The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-06
ROMANCE OF CIVIL WAR.
Ended in Marriage of George w. Flagg
and Hannah E. Batchelder To-day.

Ex-senator George w. Flagg of East
Braintree and Mrs. Hannah Il. Batchel-
der OF upper Hill street were married
at the congregational parsonage on Wal
nut street this afternoon by Rev. ]. w,
Barnett. They were unattended and i'm
mediately after the ceremony they were
taken in cab to the Central Vermont
station, whence they left for few days
stay in Burlington. Afterwards .ey
viii go to Braintree, where the N
is engaged extensively in bree' : ncy
stock and reforesting.
The wedding of ex-Sens ~ dgg will
occasion considerable sr ~ among his
friends around the ST = 1t among the
near friends of ths ~ ie, it has been
an open secret f. ~ ie time that they
were to be mars> The ceremony is
the elimination OF little romance that
had its beginning back in Civil war days,
when the groom numbered as one of his
most devoted companions brother OF
the woman who was to be his bride 80
years after Gettysburg was fought. Will
liam Stowe was that brother and when
he fell in the bloody fighting through
the Wilderness, it was Mr.. Flagg who
cared for the body and sent consoling
messages TO the bereaved family in the
North. After the war, Mr.. Flagg be-
came acquainted with his future wife,
but circumstances separated their walks
of life. Later, however, an acquaintance
ship once renewed was soon to ripen into
q closer relationship. The groom is "a
g. .u
Though the groom has been identified
with public life for many years, having
served in the General Assembly of 1886
as representative from Braintree and
again in the Senate of zoos as a senator
from Orange county, he is better known
through his connection with the wrest-
ling game. Mr.. Flagg is the last of a
race of Green Mountain wrestlers that
spread the fame of the states athletic
prowess far and wide in ante -bellum
days, as well as in the four decades fol-
lowing the war between the states. He
has reputation for never having lost
a single match on the mat.
Mr.. Flagg enlisted as a private in Go.
F, I'd Vermont volunteers, at Montpelier
In 1861. He saw service at Bull Run,
campaign around Richmond,
both battles of Fredericksburg, Sheri-
dams campaign in the Shenandoah, Get
tysburg, Winchester, Cedar Creek and
Fishers Hill As a first lieutenant and
brevet captain, he was mustered out in
1865 and led the only whole company
raised in Washington county back to
At the close of the war he returned
to Braintree and settled on the ances
trail farm. A wide reputation as an ath-
ete and wrestler gained in the army
was sustained for many years after the
war. He engaged in contests with cham
oions from all America and at the age
If 3S years he won championship belt
N three days' match with dozen of
he best wrestlers in the United States.
During his career he wrestled in nearly
III the large towns in New England,
ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan. His last
match was staged in Manchester, n. H.,
l2 years ago, when he was 62 years old.
lie won.
Mr.. Flagg Ii connected with the Cots
void Register association, the director
ties of the White River and Dog River
Valley fair associations, Legislative com
nittees on military affairs, and is
member of the Washington County Vet
rams association and past commander
# Randolph post, G.. A. r. He has held
many town offices. Mr.. Flagg said to-
Law that he would return TO Braintree
nd devote his entire time to reforest-
ng some of his large timber tracts In
hat vicinity.