Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-08-30
THE HEROES or MANY BATTLES.
Reunion Of the 9Th, 9th, 1lth and 18th
Regiments.
Election OF Onzeers.-Banquet I'm t;r.,,,.
Hail.

| Hall.
augusta cordially welcomed the su-vivo,,
OF the 6th, 9th, 1lth and 18th reg;r.n,.
"'c' neiu thtir reunions in this city yester
oay' 1t was the largest gathering Of veteran.
winch Augusta has seen for many day. each
regiment turning out from 65 to 90 mo,
Inc day was auspicious for the occasion. the
weather being just the right temperature fo,
comfort. Many of the ex-soldiers arrived
wednesday night, but the majority came bv
the morning trains yesterday. As the train.
rolled into the station and the veterans alipb,.
ed, all that could be heard was the hea,,v
laugh and earnest words as comrada ma,
comrade and grasped each other by the hand
Although nearly score of years have elan.ed
since the close Of the war, yet the memories
OF that conflict are ever green to the vet.
eran. and the friendships formed there
Will never be forgotten. After the
arrival of the 10 o'clock train the
members of the association marched IN G.
X. Hall, where the meeting for business was
: to be held As they reached Water straet
their eyes were greeted with the sight of a
large and magnificent flag, suspended between
Aliens buildings, inscribed thus: s.ls6I
Welcome Veterans, 1865" Following we
give brief sketches of each regiment, and
their original field, staff and line officers.
The Eighth Regiment Infantry was or.
ganized at Augusta, Me, S pt 7th, 1861. to
serve three years. The original members
except veterans) were mustered out of ser.
wee Sept. 10. 1864, and the regiment COM
posed OF veterans and recruits were re-
tanned in sevice until Jan. Is, 1866. The
first colonel of the regiment was Lee
Strickland, Livermore; Lieutenant Colonel
John ID Rust, Camden; Major. Joseph S. Rice.
Ellsworth; Adjurant, James Diuglev Jr..
Lewiston: Qnartermaster, A. II. Strickland
Livermore; Surgeon, Paul NJ. Fisher, Cor
rinna; Asst. Surgeon, J. S. Houghton. Solon
Chaplain, II C. Henries, Lincoln. The
original captains were as follows
Co. A, f. w. Woodman, Wilton; Co B,
Joseph + .Twitchell, Patten Co. C, Lee Strck-
land, Livermore; Co. ID, Henry Boynton.
Detroit; Co. E, Thomas Hutchns, New Port
land Co + John Hemingway. Sanford; COG,
Joseph 5. Rice. Ellsworth; Co II, John ID.
Rust, Camden; Co. l, William Macarthur.
Limington Co. X, John Conant, Bangor.
The Ninth Regiment Infantry was organ
lied at Augusta Me Sept. %, 1861 to serve
three vears Tba or;,;naI ,nanha-, ovoo,,
veterans wera mns,er.d n,, of saru;oa ~
o7 1854 and the raa;r,a,, oor,no.e.J -,
Grams and recruits retained in ssry;co un,u
JuIv IL 1863 when il wac mustered ON, ;r
accordance with orders from tho Wa Da.
partment. They were in e,,aaomants
at Morris Island Fort Wagner.
Whitehall Junction, Bermuda Hundred. Cold
tho re,,;mont lef, 10 S,a,a p;.h,ror,,, p;''i,
portIand vas Colonel. coiaman ua, ,;',. n'
cnrha,n 7 ;a,,, CoI r. - ~ rss.
mort Major I q n Enrhish pnr,iand
adintant. Iobn n Lowell Ua,Inwal, o.
tern,s,er Joei R;cb.rdsnr RnnLIsnd g.,
,,oor. Crr,s n TT C,;rs,,1 a., G.
Ta,rIa Cr,,a, SLo.h Ch..1.;. rs, s.'
,a;ns 70 S.h;no -, Eap,, o.
~ n poh;r" ~. r. m. ~
T Re.d .na,s,,. Cn n W., T. R,nar
Moscow. "a r Edwin w weda.wood
Cornish. 20 + Uor.,;o R;sb.e r. C.nton
20 q r n Hines HouI,on. 70 n w T
Chase + N.cbias. 10 Goo w Gum.
minas Ro,oor 70 X Co,am., uarJ;no
Carhar, ' n.y. N"e'
'rha T,o,h po.;,,. I,e.
,,a;,ai =. 80. ~ W.rnaha. ,"cI -
$50 ,i..', ~ '.4n o. ~ ~ -. ~
tor,, af sar,;oa ,ho or;r,;,ai n,o,,,har. I,~
cent veter.nsS xera nustare1 ont and rho
oroanization. composed of veterans and re
cruits retained in service until February .
1880 whe, II w.s finally mus,ared ont
rrha A., Cnloral of ,ha raq,;ror, va. LIN
r. raiduou Eas, Manh;as -, C"I Ia,
ris NJ pIa,s,oa pan,,or. Ma;nr W;,I;.,, n
shaw Portland. Adiut,nt Charles 7 pen
nell. Portland; Ouartermaster. Ivory J.
Robinson, Augusta; Surgeon. Albert S.
Clark, Bristol; Asst Surgeon, VIM c. Cor
don. Plymouth; Chaplain. Caleb II. Ellis,
Fast Marbias The original cantaips were
70 woodhurvS $ papnel Portland. 70
a w;il;,r, II K;mb,I1 A,,rst,. Co r.
Rnbar, = Campb, II rberrvfeld. 70 u
Leonard : Harvey, weston: Co E. Samuel
b. Straw Bangor Co +. Augustus Z. Davis
Gardiner; Co. G, Winslow z. Spotford, Ded-
nam 20 H. hoyai l. Nas"' "ray 70 l.
Jo"n I,, "'' u;,i S,",,on " '' w. ~
The S;xteenth Regiment Infantry was or
ganzed at Augusta Me-. Aug A. 1862, to
serve three years. The original members were
"u,'e'eu "u' VI ", "'. ' e.,