The Portland daily press., 1895-06-22
SEVENTH MAINE BATTERY,
Its Annual Reunion Held at Long
Island.

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The annual seulton of the Seventh
Maine Battery was held at Long Island
yesterday, at the building of the First,
Tenth and Twenty ninth Regimental As
ISOLATION. There was good attendance
of the veterans with their wives.
The greetings as the old comrades met
We're joyous and pathetic. 1t was thirty
years yesterday since they were mustered
out and parted; and time had wrought
such changes that many did not at first
recognize old comrades Mr.. Ferdinand
A. Smith, formerly of Portland, was OF
the first to arrive He seated himself on a
stump by the roadside, and waited for the
arriving comrades to pass by. He had nc
badge on, and was curious to see if they
would recognize him. No one did, and
as the last man went by, he said in q
will go back to Portland This aroused
the curiosity of the veterans and they
gathered around him, trying to guess his
identity.
Another comrade warmly greeted was
T. @. Waterhouse, formerly of Portland,
now of Bryan, Ohio, and immigration
agent of the Pecos valley. He has not
been here before for thirty years, and was
marked with the asterisk of death in the
battery history.
Another well known in Portland, is ex-
Department. Commander David R.
Pierce, of Somersworth, N. H, a promi-
nent Republican in that State.
At the dinner letters were read from
the following old comrades: Capt A. B..
Twitchell, of Newark. N. j., Samuel
Fessenden, of Stamford, Conn, 0. j.
Pierce, from Chicago, ]. c. Quimby, of
Sheboyan, Wis, Orestes S. Perham, OF
Washington, Thomas S. Simons, of St.
Johns, N. B., L. W. Gerrish, of Mime
apolis, MINI, J. H. Anthoine, Wakefield,
Mass.
The Seventh Maine battery was recruit
ed in December 1868. in the worst part OF
the war. 1t was composed of young vol
unteers, many from the colleges Cap
tain A. B. Twitchell, of Newark, N. j.
was himself Bowdoin graduate.
There were many Portland young men
in the number They plunged at once
into the fighting, the bait les in
scribed on their banners being Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, North Anna, Gold Harbor,
Petersburg, Ream Station, and Poplar
Spring Church. The battery joined the
Ninth Corps, Romers' Brigade.
Those present We're:
A. S. Chapman, Bethel, Maine
A. S. Twitchell, Gorham, N. Fl.
Mrs G. 6. Remey, Master Fred
Reemey, Portland, Maine
Mr. c. NJ Bixby, Chicopee. Mass.
W. @. Carney, Mrs. Carney, 81. E. Car
ney, Portland.
Ferd. A. Smith, Haverhill, Mass.
J oseph 7. Merrill, Massachusetts.
Ellen M. Merrill, Massachusetts,.
Howard Gould, Portland, Maine.
David r. Pierce, Somersworth, N. H.
Frank S. Wade, South Norridgewock,
Maine.
William NJ. Hobbs, South Norridge.
wock, Maine
Horace Burrill, Gardiner, Maine.
Fl. J. Mason, Mason, Maine
W. S. Starbird, South Paris.
W. A. Stevens Lisbon Falls.
F. Lapham Litchfeld, Maine.
Isaac J. Marble, Brownville.
j. l.. Criee, Searsmont.
H. E. Hall, South Norridgewock.
Albert Billings, Portland.
William Martin, Rumford.
Geo. H. Blake, Portland.
T. @. Waterhouse and wife, Bryan,
Ohio.
Mrs. G. f. Darlington, Toledo, Ohio.
jill. Durham, Paris.
Jos. .Lapham, wife and daughter, Lew
iston.
E. A. Lothorp and wife, Auburn.
A. 3. Twitchell and two sons, Frank G.
and Fred S., Portland.
L. E. Jones, Andover.
E. Z. Harden, Kennebunk.
Samuel Y. Reed and wife, Franklin,
Mass
Miss Mary Keefe, Franklin, Mass.
A. NJ. Carter, Bethel
A vote of thanks was passed to the
1st-10th-29th Regiment Association for
the use of the headquarters also to
Comrades .Greely and Clark for valuable
aid.
After the dinner had been conclu ded
the president of the association, A. S.
Chapman, of Bethel, after few words
of welcome, introduced Secretary A. S.
Twitchell, to read the letters from those
absent.
After reading the letters General
Twitchell spoke of old associations.
Comrade Pierce who wassnext introduced
said his comrades belonged to the class of
men mentioned by DR.. Holmes, who were
"eighty years young 1t was always a
pride to him that he enlisted from state
that sent to the war one in every nine Of
it's total population.
Comrade L, @. Waterhouse, who had
been reported as dead was introduced as
one risen. He entertained his comrades
with the story of the veteran who was
hauling load of loose powder at the
siege of Petersburg. "The rebels began
to shell en-, said the veteran, land
presently a shell set it afre, and before
I could put that fire out, half the cussed
stuff burned up"
Comrade Ferdinand A. Smith, when
called on, said he was pleased to be pres
emit although he had got the cold shoulder
when he first appeared.
Comrade Hale told the story of the
1uDatta at Deterchurcr With COMMA do