Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-15
The ist MAINE CAVALRY;
Something Of lis Glorious Record-Those
Present at the Reunion.

| lie ISL (dtdHy has Inc Dr0Jl1
record Of having been allowed the
MONIES Of more battles on it's flag thar
any other regiment in the grand old
| army OF the Potomac and of having
| lost more men killed in action and
who died from wounds that any other
cavalry regiment in the service
Twenty nine battles were borne upor
it's flag by general orders from tbs
headquarters of the army of the Poto.
mac. issued March I. 1866, and six were
added during during the last grand
campaign in the spring Of 1865, which
ended with the surrender of General
Lee and the whole rebel army.
| These were engagements worthy OF
the name Of battle, but besides these
the regiment. or some portion of it.
was in many skirmsh in which II
met with casualties and many In which
1t escaped harm. More than 100 times
We're men of this regiment under fire
where the bullets of the enemy did ex-
ecution
The FIRST appointed colonel of this
regiment ''as John Goddard, but the
active command fell to Major Samuel
II. Alien - Thomas:on, who is now
Governor Of the Soldiers Home at
Tosus.
The fol wing are the members of
the Maine Cavalry who We're present
II the 2Sth reunion at Merrymeeting
park. Wednesday:
Gen. J. p. Cillcy, Rockland. Of the
field staff; George T. Jewett, now of
Bo"ton, formerly Of Bath; Thomas J.
Sanford. Marlboro. Mass: VIM. Loin-
i,la (FRlrfl. t+lay1ac
land: &. a. Holden. Lovemont; c.
Smith, Gkowhegan; Geo. E. Goodwin.
Skowhegan; ID. w Gage. Cambridge:
l.. Goodwin, Skowhegan; ]. H. Wyman,
Skowhegan: II. r. Colesworthy.
Wodfords; Rodney Sparrow. Port
land; l.. II. Tobie, Portland; j. p
Corson. Mt. Vernon: L. B. Hill, Au-
c.usta; $. A. Holway. Salem
A. w. Clement. Waterville, Leonard
II. Rose. W. Leeds: n. W. Kurdish,
Lewiston; caleb s. Lang. Portland: C.
". Weymouth, Augusta; VIM. McLoon,
Auburn; Eben Andrews, Willard; Jo-
seph II. Coffin. Auburn: Milton F.
Kicker, Auburn; w. l.. Holmes, Fair
field; NJ. T. Hyson. Cooper's Mills;
Charles F.. Witham. Bath: C. r Gould,
Hampden; Warren A. Jordan, Ban
gor; c. c. Goodwin. Chas F. Dam,
Portland; W. S. Sylvester. lewiston
G. w. Barnes. Waterville.
Corydon o. Stone. Boston; NJ. Went
worth, Union; Samuel Burrows, Wal
doboro: c. B. Phoenix, Chelsea: John
T.. Hart. Durham: John Emery, Hamp-
den: a. p. Russell. Leeds: VIM. Brad
ford, Friendship; W. H Morse, Clin-
ton: G. II. Russell, Poland; Leander
Lane. Turner; s. G. Rose, Leeds; G. A
Savage. Fairfield; E. T. Getchell
Brunswick: I. S. Maxwell. Litchfield;
III. j. Allen. Skowhegan: J. p. Carr.
F. T. Mason, Turner Centre; Z. b.
Thompson. Northampton. Mass; A.
Dee!ins. Cape Elizabeth; John P.
Strout. Thomaston; S. B. Newbegin,
Ola Town: w. NJ. Loud. Richmond;
Francis Hart, Bath; D. P. Hanson.
Augusta; 7. s. Adams. Scion; A. p.
Given. Hebron: L. Barton. Thomas
ton; F. d. Linn. Augusta; s. ]. Knowl- !
ton, Bremen; W. c. Beals, Brunswick:
Horatio y. Souie. Yarmouth; Geo. s. |
Royal Freeport: Isaac Bingham, |
Alonzo u. Milton. China: A. +. !
Stewart, SO. Gardiner: Geo. Doughty. !
Augusta; Denris Murphy. Skowhegan; |
= a. lnoinaS, Augusta W. A W inter. /
F. j.. Lowe, Waterville; W. /.
Cohoon. WaterviIle.
Col. s. H. Allen, Togus: Richard Nc |
Carthy. Central Falls. r. l.
Ira b. Harvey. Lewiston: E. ]. Pull |
sifer. Poland: George Prince. Boston: |
Plummer H. Butler, Naugatuck.
H. W. Hildreth. Gardiner; ]. X. |
Brooks. Chelsea, Mass: Francis Col |
burn, Winslow: George l.. Dustin. Au-
burn.
Alfred W. Knight. jefferson: Chas. |
Bath; Geo. p. Tucker, So |
Paris; A. c. Drinkwater, Braintree, |
Mass; Charles Moulton, Orr's Island.