The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-05
Castleton Revolutionary Soldiers.

Castleton Revolutionary Soldiers.
EditJr Rutland Globe decoration day
was honored in its Observance at Castleton
Tuesday, every thing that was said or done,
in the expressive phrase used by young
ladies, was perfectly splendid" The
people came in large numbers. Your reg
ular correspondent could not mention ev-
cry thing, and could not give due promi-
nence to all the people and organizations
present, and without intending this as "a
reminder" or to find the least fault, wish
to add that Castleton Fire Department
graced the occasion by joining in the pro-
cession and services under command Of
their Chief Engineer John H. Langdon,
esq.,, clad in their snowy uniform, and con-
tributed much to the imposing ceremonies
1.-THE Castleton hose company" under
command of Nr. George Preston, foreman
came out for the first time IN their new
uniform and made very fine appearance
Castleton Is well manned to fight fire, or
anything else which deserves TO be beaten.
concur in what your correspondent says
of the address and poem and hope the same
will be printed.
The rank, 'fair form and good name"
of our Revolutionary soldiers deserves a
more extended notice, and we beg leave to
give their record as l copied i. from their
gravestone5 as follows.
''coL. NOAH LEE,
RevOlutioner, died,
May 4, 1910, aged &C."
This Is too brief, too modest too erect,
over the grave of man of his merit. Col.
Lee was prime mover of the first mil
i!sry demonstrations made in this quarter,
in which he captured Major Skeene, the
British commanding officer at Skeensboro,
May 8, 1875, and maintained possession of
that important place until after Ticonder-
oga and Crown Point were taken by the
American troops-in conjunction with Ar
mold and Allen, he was in the supreme mil
itary command of this (theH) frontier. and
was entrusted with the whole charge of
the commissiary department, in which
he expended large sums Of his money,
which he was ultimately repaid in a cur
rency deprecated 40 to /. lie continued
his military career till the termination of
the revolutionary war, serving as captain
in the Pennsylvania line, in the year 1881,
and 3. He rendered his country impor-
tant services at Lancaster, Pa, in prevent
ing the escape of British prisoners of war,
and was highly complimented by Gen. Lin
coin. In department and manners, he was
fine old English gentleman of olden
time" His great grand daughter Mrs
William G. Guernsey, Tuesday, placed his
portrait, of near life size, painted by Dun
lap at the head of his grave, with United
States flag in close proximity, floating in
the breeze, and when the floral tributes were
laid upon his grave by the hands of the
detail of beautiful young ladies, it seemed
that we had but discharged one duty to his
name and memory and services. The next
gravestone reads thus;
"JoHN HALL
"Capt. Of the militia in Castleton, killed
IN an invasion by the British July 6,
TIT, in the Both year of his age"
have not this patriots history. am
informed he was not instantly killed, but
MORALLY wounded, at Fort Warner, and
was buried little northeast of this Fort,
and man by the name of Williams was
killed at the same time Capt. Hall was
wounded, and both were buried on the
same day, and near together. That in sub
sequent years Col Branch bought the land
in which those heroes were laid down Gin
peace" to rest, and notified the friends of
all who wera there buried, that their re-
mains must be removed as he should pillow
up this land and Lieut.. Elias Hall here
his father, said John Hall to the cemetery
at Castleton village. IN excuse and charity
for Col. Branchs act, in disturbing the pa
triotic dead, it is said he was at this time
laboring under arrangement OF mind.
Col. Branch caused this land TO be plough
ed up, and obliterated all traces of the
graves OF soldiers who were buried at Fort
Warner who were not removed, otherwise
we should have on Memorial day had the
privilege of decorating these graves. When
the Rutland and Washington railroad was
beng constructed the wurknen dug up the
bones of one of our revolutionary soldiers
but of course no one could tell who he was
The remainder remains unknown" as to
name and place Of burial.
The next grave we decorated was ON the
gravestone,
LIEUT.. ELIAS HALL,
Died June 10, lS4S, aged "a years.
Lieut.. Hall was on duty between his
house and Fort Warner, on the day his
father was killed or MORALLY wounded, on
the picket line should think, and saw Brit
ish officer, riding very fine horse just
taken from Lieut.. Halls farm, in Castleton
on the Hubbardton road, Lieut.. Hall fired
upon the officer aud wounded him In the
hip, but not fatally. Lieut.. Hall was that
day taken prisoner, and soon after taken TO
Canada. He and his comrades were after
a time set to labor In the fields under guard
after which Hall inPraliated himself into
the favor of the guards. and fond that
they did not keep their muskets loaded, so
one night he and six comrades started on
q run for the woods, and after great hard
sht,, nd nri ya ioua no mn within tho A mar