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 4th Vermont Reg't. 
 
 BY 
 
 COLONEL G. G. BENEDICT, 
 
 STATE MILITARY HISTORIAN. 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE REUNION 
 
 HELD JU-LY 4TM,'1887. ALSO, 
 
 A -ROSTER of the REGIMENT* 
 
 WITH PRESENT ADDRESS OF MEMBERS. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 CO. F, 14th VERMONT REGIMENT. 
 September 16 r 1887. 
 
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A SHORT HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 14th Vermont Reg't. 
 
 BY 
 
 COLONEL G. G. BENEDICT, 
 
 STATE MILITARY HISTORIAN. 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE REUNION 
 
 HELD JULY 4TH, 1887. ALSO, 
 
 A ROSTER of the REGIMENT, 
 
 WITH PRESENT ADDRESS OF MEMBERS. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 CO. F, 14th VERMONT REGIMENT. 
 September 16, 1887. 
 
 Press of C. A. Pierce, Bennington. 
 
To the 14th Vt. Reg't. 
 
 Dear Comrades: — 
 
 In presenting the following account of the re- 
 union held under our auspices, July 4th, 1887, we have 
 thought best to add other matter thereto ; and through the 
 kindness of our State Military Historian, Col. G. G. Benedict 
 of Burlington, Vt., are able to include a short history 
 of the regiment. A diary of the regiment, a complete roster 
 of it, together with the present addresses of its member- 
 ship, are also included. 
 
 It is with pleasure we present this work to all of our 
 Comrades of the 14th Regiment, and if through the reunion, 
 and through this pamphlet we succeed in awaking in all of 
 our old time Comrades a new interest in each other that will 
 tend to keep us together in an association as long as any of 
 us remain, we shall feel more than repaid for all the time, 
 money and labor expended in bringing about this object. 
 In behalf of Company F. 
 
 F. H. SHEPARD, Secretary. 
 
The 14th Regiment, 
 
 VERMONT VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 The Fourteenth Vermont Regiment was raised under 
 President Lincoln's call of August 4th, 1862, for 300,000 
 militia to serve for nine months. It consisted of companies 
 recruited in the counties of Addison, Rutland and Benning- 
 ton. The companies organized in their respective towns, 
 and on the 25th of September, the Company officers met and 
 elected the Field officers, who selected the regimental staff. 
 The organization of the regiment was as follows : 
 
 FIELD OFFICERS. 
 
 Colonel, William T. Nichols, Rutland. 
 Lieutenant Colonel, Charles W. Rose, Middlebury. 
 Major, Nathaniel B. Hall, Bennington. 
 Adjutant, Harrison Prindle, Manchester. 
 Quartermaster, Charles Field, Dorset. 
 Surgeon, Edwin H. Sprague, Middlebury. 
 Assistant Surgeon, Lucretius D. Ross, Poultney. 
 Chaplain, William S. Smart, Benson. 
 
 COMPANY OFFICERS. 
 
 Company A, Bennington : Capt. Ransom O. Gore. 
 " B, Wallingford: " John C. Thompson. 
 
 " C, Manchester : " Josiah B. Munson. 
 
 « D, Shoreham : " Charles E. Abell. 
 
A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 Company E, Middlebury : 
 " F, Castleton : 
 
 G, Bristol : 
 " H, Rutland : 
 " I, Vergennes : 
 
 K, Danby : 
 
 Capt. Edwin Rich. 
 " Joseph Jennings. 
 " Noble F. Dunshee. 
 '• Walter C. Dunton. 
 " Solomon T. Allen. 
 " Alonzb N. Colvin. 
 
 COLONEL WILLIAM T. NICHOLS. 
 14th Vermont Regiment. 
 
 Colonel Nichols' first commission was that of Colonel. 
 He was a young lawyer in Rutland when the war broke out, 
 and enlisted in the Rutland Company of the First Vermont 
 Regiment. Nichols was the first to respond, and served 
 with the First Regiment throughout its term of service, 
 fought at Big Bethel, and after returning home represented 
 the town of Rutland in the Legislature of 1861. He had 
 been re-elected representative of Rutland in September, 
 1862, when the colonelcy of the Fourteenth was offered to 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 7 
 
 him ; and dropping all civil duties he devoted himself anew 
 to the service of his country. He was 33 years old, prompt, 
 patriotic, intelligent and capahle. 
 
 After the close of the war, Colonel Nichols removed 
 his residence to Maywood, 111., near Chicago, where he died 
 in April, 1882. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel Rose had also seen service in the 
 First Regiment, and as Captain of Company B of the Fifth 
 Vermont Regiment had been wounded at Savage's Station 
 in the seven days' retreat, and was now 24 years of age, and 
 an experienced and competent officer. 
 
 Major Hall was a son of Ex-Governor Hiland Hall, and 
 was State's Attorney of Bennington County when elected 
 Major. He was a patriotic and capable officer. 
 
 Adjutant Prindle and Quartermaster Field were new in 
 their duties, but speedily demonstrated their fitness for the 
 positions. 
 
 Surgeon Sprague only remained with the regiment three 
 weeks and was then succeeded by Dr. Adrian T. Woodward 
 of Brandon, who was an able surgeon. 
 
 Chaplain Smart was the pastor of the Congregational 
 church in Benson, which gave him leave of absence for nine 
 months. Dr. A. M. Plant of Burlington was appointed sec- 
 ond assistant surgeon in January, 1863. The rank and file 
 of the Regiment was of Vermont's best. 
 
 The Regiment went into camp at Brattleboro on the 6th 
 of October, and was busy with company and battalion drill 
 till the 21st, when the Regiment was reviewed with the 
 Fifteenth and Sixteenth Regiments, by Governor Holbrook, 
 General Phelps and Colonel E. H. Stoughton, who was the 
 commander of the Second Vermont Brigade. In the after- 
 noon of the same day it was mustered into the United States 
 service with 952 officers and men. 
 
 It left the State on the 22nd of October, going by rail 
 to New Haven, Conn., by steamer " Continental " to New 
 York, thence by two steamboats to Perth, N. J., thence by 
 rail, via Camden to Philadelphia, and thence to Washing- 
 
8 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 ton, where it arrived at noon of the 25th. Three of the men 
 were prostrated by sunstroke that day, while standing in 
 line. In the morning it marched seven miles, its first march 
 of any distance, with knapsacks, via Chain Bridge to " Camp 
 Chase " on the Virginia side of the Potomac, where it was 
 temporarily brigaded with some Maine troops, and where 
 it remained three days. 
 
 On the 28th the Regiment, with the Brigade, was re- 
 viewed by General Casey; and after a parade lasting five 
 hours re-crossed the river, and marched to Capitol Hill, 
 Washington, where it joined the three Vermont Regiments 
 already there. The next day it was brigaded with the other 
 nine months Vermont Regiments, and thenceforth was part 
 of the Second Vermont Brigade. 
 
 On the morning of the 30th the Brigade crossed the 
 Potomac by Long Bridge, and on the 5th of November was 
 in " Camp Vermont, " two miles south of Alexandria on the 
 Mt. Vernon road, where it picketed a portion of the line 
 encircling Washington, for which duty 1500 men were 
 detailed from the Brigade daily. 
 
 On the 26th the Fourteenth was sent with the Thir- 
 teenth and Fifteenth Regiments, under Colonel Randall, to 
 the neighborhood of Union Mills, to picket the line of the 
 Occoquan and Bull Run, and guard the railroad. 
 
 The Fourteenth returned on the 5th of December, reach- 
 ing Camp Vermont at nightfall in a heavy snow storm. 
 
 On the 11th of December, the Brigade was ordered to 
 Fairfax Court House, and at six o'clock on the morning of 
 the 12th was on the march. 
 
 The twenty miles were made in ten hours with heavy 
 knapsacks and with little straggling. The Regiment re- 
 mained near Fairfax Court House for six weeks. 
 
 The chief excitement of this period in that quarter, was 
 the raid of Stuart's Cavalry, which came within the defences 
 of Washington on the 28th of December. In the disposi- 
 tion of the Regiments of the Brigade for the defence of the 
 forts at Fairfax Court House and Station, the Fourteenth 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 9 
 
 was held in reserve. The Regiments stood to arms all night, 
 but Stuart gave the Infantry a wide berth, when he found 
 that they were in force and on the alert, and the Regiment 
 was not engaged. 
 
 On the 20th of January, the Fourteenth with the Fifth- 
 teenth ard Sixteenth Vermont Regiments moved to Fairfax 
 Station, while the Twelfth and Thirteenth were stationed 
 seven miles further on, at Wolf Run Shoals. 
 
 In addition to picket duty, the men were now employed 
 in making corduroy roads and digging rifle pits. 
 
 On the 9th of March occurred the capture of General 
 Stoughton, Commander of the Brigade, who was taken pris- 
 oner by the partisan Mosby, at his headquarters at Fairfax 
 Court House, and shortly afterwards Colonel Blount of the 
 Twelfth, who succeeded to the command of the Brigade, 
 established his headquarters at Fairfax Station, and pro- 
 ceeded to strengthen the position by additional rifle pits, of 
 which the men of the Fourteenth dug their share. 
 
 The last week in March, the Fourteenth joined the 
 Twelfth and Thirteenth at Wolf Run Shoals, while the two 
 other Regiments of the Brigade moved to Union Mills ; and 
 remaind at Wolf Run Shoals through the spring and early 
 summer. Daily drill, which had been somewhat interrupt- 
 ed during the winter, was resumed with the return of fine 
 weather in. the spring, and the Regiment attained a high de- 
 gree of proficiency. 
 
 Brigadier General George J. Stannard took command of 
 the Brigade on the 20th of April. On the 25th of June, 1863, 
 the Brigade having been attached to the Third division of 
 the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac, was concen- 
 trated at Union Mills, and began the march to the 
 North which was to end at Gettysburg. On the 27th it 
 crossed the Potomac at Edward's Ferry. June 30th it 
 reached Emmettsburg, Md., having marched 120 miles in six 
 days, and gained a day's march on the First Corps. It 
 reached the field of Gettysburg at the close of the fighting 
 
iO A /Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 of the first day of the great battle ; bivouacked in a wheat- 
 field on the left of Cemetery Hill. 
 
 At daylight next morning the Brigade joined Double- 
 day's Division of the First Corps, on Cemetery Hill. There 
 the men of the Regiment and Brigade were supplied with 
 rations on the field. This was due to the energy of Quarter- 
 master Field, who when the wagon trains were ordered back, 
 took four wagons loaded with hard tack, pork and coffee, 
 and pushed on after the brigade. He narrowly escaped 
 capture by the enemy, but reached the field in the evening of 
 the 1st, and the hungry troops of the Brigade were supplied. 
 During most of the second day of the battle the Fourteenth 
 lay with the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Regiments in the 
 rear of Cemetery Hill. 
 
 Late in the afternoon the brigade was called into action 
 to take the place of the veteran troops of the Second Corps 
 which had broken under the furious onset of the enemy. 
 The Fourteenth lay nearest to the break in the Union line, 
 and led the way to the left for a quarter of a mile ; then 
 fronting into line of battle it moved forward under fire to 
 the rear of a battery which had been left alone by the re- 
 tirement of its supports. The line of the wing which was 
 assaulting the Battery, halted and then fell back as the 
 Fourteenth moved forward, and the battery was saved. 
 
 At dark the Brigade occupied the front line on the left 
 centre, a position which it held for twenty-six hours, and to 
 the close of the battle. The men of the Fourteenth slept 
 that night on their arms. During the night word was 
 brought to Colonel Nichols that the rebel General Barks- 
 dale lay wounded on the field in front of his line. Colonel 
 Nichols sent out a detail of eight men under Sergeant 
 Vaughan, who brought Barksdale in on a stretcher and took 
 him to a small temporary hospital in the rear. His last 
 message to his wife was delivered to Sergeant Vaughan, 
 and his hat and gloves, which he gave to the men who 
 brought him in, were kept by Colonel Nichols as a memento 
 of the battle. 
 
liegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 11 
 
 In the opening cannonade in the morning of the third 
 day, the Fourteenth had several non-commisioned officers 
 and men killed at the same moment, by the explosion of a 
 caisson of the battery close to which they were lying, and 
 private S. M. Southard of Company I lost a leg by a solid 
 shot, just after the enemy's batteries opened in the morning. 
 Colonel Nichols received permission to move his regiment 
 forward about ten rods to a position where some scattered 
 trees and shrubs afforded a partial shelter for his men. The 
 Fourteenth took up the position during the cannonade, and 
 maintained it substantially thenceforward through the bat- 
 tle. With the exception of some firing on the skirmish line, 
 no fighting took place on the left centre during the forenoon 
 of Friday. The Vermont Brigade held its position during 
 the frightful cannonade which preceded Pickett's famous 
 charge. When this ceased, the long, gray lines came down 
 the slope, their right directed squarely upon the position of 
 the Fourteenth Regiment. Colonel Nichols was ordered to 
 hold his fire till the enemy was close upon him, then to give 
 them a volley, and after that, the bayonet. An unexpected 
 move of the enemy rendered the full execution of this order 
 impracticable. As the Regiment rose, the left of the enemy's 
 line in front suddenly changed direction and marched 
 to the right across the front of the Vermont Brigade for 
 some sixty rods, when again fronting they came in upon the 
 line of the Second Corps, to the right of the Vermonters. 
 The Fourteenth Regiment at once opened fire at about sixty 
 rods distance, and continued it with very great effect, and 
 a long line of Confederate dead soon marked the route of 
 their march across the front of the Vermont Brigade. 
 With a yell, which rose above the roar of cannon and mus- 
 ketry, Pickett's legions rushed to the charge. The, Second 
 Corps met them in front with a destructive muskeir'i fire, 
 but they still swept on, reached, pressed back, and broke 
 through, the Union lines. At this juncture General Stan- 
 nard ordered the famous flank attack which made him, and 
 his Brigade, famous, and decided the fate of the great rebel 
 
12 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 charge, and the issue of the most decisive battle of the war. 
 While this flank attack on Pickett's Division was made 
 by the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Regiments, the Fourteenth 
 maintained its place in front of the left centre. The de- 
 struction of Pickett's Division was hardly accomplished, 
 
 OFFICIAL MAP OF POSITION OF TROOPS DCBIKG PICKETT'S CHARGE. 
 
 when the final Confederate charge was made by Wilcox's 
 and Posey's Brigades, these came in upon the Union lines to 
 the left of the position of the Fourteenth. The Regiment 
 opened fire upon them sharply as they came within range ; 
 and the Artillery opened great gaps in their lines, but veer- 
 ing to their right to avoid the fire of the Fourteenth, they 
 still pressed on ; and had nearly reached the front of the 
 Third Corps, when their line was struck in the flank by Col- 
 onel Veazey, with the Sixteenth Vermont, which had hur- 
 ried back for the purpose and which fell upon them in a 
 resistless bayonet charge, which swept down their lines, 
 scooping the right of it almost en, masse into the Union lines, 
 as prisoners. The Sixteenth were supported in this move- 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 13 
 
 ment by the four right companies of the Fourteenth (compa- 
 nies, A, F, D and I,) under command of Lieutenant Colonel 
 Rose, who was accompanied by Major Hall. The companies 
 formed on the left of the Sixteenth and fired small volleys 
 into the enemy before the latter surrendered, or fled as a 
 number did, each man for himself, in a scattered crowd, 
 without semblance of organization, back to their lines. The 
 Regiment bivouacked that night with the Brigade, a short 
 distance back of the position in the front line, which it had 
 occupied during the day. The loss of the Regiment at Gct- 
 tsyburg was 19 killed and 74 wounded. Among the mort. 
 tally wounded was Lieutenant W. H. Hamilton, of Company 
 I, who lived but a few hours. The enlisted men killed were 
 Sergeant Henry H. Vaughan, George S. Baker, Company B ; 
 Corporal, John Yaughan, Thomas Burns, Company C ; 
 Dyer Rogers, G. L. Roseboom, Albert A. Walker, Company 
 D ; Corporal, Wesley C. Sturdivent, John Brunell, Thomas 
 Dutton, Company E ; George Merling, Company F ; Sergeant 
 Theophile Bissonette, Corporal Chas. E. Mead, William E. 
 Green, Charles W. Ross, Company G; Sergeant Myron A. 
 Clark, James W. Dalliston, Company I ; and Sergeants Eli- 
 sha F. Swett and John Cain, Company K. Those who died 
 of their wounds were Richard C. Archer, William Carnes, 
 Company B ; Pliny F. White, Company E ; Aaron Jones, 
 Frank W. Smith, Company F ; Lester F. Baird, William O. 
 Doubleday, Company H. 
 
14 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 Sketch of Lieutenant Hamilton. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HAMILTON. 
 
 Lieutenant Hamilton was born at Montgomery, Vt., in 
 1839. In 1844 his father removed with his family to East 
 New York, where he was principal of one of the public 
 schools. Lieutenant Hamilton received his early education at 
 his father's school and was subsequently a member of the 
 State Normal School at Albany, N. Y. He was teaching a 
 public school in Green County, Long Island, when the war 
 broke out. In May, 1861, he resigned his position, and enlist- 
 ed in the First Regiment New York Volunteers. He was 
 promoted to a First Lieutenantcy, but resigned in May, 1862, 
 and returned to New York City, where he was for a time 
 engaged in recruiting for General Sickles Brigade. 
 
 In the summer of 1862, while visiting friends in Fair 
 Haven, Vt., he again enlisted as private in the Fourteenth 
 Regiment, preferring a private's service in this Regiment to 
 a commission in a Battery which he had helped to raise for 
 Sickles Brigade. He was appointed Orderly Sergeant of 
 Company F, and in January, 1863, was commissioned as 
 Second Lieutenant of Company I. He was a man of hio-h. 
 patriotism, and estimable character, a good officer and 
 faithful soldier. He fell in the discharge of his duty, July 
 3rd, and died the same day. His remains lie in the Ver- 
 mont Section of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. 
 
 Lieutenant Julius H. Bosworth of Company F -was 
 among the wounded. 
 
Regiment, 'Vermont Volunteers. 16 
 
 On Monday July 6th the Regiment left Gettysburg with 
 the Brigade and marched back to Emmettsburg, bivouack- 
 ed about two miles from the town. The next day it crossed 
 the Catochin mountains, and halted for the night on the 
 west side, having made some 25 miles that day, next day it 
 marched in the rain to Middletown where it halted for a 
 short time outside the town, the Twelfth and Thirteenth 
 Regiments having left for home. The three remaining Reg- 
 iments under Colonel Veasey left Middletown in the after- 
 noon of the 8th of July and marched to South Mountain, 
 where they remained in camp through the next day. On 
 the morning of the 10th they marched through Boonesboro 
 where the fighting at Frenchtown, two miles father on in 
 front was distinctly heard. The Brigade moved toward 
 Frenchtown, halted and threw up rifle pits in preparation 
 for an attack, but though there was active skirmishing in 
 front they were not needed. 
 
 The Brigade passed through Frenchtown on the twelfth, 
 two hours after the enemy had left, and crossing Antietem 
 Creek, halted and formed line again just south of, and not 
 far from Hagerstown. On the 14th the Brigade marched to 
 Williamsport with the First Corps ; on the 15th it started 
 towards Harpers Ferry, and halted for the night at Rohrers- 
 ville after an exhausting march of nearly 25 miles. The 
 next day the Regiment crossed South Mountain again 
 through Thornton's Gap and bivouacked at Petersville two 
 miles from Berlin, and six from Harpers Ferry, where the 
 army halted in a pouring rain, till pontoon bridges could be 
 laid across the river. As Lee had escaped to Virginia and 
 but a week more remained of the term of sevice of the three 
 regiments, it was not considered worth while to retain them 
 longer accordingly on the 18th, the 14th, 15th and 16th 
 Regiments bade farewell to the Army of the Potomac, 
 marched to Berlin, and took train for Baltimore. On the 
 20th they reached New York and bivouacked on the Battery. 
 
 It was a time of great excitement in that city ; law and 
 order having been just restored, after four days of the ter- 
 
16 A /Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 rible drafts riots. At 9 o'clock that evening the Regiment 
 took boat for New Haven and arrived at Brattleboro at 5 P. 
 M. of the 21st. On the 30th of July, 1863, the Regiment 
 was mustered out of service, with 39 officers and 791 men. 
 The Regiment lost 1 officer, and 26 men killed in battle, or 
 dying of wounds, and 39 men who died of disease. For dis- 
 ability 57 men were discharged, and. one officer and man 
 for wounds ; not a man of the Regiment deserted ; no officer 
 of the Fourteenth was dismissed, and few Regiments in the 
 Union line could show a cleaner record. 
 
 Diary of the 14th Vt. Regiment. 
 
 ARRANGED BY THE SECRETARY FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 
 
 1862. 
 
 October 4. Went into Camp at Brattleboro, Vt. 
 
 October 21. Reviewed by Commander of the Post, Colonel 
 E. H. Stoughton, and Governor Holbrook, and must- 
 ered into U. S. Service. 
 
 October 22. Left camp for New Haven, Conn., en route for 
 Washington. 
 
 October 23. Arrived at New York City by steamer Conti- 
 nental. (Had some " lively bean soup " here ; so did 
 the harbor fish.) Left New York by boat for Ambov 
 N. J. J ' 
 
 October 24. Took cars for Philadelphia, via. Camden, N. J. 
 (No " bean soup " in Phila. Boys hungrier than in 
 
 N. Y.; increased their avoirdupois.) 
 
 October 24, Left Philadelphia for Baltimore, Md., from 
 thence by night to Washington, D. C. 
 
 October 26. Arrived at Washington, took a walk down 
 Pennsylvania Avenue, thence crossed Long Bridge 
 into Virginia, then took a stroll on Gen. Lee's farm 
 camped that night at Camp Chase, Arlington Heights' 
 seven miles from Washington. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. if 
 
 October 27. Joined 2d Brigade, Casey's Division. (During 
 the night the shelter tents not being " shingled," the 
 boys got some wet ; almost sorry that they came.) 
 
 October 28. Reviewed in heavy marching order by Gen. 
 Casey. A review of about six hours duration. (Boys 
 felt " moist " before they got through. Soiled their 
 whit>e gloves also.) 
 
 October 29. 2d Vt. Brigade formed to-day, Col. Blunt of the 
 12th in command. 
 
 October 30/ Marched to camp Seward, Arlington Heights, 
 •a, distance of nine miles. 
 
 November 1. Virginia Gingerbread disagrees with North- 
 ern stomachs. Exit peddlers. Some music here, 
 The Rebel Spy sings, " The Rebels we'll catch " etc. 
 (It is said that this spy was hung in about two weeks 
 after this.) 
 
 November 3. Broke camp, and marched 10 miles to Camp 
 Vermont, two miles from Alexandria. 
 
 November 7. Picket line established four miles from camp 
 near Mt. Vernon. Marched to Alexandria and ex- 
 changed muskets. 
 
 November 11. Commenced building Company Barracks 100 
 feet in length, 20 feet wide. 
 
 November 21. First death in Regt. Francis Nash, Co. H. 
 
 November 24. Broke camp at 9 o'clock and marched that 
 night until 4 A. M., Nov. 25, to within six miles of 
 Fairfax Court House. (Boys got their shoes muddy 
 on this march.) 
 
 November 25. Resumed march at 8 A. M., stopped at Fair- 
 fax Court House for dinner, thence proceeded to Fair- 
 fax Station, where the Regt. went into camp for the 
 night. 
 
 November 26. Marched at 10 A. M. to-day to Occoquon 
 Creek, Va., and went into camp, this camp is in sight 
 of the Bull Run Battle Field, and is forty miles from 
 Camp Vermont. 
 
 November 27. Midnight. The Regt. heard firing near by. 
 The long roll was sounded and the Regt. formed into 
 line of battle. No enemy appearing, however, the 
 boys repaired again to their cedar bough matrasses. 
 
 November 30. Camp moved about % mile. Another false 
 alarm, the Regt. again formed into line of battle. 
 
 December 5. Broke camp at 10 A. M., and marched to Fair- 
 fax Station a distance of seven miles, thence by ca rs 
 
18 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 to Alexandria. Snowed most of the afternoon, very- 
 cold. 
 
 December fS.KW-eat iota camp again at 3 A. M. and march- 
 ed to 'one half mile north of Fairfax Court House a 
 distance of 20 miles. Camped for the night. 
 
 December 13 Changed camp to-day to one-half mile south 
 of Fairfax Court House. 
 
 December 17. Gen. Stoughton takes command of the Brig- 
 ade. 
 
 December 18. Reviewed to-day by Gen. Stoughton. 
 
 December 22. Regiment on picket duty at Centerville, 
 seven miles distant. 
 
 December 24-28. The Regt. again doing picket duty at 
 Centreville. 
 
 December 28-29. Up all night in order to see the Rebel 
 Cavalry General Stuart and command, and came 
 very near seeing him ; but some of our advanced force 
 being a little too eager, he retired with the loss of 
 only two horses. (Some commissary distributed that 
 morning. Did you get any boys ? 
 1863. 
 
 January 3. Brigade drill to-day. 
 
 January 8. Medical inspection, 36 members unfit for duty ; 
 ordered to Brattleboro. 
 
 January 12. Moved camp two miles west of the Court 
 House, within one mile of Chantilly. Another false 
 alarm ; Regt. again got into line. (No blood shed this 
 time.) 
 
 January 16. Orderly Segt. Win. H. Hamilton, Co. F. pro- 
 moted 2d Lieut. Co. I. 
 
 January 20. Broke camp again at 7 A. M. and marched to 
 one-half mile south of Fairfax Station. 
 
 January 29. The paymaster paid the Regt. to-day two 
 months pay. 
 
 February 4. Target practice is the main drill at present. 
 The Regt. is constructing a corduroy road between 
 here and Wolf Run Shoals. (Lieut. D. K. Hall, 12th 
 Vt. who visited Virginia this year says that this road 
 is still in a good state of preservation, and that the 
 main travel in that section is over it.; 
 
 February 7. Gen. Stoughton had his bottle of whiskey 
 stolen ; felt bad, called the 14th names. 
 
 March 8-9. Our Brigade Commander, Brig. Gen. E. H. 
 Stoughton, whose headquarters were at Fairfax Court 
 House, five miles from his command, was captured 
 
liegirnent, Vermont Volunteers. 19 
 
 during the night by Mosby and his command. This 
 capture is supposed to be a sequence of another cap- 
 ture, made of him a short time before, by Mrs. Ford. 
 
 March 11. Col. Blunt of the 12th is again in the command 
 of the Brigade. 
 
 March 12. Harley G. Sheldon, Orderly Sergt. of Co. H. 
 promoted 2d Lieut. Co. K. 
 
 March 14. Extremely cold weather, the coldest known for 
 twenty years. 
 
 March 24. Struck tents at 7 A. M. and marched to Wolf 
 Run Shoals, where the Regt. again encamped. 
 
 April 13. Gen. Heintzelman and staff visited the command 
 to-day. 
 
 April 20. Gen. Stannard takes command of the Brigade. 
 Headquarters at Union Mills. 
 
 April 22. Gen. Abercrombie is new in command of our Di- 
 vision, vice Gen. Casey removed ; headquarters at Cen- 
 terville. 
 
 April 27. Four months pay received to-day. 
 
 April 30. Long roll again sounded. The Regt. soon re- 
 sumed their "night caps " however. (Co. A endeavors 
 to shoot the secretary this night, and came very near 
 doing it too.) 
 
 May 3-4. The firing of Artillery plainly heard at the battle 
 of Chancellorsville. 
 
 May 12. Skirmish Drill and Bayonet exercise. 
 
 May 25. Grand Review before Gen. Stannard. 
 
 June 9. Pay day. 
 
 June 18. The Army of the Potomac has been passing by 
 our camp for the past four days, moving towards 
 Washington. 
 
 June 19. Moved camp one mile back. 
 
 June 25. Broke camp and at seven o'clock proceeded to 
 Union Mills, thence to Centerville, a distance of four- 
 teen miles. Went into camp two miles beyond. 
 Rained hard during the night. Our Brigade has been 
 transferred to the 3d Division, 1st Army Corps. Gen. 
 Reynolds Corps Commander, Gen. Doubleday Divi- 
 sion Commander. We have orders to march until we 
 overtake our Corps. 
 
 June 26. Revielle at 5 o'clock A. M., commenced to march 
 at 8 o'clock, and marched until 7 P. M. Camped at 
 Herndon. 
 
 June 27. Reveille sounded at 3 A. M. and at 5 o'clock con- 
 tinued .the march. Arrived at Edward's Ferry at 
 
20 A /Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 3 P. M. and crossed into Maryland on pontoon bridges 
 camped that night at Pools ville. 
 June 28. Resumed marching at 7 o'clock and marched until 
 6 P. M. Went into camp two miles beyond Adams- 
 ville. . 
 
 June 29. Started again at 7 A. M. arrived at Frederick 
 City at noon, and halted three hours, then moved for- 
 ward and went into camp at' Creagerstown. 
 June 30. 7 A. M., again in motion, halted at noon at 
 Mechanicstown, then proceeded to Emmettsburg, ar- 
 riving there at 6 P. M. and went into camp for the 
 night. This place is 120 miles from Wolf Run Shoals. 
 By our rapid marching (consider the extremly mud- 
 dy roads) we have earned for ourselves the name of 
 the Flying Brigade. 
 July 1. Marched all day arrived at Gettysburg at 4 P. M. 
 The last six miles we marched in hearing of the bat- 
 tle. The road we marched in upon was in the Rebel's 
 possession in half an hour afterwards. Gen. Reynolds 
 our Corps Commander was killed in to-day's battle. 
 July 2. Supported batteries during the day. Ordered out on 
 the double quick at about 7 P. M., the enemy having 
 broken our lines near the center, the Brigade was 
 thrown into the gap. The enemy retiring as we ad- 
 vanced, we were halted. We lay on our arms all 
 night. 
 June 3. The enemy's guns opened fire at daybreake. Near- 
 ly their first shot exploded a caisson at our left, kill- 
 ing and wounding several men. Our line was soon 
 advanced, where we lay until noon, when the enemy 
 opened on us with 138 guns which they had concen- 
 trated in our front ; We lay under their fire for about 
 two hours, when we were ordered up to resist Pick- 
 ett's grand charge. After Pickett's main body of 
 troops had been put into disorder by the Are in front 
 of the 14th, and the flank attack of the 13th and 16th 
 Regiments, the four right companies of the 14th under 
 command of Lieut. Col. Rose was ordered on a ' 
 " double quick " to a new position to assist the Kith 
 Regt. in driving back Wilcox and Posey's troops 
 (Pickett's supports) which was soon accomplished. A 
 large number of prisoners were captured at this time. 
 July 4. It rained hard all day. The members of the Regt. 
 detailed for various duties. The following congratu- 
 latory order was issued to-day. 
 
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 The Major General commanding the Division 
 desires to return his thanks to the Vt. 2d Brigade, 
 the 151st Penn. Vols, and the 20th Regt., N. Y. State 
 Militia for their gallant conduct in resisting in the 
 front line, the main attack of the enemy upon their 
 positions, after sustaining a terrible fire from seventy- 
 five to one hundred pieces of artillery. He congrat- 
 ulates them upon contributing so essentially to the 
 glorious, and it is to be hoped, decisive victory of yes- 
 terday. 
 
 By Command of Maj.Gen. Doubleday, 
 (Signed,) Edwaed C. Baied, 
 
 Capt. and Asst. Adjt. Gen. 
 
 July 5. The Regt. on picket, where the Rebel line was, on 
 the 3d, the dead lay in great numbers unburied. The 
 stench from the field was terrible. 
 
 July 6. The army in motion again this morning in pursuit 
 of Gen. Lee. Col. Randall in command of the Brig- 
 ade, marched in the rain until 3 o'clock, then went 
 into camp at Emmettsburg. 
 
 July 7. Started on the march at 4 A. M. and marched until 
 9 P. M., a distance of about 35 miles, camped at the 
 Catochin mountains. 
 
 July 8. Rained all night. Commenced marching at day- 
 light, halted at noon at Middletown for a few hours, 
 from thence marched to Ceampston's Gap, reaching 
 there at 8 P. M. Distance traveled 20 miles. The 
 Regt. here formed in line of battle in anticipation of a 
 battle on the mori'ow. 
 
 July 9. Remained in camp all day. 
 
 July 10. Resumed march this morning, halted 4 miles be- 
 yond Boonsboro and formed line of battle, fighting 
 going on in front. Col. Veazy is now in command of 
 the Brigade. 
 
 July 12. Moved forward to-day across Antietam Creek, 
 formed here in line of battle. Enemy at Hagerstown. 
 
 July 13. Halted all day. 
 
 July 14.- Moved in pursuit of Lee, starting at 10 oclock, ar- 
 rived at Williamsport at 4 P. M. and halted for 'the 
 night. 
 
 July 15. Followed on after Lee in direction of Harper's 
 
Hegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 23 
 
 Ferry, passed Antietam battle-ground in the afternoon 
 and marched till 7 o'clock. 
 
 July 16. Resumed march at 8 A. M., crossed South Moun- 
 tain again through Thornton's Gap, and arrived at 
 Petersville, six miles from Harper's Ferry, at 4 P. M. 
 where the Regt. camped. 
 
 July 17. Rained ail day. 
 
 July 1 8. Regt. relieved from further duty and started for 
 home ; left Berlin on the cars at 2 o'clock, arrived at 
 Baltimore at 10 o'clock. 
 
 July 19. Left Baltimore at 10 A. M., arrived at Philadelphia 
 at 4 P. M. and in the evening took cars for N. Y. City. 
 
 July 20. Reached 1ST. Y. at 8 A. M. stayed in the city all 
 day and was invited to stay there a week to help 
 quell anticipated riots. (Declined invitation, however, 
 with thanks.) 
 
 July 21. Left New York by boat last night at 9 o'clock, ar- 
 rived at New Haven at daylight, thence by rail to 
 Brattleboro, arriving there at 5 P. M. 
 
 July 30. Mustered out of U. S. Service. 
 
 1887. 
 July 4. Met in Reunion at Fair Haven, Vt., by invitation 
 of Co. F. 200 Comrades present. There are about 
 600 members of the Regt. still alive "in the flesh." 
 
24 A /Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 OFFICERS FOR REUNION, HELD JULY 4th, 1887. 
 
 PRESIDENT OP THE DAY. 
 
 Hon. WALTER C. DUNTON,. . Rutland. 
 
 VICE PRESIDENTS. 
 
 Hon. R. D. KING, ' .Benson. 
 
 Capt. N. F. DUNSHEE, Bristol. 
 
 Dr. L. D. Ross, Poultney. 
 
 Capt. RANSOM O. GORE, _ Bennington. 
 
 Lieut. T. C. MIDDLEBROOK, ... Vergennes. 
 
 MARSHAL. 
 
 Lieut.Col. C. W. ROSE, Adrian, Mich. 
 
 ASSISTANT MARSHALS. 
 
 JOEL HAMILTON,... ..Fair Haven. 
 
 JAMES H. AIKEN, Benson. 
 
 JULIUS 0. GRIFFITH, _ Danby. 
 
 SECRETARY. TREASURER. 
 
 F. H. SHEPARD, Fair Haven. WM. A. SMITH, Fair Haven 
 
 PERMANENT OFFICERS, 
 14th VT. VOLUNTEER'S REUNION ASSOCIATION. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Capt. WALTER C. DUNTON, _ .Rutland. 
 
 VICE PRESIDENTS. 
 
 Capt. RANSOM O. GORE, Bennington. 
 
 BENJAMIN E. CRAPO, Wallingford. 
 
 A.P.SHELDON, Rupert. 
 
 Lieut. D. J. WRIGHT, Bridport. 
 
 DANIEL HOLMES, . _ . Cornwall. 
 
 Dr. CHARLES C. SMITH, _ Gaysville. 
 
 Capt. N. F. DUNSHEE, Bristol. 
 
 C. W. SHEDD,.... Keene, N. H. 
 
 H. S. JACKMAN, _ . Vergennes, 
 
 Capt. W. H. MUNN,..__. ..Troy, N. Y. 
 
 SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 
 
 F. H. SHEPARD, Fair Haven. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Lieut. HARLEY G. SHELDON, W. Rutland. 
 
 JULIUS C. GRIFFITH, _ Danby. 
 
 T. C. MIDDLEBROOK, Vergennes. 
 
 A. G. PATCHEN, Bennington. 
 
 D. J. BROWN, Whiting. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 25 
 
 Reunion Proceedings. 
 
 The following invitation was sent out June 24th, to the 
 addresses, (as far as known;, of every member of the Four- 
 teenth Vermont Regiment. 
 
 Dear Comeade : 
 
 Twenty-five years ago in response to our 
 country's call, we bade farewell to our homes, and went 
 forth to the defense of our country. 
 
 For nine months we were comrades-in-arms, and march- 
 ed and camped together, and at Gettysburg made for our- 
 selves a record that will live in the annals of history. In 
 rememberance of our army life and service, and as an anni- 
 versary of the battle of Gettysburg, we, the members of 
 Company F, 14th Vt. Volunteers, do cordially invite you to 
 the first reunion of our Regiment, which will take place in 
 Fair Haven, Vt., Monday, July 4, 1887. 
 
 In view of the fact that we are growing old, and may 
 not again have so good an opportunity, we trust you will 
 accept this invitation and be present at the reunion, so that 
 we may have the pleasure of once more greeting you as in 
 the days of yore. In case you cannot possibly be present 
 we hope at least to receive some word from you in response 
 to this most cordial invitation. 
 
 F. H. SHEPARD, 
 Sec. of Reunion Committee. 
 
 In connection with the reunion of the 14th, the mem- 
 bers of the 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th Regiments, and the 
 Grand Army Posts in the vicinity of Fair Haven are to be 
 invited. 
 
 Pursuant to the foregoing call issued by Company F. 
 through their Secretary, the Veterans of the Fourteenth 
 Regiment together with Comrades of other Regiments, com- 
 menced to assemble at an early hour on the morning of the 
 
26 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 4th. Ample arrangements had been made for their recep- 
 tion and entertainment, by the members of the Company, 
 and by the citizens and the ladies of the place. The village 
 had been made to put on a holiday appearance ; nearly all 
 the places of business, public buildings and principal resi- 
 dences were decorated with flags, evergreens, and bunting ; 
 and large flags were hung across the main streets. The 
 large public park, of five acres or more, in the centre of the 
 village, had been selected as the place in which to hold the 
 reunion. A grand stand had been erected in the east end 
 of the park, near the band stand, capable of seating some 
 forty or more. Seats to a limited extent had been made 
 around the stand. The grand stand was decorated with 
 flags and evergreens, and in the center of it, on a stand was 
 a floral decoration prepared by Mrs. James Pottle, with the 
 inscription " 14th Vt. 1863,-1887," upon it. A large flag 
 just to the south of the stand, was an object of interest to 
 many ; it being the first flag that was raised over Fort Mc- 
 Pherson, after the surrender of Natchez, Miss. Its weather 
 beaten appearance, and the blood stains upon its folds, re- 
 vealed that it had been through hard service. The west 
 side of the park had been fitted up with tables capable of 
 seating about 600 people. A large tent near the tables was 
 used for the provisions and accomodation of the workers ; 
 and just outside of the tent was a large 10 horse power 
 steam engine, that was to be used in making the coffee. 
 Pipes had been so arranged from it, that three large boilers 
 of coffee could be made by steam in five minutes. The day 
 was a perfect one ; there was a slight breeze throughout the 
 day, so that the heat at no time was oppressive. 
 
 At 9:30 A. M. the members of Post Bosworth, No. 53, 
 G. A. R. formed into line in front of the Park View Hotel, 
 and headed by Marshals Joel Hamilton and James H. 
 Aiken, under the escort of the Pair Haven Cornet Band and 
 the Knight Hose Co. No. 2, proceeded to the depot, to meet 
 the extra train from Rutland, due at 10:05 A. M. This train 
 brought into town Governor Ormsbee, ex-Governor Proctor, 
 D. K. Simonds and other guests, together with some 400 or 
 more vetrans and their families. The line was re-formed at 
 the depot, and preceded by carriages containing the invited 
 guests, proceeded to march through River street, thence up 
 North Main and across Park Place, then passed in Review 
 before His Excellency, Governor E. J. Ormsbee. Parade 
 being dismissed, the veterans gathered around the stand, 
 upon which had gathered, besides Governor Ormsbee, ex- 
 
liegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 27 
 
 Governor Proctor, Judge Dunton, Major Kingsley, Rev. 
 William S. Smart, Hon. George Nichols and others. The ex- 
 ercises opened with the singing of America, by the Fair 
 Haven Glee Club, which consisted of 22 members John T. 
 Williams, Leader ; Miss Minnie Williams Organist ; Rev. R. 
 C. Flagg, Pastor of the Congregational church, then opened 
 the services with prayer. This was followed by music by 
 the Fair Haven Cornet Band. Hon. C. A. Rann of Poultney, 
 formerly Second Lieutenant of Company F. then delivered 
 a short address of welcome, saying, in part, " This Reunion 
 is the result of a proposition made many months ago to have 
 a Reunion of Company F. My simple duty is to say the 
 word of welcome to you in behalf of Co. F. We welcome 
 you most heartily and cordial, to the place of this Reunion, 
 The tie between the soldiers is very strong. Do not let 
 the tie which finds us together grow rusty with age. It was 
 not General Hooker or Meade or Grant that saved the coun- 
 try, it was you. Once again let me welcome you to this 
 place. Hon. Walter E. Howard, (late Consul at Toronto, 
 Canada,) then gave the address of welcome in behalf of the 
 citizens of the town. This address was repeatedly applaud- 
 ed during its delivery, especially at the allusion to the flags. 
 
 ADDRESS OF WALTER E. HOWARD. 
 
 Mr. President and Veteran Defenders of the Republic : 
 
 Upon me has been laid the grateful duty of extending to 
 you the hearty and loving welcome of the citizens of Fair 
 Haven, to their hearts and homes. Mere than twenty years 
 have passed since you rolled back the curtain of war upon a 
 scene of peace. You come not back to us to-day with the 
 smoke of battle upon your garments and the flush of victory 
 upon your faces and the dust of marching miles upon your 
 feet. To-day you wear the toga and not the breastplate and 
 helmet. Twenty years of peace have t removed from sight 
 the signs of war, and you stand before us in the garb of citi- 
 zens, with no powder stains upon your faces, with no blood 
 upon your hands. But we need none of the signs of war 
 nor yet the empty sleeve or crippled body to remind us of the 
 days when you stood between us and tyranny — when you 
 marched away from home and friends in the sunny time of 
 life and endured all things " to keep our country's name on 
 earth — her flag in heaven." The wreaths we placed upon 
 your victorious brows twenty years ago and more, have not 
 withered, and as time has passed our sense of obligation has 
 
28 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 but deepened with the flying years. In the wealth and pros- 
 perity and grandeur which this majestic nation has attained 
 we see the constant and continuous fruit of your sacrifice 
 and your courage. Ah no ! Peace with its charms and its 
 lethargy has not dulled our rememberance nor blotted out 
 the pictures of that time of war. We remember the fear and 
 the anxiety — the overwhelming danger and our overwhelm- 
 ing need — we have not forgotten our promises and our vows. 
 When our danger was greatest you sprang to the front — 
 when our needs most dire your hands brought salvation. We 
 welcome you here to-day because whatever others may think 
 or say — however dull may be the rememberence of some — 
 and however little' they may appreciate your sacrifice and 
 your labor the people of Vermont and the loyal citizens of 
 this great country have not forgotten and hold you all in 
 their hearts in loving, tender and grateful remembrance. 
 It may seem to you sometimes that the sun of your glory 
 and honor and renown has sunk in a sea of ingratitude and 
 gush and disloyalty. It may seem so to you when you see 
 that those who sought to ruin now rule in this country, and 
 rebel soldiers appear to be dearer to the hearts of the nation 
 than those who held the line of liberty amid the shot and 
 shell. It may seem to you that the nation is ungrateful 
 when its chief magistrate calls you mendicants and paupers. 
 It may seem so to you when you hear him order the battle 
 flags, crusted with your sacred blood, to be returned to the 
 Confederate States. But let none of these things move you. 
 The people — the loyal people — of the United States have 
 not forgotten and their hearts have not grown cold. We 
 promised you while we were gasping amid the smoke of war 
 that we would protect you and cherish you in old age and 
 when the hand of sickness and afflction should be laid upon 
 you, and by the faith of the nation we will do it though all 
 the copperheads in the country say us nay. And when the 
 vandal and sacrilegious hand of those who had no part nor 
 lot in your sacrifice and ours — who cannot appreciate the 
 cost of those bloody years and only value them when they 
 have stolen their fruits — when such vandal hands are laid 
 upon the results of those bloody years then will go out of 
 these northern hills such a sound as will convince the most 
 dull and stupid that we have not forgotten, " Let us have 
 peace." Sometimes upon a picket line or in the lull of bat- 
 tle the rebel and the union soldiers talked together — with 
 joke and jest and friendly interchange of words and soldier's 
 treasures. When the word came the lines closed up grimly 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 29 
 
 and death began again. There was in the war no such thing 
 as personal enmity between man and man — no individual 
 animosities — no private hate. To-day there is none. All 
 the kindly fellow feeling between man and man — all the 
 social amemities of Christian life — all the decencies of social 
 and business relations exist between individuals North and 
 South, as between ourselves. That is right — but we do not 
 forget and we will not forget. The result cost too much. — 
 We cannot afford to forget. 
 
 Soldiers, we welcome you becouse we love you and — 
 because we have need of you. You defended the nation in 
 war — you must now defend it in peace. You stood by the 
 old flag in battle— do not desert it now. Peace has its 
 dangers as well as war. You proved your devotion to your 
 country in camp and field but we need you still — your valor 
 — your endurance — your courage that did not falter — your 
 faith that did not fail. " Eternal vigilance is the price of 
 liberty." Twenty-five years ago it was the . cartridge box — 
 to-day it is the ballot box. The one made the other possible. 
 Help us to guard it still. Soldiers, the citizens of Fair Hav- 
 en twine for you to-day anew the victors wreath of laurel 
 and rosemary, and bind it with their love and trust and 
 abinding faith and bid you welcome with all their hearts. 
 
 Captain W. C. Dunton, President of the Day, in re- 
 sponding to these addresses of welcome spoke as follows: 
 
 RESPONSE OF CAPTAIN W. C. DUNTON. 
 
 Comrades of Company F, 14th Vermont Regiment, and 
 Ladies and. G-entlemen of Fair Haven : 
 To me has been assigned the very pleasant duty, for, 
 and in behalf of the other companies of our dear old 14th 
 Vermont, of thanking you for the kind invitation given to us 
 by your committee to meet here to-day in your beautiful, 
 busy and thrifty town, for the first time, as a Regiment, 
 since we left the United States service in 1863. 
 
 In the name of, and for the other Companies of the Reg- 
 iment, I thank you, comrades of Company F, for the concep- 
 tion of this reunion, and the great labor performed by you 
 and especially by your Secretary, to make it a success. I 
 also thank you, ladies and gentlemen of Fair Haven, for 
 your hearty co-operation with our highly esteemed comrades 
 of Company F in preparing for this meeting, and for the 
 cordial welcome and generous hospitality extended to us by 
 
30 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 you to-day. It is certainly a great privilege for us to meet 
 once more,_take each other by the hand, look each other in 
 the face, extend to each other a soldier's greeting, participate 
 with each other in a soldier's fare, and rehearse to each oth- 
 er the scenes and incidents of the service of our Regiment to 
 the country in the most critical period of its history. 
 
 Comrades, there will be many vacant seats to-day at 
 our board. In addition to those brave men of our Regiment 
 who gave the last full measure of their devotion to their 
 country by sacrificing their lives in her behalf, and to many 
 of whose bodies, like those who fell at Marathon and Ther- 
 mopylae was accorded the honor of a burial upon the dis- 
 tinguished field where they fell, many have died of disease 
 — some in the service, others since. 
 
 Comrades, we are all growing old. Our heads are al- 
 ready whitening, and our eyes growing dim with age. The 
 greater part of us are upon the down hill side of life. One 
 by one we are being mustered out by death to join the fast 
 increasing ranks' of our deceased comrades. The time for 
 our final muster out is fast approaching. Probably some of 
 us will never attend another reunion, and the rest but few. 
 Before many years shall have passed, this Regiment will be 
 represented on occasions like this, by a few old men, who, 
 with palsied hands, silvered locks, and bent and tottering 
 forms, will barely be able to be present as silent witnesses 
 of the festivities of the occasion, in which the infirmities of 
 age will, in great part forbid them to participate. Finally, 
 the last comrade will be mustered out by death, and no sur- 
 vivor of 'the Regiment will remain to tell the story of its 
 achievments, but its history will live, and go down the ages 
 to the remotest generations ; and so long as our government 
 of the people, by the people, and for the people shall exist, 
 and patriotism, valor and courage are appreciated, it will be 
 remembered and honored. 
 
 It is peculiarly fitting and proper that we should meet 
 to-day, which is the anniversary both of our national inde- 
 pendence and of the battle of Gettysburg! Twenty-four 
 years ago yesterday, the 13th, 14th and 16th Vermont Regi- 
 ments of the 2d Vermont Brigade, did great service for 
 their country at Gettysburg. I do not by any means claim 
 for them all the credit of the victory there won. Nearly all 
 the loyal states had their soldiers there, and they all did 
 their duty faithfully and fought equally well. To no one 
 state, to no one organization, belongs the sole credit of that 
 great victory. It was the result of the combined valor, 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 31 
 
 courage, heroism and achievements of them all. But by the 
 fortunes of war, under the Providence of God, these three 
 Regiments of the Second Vermont Brigade occupied the 
 pivotal point at the most critical time of that great battle, in 
 which the nation was engaged in a life and death struggle, 
 victory inclining alternately to the one side and the other. 
 These Regiments while lying upon their faces on the ground, 
 in obedience to orders, for two long hours received the con- 
 centrated artillery fire of more than a hundred rebel cannon, 
 during which time to use the language of another : " The 
 shrieking of shell, the crash of falling timbers, the fragments 
 of rocks flying through the air, broken from the cliffs by 
 solid shot, the low mutterings from the valley between the 
 opposing armies, the splash of bursting schrapnel and the 
 fierce neighing of wounded Artillery horses, made a picture 
 terribly grand and sublime." After passing through this 
 terrible and trying ordeal, they were charged upon by Gen- 
 eral Pickett and his division of Virginians, the flower of the 
 southern army, and as the rebel lines approached, the men 
 upon the run, yelling like demons, and came within range 
 of their muskets, these Vermonters quickly sprang to their 
 feet and by several well-directed volleys, made the hitherto 
 victorious rebel columns stagger and waver ; then by a rap- 
 idly executed charge made by the Thirteenth and Sixteenth 
 Regiments, supported by a part of the Fourteenth upon the 
 flanks of the enemy, broke their lines and put them to flight, 
 capturing a large number with their battle flags as they fled 
 and the field of Gettysburg was won, and the nation saved. 
 As an eye witness observed : " How inspiring the moment ! 
 How thrilling the hour ! It was the high water mark of the 
 rebellion — a turning point of history and of human destiny." 
 
 Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, you must not be sur- 
 prised if the men of the Second Vermont Brigade are to-day 
 inclined to blow their own horns. Having been prostrated 
 by typhoid fever, three days before, I was not in that bat- 
 tle ; but I envy the men who were. They certainly have 
 reason to be proud of their achievments, and may well be 
 pardoned for often referring to them. 
 
 Burke has well said that " Patriotic memories are the 
 strength of a nation." No part of our Republic is stronger 
 in these than our own Vermont, and we should take the 
 greatest pains to perpetuate them. They should be inscribed 
 upon monuments and memorial tablets, and often repeated 
 in story and in song, so as to become familiar to every child 
 in the commonwealth. We should also adopt every means 
 
32 A /Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 in our power to foster state pride. Vermont, because a 
 small state, has no reason to stand in the background. Her 
 history entitles her to a position at the front. The war of 
 the Rebellion has taught us that patriots and heroes are not 
 all dead yet ; but that the men of Vermont of to-day, are 
 worthy descendants of Ethan Allen, Seth Warner and their 
 compatriots of 1776, who made the name of "Green Moun- 
 tain Boys " a synonym for bravery, hardihood and courage. 
 In the great scramble for wealth at the present day the 
 education and training of our children are liable to be over- 
 looked, and their importance lost sight of. Let us guard 
 against this. Let us continue to build school houses and 
 raise men, who shall become familiar with our history, and 
 the heroic achievements of our soldiers in the war of the 
 Revolution, and the war of the Rebellion so as to catch the 
 inspiration of their patriotism and bravery. Let it not be 
 said of the men of Vermont of any generation that they are 
 inferior to those who preceded them. 
 
 " 111 fares the land to public ills a prey 
 Wliere wealth, accumulates and men decay, 
 Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, 
 A breath can make them, as a breath has made, 
 But a bold yeomanry, their country's pride. 
 When once destroyed, can never be supplied." 
 
 Comrades of Company F, and ladies and gentlemen, in 
 closing allow me to again thank you sincerely for this meet- 
 ing. Words can hardly express the great obligation we are 
 under to you, for this opportunity of again seeing each 
 other and renewing and making green the memories of the 
 war. While we have no animosity towards our old enemies, 
 we still think that we were right and they were wrong, 
 and we have no apologies to make to them, for what was 
 done by us. While we were loyal, they were traitors ; and 
 the leaders of this most causeless and wicked rebelion, 
 ought to repent in sackcloth and ashes and thank God that 
 a long-suffering, and foregiving nation, permitted them to 
 live ; for the penalty of treason is death, and their treason 
 cost us hundreds of thousands of priceless lives, and thou- 
 sands of millions of money, covering us with a mountain of 
 debt. Ever since the surrender at Appomattox Court 
 House, we have been willing to shake hands over the bloody 
 chasm, and let by-gones be by-gones. But we are not will- 
 ing to return to them the trophies of the valor and courage 
 of our Union soldiers, captured from them in battle ; (a voice 
 in the crowd : "not much ; ") nor are we in favor of erasing 
 from our history all accounts of the heroic achievements of 
 the boys in blue. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 
 
 33 
 
 Music by the Fair Haven Cornet Band came next, fol- 
 lowed with song by Quartette entitled " Our Native Land." 
 Mr. E. H. Phelps then read the paper that had been prepared 
 
 BREVET-MAJOR GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY. 
 
 especially for this reunion by Major General Abner Double- 
 day, of Mendham, N. J., entitled 
 
 "STANNARD'S MEN AT GETTYSBURG." 
 
 By 11 A. M., on the 3d of July, 1863, General Lee had to 
 decide a momentous question. Longstreet having failed to 
 carry Little Round Top on the left of the Union line, and 
 Ewell having lost his hold upon the ridge on the right, it 
 was evident that a great crisis in the battle had arrived. 
 The Confederate commander, aware that his ammunition 
 would soon be exhausted, was oblidged to determine at once 
 whether he would make another effort to dislodge the force 
 
34 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 opposed to him, or give up the attempt, and Ml back nearer 
 to his base of supplies. He could not bare to acknowledge 
 that he was defeated, and as he had a fresh division under 
 Pickett and had been reinforced by Stuart with his cavalry, 
 he resolved to renew the attack. 
 
 When the battle began on the 2d, he made .the mistake 
 of supposing that the Peach Orchard, occupied by the Third 
 Corps, was the left of Meade's line. Now that the result of 
 the combat on that day had convinced him of his error, he 
 realized that Little Round Top was the key of our position, 
 Big Round Top was too far away from the field and, as its 
 fire, to a great extent, would be masked by the lesser emi- 
 nence, its possession was of little importance, but the cap- 
 ture of Little Round Top would turn the Union left, force 
 our army to leave the ridge, threaten Washington and Balti- 
 more, and shorten and strengthen his line of communication 
 with Richmond. 
 
 Gereral Lee therefore thought he would organize 
 another attack against Little Round Top, and he rode over 
 to consult the leaders who had been engaged there on the 
 previous day, but they gave him no hope of success. All 
 night long they had heard the ominous sound of stones drop- 
 ping into place and they reported that that part of the line 
 was too strongly fortified to be assailed with any chance 
 of success. y 
 
 Slowly and sadly he rode back. But one thing remained 
 to be done. He had failed on the left and on the right ; it 
 only remained to try the center. Success there might prove 
 decisive, for if he could cut the Union Army in two and 
 fling the fragments off in eccentric directions, it would be 
 equivalent to dispersing the force opposed to him, and he 
 could work his will in the North without meeting any fur- 
 ther resistance that would be effectual. 
 
 Pickett's division was looked upon as the flower of the 
 Southern Army and I have no doubt it deserved its reputa- 
 tion. I knew its commander well in former days as an officer 
 in the old army, and fully appreciated his skill and resolute 
 character. He had won his knightly spurs in Mexico and 
 had distinguished himself in many combats with the Indians 
 in Texas and Oregon. 
 
 He was now selected to command the great column of 
 attack, consisting of his own division and the greater part 
 of Hill's Corps. As the numbers of the Brigades in the latter 
 were double those of his own command, there has been some 
 jealously in regard to the designation of this feat of arms ; 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 35 
 
 some contending it should be called the charge of Hill's 
 Corps, instead of Pickett's charge. To strengthen his 
 chance of success Stuart at the head of 10,000 Cavalry was 
 directed to assail the right and rear of Slocum's force to 
 create disorder there, and prevent reinforcements from con- 
 verging on the center. Other demonstrations were also to 
 be made at different points along the line for the same pur- 
 pose. A beautiful programme, but before it could be car- 
 ried out there were obstacles to be overcome. The whole 
 of Hill's Corps had been already engaged and was much cut 
 up ; Heth's and Pender's divisions having lost heavily on the 
 first day of the battle and Anderson's division on the second. 
 Under these circumstances it could hardly be expected that 
 they would advance with the same alacrity as fresh troops, 
 and Stuart, before he could reach the right and rear of the 
 Union line, had to ride over Gregg's division of Cavalry, 
 which was not an easy thing to do. 
 
 If Pickett's division, numbered officers and men, 4,761, 
 as given by a recent confederate writer it would not be an over- 
 estimate to state the number in his own Brigades and those 
 of Hill's Corps as 15,000, but inasmuch as the latter had lost 
 heavily in the previous combat probably 13,000 would be 
 about the number engaged in the assault. 
 
 It is a military maxim that before making a great and 
 decisive infantry charge, the point of attack must be weak- 
 ened by a heavy and concentrated fire of artillery. As 
 138 guns suddenly oppened fire, principally against the left 
 center of the Union line, every intelligent officer on the 
 ridge knew that it must be the prelude to a charge there. 
 Before the cannonade was over a counter-charge should have 
 been organized to attack the head of the enemy's column, or 
 take it in flank if it broke through, or to follow it up if it 
 was repulsed, but nothing was done. 
 
 When the long line of grey came out of the woods they 
 seemed at first to be marching directly against the front oc- 
 cupied by my command, and General Hancock rode over to 
 warn me to be in readiness. My Adjutant General, Hal- 
 stead, proposed to seek reinforcements, but I told him that 
 every general on the ridge would see that the vital point 
 was where we lay and would send whatever troops he could 
 spare, without solicitation. And in fact Regiments and 
 Batteries soon began to report to me for assignment. While 
 I was engaged in this duty, Stannard took advantage of the 
 accidental severance of the enemy's column, to make the 
 
31} A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 brilliant flank movement which so greatly contributed to if 
 it did not completely insure our final success. 
 
 General Walker in his history of the Second Corps says 
 that Hancock ordered Stannard's movement ; but I think this 
 is a mistake. While it was under way he doubtless did 
 issue orders in relation to it, but I understood Stannard to 
 say distinctly that Hancock at first disapproved it, probably 
 fearing that Wright's Brigade or other Confederate supports 
 might advance and take Stannard in flank. If Hancock did 
 order it, there is no doubt that Stannard anticipated the 
 order, and deserves the whole credit of the movement. 
 
 As soon as the enemy came in sight Hunt opened on 
 them with eighty pieces of artillery which were admirably 
 served and which did great execution, but the charging host 
 closed up every gap, and came on shoulder to shoulder, with- 
 out flinching. The casualties made by artillery are always 
 more apparent, terrible and demoralizing than those of 
 musketry. A southern writer who was in the charge says 
 that he saw a mounted officer turn to caution the men not 
 to quicken their pace. The next moment he was struck by 
 a cannon ball and hurled a shapeless mass from his horse. 
 But incidents of this kind, frequent as they were, could not 
 deter the brave men who had determined to crown the ridge 
 with their battle flags in spite of all opposition and who 
 were destined to meet with a bloody and fatal repulse. The 
 chroniclers on their side have given them credit for courage 
 incited by a belief in the justice of their cause, but men 
 fight from various motives and Scott's description of the 
 Battle of Flodden Field is as applicable now, as it was in 
 in former days. 
 
 " And O amid that waste of life 
 What various motives fired the strife ! 
 The aspiring noble bled for fame. 
 The patriot for his country's claim : 
 This knight his youthful strength to prove, 
 And that to win his lady's love : 
 Some fought from ruffian thirst of blood, 
 . From habit some, or hardihood. 
 But ruffian stern or soldier good 
 The noble and the slave 
 From various cause, the same wild road 
 On the same bloody morning trode, 
 To that dark inn — the grave." 
 
 When Pickett's column reached the Cadovi House he 
 found they were getting too far south of the clump of trees 
 in front of Webb's position upon which the center guide had 
 directed his march. To remedy this the main body was 
 obliqued in that direction. Either owing to the smoke or to 
 some misunderstanding the two Brigades under Wilcox did 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 37 
 
 not oblique with the others but kept straight to the front, 
 becoming more and more seperated from the flank it was in- 
 tended they should guard. This gave Stannard the oppor- 
 tunity to fling two Regiments against the right of the main 
 body and soon after to repeat the manoeuvre against the left 
 of Wilcox who was making a feeble assault upon our front 
 line. To aid in repelling the latter I sent forward a Regi- 
 ment which had reported to me from some other Corps. 
 The Colonel led the way waving his hat and the men fol- 
 lowed cheering, but they found that Stannard's admirable 
 movement had already repulsed Wilcox. It had also greatly 
 disordered the main body of the enemy. Its effect on the 
 latter soon became apparent. Those assailed by it were 
 forced to move south to meet it, instead of east. This 
 placed them in a corner where they were oblidged to en- 
 counter a deadly fire from Hall's and Harrow's Brigades, 
 of the Second Corps, in front, while Stannard was pounding 
 the flank. 
 
 My brother, at present residing in North Carolina, was 
 conversing recently with one of Pickett's men who was 
 made prisoner in the charge. He gave his experience as fol- 
 lows : " I told my Captain tha,t the Yankees were on our 
 flank, but he said we had nothing to do with that. Those 
 in the rear would attend to them. All we had to do was to go 
 forward. He said, Follow me ! and I tried to do so when I 
 suddenly felt the muzzle of a revolver pressed against my 
 head and heard a Vermonter say ' wall naouw, I guess you 
 won't go any farther in that direction ! ' and I didn't.' " 
 
 But to return to our story : The enemy, unable to keep 
 in line, crowded in upon Webb's front until they were 
 twenty files deep. Those behind pressed against those in 
 front and the mass impended principally upon the 69th 
 Pennsylvania and 71st Pennsylvania, of Webb's command, 
 swaying around the right of the former Regiment without 
 penetrating either force. Armstead however leaped the 
 fence followed by some of his men and succeeded in laying 
 his hand on one of our guns but was mortally wounded 
 while slashing at the gunners with his sword and.died soon 
 after, apparently penitent for the part he had taken in the 
 war. 
 
 Pickett, from the summit of the ridge which his troops 
 momentarily occupied, looked around and saw the futility of 
 further resistance. His left under Pettigrew had been ex- 
 posed to a much more severe artillery and musketry fire 
 than the rest of the line. It had already been repulsed by 
 
38 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 Hay's division of the Second Corps and was rapidly falling 
 back. No one was coming to his assistance and it was evi- 
 dent that he would soon be overwhelmed and surrounded 
 by the Union troops which were advancing. He sorrowfully 
 gave the order to retreat and rode to the rear with his head 
 bowed down, and tears rolling down his cheeks. 
 
 I sent out litters and brought in large numbers of the 
 Confederate wounded. Everywhere I heard one exclama- 
 tion from men who realized for the first time that they were 
 about to die, it was " Oh my God ! what will become of me." 
 
 This decisive charge was very similar to that made by 
 the British which terminated the battle of Fontenoy and 
 which was so gallantly repulsed by the Irish Brigade under 
 Lord Clare. The poet says : 
 
 Six thousand English veterans in stately column tread. 
 Their cannon blaze in front and flank, Lord Hay is at their head ; 
 Steady they step adown the slope, steady they climb the hill ; 
 Steady they load steady they fire, moving right onward still. 
 Between the woods and Fontenoy, as through a furious blast 
 Through rampart, trench and palisade, and bullets showering fast 
 And on the open plane above they rose and kept their course. 
 
 With ready fire, and grim resolve, which mocked at hostile force. 
 Pa&t Fontenoy, past Fontenoy while thinner grows their ranks. 
 They break as broke the Zuyder Zee through Holland's ocean banks. 
 
 The celebrated body of choice troops which constituted 
 Pickett's division is generally described as made up of the 
 best blood of Virginia, and doubtless most of them were 
 from the Old Dominion, but nearly all the adventurers of 
 the army who made war a profession and a means of live- 
 lihood, seems to have drifted into the ranks. There were 
 men there who had been engaged in all the recent battles of 
 Europe and America for the last twenty-five years. Among 
 these were old soldiers who had accompanied Zach Taylor 
 from Corpus Christi to Buena Vista, and Scott from Vera 
 Cruz to the city of Mexico. Some had fought under Walker 
 and Henningson to Central America ; men who when driven 
 out of Grenada by overwhelming odds had left it a heap of 
 ruins with the stern inscription, " Here once stood Grenada ! " 
 There were soldiers who had campaigned with Wheat and 
 Garibaldi in Italy, and others who had taken part in more 
 recent battles in Mexico. There were some who had been 
 members of the celebrated British Legion which served 
 against Don Carlos in Spain. All these were accustomed to 
 war and loved its excitement as the gambler loves his game. 
 
 It was against these veterans that the untried troops of 
 Vermont were to measure their strength in the greatest bat- 
 tle of modern times ; a battle upon which the fate of a nation 
 depended. Thank God they did not falter in the great 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 39 
 
 emergency. Their action greatly influenced, if it did not 
 decide the campaign which saved the capital from desecra- 
 tion, our great naval establishments from the torch and the 
 rich cities of the North from the humiliation and spoliations 
 of an alien despotism. More important than all these was 
 the fact that it preserved our liberties from the cruel domi- 
 nation of a great slave empire whose darkening influence 
 would have re-established the institution among us for the 
 next hundred years ; for it would have required fully that 
 length of time to organize a reaction powerful enough to 
 overcome the influence of 100 millions which African bond- 
 age represented in the councils of the nation. 
 
 Civilization and progress owe a debt that can never be 
 repaid to JStannard and his men at Gettysburg. 
 Abn\er Doubleday, 
 Brev. Maj. General IT. S. Army, late Major IT. S. Yols. 
 
 Following this valuable paper of General Doubleday's, 
 J. T. Williams sang the following solo — the Glee Club join- 
 ing in the chorus : — 
 
 *WE OLD BOYS. 
 (Published by permission of Oliver Ditson & Co.) 
 
 T'was side by side as comrades dear, 
 In dark days long ago, 
 We fought the fight without a fear, 
 And rendered blow for blow. 
 In battle march, or prison pen, 
 Each unto each was true, 
 As beardless boys became strong men, 
 And brav'd the long war through. 
 Chorus :— 
 
 We are the boys, the gay old boys, 
 
 Who marched in sixty-one ; 
 
 We'll ne'er forget old times, my boys, 
 
 When you and I were young. 
 
 And tho' thro' all these years of peace, 
 We've somewhat older grown, 
 The spirit of those early days 
 We'll ever proudly own. 
 Our grand old flag is just as fair 
 As in the trying time, ~ 
 When traitors sought its folds to tear, 
 And we suppressed the crime. 
 Chorus :— We are the boys, etc. 
 
 What if grim age creeps on a pace, 
 Our souls shall not grow old. 
 But we will stand as in the days 
 When we were warriors bold ; 
 We stood for right, for our dear land, 
 For home and all that's true, 
 So firmly clasp hand unto hand, 
 And comrade-ship renew . 
 Chorus : —We are the boys, etc. 
 
 * The above song, with music, is published in a book entitled " War Songs." The 
 work contains 50 songs, and is sold for 50 cents. 
 
40 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 D. K. Simonds, Editor Manchester Journal, then read 
 the following finely worded poena written by him, entitled 
 " Gettysburg." 
 
 Two gladiators in mortal combat. 
 
 Bare to the waist, with girdles tightly clasped 
 
 About the loins, one blue the other gray. 
 
 Giants in stature, ■with hardened sinew 
 
 Which constant use has made like band of steel. 
 
 Of equal strength and equal courage none can say 
 
 Which is the better man. Endurance, yes 
 
 The power to give and take the lusty 
 
 Blows of battle with least fatigue, this 
 
 Alone shall win the fight and gain the crown. 
 
 With cautious«tep but flashing eye they meet. 
 
 Each measures well the other's strength and skill, 
 
 And both well known that time alone must win. 
 
 No useless thrust and parry, wasted strength. 
 
 Firm as a rock each takes the other's blow, 
 
 And blows full thick and fast, until the sweat 
 
 Stands out in beaded drops ; then later on 
 
 The crimson stains mark where the blows are felt. 
 
 At length, with one consent, they pause for rest, 
 
 Then tight again until the weary sun 
 
 Goes down and darkness gives a longer re*t. 
 
 At break of day with vigor new they fight. 
 
 From morn till noon, a pause, and then till night. 
 
 No sign of weakness yet, though sweat and blood 
 
 And hard-drawn breath and bursting veins give proof 
 
 That eaeh is \ising all his strength to win. 
 
 The third day breaks, the athletes know full well 
 
 That this must be the last, that human strength, 
 
 Though courage never fail, must fail at last, 
 
 And craving longer rest they wait until 
 
 The sun has passed the noontide hour and then 
 
 Renew the fight. With superhuman force 
 
 They deal their blows and blood flows fast until 
 
 They reel and totter like a stately ship 
 
 Before the blast. And now the end is near. 
 
 A moments pause, and Gray, with mighty force, 
 
 Attempts to grapple with his foe. In vain. 
 
 He slips upon a pebble in the way 
 
 And Blue, the vantage on his side at last. 
 
 Hurls him to the ground, with foot upon his neck. 
 
 Blue has won and now is victor crowned. 
 
 Thus fought the serried hosts at Gettysburg. 
 
 One hundred thousand gladiators there 
 
 And more. Not brawny arm alone 
 
 But shot and shell and grape and sabre stroke. 
 
 Three hundred cannon with their deafening roar, 
 
 And shrieking bomb and buzzing minnie balls 
 
 Like angry bees, and sulphurous smoke and grime. 
 
 That July sun in all his rounds ne'er looked 
 
 On such a sight before. A nation's fate 
 
 Hangs in the poise, and freedom's friends through all 
 
 The world with tearful eyes and anxious hearts 
 
 Wait the result. No earthly tyrant e'er 
 
 Commanded such a host. Each man a king 
 
 Fights for a kingdom all his own. Two days 
 
 They fight, at Devil's den so rightly named, 
 
 At bloody angle, up the hill and down 
 
 With charge and counter charge, on through the town, 
 
 Among the graves of dead who calmly sleep 
 
 Unmindful of the horrid din, and pause 
 
 Not till the darkness spreads a friendly veil 
 
 Upon the scene and gives a needed rest. 
 
 The third day finds the rival hosts drawn up 
 
 In line of battle with unbroken ranks. 
 
 Fresh men replace their fallen comrades now, 
 
Regiment^ Vermont Volunteers. 41 
 
 And from the answering hill tops speed the shot 
 
 And shell to carry death and carnage to 
 
 The hidden foe. Earth trembles at the shock. 
 
 The air is filled with messengers of death. 
 
 Has hell itself broke loose? Must mortals fight 
 
 With fiery demons from the nether world? 
 
 But men are there to storm the very gates 
 
 Of hell, were need to save their country's flag. 
 
 At last the firing stops Portentous pause. 
 
 Such calm precedes the cyclone's wasteful wrath. 
 
 From yonder wood a lengthened line of gray 
 
 Appears, the flower of Southern chivalry. 
 
 Heroes of a score of well fought battles, 
 
 A last attempt to break the opposing line 
 
 And win the day Bright their muskets glow. 
 
 With measured tread they first advance and then 
 
 They qmcken to a run with horrid yell 
 
 Which echues far above the cannon's roar. 
 
 What earthly power can stem this living tide? 
 
 The sons of freedom shall withstand x-he shock, 
 
 As breaks the angry wave on Plymouth rock ! 
 
 Worthy sous of sires who fought with Allen, 
 
 Stark and Warner, brave Green Mountain Boys are 
 
 Waiting for their chance. It comes. With Stannard 
 
 At their head they wait not for command but, 
 
 Rushing through a lucky g ip they strik a 
 
 Staggering blow. Witli storm of leaden hail 
 
 In f rout and flank the Southrons melt away 
 
 And fall like leaves before the Autumn gale. 
 
 Brave men they were, like brave men met there fate. 
 
 But on the left the line of gray is still 
 
 Advancing to the fray. " About face ** is heard, 
 
 Aud Stannard's men at double quick, hurl them 
 
 Back from whence they came, the victory now complete. 
 
 Their flags are ours, ours to keep as blood bought 
 
 Emblems of a nation saved. To-day we 
 
 Look upon our country's flag with not one 
 
 Missing star. To-day we meet to honor 
 
 These brave men who bore the brunt of battle 
 
 On that bloody field. No tongue can tell the 
 
 Debt of gratitude we owe. They saved our 
 
 Nation to become a beacon for the 
 
 World, aud millions yet unborn shall tribute 
 
 Pay and honor, when these mortal frames shall 
 
 Fill a soldier's grave. And may the lesson 
 
 Taught us by these men who faced that bitter 
 
 Storm inspire our hearts with love of country, 
 
 May children's children ne'er forget the oft 
 
 Told story how their fathers fought and won 
 
 At Gettysburg And marble too shall tell 
 
 The tale till time itself shall be no more. 
 
 At the conclusion of the poem, F.. H. Shepard moved 
 that a committee of five on resolutions be appointed by the 
 President of the Day. The following were appointed as 
 that committee, R. D. King, E. H. Webster, Colonel Albert 
 Clark, Captain C. E. Abell, Captain R. O. Gore. It was also 
 moved that steps be taken to form a permanent organization 
 to be called "The 14th Vermont Volunteers Reunion Asso- 
 ciation," such organization to be officered as follows : 
 President, ten vice-Presidents, Secretary, who should also 
 be Treasurer, and an executive committee of five, who should 
 have in charge arrangements for future meetings. The fol- 
 lowing nominating committee were chosen : Albert Patchin, 
 
42 
 
 A Short History of the fourteenth 
 
 Co. A., J. C. Griffith, Co. B., A. P. Sheldon, Co. C, C. E. 
 Abell, Co. D., David Brown, Co. E., George Offensend, Co. F., 
 N". F. Dunshee, Co. G., Harley G. Sheldon, Co. H., T. C. Mid- 
 dlebrook, Co. I., W. H. Munn, Co. K. After the appoint- 
 ment of committees, an adjournment was made to the west 
 
 CHAPLAIN WILLIAM S. SMART. 
 
 side of the park, for the dinner that had been provided by 
 the committee and by the ladies of Fair Haven and vicinity. 
 Some 600 people sat down at the first table, afterwards 
 several hundred more were fed. The supply was ample, 
 and of the best quality. Every one seemed to be well 
 pleased with the entertainment provided for them, and the 
 ladies and committee received much praise from the guests. 
 At 2 o'clock a return was made to the stand, to listen to the 
 following address of Chaplain W. S. Smart. 
 
Megiment, Vermont Volunteers. 43 
 
 ADDRESS OF CHAPLAIN W. S. SMART. 
 
 Fellow Citizens and Comrades of the Uth Vermont : 
 
 This day carries our thoughts back to Independence 
 Hall, July 4th, 1776, and to Gettysburg, July 4th, 1863. 
 Though separated by 87 years the two events can be cele- 
 brated together. They were patriots who, in the sacred 
 name of liberty, proclaimed this land free and independent. 
 They were patriots who stood in battle array for its de- 
 fence and preservation on the field of Gettysburg. The 
 founders and the defenders deserve to be commemorated 
 together, as teaching by example the one supreme duty of 
 love to country and the one unending glory of sacrifices for 
 its weal. 
 
 But first of all our thanks are due to the Divine Provi- 
 dence whose protection our fathers invoked, not in vain, in 
 the birth-hour of the Republic, and to whom their children 
 looked in the day of our country's peril. Without His aid 
 neither they nor we should have succeeded. We may not 
 forget whose hand it was that covered our heads in the day 
 of battle, and whose love it is that has spared us to meet 
 after so many year? on this happy occasion. We have lived 
 to enjoy the fruits of the liberty, which others died to win 
 and preserve. The soldier and the citizen may well unite 
 to-day in thanks to the Lord of Hosts, who went forth with 
 our armies and led them to victory, and whose will it was 
 that this country should live, and in all its broad extent to- 
 day rejoice in the prosperity which bathes it as in the sun- 
 shine of a divine benediction. 
 
 " When was ever his right hand 
 
 Over any time or land 
 Stretched as now beneath the sun. 
 
 How they pale, 
 Ancient myth and song and tale, 
 
 In this wonder of our days ; 
 When the cruel rod of war 
 Blossoms white with righteous law, 
 
 And the wrath of man is praise 1 " 
 
 But these results in which we rejoice came by human 
 toil and sacrifice as well. It is fitting that these should be 
 remembered and handed down to the coming generation. 
 But how shall we speak becomingly, of our share in the 
 great events of the past, except as we extend our view be- 
 yond the particular service we rendered, and link our action 
 to the wider scope of the historic forces which wrought out 
 the grand result. In a conflict of such magnitude, in arm- 
 ies of such size what one Regiment could accomplish seems 
 
44 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 small. If the honor could be divided, as so much booty, 
 our individual part would be a fraction of little value. But 
 it cannot be thus parcelled out. It is an undivided whole 
 belonging to each, because it belongs to all. It is one 
 country, one flag, one spirit of patriotic devotion to a mighty 
 cause, which make it even more a prouder thing to be an 
 American citizen. We have it because we share it. When 
 victory came to the army of the Potomac its glory rested 
 upon every bayonet that had helped to win the battle, and 
 conferred upon each faithful soldier the rank of hero. 
 
 The record of our nine month's service is easily told. 
 We were mustered into service October 21, 1862, 959 men. 
 We were mustered out of service July 30, LS63, 830 men. 
 Our total loss 133. Of this number 68 died and 63 were dis- 
 charged for disability ; 18 were killed in action; 8 died from 
 wounds ; 74 were wounded ; every fifth man being hit. 
 These figures are from the official report of the Adjutant 
 General of Vermont, but they do not tell the whole story. 
 Many returned to die from the result of hardship endured 
 in this brief service ; many to-day carry the seeds of an 
 early death, or life long disability. The perils of war are by 
 no means confined to the battle field. W#lost more men on 
 the march to Gettysburg than we did in the battle. We 
 left Wolf Run Shoals on the Occoquan River, June 25, 
 with 723 men. We mustered only 5u0 men when we stood 
 on Cemetery Hill. Two hundred and twenty-three of our 
 comrades had fallen by the way from the utter exhaustion 
 of their strength. In the battle we lost 100 men, and when 
 we reached Funkstown in the pursuit of Lee, there were not 
 300 men ready for duty. This was the work of two weeks. 
 So melts an army under the inexorable demands of a cam- 
 paign. 
 
 But it was our good fortune to be so placed in the en- 
 gagement that our service was conspicuous, and formed a 
 part of the history of this great battle and was singled out 
 as worthy of mention by General Meade in his official report 
 of the battle. No history of the final struggle when Pickett 
 rolled his 17,000 men upon the lines of Hancock, to the left 
 of Cemetery Hill, will ever be complete which fails to note 
 how at the critical moment Stahnard saw his opportunity 
 and changing front, fell upon the rear of Pickett's right, and 
 gave them fifteen volleys at half-pistol range, advancing as 
 they fired. It was swift but deadly work. Having helped 
 to repulse Pickett's main division, Stannard changed front 
 again to meet the Brigade of Wilcox which had become sep- 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 45 
 
 arated from Pickett's right. Who that saw it shall ever 
 forget how the 14th and 13th Vermont moved to their new 
 position under shot and shell like veterans, and how Colonel 
 Veazey and the brave 16th charged on the flank of Wilcox 
 capturing nearly the entire command, and in the words of 
 General Doubleday, " Gathering battle flags in sheaves." 
 
 General Doubleday had no cause to regret the confi- 
 dence with which he received the Brigade into his division. 
 He was reported to have said when we reached Gettysburg, 
 and others showed some hesitation about accepting us as we 
 were raw troops who had never been in action, " "Where 
 are they from ? " " They are from Vermont." " Well I will 
 take them. The Vermont boys always fight well." 
 
 Well, boys, you did fight well ; and I may say it, who 
 was only your chaplain, and so not entitled to any praise or 
 honor, of the battle field, but the honor of serving and pray- 
 ing for such brave men. 
 
 And now, comrades, I will leave the rest of our history 
 to be talked over together when we gather at the dinner 
 table, where personal reminiscences will be more fitting, 
 and address the general audience assembled to do honor to 
 this occasion. Ladies and gentlemen : 
 
 I do not suppose you are ignorant of the cause'which led 
 to our great war. I do not imagine that any one who has 
 graced this day with his presence will ask the question of 
 an old Dutch farmer who had burrowed on the side of the 
 Catskills. "Well what was this war about anyway ? " 
 To many it is a part of your personal history. But a gen- 
 eration is coming who must learn it by a study of the 
 past. We know, because we have lived through the long 
 struggle, that slavery caused the war, and that the removal 
 of that great wrong from the constitution of our country is 
 one of the fairest fruits of the contest. But the generation 
 who know this as a part of their own past are rapidly going. 
 A great epoch in the life of the nation is closing in the de- 
 parture of those who helped to make it great. One by one 
 the heroes are going of that ever memorable conflict between 
 slavery and freedom which for twenty years shook the 
 foundation of constitutional liberty and finally bathed them 
 in the blood of brave defenders. It has become possible to 
 calmly review the issue and to estimate the value of the ser- 
 vices which once brought oblioquy and scorn. This was 
 the period of preparation for the great struggle, and it gave 
 opportunity for the display of a moral courage and love of 
 
46 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 liberty, scarcely second to that which was shown later, on 
 the bloody fields of the war. 
 
 At that time, the question of human slavery was treated 
 by the large majority of our people, as a purely political and 
 economical matter. Public sentiment decreed, that upon it 
 the pulpit should be silent, and it was silent. The moral 
 aspect was not discerned, and good men failed to see to what 
 it must lead. They clung to the compromise of the Consti- 
 tution and shrank from the doctrine of abolition, asinjurious 
 treason to the State. Feeling ran high, and to be known as 
 a pronounced friend of the slave, was a bar to popular favor 
 and even to business success. Just what the end must be 
 no one foresaw. The bloody issue was hid, but the patriots 
 were in making, who should rise, when the hour struck, to 
 make liberty universal. From 1840 to 1860, this discussion 
 went on in Congress, and throughout the land. In looking 
 back over these agitated times, we must recognize a Provi- 
 dential Hand. It was no chance happening, which gave to 
 the cause of human freedom such singers as Longfellow and 
 Whittier and Lowell ; such statesmen as Seward and Hale, 
 Foote and Collamar of Vermont; Giddin^s and Chase of 
 Ohio ; Sumner and Lincoln. Such orators as Theodore 
 Parker, Wendell Phillips, Garrison and Beecher. Those 
 who heard these men will never forget how their eloquence 
 flamed with the fire of a holy cause, and made eternal 
 truths of human freedom shine in their own unborrowed light. 
 From 1850 to 1860, the discussion was at white heat, fanned 
 by the repeal of the Missouri compromise, and the war in 
 Kansas. Secession was openly threatened if the demands 
 of the South were not granted, and for the time the loyalty 
 and patriotism of the North shrank from the bloody issue. 
 Public sentiment wavered between the dread alternative of 
 union under the constitutional compromise, or the disrup- 
 tion of the government. It was the era of compromises, the 
 secret of which was the love of the people to the Union, but 
 which had the look of a craven spirit, and was called dough- 
 fuceism ; a willingness to retreat before the haughty de- 
 mands of the South, and to yield everything. It misled the 
 South. It said "The North has always yielded. They 
 always will. They will not fight. Secession is possible." 
 But the party of freedom was growing, and at the actual 
 hour, could place at the helm an incorruptible patriot, and 
 a wise statesman, in the person of Abraham Lincoln, as the 
 ship of State sailed into the storm of the next four years. 
 The same spirit of loyalty to the Country which had die- 
 
ttegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 47 
 
 tated the concessions to the slave power, rose in its might 
 to defend the threatened life of the Nation. The flame and 
 smoke of battle swept over the land, but when it cleared 
 away the Union had triumphed and slavery was dead. 
 
 This agitation and discussion of the principle of liberty, 
 was a needed education of the people for the great conflict 
 of arms. Without it we might have yielded once too often, 
 and sealed the fate of the Union. It must have come 
 sooner or later, the triumph of slavery or freedom. We 
 should have met the same issue somewhere in the future, 
 and it would have been the old question in its last form, 
 "yield or fight." It was no holiday work to face a public 
 sentiment, which represented the wealth, the intelligence 
 and the political power of the two great parties of the 
 country, and which united to crush and stigmatize all whose 
 voice pleaded for freedom. All honor to the men whose 
 voice could not be silenced by any fear of man; the heralds 
 of truth and freedom who have shown how essential is true 
 eloquence to move the hearts of men, and to influence the 
 destinies of States, when it is backed by a just cause and 
 finds fearless orators. 
 
 On the 12th of April, 1861, the guns of rebels were 
 opened upon Fort Sumpter, and the actual conflict was at 
 hand, whose issue was the life or death of the Republic. 
 The last appeal to the arbitrament of arms was made. War 
 became the great business of the country. It penetrated 
 everywhere and dominated all thoughts. The note of pre- 
 paration could be heard in every hamlet and village in the 
 land. The rich gave their money, the poor their prayers. 
 Our mothers and daughters vied with each other in en- 
 thusiastic devotion, and in gentle ministries to the sick and 
 wounded. Our strong young men gave themselves, and 
 leaving home and the pursuits of business, cheerfully en- 
 dured the privations of camp, the toil of the march, and the 
 danger of the battlefield. So enthusiastic was this feeling, 
 that hardly a family was left unrepresented on the field, 
 and the news of a battle struck a chill of dread for loved 
 ones into almost every home. And this went on for four 
 long, weary years, marked by many reverses, until it 
 seemed as if it would never end. But it came at last. By 
 November of 1864, Sherman was off from Atlanta on his 
 march to the sea, piercing the heart of the Confederacy. 
 In March, 1865, Grant led the last assault on Richmond. 
 A hurried flight, a keen pursuit, for Sheridan leads, and is 
 well to the rear, and the Confederacy yields to the great 
 
48 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 captain of the Union. Two brief letters are signed and the 
 rebellion, which had cost so much treasure, and blood and 
 tears, passed into history, and Appomattox ended what Bull 
 Run began. Well done army of the Potomac ! Your long 
 struggles, your weary marches, your magnificent battles, 
 your mighty sacrifices are ended in the victory which 
 crowns your arms and gives peace and union to your native 
 land. Your bayonets dug the grave of treason, and your 
 valor and patriotism covered it from our sight. There was 
 more than poetic justice in the end, that to the Army of the 
 Potomac should come the honor of the crowning victory, 
 for to it had fallen the brunt of the conflict. Had they 
 failed us, all would have been lost. By their valor the 
 Nation lives to-day, and from the dear old flag no star is 
 missing of the original thirteen, or of those which have been 
 added by our marvelous growth across the continent. It 
 has added a page to American history, scarce less inspiring 
 than that which was written in the blood of revolutionary 
 forefathers. 
 
 The day suggests a comparison of deeds and valor, 
 which nearly a century of growth separates. America's 
 sons and daughters have shown that they still cherish the 
 spirit of liberty, which gave birth to the Republic, and are 
 worthy of the heritage of freedom, which brave men and 
 women won and bequeathed so long ago. An American 
 citizen may stand to-day unabashed in Independence Hall, 
 where more than a century ago, the noble fathers stood, 
 and appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the 
 rectitude of their intentions, pledged to each other and to 
 liberty : " their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor." 
 We have drank of their cup, and been baptized in the blood 
 of the same self-sacrificing spirit of 1776. 
 
 Many changes have occurred since then. Much has 
 been added, some things have been taken away. We are 
 not a narrow belt of Atlantic States, but span the continent. 
 We do not wear their clothes, nor ride in stage coaches, nor 
 welcome news from Europe two months old. There was no 
 Young America in those days, and women had no rights, 
 except that ancient one of making men do as they pleased 
 and having their own sweet will about everything ; but when 
 you scratch the thin varnish of customs which the age puts 
 upon men, and come to the living fibre beneath, you will 
 find it the same in both these generations. There is in the 
 American people the same love of liberty, the same patriotic 
 devotion to country, the same quick response to a great 
 
llegiment, Vermont Volunteer's. 49 
 
 moral idea. The age which gave to American history the 
 name of Washington, is well matched by the age which has 
 furnished another not less illustrious among patriots, the 
 name of Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 He was not of gentle birth, like the Father of his 
 Country. Good fortune did not smile on his youth, nor 
 pave his way to easy honors. Yet was he America's own 
 child, cradled on her wild frontier, and reared to greatness 
 in that stern school of necessity and self-effort, which has 
 added so many illustrious names to our history. A plain, 
 blunt man of the people, with a tact of getting at the heart 
 of things. Not so ever-wise that he could not learn from 
 others. Not so pliant as to be the tool of any. A man of 
 fine discernment to see the right thing to do, and with firm- 
 ness to do it at the right time. A man of laughter and of 
 tears, with heart .as tender as a woman's, yet courageous to 
 bear the buff etings of fortune for the right, the very soul of 
 loyalty, he won the Nation's confidence as no other man 
 since Washington has ever won it. A nation was in mourn- 
 ing when the tidings came that that Great Heart was dead. 
 He sleeps to-day among the martyred host upon the broad 
 prairies, from which his country summoned him, to be her 
 leader in days of greatest peril, but his name is worthy to 
 be associated with this period of our history, as the repre- 
 sentative name of a great era, as that of Washington stands 
 for valor, truth and patriotism in the first year of the re- 
 public. 
 
 The civil war taught us this- great lesson, which we 
 shall do well to remember, that a people, intelligent and 
 moral, cannot be betrayed by demagogues and traitors. It 
 was not the men who had been prominent in our affairs, 
 who saved us amid the perils of a gigantic conspiracy 
 against liberty. There sprang from the ranks of the people 
 new statesmen, new generals to lead us to victory. In 
 every crisis we may look for this to repeat itself, so long as 
 a high standard of intelligence and virtue is maintained 
 among the people. No crime against liberty will have the 
 shadow of a chance to succeed. No attempt to debauch the 
 public service to base personal interest, no arrogant demand 
 of sectional interest against the weal of an undivided 
 country, but will meet with terrible indignation and over- 
 whelming defeat, while the people remain true to God, to 
 liberty and to themselves. 
 
 We of this generation, have a duty still to perform in 
 promoting the intelligence and patriotism of the land, that 
 
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 the sacrifices of the past be not in vain. To promote and 
 perpetuate their excellent spirit, is not only the object of 
 such celebrations as we now hold, but is the great business 
 of the large majority of our citizens. In millions of homes 
 and unpretending churches and school houses, the future of 
 our Country is being wrought out, as the children, our 
 future sovereigns, are being trained to virtue, honesty and 
 loyalty. These are the invaluable defences of the Nation, 
 the incorruptible sources of its power. Let us guard them 
 well. Let every mother train her sons and daughters to love 
 their country. Let them be taught to revere and emulate 
 the names and character of Washington, Adams, Franklin 
 and Lincoln. Let them be told the deeds of the early and 
 the later saviours of this country. So shall there remain a 
 race upon the soil worthy to take and brave to hold the 
 liberty which blood bought and blood redeemed. 
 
 And so to-day we strive to link together, with hallow- 
 ing memories our country's past and future. Can we forget 
 the costly sacrifices which have made such a hope for the 
 future possible. Can we rejoice to-day, without pausing to 
 drop a tear over the brave comrades who fell in battle, and 
 sealed with their blood that peace which rests upon the 
 land in all its broad extent and unparalleled prosperity. 
 By these soldiers' graves is our Country consecrated for her 
 high mission, and here shall freedom come to light her 
 torch, as from perpetual fires. 
 
 Comrades, this is a very different scene from that 
 which greeted our eyes twenty-four years ago, when we 
 stood amid the dreadful carnage of Gettysburg. Your faces 
 were begrimmed with the smoke of three days' fighting. 
 Your hands were wet with comrades' blood, as you bore 
 them to the hospital. Your hearts were sad as you laid to 
 rest the brave form of some loved friend, and thought how 
 they were worthy of life, who had died that others might 
 live. And saddest of all, was the painful thought that per- 
 chance these lives had been sacrified in vain, for the war 
 was only half over. But to-day we know to what a great 
 service these young lives were given. To-day we look back 
 and their sleeping forms rise before us in all the majesty of 
 a patriot's death, as we behold our country recovering 
 rapidly from the effect of the war, and resuming her career 
 of marvellous prosperity, and we hope, her beneficent mission 
 as the far shining example of a free and independent and 
 enlightened people. O, fallen comrades, heroes of the 
 mighty epoch, may your memory be green while the moun- 
 
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 tains of your loved State remain ; may your graves be strewn 
 with the freshest flowers of spring, while spring shall return 
 or flowers bloom. 
 
 Now we know why you died. We know 
 
 " That the death which was pale on their faces, 
 
 Has filled the whole world with its light. 
 
 To the clouds and the mountains we breathe it, 
 
 To the freedom of planet and star ; 
 Let the tempest of ocean en wreathe it. 
 
 Let the words of the night bear it far, 
 Our oath that, till manhood shall perish 
 
 And honor and virtue are sped, 
 We are true to the cause that they cherish 
 
 And eternally true to the dead." 
 
 And how can we better do this than by resolving that 
 the dead shall not have died in vain. Humanity's long bat- 
 tle for the right is not ended. The contest shifts and 
 changes with the years. 
 
 " Yet we doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs. 
 And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the sun." 
 
 The sword and plume and battle axe of the comarades 
 hang rusting on the wall. The muskets with which we 
 fought, are old and useless now, but chivalry and knightly 
 spirit are still needed, that wrongs may be reduced and the 
 holy cause served. The old army is fading with the years 
 and soon the last soldier of the Union shall be gone. Our 
 thinning ranks remind us, that as Charles Kingsley said of 
 himself, we resemble the runner in the old Lamp Bearing 
 Race of Greece, from whose hand, when his strength failed, 
 another caught the torch, and bore it on to the goal ere it 
 expired. God grant that when the last soldier is mustered 
 out, and the Army of the Potomac lives only in memory, 
 the torch of liberty once born amid the smoke and flame of 
 battle by you, may find hands as strong, and hearts as true 
 to bear it down the centuries to final victory. 
 
 But I must close, leaving much unsaid which deserves 
 utterance on this occasion. I feel sure that I echo the 
 sentiment of all members of the 14th, and of all the soldiers 
 which Vermont gave to the conflict, when I say we are glad 
 to meet to-day, after so many years, shoulder to shoulder as in 
 the time when life was young and fair. But our fightir g days 
 are over. The reveille no longer breaks our morning slum- 
 ber ; the bugle no more sounds " Fall in ;" shot and shell, the 
 hail of death, no longer falls about us, save as in memory 
 we recall the scenes of yore. We meet to greet, and we 
 greet to part, but ere we go ; 
 
 " We'll rally round the flag, boys, 
 
 Rally once again, 
 Shouting the battle cry of freedom," 
 
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 This fine address was repeatedly applauded during its 
 delivery. Lieut. Dan. K. Hall of the 12th Vermont Regi- 
 ment, then read and sung Julia Ward Howe's "Battle 
 Hymn of the Republic," the veterans joining in the chorus. 
 
 Colonel Knapp of Middlebury, then, in a few words, 
 spoke of the entertainment just received, and called for 
 "three cheers for the ladies of Fair Haven," which were 
 heartily given. He contrasted the breakfast of " lively bean 
 soup" given the 14th Regiment at New York City in 1862, 
 with the excellent repast furnished them on the following 
 morning in Philadelphia. 
 
 GOVERNOR E. J. ORMSBEE. 
 
 The further exercises of the afternoon, were then given 
 over into the hands of Capt. C. E. Abell, who proceeded to 
 read the following toast and sentiment : " The State of Ver- 
 mont, among the first in peace, it held its grit, until the 
 peace was fully established." 
 
liegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 53 
 
 Governor E. J. Ormsbee being called upon, responded as 
 follows : 
 
 Mr. President and Comrades : 
 
 The sentiment to which T am called upon to respond, 
 may well be considered and treated as a fact ; not that the 
 Green Mountain State was actually in advance of her sister 
 States in sending troops to the front, but she was among 
 the first to respond, and, from that time on, was ever at the 
 fore without any abatement of vigor, or loss of position to 
 the close of the war. As the State was among the first to 
 respond, and as I have said, was at the fore until peace 
 came, so were her soldiers. In this connection I am led to 
 tell you of what I heard said of the soldiers of Vermont, 
 while in Fredericksburgh in May last, when on my way to 
 attend the dedication of the monument to General Sedg- 
 wick, so long the trusted and beloved Commander of the 6th 
 Corps. Halting for a night at Fredericksburgh, the 6th 
 Corps Veterans, over three hundred of them, organized a 
 camp-fire which was held in the Court House. Among others 
 called out during the evening, was Col. Cowen of Cowen'a 
 Battery, so often supported by the 6th Corps boys. In re- 
 sponding to the call, the Colonel turned to me, saying, at 
 the same time extending his hand : " Gov. Ormsbee, I am 
 very glad to see you here to-night. It is no more than 
 proper that Vermont should be here ; and that she is repre- 
 sented by her Executive and others of her stalwart sons, is 
 indeed gratifying. I want to say, sir, to you, and in the 
 presence of all these Comrades,^ that Vermont belongs here, 
 and I want to tell you Comrades, I have seen the Vermont- 
 ers do what I have never seen any other soldiers do ; I have 
 seen them come back from the front line of battle, one by 
 one, after having exhausted their cartridges, replenish their 
 boxes as best they could, and return to the fight of their 
 own account. Comrades, I have seen the soldiers of Vermont 
 do this more than once, but never any others ;" at this point, 
 three rousing cheers and a tiger were given for Vermont. 
 It was, I assure you, Comrades, a proud time for us Vermont- 
 ers, then on our way to Spottsylvania Court House, to do 
 honor to " Uncle John,"— Comrades, I trust you will pardon 
 me, if I depart from the sentiment offered by your toast- 
 master. I want to say a few words in reference to Gettys- 
 burg. As you all know the State made provision at the 
 last Session of the Legislature for erecting monuments there, 
 and created a commission to carry out the work. The sum 
 
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 appropriated was $9,000, all that was asked for by the 
 members having it in hand, and this appropriation was 
 made without a particle of hesitation on the part of any 
 man, so far as I know; more would have doubtless been 
 asked for had the subject been better understood ; and had 
 more been asked for, more would, I have no doubt been 
 given. To some, if not to many, the sum seemed too small, 
 and insufficient. This is largely the result of, or is in conse- 
 quence of comparison. Since Vermont made her appropria- 
 tion, other States have been engaged in the same noble work. 
 While the Commissioners of Vermont were on the battle- 
 field last April, in the performance of their duties, the 
 Governor and Legislature of Pennsylvania, for, the same 
 purpose, or rather as a prelude to similar actions, were 
 there ; and Comrades, they went back to their Capitol and 
 appropriated, as I now remember over $200,000, to erect 
 monuments on that bloody field,— the high tide of the Ke- 
 bellion. Thus does Pennsylvania remember her soldier 
 sons, and their brave and patriotic service, and she has 
 made an appropriation for a monument to the memory of 
 Miss Jennie Wade, a young lady who was killed during the 
 battle, (doubtless by a stray bullet), while baking bread for 
 you and me. Then comes New York with over eighty 
 regiments at Gettysburgh, and she has appropriated to each 
 regiment, the sum of $1,500, and $50,000 to erect a State 
 Monument. So, as I have said, by comparison, our $9,000 
 seems small and doubtless is so. Yet under the circum- 
 stances, I think it very respectable, and very much to the 
 credit of the State. It is not possible to erect the monu- 
 ments the present year ; the work must be completed on or 
 before Oct. 1, 1888. When these monuments are dedicated 
 it will be Vermont's best day ; the best opportunity that 
 may hereafter be offered to her sons and daughters to 
 dedicate themselves to patriotism ; and I promise you that 
 every possible effort will be made by the Ci m mission having 
 the matter in charge to make the best terms and provisions, 
 so that as many as may, can for once at least visit what 
 Gettysburgh must soon be, if she is not now, namely the 
 Monumental Battle-field of the World. History that will 
 not be questioned gives to the soldiers of " Stannard's Brig- 
 ade," a position of influence, and a meed of honor second to 
 no other. Let us see to it that we bear this in mind, and 
 one and all go to Gettysburgh when our monuments are 
 dedicated, and then and there, pay what may be our last 
 tribute to our heroic dead. 
 
itegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 55 
 
 Returning again to the part taken by Vermont in the 
 war, it is a fact worthy of rememberance that only one 
 other State (Kansas), sent to the front as large a per cent- 
 age of her population ; full ten per cent., and in considera- 
 tion that many of the Kansas troops were Vermonters, 
 we lose nothing, but rather gain something by com- 
 parison with our patriotic sister States. Comrades, 
 let me in closing, thank you and your Committee for the 
 privilege of being here to-day. You are truly to be con- 
 gratulated upon the success that has attended your re- 
 union." 
 
 At the conclusion of Gov. Ormsbee's remarks, Captain 
 Abell read the following toast, and called upon Major L. G. 
 Kingsley to respond to it in behalf of the 12th Vermont. 
 
 "The 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th Regiments, our worthy 
 co-adjutors in the front. Their officers and men are wel- 
 come to our board." 
 
 Major Kingsley in responding said : 
 Mr. President, Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 I regret that the duty of representing the 12th Regi- 
 ment on this occasion, could not have been assigned to a 
 more competent person than myself ; but as it has not, I 
 will do the best I can to fill the bill, and can best do it by 
 giving a short history of its services in connection with the 
 14th and the rest of the Brigade. The* 12th was the first regi- 
 ment of nine month's men organized. I might say that it 
 was the re-organization of the 1st Regiment, as seven com- 
 panies had served in that Regiment, and both Lieut.-Colonel 
 and Major were Lieutenants in the 1st. Our Colonel was 
 A. P. Blunt, who was formerly Lieut.-Colonel of the 6th. 
 We left Brattleboro the seventh day of October, 1862, and 
 arrived in Washington the 9th, and went into Camp on 
 East Capitol Hill. We were soon joined by the 13th, 14th, 
 15th and 16th Regiments, and organized into what was 
 known as the Second Vermont Brigade, under the Command 
 of Colonel Blunt, who was the Senior Colonel. About the 
 1st of November we crossed the Potomac and encamped on 
 Gen. Lee's farm. As the Brigade of 5,000 men passed down 
 Pennsylvania Avenue, the citizens of Washington remarked 
 that it was' one of the finest bodies of men they had ever 
 seen, and I can assure you it was a magnificent sight. The 
 columns marched by Company front, and each Company 
 just filled the Avenue to the curb-stones. From this time 
 until June 25th, we were engaged in picket duty, between 
 
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 Washington and the Rappahannock ; on this date we started 
 for Gettysburg, and arrived at Emmitsburg on the evening 
 of the 30th. 
 
 The next morning the 12th and 15th Regiments were 
 ordered to guard the First Corps supply trains. We arrived 
 near the battle-field in the afternoon ; Gen. Sickles ordered 
 our regiment to take the train back to Westminster, a place 
 about thirty miles south. This order we obeyed with great 
 reluctance, for although our time of enlistment would expire 
 on the following day, it was the earnest wish of both officers 
 and men to remain with the Brigade and participate in the 
 great battle then in progress. As we, of the 12th turned 
 our backs to the foe, you of the 14th were about to meet in 
 that terrible struggle in which your valor was so much 
 glory for our beloved State, we felt a sense of humiliation, and 
 would gladly have exchanged places with you. Col. Blunt 
 was once on the point of disobeying the order given him, 
 and taking the Regiment back and join the Brigade, but 
 heeding the advice of some of his officers, he wisely decided 
 not to do so. For had he left the train, there would have 
 been great danger of its capture, as a Division of Rebel 
 Calvary was out for the special purpose of cutting off the 
 supply trains, and came within three miles of ours. 
 The importance of protecting this train was demonstrated 
 in sending the 15th to assist us. It was a slight consola- 
 tion to us, to know that the duty we were performing, — 
 though not so dangerous as yours, — might be of great im- 
 portance in the end ; for this train was composed of hundreds 
 of wagons filled with provisions, ammunition and clothing. 
 We Were doing as important service, (though not in as dan- 
 gerous a position,) as the troops on the field. The history 
 of the battle is for you that took part in to recite. 
 
 Comrades, I have often tried to picture to my own mind 
 what the result would have been, could our Brigade have 
 remained entire, and the whole five Regiments been in line 
 to meet Pickett's charge. It seems to me the result would 
 have been almost a total annihilation of the charging 
 columns. As a non-combatant in this battle I have taken 
 more of your time than I have a right to, so I will give those 
 a chance who can interest you more than I can." 
 
 Following Major Kingsley, Surgeon Geo. Nichols, 
 (Ex-Secretary of State,) of the 13th Regiment, spoke as 
 follows : 
 
ttegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 5? 
 
 Mr. President, ^Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades of the 11th 
 Vermont : 
 
 Twenty-four years ago to-day, you and I were resting 
 upon the battle-field of Gettysburg, from the terrible excite- 
 ment and fatigue to which we had been subjected for the 
 three days previous. It is eminently fitting that we this 
 day commemorate that great event in a reunion of your 
 regiment, and let me thank you for the kind invitation to 
 join with you in the festivities which the day brings to us. 
 I thank you for the pleasure I derive in meeting so many of 
 my old comrades of the Second Vermont Brigade, of renew- 
 ing old associations, and forming new friendships. 
 
 It was not my fortune to stand by your side with the 
 musket at my shoulder. My duty was with the sick and the 
 wounded, and whether in the tent or on the field, it was 
 always my purpose to answer the demand that should be 
 made upon me, in the best of my humble abilities. I had 
 hoped to meet to-day, one who is very dear to me, and one 
 with whom I was intimately associated most of the time 
 during our term of service. I am told that he too antici- 
 pated much pleasure in being present, b'it " Man proposes 
 and God disposes." And to-day, at his own home in a 
 neighboring town, he lies upon a bed of sickness and suffer- 
 ing. Let our prayers go up to high Heaven that Doctor 
 Woodward, the kind-hearted, skillful Surgeon of the 14th 
 Vermont, the Christian gentleman and the noble man, may 
 speedily recover the full measure of his health, and again be 
 restored to the circle of his family and many friends. 
 
 On this day, a little more than a century ago, a patriotic, 
 liberty-loving and self reliant body of men, the representa- 
 tives of the thirteen American Colonies, in convention as- 
 sembled, declared over their immortal signatures, certain 
 truths to be self-evident. Among which were, "That all 
 men were created equal ; that they are endowed by their 
 Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that among these 
 are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It was in 
 vindication of the great principle thus embodied— the 
 equality of Man before the law — that the war of the rebellion 
 was fought, by the great loyal North, and when the smoke 
 of battle had cleared away, and the din of war has ceased, 
 when peace had settled o'er all the land, it was found that 
 Freedom had achieved a signal triumph, and slavery was 
 destroyed forever. Well has it been said that the battle of 
 Gettysburg was the pivotal battle of the war. From that 
 
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 time the tide of secession rolled back upon itself and sought 
 a refuge in the dens of its own infamy ! 
 
 We accept the declaration of this truth, and going 
 further than did the eloquent orator of the day, the gallant 
 Chaplain of the 14th Vermont, we will emphatically record 
 our belief that by the prowess and heroic valor of the 13th, 
 14th and 16th Vermont Regiments, victory was wrenched 
 from the grasp of Pickett's veterans and triumphantly 
 mounted upon the banners of the Union Hosts ! All honor 
 then to Stannard's Brigade, and let none dare to pluck a 
 single laurel from the wreaths of triumph that rest upon 
 the victors brows ! 
 
 Peace hath its victories as well as war, and I would no 
 longer keep afresh the bitter memories of the direful strug- 
 gle. Nor would I taunt our Southern brethren with words 
 of signal hate, or continuously remind them of defeat, but 
 " that thrift may follow fawning," never should be returned 
 the emblems of their disgrace. The rebel flags should be 
 carefully preserved in the archives of our National Govern- 
 ment, as a perpetual reminder to our generation, and to 
 those who shall come after us, that treason, wherever and 
 whenever it may rear its hydra-head, shall be surely crushed 
 and trodden under foot. 
 
 In conclusion, let me heartily congratulate the Comrades 
 of Company F., for the brilliant success that has attended 
 their patriotic efforts. Again I thank you for your kind 
 and fraternal remembrance, which to me, has been a source 
 of pleasure that can never be effaced from my memory. I 
 bid you farewell, hoping and trusting that the future of your 
 years may be as peaceful and prosperous, as were those days 
 honorable and glorious, when we pledged our faith to one 
 common cause, and our loyalty to the unity of our beloved 
 country. 
 
 Colonel Redfleld Proctor spoke for the 15th, i-aying: 
 
 " The brave they say, are always generous and hospitable. 
 Certainly the people of Fair Haven have been both. It was 
 the fortune of my regiment to be sent to the left, and not to 
 be engaged. Doubleday, in referring to the order subse- 
 quently said: 'Was it your regiment which I sent to the 
 left? You don't know what you lost. Your Brigade 
 covered themselves with glory.' This reunion ought to be 
 continued. It should be a gathering for the soldiers of Rut- 
 land county and not confined to town lines. He put the 
 
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 59 
 
 motion for a reunion every year and it was carried unani- 
 mously." 
 
 The next toast read was as follows : 
 
 " General Stannard. Our brave and competent com- 
 mander. His death is sincerely mourned by every member 
 of the Second Vermont Brigade." 
 
 GENERAL GEORGE J. STANNARD. 
 
 Colonel Clarke began by expressing regret that either 
 Colonel Hooker or Colonel Benedict, of General Stannard's 
 staff, was not present to respond to this sentiment, as had 
 been expected, but said that every man who had ever fought 
 under him could say much in his praise, and could endorse 
 all that had been written of his military prowess, before and 
 since his decease. He believed that General Stannard was 
 born in this town of Pair Haven. If this is so, it is the 
 greatest of all the town's many honors. He went to St. 
 Albans early in life and began as a common workingman, 
 taking promotions for merit as they came to him, until 
 
60 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 finally he became superintendent of a large foundry and 
 machine shop. In this capacity he showed something of 
 the faculty of managing men which so developed itself when 
 his greater opportunity came. He was a man of great public 
 spirit and this led him into the fire department, of which he 
 became chief engineer, and into the militia, in which he 
 was commander of the original Ransom Guards. When 
 the war broke out, he was the very first man in Vermont to 
 tender his services to the country, and, after his service in 
 the First, or three months' regiment had been rendered, he 
 at once set about raising men for the Second Regiment, to 
 serve three years, or until the close of the war. He went 
 out as Lieut.-Colonel of the Second, and participated bravely 
 in the battle of Bull Run. In the spring of 1.S62, he was 
 often in command of the regiment, owing to the absences of 
 the Colonel, and was a very popular Commander. During 
 the Peninsular campaign he made a reconnoisance which 
 showed his bravery and also his judgment in time of dan- 
 ger. In May he was appointed Colonel of the Ninth Ver- 
 mont, which was then being raised, and he immediately left 
 for home and took command. At Harper's Ferry, when the 
 force to which the Ninth belonged was surrendered, he is 
 said to have plead with the commanding general for leave 
 to undertake to cut his way out. He chafed under the 
 misfortune of a long confinement under parole, but in the 
 winter of 1862-3, relief came to him by exchange and by a 
 promotion to be Brigadier General of Volunteers. The 
 Second Vermont Brigade, which had been raised the pre- 
 vious autumn, had been commanded by a brave and accom- 
 plished soldier, but he was unpopular, as he had enforced 
 too rigid discipline, even tying up by the thumbs honest 
 and self-respecting old Vermont farmers in his brigade 
 because they neglected to salute him. When he was cap- 
 tured by Mosby they shed no tears over it, and when Gen. 
 Stannard was ordered to the command of the brigade they 
 rejoiced and every man felt that a career of usefulness was 
 before them. Being a plain man of the people, he knew 
 how to discipline them without giving offence and he be- 
 came very popular, even with the officers who had them- 
 selves aspired to the command of the brigade. On the 
 march to Gettysburg, as many of you may remember, we 
 halted for a brief rest near some cherry trees, which were 
 filled with ripe fruit. Instantly the trees also held all the 
 men who could get into them. Fearing for their healths, 
 the General sent an Orderly to tell them to return to their 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 61 
 
 commands. They reminded the Orderly that he was nothing 
 but a private and had better go back to his horses. Then 
 the General sent a staff officer, who ordered the men down. 
 They at once obeyed the order, but as soon as his back was 
 turned, got into the trees again. Then the General ran out 
 there himself. Just what he said to the men I did not hear, 
 but they came back to their places about as fast as they 
 could. A few hours after that, on the march, Private Hicks 
 of my company remarked that he liked the old General, for 
 there was nothing " stuck up " about him, and he was not 
 afraid to speak to a private. " Why," said Sergeant Scott, 
 "has he been saying anything to you, Hicks?" "Yes," re- 
 plied Hicks. " What did he say ?" " O," said Hicks, " he 
 said — I think I will not repeat it here," — said the 
 speaker, " but it was something like this : Lord bless your 
 souls, get out of those cherry trees." Further on, you re- 
 member that we made a halt just before reaching Frederick 
 City, but we did not know that we were so near, though the 
 General did. The men were famishing with thirst, and the 
 General had stationed a safe-guard at a well near by, because 
 he knew that there was not water enough to go around and 
 that there might be conflicts in getting it. Lieutenant 
 Brown of the 13th disregarded the safe-guard and got some 
 water, braving death in doing so, and carried it to a man in 
 his company who was ill. Of course the General put him 
 under arrest and took his sword. When we reached Gettys- 
 burg and it was seen that there was business before us, 
 Brown went to Stannard and asked for his sword, saying 
 that he would return it after the battle. The General was 
 touched by the request, but told him he could not have it, 
 as it had been sent with the baggage to the rear. Neverthe- 
 less, Brown armed himself with a hatchet and went into the 
 battle, and for two days, wherever his company was, in the 
 thickest of the fight, there that hatchet was seen swinging. 
 After the battle, the General did not wait for Brown to 
 come to him, bat, wounded though he was himself, he sent 
 word to Brown that he had earned his sword, and should 
 have it. That is the kind of a disciplinarian that he was. 
 And as for his fighting qualities, they were not surpassed 
 in the army. 
 
 It has been claimed by Gen. Walker of Gen. Hancock's 
 staff that the order for throwing us upon Pickett's flank was 
 given by Gen. Hancock. But Gen. Walker was not in the 
 battle, and if he had any knowledge on the subject, it was 
 derived at second hand. I believe that Gen. Hancock long 
 
62 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 afterwards admitted to Col. Benedict that he did not give 
 the order, though he saw and sustained the movement. To 
 Gen. Stannard belongs the credit of its conception, and of 
 giving it at just the right time. With so much business in 
 front of us, of course none of us were watching him, but 
 after Pickett's column had been broken and we were 
 gathering in the prisoners, I chanced to look around, and 
 there was Stannard, near the line of battle waving his hat 
 and sword, and directing the movement of the 16th, and a 
 part of the 14th, striking Wilcox on his left flank and break- 
 ing him up as badly as Pickett had been broken a few 
 minutes before. Shortly the General fell wounded, struck 
 in his thigh by a spherical case shot, but he stubbornly re- 
 fused to leave the field until he was sure that his men were 
 well posted to resist another attack if one was to be made. 
 At the battle of Chapin's Farm, after Fort Harrison had 
 been captured, Gen. Stannard held it against the best troops 
 of the Confederate army, and under the personal command 
 of Gen. Lee himself. His line held a rifle pit on the Rich- 
 mond side of the fort, and was charged upon by heavy 
 masses of troops. Stannard himself walked back and forth 
 on the parapet of a parallel just in rear, waving his hat and 
 sword and encouraging the men to hold the position, at the 
 same time sending officers for reinforcements. On came the 
 charging columns, and delivered a perfect storm of lead and 
 iron, but they were repulsed one after another and Stannard 
 pranced like a tiger back and forth, as he gave his men en- 
 couragement and the most conspicuous example of personal 
 gallantry. He was watched and admired by thousands who 
 were holding another part of the line, but were not at that 
 time engaged, and when he fell, with his right arm shat- 
 tered, a groan went up from the whole army, " Stannard is 
 killed," " Stannard is killed." But shortly he showed that 
 he was not killed, and on being borne a little to the rear, he 
 insisted upon stopping, still under a galling fire, and direct- 
 ing the movement of some troops which had come to rein- 
 force his beleaguered line. For this heroism he was pro- 
 moted to be a Major. General of Volunteers, but it took his 
 injury so long to heal that he never rendered any more 
 active service. After the war he was made Collector of 
 Customs for the District of Vermont, but as he was not care- 
 ful of his accounts and expenditures, he became involved, 
 greatly to his surprise and grief, and was obliged to give up 
 the good office. He surrendered everything that he had and 
 did all in his power to make good the losses, and he again 
 
Itegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 63 
 
 became a humble, private citizen, but was still honored for 
 his distinguished military services. Later on, when Col. 
 Hooker, one of his old staff officers, was chosen Sergeant-at- 
 Arms of the United States House of Representatives, he 
 appointed Gen. Stannard to a position as doorkeeper, and 
 there, though the position was very humble, he enjoyed the 
 respect and warm friendship of many prominent men of the 
 House, who had served in either the Union or the Confeder- 
 ate Army. Suddenly, about a year ago, after a brief illness, 
 he passed to his great reward. His poor, shriveled body, 
 maimed for the country that he loved, was borne with mili- 
 tary honors unequaled in Vermont, to its final resting place. 
 This is not upon a hill and surrounded by costly mausoleums 
 of the proud and wealthy, but is down upon a level with 
 the humblest, just as he would be if he were here in this 
 audience to-day, and there a monument will arise by which 
 his State and his old comrades will transmit to the future a 
 suggestion of the honor and regard in which he was held. 
 We do not like to think of his misfortunes, we do not easily 
 realize that he is dead. We choose to remember him as we 
 saw him in his greatest and best moments, sustaining and 
 directing the line of battle, and with that old Mexican som- 
 brero waving us on to victory. 
 
 Following Col. Clarke's remarks, the Glee Club sang 
 the following anthem, " Blest be the Ground." 
 
 " The staff of Gen. Stannard, alert and brave ; they skill- 
 fully executed the orders of their chief. Among its mem- 
 bers was a noted Hooker whose reputation, like his shadow, 
 grows no less." 
 
 It is to be regretted that the remarks of Col. Hooker in 
 reply to this toast cannot be recorded here. We can truth- 
 fully report that he sustained his reputation of being among 
 the best extempore speakers in the State. Witty, pathetic, 
 eloquent ; none who heard him will easily forget him. 
 
 " The field officers of the 14th Regiment; the memory 
 of the virtues of the dead and living, still survives in our 
 
 Chaplain Smart said the sacred duty was laid upon him 
 to speak for those who were not there to speak for them- 
 selves. The men of the 14th were privileged to be led by 
 men, and there were no nobler among all those who gave 
 themselves to the service of their country. Xichols was one 
 of those who deserved success. A fine tribute was paid to 
 Charles Field, Quartermaster of the 14th. 
 
 The Glee Club then sang " The Battle Cry of Freedom.' 
 
64 A Short History of the fourteenth 
 
 " The 14th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, E Pluribus 
 TTnum." 
 
 To this toast Capt. Munn responded as follows : 
 
 " Comrades of the 14th Vermont Regiment, I am glad 
 to meet with you. I did not know until after my arrival 
 here, that I was to have the pleasure of addressing you. 
 But in, the absence of Lieut.-Col. Rose, I shall endeavor to 
 respond to the toast assigned to him, and I regret, with you, 
 that he is not present to do his own talking. Yes, Com- 
 rades, I am glad to meet you ; glad to meet the members of 
 the grand 14th Vermont Regiment, a regiment that never 
 retreated. Do you remember the imaginary enemy that 
 was paraded before us, one bright moonlight night at Wolf 
 Run Shoals ? That was a Smart game, they came on us. 
 That night, while in breathless silence we stood, each man 
 provided with sixty rounds, to meet a beautiful young 
 willow grove, which Chaplain Smart believed to be 
 ' rooted and grounded ' in full grown Johnnies. There were 
 many such surprises for us, but as our Chaplain truly says, 
 they taught us to be on the alert, and always ready to meet 
 the foe. 
 
 It is useless for me to speak of the personnel of the 14th 
 Vermont Regiment, you were all acquainted with its 
 officers, many of whom have laid aside the sword and now 
 rest in the silent city of the dead ; and among them sleeps 
 our brave and beloved Col. W. T. Nichols ; peace be to their 
 memory ! While we, who still remain, endeavor to keep 
 green the recollections of the many happy hours spent to- 
 gether while on the march, and in camp, and in the quiet- 
 ude of night, on the picket line. Well should we feel proud 
 of being one of ' Stannard's Flying Brigade ;' that name was 
 rightfully given, but dearly bought, for well we remember 
 on those forced inarches, how we suffered from thirst and 
 hunger, and foot-sore, and nearly dead, we dropped, one by 
 one, our gallant boys by the roadside. 
 
 The 14th went into camp at Brattleboro, Oct. 4th, 1862, 
 and was mustered into the United States service Oct. 21st, 
 and left for the seat of war the day following. The live 
 stock breakfast in New York, our splendid treatment in 
 Philadelphia, our arrival at the Capitol, and encampment at 
 Camp Seward, Va., are familiar to you all. I need not re- 
 peat all that took place during our service in connection 
 with the 14th Regiment, but we have good reason to be 
 proud of the boys, no matter what the trial or danger, the 
 14th was always found ready to obey, and when after that 
 
ttegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 65 
 
 long and tiresome march, we reached the battle scene at 
 Gettysburg, then was it fully known, and not until then, 
 what stuff the 14th was made of. Boys, we shall never for- 
 get the part we took in that greatest of America's battles. 
 And we, who survive, and are here gathered to-day, feel a 
 just pride in having contributed our share to one of the 
 greatest victories of the war ; but while we rejoice that we 
 have been spared to meet once more, let us not forget to 
 keep green in our memory, our dear companions and com- 
 rades that were killed in the discharge of duty. 
 
 Let us still continue to be faithful soldiers, keeping our 
 armor bright and ready at the last day of service, to respond 
 at roll call, ' here am 1.' And now boys let me again say that 
 I am glad to be with you, and hope that we will be spared 
 to meet many times yet together." 
 
 The " Battle Cry of Freedom," was then sung by the 
 Glee Club. 
 
 " The Quartermaster's department, 
 Put sixty pounds upon our backs J 
 It booted us with shoes ; 
 It dealt each man full fifty rounds; 
 And gave us all the blues" 
 
 J. C. Griffith of Danby, was called out to respond to the 
 above sentiment. He spoke as follows : 
 
 Comrades : — Our beloved Quartermaster, Charles Field, 
 departed this life on the 8th day of July, A. D. 1886, in the 
 glorious hope of a blissful immortality. I am asked to 
 represent him here to-day. "Were he living, he would be 
 here upon this occasion, and would be called upon to re- 
 spond to this sentiment, instead of myself. He was a brave 
 and efficient officer, devoted to duty, temperate in habits, 
 faithful to every trust, an able man in his department, and 
 won the love and respect of all who knew him. 
 
 I well remember how upon our first march from Wash- 
 ington to Camp Chase, we had sixty, yes, I think eighty 
 pounds upon our backs, and I recall how many of our 
 strongest men, staggering under this load in a hot, broiling, 
 Virginia sun, suffered from the excessive heat and burden. 
 We then made up our minds that moving in heavy march- 
 ing order was a hard road to travel. Our second night in 
 Virginia was an eventful one ; during the night the rains of 
 Heaven fell in torrents, the winds blew, the cyclones raged, . 
 and all our tents were hurled to the ground. The men 
 were as wet as though they had been thrown into the Poto- 
 mac. The " brogans " were all right when they did not 
 wear out on the march and leave us to complete it with 
 
66 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 bare feet. Marching twenty miles a day in a hot sun, with 
 three days rations in our haversacks, and forty rounds in 
 our cartridge-boxes, to say nothing of the knapsack, cloth- 
 ing and blankets, soon gave us all "the blues," without a 
 requisition from the quartermaster. Faithful and true in 
 life, our highly esteemed quartermaster, I have no doubt, as 
 he entered the gates upon the other side, received the joyous 
 welcome, " well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter 
 thou into the joys of thy Lord." 
 
 " When the years cff earth are over, and the cares of earth are done. 
 When the reign of Time is ended, and eternity begun, 
 When the thunders of Oniuiseence on our wakened senses roll 
 And the sky above shall wither, and be gathered as a scroll; 
 When, among the lofty mountains, and across the mighty sea. 
 The sublime celestial bugler shall ring out the Keveille, 
 May we march with brightest laurels and with proud victorious tread. 
 To our station up ill Heaven, with our loved and honored dead.*' 
 
 Capt. Dunton was called out to respond to the follow- 
 ing toast and sentiment : " Our line officers. At first un- 
 skilled in the art of war, their natural good sense and keen 
 discernment soon caught its details, and witb their earnest- 
 ness of purpose, made them excellent examples of citizen 
 soldiers." 
 
 The Secretary regrets that Capt. Dunton's remarks on 
 this toast have not been preserved. 
 
 "Our Medical Staff. We remember with gratitude 
 their earnest efforts to keep our own from mingling with 
 Virginia clay." 
 
 In response Dr. Ross said : 
 Mr. Chairman and Comrades: 
 
 This toast seems to call for a resume of the Medical 
 Staff and its doings, together with a compendium of the 
 reports of the " sick call " of our regiment. The 14th Ver- 
 mont Regiment met first at Brattleboro, Vt., in Oct. 180:2. 
 The Medical Staff consisted of Dr. E. H. Sprague, Surgeon ; 
 Dr. L. D. Ross, 1st Assistant Surgeon, and Frank P. Jones, 
 Hospital Steward. In less than a month the Surgeon was 
 discharged for incompetency and the command then de- 
 volved upon the Assistant Surgeon for nearly five months. 
 During this time the regiment changed camp twelve or 
 fifteen times, necessitating at each move a breaking up of 
 regimental hospital, a packing up and unpacking of all 
 medical and hospital stores. The transfer of the sick, if 
 able to be moved, to the brigade or general Hospitals. The 
 duties of the Acting Surgeon were considerable for a green 
 hand, viz : attending sick call, making out reports thereof, 
 making out requisitions for medical and hospital stores, at- 
 
Hegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 67 
 
 tending sick in regiment hospital and in quarters. During 
 this time the hospital steward was taken sick and unable 
 for duty for two months ; his duties devolving upon the 
 Surgeon idso. About the middle of Feb. 18t>3, the second 
 assistant surgeon, Dr. A. M. Plant, reported to the regiment. 
 He remained on duty two or three weeks, and was then 
 transferred to a general hospital iu Washington. 
 
 I think Dr. A. T. Woodward reported to the regiment 
 as surgeon, in the last week of Feb. 1863. Sometime in 
 March, Hospital Steward Jones was discharged on account 
 of disability. W. H. Hodge was mustered in as hospital 
 steward, was taken sick that day and died in one week. 
 Ward Master Richard Roberts was then detailed as hospital 
 steward, and served to the close of our term. Our nurses 
 were Bissonette, Crowley, Clark, Kidder, Kendall, Lewis, 
 Moore and Wright. The present status of the regiment 
 medical corps is viz : Dr. E. H. Sprague, dead ; Dr. A. T. 
 Woodward, out of health; and now let me bespeak your 
 best wishes and kindliest sympathies for him in his present 
 sickness. Dr. Ross as you see is still "but poorly ; " Dr. A. 
 M. Plant also, sadly out of health, has been compelled to 
 abandon his business, and as his physician informs me, is 
 wholly unable, though quite desirous to attend upon the 
 reunion of to-day ; Hospital Steward Jones is dead ; Hospital 
 Steward Roberts is still living. Of the nurses so far as 
 heard from, Bissonette, .Crowley and Kendall are living; 
 Kidder, Lewis and Wright are dead, and Clark and Moore 
 worse, for they have become doctors. And now I come to 
 speak of the health and sicknesses of the regiment during 
 its term of service, and let us take them according to rank : 
 Col. W. T. Nichols was a noble man, genial, kind and for- 
 bearing to his men. Blessed may his memory ever be! 
 He was usually in fine health, but once he had " home sick- 
 ness," (I shall speak of other cases of this epidemic further 
 on,) so badly that he sent in his resignation ; not hearing 
 from it directly, the morning after Christmas, 1862, (being 
 terribly sick,) he started for Washington, went to head- 
 quarters, and returned at night to camp at Centreville, 
 " perfectly cured." His papers were disapproved, and he 
 never had a relapse. Lieut.-Col. Rose was always hale and 
 hearty and cheerful, but once he was laid up for repairs. 
 It happened on this wise if my memory serves me aright : 
 He was left with a part of the regiment to guard our old 
 camp at Fairfax Station, and while riding out about the 
 Camp his " chestnut " and he were not agreed as to which 
 
68 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 road to take, t>ut the horse bolted for the corduroy bridge, 
 slipped, threw and rolled over the Colonel, dislocating his 
 thumb and otherwise burising him ; a few days and arnica 
 liniment brought him around as good as ever. Major Hall 
 was usually well, a little billious at times which a few blue 
 pills readily removed. Once only I saw him terribly roiled, 
 it was on the march to Gettysburg. The order was " no 
 falling out of the ranks, not even for water." It was our 
 last day on the sacred clay of Virgiuia ; it was a hot fore- 
 noon, roads dusty, men dry and thirsty, the column passed 
 a fine well, — the temptation was too much for some, — forty 
 or fifty men were at the well when the Major appeared on 
 the scene, looking up stragglers ; I was waiting my turn. 
 "Surgeon!" demanded the Major, "What company are 
 these men from!" After looking over the crowd I replied, 
 "From every company in the Regiment." Instantly his 
 horse was turned toward the head of the column, and I 
 thought I heard swear words in the warm air. Presently 
 the Adjutant was seen going down the line stopping ever 
 and anon ; later Ave Captains might have been seen just out 
 of the ranks, walking leisurely along with swords under 
 their arms. That evening we crossed at Edwards Ferry, 
 encamped near Poolesville and " all was quiet on the Poto- 
 mac." Adjutant Prindle I think, never reported at sick 
 call, and he looked once as though he wished he had. The 
 regiment was doing picket duty at Centreville, the Colonel 
 had concluded to stay with us awhile. One morning he 
 ordered the regiment out on parade at ten o'clock. I was 
 out walking and met the Colonel, it was nearly eleven 
 o'clock, and yet the Adjutant delayed the regiment. In 
 speaking of the matter the Colonel remarked that the 
 Adjutant would soon find out who was Colonel ox the 
 regiment. After parade I was at headquarters when the 
 Adjutant rode up as pompously as was his wont, before he 
 had time to dismount the Colonel said: "Adjutant, consider 
 yourself under arrest and return to your quarters in Camp." 
 He started at once, and the Colonel said, " Adjutant, remove 
 your sword ;" the Adjutant looked home-sick. Of all the 
 neat, clean and tidy men of our .regiment, none I think were 
 quite equal in that regard to Quartermaster Field, and yet 
 at one time it was reported that a louse, a genuine "gray- 
 back" was found on him. Now for further particulars in 
 this case I refer you to Lieut.-Col. Rose and Adjutant 
 Prindle, and perhaps the Major and Chaplain may know 
 about it, anyhow they smiled audibly when the Quarter- 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 69 
 
 master brought him out on dress parade and inspection. 
 Surgeon A. T. Woodward came to us later in fine health 
 and spirits, and we were glad. He had a crop of boils, and 
 some of us were sorry, for you know a Surgeon even, can't 
 ride horseback with a boil, even with a poultice on it. I 
 was particularly pleased to lance one of his boils, to pay 
 him up for pulling a tooth for me. 
 
 You all know Chaplain Smart to be a good, generous 
 and kind man. Although not of the finest health or the 
 most rugged constitution, yet he so took care of his health 
 that he was on duty nearly every day. But you do not all 
 know that once in going from (Jamp Vermont to Camp Se- 
 ward he got lost in a Virginia blizzard. A few of us know 
 how he looked when at last lie came to Camp Seward. 
 
 Soon after the regiment* became well settled at Camp 
 Vermont and our hospital in good running order, Gen. E. H. 
 Stoughton made us a visit of inspection, during which he 
 asked me why our regiment had so few deaths and so few 
 sick ? I said, " I presume it is because we have so few 
 
 doctors. Said he "by (you may have heard that he 
 
 swore on state occasions,) if that's so I'll have halt' of the 
 doctors in the brigade' discharged !" Soon after this he was 
 transferred into Mosebys command, and so did not have his 
 wishes carried out. 
 
 The majority of the company officers were in sound 
 health during the entire term of service. Capt. Gore was 
 taken sick, (I guess it was home-sickness, we had other 
 cases of this disease not a few, some of Whim I may here- 
 after speak of,) the Major came to me saying, "the Captain 
 must go as he had a man for his place," 1 said, "no, it can't 
 be done, Capt. Gore will be all right in a few days." I inci- 
 dentally mentioned these things to the C.iptain, and you've 
 no ide.i what a wjnlerful effdct my med.cin3 proJucad in 
 the next few days. Captain Abell had his attack of Ver- 
 mont or home fever at Chantilly, Va., and you see he also 
 recovered. Capt. Munson had his at Fairfax Station, and 
 it took a furlough to Vermont to cure him. Capt. Dunton 
 had his also at Fairfax Station, and we had to get his wife 
 down from Vermont to cure him. Capt. Coivin was dis- 
 charged on account of disability caused by disease of the 
 heart. Lieut. Middlebrook resigned on account of ill health, 
 Lieut. Fuller, ditto. Both no doubt cases of Vermont fever 
 . developed on the sacred clay of Virginia. The first man to 
 die out of the regiment was Francis Nash, Co. H. He died 
 Nov. 22d, 1862, of dysentery, just one month from muster. 
 
70 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 Soon we lost Sergeant Peck of Co. D., Sergeant Allen of Co. 
 I., Sergeant Taylor of Co. B. and Geo. Hunt of Co. F., and 
 others my memory fails now to bring up. At Camp Ver- 
 mont we had fever and pneumonia, at Camp below Fairfax 
 Court House, ditto ; at Fairfax Station, measles and small- 
 pox, at Wolf Run Shoals malarial fevers. From first to 
 last our sick and death lists were never so large as any 
 other regiment of the brigade, and this is largely attributa- 
 ble to the cheerfulness and buoyancy of the men. Why ! 
 this was so great in not a few men that they would play 
 sick just for the fun of attending sick call. Now I am not 
 going to call any names, you all know them ; why some of 
 them got so cheerful that they stole Gen. Stoughton's 
 whiskey, so he called the regiment, "The thieving 14th," 
 and who ever heard of thieves being sick ! The buoyancy 
 of their spirits was most markedly manifest after a skirmish, 
 of which we attended not a few. I will speak of but one, 
 " The battle of the pines." Capt. Munn has just given you 
 a most vivid description of it, and I will only say, I presume 
 it was concocted by the Qurtermaster, Chaplain and Sur- 
 geon as a great sanitary measure to break the depressing 
 monotony of camp life — we hope so. But the long march to 
 Gettysburg, the terrible three days of battle and the week's 
 march after the battle, and the journey home to Vermont, 
 killed and disabled more men than all the rest of our ser- 
 vice. More men died of disease directly after getting home 
 than died during our service. 
 
 And now, after nearly twenty-four years service in the 
 battle of life since our discharge, a few of us remain, and 
 as we meet let us pay due homage and respect to our 
 honored dead, their numbers increase as ours decrease. 
 Let us therefore who remain, wait patiently and cheerfully 
 for our — Pensions. 
 
 It. D. King responded as follows, to the toast : " The 
 Rank and File of the 14th Regiment. Their patriotic de- 
 votion to their country's cause, their unbounded confidence 
 in each others courage, made them veterans in a single cam- 
 paign. Their heroism on the battle-field won laurels which 
 will be unfading while history writes the name of Gettys- 
 burg." 
 Comrades of the 1 4th Regiment : 
 
 Twenty-four years ago to-day standing on the heights 
 of Cemetery ridge, looking westward, we had before us the 
 wreck and carnage of a three days battle. The thunder of 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 71 
 
 artillery and the crash of musketry had ceased. The battle 
 was ended, and the army of the Potomac was victorious. 
 Those who were engaged in that fierce and bloody struggle 
 realized then, as never before, what war meant. The Second 
 Brigade, on the field at Gettysburg, by its unflinching 
 courage and bravery proved itself a worthy comrade of the 
 old Brigade. When the shock of battle came it stood firm 
 and immovable as the mountains of the State whence they 
 came, and nobly maintained the prestige and honor Ver- 
 monters had won on many a hardly contested battle-field. 
 A great army, well officered, equipped and drilled, ready for 
 service is a splendid sight to behold. The rank and file 
 constitute the great body of the army. The proportion of 
 officers is small compared with the numbers of the rank 
 and file. Officers, of course, are a necessity. There must 
 be a head to plan and issue orders. The head would ac- 
 complish but little without the rank and file to carry out 
 the plans and execute the orders. The rank and file of the 
 14th liegiment was made up largely of men who read and 
 thought, men who knew what was at stake in the contest as 
 between the Xorth and South. To them the question to be 
 decided was whether freedom or slavery should be the pre- 
 dominant power in the government. They took their 
 places in tae ranks to defe.id those "inalienable rights, 
 life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," which lie at the 
 foundation of republican government and institutions. They 
 did their work nobly and well, and won honor for them- 
 selves and the (ireen Mountain State. Vermonters are a 
 proud, independent, self-reliant people. They have the 
 right to be such, for their fathers gave them the right as 
 their inheritance. The grand-children of the revolutionary 
 soldier were in the Union army, equalled their ancestors in 
 loyalty, patriotism and courage. They were ready to sacri- 
 fice their lives, if necessary, for the defense and preserva- 
 tion of the government under which they lived. What 
 greater sacrifice caa a man make than give his life for his 
 country's good. In war the post of danger is considered the 
 post of honor. Who took and held those posts, fought the 
 battles and won the victories that brought about the results 
 of the war ? The rank and tile who went on guard and 
 picket in the enemy's country, dug rifle-pits, and built 
 fortfications for the safety and protection of the army? 
 If the country owes to-day a debt of honor and 
 gratitude to any part of the army for services rendered 
 in its behalf, it is due to the rank and file. What did the 
 
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 rank and file accomplish? Saved the life of the Nation, 
 and gave four millions of slaves their freedom. Hundreds 
 and thousands of the rank and file of the army gave their 
 lives that the government of the people, for the people and 
 hy the people, might not perish from the earth. Visit the 
 government cemeteries and others, scattered over all the 
 land, in which the army's dead were buried, count the 
 headstones of those who died in the service, then estimate 
 if you can, the value of the service rendered by the rank 
 and file of the army. There was no mure honorable position 
 in the army than in the rank and file. It stood by the 
 "Old Flag" and proudly followed it on the march, and 
 bravely defended it when the battle raged fiercest. Nothing 
 is dearer or more sacred to the true soldier, than the flag of 
 his country. You, comrades, may well feel proud of what 
 you did towards saving your country's flag from dishonor. 
 It is something to have lived in the time when the question 
 of the stability and worth of republican government and 
 institutions was decided. It is something that you can say, 
 that you lived at s;ch a time, and did your part towards 
 demonstrating to the world that self government is the 
 best and strongest government on earth; and that the 
 Republic of the Western Continent is not a failure, but a 
 grand success. 
 
 The Committee on Resolutions, through Col. Albert 
 Clarke, presented the following resolutions, which were 
 unanimously adopted : 
 
 Resolved. That the surviving veterans of Stannard's Vermont Brigade, in re- 
 union assembled at Fair Haven, express their heartiest thanks to Major-General 
 Abner Doubleday for the graphic and truthful paper which he kindly prepared for 
 this occasion, and they will cherish to their dying day the remembrance of the just 
 tribute which he upon all occasions has paid to the sqrvice of this brigade at Gettys- 
 burg, and they will never forget the distinguished and highly important service 
 which he himself rendered nn that memorable occasion, and on other hard fought 
 fields. May time steal gently upon him and may his declining years be passed in 
 the peace and comfort and honor which his brave and honorable career so well 
 merits. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of this reunion are tendered to the committee which 
 prepared it, to the citizens of Fair Haven — the ladies in particular— for their 
 bounteous hospitality, to the band, glee club and drum corps for their inspiring 
 music, and to the several speakers for their eloquent and instructive words. 
 
 Resolved, That we meet again as often as circumstances will permit, and " we 
 won't go home till morning." 
 
 The Committee on Nominations reported as follows, 
 which report was accepted, and the officers nominated were 
 elected by acclamation : 
 
 President : — Capt. Walter C. Dunton, Rutland. 
 
 Vice Presidents : — Capt. R. O. Gore, Bennington ; Benj. 
 E. Crapo, Wallingford; A. P. Sheldon, Rupert; Lieut. D. J. 
 Wright, Bridport; Daniel Holmes, Cornwall; Dr. Charles 
 
Itegiment, Vermont volunteers. 73 
 
 C. Smith, Gaysville; Capt. N. F. Dunshee, Bristol; C. W. 
 Shedd, Keene, N. H.; H. S. Jackman, Vergennes ; Capt. W. 
 H. Munn, Troy, N. Y. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer : — F. H. Shepard, Fair Haven. 
 
 Executive Committee : — Lieut. Harley G. Sheldon, West 
 Rutland; Julius C. Griffith, Danby; Lieut. T. C. Middle- 
 brook, Vergennes ; A. G. Patchin, Bennington ; D. J. 
 Brown, Whiting. 
 
 The members of the regiment were then formed into 
 line and the different company rolls were called by the 
 Secretary. There were present at this roll call, or during 
 the day, staff officers 2; Co. A. 20 ; Co. B. 23 ; Co. C. 17 ; 
 Co. D. 30 ; Co. E. 14 ; Co. F. 35 ; Co. G. 11 ; Co. H. 27 ; Co. I. 
 8 ; Co. K. 10 ; total 199, Adjournment was then made to 
 the "Cook's Shanty," where rations of hard-tack, dough- 
 nuts, cheese and coffee were given out to the line of veter- 
 ans and others. 
 
 Col. Geo. W. Hooker presided over the camp-fire in the 
 evening, in his own inimitable manner. The following ac- 
 count of it is taken from the Fair Haven Era : 
 
 THE CAMP-FIRE. 
 
 A day upon the field had apparently effected the en- 
 thusiasm of the veterans but little, and when the tapers 
 were lit they failed not to gather within hearing distance of 
 the stand. Col. George W. Hooker opened the proceedings, 
 congratulating the members of Co. F. upon the success of 
 the reunion. The sobriety of the comrades had been re- 
 marked upon by the citizens, and he was glad they can be 
 depended upon to do as well now as they did on the battle- 
 field. He then told the story of an Ohio woman who at the 
 breaking out of the war had seven sons. One after another 
 was given to the service of his country until there remained 
 only the youngest. Before he left her for the front she 
 said to him : " If you should live through the perils of the 
 war, you may come home to find me dead, and so I would 
 like to give you this advice : Should you go east for a wife 
 don't fall in love with an Orwell girl. The one mistake of 
 my life was I married an Orwell man. Had I married a 
 Fair Haven man I would have had fourteen children instead 
 of seven. (Applause. ) Col. Dunton followed with stories 
 of the thieving propensities of the soldiers. His regiment 
 became known as the stealing 14th. Chaplain Smart 
 spoke in the same vein, and told how the boys stole a brick 
 church. Capt. Gore thought there was an intention to rob 
 
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 the 14th of part of its glory, and suggested that the matter 
 be set right before the State Historian. The glee club sang, 
 " Keep the Camp-fires Burning Bright." Col. Hooker paid 
 a handsome tribute to the noble women of Vermont, and 
 when he had concluded called upon Capt. Munn who 
 eulogized the dear creatures of the Green Mountain State. 
 Three cheers were then given for Co. P., of the 14th Ver- 
 mont, who had taken the brunt of the reunion and carried 
 it on so handsomely. Three cheers were given for the 
 citizens of Fair Haven. Col. Hooker came in for his share 
 of the cheering, after which he told the story of Keenan's 
 charge at Chancellorsville, one of the grandest in history. 
 Three cheers were finally given for everybody in Vermont. 
 The party then broke up everybody apparently well satisfied 
 with the day's doings. 
 
 REUNION INCIDENTS AND ITEMS. 
 
 One of the most prominent personages present was 
 Gov. E. J. Ormsbee, a man of dignified presence ; one on 
 whom the honors of State sets well. Through his recom- 
 mendations the State Legislature at its last session, appro- 
 priated $9,000 for a Memorial Monument to be erected to 
 the memory of Vermont's fallen soldiers at Gettysburg, 
 next year. It is hoped that the 14th Vermont Regiment 
 will show Gov. Ormsbee by their presence at its dedication, 
 their appreciation and approval of his efforts. It will be, 
 as he truly says, " Vermont's best day, to devote themselves 
 to patriotism, and do honor to Vermont's noble sons who 
 laid down their lives at Gettysburg." It was hoped at one 
 time that a decision as to the design of the proposed monu- 
 ment, would have been reached, so that a cut of the same 
 could have been inserted in this pamphlet ; but inasmuch as 
 there is being raised an additional fund to be added to the 
 State appropriation, no decision as to the design can now be 
 made. 
 
 Chaplain Smart, whose personal appearance has changed 
 but little during all these years, was heartily and warmly 
 greeted from all sides. There was no one present so 
 generally recognized and gladly welcomed as Chaplain 
 Smart. He could not fail to recognize the love and respect 
 borne towards him by the regiment. He is now the pastor 
 of a large church in Albany, 1ST. Y., and is as highly regarded 
 and loved there as he has been elsewhere. 
 
 Judge Dunton of Rutland, has also changed but little, 
 and was recognized and greeted by all the comrades. He 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 75 
 
 presided over the reunion exercises in a dignified manner. 
 He makes an excellent presiding officer. He was unani- 
 mously elected President of the " Reunion Association." 
 
 Capt. R. O. Gore was also warmly greeted by all. No 
 line officer in the regiment ever excelled him in popularity ; 
 he always looked out for the welfare of the private soldier. 
 The following incident is well remembered by Co. F. "While 
 in the service, at one time, it was against orders to have 
 a fire on the picket posts, except to make coffee by. One 
 extremely cold day about night-fall, Capt. Gore, who was 
 the Officer of the Day, made his appearance on his rounds 
 just as the boys were making their coffee for supper ; Capt. 
 Gore observing it spoke up, saying, " Making your coffee, 
 are you, boys ; now, if I were in your place such a cold night 
 as this, I believe I should be making coffee all night." 
 Needless to say the hint was acted upon. 
 
 Capt. C. E. Abell, although older grown, still looks out 
 of as keen an eye as ever ; although he has " beaten his 
 sword into plough-shares " and now enjoys the pleasures of 
 a farmer's life, he still keeps up his soldierly bearing and 
 martial tread, so well known to us at Brattleboro, where he 
 used to test the guards by running their posts. 
 
 Nearly all of the officers and comrades present showed 
 that they were " Veterans in Life's Battle," that the relent- 
 less hand of time had scarred them with " his scythe," ex- 
 cepting 
 
 Capt. Munn, 
 
 Who is as full of fun 
 
 As if his skirmishing had but just begun. 
 
 Capt. Munn certainly has been more successful in his 
 quest for the " Fountain of Life " than was Ponce-de Leon. 
 He says he is a grandfather, but he looks young enough to 
 be his own grandson. 
 
 Julius C. Griffith of Danby, whose appearance would 
 indicate that he never had any familiarity with six mule 
 teams, and with transporting supplies to the regiment 
 through Virginia mud, was present ; even the dead come to 
 life to shake hands with him, as he can attest. 
 
 Sidney M. Southard of Brandon, who lost his leg at 
 Gettysburg, was present during the day. He had on exhi- 
 bition Rathemerl's fine painting of Gettysburg, which was 
 bought by guests and citizens and presented to Post 
 Bosworth. 
 
 Among the private soldiers present was Fayette Potter 
 of Co. F. Many of the 14th can no doubt remember him, 
 
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 and his ability to imitate a hound. Occasionally he would 
 circle the camp on a run at full bay. One evening at Fair- 
 fax Station, he looked inside a tent where some of the boys 
 were engaged in playing a game of euchre ; one of the boys 
 spoke up quickly as he looked in, " go along hound and 
 catch a coon." Potter started at once, gave a jump and a 
 howl, and at full bay run down the company street and 
 down the company lines, and from thence to the woods a 
 short distance off ; as luck would have it, he had no more 
 than struck the woods than he run across a coon, and 
 running it down caught it, and started on the run again for 
 camp. It was not twenty minutes from the time he started 
 from the tent, before he was there again with the coon ; 
 you can well imagine what a shouting there was in camp 
 for a time. 
 
 Much regret was expressed in not seeing Lieut.-Col. 
 Eose, who had been advertised to be present. At the last 
 moment sickness in his family prevented his coming. 
 Similar circumstances prevented several other comrades 
 from coming. 
 
 A number of the 14th regiment re-enlisted and served 
 during the war; several among the number were killed 
 during the later engagements of the war. Among them 
 were Lieut. Solomon Gates of Co. I, 17th Vermont, formerly 
 a Sergeant in Co. F, a brave, Christian soldier and officer, 
 and Lieut. John R. Converse and Lieut. Henry JB. Needham, 
 both brave and efficient officers in the 14th and 17th regiments . 
 Sergeant John A. Strong of Co. I., afterwards served in the 
 Army of the James, with the rank of Captain, and was 
 present at the raising of the first Union flag in Richmond. 
 
 At the roll call at 6 P. M., it was noticed with what 
 alacrity the veterans formed themselves into line. They 
 were not going to be deprived of their rations by being 
 absent from roll call. It was always remarked in the ser- 
 vice that no regiment could form a line for a march to the 
 cook shanty quicker than the 14th. 
 
 While the roll was being called, sacred memories were 
 at work, and before the vision, came up memories of old 
 time comrades who laid down their lives at Gettysburg, or 
 who have passed away since. The thought that in a few 
 years hence it would be the case with all present, was in 
 the minds of many ; while any of the comrades remain how- 
 ever, may they be bound close together in fraternity and 
 love ; may this reunion tend to bring the comrades of the 
 14th closer together. 
 
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 One of the most affecting instances of the reunion was 
 the meeting of Capt. Munn and Mrs. Swett of Danby, a 
 widow, whose only son, Elisha F. Swett, was mortally 
 wounded at Gettysburg, and died in Capt. Munn's arms. 
 Tears were in their eyes as they met and greeted each other. 
 The memory of such men as Sergeant Swett will always be 
 precious in the hearts of his comrades. 
 
 Over 10,000 cups of coffee were served during the day 
 to the thirsty veterans, and baked beans by the bushel and 
 doughnuts by the hundred. Plenty was left however, and 
 several hundred loaves of bread were distributed around 
 town the next day. The fine appearance of the Knights 
 Hose Co., and the exceUence of their exhibition drill given 
 at 5 o'clock, was remarked upon by many. 
 
 The poem of D. K. Simonds, was a very fine production ; 
 and what added to the enjoyment of those who heard it, 
 was the fine manner in which it was read ; every word was 
 clearly enunicated, and the meaning of each sentence 
 brought out clearly. 
 
 The admirable paper of Gen. Doubleday's has been ex- 
 tensively copied by the press throughout the State, and 
 will prove of historical value. It was applauded continually 
 during its reading, and how all regarded it has been well 
 brought out by the Committee on Resolutions. It may be 
 well to add here what may not be generally known to the 
 comrades, that Gen. Doubleday, (then Lieutenant in the TJ. 
 S. A.,) was at the commencement of the war stationed at 
 Fort Sumter under Major Anderson, and as I understand, 
 tired the first gun of the war, in reply to the rebel shot at 
 the Fort. 
 
 Among the members of the 14th, outside of the State, 
 who are prominent members of the G. A. R., are C. E. 
 Vaughan, Co. F., Past Post Commander of Abraham Lincoln 
 Post, Xo. 91, Chicago, 111.; M. C. Peck, Commander, L. C. 
 Hame Post, Xo. 33, Department Dakota, ; Lieut. A. J. Child, 
 Senior Vice Commander Ransom Post, St. Louis, Mo. ; Dr. 
 J. O. Clark, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Department 
 of "Washington Territory and Burton W. Potter, Worcester, 
 Mass., who was the Memorial Day orator at Grafton, Mass., 
 last year, and at Worcester this year. 
 
 It has been commonly said that Vermont is a good 
 State to emigrate from. Although the 14th is represented 
 in the majority of the States of the Union, yet two-thirds of 
 its members still remain in their native State, and as 
 
78 A /Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 citizens serve the commonwealth as well at home as they 
 represented her formerly in the field. 
 
 The following is the order in which the companies 
 stood in line in the regiment : A, F, D, I, C, H, E, K, G, B. 
 An item is made of this, because at the reunion most of the 
 comrades were uncertain as to just the order in which they 
 did stand. 
 
 A descriptive catalogue of sterescope views of the bat- 
 tle-field of Gettysburg, can be had by applying to Mumper 
 & Co., Gettysburg, Pa. The view of the ground that the 
 brigade charged over, as seen in the wood cut is made up 
 from Nos. 998 and 999. No. 290 is the panoramic view of 
 the ground over which Pickett charged ; No. 308 is a 
 view of Meade's headquarters, which lay one-half mile east 
 of us, and will be at once recognized by most of the 
 regiment. The Secretary is making arrangements, now 
 with Mumper & Co., so that a view of the regiment's main 
 position will be taken, and can be had by applying to him. 
 One large view 11x14, published by them takes in Round 
 Top, Peach Orchard, Wheat Field, Bloody Angle and where 
 Pickett struck our lines, together with several monuments, 
 and will be highly valued by any member of the brigade 
 who procures it. Views of the monuments to be erected by 
 the State of Vermont next year can be had of them right 
 after their erection. 
 
 The wood cut (see page 21,) of the ground charged over 
 by the Second Vermont Brigade at Gettysburg, is the 
 ground fronting us north, north-west and west. The 
 Codovis House and barn seen in the cut is on the Emmitts- 
 burg road and was where Pickett changed his march from 
 south to south-east by marching obliquely, which brought 
 him into contact with Webb's troops, who were stationed 
 to our right. The ground upon which we executed our 
 flank movement upon him, and afterwards on his supports, 
 Wilcox and Posey, is mostly shown in the cut. The monu- 
 ment seen is one erected by Co. E., 1st regiment and Cos. 
 F. and G. 2d Regiment, New Hampshire belonging 
 ing to Berdan's Sharpshooters. They were stationed west 
 of us. 
 
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 CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 The following letter of Gen. Doubleday's is in reply to 
 the first letter sent out by the Secretary, after Company F. 
 had decided to invite the regiment to hold a reunion : 
 
 Mendham, N. J., Nov. 19th, 1886. 
 To Mr. F. H. Shepard, Fair Haven, Vt.,— Dear Comrades : 
 
 I sympathize with your desire to have a reunion of your old Ver- 
 mont Brigade, and will he glad to co-operate with you in any way to assist in bring- 
 ing it about ; but I fear I will not be able to attend in person, fori have been obliged 
 to decline a great many similar and urgent requests this summer. The fact is every 
 organization in the First Corps, and almost every Regiment, has been holding these 
 reunions, and of course it was quite impossible for me to be with each of these on 
 such occasions. I have, therefore, been obliged to decline a great many similar 
 invitations ; nor do I think I could well accept one without giving some offence to 
 the others ; yet I acknowledge that none have higher claims on me than the Ver- 
 mont Brigade, under the gallant Stannard. The country will never cease to honor 
 the men who in the most critical period of the Battle of Gettysburg, flung them- 
 selves with the steadfast courage of veterans, upon the flanks of the elite troops of 
 the enemy, and disordered Pickett's main column on the right, while they drove 
 back Wilcox and Posey on the left. It was one of the most brilliant episodes of the 
 war, and did much to gain the victory, and save our Northern homes from spoliat- 
 ion. My heart goes out to every member of that famous brigade, and if any written 
 statement or letter from me will be of any service, it will give me pleasure to con- 
 tribute it, to be read at your reunion. The different cycloramas of Gettysburg in 
 Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, are making the country familiar 
 with Stannard's great efforts in that battle, and history will record it for all 
 generations. 
 
 Tours very truly, 
 
 ABNER DOUBLED AY, Brevet Major-Gen. U. S. A. 
 
 From Senator Geo. F. Edmunds : 
 
 Romeo, Mich., May 17th, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard, Esq., Secretary, Fair Haven, Vt.,— Dear Sir : 
 
 Yours of the 10th inst., has reached me here. I regret that I ex- 
 pect to be in far eastern Canada on the 4th of July next, and so cannot have the 
 pleasure of being present at your reunion of the 14th Vermont Regiment at that 
 time. I congratulate the members of that gallant regiment that every year now adds 
 to the value of " liberty, equality and fraternity " and the triumph of your arms, and 
 I trust that the occasion will be filled with every felicity, 
 
 Very Truly Yours, 
 
 GEO. F. EDMUNDS. 
 
 From Representative W. W. Grout, formerly Lieut.- 
 Colonel 15th Vermont Regiment : 
 
 Barton, Vt., July ls«*1887. 
 F. H. Shepard, Secretary, etc.,— My Dear Comrade : 
 
 Please excuse this delay in replying to your kind invitation to 
 be present at your Regimental Reunion, July 4th. I had expected to attend until 
 to-day, when a business matter unexpectedly arose, which makes it wholly impos- 
 sible to do so. I wish it were so I could be with you j I should like to join my cheers 
 
80 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 with that of the veterans present for the old flag, and for the Constitution and 
 Union, and louder still for the Declaration of Independence; without which there 
 would have been no flag, no Constitution and no Union. Let us then on this one 
 hundred and eleventh anniversary be thankful that we are in the enjoyment of these 
 great principles in government, and in the midst of profound peace. 
 Very Respectfully, etc., 
 
 WILLIAM W. GROUT. 
 
 From 'Ex-Governor Farnham, formerly Lieut.-Colonel 
 12th Vermont Regiment : 
 
 Bradford, Vt., June 2d, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard, Secretary Fair Haven, Vt.,— Dear Sir : 
 
 Your letter mailed in May, inviting me to he present at the re- 
 union of the 14th Regiment to be held July 4th, was duly received. I am sorry to be 
 obliged to say that I cannot be present on that pleasant occasion. Our Court sets 
 June 7th, and is quite likelyto be in session July 1st. Please remember me to Lieut.- 
 Colonel Rose, whom I have not seen for many years. I am glad that the 14th is to 
 have a reunion. There should be more such gatherings to keep in mind what Ver- 
 mont men did for their country during the Rebellion. They instruct the coming 
 generations and warm the patriotism of the old soldiers. "With best wishes for 
 every man of the 14th. 
 
 I am cordially yours. 
 
 ROSWELL FARNHAM. 
 
 From Adjutant-General T. S. Peck : 
 
 Burlington, Vt., June 28th, 1887. 
 Mr. F. H. Shepard, Secretary, Fair Haven, Vt., — Comrade : 
 
 Your kind favor of the 25th inst., extending to me a cordial in- 
 vitation to be present at the reunion of the 14th Regiment. I would say please ac- 
 cept my sincere thanks and regrets that business will prevent me from joining you 
 on so enjoyable an occasion. 1 know that you will have a delightful time. In re- 
 gard to the regimental colors being sent you, I would say that the law is that the 
 colors of the regiments serving through the war, and now stored and sealed in cases 
 at the State House, shall never be removed from thence. You are not the first who 
 has applied for this and received the above answer. I regret exceedingly that we 
 cannot serve you better. Believe me, as ever. 
 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 T. S. PECK. 
 
 From Major William Rounds, 16th Vermont Regi- 
 ment : 
 
 Chester. Vt., June 28th, 1887. 
 Hon. W. C.Dunton,— Dear Sir : 
 
 Yours of the 20th inst., came duly to hand. I have delayed 
 answering it until the present time, hoping from day to day, that I should see my 
 way clear in saying that I would be present at the reunion of the 14th Vermont 
 Volunteers on the 4th of July next. But it is now quite certain that I shall have to 
 deny myself the pleasure and honor as well, for I should regard it a high honor to 
 be the guest of the brave and gallant survivors of the 14th. I never think of 
 Gettysburg, without taking in the position of that regiment during the three days 
 fight, and how like a resistless wave of fire, it hurled itself against the rebel line 
 near the close of that eventful day. You will please give my hearty thanks to the 
 Committee directing you to extend to me an invitation to be present, at what I hope 
 and most sincerely trust, may he a successful and happy reunion. 
 
 , Yours truly, 
 
 WTTJ.TAM ROUNDS. 
 
 From Assistant Surgeon Azro M. Plant: 
 
 St. Albans, Vt., June 22d, 1887. 
 Mr. F. H. Shepard, — Dear Comrade : 
 
 Your kind invitation to attend the approaching reunion of the 
 14th Regiment, Vermont Volunteers at Fair Haven, Vt., July 4th, prox., is received. 
 I mucltregret to say, my health is such that I cannot attend. There are few, if any 
 gatherings from which I would be absent with feelings of deeper regret than this 
 one ; yet I know that the labor and excitement incident, would only do me an 
 
 injury and a wrong. From long continued failing health — the result of army life 
 
 I nave had to give up all business. I can do no manual or mental labor or bear ex- 
 citement of any kind. It was not my lot to be much with the regiment, as I was on 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 81 
 
 detached duty nearly all the time. From July 8th, 1863, till mustered out, I was 
 with you daily, and I can never forget the pleasant associates or the kindness re- 
 ceived. On the day mentioned I lett Washington, little knowing what was before 
 me, and illy prepared for what I encountered. The hoys divided with me their 
 " hard-tack and coffee " when I was hungry, and covered me at night by sharing 
 with me their tents and blankets, when otherwise I had no shelter hut the stars and 
 the sky. I would be glad to see them once more, although 1 will confess I should 
 speak to them with broken voice, and look at them with tearful eyes. I shall be 
 with you in thought on the day of the reunion. I hope Providence may spread over 
 you His tent of cloudless sky. The meeting will he pleasant, but with a shade of 
 sadness as well. With kindest wishes for all the comrades of the 14th I remain. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 AZRO M. PLANT. 
 
 From Burton W. Potter, Counsellor at Law, Worcester, 
 Mass., formerly Sergeant in Co. A. : 
 
 Worcester, Mass., June 28th, 1887. 
 To F. H. Shepard, Secretary, Fair Haven, Vt., — Dear Comrade : 
 
 Your kind invitation to the reunion of the 14th Eegiment at Tan- 
 Haven, July 4th, was duly received. It was very welcome, and nothing would give me 
 greater pleasure than to be with my old comrades in arms, on that occasion ; 
 but inasmuch as I live some distance away, and have already made other 
 arrangements for that day, I fear I shall have to deprive myself 
 of being personally present, although you may count me as being with 
 you in spirit. Possibly however, I can make °uch arrangements that I can make 
 a flying visit to Fair Haven and be with you at the reunion. If I can 
 possibly get away I will be there. I am a member of the Grand Army in 
 Worcester, and keep up my interest in my fellow comrades everywhere. Last year 
 I delivered the address before the Grafton Post, and this year before the Worcester 
 Post ; I send you copies of both addresses, as evidence that I am still doing service 
 in the cause of Union, Liberty and Fraternity. Hoping that you will have a pleasant 
 day, a grand reunion and a sweet revival of old acquaintances, I remain. 
 Yours fraternally, 
 
 B. W. POTTER. 
 
 William Moore of Averill Park, N. Y., formerly a pri- 
 vate in Co. A., wrote, that owing to ill health and pressure 
 of business that he could not be present at the reunion, but 
 wished to be remembered on the grand occasion. Was 
 deeply interested in the G. A. R. cause, and belonged to a 
 Post of nearly one hundred members ; a grand celebration 
 was to be held on July 4th, and six G. A. R. Posts were to 
 be present. 
 
 Josiah Haley, (also of Co. A.) Pownal, Vt., wrote that 
 on account of sickness he could not attend. 
 
 From Lieut. H. D. Young of Co. C. : 
 
 Erie, Pa., July 1st, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard, Secretary, etc. 
 
 Your invitation to be present at the reunion of the old 14th Ver- 
 mont Regiment, was received. While nothing could afford me greater pleasure 
 than to he with you once more on this side of the river, yet I find i shall be unable 
 to be with you. I trust however, that my ration of hard-tack ? coffee and bacon, 
 may be enjoyed by some old veteran that has still retained his relish for them ; 
 eood army rations that we all so much enjoyed on the march, and in camp twenty- 
 five years ago ! I rejoice that Gettysburg will be fought over, without Pickett's 
 legions in your front, you can all stand up and be more manly, talking about 
 Gettysburg than one could on that 3d day of July, 1863, when 138 cannon were 
 dropping so'lid shot, shell and grape in our lines. Kind regards to all the boys. 
 I am truly yours. 
 
 H. D. YOUNG. 
 
82 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 From Corporal Heman Harwood, Co. C. : 
 
 Constantine, Mich., July 1st, 1887. 
 Dear Comrade : 
 
 I am sorry I cannot be with yon on our Nation's Birthday, and 
 on the day "in which the Army of the Potomac could celebrate their first clear vic- 
 tory, also the day upon which Vicksburg was surrendered to Gen. Grant, A happy 
 greeting lo all. Celebrate with the Same spirit we did some twenty-four years ago 
 at Gettysburg ; a day that some of us remember with sadness, as we think of some 
 of our comrades lying dead on the battle-field. Hurrah for the old flag, and for the 
 boys who stood by it. 
 
 Yonrs in F. C. and L, 
 
 HEMAN HAKWOOD. 
 P. S. Ask the Captain of Co. F., if he ever had his watch ease repaired that was 
 wounded by a snowball. Tell him that I am sorry. H. H. 
 
 E. R. Cook of Co. C. being unable to come, sends his 
 respects to all of his old comrades, especially those of 
 Co. C. 
 
 From J. J. Bascom of Co. D. : 
 
 TTxbridge, Dakota, June 27th, 1887. 
 To F. H. Shepard, Secretary, — Dear Comrade — 
 
 I received your kind invitation in due time, and I read it with a 
 great deal of pleasure ; it made me feel like starting for Vermont at once. I would 
 enjoy meeting the members of the old 14th, in fact, it would be one of the pleasant- 
 est events of my life, to be able to do so ; but the distance is so great, and the time 
 so short that I could not possibly be present. I feel like spending the whole even- 
 ing in writing of old Vermont and her Green Mountain Boys, but I feel that your 
 time must be severely taxed just now, so I will content myself with these few lines. 
 Please remember me to the members of the old regiment, particularly to those of 
 Co.D. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 J. J. BASCOM, Private Co. D. 14th Vt., Eegt. 
 Absent, but not missing. 
 
 From M. C. Peck, Co. D. : 
 
 Altoona, Dakota, June 27th, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard, Sec'y., etc.— My Dear Comrade : 
 
 Your invitation to attend the reunion of the old 14th Vermont 
 Regiment at Fair Haven, on July 4th, next, renews afresh the memories of our 
 comradeship of twenty-five years ago ; although 1,500 miles of our vast country 
 intervenes between us, yet 1 shall he with you in thought for the next ten days. 
 Convey to Gov. Ormsbee, Surgeons Woodward and Ross, Capt. Abell, Chaplain 
 Smart, and every member of the 14th, especially of Co. D. my best wishes for their 
 future welfare ; as you gather around the camp-fire as of old, please decide the old 
 discussion of when our time will be out, whether from time of State muster or U. 
 S. muster. 
 
 Yours in F.C.&L., 
 
 M. C. PECK, 
 Commander L. C. Howe Post, No. 33, Department Dakota. 
 
 From Jas. H. Goodrich, Co. D. : 
 
 Santa Rosa, Cal. 
 F. H. Shepard,— Comrade : 
 
 In response to your cordial invitation to be present at the re- 
 union of Co. F. 14th Vermont Regiment, I would say that my desire is to be with 
 you on that pleasurable occasion, and talk of the days gone by, and grasp the hand 
 of those that are left ; with tender memories for those gone before. As I cannot be 
 with you in person, I will take great pleasure in returning my sincere thanks for 
 your remembrance of an old comrade. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 JAMES H. GOODRICH. 
 
 James J. Sproull of Co. D., writes of the pleasure it 
 would give him to meet his old comrades, but owing to ill 
 health would not be able to be present. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 83 
 
 Since the reunion E. T. Kellogg of Burgess, Iowa, 
 writes his regrets at not being able to come. He writes : 
 " I should have been proud to have raised aloft again the 
 banner of the Green Mountain State, as I did at Gettysburg, 
 and hear the boys recount the scenes of that terrible con- 
 flict." 
 
 Owing to ill health Otis F. Abbey, Orderly Sergeant of 
 Co. E., now a resident of Middlebury, Vt., wrote that he 
 could not be present ; he hoped that the first reunion would 
 not be the last one, and that it would prove a success. 
 
 From W. H. Eastwood, Co. F., firm of Wilkinson & 
 Eastwood : 
 
 Binghamton, N. Y., June 30th, 1887. 
 Comrade of the 14th Vermont Volunteers : 
 
 I am in receipt of your invitation to he present at the reunion of 
 our regiment at Fair Haven, Vt., on the 4th of July next. I regret exceedingly that 
 circumstances are such, that I cannot he with you. The names on the programme 
 before me, call up memories of the past that I cherish. How distictly I remember 
 our Company drill at Castleton, regiment drill at Brattleboro, our arrival at Wash- 
 ington, camping on Arlington Heights, drill and fort work near Alexandria, march 
 to Fairfax Station and to Wolf Run Shoals on the Opequan, also the seven days 
 march to Gettysburg, the position we occupied, and the opportune work done by us 
 in helping to annihilate Pickett's great charge, and scenes after the battle ; neither 
 do I forget the comrades we left on the battle-field, and who died from sickness, and 
 who have passed away since. If in the near future you have another reunion, please 
 notify me, and I will gladly attend if possible. Wishing you all a happy time. 
 I am very trnly yours, 
 
 W. H. EASTWOOD, Co. F. 14th, Vt , Volnnteers. 
 
 From J. Q. Gilbert, Co. F. : 
 
 Sioux City, Iowa, June 27th, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard, Secretary etc.--Dear Comrade : 
 
 Your kind and cordial invitation to a reunion of the 14th Ver- 
 mont Begiment, at your place on July 4th, is at hand, and in reply would thank you 
 for your kind remembrance of me. While I would dearly love to be present to meet 
 all of the comrades, and to assist them to make the affair a success, I must send my 
 regrets, and that should you deem it necessary to court martial me for disobedience 
 of orders, you will recommend me to mercy on account of the distance which 1 
 would be obliged to travel, to comply with the order. Wishing for you success in 
 all respects. 
 
 I am very truly your Comrade, 
 
 J.Q.GILBERT. 
 
 From Moses J. Knapp. Drummer, Co. F. : 
 
 Chaumont.N. Y., June 30th, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard,— Dear Comrade : 
 
 I received your very cordial invitation to the reunion of the 
 regiment, and should like very much to be able to be present with you on the 4th. 
 It would give me great pleasure to sound the first call on the drum and to see the 
 faces of old comrades once more, and shake hands with them all. I hope you will 
 all have a grand good time. I wish to be remembered to all friends and comrades. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 MOSES J. KNAPP. 
 
 Letters of regret, and wishes for a successful reunion, 
 were received also from Charles Pomeroy, Flint, Mich., and 
 C. E. Vaughan, (firm of Means & Vaughan, stock brokers), 
 Chicago, 111., both of Co. F. 
 
84 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 From Michael Furlong, Co. G. : 
 
 Manitou Eidge, July 1st, 1887. 
 F. H. Shepard : ,_ „ . 
 
 I thank you for the invitation to the reunion to be held in Fair 
 Haven on July 4th. I would like to he present, but cannot on account of poor 
 health, and so shall be deprived of meeting you and other comrades. I happened to 
 be one of the unfortunate in the battle of Gettysburg ; my injury costing me mi 
 eye-sight. I remain very respectfully, MICHAEL FURLONG. 
 
 Letters of regret were also received from Abel Peck, 
 Vergennes ; C. M. Chapin, New Haven ; Nicholas Gravel, 
 Bristol, and Charles D. DeLong, Vermont City, Dakota, all 
 all of Co. G. The three latter comrades suffer from ill health. 
 
 From Lugene Allen, Co. H. : 
 
 Marengo, Illinois, June 30th, 1887. 
 Comrades : 
 
 It is with the deepest regret I write you that I cannot come to 
 the reunion of the old 14th regiment, but I remember you all with kindness. Co. H. 
 boys, how I would like to see them once more, but perhaps never shall, until the 
 " Grand Eeunion," at the banks of the river. With love to you all I remain. 
 
 Yours in haste, LUGENE ALIEN. 
 
 From Corporal Frank R. Hill, Co. I. : 
 
 Steele, Dakota, June 28th, 1887. 
 F. H. Shephard, Secretary, etc.— Comrade : 
 
 Your invitation to attend the reunion of the 14th Vermont at 
 Fair Haven, on July 4th, was forwarded to me from my old home, and only reached 
 me to-day. I must say at once, (and it is with profound regret,) that I cannot be 
 with you. If I consulted only my own inclination, neither business, expense nor 
 the space of 2,000 miles, would prevent me from starting at once, for I know that 
 the opportunites of meeting the " boys," (and alas, they are boys no longer,) in this 
 world are few, and the time short, till " Stannard's Brigade" wiil be a thing of the 
 past : but circumstances are such that I can only hope to live to meet you at some 
 future time ; till then I will send greeting to all comrades, and say good bye to 
 yourself. Yours truly, F. E. HILL. 
 
 From Comrade H. A. Hyde, Co. J. : 
 
 North Ferrisburgh, July 2d, 1887. 
 To F. H. Shepard, Fair Haven, Vt.,— Dear Sir and Comrade : 
 
 I received your very cordial invitation to be present at the re- 
 union of the 14th Vermont Eegiment, at Fair Haven on the 4th of this month. I 
 should be very much pleased to attend, but circumstances over which I have no con- 
 trol, will prevent. I hope this is only the beginning of many annual reunions of 
 this glorious old regiment ; and in the future, I shall endeavor to attend all such 
 gatherings; especially of our regiment, I think we all have reasons to be proud of 
 the 14th, and of the 2d Vermont Brigade, which was led by such men as Stannard, 
 Randall and Nichols, who cannot be present at your reunion ; for they have gone to 
 their reward. Accept my hearty thanks for your very cordial invitation, but I will 
 not wrong you longer. Yours very respectfully, H. A. HYDE. 
 
 Letters of regret and wishes for a successful reunion 
 were received from Sergeant Wm. Claxton, Manktun ; J. G. 
 Barton, Charlotte, and Henry J. Bull, North Ferrisburgh, 
 all of Co. J. 
 
 From Benjamin G. Rice, Co. H. : 
 
 New York, June 27th, 1887. 
 To F. H. Shepard, — Dear Comrade : 
 
 Your cordial invitation to be present at the reunion of the 14th 
 Vermont Eegiraent received, and while it would give me great pleasure to meet my 
 old comrades, and talk over old times, I am sorry to say that my duties are such 
 that I cannot possibly get away. I shall think of you, and trust you will have a 
 very pleasant reunion. Twenty-four years ago to-day, we were on the march to 
 Gettysburg, and I am proud to say, Vermont's noble sons won the battle. Keep up 
 these reunions, and let nothing prevent us from being a band of brothers. With 
 kind regards to all old comrades, I remain 
 
 Eespectfully yours, BENJ. G. EICE. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 85 
 
 Since the reunion letters of regret have been received 
 from Comrades W. H. Smith, Warsaw, N. Y. ; W. A. Mar- 
 tin, Fairfax, Vt.; Charles E. Beach, Burlington, Vt.; H. T. 
 Peck and W. H. Bingham, West Cornwall, Vt.; Sylvester S. 
 Chase, Charlotte, Vt.; Fred Moore, Wilmington, Vt.; Russel 
 C. Whitford, Petrolia, Pa.; Geo. Field, Fort Edward, N. Y.; 
 Franklin Spaulding, Hague, N. Y.; L. B. Lord, Pownal, Vt.; 
 Abel L. Norton, Addison, Vt.; Stephen P. Corey, Shaftsbury, 
 Vt.; Homer A. Southwick, New York City ; Dr. J. C. Clark, 
 North Yakima, Washington Territory ; Sergeant Major E. P. 
 Nash, Salisbury, Vt.; Chas. E. Hale, Logansport, Ind.; N. V. 
 Elithorp, Detroit, Mich.; W. H. Lake, Wells, Vt.; Lieut. J. 
 W. Woodruff, Leroy, N. Y.; and Geo. P. TJtley, Iona, Mich. 
 Many of these comrades say that they will try and be pres- 
 ent at the next reunion. 
 
 A notice in the National Tribune of Aug. 4th, created a 
 demand for the pamphlet by members of the 2d Vermont 
 Brigade outside the Regiment. Among the number writing 
 for it was D. D. Stoddard, of Emporia, Kansas, who writes 
 as follows : " I have seen an account of the Fourteenth's 
 reunion in the National Tribune, also, a notice that a copy 
 would be given on application, to every member of that Reg- 
 iment applying for it. Now I am not a member of the 14th 
 but I am within one of it, as I was the shortest corporal in 
 Co. B, 13th Vt., so that my position in brigade or battle line 
 was next to the 14th, and there I was at the battle of Gettys- 
 burg. I remember being so busily engaged in trying to com- 
 fort and assist a wounded soldier of the 14th that I did not 
 hear the order for the flank movement of the 13th, and when 
 I looked around it was out of sight. An officer in the 14th 
 however, pointed out to me the direction it went and I 
 dashed away through the smoke and brush and overtook the 
 regiment just in time to participate in the attack on the rebel 
 flank." 
 
 PARTING THOUGHTS. 
 
 If any comrade receiving this pamphlet can furnish the 
 address of any comrade whose address is not given in the 
 Roster, or furnish any clue whereby it can be obtained, (or 
 in the fact of his death) please notify the Secretary. 
 
 Please attend to this request immediately after looking 
 the Roster over, in order that some, whose address is not 
 known by the Secretary, can be notified of this pamplet and 
 have opportunity to send for it if he desires it. 
 
86 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 The Secretary would be glad to see gathered together 
 the personal reminiscences of the comrades, stories of the 
 camp, anecdotes of the members, personal recollections of 
 Gettysburg, etc., and would invite such contributions. I 
 would suggest that members of the regiment themselves 
 prepare papers to be read at the next reunion. Please notify 
 the Secretary if such preparation is made, in order that the 
 programme can be arranged. 
 
 The Secretary would also be glad to see the histories of 
 the different regiments comprising the 2d Vermont Brigade, 
 such as is now being written by Col. G. G. Benedict for the 
 second volume of " Vermont in the Rebellion," bound to- 
 gether in cloth, together with personal remiscences of its 
 members, biographical sketches and steel engravings of its 
 commanders, wood cuts of familiar places, scenes, etc. How 
 does this suggestion strike you, comrades ? 
 
 Queries. 1st. — What became of the innumerable host 
 of pet dogs that followed the regiment up to Gettysburg ? 
 None I believe were seen after the battle. 
 
 2d. — Did Col. Nichols' pet hen which rode upon his sad- 
 dle and supplied his table with a fresh egg every day, sur- 
 vive the conflict? 
 
 3d. — What possible objection could Capt. Abell have 
 had to stopping the round shot that came bounding along 
 towards him the 3d of July, 1863? 
 
 4th. — Was it ever ascertained whether Gen. Stoughton 
 ever tried to pass Bart Moriarty's post the second time with- 
 out the countersign ? 
 
 5th.— - What became of the bottle of whiskey that was 
 abstracted from Gen. Stoughton's saddle-bags at Fairfax Sta- 
 tion, was it preserved '? 
 
 6th. — Did Co. D boys succeed in converting to sound 
 Union principles the secessionist hams that they once went 
 after ? 
 
 7th. — Does the memory of " Widow Story and her straw- 
 berries and cream," "Polly the milkmaid of Wolf Run 
 Shoals," and the " < Red, White and Blue' girl" of Maryland 
 linger yet in any of your minds ? 
 
 8th.— Is there any longing on the part of any for old 
 time "bean soup," domesticated potatoes," rice and molasses, 
 etc. 
 
 The above queries, with others, must be answered at 
 the camp-fire next reunion. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 87 
 
 Roster of the 14th Vt. Reg't. 
 
 WITH PRESENT ADDRESS OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Considerable trouble has been experienced by the Secre- 
 tary in getting the present addresses of the members of the 
 14th and in verifying them. It is hoped that if any change 
 their residence hereafter that they will notify him of such 
 change. There are good reasons why, as an association, we 
 should keep together, and have knowledge of each others 
 whereabouts. In case of the death of any comrade it is de- 
 sired that the Secretary be notified of it by the friends, or 
 relatives. In the following Roster as printed, a figure " 1 " 
 preceding a name, signifies that that member was present 
 at the reunion ; " 2 " signifies those whose address has been 
 verified ; " 3 " those whose address is uncertain or unknown ; 
 Pr stands for promoted ; Tr for transferred ; Rd for re- 
 duced. A dagger (f) before the name signifies death. Com- 
 rades who were transferred from one company to another, 
 will find their names only in the roll of the company with 
 which they were last connected. A star (*) with the letter 
 of their former company will, however, be placed after 
 names. 
 
 FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS. 
 
 t Colonel William T. Nichols. 
 
 2 Lieut.-Colonel Charles W. Rose, Adrian, Michigan. 
 
 2 Major Nathaniel B. Hall, Jackson, Michigan. 
 
 3 Adjutant Harrison Prindle, Portland, Oregon. 
 t Surgeon Edwin H. Sprague. 
 
 2 Surgeon Adrian T. Woodward, Brandon, Vt. 
 
 1 Assistant Surgeon Lucrecius D. Ross, Poultney, Vt. 
 
 2 Assistant Surgeon Azro M. Plant, St. Albans, Vt. 
 
 1 Chaplain William S. Smart, Albany, N. Y. 
 
 NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 
 
 2 , Sergeant-Major Edward P. Nash West Salisbury, Vt. 
 t ' Quartermaster Sergeant Wm. Wightman, Jr. 
 
 2 Commissary Sergeant George Richardson, Sparta, Wisconsin. 
 t Hospital Steward Frank P. Jones. * Tr to C. 
 t Hospital Steward Walter D. Hodge. * Tr to D, 
 
A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Captain Ransom O. Gore, Bennington, Vt, 
 
 1st Lieutenant Edward N. Thayer. 
 
 2d Lieutenant Charles Albro, Glens Falls, N. Y. 
 
 Sergeant Horace C. Henry, Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Sergeant Lorenzo D. Jepson, Jr. 
 
 Sergeant Leander D. Thompson, Pownal Centre, Vt. 
 
 Sergeant Eichard M. Houghton, Bennington Vt. Ed. 
 
 Sergeant Martin V. B. Armstrong, Bennington Centre, Yt. Ed. 
 
 Corporal George Hicks. Pr Sergeant January 10, 1863. 
 
 Corporal Burton W. Potter, "Worcester, Mass. Pr Serg't July 3, '63. 
 
 Corporal William Burrington. ^ 
 
 Corporal Martin F. Barney, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 Corporal Harlan Houghton, Erie, Pa. 
 
 Corporal Edward P. Hathaway, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 Corporal Henry S. Burt, Sunderland, Vt. 
 
 Corporal Samuel B. Norton. 
 
 Corporal Merritt Blanchard. Pr July 3, 1863. 
 
 Corporal William H. Eobertson, Bennington, Vt. Pr Jan. 10, '63. 
 
 Musician Joseph E. Blaco, Hudson, N. T. 
 
 Musician George H. Field, Fort Edward, N. Y. 
 
 Wagoner Charles H. Gates, Burdette, Hand County, Dakota. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 2 Edwin Allen, Northville, 
 
 t Melvin J. Allen. 
 
 2 A. P. Atwood, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
 t James M. Atwood. 
 
 t Reuben Benjamin. 
 
 { Edward Bigsby. 
 
 3 Charles A. Booth. 
 t Michael Carrigan. 
 
 1 Philip Casey, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 Freeman Collson, Bennington, Vt. 
 ■f "William Comar. 
 
 t Obadiah S. Comar. 
 
 1 Isaac Crawford Bennington Vt. 
 
 1 Almon F. Day, Manchester C't'r, Vt. 
 + John Digman. 
 
 t Fayette Doty. 
 
 2 Henry W. Downs, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 3 Albert Dunn, Bennington, Vt. 
 t Frank Fairbrothers. 
 
 t George W. Fradenburgh. 
 
 2 Peter Fradenburgh, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 Alonzo Gage, St. Paul, Howard Co., 
 
 Nebraska. 
 
 t Eleazer F. Granger. 
 
 3 James A. Grace, Bennington, Vt. 
 2 Patrick Griffin, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 Josiah Haley, Pownal, Vt. 
 t Nelson Haley. 
 
 t Zarah P. Haley. 
 
 1 George H. Harwood, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 1 William Haynes, Middle Falls, N. Y. 
 
 3 Edward Jacobs. 
 
 2 William Johnson, Troy, N. Y. 
 t Frederick Keeley. 
 
 t Moses H. Knapp. 
 
 ■f Edward S. Manley. 
 
 t Albert M. Mallory. 
 
 f Silas Moon. 
 
 2 Frederick Moore, Wilmington, Vt. 
 
 2 William Moore, Averill Park N. Y. 
 
 2 Francis Morrison, Hoosick Falls, N.Y. 
 
 t Benjamin J. Moulton. 
 
 t Henry Neal. 
 
 1 Elihu North, North Pownal, Vt. 
 
 1 James A. North, North Pownal, Vt. 
 
 2 Albert A. Norton No. Adams, Mass. 
 2 Andrew O'Brien Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 John O'Conner, Bennington Centre. Vt. 
 
 t Edward O'Neal. 
 
 1 Zachariah Paddock Bennington C't'r. 
 
 1 Albert G. Patchin, Bennington, Vt. 
 t Braddock Peckham. 
 
 2 Edward A. Plumb, Lansingburgh, N. Y. 
 2 Austin M. Proud, South Pownal, Vt. 
 
 t Charles F. C. Bay. 
 
 t William Kay. 
 
 2 Jacob Eeinhard, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 t Lucius Bichmond. 
 
 1 Dwight H. Rudd, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 Ira W. Rudd, Bennington Centre, Vt. 
 
 1 Merritt F. Eudd, Bennington Centre. 
 
 2 George W. Russell, No. Hoosick, N. Y. 
 2 Joseph Russell, New York City. 
 
 t Charles H. Sibley. 
 
 1 John Smith, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 1 Albert T. Stockwell, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 Henry C. Stratton, Hayes Centre, Neb. 
 t Elisha Sweet. 
 
 2 Josiah G. Taylor, Maple Grove, Mass. 
 
 1 Benjamin Townsend, Bennington, Vt. 
 t Alvin K. Tyler. 
 
 t Albert Wallen. 
 
 t John Walsh. 
 
 t William H. "Wells. 
 
 3 Horace F. White, Washington. D. C. 
 
 2 Roger O. Woodward, East Portland, 
 
 Oregon, 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 
 
 89 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 2 Captain John C. Thompson, 510 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 
 2 1st Lieut. Adoniram J. Blakeley, Grinnell, Iowa. 
 
 t 2d Lieut. Henry L. York. 
 
 t Sergeant Henry H. Vaughan. Killed. 
 
 2 Sergeant Isaac W. Kelly, Danby, Vt. 
 
 t Sergeant Charles P. Taylor. 
 
 2 Sergeant William H. Smith, Warsaw, Wyoming County, N. Y. 
 
 2 Sergeant Homer H. Southwick, No. 12 Cortlandt St., New York City. 
 
 t Corporal Silas A. Thompson. Pr Serg't April 12th, 1863. 
 
 1 Corporal Charles Towslee, Pawlet, Vt. Pr Serg't July 3d, 1864. 
 
 2 Corporal John F. Baker, South Wallingford. K'd by request. 
 2 Corporal Orlando Bushee, Pawlet, Vt. R'd by request. 
 
 1 Corporal Geo. W. Foster, (afterwards Drummer,) Cuttingsville.Vt. Ed by 
 
 2 Corporal William Frost, Allegan, Michigan. [request. 
 2 Corporal Erwin W. Hyde, Tarringford, Conn. 
 2 Corporal Elias S. Baker, South Wallingford, Vt. 
 1 Corporal Benjamin E. Crapo, Wallingford, Vt. 
 1 Corporal Willis H. Hollister, Granville, N. Y. 
 t Corporal William L. Pratt. Pr Nov. 3d, 1863. 
 
 1 Corporal Reuben R. Spaulding, Middleton, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal Almon E. Walker, Winooski, Vt. Pr March 1st, 
 1 Musician Martin V. B. Williams, (Drum Major,) Wallingford, Vt. 
 1 Musician Daniel H. Lane, Danby, Vt. 
 1 Wagoner Julius C. Griffith, Danby, Vt. 
 
 Pr July 3d, 1863. 
 Pr Jan. 4th, 1863. 
 
 Pr March 1st, 1863. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 2 Lewis E. Ackley, Tinmouth, Vt. 1 
 
 t Richard C. Archer. From wounds. 2 
 
 t George S. Baker. Killed. 1 
 
 2 Andrew Bartholomew, Wallingf 'd, Vt t 
 
 1 Francis J. Bellamy, Rutland, Vt. t 
 
 1 John H. Black, Pawlet, Vt. 3 
 
 1 Robert T. Black, Pawlet, Vt. 2 
 
 t Andrew J. Blowers. t 
 
 1 Henry Bromley, Westport, N. Y. t 
 
 2 David Bryant, So. Londonderry, Vt. 3 
 t William Games. 
 
 t John Cook. t 
 
 3 John A. Crandall. t 
 
 2 Josiah W. Crapo, Landgrove, Vt. + 
 
 1 Edwin M. Crary, Wallingford, Vt. 3 
 t EzraCrotf. 2 
 + Allen S. Dawson. 3 
 t Luther R. Dyke. 3 
 t Eliphalet Eddy. 1 
 t Henry Eddy. 2 
 t Bradford Edgerton. 1 
 t Francis Fish. 2 
 t Caleb P. Fish. t 
 
 3 Edward B. Gee, No. Clarendon, Vt. 2 
 t John Gilman, Jr. 2 
 
 2 Smith Green Wallingford, Vt. 3 
 
 2 Gardner F. Griffith, East Dorset, Vt. 1 
 
 1 M. W. Grover East Clarendon, Vt. 2 
 
 3 James W. Guild. t 
 3 Alonzo V. Guilder. 2 
 3 Wallace S. Guilder. h 
 
 2 Enos Harrington, Jr., Lincoln, Neb. 2 
 t Orange M. Hart. 2 
 
 2 Jewett P. Hawkins, E. Wallingf 'd, Vt 1 
 
 1 Joseph C. Hawkins, E. Wallingf 'd, Vt 2 
 
 3 Albert E. Hollister. 3 
 
 2 Francis S. Hollister, Cambridge, N. Y 2 
 1 Warren E. Hulett, Pawlet, Vt. 2 
 
 Henry E. Huntington, Wallingf'd, Vt. 
 
 David H. Kelly, Danby, Vt. 
 
 Geo. W. Kinsman. Poultney, Vt. 
 
 William W. Kinsman. 
 
 George Ladd. 
 
 Eugene Little. 
 
 John B. Louis, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Michael Mackmlear. 
 
 Patrick Mackinlear. 
 
 Richard Maskel, Phillipsburg, Quebec, 
 
 Canada. 
 William H. Munson. 
 Benjaimn B. Needham. 
 Isaac Needham. 
 Samuel W. Nelson. 
 Foster J. Parris, Danby, Neb. 
 Levi Patterson. 
 Herbert Perhain. 
 Edwin Pierce. 
 
 George D. Pierce, Taunton, Mass. 
 George N. Pitts, Clarendon, Vt. 
 Newton Pratt, Shrewsbury, Vt. 
 George R. Remington. 
 Joel M. Rogers, Tinmouth, Vt. 
 Lyman A. Rondo, Groton, Vt. 
 Walter G. Sawyer. 
 William D. Sherman Rutland, Vt. 
 George O. Simonds, Granville, N. Y. 
 Elias Smith. 
 
 Judson Smith, North Pawlet, Vt. 
 Martin Smith. 
 
 Geo. Spaulding, Middletown, Vt. 
 Wm. W. Stimson, Austin, Minn. * K. 
 John C. Thomas, Danby, Vt. 
 William C. Weeks. Dorset, Vt. 
 Edward B. Wells. 
 Abira E . Wood, Poultney, Vt. 
 William H. Wood, Poultney, Vt. 
 
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 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 2 Captain Josiah B. Munson, Millett's, Michigan. 
 
 2 1st Lieutenant Nathan L. Andrew, Arlington, Vt. 
 
 2 2tl Lieutenant Henry D. Young, Erie, Pa. 
 
 1 Sergeant Charters A. Pierce, Bennington, Vt. 
 
 2 Sergeant George H. Phillips Putney, Vt. 
 t Sergeant William Campbell. 
 
 3 Sergeant John Connelly. Rd. 
 
 2 Sergeant George W. Knight, Pawlet, Vt. 
 
 t Corporal John Vaughan. Pr Sergeant. Killed. 
 
 2 Corporal George Coulter, East Arlington, Vt. Pr Sergeant April 1863. 
 
 2 Corporal William A. Black, West Point, Neb. Kd by request. 
 
 1 Corporal Asaph K. Sykes, Dorset, Vt. Kd by request. 
 + Corporal William C. Wilson. 
 
 2 Corporal Warren J. Sheldon, Rawsonville, Vt. 
 2 Corporal George P. Utley, Ionia, Michigan. 
 
 2 Corporal Charles A. Bundy, Cambridge, N. Y. Pr July 4th,1863. 
 
 2 Corporal George H. Phillips, East Arlington, Vt. 
 
 3 Corporal John Dunlap, Albion, Neb. 
 
 2 Corporal Heman Harwood, Constantine, Michigan. 
 
 2 Corporal Merritt A. Sheldon, Bucklin, Missouri. 
 
 1 Corporal Dwight Sykes, Dorset, Vt. 
 
 2 Musician Smith Jameson, East Dorset, Vt. 
 t Musician Henry A. Wyman. 
 
 2 Wagoner Daniel L. Crandall, East Dorset, Vt. 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 2 Chas. A. Bartlett, 427, 429 Jay St., 
 
 LaCrosse, Wisconsin. 
 1 John H. Belding^ South Dorset, Vt. 
 1 D. W. Bennett, Winehendon, Mass. 
 
 1 Truman Bentley , Manchester Centre. 
 
 2 Henry Brown, Onawa, Iowa. 
 
 2 Win. P. Buck, East Arlington, Vt. 
 
 t Thomas Burns. Killed. 
 
 2 Wm. H. Case, East Arlington, Vt. 
 
 t Charles H. Chapman. 
 
 2 Brenton M. Chellis Springf'd, Mass. 
 
 2 Jos. C. Clark, North Yokirna, Wash- 
 
 ington Territory. 
 
 3 Frederick Connor. 
 
 2 Edward R. Cook, West Dover, Vt. 
 t George Dawson. 
 
 t Charles E. Dean. 
 
 3 George Derby, Jr. 
 
 2 Andrew J. Dunton Rutland, Vt. 
 
 2 Otis G. Eddy, Bondville, Vt. 
 
 2 Chas. H. Edgerton, East Dorset, Vt. 
 
 2 Dexter Farnham Bennington , Vt . 
 
 + Mark Farnsworth. 
 
 2 Jerome Gault, Arlington, Vt. 
 
 2 Myron Gleason, Barnumville, Vt. 
 
 t Sheppard Gleason. 
 
 2 Charles Graham, Cambridge, N. Y, 
 1 Rollin C. Gray, Manchester, Vt. 
 
 t Michael Hanlon. 
 
 1 Wright Hazelton, Dorset, Vt. 
 t • Alva E. Hill. 
 
 3 Daniel C. Hobart. 
 t William Horn. 
 
 3 James Hughes. 
 t Myron Jameson. 
 .+ Frank P. Jones. 
 3 Henry L. Kenyon. 
 + Dana F. Kidder. Killed. 
 t Miner F. Kinne, 
 
 2 William. H. Kinne, Rupert, Vt. 
 1 Sidney H. Ladd, No. Dorset, Vt. 
 
 2 Wilson Ladd, Dorset, Vt. 
 
 + John Leonard. 
 
 2 Wm. Leonard, Hebron, N. Y. 
 
 2 Wm. H. Leonard, Belsha, N. Y. 
 
 3 William Logan. 
 Andrew J. Mason, East Dorst, Vt. 
 Elijah McDonald. 
 William Moore. • 
 Ezra Nichols, Dorset, Vt. 
 Frank E. Niles. 
 
 George. L. Niles, East Arlington, Vt. 
 Convis Parker, Wallingford, Vt. 
 David Parker, U. S. Coast Survey,.- 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Charles A. Phillips, Putney, Vt. 
 
 Elijah Phillips, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Charles H. Pond, New England City,. 
 Dakota. 
 2 Calvin Reed, Arlington, Vt. 
 2 Samuel E. Rideout-Hudson, Ohio. 
 1 Simeon M. Rising, West Pawlet, Vt. 
 t Burns H. Roberts. 
 
 Richard Roberts, Manchester Centre,Vt 
 
 Silas H. Seaver, Manchester Depot, Vt. 
 
 Elijer T. Sexton. 
 
 Albert P. Sheldon, Rupert, Vt. 
 
 Seth P. Sheldon, Teeumseh, Mich. 
 
 Fayette Shepard, East Arlington, Vt 
 
 Thomas Sheridan, No. Dorset, Vt. 
 
 Frank A. Smith, (care Waterhouse & 
 Lester,) Sacramento, Cal. 
 
 George Stannard. 
 
 Edward Stone. Cold Water, Mich. 
 
 Horace Sykes, Manchester Centre, Vt.. 
 - Gilman J. Thompson, Bondville, Vt. 
 
 1 Nathaniel Towslee, Manchester, Vt. 
 
 2 Myron W. Utley, Manchester Depot.Vt 
 2 Elihu S. Warner, Kensington, Conn. 
 
 2 Seth C. Warner, East Arlington, Vt. 
 
 1 Barlow G. Wescott, Wells, Vt. 
 
 2 Julius Whitman, E. Arlington, Vt. 
 
liegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 
 
 91 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 1 Captain Charles E. Abell, Orwell, Vt. 
 
 2 1st Lieutenant John W. Woodruff Leroy, N. Y. 
 1 2d Lieutenant Don Juan Wright, Shoreham, Vt. 
 
 t Sergeant Charles W. Corey. Pr 1st Lieut. April 20th, 1863. 
 
 1 Sergeant Frederick L. Reed, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1 Sergeant Albert .7. Dickinson, Benson, Vt. 
 t Sergeant Romeo R. Peck. 
 
 2 Sergeant Darwin E. Koyce, Richville, N. Y. 
 
 1 Corporal Charles Spaulding, Orwell, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal Joel H. Lucia, Montpelier, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal Ephraiin L. Kellogg, Burgen, Clinton County, Iowa. 
 
 2 Corporal W. H. Bingham, West Cornwall Vt. 
 
 1 Corporal Henry S. Harwood, Benson, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal Byron W. Crane, Bridport, Vt. 
 t Corporal Ira Farnham. 
 
 2 Corporal Martin S. Keeler, Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 1 Corporal James H. Aikin, Benson, Vt. Pr Nov. 24th, 1862. 
 
 t Corporal Louis N. Crone. Pr Dec. 12th, 1862. 
 
 3 Corporal James H. Goodrich. Pr May 1st, 1863. 
 
 1 Musician Sidney E. Griswold, Orwell, Vt. 
 t Musician Joshua B. Casey. 
 
 2 Wagoner John A. Munger, Chipman's Point, Orwell, Vt. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 3 Alonzo Austin. 2 
 
 2 Horace Austin, West Cornwall, Vt. t 
 
 t Edward C. Ball. 1 
 
 2 Joshua D. Barber, Northfild, Vt. 1 
 
 t Marcellus J. Barber. 1 
 
 2 Joseph J. Bascom. Uxbridge, Dakota. 2 
 
 2 Lewis Burnell, Bridport, Vt. 2 
 
 2 Carlos A. Bugbee, Marshland. Wis. t 
 
 2 Patrick Carney, Middlebury. Vt. 1 
 
 2 Wm. M. Corey, Shoreham, Vt. 2 
 
 1 Wm. J. Cummings, Benson, Vt. t 
 
 2 Moses Dunn, Rochester, Vt. 2 
 
 1 Norman B. Douglass, Sherbom, Mass t 
 
 2 Theodore Duchan, Weybridge, Vt. 1 
 2 Harlan P. Elitharp, Vergennes, Vt. 3 
 2 Norman V. Elitharp, Detroit, Mich. 3 
 + Samuel A. Fish. t 
 2 Geo. B. Grosvenor, E. Middlebury, Vt 2 
 2 Henry E. Hack, Orwell, Vt. 1 
 
 1 Henry G. Hibbard, Orwell, Vt. 3 
 + Frederick C. Howe. 2 
 t Richard B. Hunt. 1 
 
 2 Alexander lea. Wells, Vt. 2 
 t Benjamin C. Jennings. 2 
 1 John Kennedy, Rutland Vt. 2 
 1 Royal C. King, Benson, Vt. 
 
 1 Royal D. King, Benson, Vt. + 
 t James W. Knapp. 1 
 
 2 Alexander LaPointe, Barre, Vt. + 
 
 3 EliLaundre. . 1 
 1 Henry G. Lawrence, Shoreham, Vt. 2 
 1 Eugene S. Lee, Benson, Vt. 2 
 3 Newell S. Lewis. 1 
 
 1 Tallmadge W. Lewis, Orwell, Vt. 2 
 
 2 Wolcott A. Mead, Brandon, Vt. 2 
 2 Isaac Miller, Vergennes, Vt. 1 
 t Lucius D. Moody. 2 
 + Henry Mora. 
 
 Bartholomew Moriarity, Rome, N. Y. 
 
 Joseph E. Moriarty. 
 
 Samuel J. Northrop, Shoreham, Vt. 
 
 Eli B. Norton, Benson, Vt. 
 
 Noah N. Norton, Orwell, Vt. 
 
 Henry T. Peek, West Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 Milo C. Peck, Altoona, Dakota, 
 
 Almond S. Pinney. 
 
 Oliver A, Proctor, Fair Haven. Vt. 
 
 Milo B. Randall, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 Dyer Rogers. Killed. 
 
 Gardner S. Roberts, Aurora, 111. 
 
 Garrett L. Koseboom. Killed. 
 
 Geo. H. Rowley, Ticonderoga, N. Y. 
 
 Augustus W. Sampson. 
 
 Paul Sangrah, Houston, Kansas. 
 
 Harvey L. Sheldon. 
 
 Gilbert R. Sherwood. Elyria, Ohio. 
 
 Stephen P. Sherwood, Malta, 111. 
 
 Peter J. Shumway, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Andrew B. Simonds, West Cornwall, Vt 
 
 Albert M. Smith, Shoreham, Vt. 
 
 Theodore R. Smith, Victor, Iowa. 
 
 Franklin Spaulding, Hague, N. Y. 
 
 James J. Sproull, North New Salem, 
 
 Mass. 
 Horace Sturdevant. 
 Alanson J. Towner. 
 Albert A. Walker. Killed. 
 William D. Walker, Orwell, Vt. 
 Hiram D. Wheeler, Port Henry, N. T. 
 Russell C. Wttftford, Petrolia, Pa. 
 Charles R. Winchester, Benson, Vt. 
 Joseph Wolcott, Marlboro, Mass. 
 Napoleon Wolcott, Orwell, Vt. 
 John W. Wooster, Middlebury, Vt. 
 Wm. J. Wright, Insane Asylum, Brati 
 
 tleboro, Vt. 
 
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 COMPANY E. 
 
 Captain Edwin Rich. 
 
 1st Lieutenant Henry B. Needham. 
 
 2d Lieutenant Andrew J. Child, 209 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Sergeant Otis Ahbey, Midd]ebury, Vt. 
 
 Sergeant Luman H. Coggswell, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 Sergeant David J. Brown, "Whiting, Vt. 
 
 Sergeant John W. Donnelly. 
 
 Sergeant Irwin C. Cudworth. 
 
 Corporal Austin Peck. Ed. 
 
 Corporal "Wesley Sturdivant. Killed. 
 
 Corporal Charles "W. Greenleaf . 
 
 Corporal Daniel N. Kilbourne. 
 
 Corporal William H. Wilson. 
 
 Corporal Henry C. Goodrich, Salisbury, Vt. 
 
 Corporal Nathaniel Spencer, Jr. 
 
 Corporal John Demar. 
 . Corporal Sol. P. Merrill, Jr. Pr July 3d, 1863. 
 •Corporal Walter J. Thomas, Salisbury, Vt. Pr July 3d, 1863. 
 
 Musician Cyrus Brush. 
 
 Musician William R. Cobb. 
 
 PRIT 
 
 2 Geo. W. Abbott, E. Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 2 Daniel W. Adams, Ravenwood, 111. 
 
 2 Sherman G. Baldwin, Prophets'w, 111 
 
 2 Charles Beadoin, Lowell, Mass. 
 
 3 George W. D. Blazo. 
 
 2 Henry J. Boardman, Brandon, Vt. 
 
 3 Joel D. Boardman, 
 
 2 Manley L. Boies, Weybridge, 
 
 2 Henry R. Brown, Salisbury, Vt. 
 
 t John Brunelle. Killed. 
 
 2 Charles Bruya, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 .2 Francis Bruya, 5 Douglass Street, 
 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 ■\ Morris C. Bump. 
 
 1 Chauncey L. Clark, Middlebury, Vt. 
 + Ira F. Colten. 
 
 t Gilbert Counter. 
 
 2 Clay N. Dickenson, Middlebury, Vt. 
 t Thomas Dutton. Killed. 
 
 2 Chas. S. Elmer, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 2 James Farrell, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 ■2 Edgar H. Fisk, Weybridge, Vt. 
 
 2 Alphonso Fontaine, Greenfield, Mass 
 
 2 Lancey W. Forbes, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 1 William Galvin, Ripton, Vt. 
 
 ~f Cornelius Grant. 
 
 ■f Joseph Hale. 
 
 1 James Haley, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 -J- Jeremiah F. Haley. 
 
 1 John Hodges, Ripton, Vt. 
 + George E. Huntington. 
 
 -3 Milo C. Kendrick. 
 
 ■2 Thaddeus E. Kelsey, Whiting, Vt. 
 
 ■2 Volney Kelsey, Whiting, Vt. 
 
 2 John W. Kingsley, E. Harvard, P. Q. 
 t Joseph W. Lawrence. 
 
 t Ashbial M. Lee. 
 
 2 Alexis Malien, Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 2 Sifroy John Mahen, W. Salisbury, Vt 
 
 2 George E. Makinster, Wallaston 
 Heighths, Mass. 
 
 ATES. 
 
 3 Joseph Marion . 
 
 1 John McCue, Brandon Vt. 
 
 2 Charles McGoldrich, Middlebury, Vt. 
 2 James McSorley, Malone, N. x. 
 
 2 Joseph Marion, Holyoke, Mass. 
 
 t James H. McWhistler. 
 
 t Samuel McWhistler . 
 
 t Jeremiah Morse . 
 
 2 Edward Mullen, Malone, N. Y. 
 
 2 Patrick Mulligan, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 2 Leroy J. Needham, Sioux City, 111. 
 
 2 Charles C. Nichols, Shoreham, Vt. 
 
 2 Allen D. Olmstead, West Randolph, Vt 
 
 2 Walter H. Olmstead^ East Middlebury. 
 
 1 Edgar J. Olmstead, E. Middlebury, Vt 
 + Alphonso Palardy. 
 
 2 Perlin Paydy, Warren, Vt. 
 
 2 Hiram R. Perry, Hancock, Vt. 
 
 t Henry T. Powell. 
 
 2 Henry C. Rice Bethel, Vt. 
 
 t George B. Robbins. 
 
 2 Chester W. Ross, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 3 Nathan P. Sherman. 
 
 1 Charles C. Smith, Gaysville, Vt. 
 
 2 Thomas Stapleton, West 69th Street 
 
 New York City. 
 
 1 John L. Stickney. 
 
 1 Lewis St. Mary, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 3 Square Sumner. 
 
 2 Henry Taylor, Wilton, N. Y. 
 
 1 Hiram Taylor, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 2 Martin L. Warner, Weybridge, Vt 
 
 2 Fred. A. Waterhouse, 2213 Howard St.. 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 Pliny F. White. 
 
 Briggs N, Whitman, Greenhorn, 
 
 Pueblo, Cal. 
 James W. Whitney, Salisbury, Vt. 
 Truman Wilcox . 
 
 Alvin M Williamson, Middlebury, Vt. 
 Harvey Williamson, Huntington, Vt. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 
 
 93 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 2 Captain Joseph Jennings, Maywood, Illinois'. 
 
 + 1st Lieutenant Julius Bosworth. 
 
 1 2d Lieutenant Charles A. Kami, East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 t Sergeant Win. H. Hamilton (See Co. I.) Pr 2d Lieut. Co. I. Jan. 16, '63 
 
 1 Sergeant George Ott'enseud, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1 Sergeant Daniel Holmes, Whiting, Vt. 
 t Sergeant Roswell P. Leevis. 
 
 t Sergeant Solomon K. Gates. 
 
 2 Corporal John P. Barber, Astor, Iowa. Pr Sergeant Feb. 7, 1863. 
 t Corporal Stephen A. Douglass. 
 
 1 Corporal Henry J. Adams, West Haven, Vt. 
 
 1 Corporal Stephen P. Carr, Hydeville, Vt 
 
 2 Corporal Vincent, C. Douey, Fair Haven. Vt. 
 1 Corporal Chs. H. Whitlock, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 3 Corporal Cyrus W . Bliss. 
 
 1 Corporal Joel W. Hamilton, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1 Corporal Henry A. Pond, Castleton, Vt. Pr Feb. 7th, 1863. 
 
 2 Musician Uuane Smith, Kichville, Ohio. Care Miss Ella Smith. 
 2 Musician Moses J. Knapp, Chaumont, N. Y. 
 
 1 Wagoner Willard Ward, Poultney, Vt. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 t Stephen S. Beach. 
 
 1 Harvey Bishop, Castleton, Vt. 
 3 Isaac \>. Bosworth. 
 
 2 Oliver E. Brewster, Clarendon, Vt. 
 2 Martin F. .brooks, Dorset, Vt. 
 
 t Joseph Clark. 
 
 2 James Crowiey, Amsterdam, N. Y. 
 
 t Cornelius Cowiy. 
 
 t Edwin D. Davis. 
 
 ■f Patrick Deiehanty. 
 
 2 Frederick Dennison, Mendon, Conn. 
 
 2 Boloinen Dewey, Castleton, V t. 
 
 2 Windham H. Eastwood, Bmghamton, 
 
 JS.Y. 
 
 2 Jay P. Eddy, Alexandria, Hansom 
 
 County, Dakota. 
 
 1 Joseph B. Jiusigu, East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 2 Daniel W . Fox, Castleton, Vt. 
 t George N. EoX. 
 
 2 Patrick. Jtoy, Troy, N. T. 
 
 t Lyman J . Gault. 
 
 1 'Human J. Gauit, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 2 John 1. Gilbert, Sioux City, 111. 
 
 1 Franklin Gould, Granville, M. Y. 
 t Micnael Grady. 
 
 2 Albert Hail, umro, Wis. 
 
 1 Charles Harrison, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 t Henry H. Hosford. 
 
 t Sylvanus Hook. 
 
 1 Jonn Humphrey, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1 Patrick Humphrey, Fair Haven, Vt, 
 t George D. Hunt. 
 
 ■j- Robert Hunter. 
 
 2 John F. Johnson, Pelican Lake, Otter 
 
 Tail Co. Minn, 
 
 t Aaron Jones. Died from wounds. 
 
 1 William H. King, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 t Jonathan 1. Kidder. 
 
 1 IvatiiauielA. Kilbourne, Fair Haven. 
 
 1 Benjamin E. Lee, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 t Richard Lewis. 
 
 1 Charles S. Mallory, St. Albans, Vt. 
 
 1 Charles H. Manly, Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 3 Andrew Marnes, W. Bronie, Canada, 
 
 P. Q. 
 
 1 English L. Maynard, Fair Haven , Vt. 
 t George Mtrling. Killed. 
 
 1 James Morgan, West Castleton, Vt. 
 
 2 Patrick O'Brien, 70 Broadway, Roches- 
 
 ter, N. Y. 
 2 Ashbel H Pepper, No. 11 Fourth St., 
 
 South Minneapolis, Minn. 
 2 Charles Perkins, Aurora, 111. 
 1 John F. Perkins, Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1 James D. Perkins, West Kutland, Vt. 
 
 2 Stillnian S. Pirkins, Hubbardton, Vt. 
 t William A. Perry. 
 
 1 Harrison T. Petty, Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 2 Charles R. Pumeroy, Flint, Mich. 
 1 Henry A. Pond, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1 Fayette Potter, Ira, Vt. 
 t James Kalterty. 
 
 2" William S. Roberts, Granville, N. Y. 
 
 2 Daniel Eesrdou, Kutland, Vt. 
 
 1 Herbert C. Kice, Whitehall, N. Y. 
 
 1 Samuel B Kice, Dresden Station, N. Y. 
 t Charles K. Root. 
 
 2 John D. Rowlands, Avon, Barago Co. 
 
 Mich, 
 t Stephen P. Shaw. 
 1 EnimetW. Sherman, Poultney, Vt. 
 t Hurvey Shepard. 
 
 1 Feuiniore H. Shepard, Fair Haven, Vt. 
 t Frank W. Smith. Died from wound 1 ;. 
 
 t Hiram X. Smith. 
 t John H. Thompson. 
 
 2 Chas. E. Vaughan, Englewood, Cook 
 
 Co. ill. 
 1 Leman E. Wood, Fair. Haven, Vt. 
 
 1 James H. Wood, Whitehall, N. Y. 
 
 2 Elton A . Ward, Asylum, Brookl'n, N.Y 
 
 3 Dallas M Ware, Oberliu, Ohio. 
 1 Cullen Wheeler, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1 George C. Wheeler, Rutland, Vt. 
 t Hiram E Whitlock. 
 
 2 Daniel L. Wilder, Castleton, Vt. 
 t John H. Williams. 
 
 2 Wni.E. Williams, 2125 Carpenter St., 
 . Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
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 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 2 Captain Noble F. Dunsliee, Bristol, Vt. 
 
 2 1st Lieutenant John H. Allen, Hinesburgh, Vt. 
 
 2 2d Lieutenant Charles W. Mason, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 t Sergeant Theophile Bissonette. Killed. 
 
 2 Sergeant Edwin D. Barnes, Swanton, Vt. 
 
 2 Sergeant Ralph E. Weller, Burlington, Vt. 
 
 2 Sergeant Alsou C. Hill, Bristol, Vt. 
 
 t Sergeant Henry L. Hulburt. 
 
 2 Sergeant Guy 1). Boynton, Hinesburgh, Vt. Pr Serg't July 3d, 1863. 
 
 2 Sergeant Koyal C. Sargent. So. Starksboro, Vt. Pr Serg't April 6th, 1863. 
 
 2 Corporal Henry C. Powers, Eipton, Vt. 
 
 t Corporal Charles E. Mead. Killed. 
 
 2 Corporal William A. Martin, Fairfax, Vt. 
 
 t Corporal Frank W. Grinnell. 
 
 1 Corporal Anson E. Wright, New Haven, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal George E. Tobey, Hinesburgh, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal Henry W. Frazer, Burlington, Vt. Pr Oct. 21st, 1862. 
 
 3 Corporal John S. Hill. Pr April 6th, 1S63. 
 
 1 Corporal Charles P Jones, Salisbury, Vt. Pr July 3d, 1863. 
 
 1 Corporal David 1). Jones, Franklin Mills, N. H. Pr June 14th, 1863. 
 
 2 Corporal Leonard E. Meaeh, Monkton, Vt. Pr July 3d, 1863. 
 2 Musician Stephen W. Palmer, Bichford, Vt. 
 
 t Musician Hoyt Sayles. 
 
 2 Wagoner Henry Butler, Bristol, Vt. 
 
 PEIVATES. 
 
 + Alden G Babcock. 2 
 
 2 Edmund W. Baldwin, Lincoln, Neb. 2 
 
 2- Jay N. Baldwin, Monkton, Vt. + 
 
 2 Sherman G. Baldwin, Lincoln, Neb. t 
 
 1 Louis Bissonette, Hinesburgh, Vt. 2 
 t Amable Bissonette. t 
 
 2 Napoleon Bissonette, Miles City, M. T t 
 
 3 Eoyal C. Brown. 2 
 t Guy L. Burrett 1 
 2 Michael Calahan, Bristol, Vt. 2 
 t George C. Chamberlain. 2 
 2 Ovette M. Uhapin, New Haven, Vt. t 
 2 Joseph Clapper, Middlebury, Vt. 3 
 t John Coffin. 2 
 
 1 Patrick Coonarthy, Bristol, Vt. 2 
 
 2 Charles I). DeLong, Vermont City, 2 
 
 Dakota. t 
 
 2 Henry C. Dike, Starksboro, Vt. 1 
 
 1 Lorenzo J. Dow, Lincoln, Vt. 1 
 
 2 Phillip Dwyer, 3d. so. Starksboro, Vt. t 
 2 Michael Furlong, Monkton ltidge, Vt 2 
 2 Patrick Furlong, Hinesburgh, Vt. 2 
 2 William E. Gove, Waterbury, Vt. t 
 2 Nicholas Gravel, Bristol, Vt. 2 
 t William E. Greene. Killed. 2 
 t Lionel T. Hill. . 3 
 2 John W. Houghtaling, Cohoes, N. Y. 2 
 t Silas A. Jackson. t 
 2 Aaron P Jennings, Bristol, Vt. 2 
 t John Johndroe, Jr. 3 
 
 1 Eleazer Kendall, Middlebury, Vt. 2 
 
 2 Luther M. Kent, Bochester, Vt. 1 
 2 Henry G Lamos, Irasburgh, Vt. t 
 2 Peter Lavalle, Piattsburgh, N. Y. 2 
 2 Joseph Lavigne, Hinesburgh, Vt. 2 
 2 Peter Lavigne, Hinesburgh, N. Y. 
 
 2 John H. Leonard, Eutland, Vt. t 
 
 Augustine E. Manum, Bristol, Vt. 
 
 Napoleon Mclntyre, Bristol, Vt. 
 
 Keirou McCainlirT. 
 
 Michael Melvin. 
 
 John Moulton, Lincoln, Vt. 
 
 Julius C. Moulton. 
 
 William E. Noyes. 
 
 James L. Palmer, Hinesburgh, Vt. 
 
 Damos Patno, Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 Henry K. Pease, Hinesburgh, Vt. 
 
 Abel Peck, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Edward M. Percival. 
 
 Emerson E. Place. 
 
 Israel Plain, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Herman A. Post, Hinesburgh, Vt. 
 
 Sam'l J. Eandall, Huntington, Vt. 
 
 Henry J. Eay. 
 
 Johnathan J. Ehodes, Lincoln, Vt. 
 
 Henry C. Eoscoe, New Haven, vt. 
 
 Charles W. Koss. Killed. 
 
 Elisha Eounds, Starksboro, Vt. 
 
 Joseph Eounds, Starksboro, Vt. 
 
 Mitchell Eussell. 
 
 John Saddler, Huntington, Vt. 
 
 Elijah L. Sawyer, Starksboro, Vt 
 
 Henry H. Spooner. 
 
 Henry Steady, Hinesburgh, Vt. 
 
 Lewis Steady. 
 
 Henry Stenoir, Highgate, Vt. 
 
 Seth Stone. 
 
 Phelps D. Sturdevant, Geneva, Neb. 
 
 John Swynyer, Huntington Centre, Vt. 
 
 Solomon Vradenburgh. 
 
 Alphonzo E. White, New Haven, Vt-. 
 
 Daniel Whittemore, New Haven 
 
 Mills, Vt. 
 Hiram Woods. 
 
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 
 
 95 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 Captain Walter C. Dunton, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1st Lieutenant Alanda W. Clark. 
 
 2d Lieutenant Daniel Conway, West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Sergeant Harley G. Sheldon, West Rutland, Vt. Pr 2d Lieut. Co. K. 
 
 Sergeant Henry F. Colton. [March 12th, 1863. 
 
 Sergeant Spenoer 0. Cheney, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Sergeant Charles W. Shedd, Keene, N. H. Pr 1st Sergeant. 
 
 Sergeant Simeon D. Yaw, Fort Ann, N. Y. 
 
 Corporal John F. Eggleston, Centre Rutland, Vt. Pr Sergeant. 
 
 Corporal Stillman C White, Rutland, Vt. Pr Sergeant. 
 
 Corporal Henry P. Kinsman, Rutland, Vt. Rd by request. 
 
 Corporal Walker Bates. 
 
 Corporal James E. Wetmore, Ira, Vt. 
 
 Corporal Jonathan C. Winter. 
 
 Corporal Marvin Reynolds. Pr Corporal. 
 
 Corporal Henry C. Martyn. Pr Corporal. 
 
 Corporal Asa F. Fuller, Springfield, Vt. Pr Corporal. 
 
 Corporal George Brown, West Rutland, Vt. Pr Corporal. 
 
 Corporal Rolla W. Collins. Pr Corporal. 
 
 Musician Charles W. Ellis. 
 
 Musician Franklin Johnson. 
 
 Wagoner Silas Knight, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 Luzerne Allen, Marengo, 111. 
 
 Nye J. Allen. 
 
 Lucian J. Archer. 
 
 Anthony Austin, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Eben Bailey, Jr. 
 
 Lester L. Baird. 
 
 Lawson E. Barber. 
 
 Henry Barrett, Shrewsbury, Vt. 
 
 Albert Bassett, Krandon, Vt. 
 
 Oren W. Bates, Stockbridge, Vt. 
 
 John T. Bour. 
 
 William Batchford. 
 
 Thomas Callahan. 
 
 Sylvester S. Chase, Chittenden, Vt. 
 
 Peter Cheisen. 
 
 Wilson D. Churchill. 
 
 Martin Mowrey, Mt. Holly, Vt. 
 
 Oren B.Cook. 
 
 John Conlin, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Frederic W. Crowley, Mt. Holly, Vt. 
 
 James Davis. 
 
 Chs. L. Doty. 
 
 William C. Doubleday. 
 
 Martin H. Durkee, Pittsfield, Vt. 
 
 Harrison H. Earl. 
 
 Amos Ellis, Pittsfield, Vt. 
 
 Edward L. Farmer. Died at Ander- 
 
 sonville. 
 James Fisk, Rutland, Vt. 
 Albert W. Fletcher. 
 Wilber F. Freeman. 
 Nathan J. Fuller, West Rutland, Vt. 
 Isaac Gates, Middletown, Vt. 
 John Gleason, Rutland, Vt. 
 Franklin B. Grooms, Wittingham, 
 
 Mass. 
 John F. Hadley. 
 
 Charles E. Hale, Logansport, Ind. 
 Archibald Hanley, Proctor, Vt. 
 
 t Gilbert Hanley. 
 
 2 Thomas Hendry, Fairview, Sono Co. 
 New Mexico. 
 
 1 Aaron Hinkley, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 2 Wilson Hinkley. North LaCrosse, Wis. 
 2 John Hurley, Whiting, Vt. 
 
 2 Martin A. Ives, Mechanicville, Vt. 
 
 t Calvin B. Jewell. 
 
 1 John B. Johnson, Shrewsbury, Vt. 
 
 1 John Mahon, Ludlow, Vt. 
 
 2 Alfred Manley, Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 2 Louriston E. Manly.Plymouth Notch,Vt 
 
 1 John McGann, West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 2 John McManus, Boulder, Cal. 
 t Arthur E. Morgan. 
 
 3 George M Murray, 
 t Francis Nash. 
 
 t Supply Nims. 
 
 1 Albert Noyes, Pittsfield, Vt. 
 t Chs. W. Petty. 
 
 t Nathan Priest. 
 
 3 George G. Rice. 
 
 t Phineas E. Rice. 
 
 2 Cyrus Russell, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 2 John H. Sargent, Middlebury, Vt. 
 t Leroy J. Sargent. 
 
 1 Simeon F. Sawyer, Sherburne, Vt. 
 
 3 Robert Shannon, 
 t Joseph F. Shedd. 
 
 2 Harlan P. Sherwin, Bristol, Vt. 
 
 ,1 Carlos E. Snow, West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1 George A. Stockes, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 t Horace P. Stone, 
 
 t Thomas E. Smith. 
 
 3 Josiah C. Taylor. 
 3 John P.Turner. 
 
 + Enoch E. White. 
 
 1 Harry C. Williams. 
 
 1 Wilson R. Winter, Chittenden, Vt. 
 
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 A Short History of the Fourteenth 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 3 Captain Solomon T. Allen. 
 
 1 1st Lieutenant T. C Middlebrook, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 2 2i Lieutenant Milo A. Williams, Burlington, Vt. Pr 1st Lieut. Jan. 16, '63 
 t 24 Lieutenant William H. Hamilton. Killed. Tr F. 
 
 t 2d Lieutenant John R. Converse. Pr July 3d, 18 R 3. 
 
 + Sergeant Obadiah W. Allen. 
 
 2 Sergeant William Claxton, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 2 Sergeant Gideon D. Prindle, Douglass. Kansas. 
 
 2 Sergeant John A Strong, Saranac Lake, N . Y. 
 
 2 Sergeant Nathan S. Capen, Brandon, Vt. 
 
 t Sergeant Myron A. Clark. Killed. Pr Serg't Nov. 3d, 1862. 
 
 t Corporal Alonzo E. Root. Pr Serg't Dee. 31st, 1662. 
 
 2 Corporal Lyman Dickerman, Bristol, Vt. Pr Serg't March 1st, 1863. 
 
 3 Corporal Simon C. Webster Pr Serg't June 1st, 1863. 
 2 Corporal James Gregory, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal Frank K, Hill, Steele. Dakota. 
 
 2 Corporal Fordyce M. Moulton, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 + Corporal William Lincoln. 
 
 2 Corporal William L. Caily, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal John W. Brown, Brandon, Vt. Pr Corp'l Dec, 31st, 1862. 
 
 2 Corporal John H. Knowles, No. Ferrisburgh, Vt. Pr Corp'l Mc'h 1, 1863. 
 
 t Corporal Otis F. Tucker. Pr Corporal June 1st, 1863. 
 
 2 Musician Hiram Bishop, Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 2 Wagoner Myron Williams, Charlotte, Vt. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 t Thomas Agin, 
 
 t Henry B. Allen, 
 
 t Frank Armel. 
 
 2 Henry J. Ball, No. Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
 
 3 Francis Barton. 
 
 2 J. G. Barton, No. Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
 
 2 Jacob V. Barcon, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 2 William P. Barton, Charlotte, Vt. 
 
 2 Charles E. Beach, Burlington. Vt. 
 
 3 Peter Berger. 
 
 2 Joseph Besette, Charlotte, Vt. 
 
 1 Dan B. Brown, Goshen, Vt. 
 
 2 John W. Brown, Brandon, Vt. 
 t Isaac Butler. 
 
 1 George A. Clark, Charlotte, Vt. 
 
 3 Antoiue Dachno. , 
 
 t James W. Dalliston. Killed. 
 
 2 Albin Dayton, Addison, Vt. 
 
 2 Horace N. Delemeter, Liberty Mills, 
 
 Mich. 
 
 3 Samuel Diggles. 
 
 + Henry Drum. Murdered while on 
 
 furlough. 
 
 2 Patrick Finnegan, Beekmantown, 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 2 John Fosha, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 2 Joseph Guillet, Ferrisburgh, Vt. 
 
 2 E1IF. Hull, Bristol Vt. 
 
 2 Chas. H. Hitchcock, 1118, 21st St., 
 
 Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 3 Guy Holcomb. 
 
 3 Nathan Halley, J. 
 
 t Henry B. Heustis. 
 
 2 Heman A. Hyde No. Ferrisburgh, Vt 
 
 2 Alva C. Jacobs, Lincoln, Vt. 
 
 + 
 
 Vriah D. Jacobs. Killed. 
 
 William C. Jacobs, Lincoln, Vt. 
 
 Henry S. Jackinan, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Edward January. 
 
 Wesley N. Kellogg, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Frank King. 
 
 John H. Knowles, No. Ferrisburgh. 
 
 William S. Labare. 
 
 Peter Laptad. 
 
 William H. Merrill, Addison, Vt. 
 
 Henry Miller, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Joseph Miller, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Morril B. Morehouse. 
 
 Abel L. Norton, Addison, Vt. 
 
 Samuel S. Page, Clarendon, Vt. 
 
 Frank Pasno. 
 
 Edward Pecue, Essex, N. Y. 
 
 Henry Pecue, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Joseph Pecue, Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 Hiram Perry. 
 
 William Rhodes. 
 
 Charles Riley. 
 
 David E. Rollins. 
 
 Sidney M. Southard, Brandon, Vt. 
 
 Charles Sprigg, Addison, Vl. 
 
 Benjamin H. Taggart. 
 
 William D. Talbot. 
 
 Thomas Tombling, New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Edward Tatro, Charlotte, Vt. 
 
 James Washburn, 1st, Monkton, Vt. 
 
 James Washburn, 2d, Brandon Vt 
 
 Alphonzo E. White. 
 
 John J. Whittier, Soda Springs, 
 
 Idaho. 
 David Wright, Monkton, Vt. 
 Guy N. Wright, Roxbury, Vt. 
 Christopher Yattaw. 
 
Hegiment, Vermont Volunteers. 97 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 t Captain Alonzo Colvin. Resigned Feb. 10th, 1863. 
 
 1 1st Lieut. William H. Munn, Troy, N. Y. Pr Captain Feb. 16th, 1863. 
 t 1st Lieutenant PhineasC. Paul. Pr from Serg't Feb. 16th, 1863. 
 
 2 2d Lieut Lewis P. Fuller, North Adams, Mass. Resigned M'ch 9, 1863. 
 
 1 2d Lieut. Harley G. Sheldon, "West Rutland, Vt. Pr from Co. H. 
 t Sergeant Phineas C. Paul. Pr 2d Lieutenant. 
 
 t Sergeant Elisha F Sweet. Killed, 
 
 t Sergeant .John Cain . Killed . 
 
 2 Sergeant, John W. Willard, Stamford, Vt. 
 t Sergeant Foster S. Prouty. 
 
 2 Corporal Nelson H. Johnson, Pownal, Vt. Pr Serg't Feb. 28th, 1863. 
 
 2 Corporal Patrick H. Smith, E. Wallingf'd, Vt. Pr Serg't July 3d, 1863. 
 
 2 Corporal Stephen P. Casey, Shaftsbury, Vt. Rd. 
 
 t Corporal Lewis Wilder. Rd by request. 
 
 2 Corporal James Warner, Wells, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal David Stockwell, Petersburgh, N. Y. Rd. 
 
 2 Corporal Alvin L. Gaines, Wells, Vt. 
 
 2 Corporal David Bartlett, South Shaftsbury, Vt. Pr Corporal. 
 
 t Corporal Lyman Frink. Pr Corporal July 3d. 1863. 
 
 f Corporal Martin C. Niles. Pr Corporal Feb. 28th, 1863. 
 
 2 Corporal Warren A. Pierce, Hollo, Mo. Pr Corporal Feb. 28th, 1863. 
 
 t Corporal Michael Byan. Pr Corporal Feb. 28th, 1863. 
 
 t Corporal David F. Young. Pr Corporal Feb. 28th, 1863. 
 
 2 Musician John C. Williams, Minneapolis, Minn. * B 
 
 3 Wagoner Lysander Lord. 
 
 PRIVATES. 
 
 t Loyal Allen. 1 Alexander F Hill, W Brattleboro, Vt 
 
 3 Oscar A. Barrows, Lake Wilson, 1 Sewell T Howard, Windham, Vt. 
 
 Minn, t Milo Johnson, Jr. 
 
 t Thomas Barry. 1 Zelotes Kendall, New Haven, Vt. 
 
 3 John Beaumont, Chaunte^ Kan. 2 William H. Lake, Wells, Vt. 
 
 2 Alfred E. Billings, New Orleans, La. t Clark Lamb. 
 
 2 John Bowen, Dorset, Vt. 2 Merritt Lamb, Wells, Vt. 
 
 t William H. Boyce. 3 John D. Lanfair. 
 
 t Amos B. Boynton. 2 Zimri Lathrop, Peru, Vt. 
 
 t William Brayson. 2 Alfred Lewis, Wells, Vt. 
 
 t Lyman Brooks. 1 Adin K. Marshall, Poultney, Vt. 
 
 2 George F. Brown, Rutland. Vt. 3 William E. Meacham. 
 
 2 Jerome A. Brown, Wallingford, Vt. t Edward Millard. 
 
 2 Wright H. Brown, Lloyd, Wis. t William Moody. 
 
 2 Stephen Cary, Shaftsbury, Vt. 2 Joseph M. Moore, West Rupert, Vt. 
 
 t Henry Cota. t Lysander Poliner 
 
 2 Francis E. Crapo, Carvar, Plymouth2 Benjamin Rice, Salem, N. Y. 
 
 Co. Mass. 1 Henry Schrader, Sandgate, Vt. 
 
 2 Daniel V. Craff, Danby Four Corners,2 John Shelter, Higbgate, Vt. 
 
 Vt. * B. 2 John C Snow. 
 
 t Jesse Crown. 2 James Tifft, Dorset, Vt. 
 
 1 Benj. F Dawson, East Wallingf'd, Vt.t Isaac O. Titus, 
 
 t George H. Dickenson. 1 Oren P. Torrey, Jamaica, Vt. 
 
 1 James Eddy, East Wallingford, Vt. t Elisha Wales, 
 
 t Henry C. Elwell. 3 Norman Walker. 
 
 3 Solomon Foster. 3 Alamander Wheeler. 
 
 t Seth Geer. 2 Franklin White, Sandgate, Vt. 
 
 t Charles H. Gray. f John Whitting. 
 
 t Luke B. Gray. 
 
ERRATA. 
 
 PJ0|fe 21, 'Gettysburg battle field should refer to page 78.. 
 
 P^s^22, '' C^anrpstan's Gap," should read Crampton's Gap. 
 ; §a$e. 36,_ l> Cadovi House," should read Cadori House; also on page 78. 
 
 Ifage 39,- read influence of one hundred millions of dollars, instead of " 100 millions." 
 
 i^g*e 73, Go. H 28, instead of " 27," and total 200^ instead of " 199." 
 
 Pag$ 84 r " Manktun" should be Monkton, and " Henry J. Bull," is Henry J. Ball. 
 
 Page* 86, for " domesticated," read dessicated potatoes. 
 
 PafrS'.^,/' a Joseph Russell, New York City," should read, a Joseph Russell, Troy, N. Y. '■ 
 Chas. ft-.', Sibley is marked "dead." He is alive and Bennington, Vt., is his address. Samepager ' 
 *' Josiah "G. Taylor," is Jesse G. Taylor- 
 
 Page/S9 r add p. o. address: Shrewsbury Vt., to Edwin Pierce's name. 
 
 P<ige T 9Q, for " Jos. C. Clark, Yokima," read Joseph O. Clark, Yakima. Same page: "Elijer 
 T. Sexton," should be Edgar T. Sexton. 
 
 Page dl k for " Henry S. Harwood," read Henry S. Howard; add address Santa Rosa, Cal., to- 
 Corporal Goodrich's. name; for " Lewis Burnell," read Lewis Bmrwell; for " Moses Dunn," read 
 Moses Denno; Alanson J.' Towner's address is Shoreham, Vt., and " Hiram D.Wheeler" should 
 read Hiram D. Wheeloek. . ,' 
 
 1'aye fti, for " Charles Beadoin," read Charles Beaudoin; add to roster of Co. E, Orlando F. 
 At wood, Riehville. Vt., and transfer Sherman G. Baldwin, Prophetstown, 111., to Co. G ; " John 
 L. Stickney," should be John E. Stiekuey; Briggs N. "Whitman's address- is Greenhorn, Pueblo, 
 County, Cal., and for " Hiram Taylor," read Hiram Tyler. 
 
 Pagf iW, for " Roswell P. Leevis," read Roswell P. Lewis; " Vincent C Doney," Vincent C. 
 Davey; the seventh and eighth names on privates' roster are James Cowley and Cornelius Crow- 
 ley: John D. Rowlands lives in Arvon, Mich., and Corporal Chas. H. Whitlock has died since the 
 reunion- 
 
 Page 94, Sherman G Baldwin's address instated above; for "Jos. Clapper," read Joseph 
 Clapppn; " Jphu 'Coffin," John CotBiin; " Patrick Coonarthy," Patrick Coonesty; "Aaron P. Jen- 
 nings," Horace P. Jennings; " Edward M. Percival," Elwood M.Percival. 
 
 Page 95-, the figure I instead of " 2" should precede Corporal James E. Wetmore; " Martin 
 Mowrey" should be JjdiarMii Cowrey; for '.' Win. C. Doubleday," read Win. O. Doubleday; " Sim- 
 eon F. Sawyer,"" Simon P: Sawyer, and Harry O. Williams for " Harry C." 
 
 Page 90, for " Eli F- Hull," read Eli F. Hall; " Nathan Halley," Nathan Holle/; Uriah for 
 u Vriah D. Jacobs;" Thomas Tambling for " Thomas Tombling." 
 
 Page 97, place figure 3 before John C. Williams; 2 before Lysander Lord, and add his address, 
 PownaT, Vt.; JqIui Beaumont's address is Chanute, Kansas; and '* Lysander Poliner" should 
 read Lysander Palmer. 
 
 No doubt other errors may have crept in, but tlie task of making correct rosters, twenty-two 
 years, after tho .war is quite an arduous one, and the reader's good nature is appealed to in this 
 «uiinection. The aim has been to secure accuracy as far as possible- 
 
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