Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-26

Waterbury Friday morning last to attend
the first reunion of his old comrades of the
4th regiment. He had been working hard
to bring the thing about, writing person
ally to every old conlrade whose address
could he procured, urging them to come.
His efforts however, were crowned with
well nigh complete success One hundred
and twenty-three old veterans attended,
| one, Comrade Sulioway, coming all the
way from Minneapolis especially to he
present. Col. HolbrOok, now of New York
was present and Col. &. W. Hooker who
| had come up from the political ~hirl at
| headquarters to spend few hours with
| his old comrades.
! The business meeting in the afternoon
was devoted to the election of officers as
follows Col. ;. NJ. Pingree Of Hartford
was chosen president; f.. A. Beach of Essex
| Junction, vice president Thomas j. Far
rell of Waterbury, secretary and treas
urer w. f.. Bliss OF East Calais w. II.
! Humphrey of Essex Junction, Capt. X. j.
Coffey of Bennington, executive commit
| tee.
In the evening the old soldiers marched
to representatives hail. and listened to
| some eloquent addresses, tue true elo-
! quence begotten Of feeling, for the speak
ers were telling of things most of which
they saw and part OF which they them.
| selves We're.
The genial George w Hooker, whose
presence is like a ray of sunshine, told
about Col +. II. Stoughton, his skill in
| handling his regiment, his thorough
knowledge of tactics and OF his many
qualities as a brave aud gallant officer
A sketch of the life and military car
reer OF Gen. George p. Foster was read by
| Captain Fisher In July 1861, he was APP
pointed recruiting officer by Gov. Fair
| banks was chosen captain OF company
in the 4th regiment aud was early called
into action, at Lees Mills. He was always
ready NJ the call of duty. On 18th of
July, 1862, he was comms stoned major, on
| his merit, being sixth in point of rank.
| His successive promotions were sketched,
! aud his never to be forgotten action IN
arresting O'Neil, the fenisn leader.
most inleresting paper was that Of
Sergt II. f. TAYLOR, upon Capt. Addison
Brown, COL Taylor .6ld the simple story
of his comrades life and career with great
feeling. Col. w G. Holbrook, now of
New York, gave an account of his cOnnec-
ton with the An regiment until he was
given n command IN The 7th. He paid
glowing tribute to the vaor of NermOut's
troops in the war. among whom none
were better entitled TO eulUgS than
the 4th. Col. :. NJ. Pingree, the orator
OF the evening, gave an acc ,unt of the
history Of the regiment from its organize
ton Oh september IA, ISL. There were
lOIS men then gathered at Brattleho o,
colnnei nc avon laft ITn,nnunt or nnywhera
else Cnl Stnuubtnn
Ga the 4l-t OF september the regiment
VIRGINIA and on October q went intocamn
at Cumn Grifin ready tor hu.,na.s Surh
as If ,rss Innrtlv mildly business The
reoiment wont form 1000 stronv nresently
it was less than 800. AT Lees Mills. in
hnt hatt.r ,b,n nonp The snaakar thsu
hri.hv r.vi.,ynd tha s.v.rAI en0nve.
mems in with rho ra,,inant nnrt,cjnufed
On the fonrth nf INV 1Sli2 a celebration
us haId ma ON. nf tha occa.ions for
teajino ,,nnI wa. tho arrival Of a shin load
nt nt,snTs t,r ma re,ti,,.nt ,,h,rh no
| c,lonaI a,id s.,aJ ~ : liz, ~ ,,,ora ~ ~.
NOV, 'v,,l ~ II'rr.n,s I,nd,no ,b ~
The st,rgeons nt the army nf tne pntomnr
| The SNEAKER devoted y short time to a
enIngv nnnn cen Frarklin commander
| ~ ~ fIh ,rr,t cnrns ,',Hd = an Gnn,nar
He cr,Ic."d nat p gr ,,"
Of the war q; the Rebellion. cen n "
! H4Il0cl, y
| Tbc avart- nortici,,,od in Inv, tba I'm
regi,n4nt in rhat arrnv ,vbila NcGlalisn
! was In chi f commend w-re reviewed
p"r a. h ga
it mad had more officers killed and
wounded than any other regiment from
Nertlon'' ana na1 less NUMBER ol desert,
, make M of lOiS men, only a small mum
Der 40 deserted In all, lis men deserted,
and the most Of those were from the last
contingent OF recruits senior. me
! deaih ron Ci the reSliheht was ~ Only
one olhcer dled Oh disease, the remainder
VINO I'9i '9elI ilNtS ~ the service having
petu hIlie,i " uleu vi heIl wpuuuo.
IL was the lorl uue OF me I'm realihehl
10 90 lhto me > SHENANDOAH ailey IN lhe
stEthlh army thht went III curing Ihe re-
neillop oue 9iA pttce.''ilR armies uau oeen
ui'Heu out uiScoiiuI 'eh' lne la9l "eu'
nlct"loua'! thtouEh' az II WIS pounu -
WIN euch men ana WIN such Sraho
solulrr as oherluah' " ith sueh com
iu""''eI anu SUN uleu ueie"V WAS iuhPo9
9'n ut' ,, o,,-,-u
lhtre Was Wen Hlled nan unrlhS 'ht
eAeIcIses' az" az the'r CoEcIusloh odl
que' WIZ e. 'Seu ~ 'tt az i'loh. At'pht
ne lhNiteu Sue9' were us tHcVIItnci