The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-06
War Record of Pawlet.

Local tradition persistently claims that
battle was fought on Indian Hill In the
west part of the town, between colonial
troops and French and Indian forces prior
to the settlement of the town. Our troops
sheltered by a natural breastwork of rocks
were fercely assailed by the enemy when
conflict ensued resulting in the death OF
several and the defeat of the enemy. Sew
eral of our early settlers were participants
in this war before the revolution. But one
hundred years ago this summer, when the
population of the town could not have ex-
ceeded two or three hundred, after the dis
astrous battle at Hubbardton, this town
was a frontier post and rallying point for
the Green Mountain boys engaged in har-
RAISING Burgoyne's troops on their march
southwark. There Col. Herrick's cele-
brated regiment of rangers was recruited,
which had hand in the battle OF Benning-
| ton. From this place after the defeat of
| Burgoyne, force of five hundred men
under Col. Brown was dispatched to recap
ture Ticonderoga and other fortresses on
Lake Champlain which was accomplished
| without the loss of a man. Here twoslaves
captured from the enemy were emancipated
| by military order. Here was issued the
| notable order on Mrs. Simonds of Lanes
| boro, the day before the battle of Ben
nington for six or seven pounds of lead,
las it is expected every minute that an ac-
| tion will commence between our troops and
the enemy within four or five miles of Ben
nington, and the lead will certainly be
VIC nj ,, Spvprol nf tho Qaftlprl w in
this battle. This town which, by the by,
is one of the most picturesque in the state,
as well as one of the best farming towns,
was a favorte for settlement with revolu-
tionary soldiers, both during the war and
subsequently.
We find in Miss Hemenway's "Historical
Gazetteer" a list of seventy-three revolu-
tionory soldiers who settled here. OF
these fifty-four whose ages could be ascer-
tanned attained the average age of eighty
| three years. Some forty of our citizens
took part in the war of 1912. None of
them are living. The Mexican war made
slight drafts on our sympathy or military
spirit. In the last great struggle our citi-
zens were fully aroused and furnished their
quota of men and money with alacrity
leaving off with eight ahead which cost US
extra about seven thousand dollars.
This town was represented in over twen-
ty regiments and on nearly every battlefield
of the war. One hundred and seventy
men were mustered in from this town, of
whom twenty-five re.enlisted mostly for
three years. This took about one-ninth of
our population. Nineteen of these per-
ished in battle or in hospital. OF these
only four or five were brought home for in
terment. This may account in part for
the apathy with which Decoration day is
regarded. The names of those who gave
their lives to the country are as follows ;
Noble G. Bostwick, Charles Barrett,
Merritt q. Barrett, Simeon E. Cook,
George q. Hawks, Selden A. Hall,
George johnson, John G. Johnson, Frank
lin s. Macarthur, Michael McBreen, James
McGrath. Thomas G. Mosher, Asa q.
Monroe, Francis Murray, Martin p Wood,
Willard Wood, Augustus z. Wright,
Charles P. Taylor and George W. Taylor.
OF these to the best of our knowledge only
Simeon E. Cook, Sheldon A. Hall, James
McGrath and Charles p. Taylor were
brought to this town for interment. Sew
eral of the soldiers who lost limb or an
| eye are pensioned-slso some widows.
This town paid in bounties thirty-six thou
sand dollars, and probably the soldiers re-
ceived as estate pay" over twenty thousand
dollars more. II.