Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-26
The BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, THURSDAY. UUIUBEk zb, 1879.

ItuCneut company n was Wntclcu INTO
line whore our Marker No. g. now
stands, Sergeant Scully taking position
and holding his rife at present" as
though he were on battalion drill, and rap
idly the other companies advanced into
line upon It's left and opened another de-
structive fire upon Pic,ett's right flank, |
then hardly ten rods away
The main line from which we had ad.
Vanced, and with which VIC then stood at
right angles, consisting Of Hairs and
Wcbb's bTigades, from M~aseichusetts
New York and Pennsylvania, had already
opened in the face of the assailing force
and with such effect that very soon all
of Iickett's regiments became 4 "onfuscd
mass and every man was fighting regard
loss of position or osdets and on his in
dividual account.
Sooner than it has taken to tell it, the
assault was cepulsed. When tho Confed-
crates began TO throw down their weap-
ons and wave their hands, Col. Randall
gave the order to ccPse firing, but 1t was
heard by only a few. Thoreupon ne did
one of tho most daring and humane deeds
of the civil war-rushed in front of his
firing line, turned his back to the euHmy,
almost in their midst. and with out
stretched arms made himself understood.
Then he moved among the Confederates
and drove them Siugly and in squads into
eur line. Meanwhile the sixteenth had
formed upon our left, but seeing that the
d bNiTl IT, wac ldtll1tIll ONtls ~ Ih'''
about and charged against the right Of
Wilco%'s brigade, and thus completed tho
double flank movement which made stan
nard's brigade famous throughout the
army and gave Il Il place in history as
uniq'la as it Is respic1dent.
As we had captured 2i3 pr sOners. who
were gathered in rear Of my company, l
was ordered 10 conduct them to the gear.
After we had started, a larger guard was
thought desirable. so We were joined by
Mai BoyntOn and Company |. The rest
of the regiment returned to its original
position and suffered in doing 50 from
the Confederate artillery. Shortly after
this occurred the famous charge of a part
of Kilpatrick's division of cavalry against
the intrencied Confederate infantry west
of Round Top, in which the Fkst Yer
mont cavalry performed prodiStcS OF valor
and suffered heavy loss.
With this the battle ended and here I
should end this address. The whole world
knows the rest; and. % President Lincoln
said over the graves of our dead on yon-
der hill in the NOVembcT following the
battle, "rhe world will little note nor long
remember what We say here, but it can
never forget what they did here And
Yet. my duty Is not quite done.
We rave Always felicitated ourselv =
that our .oss was small. considering the
hazards that we took. But our killed and
wounded were nearly is per celt of our
NhillbT 'llnA6F'is D HE - Ah'li bhS
United States regiment has sustained in
all the battles in Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines. IT is nearly i per cent
greater than the average losses in all the
great European battles for more han "A
centucy. IT is 5 per cent greater than the
average losses of the Union troops in elev-
On of the greatest battles of the civil war,
and it is 4 per cent greater than the aV-
oragc Confed crate losses in the same bat
tie. II embraced some of our best officers
and deprived every one of us CT some
deaV friend. The sacrifice cousecrates this
. ground. We linger pom 1t, loath to say
farewell Many Of us will never 500 it
:. again: but we nav left our mark here and
, II is not a small one. even on the face Of
/, a nation grown twice as great AS when
, We fought to save its life. The integrity
:. of the Union and the rights of man were
made secuCe by tho events we commcniu-
, rate and a broad new vista of the world
progress WAS opened before our eyo9
The flag that we upheld has gained more
, stars and signaled forth new messages OF
duty. We love it too we'll not to read
and heed the cali, and we make our ow
= the words of our soldieS President when
!, he said at Aberdeen, South Dakota, last
1 Saturday, that Wherever that flag is
! it stands for liberty, humanity, and civ
: ilization."
The exercises closed with the singing Of
! America. The party then grouped about
= the monument where a picture was tax
!, en-. This closed the most impressive anI
: interesting exercises in connection viii
, the dedication of the monument of the
18th Vermont Volunteer Infantry.
DEDICATION OF 14th's MONUMENT.
e Attention was then turned to the exer-
= cises held near the 18th regiments monu'
ment. Mr.. F. H.. Shepard, secretary OF
I the regiment association called upon Rev
Geo. NJ. Glenn to offer prayer. The pre-
: sentation speech was made by Capt. X
e O.. Gore of the committee. Major Richard
: son, United States commissions accept {
i the monument for the government. Mr.
G b. f. Potter of Worcester. Mass, the.
1 delivered an able Grafton. This concluded
q the exercises of the day and the l4th Yer
Il mont had given into the government.
o charge another beautiful monument.
The afternoon was spent in sight-seeing
o In tho court house of this old town th'
Vermont visitors held a rousing campfire
; tonight at which veterans Of thcec roEi
Il ments Of Green Mountain boys INDUCED
y in "reminiscences of the great battle o
; Gettysburg. Hon. 5. a. Andrews Of Yer
gonnes, a member of the 18th regiment
e presided and addresses were made by
n Lieut.-Col. A. c. Brown, Hon. Mason +
/ Carpenter, j. II. Walling, ex-Gov. e. j
q Ornsbee, Hon. Burton j. Potter, J II. LY
/ on, Capt. S. f. Brown, W. w. Holden ant
: II. t.. Sturte''ant, members of the l@th
l. 18th and l4th regiments. j. w. NJ. Robin
: of the United States battlefield commits
o sion delighted the visitors with an enter
tanning address.
Perhaps the pleasantest feature of tn
q day was the meeting of Major Robbins,
Confederate soldier and officer, on tht
common battle ground. Two special Pull
c man trains are to leave here direct 70
New York. One hundred of the Vernon
q party go to Washington via Hagerstown
Z Antietam, Riverton, Manassas an
Alexandria.
n
Thousand Tongues