Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-25
Marking the Camping Grounds of
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The grounds on which the various YER
mont regiments. batteries and other or
ganizations rondezvUused AMI oncampcd,
ard where they were mustered into the
service of The United States, during the
waC of the rebellion, are places of historic
interest They Will possess even greater
interest for the descendants of the soldi rs
of the civil war and for historians, and
patriots in the generations to come All
OF them are wholly unmarked, and most
of them have undergone such
changes in the thirty-fve years
or more that have elapsed since
they were dotted with tents and
trampled by the feet of the thousands of
Green Mountain patriots, who rallied for
the defence of the government in the time
of its greatest peril, that they would hard
ly now he recognized by the surviving
veterans who there began their service in
the army Of the Union. Their exact loca-
tion is not known to many of the citizens
of the respective towns, and many of
these. if now questioned, would be unable
to tell what regiments were mustered
there.
were suitably mark ID, for the information
of the public, of this ard coming times:
and we are glad to learn that Adjutant
General Peck, who attends to so many
matters of public concern, has been civ
ing his attention to this matter, and that
he has inaugurated arrangements, which
will result in the placing of suitable tab
ilcts Of stone or bronze upon tho several
muster grounds, which will permanently
record the names Of the regiments which
encamped the.e, and the dates of their
respective musters into the United States
service. These were as fbllows:-
At Brattlahorn, Fourth Regiment Yer
mont Volunteers Infantry, Sept, 81, 1861 !;
Second Battery Light Artillery, December
10, 1861 Company II, Second Regiment L.
s. Sharpshooters, December 81. 1861
Eighth Regiment Vermont Volunteers,
FebSuery Is, 1862; Frst Battery Light
Artillery, February IS, 1862; Ninth Regi-
ment Vermont Volunteers iinfantry), July
., 1862, Tenth Regiment Vermont Volun-
teers Infantry, September /, 1862; Elcv-
onth Regiment Vermont Volunteers Qn-
fantrY September l, 1862, Twelfth Regi-
ment Vermont Volunteers 0ufantry). Oc-
tober 4, 1852; Thirteenth Regiment Yer
mont Volunteers Infantry, October 10,
1862; Fourteenth Regiment Vermont Vol
unteers Infantry, october q, 1862; Eff
teenth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Gn-
fantry), October %, 1862: Sixteenth Rcgi-
ment Vermont Volunteers dnfanUy), Oc-
tober 20, 1862.
At Burlington the soldiers were en-
) camped and mustered in on the old "Faii
Ground" lying north of North street and
east of North Avenue, the organization
! being the Second Regiment Vermont Vol
unteers Infantry, June 20, 1861; First Yer.
: mont Cavaky. November 10, 1861 Seven
, teenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers Cn.
: fantGy), January S. 1864; Third Vermont
! Light Battery, January l. 1864: and the
Frontier Cavalry. Vermont Volunteers
= January 10. 1865.
At Montpelier the Sixth Regiment, Yer
mont Volunteers Infantry was In camI
) and was mustered in October Is. 1861,
At Randolph wero encamped and mus
tered into the service Company f., First
Regiment Y. S, SharpshooteSs. September
/ -, 1861, and Company Il, Second Regiment
[, s Sharpshooters, November Q, 1851.
Al Rutland The Exist Regiment Of ,Nsg,