Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-15
The Cavalry Reunion.

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Preiacing his address with delicious quotation
from Childe llarolds pilgrimage the speaker
proceeded at length to give well-dlgested sketch
of the operations OF the cavalry branch OF the
service during the war OF tile rebellion. From
this he entered upon Just Tribute to the part
which the First vermont cavalry took IN gaining
for this arm Of the service much OF is best repute
When that command was enlisted mo- bounues
were paid, and 1t may be rightly claimed that
each one OF the thousand men who were mustered
into service ON the fair grounds at Burlington ON
that ever-to-be-rememhercd seventeenth Of Mo-
vember, 1861, enlisted from pure patriotism.
They were not even voted the state bounty of
seven dollars per month until the session Of the
legislature OF 1862 The regiment was made mp
Of men OF good character and unusual intelligence
It embraced many college graduates and under
graduates and in the company to which the
speaker belonged there thirteen school teach
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which armies are usually recruited, yet it was
good material. True there were some officers at
first who were no great shakes hut this was
the result Of the method Of organization by cleo
,ion, and these were soon weedcd out and their
| places supplied by the promotion Of deserving
men from the ranks lie had stood beside Cen
| eral Custer when he viewed the remains OF the
! gallant Preston, and heard him say. "rhere lies
the body Of the best Colonel in the Cavalry Corn.
] It would seem 10 be sure evidence Of merit when
an officer during the war rises from the rapl, of
| First Lieutenant. through all the GRADES Ia that
| Of Brevct Maior-General. rosses.inr no poliiiral
| influence. but earning it ON the tented field
Out Of the two thousand two hundred and ninety
seven Vermont cayalrymen there was not a CON
script Their total loss during service was one
thousand and eghty-slx and the actual loss to the
regiment from casualties and diseases incident
to war. was nearly equal to the number who orig
| inallv formed the regiment one thousand pri.op.
ers, one thousand horses and slxty-two wagons
were captured from the enemy. twelve railroad
bridges burned. ten miles Of railroad torn M and
| five hundred contrabands brought into can,p
-Four thousand miles we're marched bv the rerl-
ment and rebel property. to the value of millions
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