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sou, 10y Col. u. II. Miles, of Infamous
memory commanding the post. Against
this traltorOus surrender Col. Staunard
earnestly protested, but without avail.
our troops were at once parOled by their
captors, who hurried thence to join Gen.
zee i'm Maryland To this release upon
parole Col. Stanuard also refused to be II
party, urging the consideration, that the
care of 600 prisoners must emburrass
the enemy at that iuncture. He refused
to sign any parole for himself or his regi-
ment, and they were released upon pa-
role given by some one higher III com
mand.
The 9th was ordered into parole camp at
Chicago where 1t remained until eX-
changed ON the LIST of January 1853. The
regiment was then employed in guarding
an extensive camp of rebel prisoners AT
Chicago, until March.
On the nth of March, 1863, Col. Stan
nard was appointed by President Lincoln,
Brgader General of Vols, and was con
tirmed by the Senate on the same day.
He parted with the 9th, (Which had been
ordered to North CarOlnH) at Baltimore,
and reporting ut Washington, was at
once assigned to the command OF the I'd
VT brigade. consisting of the 18th, 18th,
18th, 18th and 10th VT regiments, then
stationed OF the OCcoquan river ana Bull
Run. The brigade was employed in guard
ing the lines below Washington and the
Orange and Alexandria railroad, from
Bull Run to the Rappahaunock, until
June 20 1868. when. upon the northern
march of the army of the Potomac under
Gen. Hooker, to resist Lees second inva-
sion of Maryland, Gen Stannard was or
dered TO report to Gen REYNOLDS, com
handing the list army corps. The brigade
held the line of the Occoquun till the ar
my had passed, and then marched to join
the LIST corps. which led the advance.
Marching hard, and gaining steadily on
the corps, Stannard joined it with his
command, on Cemetery Hill, at the close
Of the first DAYS fight at Gettysburg.
The corps had lost its brave commander,
Gen Reynolds, and half of Its men, in
the bloody and disastrous lighting of the
day and gladly welcomed the reinforce
ment Gen. Stannard was ut once placed
in positions of responsibility. On the sec
und day he was for while in charge Of
the position occupied by our batteries on
the left brow OF Cemetery 1ill-In the
latter part of the afternoon he was order
ed to the left and front to resist the as
sault with which Gen. Longstreet fol
lowed up the rout of the Sd corps. His
command pressed eagerly into the gap in
our lines, saved two batteries from in
slant capture, re-toOk another from the
hands of the enemy, and captured two
rebel guns and some prisoners. On the
third and great day of the battle, stan
nard held with his brigade (reduced for
the time being to three regiments, the
18th and 18th having been detached for
other service the portion of the front line
on the left centre, thus reestablished by
him the night before. Occupying posi-
ton in advance of any other in that part
of the field, his command was the first to
meet the final great assault of the enemy
on Friday afternoon, and it was subae-
qusutly thrown by Gen Stannard upon
the flank of piCkett'a division, as it rush
ed upon the guns of the 2d corps. The
movement was decisive of the result of
that tremendous rebel assault, on the fate
of which the final issue of the battle, and
of the rebellion, turned. The right of the
rebel lines melted away, under the deadly
fire of the NermunterS, delivered at half
pistol rauLe-and of the Survivors 5000
marched within our lines as prisoners. -
The supporting rebel brigade under Gen,
Wilcox was next attacked in flank, in Il
most gallant bayonet charge and captured
in bCdY.by the 10th Vermont, under Col.
Neazey, and the battle was won.
During the final caunouade with which
Lougstreet stroye to cover the rebel rout,
Gen. Stannard was struck by an iron
Shrapncll BAIL which passed for three