Arizona republican., 1892-08-18

break, and that not by chance, but because the name accumulated significance and was never played out. The first three years volunteers to leave Vermont for the front constituted this body of troops, and the size of the little commonwealth per haps suggested that this installment of five regiments was the one only contribution of Green Mountain boys that could reach the seat of war in time to put in an oar.
 So it was at first "those Vermonters," i" then.s.th the Vermont men," and finally "the Vermont brigade" There are more than enough good words to say in praise of the brigade to make book. I am writing about a fifth part of it only, and simply throw out hint that my heroes held up their end of big task The brigade lost more men in battle than any other in the Union army. It fought in every cam paign of the Army of the Potomac from A to Z--from Yorktown to Appomattox. Each pf its five regiments re-enlisted when its term expired in 1884, and each of the old flags, with of course but scant rem nants of the original defenders to rally on them, was in at the death
 The men of the Fifth Vermont were of the class that took second thought on the war question and went to the field to stay When the news of Bull Run reached the green northern hills the governor of Yer mont told the young men to get into war harness-the nation would need them Two regiments were already in their camps and material fer two mone, with some to spare, rushed to the recruiting of- fees, and when the official call from Wash ington reached Montpelier the volunteers asked for. were actually under arms
 The Fifth was formed in August, 1861, from companies that fell into line at a ven ture on Rearing from Bull Run. The men hailed from the narrow strip west of the mountains. Lieut.. II. A. Smalley, of the regular army, was appointed colonel. He was Vermonter, and when the regiment reached the Potomac it fell into the hands of other Vermont regulars. Gen. VI. F. Smith, familiarly known as "Baldy" Smith, with some difficulty got the Fifth and it's companion regiments, the Second, Third. Fourth and Sixth, united in one brigade and assigned to division then forming under his lead.
 Gen. ". T. H. Brooks, nicknamed by his followers Bully" Brooks, became brigadier Both Smith and Brooks were Vermonters and had been appointed from the regnlar army to colonelcies in regi- ments from their states. With two West Point generals and West Pointer for colonel, the Fifth had no lack of school. masters at the outset.
 Passing over the months of drill, when the men were Learning how to fghtand how not to run away, the story of dead earnest work begins with the first actual battle betwsen the two great eastern armies, Lees Mills, in the Yorktown siege, April le, lS62. The Vermont brigade answered for the Army of the Potomac in that Httle affair, the beginning of the days when 1t was heard from in fight. The Fifth fur- nished the sharpshooters and skirmishers to open the hall aud also the first victims et the cAppaisn tn an infantlyattaek-
 The s4eatsiiDpcina sSiencaf apctea Goo si&sats, eaS@ry epi sasoaa dse way .fss p gssaMn bS the Hfha3v N hais aak Ae6*rf enenss ttlasstl lttsty asya4ed a rsas seage n ths eentesS erifaeA abtuad fhe pane oN Sfse vermont btiRade After that there was fighting enough for tach regiment in the command to go it alone in record making The Fifth bore of the palm in the next important action. It was the desperate Sunday evening en- counter at Savage Station in the Seven Days" The rear guard of the army, com posed of General Summers Second corps, was fighting to cover the passage of the trains over White Oak swamp