The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-28
CIVIL WAR VETERANS MEET.
Interesting Facts and Figures Concern
ing First Vermont Brigade.

Comradc Edwin Burnham and wife en-
tertained a small company Of veterans
Of the Civil war at their home in
Cabot last Saturday There were pres
ent Sergt. w. j. Bliss Of Calais,
Sergt w II II MeAllister OF Til
ton, n H., Private David w. Stevens
Of Walden, representing Go G Of the
4th Vermont regiment; Corp Edwin
Burnham Of Cabot and Private Kelsey
p Freeman Of Cabot, representing Co.
II, 4th Vermont regiment; Sergt.
Stephen b Blodgett, representing Co
X, 4th Vermont regiment; Private
0rvis P. Boyles Of Cabot, representing
Co. II, 18th Vermont regiment; Pri-
yate r. ID Waldo of Cabot, represent
ing Co. D, lst Vermont cavalry, and
Private II L Russell Of Cabot, repre-
senting Battery !, Vermont light ar
tillery
OF these veterans, Comrade Boyles Is
the oldest, being nearly 75; Comrade
McAllister is close second at "a,
lust past; Comrade Stevens is 72;
Comrade Bliss, II; Comrade Russell,
6s: Comrade Blodgett, 81; Comrades
Burnham and Waldo, So, and Freeman,
65
All these comrades are drawing PEN
sions, the higlrst, SAG month for loss
of leg above the knee; the next high
est. $40, for injury TO left hand with
other wounds; one $50, for impairment
Of eyesight, with other troubles; three
s24 for disability; one $l7 for dis
abiliay; and one an age pension Of SIS,
an increase on disability pension OF
Sl2
A more cheerful company would be
hard to find Of any age, but Comrade
Blodgett has more recently lost the
free use Of one Of his feet and seemed
to be the mist crippled Of the whole
company His present pension Of Sl1
i disproportionate to his physical con-
dition
Some three or four hours Of the
midday were spent in swapping rem
iniscences of the experiences Of camp
and march and battle. in inquiring aft
er absent comrades, both the living and
the dead Full justice was done TO the
bountiful repast furnished by host and
hostess, for which vote OF thanks
was returned
The matter of a reunion of the sur
vivors OF the First Vermont brigade,
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary
Of its organization, the coming fall,
was discussed and Comrade Bliss was
informally appointed a committee to
confer with some OF the leading sur
vivors Of the brigade to promote such
reunion
Comrade Bliss has compiled some
interesting statistics of the number Of
men furnished by the nearby towns to
the I'd, Sd, 4th 9th and 9th regi-
ments, composing the first Vermont
brigade, as follows. Cabot, As; Wood
bury, 81; Marshfield, 10; Calais, ls;
Plainfeld, 10; and East Montpelier,
so; total, lql. OF all these there are none
now living in Woodbury., Marshield and
East Montpelier Of those who enlisted
from those towns aud only one, Rufus
Pray, Of those who enlisted from Calais /;
VIII Perry from Plainheld, and Asa
Mack and Stephen B Blodgett from
Cabot Most 81 the survivors are wide
Nv scattered
Mrs Bliss and Miss Bliss from
Calais, Mrs Hiram Wells of Cabot
and Mrs. McAllister of Tilton, n. II
we're present and assisted Mrs Burn
ham in entertaining her guests OF
those present at similar gathering at
Comrade Bliss four years ago, four Of
the ten present have since died