The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-04-17
CAPTAIN R. D. CUTLER OF THE BARKENTINE KLIKIrAT


q was 63 wears old on March 90,
and except for the wounds ] received
in the war, l scarcely know what an
ache or pain Is. -
1t was Captain Roswell Dwight Cut
Ter, master of the barkeutine Klikitat,
rugged and hearty, but as tender and
kindly as a woman, who spoke. He
had lust arrived from Port Gamble
with his vessel, lumber laden, on his
eighty-seeond voyage 10 this port on
the Klikitat. 1t is fifty years nearly since
he first went to sea. During that half
century he has fought for his country
both on land and on sea, and sailed I'M
der her flag to every part of the world.
OF Revolutionary ancestry, Captain
Cutler was born at East Machias,
Washington county, Maine, March %.
1S4j. His father was born at West
Midway, Mass, and his mother at
South Brsiutree in that State. His
mothers father was ships carpenter
on the old frigate Constitution. As
a bow, Cantain Cutler worked on his
fathers farm IN summer and helped in
the work or numbering in winter
"The first time left my mother, -
he said, was to 20 as boy on a
schooner 10 Boston in 1855 or 1859.
From that time on ! was going 20 sea
principally along the coast from Maine
to Boston. New York and Philadelphia
and occasionally TO the West Indies,
until the breaking out Of the Civil
War ! was fifteen wears old then. |
len enlisted in the navy, and served
the gunhoat Flamt eau the frigate
Wabash, and the sloop-of-wer Brook
lyu. mostly ia the North Atlantic
squadron under Admiral Dupont,
George Dewey was the executive officer
" the sloop 81 war BROOKLYN. Rear
Admiral Barker. now retired was a
midshipman on the Brooklyn MANY
people here know him. because he was
captain IT the Philadelphia when she
wps here years ago l.ater he took
the Oregon through to Manila.
"ln the fall of lSG3 I was paid on
and lcft the navy and enlisted in the
Ninth Maine Volunteers. This regi.
ment had been stationed At Hilton
Heads, pot, ROYAL, south Carolina, and
while I was iu The navy We were at
Port Roval a good deal. and had met
many ~ the men ~ that regiment.
some ~ them | had known In Maine,
our work IN the navy had been rfins
cipally watching Tor blockade runners,
l was youae, thought I would sec
mere, and do more IN tho army than
Ia the bavv, 10 | enlisted IN the
Ninth Maine When | Joined the frgi
mcht Il was a. Gloucester folnt, oppo.
size Yorktown, on the York river,
was wounded twice In the lighting he
tween Petersburg and nury's hlun,
and was sent "a the hospital a., Fortress
Monroe, From this hospital I. with
other severely wounded or not hopeful
cases, was sent 20 Philadelphia 10
hospital al the corner Of Broad and
Cherry streets, The women were good
% rs In that hospitals God bless ZEN.
Il reioined my regiment at Chapin's
farm, south Of the James. near Fort
Harrison. and not far from Richmond.
| was in the charge that took For,
Harrison. Then our regiment went
with the expedition that was sent 10
capture Fort Fisher. at the mouth OF
the Cape Fear River. and from there
We marched up the river towards VIII
North Carolina We entered
about 10 O'Clock in the
morning Of February %. 1866. a hum
CRY, dirty. lousy lot OF men. The Con-
rear guard left the place Just
as We were entering II. Then We
marched 20 Magnolia and rested there
A week or two till Sherman's army
came up from the south We heard
the guns at the Battle OF Bentonville,
which was the last big battle Of the
war. II was while We were near here
heard Of the news Of Lees
surrender. and tell you that the peo-
pie Of this generation don't know what
nurrahing is. They didn't hear US as
the courier rode along and announced
the surrender Of Lee Then We march
ed on to Raleigh, expecting to take
part in battle with Johnston But
Johnston surrendered to Sherman.
II didn't take part in the grand re-
view at Washington, I am sorry to
say. Our regiment was sent In de-