Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF 18th C. V.
Regiment Left For The Front Half Century AgoVeterans Held FOrty-fourth Annual Reunion at Buckingham Me morial, Wednesday-One Hundred and Twelve Mem bers Present-Wiiam Caruthers Reelected President

rietta Wright Mrs. Harriet Kinney, Mrs. Laura J. Hutehins, Mrs. Maria $. Disque, Mrs. Annie A. Dean, Mrs. | Julia Kies. Mrs. Ida R. Green, Mrs. Nan Huzzy. Mrs. Gertrude Tootill.
 These were assisted by other mem bers of the corps.
 Secretary Hovey received the fol- lowing interesting letter from Band master C. w. Tubbs. addressed to the | officers and members of the Eighteenth | regiment:
 Norwich, Conn.,, Aug. 21, 1912.
 Soldiers of the Eighteenth: Today | fifty years ago brings to mind your leaving our city for the seat of war. l Of course l do not remember you all l But our Greeneville company I do | remember. We'll to the regiment boys, | here goes. l was 8 member with John | Steiner and Beriah s. Rathbone of the | old Norwich brass band, having Joined | in December, 1861. We'll do 1 remem- Der the regiment being drawn up in | line with the old band on the right l All of 8 sudden there was a cheer and hacks with ladies and others standing, | and our grand old war governor came | riding down the line You all remem- Der that grand old benevolent face of his. They drew up in front of the regiment and he presented the colors to you. Dismiss, pack up, boys. to leave your homes and firesides to go forth and defend your country, You marched from the fair grounds to the city, embarked on the old City of Bos- ton and were off for New York amidst the cheers of the dock full of people to see you away and give you the hearty grand cheer. Later in the eve hing supper was held in the cabin, the officers at one end of the table and then came the band under the leadership of Frank w. White ST. In the eating part. of course, there was no excitement with the exception of Charlie Tubbs appetite Having net eaten anything through the day that enormous appetite of his had to show up. Eat how 1 did pack it awayl Pretty soon Leader White says; Char lie, can you spare time to pass me the butter2 They all had the laugh on me. Later on l had the pleasure of visiting the Greeneville boys in parole camp at Annapolis for four or five days and carried them refreshments, also I bought coats and pants and caps to sneak off home for a visit Such boys as Al Pitcher, Ben Jacques, Char | lie Carey and several more They were most of them gobbled up by the guard l before they reached Annapolis. Well, | boys, good luck to you, for a pleasant time and day, and that you may live to see a good many more reunions is the wish of the Eighteenth's good, true | friends. Yours
 C. W. TUBES. PA Franklin St, Norwich, Conn.
 Address by Mayor. l The greater part of the afternoon was devoted to a social time, the re- newing of old friendships and the re- counting of incidents of the great con- flict.
 Secretary Hovey also read an inter-e esting letter from J. H. Sawyer at the state holdiers home at Lafayette, Ind, giving a description of the home and surroundings. Following dinner May or T. c. Murphy made a brief address, congratulating the veterans upon the l large number present. l The regiment was originally com posed of 1,109 members, and of these there are now but PAS names on the register The engagements of the reg iment during the war were as follows:
 Winchester, Va. June 13-14. 1863. 1 Summits Point and Carters Farm, Va, June 15. 1863.
 New Market, Va, May 15, 1864. | Piedmont, Va, June 6, 1864. | Lynchburg, Va, June IS, 1884 Snickers Gap and Ford, Va. July 19, 1884.
 Kearnstown and Winchester, Va, July 24, 1864.
 Cedar Creek, Va. August 12, 1884
 Berryville. Va. September 3. 1864.
 Harrisonburg. Va, June 3, 1864. | Lexington, Va, June Il, 1864. Buchanan Va 111na IA 126d
 Liberty, Va, June 16, 1864.
 Quaker Church, Va, June IT, 1864.
 Salem, Va, June 21. 1864.
 Hedgesville, Va, July g, 1864.
 Martinsburg, Va, July 10, 1864.
 Kearnstown and Winchester, Va, July 2S. 1884.
 Martinsburg. Va. July 25, 1864.
 Stony Point and Middletown, Va, August Il and 12, 1864.
 Hupp Hill, Va, August 13, 1884.
 Opequon, Va, August 21, 1884.
 HaLftown and Charlestown, Va, August 22 to 26. 1864.
 Killed in battle 66; wounded 246 died of wounds while prisoners 13; died of disease while prisoners 27; died of wounds and disease 50i dis charged prior to mastering out of reg iment sz5 missing at mastering out of regiment 12,
 Those Present.
 Those who were present at the re- union were:
 Field and staff officers, D. W. flakes Henry Hovey, William Caruthers
 Co. A-Peter Campbell, Albert c. Greene, John Service, George c. Set chell, Louis Brand, c. D. Button, Hor ace W. sherman, John Phinney, John ] nafff
 Co. B-Caleb Blanchard, Harrison o. Bemis, Norman Kelley. c. H. Rich mond, Lucian A. Taylor, H. P. Brown Samuel Huntington, DID,, Danielson John M Paine.
 Co. C-Charres F. Geer, L. A. Man. ming, George W. Cross, H. T. Clark Edwin White, G. R. Burdick, H. B Ormsby, William A. Wetmore Orvan- do Lumbard, Edwin w. Leach, James H. Avery, Benjamin B. Brown, Charles H. Lynch. Gilbert A. Tracy, Charles Robinson.
 Co. D-Nathan Chase, Frank Con- verse, William Gould, James H. Griggs, Thomas J. Leonard, John N Perrin, Harvey Whittemore, Henry c Torry, Silas Clifford, Ellis Sprague Dwight Burdick, Oscar Conan, A. A Buchanan, Albert s. Sheldon, James F. Buckley, C. w. Grosvenor, George E. Young. Joseph w. Buck, J. H. Richard
 Co. Flames Mckee, Henry E. Av- cry, Loren Spencer, George w. Keg. win, Anthony Adams, George Parkin. , son, W. c. Tracy, Horace w Fox George Maynard, E. T. Albertine. l Co. F-Timothy Sullivan, George W Loomis, Daniel A. Botham, George W Blake, William L. Davies, James W. l Loomis, John W. E. Woodward, Rus. sell M. Brown. Roswell Butler, An. t lrew Palmer.
 Co. G-Walter T. Fox, Josiah W Whitney. Willis G. Howard, Peter Gi. roux, Fred W. Redhead, Charles Bur.