The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-07-19
VERMONT AND VIRGINIA.

In 1885, on the 2lst anniversary OF one
of the battles fought during the civil
war in the Valley. in which the Eighth
Vermont regiment took prominent
part, a number of veterans (AbOut 200)
from that State visited our valley
When again breathing the pure air
waited from our mountains, the cloud
OF war gone, the horror of battle. dim
med into far away memories freed from
all acrimony and bitterness, they hold
out to our people the hand Of fellowship
and ask them to guard the monuments
they have erected upon our land to
commemorate spots where their soldier
comrades fell in battle. the act Is done
that binds together again Vermont and
Virginia as firmly in their relations as
sister states as when Virginians and the
Green Mountain Boys fought side by
side in the dark days of the revolution,
and the fervPnt and earnest response
made to these veterans by one of the
orators of the occasion in behalf of our
people, Is carried away in their hearts.
and is declared with all the soIemnity
and earnestness of an act of their State
Legislature to be the 'fraternal senti-
ment which binds Vermonters to Vr-
ginians.' The following IS full copy
of the resolutions passed by joint scs-
sion of the two branches of the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
October Session, A. d. 1886.
Whereas, Substantial monuments Of
Vermont marble have been erected upon
the battlefield of the Op"quon at Win
chester, Va, to mark the ground and as
memorial of those who fell in the
bayonet charge OF the Eighth Regiment
Vermont Volunteers, September 49,
1864, and one at Cedar Greek in memory
of the desperate struggle of October 10
1864, in which three color bearers were
shot down and no. men and 10 officers
out of 1914 engaged, were killed oil
wounded and whereas, this noble and
generous act was done at the persona
expense of Herbert + Hill, veteran
soldier of the Eighth Vermont regiment
therefore
Resolved BY the Senate and House oil
Representatives, That the patriotic act
of Col. Herbert +. Hill (now of Boston
in placing enduring monuments TO mari
these sacred spots, merits the gratitude
of the people of this State, and we here
by tender him the thanks of the Genera
Assembly.
Resolved, That the kindly spirit il
which the inhabitants of the Shenan.
doah Valley received the citizens of thi
State September 10, 1885, and aider
them in dedicating monuments to thei
fallen sons, merits our warmest thanks
and the noble response of Capt. JOSEPH
A. Mutton of Winchester, when request
ed by the Governor OF Vermont to pro.
tect the monument, saying:
'We will guard it sacredlyi and rattle
than allow single letter to be effaceC
on its pure white surface We would wisl
that it might be extended to the clouds
and that angels of peace might hove
around its summit, symbolical of tn
union of friends now so firmly establish
ed between all sections in our lands 4
received as the fraternal seuLimcn
; which binds Vermonters to VIrginians
The Vermont veterans are expected I,
visit us again this fall, They will fin,
that Virginia has not only been faithful
to her trust, but the spirit of fraternit.
has grown deeper and warmer. The,
will be welcomed as old friends. ant
treated with generous hospitality.