The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-22
FIRST EDITION.
Veterans Of the Fourth.
Reyivjng Past Casmpaix ms = The
Fourth De1Aware Reunion.

EOmEthu MBthW " WEC AeOumhOms
SPEECHES WHICH GIVE THE vICTORs
PRAISE, But SHOW NO FoRGIvNEss
FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS HUN
DRIED PERSONS PRESENT.
The green hills that rise precipitantly
around Mt. Cuba, on the Delaware Yves
teru Railroad, never looked down ON a
scene more pleasant and peaceful than
that which was yesterday spread out In
the pleasant valley above which they
frown. The volunteers of the famous
Fourth Delaware Regiment, after fifteen
years of rest from the scenes of bloody
conflict, were meeting again in union
and renewing the bonds of fr endship
that had been cemcnted during years of
bivouac apd battle. A more ,p:ea.ant
occasion, more pleasantly carried out
would be hard to conceive. N
The special excursion train engaged to
bear the veterans aud their friends to the
place of the reunion, left the Delaware
Western Railroad depot at tn. foot Of
Market street shortly after $3.50 o'clock.
The train consisted of five cars which
were well filled. About seventy men,
bers of the Fourth Delaware Regiment
were on tue traiu, and In addition to tbese,
good add ton Of our volunteer niiit il.
OF these, Company q, Dupont Guards
turned out twenty men, under command
of Captain John N. Curtis, and Company
A, American Rifles, twenty-five men,
commanded by Captain s. NJ. Wood
Between three and four hundred peo-
pie were on the train. Mt. Cuba was
reached about 10 O'Clock and those who
came upon the train quickly dispersed
about the beautiful place in search OF
enjoyment as their several fancies led
them. al tt "a Hl4 il
The remainder Of tie forenoon rapidly
any importance. AT dinner tim those
who had brought lunclf with them, sat
in the shade and paitook OF It, and those
who had not, hunted out farm house
near where they were supplied with de-
sired substance for the inner man.
by this time it is estimated that there
were eight hundred persons upon the
ground. The larger part OF these were
country folks who came in vehicles. A
great interest In the reunion was taken
by the good people of Mill Creek and
Christiana hundreds, as, many OF their
best men fought in the Fourth Delaware
ranks.
Tie first two hours Of the Afternoon
wore away as had the afternoon, but at
o'clock the veterans were mustered on
the green to the right hand side of the
pavilion and Col. A. Ii. Grimshaw call
ed the roll. The following members Of
The Regiment answered to their names ::
General regiment officers: Col. A. IL.
Grimshaw, Lieu. Col. William Lamotl Q,
Quarter Master John Toner, Chaplain
Rev. r. W. Tuli, Sergeant Major Rich
ard Buck ngham. tRH1 fRf
CbmpanyA: Captain James Williams,
Sergeant John Armstrong, Sergeant
Dan'l. l.. Stewart, Corporal Elwood
Craig, Corporal John Guthrie. ,}.sls
Company b: Lieutenant VIM. A. La
motto, Seigeants Richard II. Williams
and Peter Deekman, Corporal Joseph
Duffy, Private Alfred Baily.
Company G: Captain l.. Rodman
Smith, Sergeant j. Harris Glatls, private
Michael O'Brian.
Company ID. Corporals Peter Wood
and Jessie Cloud, private John McDan-
| iel, WIN. M. Porter and Calvin Merit.
Company e: Captain ID. f. Bucking-
ham, Lieu. John Ii. Carson, Sergeants
Benz. Mitchner, Samuel Worrall and l..
| McCorm ok, Bugler James Croft, Cor
porals James Harkness, Joseph l.. Heal
and Courtlsnd Fell, privates William
Davis, William Bradley, David Ridway,
Henry Whiteman, John Mote, Henry
Jacobs, George Elliott, Lea Pusey, James
Fonndes and Alexander Dunlap.
| II l,nrnnraI Ed dWarI (trr0O
| Drummer Edward McPike.
Company g Sergeants Daniel Green,
| r. S. Downs, and ManlOve Hazel.
Company H.-Sargeaz.t James Buck
m aster, private James Stafford.
Company J.-Oaptain IL. T. Cause, 5
| s. Meyers, bugler David Virtue, priyates
William Thompson, j. b. Ferguson,
John Herron and Henry Dewees.
Company K.-Sergeant William Drink
| house.
| The exercises of the day then 'Qofn.
menced. Capt. ID. K. Buckingham called
the audience to oE4er in the pay lioa and
during which be- thanked .ASOl.i that Sc
many of his old comrades had been spar
| ed to meet in ie-unlOny. and hoped thai
| they all would Il ghGin the arfuv off, the
| Lord as bravely as they had for their
country.
Col A, H. Grnmshaw was then intro:
duced nd.substautially said: '"'.' r.,
LADIES, gentlemen and comraies.-T
have been, asked, to say "a few, words
/ about tho formation Of the Fourth Della
I ware Regiment of which this Is tue first
4 re-unioh. +" It was the blackest time of
| The war; in June 1862 Major Judd came
| to mo with orders mastering me as OUio-
] mel and mastering officer. Tho work OF
recruiting was going on slowly In all the
other States and soldiers were needed
baily. People laughed and said it,would
be impossi bic for another reg fnent TO Ue
raised in Delaware, and an editor pok"d
fun at the "Colonel without aregiment."
They laughed but others went TO work
and the regiment was formed. First was
Company A, which came from around
Willhingcon ami companies sB, o. and
d came from the same place. Company
E came from this neighborhpod and e
from near Leipsic. Companies g and II
were raised near Dover. After the regi-
ment was formed and equipped and the
officers appointed the frat place we went
was to Duponts powder mill, which we
1 guarded. Then we went to Arlington
Heights, and from there to Mount Yer
non, and Afterwards to Slaughter's Point,
There, we had the grandest time eyer ex-
perienced by a regiment; with scafes
and ladies society intermixed. But the
hard times for us were not far distant
then. When we Joined the Army of the
Potomac at Cold Harbor, we ,commenc-
ed t{J see fhe rough fighting. remember
the first one shot at, Gold tarb ". II e
stoppud a,bulIet and as he fell sad to
me: aCol. why did you bring us here?'
He is here to day apd ! think that quesI