Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-19

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limbs and decapitated trunks. This was
the signal of one of the most terrific can
nonades of the war. 1t has been estima-
ted that the noise was much greater than
at Gettysburg.
The part taken by the 18th in this en-
gagement is very distinctly shown by the
official statistics of its losses in battle.
Not a commissioned officer who went in
with the regiment, came back to answer
the roll call, and but few enlisted men es
capped to tell the story. The history OF
this battle almost parallels the story OF
Leonidas and his noble Spartan band at
Therimopylae And certainly those brave
Spartans were no more patriotic than our
brave Major Reynolds, Lieuts. Hicks,
Needham and their brave comrades who
fell that day.
Col. Knapp's address was received with
frequent applause.
In the speaking which followed the ad-
dress Governor Dillingham; was called up
and spoke as follows:
| have been strangely moved to night
by the recital of these tales. Your presi-
dent told me that | must speak to night,
if only for five minutes, and tell you of
the sentiments which The citizens of Yer
mont cherish toward her soldiers. There
is no doubt rs to what our people think.
From the time of the signing of the de
claration of independence through the
war of '61 to Co. our people have always
been for equal rights and liberty of con
science. And when a part of our people
threatened that liberty which we treas
ure more than any other country, quota
after quota of our volunteers was sent for
ward to sustain the government. The
towns assembled in public places and
made pledges for the support OF the
families of the volunteers, and in the last
DAYS of the war, when the lamented Lin
| coin made his call for 100000 more, you
and others with you left all and started off
singing the words of the old song, 1--WE
are coming Father Abraham, 100000
more" Will they be forgotten? mol
Not as long as tongues can speak, Our
children are being taught the stories Of
the war and the liberty preserved through
| your eXertions. And now let me say, as
the representative of the people, that as
long as time runs and this State exists,
your services will be appreciated by your
| fellow citizens.
In introducing Lieut.-Go Woodbury.,
| Col. Lucia mentioned the curious circum-
stance that both the candidates for lieu
tenant-governor at the last election were
one-armed men from Burlington and
said that if he had been resident of that
| city and made proper ovatiOns to the third
| party, there might have been three one
| armed candidates, but that he was sure
that the result would have been just the
same
Lieut.. Gov Woodbury. said that no one
esteemed the governor more highly than
the soldiers of the State, and referred to
an anecdote told by Col. Knapp of the dis
appearance of u certain mahogany table
from rebel mansion near which the 10Th
was encamped, and limited that probably
the colonel knew very well what became
of that table. 1t must nave been a very
strong wind that carried it from Virginia
to his home in Middlebury. Laughter. |
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periences at the charge at Spottsylvania
aud noticed briefly the great work accom-
| plshed by the Union troops in putting
down the rebellion. He also said that the
women of Vermont as well as those of the
North generally deserved great credit for
the result of the war.
Senator Bates, of the 4th Massachusetts
heavy artillery, said that unlike his pre-
deceSSor, he proposed to make speech
That as private and two-armed man.
he felt very much out of place among the
one armed officers. In referring to q
statement made by Surgeon Rutherford,
that the man who trembled and turned
pale in battle was bad man to meet :;
the senator thought, if that was so, he
would have been tough costumer to en-
counter, as he trembled in battle and af-
ter it was all over He expressed his re-
greet that he was not Vermont soldier,
| but regarded those of Massachusetts as
|
boys. He paid a glorious tribute to Mrs.
Baxter. 1.-The soldiers MOTHER and the
work of other women in the hospitals.
a resolution in honor of the memory of
the late Gen. Phil Sheridan was read and
adopted by a rising vote of the entire au-
dience. The register of the regiment
showed % survivors present at this re-
union.
Business Meeting.
At the business meeting of the regiment
Capt. 5. +. Brown of Swanton, was chos-
Ell president, Capt. Robinson of Montpe-
lier, Lieutenant, Inman of White River
Junction, Messrs. Chamberlin OF Rutland
/ Teuny OF Lowell, Mass, and May Of St
Johnshury, vice presidents T.. l.. Wells
OF Lyndonville, secretary and treasurer
and The above named officers were uousti
tuted The executive board. 1t was voted
to hold the next meeting at st. Adams auG
that Col. Joel Lucia deliver the address.