Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-24

NEW DBLEANs LA, May 10, 1889
MUpr Eiyh Wales. ant al the Old Boys ot
t"mpgny O. ~ Fremont Infantry Brdtti,
boro. w.
W Dedr on Conirudes:-l recently received "A
notice of your contemplated reunion ON the 18th
INST. and nothing could delight me more than tu
be with you ON that occasion. but duties aud dis
lance forbid me that pleasure You can RELY nu
IT, however. that | shall be thinking of you on
that day. My connection with the company was
for the first year Of its existence only but Il was
Hs with the rest, my first experience as a soldier
and many pleasant rrcorctiuns and thrilling
memories are connected with II. At your reunion
YOU will not much resemble that crowd IT Young
Strrs that invaded Newfane y years ago What
"A crowd that was. | remember about all Of Tn,
original members and many Of the earlier re-
cruits.
There was Liz" Wales Well YOU all know
hiW, and there rs no need to say much about him
but there is nothing that could b. said Of him that
would be too good to say. Serving with the com
pauy from first to last. he nohly earned and fully
deserved whatever of rank and honor he acuuir,.d
Another slayer was my old bunkie IN the Rich
mond campaign u %. Fay Bow krr He might
not have been the handsutnrst man In the service,
tut no better soldier ever pulled trigger for the
Union. ] remember how he tilSs..d In our ii st
hattie, and how Color Sergeant Harrington ~.
huked him for his profanity at such a solemn
tlilt FRANK tl"asun nov In a soldiers grave. B
and BIN Thomas arr gratefully remembered hy
me for many acts " kindness when was sick at
Camp Grimm. Their was Fox cold REWARD
one Of the most expert thieves in ours or any
other company Left behind at Alexandria in
March, o. he lost all his things, but the first night
I
81 regiment and dr,tr "A complete outfit from ri
ie Ia testament He always alluded 10 the r,.ls.ls
as ,sculli"ns There were thu Riley babies
handsome Nels. Cole LEW knight with his
squraky voice, Hen. Prouty. another chum Of
mine, Fred SimundS. who couldn't learn To fife
with mttrus on: Charlie. Gould who could ,,r,,,,I
louder than any other a hard march: Fred
StUldard, who died before We SAW fight and Rus
sell Benjamin. Rusty Ben, Krables and ellison
VINO we're the first victims Of battle John Lam
pheer. "Zeke, who disliked the front 50
much, never could understand how he was final.
y KILLED IN BATH Charlie Stockwrll and Ken
dan, whose duughnuts wer. 80 good at Cam
Griffin could recall them all II time aud st,ar,.
permitted
The last tine | saw the company was at Savage
station June -, ~, aud was 80 sick that didn't
care what became OF me. felt better the next
morning. but IL was too late. for a big Texan came
riding up. saying. Fall in here, you Yankee --
or u slice your on " and swinging a big "A
bre To emphasize his improper remark ! was a
prisoner nVe weeks. two IN Richmond and tire.
at Belle Isle Pad,forl and Zek. wer. my t.rt
mates liescock and Barrett recruit wer,.
there. but in another squad. On Aug. Bird PLAYED
on a sore on my ankle for a shell wound, and got
patued with the wounded. Pass out" said The
rebel lieutenant, when showed him my ankle
passed. II was a game didn't want 10 STAY In
was sent t" the general hospital at PIT Lookout
Md. where everything was nice and clean and
plenty to eat. Got detailed as a clerk and 81
avoided being sent 10 that hell upou earth TN.
Parole camp at Annapolis friendly surgeon
got me discharged oct ~ | went tn New Hamp.
shire, and in "a week was rst lieutenant In Com
pany + u the 10th New HAMPSHIRE
ton, "here served the rest Of the war; was
made captain in the 18th L. 5 Culurrd Infantry
IN Nov 81 aud major Of the I'D in Nov. 1861 !
found shoulder STRAPS much more comfortable. Ia
carry than muskrt and kuapsick and although
We had a tolerable shan. Of marching lighting
etc, down here, yet good deal Of the time We
could wear billed shirts, and have wall tents
"th n"ors, and II was picnic compared to the
army ut the Potomac
Ny last fight was on the ii Of April 1855. near
Moblh, Ala wherr had my right loot shattered
by mime while commanding the division Skin
tuish line. Good treatment prevented atuplIta
Ton and went home Ia my fathers in New
Hampshire Tor ~ days was brrvetted lieut..n
ant colonel Tor this fight It was the sam- morn
ing that Company G.. assisted 10y the other mem.
D,ts ot tht sixth CORPS was knocking the stuning
out oi the rebel works at Petersburg and WHERE
Maj Wales MAS firing their own guns at them
was mustered out here in oct. ~, aud have liy
ell here ever since My wife Is native of this CITY
We have five boys living: two boys have died
our Tstbor is now Is Just us old was when
Company { was organized After left the com
phnN managed To keep pretty well pasted as to
It's subsequent history. and knew aiout what han
dvnrd Ia II, who was killed. etc | corr,.stou,i,sd
with Hen frouty up 10 the clost Of the war.
nave the Two volumes Of Vermont in the Civil
War which have read with great deal of in
terest. "
In nov ~ | saw John Tyler then captain, in
New York; Ia Brattlrboru IN % saw John has
CON- then captain of the 9Th Vermont and Dnrr
Blood and Little Foster, who had been trans
TERED To the sky blues, also Ed Stearus who had
Just been drafted la d in Brattl.,orn | nn,t
Hen. Richardson, Padrlfurd. Billy Woods Can't
lodu, ltru. froutN, one Of the Rilrys, Jim Ben
nett ZIG Foster Kirk Rand ton Critch,s with one
leg on ,, and two or three others. This was before
the maj muster out Of the company
There are but few Nermonlers IN this section
Chas Dillingham;, Capt Co b, n. and Lieut. Col
Sth, Hvtd here Tor many years, but is now in Tex.
as. Hiram X. Steele captain Of the Derby Line
company, 10th regiment, lives in this state and *
frequently here. ] once met here a very distant
relation OF the company, man who had be,.n
suffers clerk in the "a, but felt little interest
In him. for knew he had undoubtedly swindled
some Of my old comrades, and most probably had
been robbed hy them in return
. BoMker tells me that Durr Blood and Hen
Franklin ART to sing nymu at the reunion This
must lE- an accomplishment that these comrades
have acquired since | knew them There Was a
good deal Of singing in the company t''Tow row
row row, Paddy will you now, 90 for Instance but
tue songs could hardly be considered sacred mn.
SIC. also learn that StoCkWell Is to br commits
Safy on the occasion II Lie Wales appetite is
as good as II used To br, he will need to provide
plenty In September, 81, when We moved out
INTO virginia and green corn was plenty he II ,ii,l
one evening confessed that he had eaten ~ roast
ing ears that day-and this was before sumner
too. IN recent letter from Bowker | see, that
quite number Of the old boys live in Brattleboro
or vicinity II Colt cold Hossb should liz Their,
he ought 10 bring that wonderful fiddle he made
ana accompany Blood and Franklin in their
hymn.
Well | know, that those Of the company who
can bt There Will have good time IwiSh indeed
could he one Of them We can all have one
proud memory to congratulate ourselves upon
ihat II, that We belonged 10 the best company i'm
the best regiment, Of the finest brigade, Of the
most gallant division Of the most famous corIis of
the whole serv ice. We can he proud Of our old
brigade. Other soldiers did wen, we admit lint
II makes one shudder 10 think what the result
mlsht nave been II company had never been or
That each one Of you may Ike prosperous and
happy is the wish and prayer Of your old cumradt
EDGAR T. ADAMS.