The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-22

asked how 1t was that six hundred men
should 60 home to vote, and seven hun
dred come back. The reason was that 1t
was first class, A No. l Regiment. zap
plause VI 'f ~" .N
Colonel VIM. Lamott next spoke. He
said they had heard the history aud char
acter of the regiment from Col Grim
shaw. And he could say that from the
time the regiment left for the war until
it was mustered ont, there never was
day of which every member could not
feel prond. He had been with the regi-
ment until he was detached as division
Inspector and infnspectipg the.regi meots
he was always glad to say with truth that
the "Od Fourth Delaware beat them all
In appearance" ThOIxh Sep srated fr',rn
my comrades, always spOke Of the
Fourth Delaware az tiny regiment" On
the 3rd of June 1884, the men we're mus
tered out and were free from all military
restraint, and IL any had unkind feelings
they could have had revenge. But they
did not seem TO have any for not an un-
kind word was said. After the paying
"ff, the PayInaster General turned TO ms
and said, "Col. Lamott, have paid off
many men, but never saw such kind
ness In officers and mon In all my life" |
am always glad to belong to the Fourth
Delaware Regiment. ~
Captain 3. RodnOn Smith was the
next speaker. Commencing he painted
in eloquent and glowing language the
departure of The Fourth Delaware Regi-
,nent for the front, II years ago. They
marched through the streets of Will
mingtOn with eighteen hundred muskets
cleaning ON eighteen hundred shoulders
an keeping time to the music Of the
"Girl left behind me-" All was gayety
and life When they got to the froLt
nj xxa III ffls mud nf tho
gallant fellows fell.a At Bethesda they
lost Que hun lred men; ut Gold HarbOr
nearly half ~ many more fell They
f .ught bravely on through the swamp
miasma ami AZ the Chickahoining did
excellent work and also around Rich
inOnd. They were aJ the seige Of Peters
burgh and acquitted themselves with
glory. They did more than the mo Of
the regiments and sturdily maintained
thirty days seige. Through all the con-
fiji ,ts that folio wed, the Fourth Della
ware Regiment never hnched from its
duty. 1t maintai ned the honorable sta
tiOu II won before Petersburgh, until
Lee surrendered his sword upoh the field
Of Appoin ilOx. I'm all the deadly bsttles
the members OF the Fourth Delaware
were men who always did their duty
and did not far death. Many OF them
fell in death; some were Cast into Libby
prison and sumo into Andersonyilla. or
those VIII, went into the latter place few
came out from that hell on earth. And
Of those who escaped, agood many are
here to-day. On all OCCASION Of drill, in
speciion or In action their cunduct won
universal enc0niums that they were
mauly and soldierly and in every way
the pOssessors of q department worthy
of warriors. In closing Captain Smith
alluded in an eloquent way and with
deep pathos to the departed comrades,
aid spoke touchingly of the homage
paid them yearly on Decoration Day.
Sergeant Daniel Green next made an
address, in commencing which he ex
| pressed pleasure at meeting his old com'
| rades once more to recall the firm l0v {
and brotherhood which bound them to
| gel her IN 1562-64. Sergeant 6roon went
ON in pleasant and feeling style to SPEAK
words of welcome to his comrades, and
hoped that they woald be as prosperous
| In after life as they had been brave du
ring the Rebellion.
Captain d. X. Buckingham then took
the platform aud made long address
the principal part OF which was devoted
to a recital of the circumstances OF the
Battle of Weldon Railroad at the
| yellow House, which took place
upon the same day as this reunion
| August 81, and told many inter
estiHg circum ,tances connected with the
ttie. The battle took place on Sunday
| aud the Fourth Delaware were intrench
ed behind earthworks. The confederates
advanced about sunrise right through q
corn field in front OF the werks. the,
were three deep and their banners wavet
above the corn. A terrible and stead,
fire was at onoe opened and kept VI
4 presistently by the Fou tn Delaware
and when the COnfederatea came Close
they W ne bayOnetted down. Not on
| of them escaped whs ad San3ed that day
Eli CroEier then made u few Ten rs
thanking Corporal Harvey Durnell TO
the old battle flag Of the Fourth pela
ware which he had given hun. Later y
The day the Corporal took lhe nag fron
| eld Eli, as he seemed to regret his hber
ality.)
| Col j. M. NcCarter, who had raised
| and commanded the 93rd Pennsylvani'
Volunteers, then made an eloquent ant
1 feeling address, which closed the speak
ing. .-.. l-.es 4f, *
During the afternoon the DAPon
Guards and American Rifles had ashOot
ing match, which resulted a. ,iOiiows
| Amer can Rifles, 1876! '''.''4f'' "a i't's
D.npn,,rJ,narYis 1s6. 'i't t>-sr 80 = Il
p, Dutiug the contest Sergeant Buc ckpas
ter, Pliyate g. F. Mnpdy .aba. Prlval
J1i,n McGuigan, Of the Rifiesx. eaci
scored ~, ,points.. They shot '0vert viii
'thls result: Burkmaster, 4; Ao9oigan
% Corporais Weller and Conatd, oftht
Guards, each scored IS points. ',s ,..,i ~,
/ The music duting the, day was tur
nished BY, the Citizens Cornet Band Ol
Newark. with IA pieces, and 1t swas
l highly spoken'Of. Tue excursion tralI
/ on It's return reached wilmington az 6:It
| ,5oynntrf s9at.st1 4 n rtf ~ 7 tths s@ft
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