The Republican journal., 1905-09-07
THE BOYS IN BLUE.
Reunions of the 10Th, 26th and 27th
Maine Regiments.
THE 18th MAINE AT CLINTON.

THE 18th MAINE AT CLINTON,
Eighty-seven of the surviving members o
the 10Th Maine Regiment met Aug. 25th il
the beautiful little village of Clinton-ius
43 years from the date of their muster-in a
Bath in 1862 1t was beautiful day ant
the decorations of flags and bunting CAV,
mute expression to the welcome EXTENDED
the visiting veterans. On arrival the com
rades marched to the town hall where tn,
forenoon was passed in friendly hand
clasps and renewing old acquaintances
Some met for the first time since the muster
out in 1865. An early dinner was served il
the banquet room, and rarely do the com
rades sit down to better meal than thai
prepared by the ladies of Billings Relief
Corps and the good people of Clinton. II
may be said here that the regiment met in
| Clinton, by invitation of Rev. f. b. Furber
president Of the association and one of the
oldest and most respected citizens of the
| place. and who proved a model host.
The afternoon meeting was called to order
| by President Furber. and although more
| than so years have passed over his head,
anu he Iost dill arm III the Dattle OF the
| Wilderness, he seemed as young as any of
the boys. The records of the last meeting
were read and approved, and then came the
election OF officers, which resulted as fol-
lows: President, James G.. Emerson of
Madison; vice president, Mr.. Wells of Nor
ridgewock; secretary, Silas Adams of Wa
terville; chaplain, Rev G. r. Palmer of
next year at Lakewood in the town of Madi-
son was accepted. Then after some re-
marks on the history of the regiment, TO be
written in the future, the meeting adjourn
ed until evening. The remainder of the af-
ternOon was spent in walks and drives
bountiful and nicely served supper.
In the evening camp fire was held in
town hall, Past President Furber presiding.
1t was opened with prayer by Rev E.
Foster Of Clinton; followed by an able ad-
dress of welcome by DR.. A. A. Shaw, the
son of a veteran, to which Rev. G. R. Pal
mer of South Portland gave a hearty re-
sponse, including some war "reminiscences.
The musical laft of the program included a
violin solo by Nelly MeNally of Clinton
vocal duet by Mrs F. W. Dodge and Mrs.
Morris Kendall; vocal solo by Mrs Frank
Smith, and song by A. Stinson which
brought down the house Remarks we're
made by f. p. Furber of Clinton, L. Brown
of Brunswick, Silas Adams of Waterville,
Rev. Edw. Foster of Clinton, James Emer-
son of Madison and A. Stnson of North
Searsport. Resolutions thanking the peo-
pie of Clinton for their hospitality, ana the
railroads for reduced rates, were unani-
mouSly adopted. Closed with benediction
by Rev. EdW. Foster.
The 10Th Maine was formed in August.
1862, of the stalwart sons OF Maine, chiefly
from the counties of Waldo, Somerset, Ken
nebec and Sagadahoc. Among the captains
were ". Il: = Fogler Of Be!fast, ). W:
Portland, j, W. Welch OF Augusta and
Nehemiah Smart of Swanvlle, all of whom
later attained high rank in the service. The
ranks were composed of intelligent farmers,
mechanics aud business men. Its first
Colonel was +. D. Sewall of Bath, under
whom it went to the front and entered upon
active service. 1t reached Washington,
D. c., while the second battle of Bull Run
was i'll progress, and after that participated.
III every engagement of the Army Of the
Potomac except that at Autletam. The
regiment was assigned to the lst brigade,
End division, 2nd corps, and some of its
commanding generals were Sumner, Couch,
Howard, Hancock and Webb-names fam
Gus III the history of the war. After the
battle of fredericksburg, where the reai-
ment received its first baptism OF fire, Col.
Sewall resigned and Col. Heath took COM
mand, reslgnlng later to be succeeded by
Col. Conuor, who held the position until
severely wounded at the battle of High
Bridge Col. j. W. Spaulding then took
command and accompanied the regiment
home.
The Nineteenth was a lighting regiment
and never lost an opportunity 10 engage the
enemy. 1t lost more than half its members
at Gettysburg and lost men in every battle
of note. The names of sixteen battles are
inscribed on its banner, and it participated
i'll more than fifty heavy engagements. 1t
was ever ready for fun or fight. When the
regiment marched down through the Lou
don Valley, Virginia, the boys did some
fine foraging, and Gen. Mcclellan took our
brigade commander to do for allowing his
men to forage SO much4 Gen, German, a
gruff, old West Point army officer, smart
ing under the rebuke of the commanding
general, rode up to Colonel Baxter of the
Pennsylvania Reserves and said Colonel,
did you ever see regiment that could
forage like the 10th Maine?" Col. Baxter
replied: "No, General, | never did -
"Then Colonel" said Gen. German, "as
your superior officer | command you to get
down on your knees and thank God.
THE 26TH MAINE AT BELFAST
The annual reunion of the 26th Maine
Regmental Association was held in Me-
mortal Hall, Belfast, Thursday, Aug. 3lst,
with IA good attendance of members and
their families. President Fuller of Rock
port having suffered paralytic shock was
unable to be present, and L. A. Conant OF
Belfast, chairman of the executive commit
tee, called the meeting to order and called
Hon. Fred ). Walls Of Vinalhaven to the
chair In opening the business meeting
Comrade Walls said that the only way to
really enjoy reunion was to try to make
the other fellow enjoy it and in SO doing we
get better results ourselves Each year
there are many dropping out of our ranks
and their numbers are less: Let isusoa us make
Acting Secretary NJ. L. Chase of Swan
vile read the records of the last meeting,
which were approved, and reported the
critical illness of President Fuller and the
death of the Secretary, Daniel W. Billings
Of SWanville.
Treasurer b. o. Bowen of Morrill, report
ed that he had received $3.50 from the pre-
ceding treasurer, had paid S37 on the his
tory debt and had balance OF S113 on
hand. His report was accepted
Capt A. f. Clark, custodian of the unsOld
copies of the history of the regiment, report
ed that he had sold some copies, and that
the remainder were stored in Memorial
building. A committee appointed to ascer-