Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-06-23

ample acres Tor The Tented Held" sedswcR whose sim
pcty and msnliness endeared You TO all; Mcpherson
whose promise had begun to be realized. And, Ne
who living through the strife. have left US since Lincoln
stanton The great war minister. with nerves Of steel and
@ Of Ian SSo The champion Of many
Plasburgh and Queenstown Heights Meade, present ever
Candy you who took Mobile; Meaeher fighting with yonr
Celtic impetaosy Custer who never lost gun OF color
lco in the rebelon and ye who nearly reached the hour
also The unnamed pairos Of the ranks witness our vow
that we who fought with Won deeply sypaihzng helped
history win maintain the cause the reclitgae and the
cred honor"
A graphic description Of the battle Of Gettys-
burgh followed in which the Second Vermont
Brigade received conspicuous notice. The Grafton
closed with the following beautiful passage:
From the elvetian Alps there a stream, which, In
It's progress Of few hundred miles leaps down four thou
into oam,eners and maintains It's current through the
pure and heavenly blue From an opposite direction down
from the heights OF the savoyan Alps down through the
stream. After overcoming odstfucons, through vale
TO nn an ns sn carver eTsr se r Sa Ga
proach each other near the City OF GENEVA and as they
the Grayrush TO each others arms though they
D o you may noe . nov a. gray Az pGw
dred drops mingled into one" and thenceorth these
with undistingulsh-d characteristics and des
tiny their harmonious triumphant TO the
After the address, General Sheridan was called
ont and was received with rapturous applause
Senator Edmunds made a few remarks, and dis
tnguished generals responded to the calls of the
audience with short sodiery speeches. boat
ride on the steamer Vermont had been arranged.
About six hundred guests enjoyed three hours
trip on the beautiful waters Of the lake, visiting
the scene of MacDonough's naval victory In the
war Of 1872
The banquet in the evening in city hall was the
browning feature of the festivities The tables
were deliberately decorated with flowers arranged
to commemorate the names OF the important
battles fought by the Army of the Potomac. Upon
each table was miniature fort of confectionery
from the battlements of which small cannon were
fired at intervals, to emphasize the patriotic sent
ments of the speakers. Senator Edmunds appro-
prately responded to the first toast, The United
States and Governor Proctor answered for 1.-THE
State of Vermont To the eighth toast, "The
Volunteer Army and Navy" General Mcmahon,
author of the famous sketch of the first Vermont
brigade, "by one who did not belong to it and
who never was in Vermont" responded He said
the portion of the volunteer army which came
chiefly under his observation was the sixth corps,
which had in it the first Vermont brigade, which
bad been called the nucleus of the Army Of the
Potomac" and which was type of the volunteer
soldier, Its members cared little for discipline
but they intended to obey orders, when given by
competent authority; and in fighting and march
ing qualities they had no superiors In the Wild
erness, alter an important portion of the enemys
works had been taken, an order to withdraw
came to the Vermont brigade through Colonel
| Upton, temporarily in command. The brigade, ap-
preciating the value Of the position, thereupon
held a sort of town meeting in the captured works,
and voted that they would not leave them, and
only when the order reiterated by General
| Russell, the division commander, did they leave.
| That angle of the works was retaken next day
only after Of the hardest conflicts of the war,
known as "the fight of the bloody angle" in
which Sedgwick fell. There never was a body Of
men better fitted to protect republican govern
ment than the Vermont brigade
The various toasts of a complimentary and
patriotic character responded to in feicitous
speeches. The fun commenced in the inaugural
ton of the bummer's meeting at the close ofthe
regular exercises, and held high carnival till two
A. NJ when the meeting adjourned for one year
All accounts agree in representing the reunion
as one Of the most successful and enjoyable ever
held by the society, and the eminent soldiers and
civilians present will take away the peasantest
recollections OF the city Of Burlington and her
hospitable people.
The society elected the following officers for
the year ensuing President General Horatio G.
Wright vice-presdents, First corps, General j.
C.. Robinson; Second corps, General James b.
Colt; Third corps, Colonel W. A. Rafferty,; Fifth
corps, Colonel j. Stewart Lowery; Sixth corps,
General James II. Warner Ninth corps, General
McKibbin Twelfth corps, General William Cogs-
well; Cavalry corps, General William Wells;
treasurer, General NJ. T. Mcmahon; recording
secretary, Colonel c. King; corresponding sec
rotary, General George II. Sharpe. The city Of
Hartford, Connecticut, was unanimously selected
for the place OF the next meeting
CORPS MEETINGS.
The second army corps elected as officers: Pres
ident, Colonel G. f. Hopper vice-presidents,
General J. f. Curtis, Captain ]. G. B. Adams and
Captain W. d. Fisk secretary and treasurer, J..
ID Billings, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The corps
adjourned with three cheers each for Generals
Hancock and Warren, the surviving commanders
of the corps.
At the annual meeting OF the fifth army corps
the following officers were elected; President,
General James NJ McQnade, u S. Vol first
vice-president, General S. w Crawford, u S. A. ;
second vice-president, General J. | Milham, U.
s. A.; secretary and treasurer, General T. r.
Locke U. S. A.. executive committee, General
ii. A. Barnum, Colonel d. A. NJ Clark, Private j.
w. Webb vice-presdent OF the Army of the Po-
tomac from Fifth Corps, Colonel ]. Stuart Lowery
A resolution was adopted unanimously asking the
congress of the United States to consider the mat
ter of General Ftz John Porter without political
bias of any kind, and purely rs a measure OF JUS
tice. The president instructed to eommuni-
cate the congratulations Of the society to General
G. X. Warren for the triumphant yindcation
which Is in progress.
The meeting Of the sixth corps was the largest
Of the corps meetings and the proceedings were Of
exceptional interest. General Mcmahon made
stirring speech filled with words of eulogy for the