Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-06-18

NFOSlcT, lhTlulu T. NuuWOIlut btOs W. bdNtIDullt
Henry Il. Dix, Samuel s. EserbrooN, Sidney j. Es-
tabrook, Chas. C.. Haskell, Newland NJ Haskell,
Ephralm Haskell, John NJ. Holland, Linus
q. Hubbard. Albert NJ. johnson, who re-
enlisted in the Seventeenth, Cyren b. Law
ton, Geo. Rose, c. NJ. Russell, Francis W.
Stearns. Elmer J. Titus, Austin II. Watson, John
Wclch, Henry A. wclmau, Danforth j. whiting.
In the Seventeenth -Chas. 4. Boyd Henry W.
Walker, beside Allard and Johnson who rc-enllsted
In First regiment ofcavalry-Clark p. stone, Ma
son A. Stone, Jason A. Stone, Loam A. Ware,
Warren +. May. First regiment sharpshocters-
Wallace w. Smith. Residents OF this town who
enlisted elsewhere Francis II. Aldrch, Thomas
Canedy, Frank j. Boyd, Henry Church. WIN. II.
Smith, VINO was promoted to captain In the Eighth,
Geo. f. Haynes, who was In the Ffth Rhode Is
land, and was in service three years and ten
months, engaged In battles Of Roanoke Island,
Newbern, whitehall and Gol1sboro; VIM. w. WI
son, Maurice Wheeler and Warren Wheeler, who
were in the Eleventh Illinois; John o. strickland,
John s. Stanley, Daniel b. Smith.
TO summaries Seven men enlisted In the Sec
ond regiment, in the Third, % In the Fourth, in
the Fifth, 10 IN the Eighth, in the Ninth, l6 In the
Eleventh, % in the sixteenth, IN the Seventeenth,
In the First regiment Cavalry, In the Second
regiment U. S. Sharpshooters; making a total Of
lis; to which add ~ who enlisted elsewhere AMI 81
who furnished substitutes and we have i6l rs the
number Of soldiers which Wilmington furnished.
II we were to call the roll Of this one hundred
and thirty to-day, how many, think you, would re-
spond7 From the best information yOur speaker
has derived from memoranda and inquiry, only
" are now living; IS, nearly one-haf, have passed
to the other world where the Of battle Is never
heard. OF this number, 10 are known to have been
Killed in'battle or to have died from wounds
ceiyed in action: George A. Rice, killed at Fred
ericksburg, May 20, 1868; Andrew J. NoI ce Killed
at the Wilderness May 5, 1884, David J. Dbble,
killed at Lees NILS, April 6, 1862; James X. Dick
inson, Killed at Cold Harbor, June |, isG4 Edwin
X. Aard Killed at Spottsyyanla, May II, 1854
Lewis II. Lamb, wounded at Cedar Greek, Oct. -,
1854, and died Oct ~ Cyron u. Lawton, wounded
at Gettysburg, July g. 1888, and died July II n hos
pltal near field; Dana Z. Chandler. wounded a:
Gettysburg, July 3, 1sGs and died In Baltimore July
18th Charles Z. Boyd, Killed at battle Of Peters
burg. June II. 1864 John o. Strickland, OF whom
we have no definite knowledge. Died while In the
service, from disease: John II. Farnum, Feb. l,
1862; Henry D. Searls; Cyron o. Rice, April 10,
1864 Jonas +. Ware, Feb. ~ 1868; Lysauder A.
Deuuison, Feb. ., 1sG5; Albert Allen, jan "a, 1868
william H. Wilson, Oct. 70, 1852 Has not VIII
mingtou done her part ia the uphOldlng OF good
government? Let the names and record OF the
brave men she has sacrificed give answer. Did the
Vermont troops act brayely upon the Held Of bat
Tie and ustain the honor OF their native State7
We well know the record Of the old Vermont brig
ade composed of -, 81, 4th, 9Th and Ch and af
ter May TO- 1854, Of the nth. The gallant conduct
OF the several regiments has been noted and far
famed. Their bravery upon the eusanRuined neld
Of Bull Run, Lees NILS, Williams burg, Goldings
Farms Savage Station, Auuetam, Fredericksburg,
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold lIarbor, Wnches-
ter, Cedar Creek and Petersburg give back the an
swer. Nor was the sth less heroic at Port Hudson,
Winchester, Fisher, Hi, Cedar creek and New
town.
The order OF the gen ,ral ommandng TO "put
the Vermont brigade 81 the head Of the column
speaks volumes for their bravery and lighting quail
ies Nor did the 2d brigade, compos sed Of the 18th,
18th, l4th, 18th and 10th prove less valorous.
While tn American nation lives, while our noun
tains rear their peaks TO the sly and our rivers
dow to the sea, q ettysburg will be remembered as
one OF the greatest and most decisive battles ever
fought upon the face OF the earth. Historians just
y rank It the turning point OF the war. Had the
victory been averse TO arms, we can hardly
conceive the result. Pair cities would have been
laid In ashes and the whole North would have been
at the mercy Of the yictors. But thanks to the God
Of armies no oyerrulcs In the affairs Of men, the
result was otherwise, and the cause Of freedom
Justice and right prevailed Like him who stakes
all upon the throw Of the dice, so Lee had staEed
all aud every thing upon the result OF that day.
with pos iOu Of his own Oicc, he had hoped to
drive back cur army, and, by single blow. esiah-
sh the cOnfcderacy. The re suit Of the nrst days
battle was disastrous to the Union forces. Lees
army numbered over 20, GOO and were receiving re-
inforce meHts hourly. our number was less than
half. The brave Gen. Reynolds WAS Killed In the
early part Of the day, and as the shades Of night
fell upon she two cOnteudiug armies, the one WAS
eXultant and lOOk,d forward to an easy victory
while fear and gloomy doubts lowered over the
Union lines. Comrades Of the 10th, we well re-
member that night; remember our hurried
m arch from Emmittsburg, and now we know how
narrowly escaped capture, for in less than one
hour. the road over which We passed was held by
the confederates. That was night OF anxiety.
Both armies were In preparation for the morrows
conflict. Our men must be reinforced, or they
were lost. But help was near. We remember the
cheers that awOEe the stiffness Of shat midnight
hour, when the 18th corps, under General Slocum,
reached our lines, and at daylight the 2d and 5ih {;
while far back many weary mile, painting over
| the dusty roads was the gallant 9th corps under
! the noble Sedgwick al It's head, straining every
| nerve to reach the point OF danger; all night long
had they swept forward as in race for life; thlr
| ty-two miles lay between them aud Gettysburg; but
| on, on, ami at 2 O'Clock In the afternoon their
| shouts were heard and their battle-torn banners
| came TO our view.
These accessions Of brave men, and the brave
and noble Meade with his confident bearing, to
command the whole, inspired the men who had
| fought SO noby the day before, with new life and
courage.
Foul O'Clock Of the second day. VOIley succeed ed
volley and charge followed charge. The gallantry
dis played upon both sides was Unprecedented and
! the slaughter terrible. You well remember our
position, just In the rear Of Cemetery hill So on
| the order came to move forward aud take posi-
tiOn upon that field Of carnage and death That was
| the first engagement the 2d brigade had ever seen,
| but no one shrank, no one turned back. The onset
| Of Iongstreet against Cemetery hill was fearful.
| The crash and roar OF artillery swelling and rolling
along the entire line was awfuly grand and then,
| with confident bearing aud deafening shouts, NOV
eel up the trained aud steady battalions. Hour af-
| tnrh hp he n a Vel
the awful scene. Neither side could claim VIC
| tory ; fate was trembling In the balance.
| Well do we remember our march across that
| bloody field. The pale moon looked calmly down
| as though the horrors Of war were unknown. The
dead and dying lay upon the ground by the score
aye. by the hundred The wounded pleading foI
a cup OF water, and praying that death would come
| and end their sufferings.
| Far out to the advance line we marched, and ~
| ing down upon the cold, damp ground, We slept
and dreamt Of loved ones far away upon these
green hills, whom we might never see again.
-Four O'Clock in the morning. Boom, boom! two
guns, deep and heavy. 1t was cloudy, sultrJ
morning, and the clouds hung thick and heavy and
came low down upon the hills. Two more! ant
then came the reports more rapidly than you can
count The cemetery was hid from sight by the
thick, sulphuIous folds rolling over and over, un-
folding aud expanding. Without cessation IN
creasing in force and intensity was the roar of can
nOhutuhEt TeNtIutTalluB over tue HlllS huu hcdiu
distinctly at the nations capital.
For six long hours this continued. Gun answer
ed gun, and more than three hundred cannons MI
ed the air with shot and shell and nying missiles
At about O'Clock P. ", single gun gave the sig
nal and almost instantaneOusly the bait cries pou
a concentrated DIRE upon our left, commanded b,
Gen. Hancock. on Cemetery hill the storm lei
with such fury that The earth was scattered II
showers over the graves, aud tombstones and mon
uments were shiyered to atoms. Shot and she
fell and burst without moments cessation, an
with power that seemed able to start the YER
hills from their firm foundations. Clouds OF smok
rolled between the cOntending armies, almost hid
ing the sun from view. SO intense was the can
nonadlng that It was distinctly heard at Greens
borO, Pa, distance Of las miles. For three hour