The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-26
The Stannard Monument Dedicated.

The dedication of the monument erected
over the grave of Major-general Stannard,
which took place at Burlington on Thurs
day Ct last week, was the occasion for a
notable gathering of Union veterans and
leadinI men from all quarters of the state.
The procession formed at City hall and
marched to Lake View cemetery, in the fol-
lowing order: Detachment of city police;
chief marshal and personal staff; Sherman
military band; Burlington cadets; Burling-
ton Comlnandery, Knights Templar; Can
ton Lafayette, Patriarchs Militant; Post
Stannard; General William Wells Camp,
Sons OF Veterans; Burlington drum corps;
veterans of the Ninth Regiment, Vermont
Volunteers; veterans of the Fifth Regi-
ment Vermont Volunteers veterans of other
Vermont regiments; Department of Yer
mont G.. A. r.; Vermont Division, Sons of
Veterans; governor of Vermont and invited
guests in carriages. The invited guests in
cluded Hon f. j. Phelps, ex-minister to
England; Governor Dillingham;, Lieutenant
governor Woodbury. and state officers; ex-
Governors Barstow, Pingree and Ormsbee;
Congressman Stewart Judges Veazey and
Powers of the supreme court; President
Buckham and the faculty of the University
of Vermont; Mayor Crombie; Colonel
George w. Hooker, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
w. III. Gilmore, Acknowledgement Il. S.
Peck, and the members of the governors
staff AT the cemetery the presentation ex-
ercises occurred. The monument was I'M
yelled by General T. S. Peck General
William w. Henry, in presenting the monu-
ment to the Stannard family on behalf of
the trustees, recited the facts connected
with the raising of the monument fund, and
made fitting allusion to the military serv-
ices of General Stannard. Colonel George
w. Hooker, who was an aid on General
STANDARDS staff, in accepting the monument
on behalf of the family, made an eloquent
and touching response AT the close of the
"a "a hn an1I 20
formed and marched to City hall to
listen to the Grafton by Judge Wheelock q.
Veazey of Rutland. The Grafton was an
eloquent eulogy of the gallant general and
made deep impression on the large audi
ence. Colonel Veazey graphically pictured
the charge of STANDARDS brigade at Gettys-
burg and paid a just tribute to his valor
The monument is of Barre granite, Of mas
sive proportions. On the face of the die, or
center-piece, is bronze tablet giving an
account of the various battles in which Gen
eral Stannard was engaged, and on either
side the badges of the different corps to
which he belonged-the First, Sixth. Tenth
and Eighteenth-these badges being raised
and polished work on the face of "A sunken
shield. On the back side is reserved a
space for the family names. just above the
die, and extending entirely around the
monument, is a: wreath of laurel, hand
somely executed. On the front side, just
below the die, ON the plinth, is the name
Stannard in raised and polished block
letters, six inches long. The monument
bears the following inscription: A" In honor
of General George Jenison Stannard, whose
mortal part rests beneath this stone. Born
in Georgia, VT, October Goth, $780, died at
Washington, d. c., June LIST, 1886. Vol
unteered for the war April H. 1861; Lieu
tenant-colonel, Second Vermont Volunteers,
June 6, 1861; Colonel Ninth Vermont Vol
unteers, May n, 1862; Brigadier-general of
Volunteers, March IL, 1868; Brevet Major
general of Volunteers, October "A, 1864
mustered out June 2S, 1866. At Gettysburg,
July 3, 1868, commanding the Second Yer
mont Brigade, In the crisis of the battle he
made the flank attack, which decided the
fate of Picketts charge and changed doubt
full struggle into victory. AT Cold Harbor,
June 3, 1864, he commanded the First Brig
ade, Second Division, Eighth Corps, aud
was twice wounded. September 30, 1864
commanding the First Division, Eighth
Corps, he stormed Fort Harrison in front OF