Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-12

ing enemy ! therefore sent word huck that
we would Do lu season tu take care of him
Aud while Nuu were going through the move
ment oi 10 change of front ] saw Gen. Stan
uatd aud explained my plan. which hc was
quit, willing should Doe carried ont but ut
FIRST thought li wHs impossible. ] go well rD-
member lis remark Good God Colonel
you men viii do most anything, but the mcu
don live this side of hell thut can be- made
To- charge down there My reply. whatever
it was. convinced him that he had better bet
us try. by that time you had completed the
change of front and the enemy had reached
the point o. be struck and / remember ns /
stepped 10 your front and said. "Alu. are
You rendy for charge ~ Your shout of re-
sponso II seemed to me could be heard from
Virginia 90 Vermont and instantly the order
wa. given and before the enemy could
change his front TO meet you. or could fall
back. you reached his flank and swept down
his line, capturing regiment after regiment
ana stand after stand OF colors. until the whole
line had disappeared. and the battle Of Set
tysburg was VIGOROUSLY closed by the SONS of
Vermont. all unused to battle. amid the thuu-
dcriup plaudits of the veterans of the grand
old army OF the Potomac. This movement
had the effect to concentrate "a heavy artillery
fire upon as. which continued after the charge
was over and caused us severe loss II was
f ullDT LlIlh luAl Lieutenant lMWlOu. tnai Nt-
cumulsued and favOrite Young officer. f,ll
The question is often asked me how We
could 20 through such a battle without great
er loss. it being less than 100 out of "a total
present of about 500. The explanation Is that
tAe enemy clearly did not know our location
during tine artillery fire. and s0 1t was mostly
over our heads. and after the infantry attack
we were Oh the move almost constantly.
hence the enemy could get no deliberate
range upon U.S. During tins engagement two
companies were IN another part of the field
doing equally valiant service
But my time is rapidly wearing away and
must leave the sad scenes after the battle the
burial We gave our brave dead on tine field OF
their glory the mingled feelings OF Joy for
the victory and sorrow for the loss of fallen
/ comrades the pursuit of the enemy till his
/ escape across the Potomac. never uguiu tu
/ poliuio the free soil OF the North with the
/ foot of treason the return home at the ex-
/ pirution of our term. the happy greetings oi
/ friends the muster out and nnAl separation
/ ca the luth day Of August. l>G3 Al these.
and many other thiugs / must leave 90 your
4 own quickcued memories. promising how
/ ever. that % shall at some future time bee put
/ into history But / cannot close uIy remarks
/ without uAgAlun to those OF our number who
hy their mariyrdum scaled their devotion TO
I their country. ! cannot mention them al
/ but ] now recall Emery and Howard and
! Larned and Morse OF co. A. and hanney and
/ Jacobs of Co. b. Baldwin. Ashley. Lamb,
/ Spaulding and Mnship of Go. c Cook by
er. Martin ANA Spring Of Co. u: Iarbll.
will and White Of Co. l. , Chandler Of / Z.
/ Davis and Stevens Of H. and Cook. Lincoln
and Pierce Of l. And there were many other-
/ who died Of their wounds and exposures OF
: the campaign. and others still who were
! killed ia battle under subsequent enhstneuts.
among the latter being Lieut-Cui. Cummings
and Captain Eaton
The Joy Of these occasions is mingled with
! sadness as We think of our dead comrades:
4 vet 1t is q sadness and sorTow tmgtd with
/ pleasure, because we remember them with
/ pride. We remember that they were patriots
and heroes and martyrs. We remember that
they did all that men can do for country
/ They gave their lives that the nation might
continue To live. To have been associated
/ with them WAS our greatest honor.
remember well the noble, patriotic words
/ Of Captain Eaton. lie was severely wound d
/ early IN the engagement and taken 10 the rear
! Tho next day ] visited him and the other
/ wounded men ii the hospital. He lag upon
the floor of a barn, the torture of his wound
3 being intensified 10y the fearful July heat but
almost the first words he said 10 me. were
! Colonel. ] shall not be able to return home
| with you. and J have one request 10 make
I that Won VIII Immediately apply to tine gov
/ ernor 70 give me another commission Il anotii-
l er regiment is raised. am determined to Set
TINS war through, if live" He had his COM
mission and served until he was killed in bat
tie AS the major Of the eth regiment
such indeed was the spirit Of all There
was with all, both those who are now dead
and those who now survive, a display of pat
riotic devotion such as the world never saw
/ surpassed While tins spirit lasts our couu-
1 Try IS safe. Therefore cultivate II. my com
! rldcs. infuse 1t into your children. Keep it
I alive by meetings like this. Celebrate your
deed IL song and story by the hearth stones
I Invoke the eloquence OF the orator and tine
I muse Of the poet ~ Your festivals strew
faIrest flowers upon tine graves OF your fallen
comrades rebuild tine camp fires and while
/ there Is one lettering soldier left TO repeat
the story OF those grand old heroic days be
assured 1t viii rekindie the ires OF patriotism
and loyalty IN the hearts Of grateful people
At the conclusion Of the address Major
Rounds proposed three cheers for Col Yea
/ zey. which were given with a viii Col YEA
zey WAS accompanied by ms wife and d.,ugh-
ter, Miss Annie Gettysburg. and son Alvin
Who shared with the Colonel in the houors OF
the occasion.
The reading Of toasts by Col Kittredsa
haaElns, with responses. clnnon-tuug. mu-
sic 10y the several bands and singing by Goo
/ II. Clark and Hank White the w1ll-lmowu
ministries. followed. among the speakers be-
Ing Major Rounds. Sergeant Eaton. Albert
Lane, LsI.. OF New York. j. l.. Martin. Esd,
Of Londonderry, A. P. Chi.ds OF Benuiug-
ton, and Col. Geo. ". Hooker OF Brattleboro
Letters were read from Gov Fairbanks. sen
ator Edmuud= Congressmeu Dnisou and
Joyce. ID. L. Nicholson. Esq. OF Rutland
and DR.. Park. surgeon Of the regiment. now
located at Grand junction, Iowa
With these exerciscs--precgdld Interspers-
Cd and followed, OF course. 10y the cordial
private greetings Of old soldiers, which were
most pleasing and profitable Of all-termi-
mated what was without doubt, the most sue
cessful regimental reunion held in this State
since the War.