The Republican journal., 1888-10-11
Incidents of the 18th Maine Reunion.

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p., f,;, Ill., fo,,o,,;, s+or;os onJ
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"reminiscences hcard al the recent reunion III
Boston of the gallant Eleventh Maine veterans:
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south E,a =, ~ ai+, Jo.artnJ in Nor,h
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,roa,i,a ~ + ,'' ao aiNe ",,Jn ho f ~ ~
avn cn,nnan ''''' ''''o' 7 '''o ''''>' u HIS
"IIeIlo W;Elbono, ,rbaro IA vo, cam.
froms chaIInn,rn% ~ .,,'.rL VI" ~" '''"N
II ANIL MrFihaneT ,..tammore,l the acsertor
YES Won ,ra know Won NrElh,nnv ;,
and rl,p f,.I,nv trno, tI,a I,ah. Lrot. ,inwn sr-
,irnIv
They shot him bv order Of drum head court
martial the next iay.
And here's n case Of bo,ntv iumner who
tried to desert at Norris Island lie stuck In
the mud of the marshes there as he tried TO
wade across. and when they found him in the
morning he was nearly fro%ep clad only In n
shirt lie represented himself as a rebel de-
serter. and having passed all the question.
satcly was on his way to headmIarter.. when
member of hi, own company happened TO
identify him They shot him on the beach the
rext dav. with hi. back 10 the water. When
he fell some white swans came down and ljt on
his breast where the blood spurted out, and the
soldiers REGARDED the omen with Great sllper-
>ttion.
The men al the campfire were particularly
5oung looking for veterans, and / asked some
Of them how old they were when thew enlisted.
}. A. Miller. Of Chelsea, who sat lust across
Ma>sae ehusetts when he was under Il and that
he learned his trade after he came out of the
war. G. b. Small, of Gardiner. Me-. went out
with the Eleventh Maine when he was but 16,
and Capt. W. II. Goti. who commands Co.
of the Fifth regiment NJ. Y. NJ. sitting just at
my right. remarked that he went to the front
with the Twenty fourth Massachusetts. when
he was in his l5ih year also learned that r.
\. Strickland enlisted in the Eleventh Maine
when he was under If. As Capt. Andrews
said: "Fherc are not !nanY men at this re-
union who need pensions.
They tell a eood story of Sergt Paine of the
Eleventh Maine. He was sergeant In the
Mexican War under Burnside. then lieutcn-
ant ai.,i the two were Great chumS They did
no, see each other from the close Of one war to
the opening of hc next, but then they both
went to the front, burnside as y full-hedged
hrgadicr general. When Sergt. Paine learned
that he was in his old friends command, he
marched right up to Headquarters and right in
Ien.ed the sentin,l with. is Old Burnside
here"
~ hat:" @a>pe;l Tile astoni>l.et sentinel.
IL OLD Burnside hrr@:'
R, this time The general hal heard his voice
aul came out to see what the excitement was
"liow are YOU. old Burnside. Don't YOU re-
member me-" said the sergeant. us be advanced
his hand with all the familiarity Imaginable.
The general looked puzzled.
"Why. I'm old Paine.''
And then Gen. Burnside knew him, and
ihey shook bands and cried like babies. And
A. ''Oid B.irn>de' and "Oli Paine" talked
oven their campaign in Mexico. the officers
stood around in horror->t trIckcn amazement.
for Paine called their commander "Old Burn
side all through the chat, land I'll be shot if
i ever called hiin anything else" he tol The
boy afterwards.
Lieut.. G. W. Haskell Was the >kirm>h-
line one day. "jig-ing for 0hnnies." He was
behind Tie. exchanging sho!s with a rebel
behind another tree. For long time this
'iuai'lng WA re>ultc>>. and Lieut.. Haskell be
came cNa-pcrHtel. Deliberately he stepped
out from btiiind his shelter and gave the John
nie 4 coat range at him. The rebel fired and
missed he intrepid lieutenant. who thereupon
nlade 4 dash for hi, foe grabbed him by the
hair Of hi> head. and before The astoni>hcd rcb
could gasp JEFF Davis he was 4 prisoner.
Not so fortunate Private Briggs Of company
j.. He was on the picket line at Wer Bottom
church. Three times he stepped out from be-
hind Iii, tree. ana Killed his man every time.
briggs. they'll Kill Sou,' warned he captain.
''-- them, don't care for then.' but the
next time lie stepped out bullet went through
his heart.
And there is Thomas Tabor who accidental
i ian across a Rebel picket line and captured
the whole line. lie saw he was in for it. 50 he
raised his mti>kpt to his shoulder and shouted.
THE first man that moves a finger dies" No
one cared to he the first one and he marched
them nlo the Union lines. in single file before
him.
But most hood-curciling of all was the expe-
rirucr of Lieut. GEORGE Paine who in leading
a charge ON Fort Baldwin, out stripped his men
and W;t~ li.lIl in the midst of the enemy before
he knew it. -iet me finish this - Iankee'
shouted Il big rebel artilIeryman rushing on to
him with hi. sabre The other rel,s stood back
and 4;,yc him Il chance 10 do his contemplated
execution. Paine fenced and parried his blows
for several minutes. till the rest of the line ar
rived. when he suddcnlv swung his blade
| around his head. and brought its keen edge
against lis enemy'S iu.ular, sevcring his head
from the BODY
While Capt. Andrews and his men We're
marching ul the turnpike from Richmond to
| Fredericksburg they came acros. farmhouse
| under guard. The officer of the provost was
M at the house making love to couple of
| Southern beauties under his care and thus af-
| fcrdel Capt. Andrews men a splendid chance
| to get away with }ic that was running loose
| in the yarli Private John Williams asked
| Can't. Andrews. .'Shall we ret that pig:" "IcS.
| 90 ahead" SO he ran him down with his
| horse and stuck linn with his sword. The
| guard saw tho act lust in time to effect Viii
| liunS' arrest Capt. \ ,lrcWs felt that he was