Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-18

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nag captured from inc reoeis at Roanoke now at
the state house in Boston, and also to attend to the
safe keeDinU of thp attprad and torn coIors of tho
regiment, now III the cry council rooms at Norces-
ter This flag the regiment took with them to the
reunion At ono oeIocl- tho cor,,o,,,- ,,o.,la3 20
a. -, = P''''
tue chap'i OF lhe chufcn, where 4 dinner was
spread. The abundance of the entertainment may
be Judged by the statement of tho fact that at one
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Vi the tDies WhOle mtteu calf ana
pig were served up, in addition to an
otbervyiso oil s,fHciort .,,,,ut, e., 9-.tIs .h,
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i"iso "uii'oe' present NrHce WAS Asheu ny new
Lewis Sabn y. D., of the Congregational church
Dinner through the connonv nroceadoi &, tho s,,o
,ir. IT, ., % a., -, -, s,i
U'o" rum Vi 'le 0li"I'h' "Hich was iiiieu
TO overlooking. The pulpit was beautifully decorated
with f,,,,ars and o,ra II ,,,a,od tn, s.o,r5 ,lors
&C ..,... 1,..t -, -. an, =, -.
u Tue regiment WHICH hau peeh fluuIeu anu torn
by so many Of the bullets of the enemy. After
PRAYER nv Chonlain Rail- roI Hall oluded to the
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'oie asseu III tile 's' meeting requesting nun 10
prepare historical sketch of the dOings of the reg
mpn+ which duf, ba had ottanflod r., and to t,,o,
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plo0eeueu 10 uelINeE carefully prepared ana very
interesting address.
Col Hall begon nv brieav olludin, f., tho r,coI.S
IectiOns which This anniyersarv Jay noturav su,I
gess, and proceeded to apitulate some of the val
flg Ts ser ef enc OF me 4 regiment.
for the seat of war GnG % 1SGI ni.mberinS IN "a
men, arriving at their campin Patterson park Bal
umore, on the morning OF the 18th, Col. Morse
rendered So mmortJ Nv tbeir brave deeds were
given in order witt brief a'lusion to ch of thes
4.'e e IN WiGh tney Were oe men E SPEAK
ioksburg, where inc brave sergeant Plnketf lost
both Grms by a ing the coOrs of his regiment so
c + tnJ eIe.s' the hoDe Color pfa!eI WE eaieH
the intarseqt enthusiasm, When called mon to
reenlist for the second three years service all but
q a lg'i ~ Ieiiu snid Il, o,og; r ,o
ment was engaged in ali In twentv-thr,9 pitched
battles, losing n all IL olc RS and L men killed
lf INA * @ iu o., ilt tI TouugGu Su
others have died of whom no sport hrs been re-
ceiVed.. Some are resting in graves unknown, and
opV Of the dead gtbon@h wa Know not bera tbar
remains may lie The va RS ai1 the restless tombs
Of some; the sands OF Carolina the sacred soil of
covS 1e ronnd Iiol 'I oco IrSor
dropping captives must red strength to bury the
starved dead hold some in endless captivity But
they have not died in vain; whether in the pine
woods along the Atlantic coast or in the dark for
ess of the tennessee; whether on the fields of Vir-
ginia or the shores of the southern gal ), the old
flag they loved SO well, unsuled and unmutilat d.
waves triumph over their remains and over
united country
Row Gamma = Roll y,os tI,o, colIod rnon IN road
s " ~ vas ~ o upon " ~
MS very interesting paper, null OF "reminiscences OF
the battle of Camden April 10, 1862, where the reg
INFANT oc+od ca ,,ro,,,i,o,t = rort
Col VIM 9 Clort Of Amherst Co,roor commander
Of the regiment in an eoonont sneacb frI of inter
ostino "reminiscences porticulsrlv Of tho battles Of
CbontilIu and Antiotan ot tbo for,,or Of which h,
va7 token prisoner and sunnosed In ba kiuod Ua
made an amusing allusion to having had an on