsome Is that handsome does is good old proverb; and if his brigade of two thousand men are to be believed, there never was 8 Bayard be- haved more handsomely in the field. This brigade consists of the following regiments:
 2d Conn. heavy art'y vols, Col. James Hub- bard
 65th N. r. vet vols, It. Col. H. c. Fisk.
 95th Penn. vet. vols, It. Col John Harper.
 12lst N. Y. vols, Col E. Olcott.
 -IR the assassination trial the fact has been brought out that the burning of trans- ports on the Western rivers, and more recently 1 upon the Southern waters, was done under the | direction of the rebel authorities The ex- I