Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-14

or died of wounds and disease. The
battery was engaged in FIVE battles and
its casualties were 46 men, killed or.
died of wounds and disease. Then
came the ninth regiment, mustered July
9. 1862, was in five engagements ana
lost POS men This regiment has the
proud distinction of being the first to
enter the city of Richmond, Va, Aprll
3, 1865, outstripping all Others in their
race to reach the burning city which
had been abandoned the night before.
Then follows the tenth regiment which
was mustered in September !, loo2,
participated in IA engagements ana iost
336 men. The next was the eleventh
regiment, mustered into service sep
tember /, 1862, which was engaged in
l2 battles and lost during It's term OF
service $50 men. Then came the hve
regiments enlisted for nine months each
and which composed the second Yer
mont brigade. The twelfth, mustered
in October 4, 1862, was in two engage
ments and lost 63 men. The thirteenth
which was mustered in October lO,
1862. was engaged with the enemy
twice and lost 72 men. The fourteenth,
mustered into service October Il, 1867,
was in two engagements and lost %
men. The fifteenth, mustered October
%. 1862. took hand in three engage
ments and lost during its term of ser
vice 70 men. The last was the six
teenth, which went into camp here oc-
| tober 9, 1862, was mustered IN october
%. left for the front October "a, lSo2,
was in three engagements and lost IN
killed and died of wounds and disease
| 73 men. These last five regiments were
at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa, July
|. 9 and 3, 1868, and the thirteenth,
fourteenth and sixteenth met the splen-
did charge of Generals Pickett and VIII
| cox. the flower of the confederate army
that had been sent forward to break the
union center, and repulsed them with
terrible slaughter, gathering in as prls'
oners almost every surviving man Oh the
charging column. This brave resistance
of the confederate charge by the young
men of Vermont turned the tide or pat
tle. broke the backbone of the rebellion
and was the beginning of the successful
ending of the war waged on the part or
the south for the dismemberment OF the
union and by the general government
for its preservation and perpetuation TO
future generations.
The bronze tablet on yonder granite
boulder states that on these grounds
were mustered into the United States
service 10000 men. This statement Is
correct as far as it goes The organiza.
tions mentioned as originally mustered
! were composed of that number; but
there were subsequently recruited, mus
tered in and sent forward from here
1856 additional men, who were at
tached to these several organizations
named, making total of 1896 FUR
ther than this, in 1868 Brattleboro be-
came the general rendezvous of military
operations within the state and large
numbers of recruits were assembled
here. from time to time until the close
of the war, mustered into service ana
sent forward to fill up the ranks OF our
several regiments in the field. The ex-
act number may never be known.
The tablet attached to the monument
states that 1866 men were also mus
tered out of service here. This is cor
rect as having reference to the number
mustered out in organizations upon
their return from the war and upon ex-
niration of their term of service. In
addition thereto, not included IN the
foregoing, large number were dis,
charged and regularly mustered out OF