Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-10-26


sea, ua ro,cbad tbis fold only six hours
i,tor than rnoe, Of tboeo who had tvvo
dnvs tbn stnr, and moro than that in adj
vance or e,,,ne of thou Sometimes we
ma rcbcd for bo,,rs after tho l,st dron Of
wafer had honn drawn from the canteens.
MANY of tho men became fevered and the
sunerinps of others weqo so intense that
thcv fcU out and crnwlad TO some muddy
nooi to lave thoir c,ackinp Inns shortly
before relcbinr Frederick MARYLAND. we
halted for a brjef ,ast in sight Of n wall.
Ito virdIose md vbi+nvnshod curh eloam
upon orr visions oven now. We thought
of the Old Oal,eu Hucket and of the cool
waters of ON. mountain homes Our brig
ade commander knowing as we did not
that we were So near a town. where re-
lief wou1d he abundant and fearing disor-
der and d,lav in Alternating To get a sup
plv of water from one small we'll. placp,l
"A safeguard over it and issued a strict
order against leaving the ranks. More
than one Captain went 10 him and sought
permission to fill one canteen for his worst
suffering NOR. bur in vain. Hearing this
and being deanlv moved nv a few pitiab'e
eases i'm his own companv' Lieut.. Stanhen
i. Urown of Comnapy X handed his sword
TO "A private loadel himself with oanteens
disregarding the warning of the safe
Guard. filled them ard returned 10 his
company and was soon arrested and
oLi;aa1 nt.o 49, 49,. sr.or1 W., III.
field was reached. Lieut.. Col. Uunson in
tcrceded for him and obtained permission
s so. L u." =, m'" :" ,rtnn ~
battle. but when it was found to have
49, 80 ~ 49,, I'll a. .i",I,,
,ratr - w. -
Ratchet and took his place for duty. on
the following dav. when we were %.lpport-
ing batteries on cemetery Hill, he noticed
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9oi!S "'u " tie ""1 n iU,"r'
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~ tneu w., NV p"Sevu nv "nlNiu'I!..oi
""t ,ney WIZ irIIeNeu. It 'VninIt'..s
-, ""t'u Ia inoi"inriie pam" i-C'iu
tniS u'Tu III ,n1 n'FcrIpllonS put "npl
lnu"n Iai"eu ne nc'cNS weNns =.
duhVu '"e onh'i,9Sio" - an thc ""N".9
'"N ~ "" "o uoSi",0u nc -
nv"i, W II my uas Vi ~ '".'l''
MH,h t"e icSliielit Hau S"tlseu 'pol,
'CnVu. : mt"n a,u "IS ny etS|sr'
~ wy 'to9o p""i.e'S' piVM" -" w
ic''ta'c lieutenant 'c'i HH' anu WIN
u',''V" m"''Hc' 'Pi'ns lOl MN Hhe an
''''"'"' n9 3o"HS oHIOei ii9''"',S an
ga over ~ sworn ailu Pl9toi ana brown
as prorhp'y appropriate thenh ana urol-
peu Ms hatCnet' ne nau spent an the
previous 'lSHt pet"eei the armies ioIcN-
Ins tne Wouhueo' AFTER the rcPuISe Oh
f1ckctt ana "hen the reslmeht had moved
10 announcer position ne learned mat CCr-
porai Church OF ms had p'oh
Iell oehlhd ana was pleeclns dangerously
from a wound promptly ne r'tuftlod 10
MN ana Whlle applying a tourhaquet was
Stunned by the near explosion or n SMELL
from the shock OF whlch ne ana not re-
cover uhul we returned TO vermont
Nothing more was heard OF ms arrest
or Impending In a rev
weeks AFTER our muster-out ne raised Il
company and became a captain IN the
-th vermont. In thcT hrst battle ne lost
an arm ana was reluctantly competed 10
leave the service. some seventeen year
after the event | related the Ratchet in
cldcht in an address before the vermont
Oilocrs Reunion society, which was pub
llshcd III thelr Voluinc OF Transactions. Al