Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-30
STATUE OF GEN. A. s. WEBB
TO BE DEDICATED OCT. 12
ON FIELD OF GETTYSBURG

never forgot to praise tho excellent serv-
ices Of tho Second Vermont Brigade.
General Webb was warm personal
friend Of General stnnnard and had n
high regard for his ability Ms COM
mandipg general.
General webb commanded brigade
and also n division in tho Second Army
Corps during the terrible Wilderness cam
nairn. and met upon the neld OF battle
ut spottsyivania tho First Vermont
brigade, (the old Vermont brigade), com
mandcd by General Louis A. Grant This
occurred Mt tho Brock road Mt the time
when Longstroet's corps OF tho army Of
northern Virginia was pushing l1ancocks
Second Army Corps OF the army Of the
Potomac back. and indeed was upon
Hancock's loft flank. At this period
Eetty's Second Division OF the Sixth
Army Corps was ordered to Hancock
relief and II is understood that It was
here that General sedgwick commanding
the Sixth Corps Issued his famous order
put the vermonters ahead and keep
the column we'll closed up" These timely
achievements saved the day and Han
cocks corps not only held their position.
but drove Longstreet back. General
Webb's command was to the right of the
old Vermont brigade. At the battle Of
spottsylvania. General Webb again met
the old Vermont brigade at the Bloody
Angle" on May L. 1864. where he was
dangerously wounded in the head. 1t was
at this place that the old Vermont
brigade lay for so many hours on one
side of some enrthworks and the Con-
federates on the other and where the
loss Of life was appalling.
General Webb was not only a personal
friend OF General Grant and General
Stannard, but also Of General Wells, and
he knew the Vermont cavalry regiment
well, for during the last struggle of the
Army Of the Potomac, the Appomattox
campaign of 1866. General Webb was
&hief-of-staff Of that army to which the
cavalry corps of General Sheridan was
attached and In which Generals Custer.
Wells and other distinguished cavalry
men held important commands. General
Webb said that there We're no better
troops in the whole army than those
from the Green Mountain State General
James w. I.atta Of Philadelphia. who
Is to make the principal address at the
exercises. was the Acknowledgement of the
Second Division of the Sixth Army
Corps and Colonel Andrew Cowan of
Louisville, Ky. now president OF the
Society Of the Army of the Potomac,
commanded n battalion OF artillery of
the Sixth Corps. Both of these dis
tingushed soldiers were greatly pleased
with the old Vermont brigade.
The New York monuments commits
sion for the battlefields Of Gettysburg,
OF Colonel Louis r. Stegman Of New
York city. who served in the Army of
7 the Potomac and also in Sherman's army
| and was promoted from captain to colonel
of his regiment the 1O2nd New York
| being wounded at Cedar Creek, Gettys-
burg, Ringold and Pine Mountain, Ga
General Horatio c. King Of Brooklyn
y. Y, and General w. Stotesburg OF New
York city. General King served as q
| staff officer in Sheridan's cavalry corps
| and was awarded congressional media
of honor for gallantry in action Genera
Stotesburg was formerly adJutant-genera
OF the State Of New York. These com
missioners have for years given theil
undivided attention to the erection o
monuments in honor Of New York heroe:
on these batt!efelds. but II is certain thai
! no greater interest In the erection of any
statue has been shown than concern:
the one in memory Of Major-Genera
Alexander Stewart Webb. whose splen
did services and excellent work did much
to save the day a: this pivotal battle o
| the War Of the Rebellion.
General Crosby p. Miller, L. S. A.
(retircd), who was a corporal In Company
G.. 10th Vermont Volunteers. and ap
pointed a cadet at the United State:
Military Academy July /. 1863. was {
student under General Webb during hi.
| entire course. General Miller speaks o
| General Webb n charming gentleman
| and a remarkably scholarly and efficien
| instructor.