Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-06-14
THE REVIEW OF THE SIXTH CORPS.

follows
/ "Gov. Smith of Vermont accompanied
by Mr.. S. Williams, his private Secretary
Hon. P. Baxter, NJ. land Col Holbrook
Military Commissioner, has been here
some days actively engagedin prom Oting
the welfare Of the Green Mountain Troops
He will be joined tomorrow evening ny
Adj. Gen. Washburne, Quartermastei
Gen. Pitkin. and Surgeon Gen. Thayer
On Wednesday Gov. Smith, accompanied
by the above named gentlemen, will re
view a force of Vermont volunteers under
command of brevet Major Gen, L. A. Grant
at Bailey'a Cross Roads There will BE-
the I'd, Sd, 4th, 9th, 9th and 18th Regi
mcnts of the brave old Green Mountain
Brigade, and the 10th Regiment, all Of
the 9th Corps, the 9Th Regiment which
was transferred from the 18th Corps al
the request of Gov. Smith after it had
actually embarked on transports for sa
vannah, the 18th Regiment and the 30
Light Battery Of the 9th Corps, and The
lst Veteran Vermont Cavalry Of Gustav;
Division, sheridan's Corps, which has
been ordered by Lieut. Gen Grant, at
the request of Gov. Smith, to the North
to relieve the regiment of Frontier Caval
~ which is to be disbanded. This fine
display of Vermont troops will attract q
large concourse of spectators.
The review took place on Thursday,
and "pcarIy" gives the following account
of it -
Gen. Wright headed mis- corps, riding
dark bay horse, decorated with flowers
The infantry marched at regular distance
company front, guides left. Generally
speaking the marching was not good, and
was far inferior to that of Sherman s men
The rear ranks struggled and the file clos
ers seemed to walk along each on his own
hook Each brigade had its pioneers, all
white men, with axes or shovels, and the
only colored men in the column were
half dozen servants who followed the
regiments.
The mounted officers appeared to advan-
tagc, especially Brevet Major Generals
Frank Wheaton, Ricketts, and L. A Grant,
who were splendidly mounted, The YER
mont Brigade, Brevet Brigadier General
George ?. Foster, made the best display,
and received the highest compliments.
The brigade was nearly four thousand
strong, composed of the Second, Third
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and two
battalIions of the Seventeenth.
Every officer and man of this Green
Mountain Brigade wore a sprig of ever
green in his cap and the tattcred colors
were ornamcnted with green wreaths.
The New York Times report says:
The I'd division is well closed up on
the LIST, and Brevet Maj. Gen. Geo. W.
Getty, most worthy, modest officer, from
the Regular Artillery, is in command.
The second brigade of this division are
the indomitable Green Mountain boys,
seven regiments strong the largest brig
ade in the army of the Potomac but one,
and commanded by Brevet Major General
L. A. Grant.
The Vermonters are having surfelt of
yesterday by their Governor, and
to-day by their PJesident-and true to
the tradition of their mountain State,
they have decked their caps with sprigs
of the evergreen cedar, mathematical of
the faith and spirit with which they have
fought. The Vermont Brigade-Baldy
Smith was its first commander, then W.
7. H. Brooks, then 50 many more that /
forgot their names in the stream of bat
ties which they have fought, Emblazon-
ed on the flags of these veterans, there
would appear the following glorious cata-
logue, if there was only room
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Golding's
Farm, Savage Station. White Oak Swamp.
Cramton's Gap Antietam, Fredericksburg
Mayre's Heights, Gettysburg, Funkstown,
Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Spott-
sylvania, Coal Harbor, Petersburg, Charles
town, Opequan, Fisher s Hill, Cedar Creek,
Petersburg Second, Ewells surrender, APP
pomatox Court House, with the original
Bull Run thrown in for the Second YER
mont.
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