Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-11-02
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by request repeated at the Officers Reunion
at Montpelier
s-R~GoS ,aIl0 POEM.
! comrades lis good to meet once more
I To talk our battle history Ger.
Once m0rc to greet the friend made dear
By many q day Of griefor cher
By many a danger bravely met
Ou many a field with good blood Ee,-
The blood Of those vi lo,el aEd cherished,
" b. tor ,asir ,ouatry nobly persisted
tllk Cf rearing nights
n---- l..A. :. camp fires flashing lights
Whore laugh aud song went gaily round
Scarce sileucei by the TGHo0's sound -
Of ftiyouae- lorlorn and ireary,
tf t.fliug ulrches vet and weary,
nf s1f.rlu-s iu the winter camp.
Tie pcket's watch tha -24J.y' E uang,
ihe -e.sl sJney s deadly rattle.
The caunon's roar, the crash of battle,
The foes fierce charge, the rebel yell
As tWere al teuds let loose from Hell
cur steady ranks and answering CheeI
.uat ever nlled their hearts with lear-
is wsyering, ALTERING back they fall
meath the cauu0n-smoke's dread pail
OF all Of pleasure and Of pain
might, we meet 10 talk again,
Happy in greeting all who're here
Auli0 er those gone 10 drop a tear.
And here / viii venture a change IN ~ Eetse
Wy i.e2sh's 10" more 'fse Tnen ny iest are
'le Le,'tf
iheIe H'Ie 10 t,li OF cur s'ay IN vermont
81 Sis heings anu 'Atrchings, eyes
Ikat Il y ani Iiont
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worm repeating
ave the cars 'hty were close ana the Wes'As-
was heating.
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Ia We all soi,o cross Zach hated hi. friend
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rocks,
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Locks
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shadows,
Reposet their tired limbs IN fIeAsan's mea-
dows'
While the right With the morn passed. On cheeF-
iul and merry
It'll they halted at last at EdWarls ferry.
AHd here We remained with rot much IN our
story
F,r the next long eight months oi oaVtle OF
glory
ttr hrst We moved North, ana then We mo'eu
south,
] at last our right rested On Monocaey
mouth
mere cur horses uTanA water 20 pO"eIIui
and evil,
Itlt rider and steed seemed bound Tor the peyll
Aai would tear to Whites FoTl on sueh Hlli
canter
As 'Cutty Sark' driven did poor "Iam Shar-
ter
And here we bide through seasons three
merry band Of foldlery
With uaught 10 mar our happiness-
With uaurlt OF danger and ulstresss
save when disesse and death cold nanl'
Called one by one from out our band
fc' "''v q comrade dearly loved,
u toll AMI trial proved
But laying them beneath the sod,
We uust their souls now rest with Col
For his rs true the sacrifice,
20 ''in The line Of duty dies
; i,ken by i-yer on bis post
falling mid the tghting hest
Ne've neither time nor space to tell
1.-THE all that US beiell-
Through Autumn's mud and winters SHOWS
And when Spring brought the opening rose.
How stern We watched the river dark
And Loudon's hill sides earnest mark
And o'er Potomac's tiny billows
Fanciei the clank Of " White's Guerillas,
And Co, D, at "the Hay-staeks,'
See On the tow-path mystic tracks
And catch the gleam ofsignal lights
From out the windows of Joe Whites
Scant time have we cen to recall
The incidents Of" Surgeons call