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T H E T H I N N I N G B L U E L IN E .■'Among the v i s i t o r s to S a r a t o g a

S p r i n gs t o m o r r o w will be a IVw old Union V e t e r a n s —• less t ha n a h u n d ­

red — s u r v i v o r s of t he Seven!.v-sev- e n t h New York Vo l un t ee r s , who will

meet in Gr a nd A r m y Hall to hold a r e un io n a n d c e l e b r a t e t he f i ft ieth a n ­n i ve r s a r y of t he m u s t e r i n g out of t he r egiment , at t he close of t he Civil war .

“ T h i s r eg ime n t was r a i sed in t he t h e n 15th C o n g re s s i o na l Dis t r i c t c o u n ­t ies of S a r a to g a , 10ssex a n d Fu l ton fol­l owing P i es i d en t L inc o ln ’s s econd call

for v o l u n t e e r s in 1X61. It wa s m u s ­te red into t he Uni t ed S t a t e s se rv i ce N o v e m b e r 2:!, 1N61, a n d was m u s t e r e d out of t he s e rv i c e on J u n e L’T,T he a n n i v e r s a r y fa l l ing on next S u n ­day, the v e t e r a n s will meet to hold t he i r r eun i on t o mo r r o w, S a t u r da y , J u n e 1!6, l'Jlfi.

“T h e Sevenl y-sevenl h was a s p l e n ­did e x a m p le of t he v o l u n t e e r Union sold ier s . It won f ame by its devo t ed s e rv i ce a n d u n f a l t e r i ng c o u r ag e in in­n u m e r a b l e s k i r m i s h e s , c h a r ge s , b a t ­tles, s i eges a n d i na r ch e s d u r i n g the

great . conf l ict . A m o n g 1 lie impor t ant , e n g a g e m e n t s a t wh i ch it w a s p r e s en t w e r e L e e ’s Mills, n e a r Yo rk t own , Ya.” ( W h e r e P r i v a t e s C h a r l e s 11. l l odges , H e n r y J . Hu r d a n d F r a n k .1. J e f f ords o f t he S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s C o m p a n y — u n d e r t he c o m m a n d of i t s n e w C a p ­t a in L u t h e r M. Wh ee l e r , i t s o r ig ina l c a p t a i n ’s r e s i gn a t i on , b ec a u s e , as al ­l eged, of t he e x p e c t ed s t r e n u o u s n e s s of t he c o m i n g c a m p a i g n , h a v i ng been a c c e p t e d Apr i l 1, 1X(‘>2— t he lirst on e s in t he r e g i m e n t wo u n de d . All t h r e e b e c a u s e of t he i r w o u n d s we r e d i s c h a r ge d . J e f f o rd s wi th an a m p u ­t a t e d leg. H u r d ( r i g h t n a m e Ch a r l e s H e n r y J. M o n t g o m e r y ) , in 11>()2 u n d e r ­went an o p e r a t i o n in r ight s ide , which d i sc lo sed t wo d e c e a s e d r ib s a n d e f ­f ec t ed l i ve r — t he r e su l t of t ha t shel l w o u n d of Apr i l 5, 1862. U n t o h i s d e a t h M a r c h 29, 11)15, h i s f a i t hfu l wife of forty-f ive y ea r s , a f t e r t he o p ­e ra t io n , d r e s s e d t he w ou nd t wi ce dai ly . Secy. ) •‘W i l l i a m sb u rg , Me- chan icv i l l e , G a r n e t t ’s a n d Go l d i n g ’s f a r m s , ” ( w h e r e J o h n H a m of 1), t he W i l to n C o m p an y , on t he p i cke t t l ine, fell , s h o t d e a d b e c a u s e “ 1 will n o t fall b a c k , ” Secy . ) , “ W h i t e O a k S w a m p Br idge , M a l v e r n Hill , Sou t h M o un t a i n , A n t i e t a m , F r e d e r i c k s b u r g , ” (At one of t he p on to on b r idges , to p r o t e c t t he e ng i ne e r s , t h e r e g i m e n t w a s in l ine of b a t t l e on t he n o r t h s ide of t he R a p p a h a n n o c k R i v e r wi th o r ­d e r s not. to (ire u n l e s s t he e n e m y Jired first . “A good o rde r , h a v e to Avail unt i l o ne is s h o t be f or e he can l i re h i s gu n , ” r e m a r k e d P r i v a t e G r ay of B Co mp a n y . Secy. ) “ M a yr e ' s

H e i g h t s , ” ( w h e re y ou r S e c r e t a r y was lef t by a J o h n n y Re b ' s rifle ball on t he bat t l e f ie ld as dead . ) “ Ge t t ys bu rg , Chan t i l l y , R a p p a h a n n n o c k Sta t ion , the b a t t l e s of t he W i l de r ne s s , t he i nv es t ­m e n t of R i c hm on d , t he c a m p a i g n and ba t t l e s of S h e r i d a n in t he S h e n a n ­d oa h Val ley, a n d final ly A pp oma t t ox , w h e r e u n d e r Grant , it. w i t ne s se d the s u r r e n d e r of Lee a n d p a r t i c i pa t ed in t he final act of the great , d r a m a of A m e r i c a n h i s t ory .

“ T h e s u r v i v o r s of t he r eg i me n t ar c f ew now. T he y , l ike o t h e r d e f e nd e r s of t he Union in t he e a r l y ’Sixt i es , a r e p a r t of that, ‘t h i n blue l ine, ' g r o w ­i ng y ea r l y t h i nn e r , wh i ch is all that phys i ca l ly c o n n e c t s t he c o u n t r y now wi th t he g r ea t d ee d s an d grea t i ssues of 1S()1-’G5. T h e y a r e l iving today in t i me s t h a t s e e e m b a t t l e d a r mi e s t r a m p l i n g t h e f a i r e s t p a r t s of Eu ro pe -—g r e a t e r a r m i e s t h an e a r t h e v e r sa w before . But t he w a r in wh i ch they f ough t wa s a g r e a t e r w a r — g r e a t e r by r e a s o n of i ts h i gh p r inc i p l e s a n d its e n d u r i n g inf luence upon t he d es t i n i e s of h u m a n i t y a n d t he wor ld. T h e y will soon jo in t he r a n k s of t h e i r c o m r a d e s who h a v e a n s w e r e d t he l as t rol l call, bu t t h e i r f a me a n d the s e r v i ce t hey pe r fo r me d will r e m a i n a s an e x a m pl e a n d a n i n s p i r a t i on of t r ue p a t r i o t i sm for un to ld g e n e r a t i o n s of t he people of S a r a t o g a coun t y , of t he S t a t e and of t he Uni on t h ey he l ped to save.

‘•They a r e we l c om e in t he h e a r t s of all, a n d it. wil l be p l e a s a n t to r e ­cord t h e i r p r oc e e d i n gs a n d to r ev ive t h e m e m o r i e s of t h e i r h e r o i c d ee ds a n d i n va l ua b l e s e r v i c e s . ”

(10. M. BAURIOTT, in lht> S AR A T OG A Sl IN, Sa t u r da y , J u n e 2ti, )

50 Y E A R S AGO V E T E R A N S CAM E B ACK F R O M W A R

Saratoga Springs, Rendezvous Town of 77th New York In ­fantry Volunteers, E n terta ins Those W ho F ought for the Union— D rum m er Calls M eeting to O rder in a Most E n th u ­siastic and Inspiring W ay — Excellent P rog ram and Dinner.

In S a r a t o g a Spr i ngs , tlie r en d e z v o u s t own of ti le TTtli Re g i me n t , New York In fa n t ry , V o l u n t e e i s of t he ( ’ivil Wa r , the S u r v i v o r s ’ As soc i a t ion of that. R e g i me n t met . Thi s , t he 4:id a n n u a l r e u n i on wa s m a d e ve r y p r omin en t be­c au s e of t he f ac t that i( was t he Goth A n n i v e r s a r y of t he mus t e r -ou t of the R e g i me n t at t he c lose of t he war .

T h e 77th Re g imen t sa w s ome of t he f iercest conf l i c t s of t he w a r of t he r ebel l ion, a n d jus t a hal f c e n t u r y ago a f t e r four y e a r s of cont l ict , t he s e ve t ­e r a n s were r e t u r n i n g joyous f rom vic­tory. T h e r ec o r d of i ts losses in the s e rv i ce s how t ha t it n e v e r va lued life abo v e Coun t ry . T h i s r eco r d s h o w s :

Ki l l ed in a c t i on : Officers 1(1, e n l i s t ­ed m e n 71; di ed of wounds , officers 2, en l i s t ed m e n 41; r ec o v e r e d f rom wounds , officers 25, e n l i s t ed men 20!*; d e a t h s f rom o t h e r caus es , officers 1, e n l i s t ed me n 175, a total of 5!i4.

P r o m p t l y at 10 a. m. in L U T H E R M. W H E E L E R Pos t m e e t i n g room, which wa s d r a p ed wi th t he S t a r s a n d S t r i p es in a m o s t beau t i f u l m a n n e r . D r u m m e r J o h n 10. E v a n s so un d e d as in t he old d ay s wi th d r u m t he “ As­s e m b l y . ” T h e r e w a s n o t one “Old Vet .” in (1. A. U. hall . As if a s u r g i ca l o pe r a t i on ha d been p e r fo rme d , a I r a n s fu s i o n of f r esh y o u n g blood c ou rse d t h ro u g h t h e i r veins. T h e y w e r e no l on ge r old; no longe r w e a r y wi th y e a r s of c a r e a n d st r i fe . It was w o nd e r fu l to see how l anguid legs s t r a i g h t e n e d . Dike o n e r ec o ve r in g

f rom an a n t i s e p t i c t he y s a w in the d i s t a n c e only t he w a v i n g S t a r s and S t r i pe s an d we r e r eady , to a man , as in the days of old, to a n s w e r t he c o m ­ma n d “ F O R W A RD , M A R C H ! ”

Fifty y e a r s ago t om or r o w, J u n e 27, l<Sfj5, t he S a r a t o g a Re g i me n t was m u s ­t e red out of t he s e rv i ce of t he Un i t ­ed S l a t e s an d S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s had the h onor of we l comi ng h o m e he r b r av e heroes .

T h e pr aye r , su i t ab l e for t h e s e Sol- diers- in-blue, was sa i d by Rev. P e t e r A. Ma cdona ld , P a s t o r of t he F i rs t P r e s b y t e r i a n Church . It w a s fol lowed by the a d d r e s s of we l co me by ex-Sen- a t o r E d g a r T r u m a n Br ac k e t t , who paid a high t e s t i mo n i a l to t he never- to-be- f o rgo t t en w o r k of t he So l d i er s who fought in t he Civi l W a r .

In c o nc l ud i ng Ex -S en a t o r Bracke t t s a i d :

“ T h e r e c a n be no s w e e t e r r eco l ­l ect ion that can c o m e to a ma n , that can c o m e to a h u m a n being, t han , a f ­t e r he h as been to a war , to know that he has s e rv e d his co u n t r y . If I e v e r get to h ea v e n a n d a c o n v en t io n t he r e I shal l move t h a t St. P e t e r be d i ­rec t ed to look to set* if an y m a n e n ­t e r ing has on a (J. A. K. b u t t o n and if lie has , to let h i m in wi thou t f u r ­t he r ques t ion . I k n ow that me n who ha v e been t h ro u gh t he hell of w a r for t h r ee y e a r s ; I k no w that t he m en who br aved t he d a n g e r s of ba t t l e a n d tfie per i l of d e a t h will meet wi thout f l inching w h en it c o me s l ime for

t h e m lo b r a v e o t h e r d a n g e r s ; I kn o w ll iey sha l l do t he i r d u t y . ”

P r e s i d e n t J e r e m i a h K e c k of J o h n s ­t o wn m a d e the r e s p o n s e in whichl.e s a id t h a t t he So ld ie r s we r e g l ad to r e t u r n to S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s ; a n d r ea d a n i n t e r e s t i n g p a p e r r e m i n i s c e n t of s o m e of t he va l or ous d ee ds of t he Seven! y - seven th .

P r i v a t e E d w a r d II. F u l le r r e ad ;i p a p e r on “ T h e Si x t h C o r ps at W a s h ­ing t on , J u l y 12, 1SG4,” wh i ch wa s in­t e r e s t i ng , a n d reca l l ed m a n y old- t ime e v e n t s .

Miss Al ice C u n n i n g h a m rec i t ed wi th m u c h f ee l ing a n d e m p h a s i s “T h e Fl ag of ’04.” Mrs . C h a r l e s 15. An dr us , a c ­c o m p a n i e d by Miss M a u d Rol ls on t he piano, s a n g “Old G l o ry ” wi th a p a t r i o t i c e n t h u s i a s m to h er voice wh i ch m a d e t hi s old- t ime s o n g b e a u t i ­ful.

T h e l a t t e r par t of t he s e s s i on was given o v e r to t he rol l cal l by S e c r e ­t a r y Ful ler , t he v a r i ou s r epo r t s , a n d r e m i n i s c e n c e s by m a n y of t he old so l ­d i er s p r e se n t . S o m e of t he s e had not a t t e n d e d a r e un i on in a d e c a d e or more , s o m e for t h e i r first l ime.

H enr y H o l c o m b B e n n e t ’s " T h e Flag Goes By, ” r ea d by t he s e c r e t a r y a t t he close of h i s pape r , is a f i t t ing c o n c l u ­sion to th i s s t or y , for it r e c o r ds what t he m e n h a d do ne :H a t s off!Al on g t he s t r ee t t he r e c o me s A bl aze of bugles , a ruff le of d r u m s ; A f lash of co lor b e n e a t h t he sk y ; l l a t s off!T h e F l ag is p a s s i n g by.

l ’. lue a n d C r i m s o n a n d w h i t e it s h i ne s O v e r t he s t ee l - t i pped , o r de r e d l ines. H a t s off!T h e Color s b ef o re us fly;1 Silt. m o r e t h a n the F l a g is p a s s i n g by.

Sea f ights an d l and f ights, g r i m a n d g r ea t ,

F o u g h t to m a k e a n d sa ve the s t a t e ;W e a r y m a r c h e s an d s i n k i n g sh i ps ;Ch e e r s of v i c tory on d y i ng lips.

Days of p l en ty a n d y e a r s of peace ,Ma r ch of a s t r o n g l and ' s swif t in­

c r e a s e ;Eq u a l j us t i ce , r ight a n d law,S t a t e l y h o n o r a n d r e v e r e n e d awe.

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w r on g ;P r i de a n d g lory a n d h o n o r — allLive in t he Color s to s t an d , or fall.

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F IF T Y Y E A R S S IN C E 77TH C A M E H O M E

Interesting R eport of Meeting in Saratoga Springs on Saturday — Some Statistics Concerning the Seventy-seventh— V eter­ans P resen t F rom Many Towns and Cities— Those W ho Died in Prison.

T h e “ Legion of H on or , ” I l ie" Iron Cross , the “O r d e r of SI. George ' ' and o t h e r d e c o r a t i on s of h on o r ha v e the i r .signif icance, but to A m e r i c a n s the " L i t t l e Bronze Bu t to n , ” t he ins ignia of t he G. A. It., s h i ne s abo ve t h e m all . Y es t e r da y w a s t he fift ieth a n n i ­v e r s a r y of t he mus t e r -ou t of t he S ev ­e n t y - se v e n th N e w York R e gime n t In­f a n t ry Vo lun t ee r s , a n d m a n y Hags Hung to t he b r ee z e for t he week-end in h on o r of t he for ty- th i rd r eu n i on which wa s held in G r a n d Ar my Hall .

F ro m the full quo t a sent a w a y only a m e r e h andf u l a r e l iving. As the i r blue r a n k s g r ow t h i nne r , o ur a d m i r a ­t ion for t h e m a n d t he i r b r av e de e ds in t he c a u s e of j u s t i c e a n d f r e e do m i nc r ea s e s a n d t he i r m e m o r y will e v e r r e ma i n a s i ndel ib l e in o u r m in d s as t he b lue s t r i pe in t he F l ag u n d e r wh i ch t hey fought an d won.

T h e t r i bu t e wh i ch t he v e t e r a n s paid on S a t u r d a y to t ho se who had a n ­s w er ed the i r final t ap s was voiced in t he fo l lowing r e so l u t ion :

“ T h e d e a t h s i nc e t he last r e u n i on of t ho s e n a m e d in t he S e c r e t a r y ’s r e ­p o r t reca l l s t h e i r l a i th l u l a n d loyal s e rv i ce in t he w a r t or t he p r e s e r v a ­t ion of t he Union wh en m e m b e r s of t he Re g ime n t .

“As we give t h a n k s to a g r ac i ous F a t h e r for p e r m i t t i n g us to l inge r a whi le l on ge r on thi s beau t i f u l e a r th , t h e i r go i ng r e m i n d s us t ha t ‘we a r e coming , F a t h e r A b r a h a m . ’

“ So, wh i le we m o u r n wi th t he i r f ami l i es , we t e n d e r t h e m o ur c o n d o ­lence , and c o m m e n d t h em to t he God

Who is o ur Guide, t he s a m e as when He wa t ch e d o v e r us, when we w e r e ba t t l ing for the Fl ag for God a n d Count ry.

" C H A R L E S 10. S T E V E N S . " D A N I E L II. COLIO, “ C H A R L E S 10. . JENNINGS.

“C o m m i t t e e . ”

M A N Y P R E S E N T .

Veterans Come F r om a Great Many Ci t i es to Recal l T h e i r Home-

Coming.

A m o n g t ho se who ha v e s u r v i ve d tilt' b a t t l e s of t he W a r of t he R e b e l ­lion a n d the t r i a l s of t he s u c c ee d i n g y e a r s a n d who were abl e to a t t e n d the f i f t ieth a n n i v e r s a r y of the r e t u r n h ome f rom the w a r on S a t u r d ay , t he roll call by S e c r e t a r y Fu l le r r eveal ed .

In his repor t of t hos e on t he p e n ­sion roll on N o v e m b e r 2;!. l u l l , when the lil ' lieth a n n i v e r s a r y of ti le mus t e r - ill was c e l eb r a t ed , c o m p a r e d wi th t hos e on the pens ion roll J u n e 2G. i:ilf>, Mr. Fu l l e r b r ings to lisihl the fact that in Ilu* t h r e e y e a r s and seven m o n t h s ’ t i me 1 1 Boys-in-Blue of tin* Vo l un t ee r A r my of t he Union of ’lil-dfi ha ve died.

S I X T E E N D I E D IN PRISON.

Saratoga C o u n t y ’s Men Braved the H o r r o r s of the Rebel Pr i son.

Al though fifty y e a r s ago. t hose who r e t u r ne d f rom I he w a r we r e j oyous and v i c t or ious b e c a u s e t he r ight of

I lie Union had c o n q u e r e d a n d t lit' Un i ted S t a t e s h ad been p r es e r ve d , s t i l l t h e r e w a s s o r r o w for t he so l d i er s who had di ed d u r i n g tin* war . 'flit* a g e of t ha t conf l ict is so f ar off that il is difficult for r e s i d e n t s of S a r a to g a c o u n t y to t h i n k t ha t s i x t ee n of its c i t i zens , i t s s o l d i e r boys of the S e v e n t y - s e v e n t h R e g i m e n t , died in S o u t h e r n r ebe l p r i sons , but this is a fact . ( Se e n a m e s in t he S e c r e t a r y ’s r epor t . )

We can not t h i n k of t h e s e me n in tilt* p r i so n s of t he S ou th wi thout s h e d d i n g a t ea r , for in vain did they wai l for a s i gh t of S a r a t o g a coun t y a n d t h e i r h o m e s on ce more .

T h e se cond , " T h e S ix th C o rp s at W a s h i n g t o n J u l y 12, 1SC4,” by E d w a r dII. Ful ler , wa s a most i n t e r e s t i n g a n d v a l ua b l e a c c o u nt of t he s a v i n g of W a s h i n g t o n . Dur i ng t he r e a d i n g of t he paper , t he v e t e r a n s r e m a i n e d p a r ­t i cu l ar ly qu i e t ; t hey we r e r ec a l l i ng t ho se d im, f a r - away days .

Dr. Ge o r ge T. S t evens , S u rg e o n of t he Sev e n ty - s e v e n t h , who c a m e f rom N e w York just to a t t e n d t he r eun i on g a v e t he t hi rd paper . Dr. S t e ve n s r e­ca l l ed in his mos t e n t e r t a i n i n g and de l igh t fu l m a n n e r t he first f ight ing c a m p a i g n of t he Regiment . .

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At t he r e u n i o n S a t u r d a y t h r e e very sp l e nd i d a d d r e s s e s , r em in i s c en t of thi ‘ war , w e r e g iven . T h e first was r ead by P re s i de n t J e r e m i a h K e e k of J o h n s t o w n , who g av e a s u m m a r y of lht> b a t t l e s a n d a c t io n in which the S e v e n t y - s e v e n t h N e w York took par t in t he y e a r 1SG4.

R e f e r r i n g to t he last g r a n d revi ew of t he f a mo u s S i x t h Corps , in which the R e g i m e n t was . P r e s i de n t K e c k s a id : " A s we m a r c h e d up P e n n s y l v a ­nia a v e n u e — W a s h i n g t o n ’s g re a t t h o r ­o u g h f a r e — t h a t !tth day of J un e , lStif), t h e r e cou ld be f r e que n t l y h e a r d f rom t h e c h e e r i n g people who l ined t he s i d e w a l k s on e i t h e r s ide ‘Tha t is t he c o r p s tha t s a ve d t he ci ty Ju ly l a s t . ’ A n d t he S a r a t o g a Re gi ­men t , I lit* Mentis H e i g h t s Ba t t a l i on , t he S e v e n t y - s e v e n t h N e w York In­f a n t ry Vo lu n t ee r s , o r what w a s left of i t , m a r c h e d h o m e . ”

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‘‘I l ave m a d e the* proud Flaw of llic S t a r s an d S t r i pes , ne»ver be f o re low­e r ed to a n y na t ion , l ower ed in h u m i l ­i ty be fore t he I’a l m e l t o and the C on ­f ed e r a t e Hags.” So p ub l i she d t he C h ar l e s t o n , S ou t h Carol ina . Co ur i e r of Apri l 14, lNtil, t h e s e c o n d m o r n i n g a f t e r t he Confede ra t e’s had fired on Fori S um te r .

Apr i l 1;'>, IStil , P r e s i de n t Lincoln is­sued his ]>roclamat ion for C o n g r e s s to c o n v e n e in e x t r a se ss ion . And ca l l ed for 7"),olid mi l i t i ame n .

F o r m e r C ou n ty J u d g e J a m e s D. Mc- K e a n of S a r a to g a S pr i ngs , R e p r e s e n ­t a t i ve in C o n g r e s s of t he l.r>th C o n ­g re s s i o na l Dist r ict ( ou r s ) Co u nt i es of lOssex, Fu l ton a n d S a r a t o g a —-on his d e p a r t i n g for t he N a t i on a l Ca p i t a l to a t t e n d t he ca l l ed se ss ion , r e m a r k e d to

an a c q u a i n t a n c e : ‘'1 expect to r e t u rn soon to r a i se a R e gime n t of vo lun­tee r s f rom th i s Di s t r i c t . " l i e r e t u rn e d as soon as his d u t i e s p e r m i t t e d and on the 21st day of Augus t , 1SG1, is­sued a c i r c u l a r l e t t e r to his c on s t i ­t ue n t s to

“ Or ga n iz e a Demis He i gh t s Ba t ­t al ion a n d vie wi th ea c h o t h e r in s e r v i ng o u r Coun t ry , t hu s s h o w ­ing we a r e i nsp i red by the m e m ­or i es of the' R ev o l u t i on a r y b a t ­t lef ields, em a n d n e a r wh i ch we> a r e l iving."

R E N D E ZV O U S .

Tin* S t a l e A d j u t an t (leMie'ral’s ollice, at Albany, New York, Augus t 27, l.Xlil, i ssued Specia l O r d e r No. to e s ­tabl i sh a b r an c h De-peU at S a r a to g a Sp r i ngs wh e r e all C o m p a n i e s o r g a n ­izing for t he I t emis He i gh t s Ba t t a l ion to assiMuble. T h e Fa i r G r o u n d s of the- S a r a t o g a Coun t y A gr i cu l t u r a l S o­ciety, s o u t h e a s t of t he Vi l lage, down Nelsem s t r ee t , te> be t he r endezvous . It was n a m e d C a m p S c h u y l e r — for Cie'neral Phi l ip S c h u y l e r of S a r a t o g a l i e v o l u t i on ar y f ame. In to t hi s c a m p by Novenibe*r first the1 n u c l eu s of le>n co mp an i e s had e n t e r e d wh i ch h a d se> i nc r ease d that S a t u r d ay , N o v e m b e r 2:iel, 1S01, t he n i ne h u n d r e d enro l l ed

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odicer s a n d m e n we r e mustere ' d- in lei the1 Uni t ed S t a l e s A r m y as the' Se>v- en ty - se v e n t h R e g i m en t , Ne w York State* ( F o o t ) Vo l un t ee r s . On which the- C a p t a i n of e a c h c o m p a n y : We-st- port C o m p a n y A, Re>ed W. Ar no l d ; Ba l l s ton C o m p a n y B. <’h*menl C. Hil l ; Sa r a t o ga S p r i n gs C o m p a n y C, Henja- min F. Jue l son; Wi l ton C o m p a n y I), Jo h n C a r r ; (i lie-lel C o m p a n y 10, Le'wis Wo od ; S t i l lw a t e r C o m p a n y F, Juelson B. A n d r e w s ; G a n s e vo o r t Com- ]:a:\v G. Ca lvin A. Rice ; Char l t em Comp an y It, Alber t F. Beach ; Ke-e-se'-

vil lo ( ’<>ni|>;my 1, F r a n k l in N o t i o n ; G l ove r sv i l l e C o m p a n y K, N a t h a n S. B a bc o c k ; ce r t i f i ed

“on h o n o r iltal Ibis mu s t e r - i n roll e x h i b i t s I ho t r u e s t a t e of — C o m ­p a n y of llit* Seven l v - seven l b 'Regi ­m e n t , N e w York Fool Vo l un t ee r s , for t he per iod he r o i n m e n t i o n e d ; Ilia! e a c h m a n a n s w e r e d to his ow n p r o p e r n a m e in pe r so n , and tha t I lie r e m a r k s sol oppos i t e ea c h officer a n d so ld i e r s n a m e a r e a c c u r a t e a n d j u s t . ”

F O R M A T I O N .

T h e R e g i me n t wa s t he n f o rme d ; h a v i n g for off icers: Colonel , J a m e s B. M i K e a n ; L i e u t e n a n t Colonel , J o s e p h 0 . H e n d e r s o n ; Major , Se l de n Het ze l ; A d j u t a n t , W i n s o r B. F r e p c h ; S e r ­g e a n t Ma jor , S e y m o u r Bi rch ; Q u a r t e r ­m as t e r , Luc ius E. Schur t l e f f ; Q u a r ­t e r m a s t e r S e r g e a n t , E d w a r d S. A r m ­s t r o n g ; C o m m i s s a r y S e r g e a n t , Wen- dal l L a n s i n g ; Ch i ef D r u m m e r , L u t h e r I r i sh ; Ch i e f Fi fer , Levi C l a pp e r ; S u r ­geon, J o h n L. F e r r y ; A s s i s t a n t S u r ­geon, G eo rg e T. S t e v e n s ; Hos pi t a l S t e w a r d , J o h n W. F a y ; Cha p l a i n , D a v­id Till ly.

T h e S u r ge o n s , C h ap l a i n , Hos pi t a l S t e w a r d , Mus ic i ans , Q u a r t e r m a s t e r , C o m m i s s a r y a n d Q u a r t e r m a s t e r S e r ­g e a n t a r e n o n - c o m b a t a n t s ; i. e. T h e f i r s t f ou r n a m e d look a f t e r t he w o u n d ­ed. T h e l as t t h r e e n a m e d go wi th t he w a g o n t r a i n s c a r r y i n g r e g i m e n t a l s u p ­pl ies.

N U M B E R .

T h o u g h t he a p p l i ca t i o n to r a i s e a S a r a t o g a R e g i m e n t n u m e r i c a l l y wa s fo r ty - four , b e c a u s e of b e i ng in t he C o u n t y in wh i ch a dec i s i ve b a t t l e of t h e Re v o l u t i on w a s f ou g h t ( c a u s i n g t h e d e f e a t e d foe to s u r r e n d e r to t he v i c t o r i o u s A m e r i c a n A r m y F r id ay , O c t o b e r 17.) 1777, it wa s d ec i de d to l ea v e off t he f irst t wo f igures a n d use

I ho last two f igures, lienc*' I lie 771 li. For whi ch good a n d sufficient, r e a ­sons we r e p r e s e n t e d to t he Gover no r , E d w i n I). Mor gan , who c a u s ed a n o r d e r to bo i s s ue d t h a t it be so n u m ­bered.

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T h u r s d a y , N o v e m b e r 2<Stli, five d ay s a f t e r mus t e r - in , C a m p was b ro k en e a r l y in t he mo rn i ng . Soon a f t e r which t he Demi s H e i g h t s Ba t t a l i on , t he S a r a t o g a R e g i me n t , t he Seven ty- s e v e n t h N e w York I n f a n t ry Vol un­t e e r s b eg an a m a r c h whi ch e n de d wi th i ts m us t e r - ou t J u n e 27, 1SC5, in t he De f en se s of W a s h i n g t o n , D. b e c a u s e t he w a r ha d e n d e d ; a n d the s l ave o l i g a r c h y ’s a t t e m p t to d i srup t ilie Union wa s a fai lure .

F LAG P R E S E N T E D .

E n r o u t e to t he s t a t i on of t he R e n s ­s e l a e r a n d S a r a t o g a R a i l r oa d t he Reg- in t en t w a s h a l t e d at t he F e m a l e S e m ­i na r y— now t he s i t e of t he S k i d m o r e School of A r t s — to r ece i ve t he s i lk Un i ted S t a t e s F l a g — bap t ized n e a r Lees Mills, Yo rk to w n , Va., Apr i l f>, 1SG2— m a d e by t he s c h o l a r s e sp ec i a l ­ly for t he R e g i me n t , a n d p r e s e n t e d to it for t h e m by t he P r o p r i e t o r a n d Pr i nc ipa l Rov. L. F. Be eche r , D. D. At whi ch a p oe m a d d r e s s e d to t he Demi s H e i g h t s R e g i m e n t wa s r ea d by its a u t h o r Ma ry C a i i e t o n Be eche r . Of which we q u o t e :

“ T h e S t a r s a n d t he S t r ipes , w r o ug h t by fa i r h a n d s a n d t rue,

T h e FLA G O F O U R U N I O N we t e n d e r to you;

Let i t s s i l ke n folds w a v e as you m a r c h to the s t r i f e ,

And part, w i th i t neve r , e x c e p t wi th y ou r life.

If t he b a t t l e g row fierce, a n d y ou r c o u r a g e s hou l d lag,

L oo k up to t h e S T A R S on y o u r be au t i f u l F LA G ;

'Timt b l i g h t c o n s l r l l a l ion set. in

H E A V E N ' S o w n blue,One u n b r o ke n c l u s t e r is eul r u s t ­

ed to you .”D E P A R T U R E .

Ra i l road s t a t i on , on Divi sion si reel , as now, whor e e a r s wore e n t e r ed , and .■midst al ' l ecl ing s c one s of good byes, s o m e forever , f rom r el a t i ves , f r i ends a n d a c q u a i n t a n c e s , t he t r a i n s t a r t e d

Ma r ch was li en r e s u m e d for t he for Albany.

God bye, ye b r avo soldier s , God s pe ed on yo u r way, T h o u g h sa d be t he h e a r t s that ye l eave h e r e t oday ;And fe rvent t he p r a y e r s t ha t in s i l ence a s cend .W h i l e loved o n e s a r e p a r t i n g wi th h u sb a n d a n d f r i end ; And ma n y a mo t he r , wi th rod w e e p i n ; eye,On h er s o n ’s m an l y face put s a m o t h e r ' s Good-bye,And m a n y a s i s t e r wi th t ea r -d r i pp i ng cheek ,W h o s e hear t is too full e ’en the good-bye* to spe ak , Whi l e b r a ve men d ep ar t i n g , o ur F l ag to def end ,W a v e a s i lent ad i eu to c o m pa n i on a n d f r iend.And yet t h r o ug h ihes o tear -drops , me t h i nk s I can t r a c e A -bright hope of m e e t i n g aga i n in each face,W h e n t he t r u m p e t ' s shr i l l call to t he r e sc u e is o ’er,And peace be r e s t o r ed to ou r c o u n t ry on ce more ,And you, nob le * ( ' h i o f t a i n ! wi th w e a p on in hand .Of t he Re mu s He i gh t s R e g i me n t , t he h on or ed c o m m a n d ; Dead t h em to suc h d e e d s as t h e i r f o r e - f a t he r s done, W h e r e t h ’ ba t t l e was fought, and t he v i c tory won;W h e r e f i r s t w a v e d the* i S t a i s a n d S t r i p es in t he blue, h i ke y e s t e r d a y ’s : j :banner p r e s e n t e d to you.Ye go not. for con qu e s t , ye go not for gain,Rut go for o u r Union, o u r Ela g to m a i n t a i n ;W h i c h rude l y is t o r n f rom its p r oud w a v i n g sea t ,A nd t rod in t he dus t b e n e a t h t r a i t o r ' s b a s e feel .T h e n r a i se it. aga i n, t hough all t a t t e r e d it be,And p lant it on ce m o r e o ' e r t he c o n q u e r e d —the free.F o r us that o u r fore f a t h e r s fought an d t hey bled,F or us t ha t t hey lay on the bat t l e- f i e ' d d ea d ;F o r us that the S av i ou r was on c e cruci f ied,F or us was th>‘ blood which lie sp i l t when he d ied;Tha i we m ay behold t he Omn i po t en t plan,Ol b l ood- pu rchas ed f r e e dom f rom S av i ou r to man .If ye, then, p e r c h a n c e on the bat t le- l ie ld lie,’T i s sad, but “ ’t is swee t for o n e ’s c o u n t ry to d i e . ”T h e n on, ye b r av o F r e em en , a r m well for t he fight — Y o u r bal l l e -ery. h i bo r ty . Union and Right .And s t r i ke ye t he blow, that r ebel l ion m ay sot' .Tha t n one sha l l be bound , in t he l and of t he free.'I’llon when ye sha l l moot on t he field of t he s t r i f e ,T h e base* ivbel foeman , pe*rhaps wi th y ou r life,

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Aim well (lie t r u e rifle, a n d l e t t he bal l fly—•’T i s well for o u r c o u n t r y that t r a i to r s shou l d die.’T i s t r a i l 01 s who now cans*' o u r c o u n t r y to bleed,W h o f rom o u r l oved Union a s s u m e to secede .’T w a s t r a i t o r s who s t o l e f rom o u r co l t e r s the gold,(Too dea r l y , t h e i r birth-ris.’ht , they find t h ey h a v e sold.)W h e n ye, the shr i l l bugle, sha l l cal l to t h e field,To point Hit; d r e a d rifle, o r d r a w t he br ight s t eel ,W h e n l i g h tn i ng s sha l l s t r e a k f rom t he I hu n de r - l on ed gun.And s m o k e sha l l a s c e n d f rom the ba t t l e b eg un :’Mid b u r s t i n g of she l l s , or whiz of (lie ball ,T h o u g h m a n y b r a ve h e r oe s a r o u n d you m a y fal l ;Deser t not y o u r b a n n e r , t ho ug h bloody it be,Hut b e a r it t r i u m p h a n t o ’e r t he c o n q u e r e d a n d free.An d when the d r e a d so un d of t he eonl l icl is o ’er ,May we be p e r m i t t e d to gree t you once m or e ;In h a r m o n y t hen sha l l o u r praise' s a r i se ,Til l n o t e s of o u r g l a d n e s s a s c e nd to llu* sk i e s ,T h e r e Angelic, h o s t s will t he n chan t t he g l ad s t r a i n ,And H e a v e n wi th r a p t u r e will s h o u t t he A m e n !

S a r a t o g a Spr i ngs . Nov. 2S, 1X61. W. li. 1!. W.

* . l ames 15. Mc Ke a n , Colonel of t he R e g i m e n t , t F i r s t u n f u r l e d at Ba t t l e of R e mu s He i gh t s , S a r a to g a

County .Si 1 k Flag, m a d e by t he s c h o l a r s of Dr. B e a c h e r ’s S e m ­inary.

W a s w r i t t e n ‘F or T h e Sa r a t og i an* b o a t K n i c k e r b a c k e r — which f rom its by W a r r e n 15. 15. W e s t cot I (of t h e a p p e a r a n c e o n e could h a ve t h ou g h t

„ „ , , , , i \ \ 7 i ' t s last u se wa s a s a c a t t l e c a r r i e r ,t h e n Dry Goods M e r c h a n t s W e s t c o t tt ho u g h not p r e v e n t i n g i ts r e a c h i n g its

a n d S mi t h ( A d a m 15. S m i t h ) a t t h en do( .k jn N(nv y o] .k ( ,Uy ^ m o r n .

No. 188 B r o a d w a y , n ow t he s o u t h ha l t jnfr D i se m b a r k i n g , t he r eg i men tof t he W a t e r b u r y C o m p a n y Cl o t h i e r s m a r c h e d to t h e Ci ty Hal l Pa r k , w h e r es t o r e , Nos. 424 426,) on t he d e p a r t u r e t he me n b r e a k fa s t e d . L a t e r ea c h manof t h e S a r a t o g a R e g i m e n t — t he B e m u s A R M E D A N D F LAG P R E S E N T E D .H e i g h t s B a t t a l i o n— t he 77th N e w r ec e i ve d an Enf ie ld rifle. Resident .Y o r k I n f a n t r y Vo l un t ee r s , f or t he s o n s of S a r a t o g a c a u s ed a good din-f ron t , N o v e m b e r 28, 1861. A f t e r t h r e e n e r to be s e r v e d t he m en a n d l a t e ry e a r s , eight m o n t h s a n d fou r d a y s ’ p r e s e n t e d t he Re g i me n t a beau t i fu ls e rv i c e , it w a s m u s t e r e d out J u n e 27, s i lk r e g i m e n t a l S t a t e F l a g ( see O U R1865, in t he d e f e n s e s of W a s h i n g t o n , B A T T L E F L A G S P ag e F>0) a n d gui-D. C., b e c a u s e t he w a r for t he es t ab- dons . L a t e r m a r c h e d to F e r r y H o u s el i s h m e n t of a S o u t h e r n C o n f ed er ac y , at fool of C o r t l a n d s t r ee t , on to f er ryb y d i s m e m b e r i n g t he U n i o n , h a d boat , on wh i ch c r os s ed t he Hu ds onfai l ed. R i v e r to J e r s e y Ci ty, N. J., wh e r e o a r s

At Al ba n y t he m e m b e r s went a b o a r d w e r e e n t e r e d for t he Na t iona l Oapi-t h e fine n ewl y r e n o v a t e d (?) S t e a m - t a 1.

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AK R I VAL IN W A S H I N G T O N .

W h o r e a r r i v ed at t he R a i l r oa d s t a ­t ion, in s i g h t of t he Capi tol , at lour o ’clock S u n d ay mo r n i ng , D e c e mb e r 1st. Af t er a b r e a k f a s t a n d d i n n e r a! ‘S o l d i e r s ’ R e s t ’ - -a t e m p o r a r y s t a y i n g pla' .o tin' Re g i me n t m a r c h e d to Me r ­idian Hill, 1). w h er e it a r r i ve d a bou t s u p p e r t ime.

F I R S T N I G H T U N D E R T E N T S .

A f t e r s u p p e r t e n t s w e r e put up in which the m e n e n t e r e d a n d that night tilt' Re g i me n t beg a n i ts ‘T e n t i n g on t he Old ( ’a m p Gr o un d . ’ T h e c amp w a s n a m e d ‘I l i l lh ou s e ’ ( a f t e r t he t hen S t a t e A d ju t a n t G e n e r a l ) , w h e r e unt i l i h e mi dd l e of F e b r ua ry , 1S(»2, t he of­ficers s t u d i ed a r m y t ac t i cs , i. e., in-

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f a n t ry dri l l r e gu la t i on s ; an d t hen dr i l l ed the m e n to l ea r n t he m a n u a l of a r m s and e v ol u t ions a n d du t i e s of a soldier .

F O R M A T I O N O F T H I R D BRIGADE.

Monda y , F e b r u a r y 17, 1SG2, t he R e g im en t left th i s c a mp , a p l ea s u r e r e sor t c e r t a i n ly for t he Officers, m a r c h i n g t he n c e t h ro ug h Ge o rge t own , D. ('., to and ov er t he Cha in-br i dge in­to Virginia , where1 at. ( ’a m p Gr idin, wi th the :>:id a n d 4!)lh N e w York and Ihe 7lh Ma i ne I n f a n t r y R e g i m e n t s l'oi mod a Rr igade , t he Th i r d , wi th Rr i ga d i e r Ge n er a l J o h n \Y. Davidson, C o m m a n d e r ; of Ge ne r a l Wi l l i am F. S mi t h ' s Division. Af t e r about for ty d ay s dr i l l i ng in field evo l ut ions , and s e a r c h i n g for t he en emy , s ome com-

CAPTALN C H A R L E S E. S T E V E N S .

L I E U T E N A N T C. \V. ROWE.

m i s s i o n e d ot l icers , s e e m i n g ly beset, w i th t he idea t h a t a n e n g a g e m e n t wit.Ii t he e n e n i y w a s i m m i ne n t an d m i g h t be too s t r e n u o u s , r e s i gn ed .

S I X T H C O R P S F O R M E D .Ma y 1-1-18, t he S ix th A r m y Cor ps

w a s f o rmed . ‘Ha l dy ’ S m i t h ’s, o u r Di­vi s ion, b e c a m e i ts Se c o n d Division. T h e r e a f t e r t he 77th R e g i m e n t an d 4!Hh R e g i m e n t w e r e in 1 lie T h i r d Br i ­gade , S e co n d Divi s ion , S ix th Corps u n t o t he end.

C O R P S B A D G E — D I VI SI O N BADGE COLOR.

Sh o r t l y a f t e r M a j o r G e n e r a l ‘J o e ’ H ooker , a s s u m e d c o m m a n d of t he A r m y of tlie P o t o m a c , to wh i ch a s ­s i g ne d in J a n u a r y , 1863, lie i s s ued a n o r d e r for e a c h c o r ps to adop t a

Divi s ion Badge would be R e d ; S e c ­ond Division Ba dge W h i t e ; T h i r d Di­v i s ion B a d g e Blt:e. T h e ba due of t he Six th C o r ps wa s t he G r e ek Cross . T h e 77th R eg im en t be ing in Ihe T h i r d Br igade , S econd Divi s ion, o ur b ad ge w a s W H I T E , wi th 77th in top a r m ; N E W YOR K a c r os s t he c e n t e r ; 3d in b o t t o m a r m . A so l d i er of a n o t h e r Cor ps o r Divi s ion woul d k no w that t he w e a r e r wa s a m e m b e r of t he 77th N e w Y o r k R e g i m e n t , 3d Br igade , 2d Divi s ion . Gt.li Corps . Fo r wh i ch no S even t y- seven ! h e r h a s r eg r e t t e d .

T H E R E U N I O N S ES S I O N .Old Sol ' s r ay s r e fu lgent ly b e ami ng ,

f e rv en t l y we l comed the ‘Old Bo y s ’ of t he S a r a t o g a R e g i m e n t of lSlil-Cf>, S a t u r d a y , J u n e 26, 1!I15, a s t he y g a t h ­e r e d a t G r a n d A r m y l-Iall for t he i r

Fo r ty - t h i rd An n ua l R e u n io n ; at wh i ch t hey would c e l e b r a t e t he F i f t i e t h A n ­n i v e r s a r y of (he R e g i m e n t ’s mu s t e r - out of t he Un i ted S t a t e s s e rv i ce in t he D e f en se s of W a s h i n g t o n , I). C., J u n e 27, 1865.

Not. an o r ig ina l C o m m i s s i o n e d Of ­ficer of t he F i e ld l iving.

No t an or ig ina l C o m m i s s i o ne d Of ­f icer of a C o m p a n y p r e s en t . Only two of w h o m a r e l iving.

So me we r e p r e s e n t who h a d not b ee n for yea r s . One, for hi s f i rs t time. DE cl a r e d lie would L ON G for a n ­o t h e r ‘at wh i ch will be if l ife a n d h e a l t h p e r m i t . ’

N o u n c e r t a i n t on e s in t he g r ee t ing . No one l i ngered g r a s p a s Hill a n d

Ch a r l ey a n d J a c k a n d Bob an d Gus a n d E d met . I t wa s a roya l 'Clad to see you , ’ wi th a f i rm g ra sp of t he hand, wh i ch c a r r i e d wi th it a m o s t cordia l h e a r t feel ing, wh i ch wa s helped by B r o ok s ’ h appy presenc e .

In t he a t t r a c t i v e L u t h e r M. Wh e e l e r G. A. R. P os t R o o m wi th i ts d e c o r a ­t ions of Old Glory, w a r t i m e p ic t ur es a n d pho t os of s o m e of i ts P a s t C o m ­m a n d e r s , p r o mp t l y a t t en o ' c lock a.111., D r u m m e r J o h n E. E v a n s d r u m ­me d the As s em bl y . T h e ‘B o y s ’ c a m e to a t t e n t i on , a s P r e s i d e n t K e c k r a p ­ped his gave l for o rde r . And as a r ­r a n g ed by y ou r S e c r e t a r y wa s r e n ­d e r ed t he fo l lowing:

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A c c o m p a n i e d by Miss Maud

T h e Rev. P e t e r A. Ma c d o n a l d , P a s ­t o r of t he F i r s t P r e s b y t e r i a n Ch u rc h , m a d e a n i mp r e ss i v e i nvoca t ion .

S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s ’ mos t f o r e m o s t c i t i zen, l ion. E d g a r T. B r a c k e t t , t h e n s i nc e re l y a n d e a r n e s t l y w e l co me d t he m e m b e r s of t he S a r a t o g a Regiment , to t he Ci ty of S a r a t o g a S p r i n gs ; f r o m which a ha l f c e n t u r y s i nc e t hey went in t he i r a d o l e s e nc e w h e n it w a s a v i l l age of l ess t h a n e i gh t t h o u s a n d p er sons . In his we l co me Mr. B r a c k ­e n paid a g l owi ng t r i bu t e to t he s u c ­cess fu l a n d ‘never - to -be- fo rgo t t en wor k

D r u m m e r J o h n E. E v a n s P r e s i d e n t K e c k

Rev. P e t e r A. .Macdonald Hon. E d g a r T. Br a ck e t t

P i e s i d e n t J e r e m i a h K e c k P r i v a t e E d w a r d II. Fu l l e r

Mi ss Al ice C u n n i n g h a m S ur g e o n Geo. T. S t e ve ns Mrs . G e r t r u d e L. A n d r u s

Rol ls .

of the Union s o l d i e r of t he Civi l W a r . ’ P r e s i d e n t K e c k in r e s p o n d i n g sa id

tha t t he m e m b e r s a r e g l ad to r e t u r n to the pl ace of t he i r r e nd e z v o us a n d be we l come d by i ts mos t d i s t i n g u i s h ­ed l iving c i t i zen, who he took p l ea s ­ure in t h a n k i ng , on t h e i r behal f , for his t e s t i mo n ia l to t he m . C o m r ad e K ec k t he n l e a d t he fo l lowing i n t e r ­e s t in g a n d h i s t or i ca l p a p e r r e m i n i s ­cent of s o m e of t he v a l or ous de e ds in wh i ch t he S a r a t o g a R e g i m e n t — t he 77th N e w York I n f a n t r y Volun teer s , p a r t i c i p a t e d in t he y e a r lSt>4.

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W I T H T H E A R M Y OF T H E P O T O M A C A N D T H E A R M Y OF T H E

S H E N A N D O A H IN 1864.

W i t h tlii! s u r r e n d e r of Ge n er a l Lee 1 Ik; W a r ol' t i n; Rebel l i on m a y Le sa id t o h a v e ended . F o r f ou r y e a r s his i i rniy h a d p r ac t i ca l l y been t he m a i n ­s t a y of t he C o n f ed er ac y . T h e m a r k e d abi l i ty wi t h whi ch he d i r e c t e d i ts o p ­e r a t i o n s is s h o w n n o t on ly by his s u c ­c es ses , but t he l ong t ime he was able to keep up t he c on t es t . T h e c h a n g e s in t he c o m m a n d of t h e A r m y of the P o t o m a c c a u s ed G e n e r a l Le e to r e ­m a r k , it is sa id, to on e of hi s s u b o r ­d i n a t e s r e l a t i ve to a c h a n g e in t he C o m m a n d e r of t he A r m y of t he P o t o ­m a c : “T h e y m a y p u t in c o m m a n d on e who 1 d o n ’t u n d e r s t a n d . ”

So it p roved w h e n Ge ne r a l G r a n t w a s a s s i g n e d to t h e C o m m a n d of t he Union A r m i e s of t h e Un i ted S ta l es , Ma rc h 12, 1SG4 “ by o r d e r of A b r a ­h a m Lincoln , P r e s i d e n t . " And w h e n he a s s u m e d c o m m a n d five days l a t e r h e m a d e hi s h e a d q u a r t e r s in t he Held, as he h a d in t he s o u t h w e s t , hut , wi t h t he A r m y of t he Po to ma c . T h a t p r e d i c t e d s u c c e s s f rom t he s t a r t . Fo r n o t only h a d G en e r a l G r a n t ’s a b i l ­i ty be e n p roven , but he was a t o we r of s t r e n g t h to t he Government . , be ­c a u s e of t he p e o p l e s ’ conf idence in h im. A n d f rom t he t i me Ge ne r a l Gr a n t s t a r t e d o u r a r m i e s F O R W A R D , M A R C H ! in t he s p r i n g of 1S04 it be ­t o k e n e d u l t i m a t e v i c t o r y ; for no long ­e r was t he A r m y of t he P o t o m a c r e s t ­ing, a s t he a r m i e s in t he s o u t h w e s t w e r e f ight ing, o r v i ce ve r sa . T h e n c e ­f or t h t h e r e w a s concer t , of ac t i on .

It w a s a g a i n s t G en e r a l Lee a n d h i s a r m y , w h i ch k e p t t he C o n f e d e r a c y going, t h a t G e n e r a l Grant , p i t t e d h i m ­self. W h e n t he C o n f e d e r a t e C o m ­m a n d e r , G e n e r a l Lee , for t he first

tinn* in his p r og r e s s was o v e r m a l d i ­ed; by t he m a n who “ would light it. out on th i s l ints if it took all s u m ­m e r , ” or , “ No t e r m s except , u n c o n d i ­t ional s u r r e n d e r . Klse I sha l l mo ve i m m e d i a t e l y on y ou r wo r ks . ”

H o w that, wa s done a n d to s how the ab i l i t y a n d t en ac i ty of Ge n e r a l Gran t t he d i a r y of P r i v a t e Rart let t . of G C o m p a n y of t he S a r a t o g a Re g i me n t , by t he aid of y ou r S e c r e t a r y , will give p r e s en t d a \ S a r a t o g i a n s a n idea.

T R K A S U R F R C. I). TI IURP.K JJrevet Ca p ta in .

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ASST. Sl I I tGKON’ W. A. l)e LONG.

1'. S. Gr an t was a p r i va t e ci t i zen of t he S t a l t 1 of I l l inois, a r e s i den t of G a l en a when the S ou t h Ca ro l i n i an s Apr i l 12, 1861, t i red on t he F l ag and For t S u m t e r c a u s i n g t he Ch a r l es to n , S o u t h Caro l ina , Cour i e r , of that d a t e to publ i sh “ h a v e m a d e the proud l ' l a g of t he S t a r s a n d S t r ipes , that n e v e r was l ower ed before to a n y n a ­t i on on t hi s e a r t h , l owered in h u ­mi l i t y be fore t he P a l m e t t o and the ( 'on fed c r a t e f lags. -'

l i e wa s p la in Mr. F. S. Gran t who had r e s i gn ed f rom t he A r my in 1S-r>4 H a v i n g conf idence in himsel f , and d e ­s i r i ng to aid t he G o v e r n me n t which h ad e d u c a t e d h im, May 24, 1X61, he t e n d e r e d his s e rv i ces , “ in suc h c a ­pa c i t y as m ay be o f fered . ’' To which no r eply wa s rece ived . In .July, 1NU1, G o v e r n o r Yates of I l l inois a p po i n t e d

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JOHN' I-:. 10VANS.

G K N F I i A L V. S. GRA NT.

G KN K It A L S U E R 11) A N. (J15NERAL G E O R G E G. M EA D K.

i)i ; 11 Co lone l of Hie 21st I l l inoi s I n ­f a n t r y R e g im e n t . So his d e s i r e to r e ­e n t e r t h e s e r v i ce wa s gra t i f i ed. Re- f ore t he r e g i me n t left t he S t a t e “ II. S. G r an t is h e r e b y a p p o i n t e d a Bri- g ad ie r -G e n e r a l of V o l u n t ee r s . ” As t he r e s u l t of t h e fall of For t Done l son , S u n da y , F e b r u a r y 16, 1X62, he wa s a p p o i n t e d a ‘‘Ma jo r - Gener a l of Vo l un ­t e e r s . ”

M a r c h 1, 1S64, b e c a us e of h i s s u c ­c e s s in t he s ou t h w e s t , M a j o r G en e r a l I Hynes S. Gr an t , U. S. A., w a s n o m ­i n a t e d to t h e Ch i ef c o m m a n d of t he F ed e r a l A r m y wi th t he r a n k — s p e c i a l ­ly c r e a t e d — of L i e u t e n a n t Gener a l .

M a r c h 9, a t t he E x e c u t i v e Ma n s i o n h e w a s f o r m a l l y p r e s e n t e d wi th h i s c o m m i s s i o n of L i e u t e n a n t -G e n e ra l , bv P r e s i d e n t L in c o l n — t he f i rst t ime t h a t t h e y h a d me t .

M a r c h 12, by o r d e r of P r e s i d e n t L inc o ln , L i e u t e n a n t - G e n e r a l G r a n t w a s a s s i g n e d to t h e c o m m a n d of t he F e d e r a l A r my .

M a r c h 17, h e a s s u m e d c o m m a n d t he r eo f , w i th H e a d q u a r t e r s in t he field, wi th t h e A r m y of t he P o t om a c .

w h i ch would be c o m p o s e d of t he S e c ­ond, F i f t h a n d Si x t h Cor ps of In­f an t ry , c o m m a n d e d by M a j o r - Ge n e r ­a l s Ha n c o ck , G. K. W a r r e n a n d S edgwi ck . T he F i r s t a n d T h i r d Cor ps we r e d i s t r i b u t e d in to t he f or e ­go i ng n a m e d t h r e e Corps .

Apr i l 4, Ma j o r Ge ne r a l S h e r id a n w a s a s s i g ne d to t he c o m m a n d of t he C a v a l ry Cor ps of t he A r m y of t he P o t o m a c , in wh i ch t he N i n t h Cor ps wa s r e t a i ned .

Ma y 5, t he C a va l r y h a d s h o r t e n ­g a g e m e n t s wi th t he C o n f e d e r a t e s ; a s o r t of f ee l i ng of t hem, to l ea r n t he i r loca t ion , p r e l i m i n a r y to t he b a t t l e of t he W i l d e r n e ss , Va., Ma y 5-7; in w h i ch t he A r m y of t h e P o t om a c , d i ­r e c t e d by t he L i e u t e n a n t Gene r a l , c o m m a n d e d by Ma j o r Ge n er a l Meade , c o n s i s t i n g of t he Second , F i f t h , S ix th a n d N i n t h I n f a n t r y Corps , A r t i l l e r y a n d C a va l r y Corps , f ou gh t t he C on ­f e d e r a t e s , in t h e v ine t an g le d wo o ds— cal l ed t he W i l d e r n e s s — d u r i n g w h i c h 41,066 so l d i er s w e r e ki l led an d w o u n d e d ; m a n y of t h e m b u r n e d w h e n Hie woods c augh t fire f rom e x p l od i ng

G E N E R A L S E D G WI CK .

;i >n 11* mi it ion. T h e n fol lowed, May S-1S, I lie S po t t s y l v an i a C a m p a ig n , in wli ifl i :!L’,S(34 so l d i er s were ki l led a n d ■wounded. A m o n g I lie ki l led t he S ix th Cor ps C’o i m na n d e r , Ma j o r G e n ­era l S edgwi ck , c a u s i n g a f ee l ing of gloom not conf ined to t he Cor ps he so ably c o m m a n d e d , but e x t e n d e d to t h e who l e P o to m ac Army, on t he wor d p as s i ng a l o n g t he l ines “G e n ­e r a l S e d g w i c k — ‘Unc l e J o h n ’ as he wa s a f fe c t iona t e l y ca l l ed by his Six th C o r p s e r s — is k i l l ed . ” Ma j o r G e ne r a l Wr igh t , C o m m a n d e r of the C o r p s ’ Fi rs t Divi sion su c c e e d e d to t he c o m m a n d of t he Corps , r e t a i n i n g it. a n d ab ly e o m m a u d i n g it to t he end.

T u e s d a y , Ma y 10, t he day a f t e r Ge ne r a l S e d g w i c k ’s de a t h , a f am ou s c h a r g e was m a d e in wh i ch the S a r a ­toga R eg im en t pa r t i c i pa t ed . Colonel Up t on , t he C o m m a n d e r of t he S e co n d l h i g a d e of t h e Fi rs t Divi sion of the Six th Corps , w a s o r d e r e d to t a k e t w e l v e r e g i m e n t s of t he Corps , an d l ead t h e m in a c h a r g e a ga i ns t t he r ight c e n t e r of t he e n e m y ’s l ine. T h e r e g i m e n t s s e l ec t ed we r e t h e 121st.

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New York, 5th Maine , !>6th a n d ll ' .Mh P e n n sy l va n ia , f i rs t l ine. T h e 77th a n d 4lird New York, 5th Wi s c ons i n , Gtli Ma ine , a n d 4!tth P e n ns y l v a n i a , se cond l ine. T h e 2nd, 5th an d 6th V e r mo n t , t h i rd l ine. T a k i n g off e v ­e r y t h i n g that might e n c u m b e r t he i r m o v e m e n t s — as did t he whole Corps , which was to s up p o r t t he c h a r g i n g r e g i me n t s , whi le the o t h e r Co r ps of 1he Ar my , in c a se t he t we l ve r eg i ­m e n t s b r ok e the e n e m y ' s l ine, wer e to r ap i d l y a d v an c e .

A s t h ey took t h e i r p l ace t he r e g i ­m e n t s laid Hat on t he g round . No t a l k i ng a l l owed. O r d e r s w e r e w h i s ­p e r ed ; for t he e n e m y was on ly about t h r e e h u n d r e d feet a wa y . T h e a r t i l ­l ery be ga n to fire; t he she l l s s h r i e k ­ing o ve r t he h e a d s of t he r e g i m e n t s — t he s igna l for t he a t t a c k . On wh i ch w a s h ea r d , in r e so n an t t ones , Col ­onel U p t o n ’s “ A T T E N T I O N ! B A T ­T A L I O N S F O R W A R D ! DOUBLE- QUICK, C H A R G E ! ! ” T h e t we l v e r e g ­i m e n t s r u s h e d f rom the woods . T h e e n e m y w a s s u r p r i s e d ; but , w e r e not M a m p e d e d ; a n d we r e qu ick ly r e i n ­

L I E U T E N A N T TABOR. A D J U T A N T T H OM AS .

forced. Tlio r e m n a n t s of t he twe lve r e g i m e n t s r t‘l un i t ' d It) l l i t ' i r r e sp e c t i ve c a m p s .

D u r i n g (lie m o n th of May the S ev ­e n t y - s e v e n t h ' s loss was 17:!, anion?; t h e m t h r e e ot l i cers ki l led a n d w o u n d ­ed. A m o n g t he s e v e r e s t wo un de d w a s J a n i e s G. Scot t of I), t he Wi l t on C o m p a n y ; bo t h l egs cut off be low his k n ee s . As t he boys m a r c h e d on, t hey bid h i m a n a f fe c t i o n a te f arewel l . Said Sco t t : “ I k n o w what you fe l lows th i nk . Hut, by God, I will fool you,1 will l ive.” Scot t wa s u l t i ma t e l y t a k e n t o C e n t r a l P a r k Hos p i t a l , New Y o r k Ci ty, wh e r e d i s c h a r g e d N o v e m ­b e r 3, 1S64, b e c a u s e of wounds . For a u g h t we k n o w h e m a y be l iv ing at t h i s t ime , a s t he last h e a r d of him he wa s a r e s i d e n t of Det roi t . Mich.

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J u n e had h a r d l y b e gun It) r e ign er e lilt* C o m m a n d e r of t he A r my was at it w h e r e v e r t he loe was in t he C on ­f ederacy . J u n e 1st t he E ig h t e e n t h Corps , o u r old c o m m a n d e r “ Haldy" S m i t h in c o m m a n d , wa s a s s i g n e d to t he A r my of t he Po to ma c .

Unto J u n e 12th t he r e we r e dai ly s k i r m i s h e s wi th t he f ee; wi th a big b a t t l e on Ihe 3rd, Du r in g t ho se twe l ve d a v s 2(>,!)47 s o l d i er s we r e ki l l ed a n d wo unde d . So t h a t f rom (lit; b e g i n n i n g of Ihe c a m p a i g n May f> u n ­to t he n igh t of J u n e 12, !)4,<S77 so ld i e r s of the A r m y of Iht' Potomac, a n d t he i r a d v e r s a r i e s t he A r m y of t he N o r t h ­e r n Vi rg i n i a we r e put h o r s de c o mba t .

Ge n e r a l Gr an t t hen took t he A r m y of t he P o t o m a c a c r os s t he J a n i e s Rive r ; a n d J u n e 10, 1S64, to Apr i l 2,

lSGo, i nv es t e d P e t e r s b u r g . T h e suc- cosl 'ul m o v e a c r o s s t he r i v e r c a u se d t he ('0 11 f e d e r a t e CJenerai Ewel l to say, “ We migh t a s well g ive up, now that t h e A r m y of t he P o t o m a c is s o u t n of t he . James I t iver . ”

It was on tlie 21st of . June tha t a C o n f e d e r a t e shel l v i s i t ed C o m p a n y A, t a k i n g off t he r ight leg of t h r e e of i ts m e m b e r s , t he n a m e of e a c h began wi th J a m e s — they we r e e v e r a f t e r ­w a r d s r e f e r r e d to a s t he " T h r e e l egged J i m s . ” J a n u s Al len and J a m e s Ba rne s , now de a d l ived for s e v ­e r a l y ea r s . J a n i e s L a w r e n c e at this d a t e is a wel l - to-do c i t i zen of Ne­b r ask a .

J u l y 1, 18(14, t he S ix th C o r p s ’ T h i rd Divi s ion, wa s sent, to B a l t imo re ; f rom t h en c e wi th g r e e n t r o o p s — a total of n e a r l y n i ne t h o u s a n d ha d a light , n e a r F re de r i ck , Md„ n e a r t he b a nk of t he Alonocacy River , wi th 2ft,(MMi C o n f e d e r a t e s u n d e r G en e r a l Ear ly wh i ch r e s u l t ed in f a v o r of t he Co n­f ede r a t es . Ju l y l o t h t he Fi rs t and Se c o n d Divi sons of t he Six th Corps we r e sent to W a s h i n g t o n , I). w h e r e it a r r i v e d in t i m e to s u c c es s ­ful ly s l ay Ge ne r a l Ea r l y ' s i n t en t ion to c a p t u r e t he Na t iona l Capi t a l , as will be r e l a t ed by o u r Se c r e t a r y . T h e n c e the Corps fol lowed Ear ly into M a ry l an d an d in to t he S h e n a n d o a h Val ley, Va., w h e r e wi th tin* lOi j4.li I h a n d N i n e t e n t h C o r ps a n d Ca va l ry u n ­d e r c o m m a n d of G e n e r a l s To rb e t , Cus te r , Aver i l l a n d Mer r i t t f ormed t he A r my of t he S h en a n d o a h . T he D e p a r t m e n t s of We s t Vi rginia , Dis­t r i c t of Col umbi a , S u s q u e h a n n a and t he Middle to C o n s t i t u t e t he Middle Mi l i t a ry Division, wi th Ma j o r G e n­era l Phi l ip II. S h e r i d a n c o m m an d e r . T h i s A r m y wa s to s h o w t he wor ld s uc h l ight ing a s n e v e r t he r e t ofo r e , n o r s u r p a s s e d by the w a r now in Eu­rope.

On the 10th of Augus t t he ma r ch

up th(> S l : e n a n do a h Val l ey began. Ge n e r a l G r a n t ’s i n s t r u c t i o n s to G e n ­eral S he r id a n were, to be one of d e ­f ense , t ha n one of of fense. T h e i e l o r e an a r m y to wa t ch a n d c h e c k t he e n ­emy f rom e n t e r i n g t h e Dist r ict of Col umbi a , Ma r y l a n d a n d P e n n s y l v a ­nia. T h e r e w e r e oc c a s iona l s k i r ­mi shes , but it was not unt i l Monday, S e p t e m b e r lSltli, that a b a t t l e was fought . It wa s ca l l ed (Ob e q uo n ) or W i n c h e s t e r in wh i ch 6.G20 so l d i er s wor e ki l led a n d w o unde d . A b at t l e in which t he T h i r d Br igade , in which wa s t h e S a r a t o g a R e g i m e n t , t he 77th New York I n f a n t r y Vo l un t ee r s , of t he Second Division, of the S ix th Corps , led t he I nfna l ry . A nine h our b a t t l e ; t he l i rst of t he s e r i e s of vic­t or i e s that ga v e t h e A r m y of the S h e n a n d o a h su c h an e n v i a b l e r e p u t a ­t ion. T h r e e d ay s l a t e r , T h u r s d a y , the 22d, Ea r l y s t ood for t h r e e h ou r s at F i s h e r ' s l l i l l a n d t h e n qui t , wi th a loss in ki l led and w o u nd e d of 4 0 0 , and l , luft p r i s o n e r s ; a n d s i x t ee n guns , s ix of t h em c a p t u r e d by the T h i rd Brigade' . T h e Fe d e r a l loss was (jfti) in killi d and wounded . F or nea r ly a m o n t h fol lowing (licit* was not much l ight ing, t hough much ac t iv i ty in t he A r m y of t he S h e n a n d o a h . Ge ner a l S h e r i d a n had not on l y s ho w n his a b i l ­ity a s a C o m m a n d e r , but p l eased his so l d i er s by h i s v i s i b l ene s s to t h e m ; h i s w a t c h f u l n e s s a l o n g t he l ine of ma r ch . Wha t s u r p r i s e d hi s so ld i e r s most was tha t in c a m p his h e a d q u a r ­t e r s co ns i s t ed of only o ne wall t ent , o ne sm a l l t en t a n d t wo Mies.

T h u r s d a y , O c t o b e r Hit It, whi le t he S ix th Co r ps was r e s t i n g a l on g the b a n k of t he S h e n a n d o a h River , r u ­m or ha v i ng i nd i ca t ed it e n r o u t e to P e t e r s b u r g , a c o u r i e r f rom Ge ner a l S h e r i d a n c a u se d it to r e jo in t he E igh t h and N i n e t e e n t h Corps , to which it got t he e v e n i n g of t he nex t day.

Ge ne r a l W r i g h t w a s in c o mm an d ,

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in t he a b s e n c e of G e n e r a l S h e r i d a n t a i l e d to W a s h i n g t o n for a c o n f e r ­e nce , a s lo 1'uLure m o v e m e n t s . T h e E i g h t h Corps , e n c a m p e d a l o n g C e d a r Cr ee k , w a s t he left f l ank; t he N i n e ­t e e n t h Corps , e n c a m p e d a l o ng t he pike a n d t he h igh g r o u n d a l o n g t he c r ee k . At r ight a n g l e s to t he N i n e ­t e e n t h Cor ps t he S ix th Cor ps was e n ­c a m p e d to t he n o r th , f a c i ng t he c r e e k a n d w e s t ; i t s T h i r d Divi s ion on t h e left , S econd Divi s ion on t he r i gh t , F i r s t Divi s ion in t he c en t er . G e n e r a l ( ' u s t e r a n d his C a va l r y was on t he r i gh t of t he S i x t h Corps . G e n­er a l Aver i l l on t h e N i n e t e e n t h C o r p s ’ lef t . G e n e r a l L o n g s t r e e t ’s C o n f e d e r ­a t e C o r ps ha d been s e n t to Ge n er a l J n b a l E a r l y ’s A r m y to e f fec tua l ly e f ­f ec t t he d e s t r u c t i o n of t he A r m y of S h e n a n d o a h . It is not n e c e s s a r y to go in to d e t a i l s f u r t he r . No w ha l f a c e n t u r y s ince , a s it is pos i t i ve ly k n o w n to ev e r y r e a d e r of h i s t o r y t h a t i t was t h e S i x t h C o r ps that , s a v e d t he day •it C e d a r Cr eek , t h a t l!»th d a y of Oc ­

t ober , 1SG4. W h e n the Colonel , Win- s o r 15. F r e nc h , of t he S a r a t o g a Regi ­m e n t won hi s sp u rs , a n d when G e n­e r a l S h e r i d a n —

“ Up f rom t he sou t h , at b r e ak of day, B r i ng i ng to W i n c h e s t e r f r esh d i smay , T h e a f f r igh t ed a i r wi th a s h u d d e r

bore,L ike a he r a l d h as t e to t he C h i e f t a i n ’s

door ,T h e t e r r i b l e g r u m b l e a n d r u m b l e and

roar ,T e l l i ng t he ba t t l e wa s on once more , A n d — S h er i d a n t w e n t y mi l es away .

“ Un d er his h o r s e s s p a r i n g feet , the road

Like a n a r r o w y Al pi ne r ive r flowed, And t he l a n d s c a p e s pe d a w a y behind, L ik e an o c e a n f lying be fore t he wind; An d t he s t eed , l ike a b a r k fed wi th

f u r n a c e ire,Swept on, wi th his wild e y e s full of

fire.But , lo! he is n e a r i n g h i s h e a r t ’s d e ­

s i r e ;Tie is snuf f l i ng the s m o k e of t he r o a r ­

ing f ray,W i t h S h e r i d a n — only l ive mi l es away .

T h e f i rst t h a t t he Ge n er a l s a w wer e t he Gr oups

Of s t r a g g l e r s , a n d t h en r e t r e a t i n g t l o o p s ;

W h a t wa s d o n e ? W h a t to do? A g l an c e told h i m both.

T h e n s t r i k i n g his spu r s , wi th a t e r ­r i b le oa th,

He d a s h e d d o wn t he l ine, ’mid a s t o r m of l uizzahs

A n d the w a v e of de f ea t c h ec k e d its c o u r se t h e r e b e c a u s e

T h e sight of t he m a s t e r compe l led it to pause .

W i t h f oa m a n d wi th d u s t t he b l ack c h a r g o r was g ra y ;

l i e s e e m e d to t he whole grea t a r m y to say,

“ I h a ve b r ou gh t you S h e r i d a n all theway

F r o m W i n c h e s t e r down, to sa ve the d a y ’.”

W h e n G en e r a l S h e r i d a n rode up, be h o l d i ng t he S econd Division of t he Six th Cor ps in pos i t ion , f ac ing the foe, he s h o u t e d : “What , t roops a r e t h e s e ? ” “ T h e S i x t h C or ps , ” was t he r es po ns e . To wh i ch S h e r i d a n repl i ed, a s he s pe d 011 his h o i s e a long the lir.e, s w i n g i n g his h a t : “ W e ’re all r i gh t ; w e ’ll whip th em, a n d s l eep in o u r old c a m p t hi s n i g h t . ” At it we went . T he Co l or S e r g ea n t of t he Re g i me n t s h o t ; a n o t h e r se i zed the f lag— a n d is shot . Adjut ant T h o m a s c a t c h e s t he F l ag

e r e it t o u c h e s t he g r ou n d ; he, too, j o i ns his f a l l en Color Be a re r s .

As P r e s i d e n t Keck said, ‘he, too, j o i ns his fa l l en color b e a r e r s , ’ t he colors , ( p r e s e n t e d to t he R e gime n t t h a t t we n ty -e i gh t h day of N o v e m be r , 1861) were ca r e fu l ly u nf u r l ed by C o m r a d e Delos H a m m o n d an d the old Color Be a re r , Cor por a l Ch a r l e s 10. J e n n in g s . On wh i ch Mrs. A n d r u s ( the d a u g h t e r of a so ld i e r ) most, fee l i ng sang , T H E OLD FLAG N E V ­E R T O U C H E D T H E GRO UND.

On its conc l us i on the old Color B e a r e r , b egg i ng p ar d on for the i n t e r ­r up t io n , s a id :

“ W e all r e m e m b e r t ha t thi sR e g i m e n t was k no w n a s t he S A R ­A TO G A BE MI J S H E I G H T S R E G ­

I M E N T t h e r e fo r e S e r g ea n t ISAAC BEMIJS, of G c o m p a n y , b ec a u s e of his n a m e was m a d e t he F I R S T C OL OR S E R G E A N T . T h r o u g h the k i nd e s t of o u r O r de r l y S e r ­g e a n t H e n r y S mi t h a n d Colonel F r e n c h 1 was p r o m o t e d C OL OR C OR P OR AL .

Dur ing t he S E V E N DAYS F IG H T ( J u n e 25-July 2, 1862) as i s t ood by t he s ide of Be mu s , he pa s se d the C O L O R S to me as he s t e pp ed ba c k out. of t h e l ine, whicl i he n e v e r r e jo ined . I a m t h a n k ­ful to s a y t h a t 1 c a r r i e d t he s e Color s unt i l s i c kn e s s p r e ve n t e d my do i ng duty. W h e n 1 r e t u r n ­ed to t he R e g i m e n t in 1863 I ag a i n look t he Color s wh ic h 1 c a r ­r i ed in a c t io n N o v e m b e r 7, 186:5, a t R a p p a h a n n o c k S t a t i on , Ya. It was a t t h a t c a m p we r e -en l i s t ed ; an' I t hose so do ing w e r e g r a n t e d a t h i r t y day fu r l ou gh to visi t 1 lome.

In t he s p r i n g of ’64 t he B A L L o p e n e d — wi thou t t he p r e s e n c e of a n y Be l l es— wi th t he W i l d e r n e s s Ca mp a ig n , May 5. In t he a f t e r ­noon of which da y a s we laid at t he r ight of I) C o m p an y , a shel l f rom t he e n e m y i n s t a n t l y ki l led five of o u r boys. I11 t he a f t e r ­noon we e n t e r e d rifle, o r i n­t r e nc h ed , pi t s in wh i ch we i e all night wi th o r d e r s to ‘lie down an d ke e p s t i l l . ’ Out of which we got. t o w a r d s m o r n i n g m a r c h i n g to t he r ight . T h e n c e to Spol t syl - v a n i a May 8th. T h e next day about six o ’c lock p. 111. o u r Cor ps C o m m a n d e r , G en er a l Sedgwick , w a s ki l led by a bal l f r om a rebel s h a r p s h o o t e r ’s rifle. T h e n c a m e o ur fight of May l o t h , in which w e —o u r R e g i me n t on e of the' s e ­l ec t ed t we l ve R e g i m e n t s — c h a r g ­ed abou t s even o ’c lock p. 111.

T h ad a p r ese n t i ment a b o u t five m i n u t e s be fore I got i 1. about h a l f way bet ween I w o r ebel ri l le l ' i l s J u s t l)i fort ' we s t a r t l ' d , as I wa s s t a n d i n g mot b ough t ‘have b ee n l ucky so long in ( ' scaping wi thout , a s c ra t c h , but I wil l get i ‘. n ow a n d t h e place. And 1 got it r igh t t h e r e in t ha t c h a r g e of Ma y 10, 1SG4. And wh e n I was r e c o v e r e d f rom t he wound , n o t ­w i t h s t a n d i n g e ight o p e r a t i o n s on t ha t leg, 1 r e t u r n e d lo t he Re gi ­m e n t in tIn* S p r i n g of lKG.r>— the Tlegiment t h en wa s at Danvi l le. T h e Co l or s w e r e a ga i n p l aced in m y h an d s , by Colonel David J. Caw, a n d I b rough t t h e m f rom Ihe Field, t h r o u gh W a s h i n g t o n to A l b a n y ; w h e r e in I lie Capi to l in

C O R P O R A L C. IS. . JKNNIXGS, Color Beare r .

c a s e s t hey now are , a m o n g o t h e r Ne w York S t a l e R e g i m e n t s Col ­ors .

A D J U T A N T W. W. W O R D ION.

C o m r a d e s who would n o t be p roud to be t he b e a r e r of the F l ag of su c h a Re g imen t a s ours . As we, tha t J u l y day in lN(ir>, m a r c h e d up S t a l e s t r e e t , Albany , to ll ie Capi tol , h a n d k e r c h i e f s w a v e d , h a t s went up in t he a i r ; c h e e r s f r om t he people g r e e t e d us. And how p roud wa s I a s r e c ­o gn i z i ng f r i en ds s a w THIS C OL ­O R S in my h a n d s . We a r e in our quiet h o me s now. In t he G r a n d ­est C o u n t r y on the g lobe by the b l e s s in gs of o u r L o v in g God a n d S a v i o u r . ”T h e Br ig a d e is o r d e r e d to a d v a n c e

s lowly. “ I c anno t t a k e m y B r igade s l owl y o v e r t ha t field,” sa id Colonel F r e n c h , who had a s s u m e d c o m m a n d of it, w h en Ge ne r a l Bidwell was k i l ­

led. “ Go <iuic:kly, I l ien,” sa id o u r Di­vision C o m m a n d e r G e n e r a l (Solly. In r e ­s p o ns e to t he " F O U W A I I D DOUBLE- O t U C K M A I t C I I ! ” of Colonel F ro m h c o m m a n d i n g the Br igade , t he men s p r a n g f orward , and Iho C o n f e d e r a t e s w e r e dr iven. And wIhmi tlie roll was ca l l ed : C a p t a i n l . e n n u n —s l i o l ; L ieu­t e n a n t Bolden— sl i o l ; L ie u t en an t T a ­b o r —-shot ; Ca pta in O r r - s h o t ; H i r am B u r t —sl iol ; H e r b e r t Ga l l u p— sho t ; B e r n h a r d F e t t e r s — shot ; J a c o b Bung — shot . Bu t why n a m e f u r t he r , t ha n to sa y th i r ty- s ix of o ur s fell t ha t day. A nd a t o t a l of N,f>74 so l d i er s wer e r e n d e r e d h or s de co mb a t in t he n i ne h o u r s l ight . Ju s t at da y b r e a k in t he m o r n i n g t he C o n f e d e r a t e s caugh t the E igh t li Co r ps o i s in (he i r t en t s , d o u b l i ng t h em up on t he N i n e t e e n t h C or ps c a u s i n g bo th Cor ps to p r ec i p i ­t a t e l y fal l back on the S i x t h Corps , w h ic h held t he i r g round . In the m o r n i n g l ight t he C o n f e d e r a t e s c a p ­t u r ed t w e n t y guns . All of wh i ch we r e r e t a k e n in t he a f t e r no o n , wh e n the F ed e r a l A r my c a p t u r e d for ty-nine of t he e n e m i e s guns . And t he Ar my slept in t he c a m p of t he p r ev i ous l i igbt , f rom which so r ud e l y a n d u n ­c e r e m o n i o us l y d r i ve n in t he fog of t h e e a r ly mor ning . G e n e r a l Ear ly and his a r m y wa s e f f e c t ua l ly and p e r ­m a n e n t l y d r iven out a n d t he b e a u t i ­ful S h e n a n d o a h Val ley k n e w h im no more .

IN T H E S H E N A N D O A H L O W L A N D S

(Sh o r t l y a f t e r the b a t t l e of C e d a r ( ' r e ek , out he l ftth of Oc t obe r , INtH, an a r t i c l e in p r ose a p p e a r e d in t h e At ­l an t i c Monthly , highly l au d a t o ry of t h e par t t a k e n by t he N i n e t e e n t h A r my Co rp s in t h a t ac t i on . T h i s wa s fol lowed by a poem of I he s a me tenor , wh i ch w a s a f t e r w a r d pr in t e d by i t se l f a n d h a w k e d a m o n g the c a m p s of Ge n e r a l S h e r i d a n ’s Army. It is n ee d le s s to s a y t ha t t h e s e a r ­t icles, wh i ch i gnored all 1 lie t r oo p s of t he a r my , wer e qu i t e obnoxi ous , e s ­

pecial ly to t he m e m b e r s of the Sixth, that Cor ps be i ng t he only one that ma.de o t h e r t han a de s u l to r y light in the m o r n i n g of that. day. A c c o r d i n g ­ly, when t he poem wr i t te n for the N i n e t e e n t h A r my Cor ps a p p e a r ­ed in t he c a m p of t he S econd Br i ­gade, Fi rs t Division, S ix th Corps , an a s s i s ' an l s u r g eo n of t he Second Con­nect i cut He a v y Ar l l l e ry . but t e m p o r ­a r i ly a t t a c h e d to t he Sixty-f i fth New York Vol un t ee r s , i n sp i re d by s ome of his own “S p i r i t us E m i n e n t i ” and a h appy ind igna t ion , wro t e t he fol­l owing so n g ( to t he t u n e of “ Vi rg in­ia L o w l a n d s ” ) wi th a penci l on t he back of t he poem ho had j u s t been r eading. 11 t el l s t he o t h e r s ide of Hie s tory. )

On C e d a r C r e e k ’s red b at t l e lield T he E igh th Cor ps r an a wa y ,

T he N i n e t e e n t h b r ok e a n d left I he Sixth,

To h e a r t he b r u n t — that day,Chorus—

In the S h e n a n d o a h Lowl ands , low, In t he S h e n a n d o a h l owlands , low.

T he y held t hem the re , g iv i ng shot for s h o t ;

For yell t hey a n s w e r e d yell!T h e r e s t a n d i n g f irm t he y f a l t e red not

Th o u g h swi f t l y flew t he shel l .Above the s m o k o a n d t h ro ug h the fog.

T h e i r b a n n e r g l e a m e d aloft ,T he y k n e w not how to r u n — t hose

men ,B r a v e fe l lows of t he Cross .Chorus—

In t he S h e n a n d o a h lowlands , low.

At last t hey yield by s low degrees , Out f l anked , o u t n u m b e r e d far,

B a c k w a r d they go, b or ne by t he t i de Of s t e r n , r e l e n t l e s s war ,

T he ba t t l e n ow s e e m s to be los t ;Tip r ides a s i ng l e man ,

One, but a host wi th i n himsel f ,Our ga l l ant She r id an . iChorus—

In t he S h e n a n d o a h l owlands , low.

“C o m e up wi th me, you N i n e t e e n t h , E ig h t h !

C o m e up wi th me, 1 say!W h y do you lag so f a r b e h i n d ?

W e h a v e no t los t I he day!C o m e up— upon t he c r e s t of hill,

Y ou ’ll s e e a g l or ious s ight !You w o n ’t get h u r t ! You n ee d n o t fire;

Hut s ee ( ha t S i x t h C o r p s f i g h t !” C hor us—

In t he S h e n a n d o a h lowl ands , low.

T h e n E a r l y ’s c row a s t o n i s h e d grew, T h e y h e a r d a m i g h t y s h ou t ,—

W h a t i n t e r f e r ed so su dd e n l y ,T h e y could not qu i l e m a k e out .

Led 011 by Phi l , N i n e t e e n t h a n d E ig h t h .

Jo in S i x t h C o r p s ’ nob le band,Till* r ou t b e c o m e s a vi c tory ,

O u r Ch i e f t a i n l ias c o m m a n d .C hor us—

In tl ie S h e n a n d o a h lowl ands , low.

G E T T Y S B U R G M O N U M E N T OE

T h e S i x t h Cor ps r e tu r ne d , to P e t ­e r s b u r g , to t he A r m y of t he P o t oma c . I na c t i ve for it, a s i t s wo rk w a s c o n ­fined wi t h i n t he l imi ts of t he t r e n c h ­es u n t o Ma r ch 25, 1865, w h e n af Ihe c a p t u r e of P o r t S t e a d m a n , be fore P e t e r s b u r g , by the Second a n d S ix th Corps , C a p t a i n Oakley , L i e u t e na n t S t e p h e n P i e r c e a n d P r i v a t e Al f red C h a r e w e r e ki l led. T h e n fo l lowed t h e fall of P e t e r s b u r g Apr i l 2. It was p r e c e d e d by t he b a t t l e of Five Fo rk s , in wh ic h !i,:>24 so l d i er s we r e ki l l ed a n d wo unde d . T h e n c a m e the a s s a u l t a n d fal l of P e t e r s b u r g , S u n ­day, Apr i l 2, 1865.

In f ro n t of F o r t s F i s h e r a n d Wel ch , to t he left of t he fo rmer , t he Six th Co r ps wa s f o r me d in c o l u mn s of Br i ­g a de s in eche l on , in r e a r of t he p i ck ­et l ine. T h e T h i r d Br igade of the S e c o nd Divi s ion, h a v i ng t he place of honor , b e i ng t he point of t he wedge. ( T h e n a m e f ol lowing t he R e gime n t is i t s c o m m a n d e r . )

4Utli N. Y„ Hol t ; 77th N. Y„ Caw;1st. Ma in e Ve t e r an s , F l e t che r ;

4:>d N. Y„ Mi I I ikon ; 122d N. Y„ Clapp;61st P e n n sy l va n ia , Crosby.

T h e s i gn a l to s t a r t — a g un f rom For t F i she r , one ha l f h o u r before d a y ­b re a k ; w h en for ty me n wi th s h a r p ­e n e d axes , in front r a n k , to cut do wn t he a b a t t i s for t he i n f a n t r y lo pass t h ro u g h . Guide , to be t he e n e m y ’s campf i re , t h e o t h e r s ide of t he a b a t ­tis.

T i m e to go in h a s a r r i ve d . In low, d i s t inc t t o n e s is h e a r d t he Br igade C o m m a n d e r ’s, Colonel H y d e ’s o r d e r

“ A T T E N T I O N ! F O R W A R D !

C H A R G E ! ”

A w a y t he y go. T h e a b a t t i s pi e rced a n d p a s s ed ; m o u n t t he b r e a s t w o r k s a n d — t h ey a r e our s , at t he cos t of 2,861 m en ki l l ed a n d w o unde d , to 3.00ft of t he C o n f e d e r a t e s a n d 8,000 of t h e m p r i sone r s . Of t he s ix R e gime n t -

L l K l ' T . COLONIAL DA VI !) J. CAW, JJrevet Colonel .

C A P T A I N ISAAC 1). C L AP P .

al C o m m a n d e r s Cr osby an d I loll wore ki l led; Caw a n d Clapp wore wo un d e d- (lie f o r m e r by a bayone t . Gene r a l Lee a n d hi s a r m y we r e on t he run. T he Second a n d Sixth Co rp s w e r e o r ­de r ed lo Ge n er a l S he r id a n wi th his C a va l ry me n , all a l t e r I lie f leeing Con­f ed er a t e s ; wi th w h o m caught up a t Sa i lor s Cr ee k on t ho tith. W h e r e a f t e r a success fu l fight in which 2,2X0 so ld i e r s were ki l led a n d wounded , a n d 6,000 C o n f ed e r a t e s c a p t u r e d , it was on to Ap po ma t t o x Cour t House w h er e G e n­eral Lee a n d his a r m y of N o r t h e r n Vi rginia s u r r e n d e r e d to t h e i r four y e a r s ’ o p po n e n t s , t he A r my of t he P o ­tomac. a n d Ge ne r a l U. S. Gr an t . And t he “Sixth Cor ps had c r o wn e d all its formei ' r ecord of g lory by b r e a k i n g the ‘b a c k b o n e ’ of I lie Re be l l i on , ” ( S t e ­vens in his tith Corps book) .

Said G en er a l Meade , t he A r my of the P o t o m a c ’s c o m m a n d e r ; “T h e Sixth Cor ps a t t a c k e d t he e n e m y at 4 o ’clock a. in., c a r r y i n g e v e r y t h i n g be f ore i t . ’’

Said t he C o m m a n d i n g Gene r a l , IT. S. Gr an t : “T h e whole S ixth Corps p e n e t r a t ed the e n e m y ' s l ines, s w e e p ­ing e v e r y t h i n g be f ore it; c a p t u r i n g ma n y g un s and s ev e r a l t h o u s a n d pris- on r s . ”

Is ii a n y w o n d e r tha t we who a r e pr iv i l eged to w e a r t he b ad ge of the Sixth Cor ps a r e p r oud of o ur G r ee k Cross?

T h e Sixth Cor ps w a s o rd e re d to join S he r id a n to he lp f inish J oh n s o n in Nor t h C a ro l ina ; but it got no fu r ­t h e r t h an Danvi l l e ; w h e r e t he p r i n t ­er s of I he Co rp s e n t e r e d t he n e w s ­pape r ol lice of t he “ Danvi l l e R e g i s t e r . ” In a few hour s t h e i e a l t e r T i l 1*3 DAILY S IXTH C O U P S was for s a l e on t he s t r e e t s , at 2."> c e n t s a copy, wi th all “ the lates t n e w s f rom the f ron t . ” T he y sold l ike hot cakes . T h e "edi ­t ion was (pi ickly e x h a u s t ed . A s ec ­ond edi t ion sold a s quickly. And it wa s only for t he w a n t of p a p e r t h a t

a t hi rd ed i t i on w a s n o t p r i n t e d . N e v­e r .so m uc h prof i t m a d e by a n e w s ­pape r , as m a d e by T H E DAILY S I X T H COR PS.

T h e n c a m e t he o r d e r “On to W a s h ­i ng to n , ” lo be mus le r ed-o i i l . And as t he gl ad t i d ings were r ece i ved t he b a n d s p l ayed “H o m e , H o m e , Sweet , S w e e t H o m e . ” And t he vi s ion ol' H o m e f loated be f o re o ur eyes. . Jn W a s h i n g t o n we h a d o u r o w n Gr a nd Review. F o r t he r e s t of t he A r m y h a d h a d the i r s . As we m a r c h e d up P e n n s y l v a n i a A v e n u e — W a s h i n g t o n ’s g r e a t t h o r o u g h f a r e — a s an o r g a n i z a ­t i on for t he l as t t ime t h a t itth day of J u n e , 1S65, t h e r e could be f re q ue n t ly h e a r d f r o m the c h e e r i ng peop le who l i ned t he s i d e w a l k s on e i t h e r s ide : “T h a t is t he Cor ps t h a t s av ed t he Ci ty J u l y l as t . ”

A n d t he S a r a t o g a R e g i m e n t , t he R e m u s H e i g h t s Ba t t a l ion , t he Se v ­e n t y - s e v en t h N e w Yor k I n f a n t ry Vol­u n t ee r s , o r w h a t was left of it, m a r c h ­ed home. W h e r e

Gladly w a s g i ve n c h e e r s for t he h e ­r oe s r e tu rn in g ,

Tin; b r av e S ev e n ty - s e v e n t h , c r o wn e d wi th l aur e l s of war ;

All c o v er ed wi th g lory, t h e i r loyal h e a r t s bu r n i ng ,

As r ece i ved wi th s h o u t s long, a n d a j oyous h u r r a h .

In conc lus ion , Co mr a de s , i t is wi th p l ea s u r e 1 sa y tha t , o u r m e e t i n g on th i s occas i on h as spec i a l s i gni l i eance , f o r a s I s a i d a t t he o ut se t , we m ee t at. th i s F i f t i e t h mi l e s t o ne of t he m u s ­t er -ou t of o u r g a l l a n t R e g i m e n t , at. wh i ch we m a k e no t e of i m p o r t a n t h i s ­t or i c e v e n t s — to r eca l l a n d br i e f ly r e­c o u n t d ee d s of v a l o r of bo t h t he l iv­ing a n d t he d e a d who f ou gh t for t h e i r c ou n t ry , a n d g a t h e r n e w i n s p i r a t i on t h a t m a y e n a b l e us to t r a n s m i t into t h e fields of h u m a n i t y in wh ic h it

may ye t be o u r p r iv i l ege to labor , t ha t g r a n d he ro i c s p i r i t of love a n d devo t ion to h o m e a n d c o u n t r y wh i ch they h a v e g r an d ly i l l u s t r a t e d on m a n y a bat t l ef ie ld, d u r in g t he great . Civil Wa r . F o r g e t t i n g t h e r e f o r e for t he m o m e n t t he l iving who took p a r t in t he g r e a t s t r u gg l e a n d of w h o m we ha v e s p o k e n in t he p a p e r wh i ch 1 ha v e j u s t r ead , a n d t u r n i n g our t h ou gh t s to t hos e of o u r c o m r a d e s who fel l in t he s o u t h land, a n d who fai l ed to r e t u r n wi th us to e n j oy the b l es s ings of a un i te d a n d p r o s p e r ­ous co un t ry , a s we for fifty y e a r s ha v e done, we c a n jus t i f i ably a d d to w h a t h as a l r e a d y been sa id , in t he p e r p e t u a t i n g of t he i r n a m e s , de e ds a n d sacr i f i ces , t h a t we c o m m e m o r a t e t he va l or a n d d evo t ion of h e r o es who in t he s u b l i m e fa i th of p a t r i o t i s m se e me d to h a v e s e e n t h r o u g h the c louds wh i ch t h e n o b s c u r ed o u r be ­loved co un t ry , a m or e s t a t e l y h ouse for Ihe c h i l d r e n of f r e e dom, w h os e chief c o r n e r s t o n e w a s j u s t i c e — whose wal l s w e r e c e m e n t e d wi th t h e i r blood — wh os e p i l l a r d o m e r e s t e d o n a rock wh i ch wa s t h e i r love, a n d upon a f ounda t ion wh ic h was t h e i r g r av e s .

W e a r e al so r e mi n de d tha t t hey w e n t f or t h to do b a t t l e for t h e i r c o u n ­try, not, f rom sel f i sh m o t i v e s — not for ga i n o r glory, b u t a t t he cal l of duty, t h a t word wh i ch e x p r e s s e s e v ­e ry ob l iga t ion t h a t ev e r y t r u e A m ­e r ic a n a l w a y s r e c o g ni ze s as t he s a f e ru l e a n d gu id e of life.

H i s t o r y t el l s us t h a t G r e e k s we r e p roud of t he i n s c r i p t i o n u pon t he t om b of t h e i r h e r o es who fell at T h e rm o py l ae , "Go tel l S p a r t a we lie he r e in o b ed i en c e to h e r l aws ,” s a ys t he s i mp le i nsc r i pt ion . R u t t he in­sc r i p t ion on t he t o mb of o u r c o m ­r a d es a n d h e r o es who fell, tel l us of a h igher , a g r a n d e r an d m o re n o ­ble s e n t im e n t , for they fought a n d died in o be d i en c e to no l a w — in s u b ­

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j ec t ion to no a u t h o r i t y sa ve t he i r c o n t r o l l i ng love fo r t he g r an d es t of all t e m p o r a l b l es s i ngs , t he b l es s i ngs of l iber ty .

L o l l y s h a f t s a n d g lowi ng i nsc r i p ­t i ons m a y p r o p e r l y m a r k t h e i r final r e s t i n g p l a c e s but a u n i te d a n d in- s e p e r a b l e Union, for which I hey fought, a n d fell, r e s t o r e d to a h i ghe r , m o r e p o we r fu l a n d g r a n d e r p l ace in t he o n w a r d m a r c h of Ihe N a t i on s of t he wor ld is a n d e v e r will be t he i r l of t i es t a n d m o s t e n d u r i n g ep i t aph .

SKCItlOTAIlY, l'lir..

S e c r e t a r y Ful l er I hen road his p a ­per ,

T H E S I X T H CORPS,

In W h i c h Was the Sara toga

Reg i ment , Saved W a sh i ng t o n

Ju l y 12, 1864.

T h e d e f en s e s of W a s h i n g t o n , the N a t i o n a l Capi t a l , at t he en d of t he W a r of tht ‘ Rebel l ion c o n s i s t e d of six! y-eiglK. i nc losed fo r t s a n d bai- Leries; in which were e m p l a c e m e n t s fo r e l even h u n d r e d a n d t w e n t y g u n s— e i gh t h u n d r e d and s ev en of which, a n d n i ne ty- e ight m o r l a r s w e r e m o u n t ­e d ; t w e n t y mi l es of rifle t r e n d i e s , a n d t h r e e b lock houses . O t h e r t h an t he e x i s t i n g c o u n t r y r oa ds t h r o u g h ­o u t t h e Di s t r i c t , an d t he a v e n u e s in t he Ci ty, t h i r t y- two mi le s of m i l i t a ry r oa d was bu i l t . T h e d i s t a n c e a r o u n d t he d e f e n s e s was t l i i r ty s e ve n mi les .

S e v e r a l of Ihe F or t s we r e laid out a n d buil t u n d e r t he s u p e r v i s i o n of C a p ta i n Ho r a t i o (J. Wr igh t , of t he Un i te d S l a t e s F n g i n e e r C or ps ; who as Ma jo r - Gener a l Wr i gh t su c c e e d e d to t he c o m m a n d of the S i x t h A r my Corps , (on t he d e a t h of Ge n er a l S e d g w i c k May 0, lSti4, by a r ebel s h a r p s h o o t e r ' s ril le bal l t h r o u gh his head, as t he Ge n e r a l was d i r ec t i n g t he p l a c i n g of a b a t t e r y ) i t s t imely a r r i v a l at. Fort. S t evens , I). ( ’., tha t now m e m o r a b l e a f t e rn o o n of Ju ly 11, 1SG4, s a v e d the N a t i o n a l Capi t a l f rom c a p tu r e .

Fo r t S t ev en s , of p o we r fu l arma-i ment . on t he n o r t h e r n side, c o ve r ed on e of t he pr inc ipa l a p p r o a c h e s to W a s h i n g t o n Ci ty, t he mos t d i r ec t wa y i nto t he Ci ty for an a s s a u l t i n g force to seek.

T h e T h i r d Divi s ion of t he Six th Corps , which m a i n l y c o n t r i b u t e d to t he de l ay of t he Co n f e de r a t e s , was wi th Ge n er a l Lew Wal l ace , who had be s id es it about five t h o u s a n d r e ­c ru i t s . T h e s e t roops , s o m e n i ne 30

t h o u s a n d in n u m b e r , e n c o u n t e r e d Ge n e r a l E a r l y ' s force , of t we n ty t l i ousand, a t F re d e r i c k , Md., n e a r the Monoc ac y River , Ju ly !)tli. I n the t ight t h a t e n s ue d t he Un i on loss was s even h u n d r e d a n d t wenty- s ix men ki l led a n d wounded . N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t he d ef ea t it was a f ight of mu c h s ign i f i can t va lue to the Union c a u s e ; in no t only d e l ay in g E a r l y ’s so ld i e r s in t he i r m a r c h to t he Di s t r i c t of Co­lumbia , but p e r m i t t i n g t he needed t ime for t he F i r s t a n d Se c o n d Di­vi s ions of t he S ix th Corps to get into W a s h i ng t on .

T h e n ig h t of Ju ly 10, 1KG4, E a r l y ’s C o n f ed e r a t e s b iv ou a c h e d n e a r R o c k ­vil le, Md.— about, t we l ve mi l es f rom W a s h i n g t on . T h e n c e at d ay l igh t , Ju ly 11, e l a t ed wi th t h e i r suc cess , r e ­s um e d t he i r m a r c h “ On to W a s h i n g ­t o n ; " Ge ne r a l E a r l y at t he he a d of h i s c o l umn on the S e v e n t h s t r e e t pike, g e t t i n g in s i gh t of Fort S t e ve ns abou t noon. As t he result , of his re- c o n n o i t e r Ea r l y be l i eved t h a t t he F o r t w a s feebly m a n n e d ; so he c o nc l uded to se nd s o m e of his t r oo ps to t a k e p os s es s i on of it ; bu t before t h ey so could, a c o l u m n of Un i on t r oo ps m a r c h e d i nto i t— to r e i n f o r c e t lie sma l l n u m b e r t he r e i n . At d a y b r e a k t h e m o r n in g of J u l y 12, Ge ne r a l E a r l y rode to his f r o n t to l ea r n tha t in his i m m e d i a t e f r o n t we r e w e a r e r s of the G r e e k Cross , for w h o m he su re l y l e a r n e d to h av e gr ea t r e spec t . It is sa id t h a t Ge n e r a l E a r ly s u b s e q u e n t l y said, on l e a r n i n g of t he p r e s e n c e of the, a p p a r e n t l y ub i qu i tous , S ix th Cor ps ; “ 1 h a d to r e l u c t a n t ly give up all hope of c a p t u r i n g W a s h i n g t o n , a f ­t e r I had a r r i v e d in s ight of t he Dome of t he Capi tol , a n d g i ven the Fe d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s a t e r r i b l e f r i g h t . ”

F r i g h t e n e d t h ey were , a s t he w r i t e r who w a s in t he Ci ty t h a t day can t es t i fy . F o r h a d Ge ne r a l E a r l y been ab l e to h a v e f lown t he r ebe l color s

f rom the Capi to l ' s d om e t h a t day it would h a v e been t he s i gna l f or t he r ecogni t i on ot t he S o u t h e r n Co n fe d ­e r acy , by s o m e of t he f ore i gn p ow e r s now in t he i r hos t i l e a n d dead l y con­flict. Hut, as t he w e a r e i s of the Gr eek Cr os s we r e r ecogn i zed a di f ­f e r e n t p r opos i t i on was p re se n t ed . And as t he Cor ps m a r c h e d so cheer i l y ui> S e v e n t h s t r ee t , t h a t Ju ly 11, 1864, a f t e rnoon , conf idence was r e s t or ed , for that "i s t he Cor ps t h a t took May res He i gh t s a y e a r ago . ”

Up S e v e n t h s t r ee t , past, the Post Office an d Patent . Office bui ld ings , a t every a v a i l ab l e wi ndow of which , an d o t h e r b u i ld i ngs en ro u t e , w e r e s m i l ­ing f aces to g r e e t t he w e a r e r s of the Gr ee k Cross ; a s r ap id ly ov er t h a t m a ­c a da mi ze d road in t he i r ea s y n o n ­cha l an t t r am p , m a r c h e d t he S ixth Corpse r s . And in to a sma l l wood, to t he lef t of Fort. S t e v e n s b ivoua c he d for t he n ight . T h e Fi r s t Br igade , of t he S econd Division, go ing on picket .

ON P I C K E T .

“All quiet a l o ng t he P o t o m ac t onight , W h e r e t he s o l d i er s lie peace ful ly

d r e a m i n g ;T h e i r t e n t s in the r ay s of t he c l ea r

s u m m e r moon,Or the light, of t he watch-f i re, a r e

g l eami ng .A t r e m u l o u s s igh of t he gen t l e night-

windT h r o u g h the f o r e s t l ea v es sof t l y is

c r ee p i ng ;Wh i l e s t a r s up above , wi th t he i r gl i t ­

t e r i ng eyes ,K e e p gua r d , for t he A r my is s l e e p ­

ing.

“All quiet a l on g t he P o t o m a c , ” they say,

“ Except now a n d t h en a s t r a y picket Is shot , as he wa l ks on hi s beat to

an d fro,By a r i f l eman hid in the t hi cke t .

’Tis n o t h i n g — a p r i va t e or t wo now a n d t he n

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Wil l not count, in (ho n ows of a ba t (l o ;

N’oL a n o d i cc r l os t— only o ne of t he me n ,

M oa n i n g out , all a lone , the d e a t h l a t t l e . ”

’T i s 5 o ’c l ock ]). m. J u l y 12, 1SG4. And as p l a n n e d the new Flag of t he Se v e n ! y - s o v en t h Now Yor k— t he Sar- to.ua R e g i m e n t — wa v ed t he s igna l for c o m ba t . T h e s k i r m i s h l ine of t he Fi rs t B r i g a d e was fol lowed by the T h i r d B r igade (of t he Se c o n d Di­vi s ion) in t wo l i nes of ba t t l e ; f irst l ine t he 77th N e w York (on t he r i g h t ) 7th Ma i ne a n d 4!ith N e w York, Se c o n d l ine, 4iid N e w York (on the r i g h t ) , Gist P e n n s y l v a n i a a n d ll ' i ’d No w York. T h e C o r p s ’ C o m m a n d e r , G e n e r a l W r i g h t , ( b es i de h im the P r e s i d e n t , A b r a h a m Lincoln, who doffed h i s h a t as t h e ‘boys ' m a r c h e d by, bo th s t a n d i n g on t he parapet , of Fo r t S t e v e n s ) s i gn a le d Colonel Bid-

wel l , t he T h i r d B r i g a d e ’s C o m m a n d ­er , lo adv a n c e . In r e s p o n s e to which ■came t he o r d e r " F o r w a r d ! Double Quick, M A R C H ! ’- And f o rw a r d t he m en s t a r t e d . Soon r an p a s se d the s k i r m i s h line, our Colonel , F r e nch , c o m m a n d i n g , in t he lead. T h e fire of t he m e n ’s r ifles c r a c k i n g o f t e ne r and m or e g en e r a l a s t hey a d v a n c e d . There! goes a man d o wn ; it is L a t t i m o r e of G C o mp a n y , t h r ou g h wh os e b r eas t a r i t le ball had pa s se d . Soon a n o t h e r fal l s ; it is D o we n of 11 Co mpany , n o t to r i se a ga i n . And t h e r e goes Mor ey of old Iv C o m p an y , to be fol­l owed by .Mattot of G C omp a n y , n e i t h ­e r of t he t h r e e to r i se a g a i n unt i l t he day w h en we a r e t a u g h t al l will ar i se . An d so on unt i l n i n e t e e n of o ur s h a v e fal l en on Vi rg i n i a ' s g round . T h e e n e m y s tood the a t t a c k for a whi le, t h e n w a v e r ed . S t u b b o r n l y l igh t ing t he y y ie lded, a n d t hen g a ve way lo t he v i go ro us c h a r g e of t he Six th

F O R T S T E V E N S , D. C.— B A T T L E J U L Y , 12, 1NG4.

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( ' oniKers. O v e r a mi l e we r e t he y d i i v e n , a n d unt i l d a r k n e s s .slopped t he f ray, l e a v in g tin? T h i rd Br igade in po ss es s i on of t he lield, a s t he F a r l v l t e s d e p a r t e d .

TI iji t was t he Co rp s which s aved W a s h i n g t o n — the Na t i on a l C' api lal— that J u l y twe l f t h day, 18(54. On which Genera l I l a l leck, Chie f of Staff at t he W a r D e p a r t m e n t Bui lding, t e l e ­g r a p h ed Ge n er a l Gran t a t P e t e r s b u r g , Ya.. J u l y i:;i l i :

“ T h e e n e m y fell back d u r in g t he night . T h e y n u m b e r Hi l l s Co r ps e n r o u t e to r e i nfo r ce t h em. Hut wi thout t h e m they would h a v e c a p t u r e d W a s h i n g t o n , if t he S ix th Cor ps had not a r r i v ­ed.”A f t e r (he Cor ps tight to s a ve the

Capi t a l f rom a n Marly c ap t ur e , for ty Union so l d i er s “ ki l led in a c t i o n ” at. a n d n e a r t he c e m e t e r y s i te, we r e b u r i ed in t he Na t iona l C e m e t e r y t he r e , now cal l ed Br igh t wood . O v e r ha l f of w h om be l onged to t he T h i r d Br igade , of w h o m A n d r e w .1. Dowen, Ma t h e w Love, A n d r e w Ma nn i ng , Al ­v a r a d o Morey an d A mb r os e Ma t to t , be l on ge d to t he Se v e n t y - s ev e n t h New York.

Lo o kin g o ve r my r o s t e r of ou r R e g ­i m en t ' s s u r v i vo r s 1 find that t he fol­l owing n a m e d S ev e n t y - s e v e n t h e r s wer e shot, in t he t ight : ‘-Alber t II. C l e m en t s , “n k ; ” S t i l lm an Daby, “ 1;” d i s c h a r g ed for w o u n d s ; x A n d r e w .1. ‘Dowen, “ I I ; ” *Wi l l i am Ka s tm an , “ B ; ” " 'Colonel F r e n c h ; *Wi l l i am T. Lat t i - more , “G ; ” x A m b r o s e Mat to t , “G ; ” H u b b a r d M. Moss , “ D,” ( en ro l l ed a n d j o i ned J u l y 4, w o u n d e d in t he light of Ju l y 12, died of his w o u n d s Au g ­u s t 5, in ML P l e a s a n t Hosp i t a l , D. C.— a s ho r t a n d h o n o r a b l e s e r v i c e ) ; x A l v a r a do Morey, “ K ; " * P e t e r M ur ­phy, “G ; ” x M a t h e w Love, “ I I ; ” x A n ­d r e w Ma nn i ng , “ I f ; ” *Arche.v Ph i l ­

l ips, “ 1!;” *Tophie Id S h u m w a y , “ I ; ” ^Ol iver SullilT, “ K ; ” ^ Ha mi l to n Whi t e , " K ; ’’ ®Will iam II. Yale, “ D.”

C l em e n t s only one l i v ing; a n s w e r ­ed I loro a t reunion.

N o v e m b e r S, 11)11, a Me mo r i a l was unve i l ed on the h i s t or i c spot on the paral lel of Fort S t ev e n s w h e r e P re s i ­d e n t Lincoln s tood e xp o se d to the C o n f e de r a t e fire d u r i ng G e n e r a l Far- ly's a t t a c k on W a s h i n g t on , that Ju ly t we l f t h day, 18(14; t he only t i me Mr. Lincoln sa w the t roops in ac t i on . T he Me mor i a l is a b o w l de r of t wo and one ha l f tons weight , jus t a s it was t aken f rom the g round .

Su rv i vo rs of t he Se v e n t y - s ev e n t h — t he S ARATOGA R e g i m e n t — Sa t u r da y . J u n e 2(5, liilf), hold t he i r for ty- thi rd a n n u a l r eun i on in S a r a t o g a Spr ings , wh e r e the R e gime n t wa s o r ga n i z e d in 1SG1 and f rom w h e n c e it m a r c h e d to ■war N o v e m b e r 28, 18151, a t wh i ch t hey c e l e b r a t e d t he F i f t i e th A n n i v e r s a r y of t he o r g a n i z a t i o n ’s m us t e r - ou t and c e a s in g to be in t he s e rv i ce of t he U n i t e d S ta t es , in t he confl ict for t he p r e se r va t i o n of t he Flag.

“ Ha t s off!Along t he s t ree t t h e r e c o m e s A blaze of bugles , a rulTle of d r u m s ; A flash of co lor b e n e a t h t he sk y ;H a t s off!T h e F l ag is p as s i ng by.

“ Blue a n d Cr i ms on a n d W h i t e it s h in e s

Over t he s t ee l - t ipped, o r de r e d l ines. H a t s off!T he colors be fore us f ly;But, mo re t h an t he F l ag is p a s s i n g by.

“ Sea t ights a n d l and fights, g r im and gr ea t ,

Fough t to m a k e an d to s a v e t he s t a t e ; W e a r y m a r c h e s a n d s i n k i n g sh ip s ; C h e e r s of v i c to ry on d yi ng lips.

• Re c o v e r e d . xDied.

“ Days of p l e n t y and y e a r s of peace ; Ma rch of a s t r o n g l a n d ’s swif t in­

c r e a s e ;E qu a l j us t i c e , r ight an d law.S t a t e l y h o n o r an d r e v e r e ne d a w e ;

"S i gn of a Na t ion , grea t and s t r on g . To w a r d h e r people f rom fore ign

wr on g ;P r i d e a n d g l o r y a n d h o n or — all Live in t h e color s to s t an d , o r fal l . "

— H e n r y Ho l comb l ienne t t .

T h e n Miss Al ice C u n n i n g h a m r e ­c i t ed m o s t exce l l en t ly :

T H E F L A G OF ’64.

( l ’y F l o r e n c e Ph i nn e y . JS As he Street, , A u b ur n , Me.)

O v e r t he school h ouse a n d o v er t he cour t house , d r a p e d o ’e r t he wi n­dow, Hung out o ’e r I he s t r e e t ,

F re e a s t he a i r of o ur g r e a t n o r t h e r n m o u n t a i n s , f ree a s t he b l es sed e a r t h u n d e r o u r feet ,

Our s , t he who l e l and ' s flag, i t s g a l axy per fec t , c a r e l e s s ly g l a n c e d at , u n ­no t iced by mos t —

Oh, c h i l d i e n , r e m e m b e r , a l w a y s r e ­m e m b e r , woe to t he l and if i ts glory w e r e l o s t !

T h r i c e h a v e I s e en i t— an ange l t r a n s ­f i g u r e d —rod as t he s u n r i s e a n d p u l s i n g wi th fire.

T w i c e h a v e 1 fol lowed it out into H a d e s ; onc e it h a s s h o w n me my who l e h e a r t ’s des i r e .

See! 1 s a l u te it, a s once 1 s a l u t e d h im, o ur g r e a t C a pta in , so k ind ly and tal l ,

W h o l a u g h e d wi th us, wept wi th us, p r a y e d wi th us, l ived for us, till t h a t d a r k day w h e n he d i ed for us all.

Oh, but t he flag a n d my c o m r a d e s who bo r e it, five of t h em shot e r e lhe,\ r e a c h e d t he r e do ub t ;

An d las t , my yo u n g b ro th er , who p l a n t e d it f i rmly, j us t a s the l i ght

in his blue e y es w e n t out .F l ag of t he he r oe s ! F l ag of the

b l es sed ! F l oa t i ng in peace- t ime, u n t a t t e r e d and c l e a n —

Oh, ch i ld r en , r e m e m b e r , a l w a y s r e ­m e m b e r w h a t t h e b r av e s t a r s on o ur b a n n e r ma y me a n !

Af ter , a t G e t t y s b u rg , s t ou t l y we held it a g a i n s t t he wild c h a r g e of the e n e m y ’s l ance.

L i ke the s w o r d of t he ange l that, b a r r e d m a n f rom Eden , o ur flag f l amed that d a y an d fo rbade t he i r advance .

And once more , my c oun t ry , you s ho we d me my g u e r d o n ; I had la in in t he i r p r i son till r ea son hal f fai led,

F a m i s h e d an d t o r t u r e d , ho pe l e s s of succor , till my f a i th in t he s t a r of o u r d e s t i ny paled.

W e we r e 20 poor w r e t ch e s , e x c h a n g ­ed, so t hey told us. As a l wa ys , we d ou b te d t he m , k n e w t h a t t hey l i e d ;

Yet fol lowed t h e m meek l y , not k n o w ­ing. s c a rc e ca r i ng , if ’(we re d ea t h t h a t wa i t ed us d ow n the da r k I ide.

IJp t he sh i p ' s s i de t hey d ro v e us, all hudd l ed t oge t he r . T h e i r Ca pta in wi th c u r s e s cr i ed, “Si lence , you Y a n k s !

No c h e e r s a n d no s h o u t i n . ” Chee rs . W h e r e f o r e ? we wo n de r ed , our eyes duly fixed on t he sh ip ' s r o t ­t i n g planks .

And t he n —straight , a h e a d t h e r e — I g l a n c e d up a n d s a w it. Oh, flag or r e d em pt i on , we all s a w thee ! T hen .

W e c h ee r ed an d def ied t h e m ; n o t h i n g could s t op us. At s i gh t of t he old flag we on c e m o re wer e men .

F l ag of o u r h er oe s ! F l ag of o u r m a r ­tyr s ! F l ag of o ur Uni on and F l ag of t he f ree!

Oh, ch i ld r en , r e m e m b e r , a l w a y s r e ­m e m be r , you hold it in t r u s t for t l .e y e a r s t ha t sha l l be!

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T H E F I R S T F I G H T I N G C A M P A I G N OF T H E S E V E l N T ^ - S E V E N T H

ByS U R G E O N GE O RG E T. S T E V E N S

1 w o n d e r how ma n y of you boys r e ­m e m b e r t lie first r eal lul l l ing c a m ­pa ign of t he old TTlh? We had had ou r i n i t i a t i on to c a m p li te at t he head of 14th S t ree t in W a s h i n g t o n and so me r ou gh c a m p i n g back of A l ex ­an dr i a . Wo b ad t a k e n par t in a b lood­less M a n a s s a s c a m p a i g n anti we had b egun to feel that a whole w i n t e r un ­de r a r m s m ea n t that wo wer e sea so ne d sold i er s . So, when we, wi th t he whole A r m y of t he Po t oma c , went in t r a n s p o r t s down t he P o t o m ac Ri ve r , out into C h e s a p e a k e Bay a n d a r o u n d in to t he h a r b o r a t F o r t r e s s

Monroe , we a lmos t f l a t t e red ou r se l ve s thal we were ve t e r an s . I low far shor t of s e aso ne d v e t e r a n s we w e r e a few da y s sufl iccd It) reveal . I must r efe r to Hit* s t o r y of o u r R e gime n t as I'omitl in llie book “T h r e e Year s in tin* Sixth Cor ps" to r e f r e s h my m e m ­ory in r eg ar d to da l es . It wa s on Ma rch L'f>, lSGli, r a t h e r m or e t han ye a r s ago that we d i s e m b a r k e d , a b u a r my , well e qu i pped , in t he n e a r vi­cini ty of F o r t r e s s M o nr o e a n d took up ou r lint* of m a r c h t o w a r d Newpor t Nows but. a r r i ve d ( hero only on t he next day when we b ivoua c he d a l on g Hit* b o r de r of I lit* wo n de r fu l . James River .

It was f rom th i s b ivouac that we m a d e the m a r c h to Y ou n g ’s Mills which was t he test tha t was to d e t e r ­mi ne wht) we r e real so l d i er s and who were b e t to r f i t ted to a d o r n tin* quiet wa l ks of civil life. For, a l t ho u g h we had o u r s e l ve s fired no shot , we hail been in l ine of ba t t l e a n d had dr iven (lit* C o n f e d e r a t e p i cke t s a w a y wi th a few s h o t s f rom the pa r ro t i g un s a n d then we r e t u r n e d it) o u r p l ace a l o ng Hit' r ive r b a n k wi th s om e of ou r men in a s e r i o us s t a t e of mind. T h i s m e n ­tal a t t i t u de was e m p h a s i z e d when, a day o r t wo la t e r , t he g un bo a t T e a s e r c a m e do wn Hit* r i v e r a n d gave us a s a lu te . I w o n d e r if I sha l l hi* gui l t y of an i n j us t i ce to a n y o n e if I It'll the s t or y of thi s o u r first visi t f rom an e n e m y ' s g u n b o a t ? 1 will t ry not to hur t a n y one a n d 1 sha l l toll t he s t or y f rom my o wn point of view.

T h e m a s t s of t he C o n g re s s ani l t he C u m b e r l a n d , o u r t wo sh i ps which had boon s u n k by Hit* r a m M e r r i m a c k only a few da y s before , wore vi s ible f rom o u r c a m p anti Hit* 1 it I It* hos p i t a l in wh i ch the wo un d ed f rom o u r s h i ps we r e be i ng t r e a t e d w a s n e a r t he short*. It was my c u s t o m eve r y d a y a f t e r f i n i sh ing my S u r g e o n ' s cal l a n d my r ound of v i s i t s to go down to t he

h os p i t a l to se e the; b r avo fol lows oil Ihe c o t s of i ts w a r d s . I h ad m a d e my visi t o ne a f t e r n o o n a n d wa s r e ­t u r n i n g t o w a r d o u r c a mp , h o l d i ng in my h a n d s o m e wild ( l owers wh ic h I had g a t h e r e d a l on g t he way when , l ook i ng up, I saw a s t e a m v es se l c o m ­ing r ap i d l y d o wn t he r iver . 1 s a w a l ­so s o m e s c o r e s of m en on t he b a n k of I he r i v e r a n d in t he e d g e of t he s t r e a m f u r t h e r up t h a n o u r Br igade . T h e y w e r e me n f rom t he Vermont . B r ig ad e a n d t h e y w e r e d r e d g i n g for o y s t e r s . As t he ves se l a p p r o a c h e d I s a w t ha t it wa s p r obab l y a n a r m e d vesse l a n d of c o u r s e a s s u m e d t h a t it w a s on e of o u r o wn gun boat s .

A m o m e n t l a t e r a n d tha t i dea v a n ­i shed. A puff of s m o k e wa s s e e n to bur s t f r om t he vesse l , t he n a lon.n a n d w e i r d s h r i e k w a s h e a r d fo l lowed by a n e xp l os ion d i r ec t l y o v er h ea d . H a r d ­ly had t he r a c k e t of t h e f i rs t ex p l o­s ion c e a s ed w h e n a n o t h e r puff, a n ­o t h e r s h r i e k a n d a n o t h e r exp l os ion o c c u r r e d fo l lowed by st i l l a n o t h e r a n d yet a n o t h e r . T h e n t he boat t u r n e d about a n d s t e a m e d up t he r i ver . It is n e e d l e s s to s a y t ha t t he Ve r mo nt boys lost, i n t e r e s t in t h a t o y s t e r bed a n d tU'd up t he r i ve r ban k . As I r e a c h e d o u r c a m p I l e a r ne d t h a t t h e r e h a d b e e n s o m e c o n s t e r n a t i o n t h e r e also. One officer w a s sa id to ha v e ca l l ed out to t he m e n s t r o l l i ng about t h e c a m p : “Ge t into y o u r t en t s , boys! (Jet i n t o y o u r t e n t s ! ” he m e a n t i m e r u n n i n g a s fast a s he could t o w a r d h i s o w n t en t a n d p r e s s i n g h i s n o se a s c lose a s he could in to t he s a n d wht' i i lit* wa s u n d e r i ts sh a d o w. T ha t e v e n i n g t he officer c a m e to me to a s k for a c e r t i f i ca t e of di sabi l i t y . Al ­t h o ug h he did not get his ce r t i f i ca t e lie r e s i g n e d a n d went h o me . It wa s too no i s y a l o n g t he b a n k s of t he J a m e s R i v e r for a quiet c i t i zen l ike h imse l f .

F r o m t h i s d a y on so l d i e r i ng h ad

lost i ts at f r a c t i on for a n u m b e r of good m e n a n d t he r a n k s of t he r eg i ­m e n t b eg a n to t h i n out .

But , in sp i t e of t hi s we m a r c h e d a g a i n up t he r i ver , t h r o u g h Y o u n g ’s Mil l s w h e r e we had had o ur first, s k i r m i s h a n d up to t he d e f e ns e s of Yo r k t own . •

Here , a long t he l ine of W a r w i c k Creek , we e n c o u n t e r e d o u r f irst s e ­r ious oppos i t i on .

Do you r e m e m b e r the hot ma r ch , the s k i r m i s h a t Y o u ng ’s Mills, t he ter- *rific t h u n d e r s t o r m , t he c ons equen t a lmos t i m p a s s a b l e r oa d s a n d t he a d ­v a n c e in l ine of ba t t l e in f ro n t of t he e n e m y as we a r r i v e d at W a r w i c k C r e e k in t he t a n g l e of a p ine f or e s t ?W e w e r e s a l u t e d by a l ively vol ley of m u s k e t r y a n d by sa l vos of a r t i l ­l ery f i ring s uc h a s w e r e qu i t e n ew to us. But t he boys of o u r old Division s tood up to t he wo r k ( for o ur Divi s­ion wa s (lie on ly one on t he l ine at f irst) a n d r e t u r n e d the c o m p l i m e n t s of t he J o h n n i e s wi th a h e a r t y good will. T h e ba t t l e r a g e d all t h a t a f ­t e r noon . She l l s a n d s h r a p n e l l wer e c o mi n g t h i ck a n d f a s t a n d m u s k e t r y f i r ing m a d e a l ive ly r acke t . F o r t u ­n a t e l y o ur f r i ends , t he en e my , a i m ed m a n y of t he i r s he l l s too h i gh a n d the pine t r e e s be ga n to be t he r ec i p i en t s of u ne x p l o de d she l l s , for it w a s al so l u ck y that, m a n y of t he she l l s did no t explode . S o m e of t he big p ines be- ^g a n to look l ike p i n- cush ions wi th t he long c y l ind r ic a l m i ss i l es s t i ck i ng into t h em.

At n i gh t t he fire s l a c k e n e d s o m e ­wha t a n d o u r m e n w i t h d r e w f rom the c r e e k in to t he woods , only a few pact ' s back, howe v er , in o r d e r to find a pl ace to res t .

Colonel M c K e an a n d I, who had b e e n s h a r i n g b l an k e t s s i nc e o u r a r ­r ival at F o r t r e s s Monroe , found a d ry spot j u s t at t he lef t of o u r r eg ime n t .T h e r e w a s a big p ine s t u m p wh ic h

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We se l ec t ed as a good p l ace and , p e r ­haps , i nc iden ta l l y , a good p r o t ec t io n a g a i n s t the she l l s of t he rebs . 1 g a t h ­e r ed s o m e pieces of b a r k a n d bui l t a sor t of bo l s t er for o ur h e a d s a n d t he n s p r e a d i n g one b l a n k e t b e n e a t h us and d r a w i n g one ove r us we t wo laid d own for a n i g h t ’s rest . W e had just s e t ­t l ed in to a qu i e t s t a t e of r e po s e wi th o u r s t u m p b e t we e n us and t he rebe l g u n s w h e n a full c h a r g e of s h r a pn e l l c r a s h e d into our def ense , r a i s i n g a t r e ­m e n d o u s r a c k e t a n d s c a t t e r i n g f r a g ­m e n t s of o u r s t u m p in all d i r ec t ions . T h e Colonel an d 1 a r o s e wi thout c e r e ­mo n y a n d t u r n i n g t o w ar d e a c h o t h e r in t he d a r k n e s s t he Colonel r e m a r k ­ed : “ Wel l , Doctor , had we best look for a m o r e qu i e t p l ace?" “ Colonel , ” I repl i ed , “ I h av e not se en two she l l s s t r i k e in t he s a m e sp o t today. Let us s t a y w h e r e we a r e . ” We i m m e d ­i a t e ly s p r e a d ou r b l a n k e t s ag a i n a n d r e s t e d u n d i s t u r b e d be h i nd o u r d e f e n ­s ive b a r r i e r d u r in g t he r e m a i n d e r of t he n ight .

W i t h t he r i s i ng of t he s un n ex t m o r n i n g t he l i ght ing b e c a m e as l ive­ly a s e v e r a n d t he fo l lowing a n d o t h e r f o l lowing d ay s t he m en we r e e n g a g e d e i t h e r on the l ight ing l ine o r in m a k ­ing c o rd u r oy ro a d s f rom e a r l y m o r n ­i ng till d a r k n e s s of e v e n i n g m a d e w o r k imposs ib l e .

It was , a s 1 ha v e sa id, very f o r t u ­nate1 tha t o u r f r i ends on t he o t h e r s ide of t he c r e ek had a way of a i m ­ing too high a n d mu c h of t h e i r a m ­m un i t i o n wa s lost in t he t r ee t ops o r in t he s w a m p s at o u r r ea r , yet m a n y of t he i r mi ss i l e s exh i b i t ed a d i s ­a g r e e a b l e f ami l i ar i t y a n d s o m e ol our m e n fell dai ly a s v i c t ims of th i s c a r e ­l ess use of f i rearms .

On e day, wi sh in g to go f rom one e n d of o u r Br iga de to t he o t he r , I p a s se d Ge n er a l Smi th , “ Ba ldy” S mi th , a s I h a d o f t en done before , wi th his s h o u l d e r s b r ac e d a g a i n s t a big p ine

t r ee which i n t e r p os ed i ts b road t r un k b e t we e n him a n d t he en e my , a n d a few s t e p s f u r t h e r on met four so ld i er s who were w a l k in g a n d cha t t i ng . As I c a m e e xac t ly oppos i t e to t h em a rebel shel l l ande d a t t he i r feet , e x ­ploded a n d s e n t t h em all s p r a w l i ng oil t he g round . I r u s h e d to t h em and found that one of t h e m was fatal ly hur t , one wa s s l i gh t ly wo unde d and the two o t h e r s w e r e p r e t t y badly s ha k e n up. A f t e r c a r in g for t he wo unde d m e n a n d g e t t i n g the one most s e ve r e l y i n j ur e d on to a s t r e t c h ­er, I went on my way.

At l ength , a l t e r days of thi s sor t of life, o u r Division was o rd ere d to move s om e w h a t to t he l i ght , to the vicini ty of “T h e C h i m n e y s . ”

Gener a l McCel l an , Ge ne r a l Keyes , t he C o m m a n d e r of o u r Corps , and Ge ne r a l Smi th , o u r Divi s ion leader , were in c o n s u l t a t i o n n e a r t he “ C h i m ­neys , ’’ ea c h fol lowed by h i s staff , that of tin* C o m m a n d e r of t he A r my c o n ­s t i t u t i ng a g r e a t r e t inue .

At l eng t h a few c o m p a n i e s f rom the Br igade f o rmed by o u r f r i en d s and ne i ghbor s , t he V e r m on t e r s , w e r e o r ­dered to c ro s s t he c r eek .

Wi th t he g a l l a n t r y w h i c h c h a r a c t e r ­ized t hose G r e en M o u n t a i n Boys they c h a r ge d a c r o s s t he s t r e a m a n d took t he w o rk s in t h e i r f ron t ; but as r e ­i n f o r c e m e n t s w e r e not sen t to t he i r aid t hey we r e u n a b l e to hold the po­s i t i on t he y h ad won a n d wer e forced to ret reat , w ad in g the ( ' r e ek whi l e t he C o n f ed e r a t e s s pe d t h e i r p a r t i n g g u e s t s by f i ring vol leys of m u s k e t shot i nto t hem.

T w o h u n d re d a n d e i g h t e e n of t he V e r m o n t e r s w e r e e i t h e r ki l led or w o u nd e d in t he c r o s s i n g an d r e c ro s ­s i ng of t he s t r e a m .

I had e s t a b l i s h ed my se l f at a point, very n e a r t he c r o s s i n g a n d t he w o u nd e d m en w e r e b r ou g h t to j ne for first a t t e n t i on . 1 d r e s s e d t h e i r w o u n ds

as wel l a s I could a n d s e n t I h e m lo I lii> roar .

I Jut wo all wo nt b ac k lo o u r old p l aces on the l ino a n d c o n t i n u e d o u r dai ly r o u t i n e of w o r k i n g a n d l ight ing.

iOach day d e m a n d e d i ts loll of s om e of o u r b r avo f e l lows who wore ki l led o r w o u n de d , yet the n u m b e r of t hos e wa s not a s g r e a t a s we could have exp e c t ed .

T h e d o c t o r s could get no me d i c i ne s for t he s i ck beyond t he sma l l s u p ­pl ies which we took to lIn* P e n i ns u l a in o u r lit l ie field me d ic i ne c h e s t s a n d thi s s ma l l su pp l y was e x h a u s t e d a f t e r t he f irst few days .

S u r g e o r s spen t mu c h t ime go i ng f rom one r e g i me n t to a n o t h e r t ry ing to bo r row a l i t t le quin ine , o r a few g r a in s of opium.

D ur i ng t h e s e t h i r t y d a y s be fore Yo r k t o wn t h e r e wa s no rest f rom lU’h t i n g and I h e r e was a s l i t t le o p p o r ­tuni ty for d iv er s i on a s t h e r e w a s v a ­r i e t y in o u r diet .

Of t he t h i r t y days , t w e n t y were da y s of rain .

O u r diet c o n s i s t e d of ha rd - l ae k , pork a n d b eans , va r i ed on ly by l ea v ­ing off t he pork a n d b e a n s for s u p ­per.

O n e day , in d espa i r , I r ode h ick lo Yo u n g ’s Mills, whe r e , in t he old rol r ' l b a r r a c ks , a r e a r hosp i t a l had boon e s ­t ab l i shed . h o p i ng by s o m e m o a n s to o b t a i n a s ma l l s u p p l y of medi c i nes . On m y way 1 g a ve a m a n ha l f a dol ­l ar for two dr i ed up l emons , which e x h a u s t e d his supp ly . Hut 1 g av e one of t he s e lo e a c h of two poor s i ck fol­lows w h o we r e g l ad of even su: It d r i e d f rui t .

W h e n 1 a r r i ve d a t t he h o sp i t a l an d (old I lie s u r g e o n in c h a r g e of my sore need, t he big a n d r a t h e r h a r d faced m a n looked at me wi th t e a r s in his eyes , he s i l en t ly look my h an d a n d led me to his d i sp en s a r y , l i e s h o w e d me a r ow of big b o t t l es of s p i r i t s of t u r ­p en t in e a n d a n o t h e r row filled wi th c a s t o r oil. Fo r t wo d ay s lie had had no o t h e r m ed ic i ne s and new typhoid c a s e s we r e c o n s t a n t ly a r r i v ing .

O u r m e n s i c k e n e d by s c o r e s a n d h un d r ed s . Ty p h o i d fever , t yphoid p n e u m o n ia and o t h e r c a m p d i se ase s we r e r a g i n g a n d a l t ho ug h , as I have

said, we did no t lose g r ea t n u m b e r s of men f rom gun-shot , wounds , h u n ­dreds of m e n f rom o u r Division were placed hors de com ba t by d i sease .

T hus , for a m o n t h o u r b r ave men fought , a n d worked , a n d s i ckened , and died in t he s w a m p s before York- l own an d I hen, wi thout a g r ea t e n ­counte r , we fol lowed o ur foe to Wil- l i ams bur gh , l eav i ng g r ea t n u m b e r s of ou r s i ck c o m r a d e s behind .

And so e n d e d the c a m p a i g n of t he great A r my of t he P o t om ac before Yorklown, t he lirst. l i ght ing c a m p a i g n of t he old Se v en ly -Se v e n th .

Tin' l l Miss M a u d Ro l l s e xce l l en t ly a c c ompl in i cd on t he p i ano Mrs. A n ­d r us a s s he s a n g Wi l l i a m A n d e r s o n ’s O L D GL OR Y, ( d e d i ca t e d to t he C o m­r ad e s a n d al l p a t r i o t i c c i t i z e n s ) , wi th a p a t h o s of e n t h u s i a s m to h e r s w e e t s o p r a n o voice wh i ch m a d e th i s song mos t beau t i f u l .

A m i d a p p l a u s e a n d c h e e r s thi s c o n c l u d ed t h e p a t r i o t i c p r o g r a m . T h e r e g u l a r Bu s i ne s s M e e t i n g fo l lowed:

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n e r P e r r y , A l be r t J. Re id , Albe i t Reese , Wi l l i am A. Rose, Se t h It. Root , C a r lo s W. Rowe, F r a n k Reed, I)r. G eo r ge T. S t eve ns , C h a r l e s E. S t ev e n s , O s c a r S h an no n , Ge o r ge II. Sc i dmo r e , Danie l C. Sinionds , A n d r e w J. Sp ru ng , F r a n k Shor t , S a mu e l S. Squ i re s , Wi l l i am O. Tay lor , C h a r l e sD. T h u r b e r , Ge o rg e L. T uc ke r , Geor ge R. We nda l l , P a t r i c k Wi nn .

D ue s we r e t he n paid. Fo l lo wi ng w h i c h t he S e c r e t a r y m a d e h i s r e ­por t :

Af t e r t he 1911 r eun i on , w h e n we c e l e b r a t e d t he F i f t i e t h A n n i v e r s a r y of t h e R e g i m e n t ’s niuster - in, w h e n t he R o s t e r c o n t a i n e d t wo h u n d r e d and f i f ty- three n a m e s , y o u r S e c r e t a r y m a d e o u t a n ew R o s t e r for th i s r e ­union, on wh ic h he p l aced on e h u n ­d r ed a n d fifty na me s , to w h om was ma i l ed a r e t u r n Po s t Ca rd , on wh i ch p r i n t ed n o t i ce of t hi s r eun ion . Re p l i es r ece i ved , t h e c o n s e n s u s b e i ng r eg re t for i nab i l i t y to be p r es e n t , wi th kind r e m e m b r a n c e a n d h ope al l p r e s e n t wil l h a v e a joyful t ime, f rom or of M a j o r N a t h a n S. Babcock, S ur ge on G e o r ge T. S t eve ns , A s s i s t a n t S u r ge o n Wi l l i am A. DeLong, Q u a r t e r m a s t e r C h a r l e s D. T h u r b e r , C o m m i s s a r i a t W i l l i am Brooks .

Of C o m p a n y A. L i e u t e n a n t Sar ie l l F o u n t a i n , J u l i u s A. J e r o m e , J o s e p h J e r o m e , J a m e s A. L aw r e n c e , S an f o r d Mc Ke nz i e , S a m u e l P o r t e r , Dav id M. S t r i n g h a m , C a p t a i n Ch a r l e s E. S t e ­vens .

Of C o m p a n y H, A n d r e w Br ower , W i l l i a m H. F r e e m a n , J o h n Leut l i - wa i t e , A l e x a n d e r Mor r i son , W a l l a c e Mo r r i so n , A n d r e w Mil ler , A l be r t J. Reid.

Of C o m p a n y C, C h a r l e s II. Be ned i c t A u g u s t u s Cook, E d w a r d H. Fu l l e r , Wi l l i a m C. Howe , J a m e s W. H a r b i n ­son, J e r e m i a h Ke c k , W a r r e n E. Mi l ­ler , H o r a c e A. Po s t , Wi l l i a m IT. Qui- vey, Wi l l i am If. Q u a c k e n b u s h .

Of C o m p a n y D, E r s k i n e 15. Blanch , J a m e s L. I >eGrotT, J o s e p h Dorvee, Wi l l i am W. Kindi , H e n r y N. Gi lber t , Ed wi n Ham, Ch a r l e s IS. H o u gh l a l ing , E d w i n L. Lockwood, J a n i e s Nolan Alber t I t eese, Wi l l i am O. Tay l or .

Of 10 C omp a n y , C l a r e n c e Bruso, H e c t o r 10. Bent ley, E d g a r O. Bur t , J o h n Conkl in , E dw i n B. Deuel , George W. Di ngman, F r a n k l in 11. J uc k e t t , W i l l i a m A. Rose, J o h n T h o r n t o n , B e n ­j a mi n B. Van S t e e n be r g .

Of C o m p an y F. B e n j a m i n II. H u d­son, E d w a r d P. Marsha l l , La f ay e t t e Mye rs , Lewis Shout s .

Of C o m pa n y G, S e y m o u r Birch, Ge o rg e II. Brown, C h a r l e s Cut l er , C h a r l e s P. C h a p ma n , Geor ge II. Elli- son, Wi l l i am II. Har e , A. Delos H a m ­mond, S amu e l E. Kidd, J e f f re y D. Meri t ' l l , Ca p t a i n George; M. Ross, Mi l ­ton F. Swee t , Geor ge L. T u c ke r .

Of C o m p a n y H, He n r y Be th ma n , L i e u t e n a n t Wi l l i am G. Caw, A b r am C r am er , Wi l l i am E. Cain, S ime o n W. Crosby , G a r r e t t S. G r ov en s t e i n , C h a r l e s E. J e n n in g s , Se t h B. Root .

Of C o m p a n y I, Ma re e l l u s X. Bliss, J o h n E. E va ns , F r e d e r i c k X. Owen, L i e u t e n a n t Ca r l os W. Rowe, Daniel C. S imo n ds , J a m e s E. Wes ton .

Of or ig ina l C o m p a n y K, E d w a r d M. Bai ley, Ca pta in N a t h a n S. Babcock, J o h n M. Clute, Danie l II. ( ’ole. Bur ­ton A. DeWi t t , J o h n T. S aw y e r , A n ­d rew .J Sp ru ng , Ol iver SutlilT, Wi l l i am 11. Wr igh t .

Of S chuy l e r v i l l e C o m p a n y K, Wi l ­l i am Cooney, J o h n M. Connor s , Yol- n e y Cr aw, A l be r t 11. C l eme n t s , E m ­ory Dool i t t le, P e t e r Mor r i s , P r o s p e r Mor r i son , S a mu e l S. Squ i re s , F r a n k Shor t .

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F r a n c e s M. S. (wi dow of ColonelW i n s o r B.) F r e nch .F. C. Ba rge r , of the 4!ith N e w York.10. M. Bar r e t t .

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Notli w i t hs t a nd i ng , a r e t u rn Post Card was mai l ed to each su r v i vo r whose pos t ofliee a d d r e s s we have, s e vera l have fai led to t ak e t ime to reply. I low n e c e s s a r y a reply is, and p rompt l y, on e e x a m p l e only will be ci ted. In a r r a n g i n g for a d i nn e r the l i rst q u es t i on t he C a t e r e r a s k s is “ How m a n y f o r ? ” If a r r a n g e m e n t s bo m ad e only for t ho s e who ha ve repl ied "I hope to be p r e s e n t , ” t hose who have not. r epl i ed a n d a r e p r e s e n t would not only be l e f t —a n d it would be due only to t h e m s e l v e s — but t hey would find faul t for t he i r no t be ing inc luded. So it is hoped e a c h oik' will r eply h e r e ­a f t e r ; and in wr i t ing.

Fred ( ’. Ba rger , 4!)th X. Y., wr i t e s : “ I t h a n k you for ag a i n r e m e m b e r i n g me wi th a n i nv i t a t ion to m e e t t he s u r v i vo r s of t he ga l l ant 77th, who fought, s i de by s ide wi th us on many bat t l e f ie lds for the Union mo re t han hal f a c e n t u r y s ince . It would do my h e a r t good to be wi th you, but. I ex­pect to m e e t F o r ty - n i n th e r s a t J a m e s ­town, on Hit' 20th of J une . I e x t end to you a n d all 77th m e m b e r s t he i r h e a r ty g r e e t i ng s a n d s i n c e r e love.”

C ha r l es II. Be ne d i c t wr i t es ; “ Would 1 could be t h e r e to r e n e w a c q u a i n t ­a nce wi th t h o s e so f o r t u n a t e a s to be p r esent . I m o s t c e r t a i n ly recal l t ha t m o r n i n g in J u n e 1X65, at t he c a m p we were in in t he D e f en se s of W a s h i n g ­ton, I). ( ’., w h e n t he o r d e r was read and r ece i ved so g leeful ly F A L L IN! FOR M U S T E R - O U T . For t ha t was su r e e v id e nc e t ha t tl'.e w a r wa s over. A day or t wo a f t e r t he mus t er -ou t such of us a s we r e to go h o me m a r c h ­ed ov e r to t he Ra i l road S t at i on in Wa s h i ng to n . L a t e in t he a f t e rn o o n e n t e r e d a “ b ox” car , of which the t r a in was m a d e up, t h a t ca r r i e d us on o ur way. T h e Ba t t a l i on was m ad e up of C o m r a d e s of t he 43d, 4!*th a'lid

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t ' n v e i l i n g of the; S e v e n t y - s e v e n t h I n f a n t ry Re‘gime;nt. Mon un n mt , Tues- day, Se-pt ember 21, lS7f>, in n o r t h ­west c o r n e r of C o n g r e s s S p r i n g I’a rk , which s i t e t he P a r k o w n e r s gave; for t he purpose .

771li Now York, al l e a g e r to get home. T h e t r a i n s t a r t e d a t s u nd o w n , mo vi ng very s lowly , b e c a u s e t he l ine to P h i l a ­de lph ia w a s g r e a t l y c o n g e s t ed wi th o t h e r t r a i n s c o n t a i n i n g s o l d i e r s on t he s a m e e r r a n d as we. I t wa s n e a r mi dn i gh t w h e n we c r o s s ed a t H a v r e do G r a ce on t h e Ker ry Moat t ha t t r a n s ­po r t ed t he c a r s w i t ho u t un l oad i ng . I wa s on t op of a c a r on wh i ch 1 f a s t ­e n e d my se l f w i t h s t r a p s f rom my k n a p s a c k to p r e v e n t my r o l l i ng off s hou l d I go to s l e e p ; wh i ch I did, so w a s qu i t e r e f r e s h e d w h e n we got. into P h i l a d e l p h ia a t day l igh t . Ge t ­t i ng off t he c a r s wo m a r c h e d to the f a mo u s ‘C o o p e r S h o p , ’ w h e r e we

w a s h e d up, a n d had o u r b r ea k f a s t . Ab o u t t he mi dd l e of t he fo r e n oo n we m a r c h e d to t he New York s t a t i on wh e r e go t a b o a r d a t r a i n for New York City. W h e r e on a r r i v a l a short , t i me a f t e r n oo n we m a r c he d , a n d it w a s nove l to us to do so w i t ho u t l ilies, to t he A r m o r y of t he N i n t h R e g ­i m e n t — full of r e t u r n i n g so l d i e r s h o m e w a r d bound a s w e — o u r h e a d ­q u a r t e r s for t he day . And w h e r e we h a d d i n n e r and suppe r . Soon a f t e r w h i ch we m a r c h e d to a we s t s ide w h a r f w h e r e we bo a r de d the s t e a m ­boa t ‘K n i c k e r b o c k e r ’ for t he t r i p on t he H u d s o n R i ve r to Albany , whore; we w e r e to go into ‘c a m p ' a t t he ‘F a i r G r o u n d s ’ to wai t unt i l we r e ­ce ived o u r d i s c h a r g e s a n d pay. T h e boa t go t to t he Al bany s t eamboat , l an d i n g a t 5 o ’c lock a. m. We w e n t to t he M e r c h a n t s Hotel , nea r ly oppos i t e , w h e r e we b r e a k fa s t e d . Soon a f t e r wo got to t he ho t e l S e y m o u r R i c e — a Sar- a t o g i a n — a n i g h t o p e r a t o r a t t he Al­b a ny T e l e g r a p h ot l ice— S t a t e s t r ee t , c o r n e r B r o a d w a y — c a m e in, i nq u i r i ng for S e v e n t y - s ev e n t h boys. And soon found us. And suc h a g l ad t i m e we had t a l k in g wi th him. A sq ua d of t he S ev en t y - s e v e n t h , S e r g e a n t Oils W a l ­ken-, P r i v a t e s C. 11. Benedic t , Obeel Al. Co l ema n , 10d a n d Bill T h o r n and on e o t he r , wh os e n a m e l ias sl ipl f rom m e m o r y , a g r e e d we would no t go to t he ‘camp , ' bu t g o to S a r a to g a Spr i ngs . Rice; told us t h a t t he t r a i n left, a t 7 ei’c lock a. m. But , we had no money . N o r did Rice i nd i ca t e that he was a n y b e t t e r cond i t i oned . 111> s u g g e s t e d t h a t we go to t h e r a i l r oad t i ck e t otlice, toll t he a g e n t o u r lix, to l e a r n if lie could help us. T h e s qu a d got t h e i r t r a p s t o g e t h e r and t h e n f un er a l l y m ar c h e d , enforce , to t he t i cke t otlice. We c o nv i nc e d the t i ck e t m a n we we r e no t d e s e r t e r s , t ha t the; w a r w a s over , t h a t we wore; s t r a n d e d , v o l un t ee r s r e t u rn i n g , or try-

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ing to r e t u rn , to o u r h o m e s in S a r a ­toga S pr i ngs , unwi l l ing to he d e t e r r e d by e n t e r i n g a c a m p to wa i t r ec e i v i ng o u r d i s c h a r ge a n d pay. W a l k e r had ( he on ly va l ua b l e wo r t h p a w n i n g — a s i l ve r wa t ch . It wa s loft in pl edge ; t i c k e t s we r e g iven us. So soon as t he t r a i n b ac k e d in we e n t e r e d a car . As ‘Bi l l ’ T h o r n h ad a y o u ng bul ldog pup iu hi s a r m s , which lie had p i cked up n e a r F r e d e r i c k s b u r g , Va., a s we m a r c h e d to W a s h i n g t o n f rom Ri ch ­m o n d r e t u r n i n g f rom t he f ront , a n d o u r a p p e a r a n c e not be i ng in t he up- to d a t e s tyle , we w e r e g i ven a p lace in t he b a g g a g e car . T h e t r a i n s t a r t ­ed p ro mp t l y on t ime . We we r e r e a l ­ly on ou r way to S a r a to g a Spr i ngs , wh i ch we had l ef t as r e c r u i t s in 1X02, n o w r e t u r n i n g s e a s o n e d soldier s . As

t he c o n d u c t o r e n t e r e d the c a r to col ­l ec t t he f ares , to o u r s u r p r i s e it was W. S. Ba lc h— t he p ro p r i e t o r for y e a r s of the old C o lu mb ia n hotel , Br o ad wa y a nd L ak e a v e n u e — k n o wn to us all. Had we h av e k n o wn t h a t he w a s c o n ­d uc t o r t h e r e would ha v e been 110 n e ­cess i t y for h o c k i ng t he watch . C on ­d u c t o r Balch c onc l ude d his t r i p and c a m e an d s a t by 11s an d we e n j oy e d his t a lk of af fa i r s a t home.

“ As o u r t r a i n e n t e r e d t he S a r a to g a S p r in g s s t a t i on o ur s qu a d wa s on the c a r p l a t fo rm a n d s t eps , s h o u t i n g an d s i n g i n g —like school boys w h e n the t e r m is e nd ed - a n d ha i l i ng t ho s e we r ecognized . Ge t t i ng off t he c a r we were s u r r o u n d e d by a sh o u t i ng p l ea s ­ed crowd. G e t t i ng w i t ho u t t he de p o t ea c h s t a r t e d t h e i r s e ve ra l w a y s for home. T h e t wo T h o r ns , C o l e m an and Be ne d i c t s t a r t e d d own Division s t r ee t . S o me h o w t he n e w s of t he ‘R e t u r n e d Vo l un t ee r s ' t r a v e l e d fast , for when we got to Ma t i l da s t r e e t o u r f a t h e r s me t us a n d s uc h a j ubi l ee . R e a ch i ng B r o a d w a y we qu ick ly b e c am e t he c e n ­t e r of a c rowd.

(No t h i n g too good for t he r e tu r n e d “ v o l u n t e e r ” t hen . W h a t a c h a n g e now u n d e r t he g o v e r n m e n t wh i ch be ­c a m e a Ci ty J u n e 22, 11*15. Not one “ Boy-in-Blue" of lMGl-Gij r ec o gn i ze d by t he me n who b e c a m e i ts r u l e r s a t t he f irst Ci ty e l ec t ion , J u n e S, 11)15. T h e y a r e p rofus e in words . But m o s t e m ­p ha t ica l ly l a c k i n g in deeds . -Secy. )

" Ge t t i ng ou t of t he good n a t u r e d c r owd so soon a s poss ib l e we w e r e e s c or t e d to o u r H o m e s . ”

Wi l l i a m Coone y wr i t e s : " R h e u m a ­t i sm will p r e v e n t my a t t e n d a n c e . Wh i l e s e nd i ng k i nd r e m e m b r a n c e to all , wi th t he h ope of a fine r e un i on for t hos e so f o r t u n a t e a s to be p r e s ­ent , lie hel lo ' s p a r t i c u l a r l y to h i s old Co m pa n y c o m r a d e s F r a n k Shor t , Lon H a m m o n d a n d J o h n C o nn o r s . "

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i n t en t i on a n d h op e to he wi th you t hi s yea r . Hut a ve ry s e v e i e o pe r a t i on soon a l t e r May 1st p re ve n t s . So I h a v e lo hi' c on t en t wi th my r e g a r d s to all p r e s e n t . " ( Ho p e you will c ome nex t y ea r .— S e c ’y.)

I<\ 11. . Jucket t wr i t e s : “ Hop i ng al l will ha v e a p l e a s a n t t ime. Se n d loving g r ee t ing , wh i le r e g r e t t i n g he c a n n o t join t he boys on t he 20th, h ope s to m e e t al l in t h e o t h e r wor ld . ”

IS. A. L oc k wo o d wr i t e s : “ My h e a r t wi sh is to be wi th you. Hope it will be a mo s t e n j o y a b l e r e u n i o n to all p r e s ­ent , to w h o m k i nd w i s h e s a r e se n t . "

J a m e s A. L a w r e n c e wr i t e s : “ It c e r ­t a in ly would be g re a t p l e a s ur e to be wi th my c o m r a d e s . Hut at t h i s d a t e t hi s d i s t a n c e p r ev e n t s . So have to be c o n t e n t wi th s e n d i n g k i n de s t g r e e t ­ings to al l . ”

J o h n L e u t h w a i t e wr i t e s : “ W o n d e r if A1 Reid e v e r t h i n k s of t h a t k ind a n d loyal y o u n g wo ma n , Ma gg i e Hell, who took us i n to t h e i r h ou s e in W i n ­ch es t e r , a f t e r t h e C e d a r ( ’r eek sc rap , k e e p i n g us unt i l t r a i n t ime! Going h om e f rom t he U. S. Hosp i t a l at P o r t s m o u t h Grove , Rh o de I s land, on a fu r lough , s o m e t i m e a f t e r t he W i l d e r ­ne s s l ight , in wh ic h w o u n de d a s was a l so a t C e d a r C r e e k ; s o m e w h e r e be ­t w ee n Al ba n y an d Ballst .on Spa, my t ry i ng to o pe n a c a r w i ndow did not su cc e e d b e c a u s e of t he h e l p l e s sn e s s of my lef t a r m f rom t he wound . A w o m ­an - s i t t i ng s e ve ra l s e a t s back -pe r ­m i t t e d h e r s y m p a t h y to be d i sp l aye d by c o m i n g a n d r a i s i n g t h e wi ndow for me. T h o u g h very t h a n k f u l my y o u t h ­ful b a s h f u l n e s s wa s loo impol i t e to p e r m i t m e to e x p r e s s my t ha n k s . T h i s i n c i d e n t c o m e s to mi nd s o m e ­t imes , w h e n I a l w a y s t h a n k h e r in my he a r t . As I do al l t he k i nd wo me n who h e l pe d to m a k e l ife p l ea s a n t to we w o u n d e d boys , a w a y f rom home. W i t h a j oy o u s h ope of a p l e a s a n t r e ­un ion , a n d m a n y of t h em ye t be fore you, y o u r C o m r a d e of 1861-G5.”

P r o s p e r .Morr ison’s widow wr i t e s : “ W e we r e a t S a r a t o g a Sp r i ngs , No­v e m b e r :JI>, 1!)14. Mr. Mo r r i so n cal led at G r a n d Ar my Hui lding. iNo one t h e r e so did not. ge t to s ee a n y of t he boys. He c a u g h t cold t h a t day. Wo a r r i v e d ho me D e c e m b e r 12, a n d l i»e d a y s l a t e r he j o i ne d t h e Grea t Re u nio n a b o v e . ”

S an f o r d P. Mc Kenz i e , who has n e v ­e r a t t e n d e d a r eun i on , wr i t e s : “ It wil l be a p l e a s u re to se e t he f aces of s o m e of my old C o m r a d e s so hope to be a b l e to be present , on t he 2Gth of J u n e . ”

Wi l l i a m II. Q u a c k e n b u s h wr i t es : “ My eyes i gh t is very poor , for which r e a s o n 1 do not go f a r f rom home. S e n d s bes t wi she s to all p r e s e n t . ”

Wi l l i am II. W r i g h t wr i t e s : "It woul d c e r t a i n ly be mu c h p l e a s ur e could I be p r e s e n t J u n e 26 t h— fifty y e a r s a f t e r l eav i ng the Ar my , in wh i ch we had p as se d n e a r l y four y e a r s of s t r e n u o u s se rv i ce . I h ope we h av e m a d e a s good in Civil life as we did in Mi l i t a ry. T h e p r inc i p l e s we fought for I c o n t in u e to adv o ca t e , to wh i ch I give e x p r e ss i o n on Me­mor ia l Days. R e g re t t i n g my inabi l i t y to go a c r o s s the c o u n t r y I wi sh k i n d ­es t of r e g a r d s to all t he C o m r a d e s p r e s e n t . ”

Mrs. F r a n c e s M. S. (w i do w of Win- so r H.) F re n c h , Sea t t l e , W a s h i n g t on , w r i t e s : “ I a m a l w a y s g l ad to h e a r you t a l k of t he pas t , and of t h i ng s r e l a t ­ing to y ou r Colonel . I h ope to be ab l e to c a r r y o u t his d e s i r e to p l ace a b r on z e so l d i er on t h a t s t o ne pe de s ta l on the S e v e n t y - s ev e n t h m o n u m e n t on B r oa d w a y . And it l ooks a s if I m i gh t be ab l e to in a n o t h e r year . I s u r e ­ly so hope. Fo r r ea l i z i ng as I do the p a s s i n g t i m e a n d t h a t t he S u r v i vo r s of t he S ev e n t y - s e v e n t h R e g i m e n t will no t l ive foreve r , 1 m o s t t r u ly wi sh all no w al ive m a y s e e t he m o n u m e n t co mp le t ed . P l ea s e co n ve y to t he so l ­d i er s of t he S e ve n t y - s e v en th a s t he y

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a m a s s e m b l e d in t he i r r eunion, J u n e L!titli, ( ha t l l ioir Col one l ' s widow wi sh ­es t h e m good chee r , and tin; h a p p i n e s s t h; 11 c o me s f rom (in; sal isfact ion llial I hoy won; b r avo d e f e n d e r s of (lioir c o u n t ry in h e r g r oa t por i l . ” Tim a p ­p r ec i a t ion of m e m b e r s p r e s e n t a r e g r a t efu l ly t e n d e r e d Mrs . F rench , wi lh I lie hope tha t h e r w i sh es may be r e a l ­ized.— Sec'y.

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has bin l i ing in Jone sv i l l o C e m t a r y t i m e y e a r s t h i s n ex t S i p t e m b r or Oc- t ov er hav bin t h i n k i ng s t r a n g e you had n e a v r put h im up a head s t oono but. of cor s if you did know it but hope it will be look a f t e r (lie s t on e and s om e sc o l d i e r widow lain hoa r for y e a r s wi th out. o ne in ou r C m a t r y p leas look a f t e r thi s an d obl ig a ne ice Mrs I). 1). T.

\V. 10. We b s t e r , of tin; F i r s t New York Mat tery — t hat u n s u r p a s s e d Mat­tery. Its m e m b e r s ca lmly wa i t i ng u n ­til t he foe got wi th in t en p aces of t he m that. Ju ly t h i rd day before the l a n y a r d s wore pul led, wr i t e s : “Tin; r e ­ce ip t of y ou r l eu n io n no t i ce found me in my bed f rom t h a t wound rece ived at. C e d a r Creek , which conf ined me t h e r e a f t e r in Hosp i t a l un t o my d i s ­cha r ge . So wa s not wi th t he b a t t e r y w h en it wa s m u s t e r e d out , J u n e 2'-), 1 s ti fi.

“ Fi f ty- two y e a r s ago at t h i s t ime ou r b a t t e r y wa s h a n d i n g out s o m e hot s tuf f to P i c k e t t ’s Divi s ion, a t t he a n ­gle at Ge t ty s bu rg .

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S ec r e t a r y . T he y were in a c k n o w l e d g e ­m en t of r e ce i p t of I lie Re un ion R e ­p o r t — wi th which few Seventy- seven- I he r s can be cbargei l . And e v e n they w h en t he y read the e x t r a c t s will in­ward l y re jo i ce that, t hey we r e m e m ­ber s of t he S a r a t o g a Re g i me n t .

T h a t s t a un c h C o m r a d e A n dr ew Cowa n — who we k n e w a s t he abb; C o m m a n d e r of t h a t most c a p a b l e Mat­tery, t he F i r s t New' York I n de p e n d e n t Mat te ry- t h a t wai t ed unt i l t he y could see t he wh i te s of t he foe’s e y e s e r e t he l a n y a r d s we r e pul led a t G e t t y s ­burg, to t h r u s t Double C a n i s t e r into t he c h a r g i n g r an ks , to s t ay t h e i r for­wa r d m a r c h — in a c k n o w l e d g i n g the r ece i p t of t he Re un io n Repor t s a id : “ 1 feel honor ed at be i ng r e m e m b e r e d by t he Re g ime n t , of which t h e r e was none b e t t e r in t he S econd Divi s ion . ”

S econd l e t t e r f rom C o m r a d e W. E. W e b s t e r , of Co wa n ' s Mat tery, who in a c k n ow l e d g i n g the r e ce i p t of t he R e ­union Repor t sa id : “ Its r e a d i n g s e e m s l ike old f r i ends m e e t i n g a g a i n . ”

T h e th i rd l e t t e r f rom Ge o rg e 11. Fox, ( see 11*11 Re un io n Re por t ) a b r o t h e r of our Cha pla in N o r m a n Fox — -who would h a v e us “ R e m e m b e r t he S a b b a t h ” w h e n in Ca mp. It a p p e a r s t ha t C o m r a d e Geor ge took in G e t t y s ­bu rg Ju ly 1-4, fifty y e a r s a f t e r t he affair . Of which ho so i n t e r es t i ng l y r e m i n i s c e n c e s in a four page folder , that, y ou r S e c r e t a r y ma y r ece i ve p l e n ­a ry ab s o l u t io n in e x t r a c t i n g a few words , which may not bo t u m u l t u o u s to one who was t h e r e when tha t up l o a r i o u s dispute; was be i ng effected.

A L ie u t e n an t H o w a r d Fox, son of ou r C o m r a d e Ge o rg e II., a t t he l!)l:i G e t t y s b u r g Ca mp, w a s a t t a c h e d to t he P ro v i s i o na l Field Hospi ta l . So his e x p e r i e n c e of ’01-5 led h i m to t he L i e u t e n a n t , who i n t ro du c ed h im to t he H o s p i t a l s ’ S u pe r in t e n d e n t , a Ma j o r Hess, who b e c a u s e of “o u r suf fer in ' ' f rom mi ld f a t igue o r d e r e d us into

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Will'd No. 1, adj acent , to his t en t ; f rom w h e n c e t he y could so eas i l y got i nto l ine at t he m e s s t en t , wi th t h e i r t in clip a n d pla te , f or s u b s i s t e n c e which a p r o v i d e n t G o v e r n m e n t h ad so c o n s i d e r a t e l y p l aced a t t h e i r di sposal , lint, a s c o n v a l e s c e n t s t he y had to feed a t Ihe h o sp i t a l m o ss t ent , to be s u b ­s e rv i en t ly a n d m o s t k ind ly w a i t ed on by Un i ted S t a t e s So l d i e r s ; who in a c ­cos t ing t h e m in a m o s t f a mi l i a r m a n ­ner s a id : “ W h a t ' l l you have , D a d d y ? ” and t a k i n g t h e i r p l a t e s an d cups , b r o u gh t t i e 111 b a c k full of who l es ome , if not a l w a y s p a l a t a b l e , s tuf f ; r e ­m a r k i n g , a s t he y so o b s e qu i es l y pu t t h em b e f o r e yo u : “ You will got a c ­c u s t o m e d to t he a b s e n c e of n a p k i n s an d l i nger b o w l s . ” T h e idea of t ho s e ado l es ce n t s o l d i e r s b e i n g so f ami l i a r with v e t e r a n s .

W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g , J u l y 2, t h i s Geor ge IT. Fox a n d on e C. W. S nyde r , each c l a i m i n g m e m b e r s h i p in Geor ge W a s h i n g t o n P o s t No. 103, New York G. A. II., w a l k e d in to t h e New York a n d P e n n s y l v a n i a s e c t i o n of t he big e n c a m p m e n t a n d t h e n c e in to t he vil­lage of G e t t y s b u r g . In t he s t r e e t s of which wore al l s o r t s of vehic l es , in­c l ud i ng t he l a t e s t — a u t o m o b i l e s ; invi t - ing t he “ Old B o y s ’’ to r ide, if— t hey had t he pr ice . In t he f ront y a r d of ' ve ry h o u s e t h e r e w a s a boo t h w h e r e >vas d i s p e n s e d ice cold l e m o n a d e (of he c i r c u s v a r i e t y ) , s ou ve n i r s , p i c t ur e •aids. e t c . — w i t h o u t o sc i l l a to ry pre- n i ums . R e t u r n i n g to Hosp i t a l for h e i r d i n n e r — for t h e y i n t e n de d to ge t • ve r y t h i ng c o m i n g to t h e m — t he y no- iced t h a t L i e u t e n a n t Fox, a s Ott icer- if-the-Day, h a d bo t h h a n d s full. Af- e r d i n n e r t h ey w a l k e d to C e m e t e r y I ill, w h e r e B r o t h e r C h a r l e s F ox ought in t he T w e l f t h C o rp s ; t h e n to ’o w e r ’s Hill w h e r e h i s b r o t h e r Nor- uaii F ox ’s r e g i me n t , t he Seven ty- sev- n th N e w Y o r k I n f a n t r y V o l un t ee r s , np p o r t e d T w e l f t h C o r ps b a t t e r i e s as

t h e y p our ed l e a d en s h o t s into the r a n k s of t he foe.

T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g t h ey c o n t i nu ed t h e i r s i gh t se e i ng . F i r s t g o ing t h ro u gh t h e C o n f e d e r a t e s e c t ion on S e m i n a r y r i dge . Co n t in u in g to Li t t l e R ou n d Top, n e a r ly t wo mi l es a wa y . On i t s top is t h e s t a t u e of Ge n er a l W a r r e n , t he c o m p e t e n t E n g i n e e r of t he A r m y of t h e Po t omac . I n sp ec t ed t he va r io us m o n u m e n t s e n r o u t e — s om e of which a r e n o t only w o r ks of a r t , bu t t hey c o n v ey to t he r e a d e r w h a t t he r eg i ­men t h e r e did. Al ong t he s t o n e fence a t t he “ bloody a n g l e ’’ w h e r e Long- s t r e e t ’s Corps , P i c k e t t ’s Division, f i erce ly l ea d i ng t he c h a r g e , w a s r e ­p u l se d ; w h e r e Ge n er a l A r m i s t e a d was ki l l ed, w i th i n t he Union l ines, a n d L i e u t e n a n t C u s h i n g fell by his s m o k ­ing c a n no n , as he p e r so n a l l y pul led t he l a n y a r d “ fo r j u s t on e m o r e s h o t ; ' ' w h e r e t h e C o m m a n d e r of t he F i r s t N e w York I n d e p e n d e n t Ba t t e ry , Cap- l a in C o w a n o r d e r e d “ Double C a n i s ­t er , a t t en y a r d s . ” T h e r e t hey sa w G e n e r a l Si ckl es , wi th t he wi dow of G e n e r a l Lo n g s t r ee t , g r a s p i n g out- s t i e t c h e d h a n d s — glad to be in t he Union. And g ro u p s of old s o l d i er s l i s t ening , o pe n m o u t h e d to an elo- rciuent C o m r a d e as he a r d e n t l y told h ow he won t he b a t t l e — t h ou g h h i s ­to ry s h o w s his r e g i m e n t not a c t ive l y ensraeed, t ho u g h r e a dy if ca l l ed on.

F o u r t h of J u l y f orenoon t he y r e s t ­ed. Af t e r d i n n e r t h ey wa l ke d t h ro u gh t he N a t i on a l a n d Vi l lage C e m e t e r i e s to Culp ' s Hil l , to G e n e r a l S l o c u m ’s E i | i i c s t e r i an s t a t u e , t h e n c e to wh o re b r o t h e r C h a r l e s a n d Wi l l i am in t he 107th N e w Yor k I n fa n t r y f ough t on t he r i gh t of t he l ine of ba t t l e , in t he T we l f t h Corps . I t s m o n u m e n t a m o n g the h uge rocks , n e a r t he woods edge.As t he y s t ood t h e r e Geor ge H e n r y r eca l l ed b r o t h e r C h a r l e s t e l l i ng of a soldier , d u r i n g t h e f ight ing, who s u d ­den l y b e g a n s i ng i ng “ Ro c k of Ages ,

Clef t for Me,” a n d qu ick ly al l a r o u n d wi th i n t he s o u n d of hi s voice j oined in. A c r o ss a l ow e r lie Id they found t h e m o n u m e n t s of t he 2nd M a s s a c h u ­se t t s , a n d 27th I nd ia n a R eg ime n t s , on t he l ine of ba t t l e , of t he :id Br i gade 1st Division, T w e l f t h Corps . T h e n c e on to P o we r s Ilil l w h e r e in a d e t a c h ­ed pos i t i on tlie S a r a t o g a Re g imen t , t he 77th N e w York I n f an t r y Volun­t ee r s , of t he 3d Br igade , 2nd Divi s­ion Gtli Co r ps s up p o r t e d the 12th C o r p s ’ ba t t e r i e s . A m o s t t ry in g po­s i t i o n — re c e i v i ng lire, but u na b l e to r e t u r n it. T h e S ev e n t y - s e v e n t h Re gi ­m e n t m o n u m e n t t h e r e is an artistic- one. It b ea r s t he C r e e k Cross , of which Sixt l i C o r p s e r s a r e so proud. The m o n u m e n t s t a n d s wi th a b a c k ­

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S a t u r da y m o r n in g they wi th o t h e r old v e t e r a n s got into a mu le - d r awn a mb u l a n c e , by which t he y r e a ch e d the r a i l r oad s t a t i o n in G e t t y s b u r g , in t ime for t h e m to ge t a b o a r d t he 8 a. in. t r a i n - o n which Fox m e t C o m r a d e Ca w of o u r r eg i me n t , a l s o — h o m e w a r d bound.A G R E E T I N G TO T H E O N L Y F I E L D

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A r t ’y. s a ys : “ S o m e w h e r e a b o u t 4 a. in. t he fi rst f i r ing c o m m e n c e d ; in a b o u t t h r e e m in u t e s t he m en of t he E ig h th Cor ps began p as s in g w h e t e I w a s At t he s a m e t i me I s a w par t of t he Six th Cor ps ru sh f o rwa r d to mee t t he ene my , an d jo in t he f lank of a b r iga de of t he N i n e t e e n t h Corps , ho ld ­ing the r ebe l s in c h e c k unt i l t he fog lifted. In t he first c h a r g e t he r eb e l s c a p t u r e d e ight g un s f rom t he E igh t h Corps , and , h av in g s u r p r i s e d the E igh t h Co r ps in t he i r beds a n d c a u s ed t he m a n d a b r i ga d e of t he N i n e t e e n t h Cor ps to l eave in a panic , t hey g r ea t l y o u t n u m b e r e d t he S ix th Corps a n d the b r igade of t he NineteiMit.li t h a t t hen c o n f r on t ed th em. Ac cor d i ng l y t hey got on o u r f lanks, an d c a u se d us to fall ba c k in o r d e r to s t r a i g h t e n ou r l ines. Ge ne r a l Wr i gh t wa s s h o t in t he ne c k about !i o ’clock, a n d t he c o m ­ma n d wen I. to Ge ne r a l Ge t ty . ' ’

C. E. S t eve ns , C a pta in , 77th N. Y. W e s t po r t , N. Y., s a ys : "Soon a f t e r day l igh t o u r r e g i m e n t (of t he Six th Corps ) moved to t he lef t n e a r tin* pike. O u r l ine was first f o rme d at t he foot of tIn? hill. 1 w a s s e n t to t he sk i rm i s h l ine wi th my c o m pa n y , and when t i e fog l i f ted s a w t he e n e m y f o r mi ng for a cha rge . T h e y m a d e t h r e e c h a r g e s on us, an d ev e r y t i me t hey c a m e to t he top of t he hill we ga ve t h em a vol ley an d went for t he m wi th a yell . T h e y t u r n e d a n d fled each t ime. A R i c h m o n d p a p e r I s a w a f t e r w a r d sa id e v e r y t h i n g wont wel l unt i l t hey s t r u c k t h e Six th Co rp s beh i nd b r ea s t w o r k s . All t he w o r ks wo had wer e w h a t n a t u r e had p r ep ar ed . Af t e r t h e i r last c h a r g e had be e n r e ­pul sed t he r eb e l s op en e d on us wi th a r t i l l e ry , a n d Gen. Bidwell , of o ur b r igade , w a s ki l l ed a n d ('apt.. Or r , of ou r r e g i me n t , on t he G e n e r a l ’s staff,

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lost a n a r m . Col. F r e n c h , of o u r r eg i ­ment , a s s u m e d c o m m a n d of t he b r i ­gade . A f t e r t he s he l l i n g had n e a r l y su bs id ed o u r d i vi s i on fell back . As far a s I could s ee t hey w e n t ba c k as if on p a r ad e . We h a d to fal l backio c o n n e c t wi th t he r e s t of t he a r m y — not f r o m a n y p r e s s u r e f r o m t he e nemy. A f t e r w a r d s we m ov e d ba c k to t he f r o n t a s h o r t way, a n d t h r e w up r a i l s f or p r o t ec t i on . At t h a t t ime our lef t w a s on t he pike, j o i n i ng t he cava l ry . Gen. S h e r i d a n , on a r r i v i ng , rode a l o n g o u r l ine, a n d m a d e i nqu i ­r i es of C’ol. F r e n c h . T h e G e n e r a l had not g o n e long be f o re o r d e r s c a m e down t h e l i ne f o r t he m e n to m a k e coffee, so yo u se e he a r r i v e d be f ore b r e a k fa s t . O u r r e g i m e n t wa s t he f irst o rg an i ze d t r oo p s in l ine of b a t t l e t h a t Gen. S h e r i d a n s t r u c k . At o ’c lock 1>. m. we c h a r g e d d o wn to t he br idge , a n d s a w t h e e n e m y c ross , a n d t he n we n t b ac k to t he c a m p we l ef t so hu r r i ed l y in t he m o r n i n g . ”

VV. IS. W e b s t e r , 1st N e w Y o r k B a t ­t ery, A n d r e w C o w a n C o m m a n d e r , s a ys : “ T h e e n t i r e a r m y of J u b a l Ea r l y was u pon t he S i x t h Corps , a n d t h a t Corps r e p u l s e d t h r e e d i f f e r en t a s ­saul t s , a n d c h a r g e d t h e m to boot . It wa s not d r i v e n a foot , a n d w h e n t he r ebe l s could n o t mo v e t he S ix th Corps t h a t wa y t h e y f l anked it ou t of posi t ion, bu t t he S i x t h C o rp s r e t i r e d at l e i sure , i ts s k i r m i s h l ine ho l d i ng its l a s t l i ne of b a t t l e pos i t i on .

“ T h e S i x t h C o r ps wa s c o m p o s e d of HS r e g i m e n t s , ”.4 of t h e m a r e i n c l ud ­ed in ‘F ox ’s :»(•(• F i g h t i n g R e g i m e n t s . ’ T h e N i n e t e e n t h C o r ps h a d 38 r eg i ­me n t s , on e is in F o x ’s book. T h e ISighth C o r p s h a d 1G r e g i m e n t s of which four a r e in F o x ’s book.

“ T h e S i x t h C o r p s s t a n d s s e c on d to none. It s a v e d t h e N a t i o n a l Ca p i t a l ; it took M a y i e ’s H e i g h t s ; it h e l pe d t he -Second C o r ps ho ld t h e Bloody Ang l e it t he W i l d e r n e s s : i t s a v e d t h e day it C e d a r C r e e k ; i t c a m e in h a n d y a t

A n t i e t a m and G e t t y s b u r g ; it b roke the e n e m y ' s l ine a t P e t e r s b u r g ; it t u r n ed t he t r i c k a t S a i l o r ’s Creek, Ya., a n d the A r m y of N o r t h e r n Vir ­g in i a s u r r e n d e r e d — to t he A r my of t he Po tomac .

“ C e d a r Cr ee k was my last bal l hi, as I w a s s e r i ous l y w o u nd e d in it. My b a t t e r y lost T.) ki l led a n d wounded a n d 14 h o r se s k i l l ed a t C e d a r ( ’reek, a n d we were t he one b a t t e r y t h a t s a v e d all of t h e i r g u n s in t hi s ba t t l e (in tlu- I n f a n t r y C o r p s ) . ”

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“ 1. R E G I M E N T A L COLOR, blue s i l k ; o r ig ina l staff . T h e des i gn p a i n t e d on e a c h side, n o w t o r n a n d defaced , w a s t he n u m b e r of t h e r e g i me n t , a n d ‘coat, of a r m s ’ of t he s t a t e , a n d ‘E xc e l s i o r , ’ m o t ­to of t h e s t a t e , a t t he s ide of w h ic h wa s r e p r e s e n t e d t he s u r ­r e n d e r of Bu r go y ne in 1777” ( he n c e the n u m b e r 77. E.H.F. ) “ on w h ic h o c cas ion t h e A m e r i c an S t a r s a n d S t r i p es a r e be l i eved to h a v e b e e n f i rs t d i sp l aye d . P r e ­s e n t e d to t he r e g i m e n t by t he s on s of S a r a t o g a County , r e s i ­d e n t in New Yor k Ci ty, on i ts way to t he field N o v e m b e r 2!), 1861.I t w a s c a r r i e d in t he se i ge of Y o r k to w n , b a t t l e s of L e e ’s Mills, Me chan i csv i l l e , Go l d i n g ’s F a r m , G a r n e t t ’s F a r m , W h i t e Oak

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S w a m p Br idge, Cr um pt o n Pass , A n t i e t a m , 1'’ r v d o r i c k s b u r g, M a y r e ’s He i gh t s , G e t t y s b u r g " ( and t we l ve o t h e r l ight s be Tore ( JeUys burg , 10. II. I1'.) “ In t h e ” su cc e s s fu l ) “c h a r g e up M a y r e ’s H e i g h t s ” ( t h a t beaut i fu l S u n d a y mo r n i ng . Ma y 3, 18G3, 10. 11. P.) “one of t he co lo r g u a r d wa s ki l ­led a n d t he co lo r s t o rn in s h r e d s by a shel l .

“ 2. Gu i don ; s t aff gone. T wo g u i d on s p r e s e n t e d wi th t he a bove de s c r i be d co lor we r e used d u r in g t he s a m e per iod. A c r im so n one for the r i gh t of t he l ine; blue one for t he left , w a s w o r n ou t in s e r ­vice. T h e c r im so n one was r e ­t u r n e d wi th t he color.

N a t iona l color , s i lk; about h a l f g on e ; e n d r ag g ed ; t he field in r i b bo n s ; b e a r s t he i nsc r i pt ion • W I N C H E S T E R , Sept . lit, 1804; F I S H E R ’S HILL, Sept . 22, ISO 1; C E D A R (’R E E K Oct . P.), 1804.’ Or ig i na l staff , t he t op of which w a s s h o t off in t he W I L D E R N E S S Ma y 0, 1SG4.

“ T h i s co lo r wa s p r e s e n t e d to t h e r e g i m e n t by t he l ad i es of T e m ­ple. Gr ov e S e m i na r y , S a r a t o g a Spr i ngs , N o v e m b e r 28, 1801, an d w a s c a r r i e d d u r i n g t h r e e y e a r s ’ se rv i ce . T h e l e t t e r i n g was p l aced on it a f t e r t he r e g i m e n t ” (i. e. t he on e h u n d r e d a n d t welve , w h o s e t h r e e y e a r s t e r m of s e r ­v ice wa s e nde d , a n d as t he y did not. re-enl i s t , r e t u r n e d to S a r a t o ­ga S pr i ngs , t he r e n de z v o u s of t!:e r e g i m e n t a n d w h e r e m u s t e r e d in to t he Un i te d S t a l e s s e rv i ce , a n d w e r e h o n or a b l y d i s c ha rg e d D e c e mb e r 13, 1SG4; l e a v i ng in t he field 4r»5 m e n on t he roll of t he B E MI J S H E I G H T S B AT T A L I O N , to c o n t i n u e u n t o t he e n d — t he s u r ­r e n d e r of t he A r m y of N o r t h e r n Vi rg i n i a to i ts four y e a r s a n t a g ­

on i s t s Ihe Ar my of t he P ot omac , Secy. ) " l ef t t he field, in a c c o r d ­a nc e wi th an o r d e r of G en er a l S he r i da n to t lm A r my of t he S h e n ­a ndoah . In (lie b a t t l e of Chan- cel lorsvi l le, the lield w a s ( ne a r ly ) all t o r n out by a she l l f rom ti.e e n e m y ’s ca n n o n . A m o n g i ts b e a r ­e r s in ba t t l e Cor por a l J o s e p h M i n e r was i n s t a n t l y ki l led at A n t i e t a m ” (Sept . 17, 1802) " Co r ­poral Michael Mc W i l l i a m s was ki l led in t he W i l d e r n e s s ” ( May 0, 1S04); " Corpora l l l a r r i g a n of t he color g ua r d wa s ki l led at C e d a r C r e e k ” (Oct . l!i, 1S04); “ Corp- ral H e nr y My e r s of t he color g u a r d was s h o t t h r o u gh t he hand a t S p o t t s y l v a n i a ” ( May lo, 1805). “ Th i s color wa s in e ve r y ba t t l e in which the S ix th Corps took par t to Nov. 23, 1804; i nc l uded t h e r e in A n t i e t am, (Md. ) , For t S t ev en s , (1). ( ’.), W i n c h e s t e r , F i s h e r ’s Ilil l and C e d a r Creek , (Ya.)

“ 4. Na t iona l color , S i lk; ‘77th R E G I M E N T , N. V. S. V.,’ e m b r o i d ­ered.

“5, G. Guidons , blue s i l k ; f aded : W h i t e ( t he color of t he Divi s ion) Six th Cor ps b ad g e in c e n t e r ; (a Greek c ross ) on wh i ch ‘77th. ’

“T h e r e co lo r s wer e in s e rv i ce in t he b a t t a l io n of t he Seven t y- s even t h , lef t in t he field, f rom N o ­v e m b e r 2:!, 1804, to i ts r e t u r n in July, 1805, w h e n t he co lor s were p r e s e n t e d at Albany, to t he s t a t e . A m o n g t hose p r e s e n t was G e n e r a l Gran t . T h e co lor s w e r e in t he c h a r g e a t P e t e r s b u r g , Ya., Apr i l 2, 1805,” ( wh i ch the 77th N e w York, t he S a r a t o g a R eg i me n t , led. Secy. )

E d w a r d 11. Ful l er , p r i va t e C c o m ­pany, 77th N e w York, s e c r e t a r y of t he S u r v i vo r s As soc i a t i on , h a s t he l owe r h a l f of t h e si lk Na t i on a l Color , m a d e by t he s ch o l a r s of t h e Rev. Doctor L.

R B e e c h e r ’s S e m i n a r y , who p r e s e n t e d the co l or s 011 t h e i r beha l f to t he r eg i ­ment , a s t he y h a l t e d in f ront of t he S e m i n a r y t h a t t we n t y - e i g h th day of N o ve mb er , 1861, e n r o u t e to t he s t a ­t ion to t a k e c a r s for t he f ront . On tha t par t t ha t C o m r a d e Fu l le r h as is n e e d l e wo r k e d I t he s a m e as on t he par t in t h e S t a t e Bu re a u ) YORK- T OU ’N, B E E S Ml U . S . W A R W I C K RIVER, W I L L I A M S B U R G , ME- C I I A N I C SY I L L E , GOLDING FA IIM. M A L V E R N HI LL, S O U T H M O U N ­TAIN. ANTI IOTA M. W H I T E OAK S W A M P BRIDGE, F R E D E R I C K S ­BURG. C 1 1 AN C E L L O R S V11 -LIO, G E T ­T Y SB U R G , R A P P A H A N N O C K S T A ­T I O N —t he n a m e s of s e v e n t e n of t he f i f ty-eight b a t t l e s in wh i ch t i e S e v ­e n t y - s e v e n t h p a r t i c i p a t e d in i t s t h r e e yea r s , e i g h t m o n t h s a n d fou r da y s s e rv i ce ; in t l ie V o l u n t e e r A r m y of t he

Uni ted S ta t es , in t he w a r of t he p r e ­s e r v a t i o n of t he ( E PLI JR 1BUS) UNION.

T h e New York S t a t e F l ag p r e s e n t ­ed by the r e s i d e n t S o n s of S a r a t o g a in N e w York Ci ty N o v e m b e r 2!), 1861, to t he Regiment , a s it wa s e n r o u t e to the f ront , is f u r t h e r d es c r i b ed : “ As

ail e xq u i s i t e p iece of work, of t he r i c h es t f a b r i c - - a blue? g r ou n d wi th e l e g a n t d e s i gn s in oil. On e s ide r e p r e s e n t e d an e n g a g e m e n t in whi ch t he A m e r i c a n soldier , led by W a s h i n g to n , we r e l ight ing u n ­d e r the old Hag—t h i r t e e n s t r i pe s a n d union j ack . On t he r ev e r s e w a s p a i n t ed t he s u r r e n d e r of P.urgoyne a t S a r a to g a , O c t o b e r 17, 1777, u n d e r t he n ew F l a g — t he S t a r s a n d S t r i pes , f irst bap t ized in t he b l eed at t he de c i s i ve ba t t l e a t Be mu s H e i g h t s . ”

T H E R E G I M E N T S E N R O L L M E N T .

Or i g i na l j Recru i t s : R( •en l i s t edF I E L D A N D S T A F F . . . ...................................................... 14 + 6 20 0C O M P A N Y A ............................................................................... N!» + 74 16;; 1!)C O M P A N Y 4 8 - 141 l : ;C O M P A N Y C ............................................................................... 82 + s; : - 16.') 12C O M P A N Y I) ............................................................................... !>- + r>0- 14!) !lC O M P A N Y 10 .................. ...................................................... S7 + 7o ir.7 i : :COM P A N Y F ........................................................................ 87 + 10 - !i 7COM P A N Y G ........................................................................ 86 + :’.8 124 22C O M P A N Y II ........... ............................................................. !'<» + 16 i ;:t! 2::C O M P A N Y 1 ........... ............................................................. 8>r> + r>o l ::r> 16COM P A N Y K ........................................................................ !>4 + 16 110 27

*.»oo-f-71*7 i:::*7 -)- ls'.i i:>s-tN E W K C O M P A N Y ............................................................ 86 + 28 111Enr o l l ed ; did not. gel lo t he r e g i m e n t ....................... 4!i

Equa l to a t o t a l e n r o l l m e n t of ............................ 1717

W h e n t he S c h u yl e r v i l l e c o m p a n y , C a p t a i n J o h n R. Rockwel l c o m m a n d i n g , r e a c h e d t he R e g i m e n t a t H a g e r s t o w n , Md., it w a s g i v­en t he l e t t e r K. Or i gi na l K be i ng wi th o u t c o m m i s s i on e d officers, t he Lieutenant , r e s i gn e d a n d the C a p t a i n , Babcock, p r om ot ed Major , t he s e v e n t y - t w o e n l i s t e d men on i t s rol l w e r e t r a n s f e r r e d to F C o m ­pany.

Enro l l ed (o N o v e m b e r 28, ISfil, w h e n the r e g i me n t l ef t S a r a t o g aS p r i n g s lor W a s h i n g t o n ....................................................................................... '.m>0

Enro l led ( h e r e a f t e r (o N o v e m b e r ID, 1864, when the on e h u n d r e d and t we l ve men , wh os e t e r m of t h r e e y e a r s a bo u t ended , s t a r t e d for S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s , t he i r r e n d e z v o us in 1861, to be h on or ab l y d i s c h a r g e d ; l eav i ng 4r>i» men on the. roll to c o n t i nu e t he o r g a n i ­za t ion ................................................................................................................................. r»r»:»

Knrol led t h e r e a f t e r to J u n e 27, 18tir>, Ihe mus te r -ou t of t he Se v ­e n t y - s e v e n t h ................................................................................................................. r.x

Enrol l ed , b u t n e v e r got. to t he r eg i me n t ............................................................... I!>

T ot a l ................................................................................................................................. J 5llil

Of l s t i l m en t h e r e r e-enl i s t ed ................................................................................... 187

E<|uivalent to en ro l l me n t , ?;-ym Sept . S, lSlil, to J u n e 27, 1865, of . . . 17-17

R E C O R D LOS S ES IN S E R V I C E

In New Y o r k Reg i ments o f the T h i r d Br igade.

4!ith 77th 43rd 122nd

Oilic-rs I Kill'd M̂i Ollic'rs | Knl'i! Mi'll Ullir-rs I KaN Men (lllic’rs I Knl'il Mi’llKi l led ..................................... I 12 ; 84 'j 10 I 71 II 10 | 7:5 5 ; 50Died of w o u nd s ................ 4 I 42 II 2 ! 41 ji 4 ! Ill) j! 1 | 30R e co ve re d f r o m w o u n ds I 14 ; 2:50 i! 25 , 260 -I 2:5 j 300 ji 18 j 27!»

T ot a l ............................. 30 356 j j :57 I :!81 S| 37 j 412 || 24 ! 365Deaths , o t h e r c au se s . . . ! 5 | 175 II 1 j 175 :j 1 j 126 !' 3 I 85

A gg r e g a t e .................. | 35 j 531 i| :!8 ; *556 IJ 38 | 538 || 37 | 4;>oMi s s i ng in a c t ion ........... | ! 44 !' I 60 jj 9 | 235 jj I j 36

- S i x t e e n in ( ’o n f e d e r a t e P r i s o n s — 5 of whom were wounded .

LIMITED S T A T E S .Colonel W i n s o r 15. F r e nc h , to Br ig a­

d i e r Genera l .L i e u t e n a n t Colonel David .1 .Caw, to

Colonel .C a p t a i n I sa a c I). Clapjp, to Major . S e co nd L i e u t e n a n t Ge o rg e 11. Gillis,

to C a pta in .

N E W YORK S T A T E .F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t Nob l e G. H a m ­

mond, to C a pta in .F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t C h a r l e s D. T h u r b e r ,

to C a pta in .S e co n d L i e u t e n a n t G eo r ge II. Gillis,

to Ca p ta in .S e r g e a n t O s c a r F. Lockwood , to Se c ­

ond L i e u te n a n t .Hos p i t a l S t e w a r d A l e x a n d e r I*. W a l ­

dron , to S e c o n d L ie u t e n a n t .

R O L L OF H O N O R .

Deaths, Ef fects of Gun Shots. Wi l l i am II. Boise, May 24, 1862. Cl i fford W e s t o n , May 24, 1862.J o h n T. See l ey J u n e 27, 1862.J o h n W. Ha m, J u n e 28, 1802.J a m e s Todd , J u n e 2!>, 1SG2.Lieut . Ha l se y Bowe, Aug. 16, 1862. H e n r y Al len, Sept . 17, 1802.Lieut . Ansi l Denn i son , Sept . 17, 1SG2. Davis Green , Sept . 17, 1SG2.H e n r y Has s , Sept . 17, 1SG2.G e o r g e H u n t in g t o n , Sept . 17, 18G2. B e n j a m i n F. K n a p p , Sept . 17, 1S62. J o s e p h Mue re r , Sept . 17, 18G2.C h a r l e s Munn , Sept . 17, 1SG2.J o h n A. R eu ch l e r , Sept . 17, 1SG2. Gi de o n M. Rowl ey , Sept . 17, 1862. Wi l l i am If. Wo o l se y , Sept . 17, 1862. P a u l A. Br own , Dec. 1:5, 1862.J o h n W. Arnold , Ma y 3, 18615. B e n j a m i n IT. Day Ma y 3, 1863.Wi l l i am I I . Deyce , Ma y 3, 1SG3.Al onzo C. Hubbe l l , Ma y 15, 1SG3.J a m e s H e nd r i c k , Ma y 3, 1863.P e t e r K n i c k e r b a c k e r , May 3, 186:5.

B R E V E T S IN T H E 77th. Denn i s S h e ra n , May 3, 1863.He n r y A. Wes t , May 3, 186:5.( ’apt . L u t h e r M. Wh ee l er , May :i, ISO: R e x A. Hav e n s , J u n e .r> 186:5.Mi chae l Lainley, May 5, 1864.Wi l l i am Van Sa u lsb ur y , May 5, 1N64. Ch a r l e s K. B u r n h a m , Ma y 6, 1864. H e r m a n Bowers , May 5, 1864. S a m u e l C. Cra ig, May 6, 1864.W a l t e r Dwyer , May 6, 1864.Ge o rg e Deal , May G, 1864.J a m e s E m p e r o r May 6, 1864.Mi chae l Mc Wi l l i ams , May G, 1X61. David Mc Nea l , .Jr., May G, 1861. C h a r l e s 11. Ruggles , May 6, 1864. Al f red M. See, May 6, 1864.Wi l l i am IT. Sex ton , May 6, 1864.Lou i s Smi t h , May 6, 18G4.A b r a h a m L a ph a m , May it, 18(54. Ge o r ge G. Al len May 10, 18G4. T h o m a s A r m er , May 10, 1864.J o h n C. B a rk er , May 10, 1SG4.( ’apt . W m . B. C a r p e n t e r , May 10, 1864 A b r a m Co on r ad t , May 10, 1864.J o h n B. Dar row, May 10, 1864.G e o r ge R. Deyoe, May 10, 1S64. Wi l l i am Divine, May 10, 1864.J a m e s D a we ns on , May 10 1864. H a r r i s o n Davenpor t , May 10, 18G4. H e r m a n II. Fowl er , May 10, 18G4. P a t r i c k Gi l roy, Ma y 10, 1864.E a r l Green , Ma y 10, 1864.L e r o y Hoyt , May 10, 1864.C h a r l e s M. I l ar i , May 10, 1X64.Lieut . Wi l l i am F. Lyon, May lit, 1X64. M a r t i n V. N o r t o n May 10, 18G4. l . e g a r e S t r on g , Ma y 10, 18G4.Ol iv e r S haw, Ma y 10, 1864. W a s h i n g t o n S h e r m a n , Ma y 10, 1864 B e n j a m i n F. St i l lwel l , May 10, 18(54. J a m e s C. V a n D c n b e rg , Ma y 10, 1864. L e wi s C. W a r d , Ma y 10, 1864. C h a r l e s Wh e e l e r , May 10, 1S64. W i l l i am W a l t o n , May 10 1864.J a m e s Dor l ey , May 12, 1864.J a c o b Frey , Ma y 12, 1864.H e n r y F ra nc , Ma y 12, 1864.F r e d e r i c k Ke e nho l tz , May 12, 1X64. E d m u n d A. Phi l l ips , May 12, 1864.

(■apt. Or r i n I*. Rugg, Ma y 12, 1SG4. G u s t a v us 'I’nck, May 12, 1SG4.J o h n Allen May IS, 18G4.Wi l l i am II. Brown, May IS, 1SG4. H e n r y ( ’. Har row, May IX, 1SG1. Wi l l i am Hill, May IS, 1SG4.L ewi s Lakely, .May IS, 1XG4.A a r on I!. Quivey, May 21, 1X04. Wi l l i am A. ( ’ole, J u n e I!, 1SG4. C h a r l e s VanKl ee k , J u n e I!, 1SG4. S i mon I). Kussel l , J u n e o 1SG4. Geor ge Holton, J u n e 4, 1SG4.F r a nc i s Love, J u n e G, 1SG4.Michael S. Br iggs , J u n e S, 1SG4.J a m e s Bortel l , J u n e 1G, 1SG4.An d r e w J . Dowen , J u l y 12, 1SG4. M a t th e w Love, J u l y 12, 1S64.A n d r e w Ma nn i ng , J u l y 12, 1SG4. A l va r ad o Morey, Ju l y 12, 1SG4. A m b r o s e Mat to t , J u l y 12, 1SG4. H u b b a r d M. Moss , Ju l y 12, 1SG4. Wi l l i am Craig, Sept . Ill, 1SG4.J o h n II. Br iggs, Sept . 1!», 18G4.H a r l a n A. T h o m a s , Sept . l!l, 1864. Wi l l i am Mil ler , Sept . l!l, 1SG4.I s aac Kipp, Jr . , Sept . 22, 1SG4.H i r a m Bu r t Oct . lit, 1SG4.L ieu t . J o h n W. Belden, Oct . 1!), 1SG4. J a n i e s Fa i r ch i ld , Oct . lit, 1SG4. H e r b e r t Gal lup, Oct . 1!>, 1SG4.J o h n l l o r r i ga n , Oct . 1 1SG4.F r a n k Hal l , Oct . 1!), 1SG4.J o h n (1. K i te hne r , Oct . l!l, lX(i4.( ' ap t . Ma r t in I.<*1111011, Oct . l'.i, 1XG4. J a c o b Bung, Oct . lit 1S04.J o h n L. Root , Oct . li>, 1SGL Adj t . Gi lber t T h o m a s , Oct . 1!>, 1XG4. Lieut . Wi l l i am J. T ab o r , Oct . 1!), 1XG4. Danie l Smi th , Dec. 2!l, 1XG4.H e n r y B. S hroe ve s , Ma r ch 17, 1SG5. C h a r l e s N. P a l me r , Ma r ch 1!), 1865. Al f red Chase , Ma r ch 25, 18G.r>.Capt . S u m n e r Oakley^ M a r c h 2.r>, 1SGH. Lieut . S t e p h en II. P i er ce , Mar . 2.r>, 1SG5. J o h n S t e w a r t , Ma r ch 25, 1865.J o h n 11. Kipp, Apr i l 2, 18G5.

In Confedera te Pr i sons Died.J o h n L. Kector , of Cha r l ton , Ju l y 5,

1S«2.J a m e s Fogg, of Mil ton, May (!, IStH. W’i l l iam Arnold, wounded , of Bal l s ton,

May 6, 1SG4.A d n a Abbs , Jr . , wounded , of Balls-

ton, May 10, 1SG4.Wi l l i am C. K i m pt o n wo unded of

S a r a t o g a Spr i ngs , May lo, 1X01. H i r am B r ough t on , of Galway, May H>,

1SG4.B e n ja mi n II. Car r , wounded , of Rock

Ci ty Fal l s , J u n e 12, 1SG4.Ira Tr i pp , of Bal l s ton, J u n e 12, 1XGL F i a n c i s Love, wounded , of Mi l ton,

J u n e 1G, 18G4.Lewi s W. Va n De n b erg , of N o r t h u m ­

be r l and , J u n e 22, 1SG4.J o h n Cady, of Greenf ield, J u n e 2:’.,

1SG4.Louis S i card , of S a r a t o g a Spr i ngs ,

A u gu s t 12, 1SG4.J o s e p h C o r ma c k , of Ba l l s ton , Augus t

1G, 1SG4.S t e p h en Wel ch , of S a r a t og a , S e p t e m ­

ber 15, 1SG4.H i r a m T y r r e l l of Wi l ton , D e c e m b e r

t, 1S04.L e on a r d I ng ra m, of Mi l ton, J a n u a r y

IS, 1SG5.And wi th in t he pr i son cell T h ey were w a t i n g for the; day T h a t s hou l d conic to open wide t he

i ron do o r ;And t h e i r hol low eye g r ew br ight . And t h e i r po or h e a r t a l mos t gay.As t he y t h o u g h t of s ee i ng h o m e a n d

f r i ends onc e more .

S E R V I C E LOSS.

Whi le in s e rv ic e t h r e e h u n d r e d d i ed; one h u n d r e d a n d seven ty- s ix of s i c k n e s s ; f o r t y- th r ee of w o u n ds ; e igh ty-one k i l l ed in act ion.

O u t of t wo h u n d r e d a n d th i r t y -one New Yo rk S t a t e V o l u n t e e r R e g i m e n t s ( tw e n t y -n i ne Ca va l ry , f i fteen Ar t i l ­

lery, l imn; En g in ee r , on e h un d re d an d e igh t y- fou r I n fa n t r y ) t he loss by ca p t u r e , wounded , a n d ( loath is r e ­po r t e d l ess in one h u n d r e d a n d sixty- f our r e g i m e n t s t h a n in t he Seven ty- s e v e n t h wh e r e in t he c a s ua l t i e s were ( s i xt y c a p t u r ed , t wo h u n d r e d a n d n i ne t y- fou r w o unde d , t h r e e h u n d r e d d i ed) s ix h u n d r e d a n d fifty-four.

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h i s A r m y of N o r t h e r n Vi rg in ia to t h e i r four y e a r op po n e n t s , t he Ar my of t he P o t o m a c a n d Ge ner a l Gran t . M a j o r Genera l G E OR GE G. M E A D E

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S I X T H C O R P S ’ B O U Q U E T S .

“OHicers a n d so l d i er s of t he S ixth Corps , 1 t h a n k you for t he n u m e r o u s p roofs of y o u r v a l o r d u r i ng t he r e ­c e n t c a m pa i g n . I do not wi sh to m a k e a n y i nv i di ous d i s t inc t ion be­t we e n you a n d t h e o t h e r Corps of t h i s Ar my , b u t c a n d o r c ompe l l s me !o s ay t ha t in my op in ion t he d e ­c i s ive m o v e m e n t in t hi s ca mp ai gn , wh i ch r e s u l t ed in t he c a p t u r e of t he A r m y of N o r t h e r n Vi rginia , wa s the g a l l a n t c h a r g e of t he S ix th Cor ps 011

t h e m o r n i n g of Apr i l 2, 1805."In his book T H E C A N N O N I E R ,

s a ys :“ I d o n ’t k n o w w h y it is so, bu t

t h e r e was a c o n t ag i on of Ba t t l e , an

E p id e m i c of Vic to ry in t.lio Six th Cor ps ( h a t 1 n e v e r fell in an y o th e r ; on flu; d e f en c e a r ock ; in an a t t a c k a h u r r i ca n e , a n d tin* p r e s e n c e of t ha t Cor ps on a n y field m e a n t t h a t t he r e wa s to be f ight ing. And it wa s n e v e r k n o w n to be on h and for an y o t h e r p u r po s e . ”

Fox, in his H i s t or y of F igh t ing R e g im e n t s , s a ys :

“T h e h i s t or y of t he S ix th Cor ps mo re t h a n a n y o t h e r is r ep l e t e wi th f asc i na t ion a n d i n t e r e s t ; i ts r ecord is i nv es t e d wi th m or e of t he r o m a n c e an d br i l l i ancy of war . T h e r e was t he s u c ce s s fu l a s s a u l t of May r e ’s H e i g h t s ; t he br i l l i an t d as h into the Rebe l P i t s a t R a p p a h a n n o c k S t a t i o n ; t he d e a d l y h a n d to h a n d f ight ing in t he W i l d e r n e s s ; i t s lone l ight a t Fo r t S t e v e n s wi th t he v i cto r ie s in t he S h e n a n d o a h Val ley; a n d the c r o w n i n g suc cess , s t o r m i n g a n d c a r ­ry i ng of t he w o r ks of P e t e r sb u rg . O v e r al l of t he s e s co ne s t h e G r ee k Cross w a ve d p roud ly on t he B a n n e r of t he Cor ps whi l e i ts V e t e r an s w r o u g h t d e e d s which l inked t h a t Ba dge wi th u nf a d i n g Glory an d r e­n o w n . ”

C h a r l e s 1*2. S t ev en s , c g e 2:’> yea r s , en ro l l ed S e p t e m b e r 10, 1SG1, a t W e s t ­por t , N. Y. M u s t e r e d in N o v e m b e r 2:’., 1SG1, a s se co nd s e rg e a n t A c o m ­pa n y; a s Se c o nd L i e u t e n a n t Ma rch 8, 1SG2; a s F i rs t L i e u t e na n t D e c e m­be r 2G, 18G2; a s C a p ta i n Ju l y 2G, 1SG4. Ho no r ab l y d i s c h a r ge d wi th c o m p a n y when R e g i m e n t was m u s t e r e d out in t he Def ences of W a s h i n g t o n , D. ( ’., J u l y 27 lSGii, b e c a u s e t he w a r was ended . ) O c t o be r S, lltoS, w r o t e t he fo l lowing to t he E d i t o r N a t i on a l T r i b ­une :

“ E ve ry w e e k you publ i sh a s ke t c h of s e ve ra l r e g im e n t s , g iv ing the n a m e s of t h e i r c o m m a n d e r s , t he di ­vi s ions a n d co rp s to which t he y b e ­longed ; once in a whi le you des ignate.

one a f i ght ing r e g i me n t , as tho t he o t h ­er s we re not . I t h i nk that if a r eg i men t h a p p e n s to be in a I'orl or ov e r a mi ne and .nets b lown up and loses ha l f of i ts men, it. is no m o r e a f ight ing r e g i ­m e n t t ha n o n e t ha t may be 20 rods f rom it a n d lose only 10 men.

“ 1 will g ive you a l i t t le s k e t c h of one that is not ‘a l ight ing r e g i m e n t . ’ I s up po s e t h e r e a r e h u n d r ed s of o t h ­e r s in t he s a m e c l as s t ha t can equa l o r s u r p a s s it. T h e 77th Ne w York lef t S a r a t o g a Sp r i n gs on T h a n k s g i v ­ing day, 1NG1; went to W a s h i ng t o n and into c a m p on Me r i d i an Hill. In F eb r ua r y , 18G2, we c r os s ed t he r iver , a n d we r e a s s i g ne d to t he T h i rd Bri ­gade , (lull. Davidson ' s , and Win. F. S m i t h ’s Division. W h e n l ien. Mc­Clel lan t r a n s p o r t e d h i s a r m y to the P e n i ns u l a o ur r eg i me n t was wi th it. T h e n the Si x t h Cor ps was o r gan i zed , c o mp o se d of F r a n k l i n ' s F i r s t and S m i t h ’s Second Division, We p as sed t h r u t he s i ege of C h i c k a h o mi n y f ever and l ef t wi th t he r e s t of t he a r m y for t he s econd Bull Run . We did not get very n e a r t he l ight ing line, a s il took o ur c o r ps t h r e e da y s to m a r c h to C e nte rv i l l e a n d only one n i gh t to get back to Al exandr ia . T h e n we m a r c h ­ed t h r u Ma ry l an d , a n d o u r co r ps d r ov e t he r ebe l s f rom C r a m p t o n Gap. From t h e r e we w e n t to An t i e t a m, and c h a r g e d o v e r t he g r ou nd t h a t had been f ough t o v e r twice. Our r eg i ­m e n t c h a r g e d d o w n t ow a r d t he Dunk- a r d C hur ch . W h e n Gen. Smi th sa w w h a t a place we w e r e in he sa id thattin* r eg i me n t had g one t o ------------- .Capt . Hor ton , Lieuts . Denn i son and S k i n n e r we r e wo u n d e d ; o u r color b e a r e r was ki l led, a s we r e ma n y o t he r s . We fell back , o v e r t he cres t of a hill, a n d held t he g r ou nd unt i l a b o u t noon the n e x t day, w h e n we w e r e re l i eved. But we wore not a f ight ing r eg i me n t . Next , we were at F r e d e r i c k s b u r g , c r ossed t he r i v e r at

F r a n k l i n ’s Cross ing , m ov e d up to t he f ront a n d held it unt i l we r e c r os se d t he r iver . W e al so p a r t i c ip a t e d in t he mu d ma r ch . In t he Spr i ng , whi le Gen. Hooker , wi th t he r e s t of t he a r m y was a t C h ance l lo r s v i l l e , o ur co rp s c r o s s ed t he r i v e r ag a i n an d c a p t u r e d M a y r e ’s He i gh t s . O u r legi- m e n t c a p t u r e d t wo g u n s a n d a rebel (lag, a n d t he colonel of t he 18th Mis­s i s s ipp i r eg i me n t an d o t h e r p r i s o n e r s a n d wa s c o m p l i m e n t e d by Gen. Smi th . Capt . W h e e l e r of o u r r e g i m e n t wa s ki l l ed on t he He i gh t s . O u r r e g i m e n t wa s d e t a i l ed to r u n t he pon t oo ns d o w n to t he r i ver , whi l e a n o t h e r was to m a n t h e m . T h e y c ro s s ed the r i ve r u n d e r fire a n d c a p t u r e d t he wo r ks ; bu t we w e r e no t a f i ght ing r eg i me n t .

“ We w e r e at G e t t y s b u r g , o u r co r ps m o s t l y in r e s e r ve , h a v i n g m a r c h e d 35 mi le s in a d a y to g e t t he r e . A l t e r Gen. Lee r e c r o s s e d t he P o t o m a c wo we r e e n g a g e d in b a c k i n g a n d fill ing, f r om t he R a p p a h a n n o c k to Ce n te rv i l l e , u n ­til it was de c i de d to c ro s s t he r iver , w h e n o u r c o r ps c a p t u r e d t he r ebel w o r k s a t R a p p a h a n n o c k S t a t ion , w e n t out to B r a n d y S t a t i o n a n d s t a y e d t h e r e unt i l we w e n t to Mi ne Run. T h e n c e we r e t u r n e d a n d w e n t into W i n t e r q u a r t e r s ; bu t w h e n Gen. G r a n t dec i ded to c r o s s t he R a p i d a n wi th h i s a r m y he could not ge t a l o n g w i t h ­out o u r r e g im e n t , a n d we ha d to l ea v e o u r c o m f o r t a b l e q u a r t e r s a t B r a n d y S t a t i o n a n d m a r c h in to t he W i l d e r n e s s . W h e n o u r r i gh t was t u rn e d . Ma y G, it all w e n t b a c k unt i l it c a m e to o u r r e g im e n t . O u r lef t c l u n g to t he b r e a s t w o r k s , t he T h i r d a n d F i r s t Div i s ions h a v i ng g one back. O u r r i gh t wa s a t r igh t a n g l e s to t he w o r k s f o r m i n g t he b a s e for a n ew l ine. My o rd e r ly wa s w o u n d e d an d went b a c k a s h o r t d i s t anc e , w h e r e we s a w Gen. S e d g w i c k in an old road, wi th h i s h a t in hi s h a n d a n d only o n e Aid wi th h im. T h e S e r g e a n t

s a i d : ‘Gene r a l , I a m wounded . W h e r e is t he r e a r ? ’ Gen. Sedgw' ick s a id : ‘S t a y r i gh t w h e r e you are . 1 h a v e n ’t a n y r e a r now, but will soon have one . ’ Cap ts . S m i t h and Winnie , L ieu t s . Ro wl a n d , Fo wl e r a n d Wo rd en w e r e wo un d ed . Lieut . Rowe was c a p ­t ur ed . ( H e was r e c a p t u r e d a f t e r a l ew days . ) You see, we r e w e r e not .1 f igh t ing r eg i me n t .

“At S p o t t s y l v a n i a t he 77lh was s e ­l ec t ed as o ne of t he 12 r e g i m e n t s of o u r co rp s to c h a r g e t he e n e m y ’s wor ks , u n d e r Gen. Upton. Ti e co l ­u m n c a r r i e d t he works , a n d c a p t u r e d a l m o s t a s m a n y m e n as t h e r e we r e in t he c h a r g i n g co lumn. We a l s o c a p ­t u r e d a b a t t e r y ; but , not be i ng s u p ­por t ed , we we r e c ompe l led to fall ba c k a n d l eave t he works . Capt . C a r p e n ­t e r a n d Lie u t . L yo n we r e ki l led a n d Capt s . Deyoe a n d R o w l a n d we r e w o u n d e d ; bu t we w e r e not a f ight ing r e g i me n t .

" T h e 77th w a s a t Bloody Angle, w h e r e o a k t r e e s IS i nches t h r u we r e c u t d own by the a r t i l l e r y fire. Capt . Rugg, of o u r r eg i me n t , was ki l led. O v e r t he w o r ks I c o u n te d 13 r ebe l s woo lay de a d u n d e r a l a rge l imb of a t r ee t h a t h a d been c u t d ow n by a she l l f rom o ur guns .

“ F ro m t h e r e we we n t to P e t e r s b u r g , w h e r e t h r e e m e n in my c o m p a n y ea c h los t a leg f rom one shel l . Each was n a m e d J a m e s .

“ Wl . en E a r l y w a s s c a r i n g W a s h i n g ­ton o ur c o r ps w a s s e n t t he r e to p r o­tec t it. At Fo r t S t e v e n s o ur b r i ga de m a d e a c h a r g e u n d e r t he e y e s of P r e s i d e n t Linco ln a n d d r ov e t he e n ­e m y b a c k a mi le, e v e r y r e g i m en t a l c o m m a n d e r in t he b r i g ad e be i ng ki l ­led o r w o u n d e d ; five of o u r r e g i me n t lie in t he N a t i on a l C e m e t e r y t he r e ; t h ou g h we were no t a f i ght ing r eg i ­ment .

“ We t he n c h a s ed E a r ly a r o u n d for awhi l e , a n d Gen. S h e r id a n be i ng s e n t

i i io n i i v j . 11h u d . ('() M MISS A KI AT 15 ROC) K S.

up t h e r e to look a l t e r t i l ings, ho found JOarly a t Wi n ch e s t e r . 11«' d r ove Ea r l y up t he Val ley to F i s h e r ’s Hill, but did n o t l e t h im s t ay long, not l i k ing to ha v e him so near . As (Jen. S h e r id a n ha d been cal l ed to W a s h i n g t o n Gen. lOariy t h o u g h t he would i n t e r v i ew the a r m y whi le Phi l was a wa y . O u r corps w a s l ying a t t he r i g h t of t he a r my , when , on t he m o r n i n g of Oct . l!i, we we r e a w a k e n e d by f i ring on o ur p i ck­e t s and heavy f i r ing to t he left . Soon we we r e m a r c h e d t h ru w h er e t e a m ­s t e r s we r e h a r n e s s i n g and h u r r y i n g to t he r ear . Me n f rom t he Eigh t h a n d N i n e t e e n t h Co r ps p as se d us, s a y ­ing t h a t Ea r l y h a d c a p t u r e d al l e x ­c e p t t hose who were h u r r y i n g to W i n c h e s t e r . We we r e m a r c h e d o v e r to t he W i n c h e s t e r pike, an d f o rme d o u r l ine a t t he foot of a s ma l l hill, a n d were t h en mov e d b a c k ov er t he cres t of t he hill. 1 was s e n t ou t on t he s k i r m i s h l ine wi th my c o m pa n y , a n d soon sa w t he e n e m y f o rm in g a l ine a t t he foot of t he hill w h e r e we first fo rmed . I r e p o r t e d to Col. F re n c h , a n d told h i m if we could give t h e m a vol ley as t he y c a m e o v e r t he hill and

t hen c h a r g e t h e m we could d r ive t h em l ike s he ep . T h e y t r i e d it t hr ee t imes , but could no t g e t o ve r t heli ill. Capt . L e n n on wa s mor ta l l y wounded at t h a t t ime. A f t e r t he t hi rd t ime t h e r e wa s no i n f a n t ry firing on our l ine, t ho we go t a t e r r i b l e s h e l ­l ing f rom the e ne my . It. was a t t ha t t i me t h a t Gen. Midwell, of o u r br i ­gade . w a s ki l l ed by a shel l , an d Capt . Orr , of o u r r e g i me n t , lost a n a r m. Af­t e r a w h i l e we were; o r d e r e d to fall back, an d o u r b r i ga d e ke p t t he i r l ine a s if on pa r ad e . We fell back, then we r e ha l t ed , f aced abou t , m a r c he d a l i t t le ways to t he f ron t a n d t h r ew up a few rai l s for a b r e a s t w or k . Af t e r a wh i le we h e a r d c h e e r i n g down the pike, an d sa w an officer on a b lack hor se , c o ve r ed wi th foam, r i d ing up t he pike wi th one Aide. It proved lo be Gen. Sh e r i da n . He m ad e some inqu i r i es of Col. F re nc h , who was in c o m m a n d of t he Br igade , a n d rode off to t he r i ght , b e t w e e n t h e sk i r mi sh l ine a n d l ine of ba t t l e . One could tell by the c h e e r i n g how fa r he was up the line. Af te r he h ad gone awhi l e t h e r e c a m e an o r d e r fo r t he men lo

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F r a n k l i n ’s C r o s s i n g , m o v e d u p to t h e I ron! a n d he l d it u n t i l we r e e r o s s e d t h e r i v er . W e a l s o p a r t i c i p a t e d in t h e m u d m a r c h . In t h e S p r i n g , w h i l e Gen . H o o k e r , w i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e a r m y w a s a t C h a n c e l l o r s v i l l e , o u r c o r p s c r o s s e d t h e r i v e r a g a i n a n d c a p t u r e d M a y r e ’s H e i g h t s . O u r l egi - m e n t c a p t u r e d t w o g u n s a n d a r e b e l f lag, a n d t h e c o lo n e l o f t h e 18tli M i s ­s i s s i p p i r e g i m e n t a n d o t h e r p r i s o n e r s a n d w a s c o m p l i m e n t e d by (Jen. S m i t h . C a p l . W h e e l e r of o u r r e g i m e n t w a s k i l l ed o n t h e H e i g h t s . O u r r e g i m e n t w a s d e t a i l e d t o r u n t h e p o n t o o n s d o w n to t h e r i v e r , w h i l e a n o t h e r w a s t o m a n t h e m . T h e y c r o s s e d t h e r i v e r u n d e r t i re a n d c a p t u i e d t h e w o r k s ; b u t w e w e r e not a l i g h t i n g r e g i m e n t .

“ W e w e r e at G e t t y s b u r g , o u r c o r p s m o s t l y in r e s e r v e , h a v i n g m a r c h e d ;»f> m i l e s in a d a y t o g e t t h e r e . A f t e r Gen . Le e r e c r o s s e d t h e P o t o m a c w e w e r e e n g a g e d in b a c k i n g a n d f i l l ing, f r o m t h e R a p p a h a n n o c k to C e n t e r v i l l e , u n ­til i t w a s d e c i d e d to c r o s s t h e r i ve r , w h e n o u r c o r p s c a p t u r e d t h e r e b e l w o r k s a t R a p p a h a n n o c k S t a t i o n , w e n t o u t to B r a n d y S t a t i o n a n d s t a y e d t h e r e u n t i l w e w e n t t o M i n e R un . T h e n c e w e r e t u r n e d a n d w e n t i n t o W i n t e r q u a r t e r s ; b u t w h e n Ge n . G r a n t d e c i d e d t o c r o s s t h e I i a p i d a n w i t h h i s a r m y h e c o u l d n o t g e t a l o n g w i t h ­o u t o u r r e g i m e n t , a n d w e h a d to l e a v e o u r c o m f o r t a b l e q u a r t e r s a t B r a n d y S t a t i o n a n d m a r c h i n t o t h e W i l d e r n e s s . W h e n o u r r i g h t w a s t u r n e d , M a y C, it al l w e n t b a c k un t i l it c a m e to o u r r e g i m e n t . O u r l ef t c l u n g t o t h e b r e a s t w o r k s , t h e T h i r d a n d F i r s t D i v i s i o n s h a v i n g g o n e b a c k . O u r r i g h t w a s a t r i g h t a n g l e s t o t h e w o r k s f o r m i n g t h e b a s e fo r a n e w l ine . My o r d e r l y w a s w o u n d e d a n d w e n t b a c k a s h o r t d i s t a n c e , w h e r e we s a w G e n . S e d g w i c k in a n old r o a d , w i t h h i s h a t in h i s h a n d a n d o n l y o n e Aid w i t h h i m . T h e S e r g e a n t

s a i d : ‘G e n e r a l , I a m w o u n d e d . W h e r e is t h e r e a r ? ’ Ge n . S e d g w i c k s a i d : ' S t a y r i g h t w h e r e y o u a r e . 1 h a v e n ’t a n y r e a r n ow, b u t wi l l s o o n h a v e o n e . ’ C a p t s . S m i t h a n d W i n n i e , L i e u t s . R o w l a n d , F o w l e r a n d W o r d e n w e r e w o u n d e d . Lie u t . R o w e w a s c a p ­t u r e d . ( H e w a s r e c a p t u r e d a f t e r a t e w d a y s . ) You see , w e r e w e r e n o t a f i g h t i n g r e g i m e n t .

“ A t S p o t t s y l v a n i a t h e 77 th w a s s e ­l e c t e d a s o n e of t h e 12 r e g i m e n t s of o u r c o r p s t o c h a r g e t h e e n e m y ’s w o r k s , u n d e r Ge n . Up t on . T l . e c o l ­u m n c a r r i e d t h e w o r k s , a n d c a p t u r e d a l m o s t a s m a n y m e n a s t h e r e w e r e in t h e c h a r g i n g c o l u m n . W e a l s o c a p ­t u r e d a b a t t e r y ; bu t , n o t b e i n g s u p ­p o r t e d , w e w e r e c o m p e l l e d to fal l b a c k a n d l e a v e t h e w o r k s , ( 'apt. . C a r p e n ­t e r a n d L i e u t . L y o n w e r e k i l l ed a n d C a p t s . D e y o e a n d R o w l a n d w e r e w o u n d e d ; b u t w e w e r e n o t a f i g h t in g r e g i m e n t .

“ T h e 77 th w a s a t B l o o dy A n g l e , w h e r e o a k t r e e s IS i n c h e s t h r u w e r e c u t d o w n by t h e a r t i l l e r y t ire. Ca p t . R u g g , of o u r r e g i m e n t , w a s k i l l ed . O v e r t h e w o r k s I c o u n t e d 13 r e b e l s w h o l ay d e a d u n d e r a l a r g e l i mb of a t r e e t h a t h a d b e e n c u t d o w n by a s he l l f r o m o u r g u n s .

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“ W h e n E a r l y w a s s c a r i n g W a s h i n g ­t on o u r c o r p s w a s s e n t t h e r e to p r o ­t e c t it. A t F o r t S t e v e n s o u r b r i g a d e m a d e a c h a r g e u n d e r t h e e y e s of P r e s i d e n t L in c o l n a n d d r o v e t h e e n ­e m y b a c k a mi l e , e v e r y r e g i m e n t a l c o m m a n d e r in t h e b r i g a d e b e i n g k i l ­led o r w o u n d e d ; f ive o f o u r r e g i m e n t l ie in t h e N a t i o n a l C e m e t e r y t h e r e ; t h o u g h we w e r e n o t a f i g h t in g r e g i ­m e n t .

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u p t h e r e t o look a l t e r t h i n gs , he f ound E a r l y a t W i n c h e s t e r . H e d r o v e E a r l y u p t h e Va l le y t o F i s h e r ’s Hil l , b u t did n o t l e t h i m s t a y long , not l ik in g to h a v e h i m so n e a r . As Ge n . S h e r i d a n h a d b ee n ca l l ed t o W a s h i n g t o n Gen. E a r l y t h o u g h t he w o u l d i n t e r v i e w t h e a r m y w h i l e Ph i l w a s a w a y . O u r c o r p s w a s l y i n g a t t h e r i g h t of t h e a r m y , w h e n , on t h e m o r n i n g of Oct . l!t, we w e r e a w a k e n e d by f i r i ng o n o u r p i c k ­e t s a n d h e a v y f i r i ng t o t h e lef t . Soon w e w e r e m a r c h e d t h r u w h e r e t e a m ­s t e r s w e r e h a r n e s s i n g a n d h u r r y i n g t o t l ;e r e a r . M e n f r o m t h e E i g h t h a n d N i n e t e e n t h C o r p s p a s s e d us , s a y ­i ng t h a t E a r l y h a d c a p t u r e d al l e x ­c e p t t h o s e w h o w e r e h u r r y i n g to W i n c h e s t e r . Wre w e r e m a r c h e d o v e r t o t h e W i n c h e s t e r p i ke , a n d f o r m e d o u r l ine a t t h e fool of a s m a l l hill , a n d w e r e t h e n m o v e d b a c k o v e r t h e c r e s t of t h e hi l l . 1 w a s s e n t o u t on t h e s k i r m i s h l i ne w i t h m y c o m p a n y , a n d s o o n s a w t h e e n e m y f o r m i n g a l i ne a t t h e foot of t h e hil l w h e r e we f i rs t f o r m e d . I r e p o r t e d to Col . F r e n c h , a n d t o l d h i m if w e c o u l d g i ve t h e m a v o l l e y a s t h e y c a m e o v e r t h e hi l l a n d

t h e n c h a r g e t h e m we c o u l d d r i ve t h e m l ike s h e e p . T h e y t r i e d it Hi re r t i m e s , b u t c ou l d n o t g e t o v e r t in hill . C a p t . L o n n o n w a s m o r t a l h w o u n d e d at t h a t t i m e . A f t e r t h e t hi rd t i m e t h e r e w a s 110 i n f a n t r y f i r ing 011

o u r l ine, t l io we g o t a t e r r i b l e s l iel l ing f r o m t h e e n e m y . I t w a s a t tl ial t i m e t h a t Ge n . Bi dwe l l , of o u r br i g a d e . w a s k i l l ed by a she l l , a n d Ca pt O r r , of o u r r e g i m e n t , l os t a n a r m . Af t e r a w h i l e we w e r e o r d e r e d to fal b a c k , a n d o u r b r i g a d e k e p t t h e i r lint a s if 011 p a r a d e . W e fell b a c k , ll iei w e r e h a l t e d , f a c e d a b o u t , m a r c h e d ; l i t t l e w a y s t o t h e f r o n t a n d t h r e w ii| a f e w r a i l s f o r a b r e a s t w o r k . A f t e a w h i l e we h e a r d c h e e r i n g d o w n t h p ike , a n d s a w a n of l i ce r on a b l ac h o r s e , c o v e r e d w i t h f oa m, r i d i n g u t h e p i k e w i t h o n e Aide . It p r o v e d l be Gen . S h e r i d a n . H e m a d e s u m i n q u i r i e s of Col . F r e n c h , w h o w a s i c o m m a n d of t h e B r i g a d e , a n d r o d e o t o t h e r i g h t , b e t w e e n t h e s k i r m i s l i ne a n d l ine of b a t t l e . O n e coti l t el l by t h e c h e e r i n g h o w f a r he wa u p t h e l ine. A f t e r he h a d g o n e awl i i l t h e r e c a m e a n o r d e r fo r t h e m e n t

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m a k e cof fee , a s t h e y h a d l o s t t h e i r h r ea k l ' a s t . L a l e r t l i e re c a m e a n o r ­d e r t h a t t h e r e w o u l d he. a . genera l a t ­t a c k at :’> ]>. in., a n d t h a t t h e m e n s h o u l d s l e e p in t h e i r o ld c a m p s . A t t l ie d e s i g n a t e d t i m e w e w e r e up a n d a l t e r t h e m . T h e l e f t of o u r r e g i m e n t w a s on t h e p i ke , a n d w h e r e o u r b r i ­g a d e w a s to a d v a n c e t h e r e b e l s w e r e b e h i n d a s t o n e wal l a n d we s u f f e r e d s e v e r e l y . C a p t s . B e l d e n a n d T a b o r a n d A d j t . T h o m a s w e r e k i l l ed . C a p t s . T h o m p s o n a n d R o s s a n d L i eu t . V a n D e r w e r k e r w e r e w o u n d e d . W e w e r e not a l i g h t i n g l e g i m e n t — y o u see .

“ As t h e b a t t l e o f C e d a r C r e e k d e ­s t r o y e d ISar ly ' s u s e f u l n e s s t h e r e , t h e S i x t h C o r p s w a s r e t u r n e d to P e t e r s ­bu r g , w h e r e t h e W i n t e r w a s s p e n t in t he t r e n c h e s . W h e n t h e r e b e l s m a d e

t h e i r a t t a c k on F o r t S t e a d m a n in M a r c h , o u r B r i g ad e , to r e l i e v e t h e p r e s s u r e a t t h a t p o i n t , a t t a c k e d t h e p i c k e t l ine in f r o n t a n d c a p t u r e d it. C a p t . O a k l e y a n d L ie u t . P i e r c e w e r e k i l l ed .

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d i n n e r so g e n e r o u s l y g i v e n us, on t h e o c c a s i o n o f o u r c e l e b r a t i n g t h e f i f t i e t h a n n i v e r s a r y of o u r R e g i m e n t ’s M u s t e r - o u t , w h e r e b y it c e a s e d to be a n o r g a n i z a t i o n in t h e s e r v i c e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s in t h e W A R F O R T H E P R E S E R ­V A T I O N O F T H E U N I O N ;

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