Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-30
THE DRUMMER BOY HERO
Daring Deeds of Julian Scott Near
Lees Mills in 1862.
Midst Appalling Danger Snves Many
Comrades--OBe Had Becn Saved
DiSgraccfuI Death by
Lincoln.

On a charming Sunday summer after
noon. a decade ago the mortality of Jul
ian Scott, one Of the bravest and most
brilliant soldiers Of the Union army, sub
sequcntly a portrait and battle scene
painter Of prominence. and for mary
years quiet moving. but none the less
noble, upright and patriotic citizen Of
riainheld, who had departed for the land
iof shadows, was quietly and tenderly
borne to its last resting place in a beauti-
full nearby city of the dead by members
OF a Masonic lodge, writes j. Madison
Drake in the Elizabeth Daily journal.
Julian Scott, native of Vermont, was
but 10 years of age when at school ne
heard the call of his country for volun-
teors to defend the flag for which his
fathers had fought and suffered. and for
which ne had intense, burning love. En-
listing in the Third Vermont Infantry
Regiment as a drummer being too deli
Icatcly formed to carry a heavy rife and
necessary acCoutrcmcnts. he found him
self, with his command. encamped on the
Virginia peninsula early in the spring OF
1862
1t was on the morning of April 1s that
the aftcrward famous Vermont Brigade
Third Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Regiments
composed Of sterling Green Mountain
boys, was ordered to make an attack on
n strong fortidcaton in a forest near Lees
MINIS VI burnt thinneES' on the Tsht
bank of Warwick river, a meandering
stream of no mean width or force.
Nnen 'he Dahk OF the river mad been
Io"ch'd' uhder cover OF an effective ire
from one OF our hght h"ld batteries four
''"p'H'eS 81 t"e mr." regiment 10 one
"nl." young scott was attached
"''"e" mo the h"oo anu despite des-
'"'1 i'Si9'''''' o' inc part Oh the en-
'"N' "'''"'" among 'r''S ana thlck I'M
'''' ~ va" WI 'i' "Pr"S''e sue erected
W., '''7 "''' '""e'r'' without SUI 'ainlnS
''.H.''''''e l'"S ana getting thorough
".'''E ''e wafer n'lhs breast h1Eh' ana
''''''''-' ~ vas u.HcoNere' "hen 700 Iats'
80. P"P'' var '''uS'S carried III leathor
~,
n' companies "h'ch mus gained the
"'H' p'U'k'IN attacked ana
u"I'h'E drove IN" Commentaries from
,"'. '"oS'h position ana pursued the
.'''"t enemy some distance But ind
I'E 'n'"ISeN'S unsupported ana win
"o'' "l,NN "Hlnuhtoh' owing 20 the soak
"'" ""'"' F"h'' ana 4arE" force
3 ~ t"' enemy advancing the -FOUR com
''"'" ny 'no 'ohied'ratrs VINO poured 4
3 "'St "c'.N' nr' INTO their disorderHd
, ,'"Ns, lH'a4i"e inc horror or the ga
: ''"' u mon '''s wheh tneN hnaIiy reach
we i''"' ana FOUND instead OF the
P'"'." S.teaih theN had "aded an hour
: prev '""siN' mighty hood or rushing
, ""'er"' INTO when IL was perilous TO en-
:
3 me the lttIe Vermont command. APP
! '''0"'!' i'i' W ''S iatr' Han accomplished
''9 ''sN' ."' .o'I' "'rat'S had meanwhile
p 'f'"e" ''' """uSa''S al lhe nllIS'
a"o' instance apoNe' allowing the con-
l .l"'' waters 10 escape ana envelopins
'"' "'N""o'S IN "anE'rouS trap-deatn
~ - w" seemingly tne only ar'rha-
ives fS'aP" was lmpoSsiole-a terrible
S'.'a ""h 'hfflnt'd 'nem.
8 p'ine" 10 apSo'u'r desperation ny their
''i'''''H To urI'''" themselves los want 81
"'"''''''"' re S'l'"ll N'Fin"hl'rS turn
; ~. 10 one """'"er IN uISh'N' NOT ray
va '''r 'I''"''u 10 cn'er Ihe nhrort l.
s '''u'''0 WI" ,'"H lo"'" themselves
, IN a p'rh'US situation. from which extrl-
r '"'.'" ','''" i"po"SIo'r'
''''' '''' many o' '"e men IN utter
NP'.' '''o" ''p'u from 'h' o'nk mo
.,'' ''''l'''E an" tuSn''R waters hoping
80 - "a NV ''''' ''''' =
-" S'''" '"' r'iI'''""er Oh 'ne o''Saue'
. ''H " 't"uc' "SSIS'a"ct' W"'''
""N'' H"''''r "i"'' inc pd"N
"l'" " ny" my SI'o" H"P'nS mus 10
ape '''o ''l''nue' an" ''"'o'Sr'eSS Hre
VI ,"o c'e'''S' ms rendered inc con-
i"9'"" more t'frlple-d task beyond nv
P!"'' ~ "'St' 'o''
''' u - Ill the mast ~ tle most app'l-
' "s "".'He''' "o"eNt'' '-''' 'I'e character
, vi NV H'n'''Vd" So'u'et reveals 'tSe'I' ana
} ''N' "'' o"c S""" ''ii'S'H Srcd'er III
% '.S'u IMAM pr"ih'n'r '"Ia" scott IN
'"' "'Pio'dD'' hlSi"rtuheS "H''H poSt MS
e ''i''"'"' %" 'HIS i"Itl oaN. W ""t a.
'"""" "'id presence oI i"''" III '"e MUS
, W ''' llnh'Ih'ut ana i'lH'i"id hangers
= wa, "''"IleS',u ny inns ln'r'P.' YOUTH a
t i' ""'d'y ana lea'''S'N plunged mo the
,"'"F hoo'' anna raln-S'orm OF
.Hu'' HlsS'I'S' ana struck through the
"'H'"I "e' current Tor the opposite nahk
i'SN"'"E' "n'n SINKING Tor 'he last tme'
o. N"u"uou companion VINO was sho'
T. "a. ""NH the neck Wh'Ir swimming at MS
Y Hiu''
o. arriving inc suffering soldier 10 place
| on s'ietF' JuIIan scott perfectly lnsensl-
r. ple 10 the dangers surrounding MIN, and
I l''h!I's no QuaIity IN sterling young man