Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-09-08
I2Ta NEW JERSEY VOLS.
Th p tsalIant Regiments 10Th Re-
Union.

That is the record of the gallant
regiment, the survivors of which, en-
Monday last, were among the patriotic
people of Bridgeton. n
Many were the engagements, and
fearful were the struggles through
which they passed, and hundreds of
their brave companions were laid low
bystheir enemies, bullets and scores of
them fill isolated, unkept and un-
known graves.
The sur yivors of the 18th Regiment,
N. J. Volunteers are the guests of this
city to-day. They came here to enjoy
the annual renewal of good fellowship
and comradeship. They meet once
more, years after the crowning victory
when the hero of Appomattox re.
ceived from Gen. Lee his sword, and
again take each other by the hand
and recall some incident of camp life,
some happening on a wearisome
march, or some disaster in terrible
battle. 81.
All honor to the brave heroes.
1t has been eighteen years since the
survivors of this regiment formed the
18th N. ]. Reg. Reunion Association.
1t has been seven years since they
were the guests of this city, the parent
of Company K, one of the bravest and
most honored companies of the Regi-
.ment. There are many who can re.
member the summer day when the
one hundred young men marched to
the old West Jersey depot under COM
mand of Capt. Thompson, where
they took train for Woodbury., and
formed the regiment. Some of those
young men are here to-day, several
honored citizens of Bridgeton, and
bear grand military titles earned by
valiant service upon the field of battle.
The Regiment soon left Woodbury.
and went down in Maryland where
they were camped at Ellicott's mill,
and daily instructed in military tactics
until they were hurried to the front
and took an important part in the
awful struggle at Charlottesville.
From that time until the closing vic.
tory at Appomettox the Regiment
was engaged in nearly every battle of
the Civil War, including Gettysburg,
where it occupied most notable posi-
ton. After three years of service,
those who had escaped death or seri-
GUS injury, were honorably discharged
and now live to talk of the war times
which are g. part OF the worlds
history,
There are not as many of the Regi-
ment as there were seven years ago.
There are not as many here as visited
Woodbury. year ago. The ranks are
becoming more depleted, the grim
reaper is gathering the old veterans one
by one. A year hence there will be
other vacant places, until in only a
short time but single soldier may
answer the roll call, while the answer
"Here" may be heard from the hun
dreds in that grand review in the great
. beyond.
They day opened bright and glorious,
and the citizens, business men espec-
tally, early displayed the glorious COL
ors from their homes and their bust
ness places. The Il. A. r. hall, filled
as 1t is with many interesting war rel.
les, was thrown open, and the flag run
to the very peak of the staff over the
building. Some of the Regiment had
come here Saturday evening and spent
Sunday with their friends, and were
on the streets early with the pretty
Reunion badge pinned upon their
coats, but the majority by far were
looked for on the morning train.
At half-past nine o'clock, a number of
the members of A. L. Robeson Post,
g. A. r., headed by the City Cornet
Band went to the depot, and met the
arriving train, and escorted some hun
dred and twenty-five members of the
18th down to the Opera House. which
was most tastefully decorated. On
the stage were a profusion of great
plants and ferns, while on the table of
the presiding officer was huge bou-
quet of beautiful flowers. On either
side of the prosenium arch are stacked
guns, and over them, hung in graceful
folds, large American flags.
The members of the Regiment filed
in the Opera House and seating them
selves front in the parquet. From
their coat lapels fiuttered the red rib
bon badge, indicating their member
ship of the organization with which
they fought. The house was we'll filled,
many visitots being present.
The City Band sat in the front rows
of the gallery. and furnished very ex.
cellent music.
Col. Ed. DuBois, President of the
association, pl esided in a particularly
able msnner, and his reception proved
him to be very popular with the MEM
bers of the regiment with which he
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