The Portland daily press., 1891-06-30
FOURTH MAINE BATTERY.
Reunion of the Battery With Co. .,
5th Me-, at RetheI.
To The Editor Of the Press:

To The Editor Of the Press:
The reunion of the 4th Maine Battery at
Bethel, June Mth, was a grand success In
every way. Ii was an occasion worthy Of
that great organization Of the defenders Of
the Union. No element was wanting to the
completeness Of the occasion. The weather
was propitions. the hospitable village was
clothed in gorgeous raiment, the grand old
| veterans were in high spirits and an enthus-
siastic populace lined the streets. To crown
all. the good people Of Bethel youchsafed
| their presence on the scene. Some Of the
boys who gathered thirty years ago, gath
| cred here Wednesday. The year 1861 was
a long time ago, wasn't 1t? But somehow
| we who are well along in the fortles don't
realize 1t. "a man is as old as he feels, and
no older" says the provere. How many
who saw the veterans realized the truth Of
this axiom? Few 1t is to be feared. Some
Of us have grown bald since 1865. More Of
us have grown gray of hair and beard. But
at the reunion we were just as firisky as we
were in 1861. We haven't been soldering
for good many years. In 1865 we laid down
the sabre and took up the pen. We dropped
| the rifle and seized the hoe and spade. We
| released the prol0nge for grip on the plough
/ handles. But somehow the nerves thrilled,
the heart jumped when we heard the oath
that old familiar Too-too. We got up post
haste. No long roll 30 years ago could have
lifted us from our mattresses more quickly.
Tuesday the boys from Pittsfeld, Fairfield
and Everett arrived on the 80 p. m. train;
while from Augusta, Lewiston and Auburn,
veterans arrived on the $50 p. m. train.
wednesday, the $50 a. m. train brought
many from other parts Of the State.
The reunion OF company 5tn Maine, was
held at the residence of Col. Edwards at 10 80
a. m. Sixteen members Of the old company
were present. The roll of the company was
called, showing that 66 members have passed
over the river. There was prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Barton. after which Jadge Foster made
the welcome speech. Col. Edwards gave
very interesting history Of his old company,
ner ana and others ~sfS eoe% Maine SS the
Right" was read by Miss Matte Gibson.
Vocal music was furnished by Prof. Wight.
Dinner was served on the lawn Of Col. Ed
wards residence.
Dinner and supper were served at Pattees'
Hall by the Woman's Relief Corps, and some
two hundred vetrans Of the 4th Maine
Battery, members Of Brown Post and citi- |
zens partook.. Directly after dinner, the |
business meeting of the 4th Maine battery
was held in Grand Amy Hall, and the fol- |
lowing officers were elected:
D. Q. Dearborn, Of Everett, Mass. President.
Lester Holway, of Fairfield, Vice President.
Jdulc5 "A. JOuc5, OI AuRuSLd, secretary.
George F.Sturdivant, Of Auburn, Treasurer.
1t was voted to hold the next reunion
June, 1892 at Augusta.
At 3 p. M, the grave of Captain Robinson
was visited by the members Of the 4th |
Battery, and beautifully decorated.
Places of business were closed, aud In the |
evening the exercises were held In Ideal |
Hall, which was filed to- its utmost capacity.
The following was the programme:
Nus RaslcWthe wine trumpet,
Prayer.''.. .Comrade Woods
Music-Tenting on the Old Camp 1ss G1o1nd SAn0
Address Of Welcome Judge Z. W. MOodSury
Reply. Lieut.. A. s. Bangs. of Augusta |
Poem-4th Maine Battery. Miss Maggie e. LIBBY fiS
Remarks. Gen. A. s. Twtchell, 7th Maine Battery
Reeitation-The Grand Advance. ;........:.
Music-Marchlng Through Georgia :. .ousrtette
Remarks. pa Fnoen Foster
Remarks. .:...:..... ..Comrade Ames, Atm battery |
Muslc--The Star spangled Banner. .Quartette |
hecitatlon-Death Scene Battlefield .........
Lillian Grover
Lieut., Klmbail, Davis and Dean, Haynes. and
DIR. Morton.
Letters were received aud read by Secre-
tary j. A. Jones. of Augusta, from Lieut.. |
Haynes of New York, and others, all show
ing their sympathies to be- with us each and |
all and regretting that they could not attend |
The following members of the Battery |
were present:
surgeant JudsOn;Ames and vile, Montreal,
Canada.
W. A. Brooks and daughter. aud j. a. Jones,
d. o. Dearborn and wife.
Abel Davis aud vile |
Charles Cymbal and wife.
Charles Dean.
Frank White.
Jerry Buckley.
George A. sturdlvant N-I
Ambrose Yittum and wife.
Lester Holway and wife.
Octayus Thompson.
Frank McCann.
Sergeant sOicn Robertson.
Nathan Hazen.
William Higgins.
Abel Chandler, Jr., and wife.
Il. Philips and wife,
Ira w. Bean.
Frank c. Bartlett and wife.
Lieut.. John M. Freeman.
o. Smith.
n. B. Ames and wife,
Lieut. M. Q. kimball and wife.
Mrs. Q. III. Williams.
Mrs. James NJ Allen
The boys are deserving Of much credit for /
their gentlemany conduct while here, /
every one conducting himself in such man L
ner as to gain the respect Of all of our citl- |
zens. Let us strive TO so fulfil our duty to L
ourselves, our country and our God that |
when our last battle has been fought, our i
last march ended. we may join the Grand
Army Oh Peace In their shining tents upon Il
the eternal camping ground above.
follows:
We, the members of the 4th Maine Battery As
obligation we are under to the members of Brown /
Post, e.. A. r., the Woman's Relief Corps and
cltlLens OF Bethel Tor the cordial welcome they
be it
RESOLVED, that we tender to the citizens OF Bethel
our thanks for their many courtesies rendered TO
US this day; that we hold In grateful remember-
ance the Relief Corps aud Brown Post for the L
kind reception and the magnificent manner In Il
Wnlch tney nave entertained us TO to-day; may
peace be within thy walls and prosperity within L
ing Palices and loyalty, truth and Virtue spring
Resol1ed, that we extend to Col. Edwards and /
ship.
Resolved, that we tender our thanks 70 the Grand /
Trunk Railroad and Maine Central Railroad and Il
all other Railroads that have extended 70 us i
courtesy ABEL DAVIS
LESTER HoiwAY.
ID. D. DEARBORN.
4th Maine Battery Association.
Our first engagement, as our boys will all |
remember, was at Slaughter Mountain, 8 /
miles south of Culpepper, Va, August OH, |
1862, In which we met with heavy loss of |
horses and men. killed and wounded. Our |
next engagements were at Rappahannock |
Station, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antie- |
tnm, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor,
Weldon Railroad and Petersburg.
During the past year, two Of our members
have died, C0mrade Charles A. Patterson,
OF Augusta, and Secretary Coney, of Au-
burn.
Tho Portrait of Napoleon.
The Bath Times makes some corrections
In the PREss's story Of the daguerreotype of |
Napoleon dead. The Times, which has
made Investigations in Rath saus that m