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 FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
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GEX. aEORGE J. STANNARD 
 
VERMONT 
 
 AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 JULY, 1863 
 
 AND 
 
 FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 Marble Cit^ Press 
 
 The Tuttle Company 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1914 
 
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GETTYSBURG 
 
 By Hon. Thomas C. Cheney. 
 
 A number of reasons prompted Gen. Lee's invasion of Pennsyl- 
 vania, which culminated in the battle of Gettysburg. He hoped that 
 such an invasion of northern territory, threatening as it would the 
 cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore and Washington itself, might 
 result in withdrawing part of Grant's army from Vicksburg, where 
 he had been besieging Gen. Pemberton since May 18, 1863. 
 
 He felt hopeful of victory and thought that a victorious cam- 
 paign on northern soil would secure the recognition of the Confeder- 
 acy by England and France. This hope of foreign recognition had 
 been from the first the very life-blood of the Confederacy. 
 
 Such a campaign would also relieve for a time w^ar-worn Vir- 
 ginia from the burdens she had borne for two years, and would trans- 
 fer the scene of hostilities for a while to a section of the country that 
 had known nothing of the devestation of war. 
 
 He felt that if he could administer a crushing defeat on north- 
 ern soil it would add great strength to the faction in Congress which 
 was advocating peace at any price and clamoring that the war was a 
 failure so far as the North was concerned. 
 
 His immediate purpose — to secure food, shoes and other supplies 
 — was to some extent achieved, but by no means so far as to suffice 
 for the enormous outlay which had to be made in return. The ex- 
 penditure of ammunition, the havoc in horse-flesh, the depletion of 
 his fighting forces, summed up a heavy bill to pay for the movement. 
 
 No forces were withdrawn from the South and West to aid the 
 Army of the Potomac, so no relief came to the Confederates in those 
 sections because of the invasion. Instead of strengthening the peace 
 party, Lee's advance put a muzzle on its lips, and served only to 
 quicken and then to reveal in a magnificent way the love which the 
 people of the loyal States bore for the Union. 
 
 The battle decided that the war policy of the South must be 
 until the end only defensive in character. It decided that the South 
 could never hope for foreign recognition. The motion for recogni- 
 tion made on June 30th in the House of Commons was withdrawn 
 
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 two weeks later. The news of this Confederate defeat on Northern 
 soil turned the tide. 
 
 Mr. Jesse Bowman Young in his splendid work recently pub- 
 lished on "The Battle of Gettysburg" has well said "That Fourth of 
 July, 1863, when the twin victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg 
 became historic, may well be recalled as the turning point of our 
 national destinies. From that day the armies of the Confederacy 
 staggered under, their death sentence, carrying on their hopeless 
 struggle for twenty-one added months under the inevitable doom of 
 final overthrow. And now every monument at Gettysburg, every bit 
 of topographical decoration added to the beautiful field, every service 
 held on its hills, helps to repeat to the world the proclamation: 'Here 
 the verdict was rendered, here the decision was made that government 
 of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from 
 the earth.' " 
 
 Early in June Lee, leaving Hill's corps at Fredericksburg to ob- 
 serve Hooker's movements, concentrated his army at Culpeper, whence 
 the forward movement was begun the nth by way of the Shenandoah 
 Valley. As soon as Hooker became satisfied that a threatened inva- 
 sion was being made, he started his army northward, keeping between 
 Lee and Washington, focusing his army at Frederick City, Md., 
 whence on June 28 he asked to be relieved as he felt aggrieved at 
 the treatment he had received from Halleck. His request was 
 promptly granted, and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade was put in com- 
 mand. 
 
 Neither Lee nor Meade planned to fight at Gettysburg. Lee, 
 when he learned that the Army of the Potomac had crossed into Mary- 
 land, determined to withdraw his advance divisions and concentrate 
 his forces at Cashtown, Pa. Meade had thought the contest might 
 take place at Pipe Creek, some miles from Gettysburg. The great 
 need of shoes by the Confederates and the setting out by Pettigrew's 
 North Carolina troops for Gettysburg for the purpose of securing a 
 supply there, resulted in a collision with Buford's cavalry near the 
 Lutheran Seminary just outside Gettysburg, with the result that the 
 two forces became so entangled in a fight that neither side could 
 withdraw. Other troops coming up on either side became engaged 
 until there was a great deal of desperate fighting with victory first 
 with, one side and then the other. Gen. Reynolds, one of the ablest 
 officers in the army, a Pennsylvanian, and the man who would prob- 
 ably have been given the command of the Army of the Potomac had 
 it not gone to Gen. Meade, fell early in the day, and. the Federal 
 troops were finally forced back through the town with heavy losses. 
 
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 later to be rallied on Cemetery Hill, a splendid defensive position, 
 through the heroic efforts of Generals Hancock and Howard. 
 
 The second daj"- saw desperate fighting about Gulp's Hill and 
 Cemetery Hill at one end of the line and at the Peach Orchard, 
 Devil's Den and I^ittle Round Top at the other end. The Union 
 troops were successful in holding practically all except the Peach 
 Orchard, where Gen. Sickles, after a terrific contest, was forced back. 
 Through the foresight of Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, who saw that 
 Little Round Top was the key to the Union position and who at 
 once rushed troops there who reached the summit at the very moment 
 the Confederates were ascending the other side, this valuable position 
 was secured to the Northern army after some of the most desperate 
 fighting during the three days' battle. If Warren had been a few 
 moments later in securing Round Top, it would have been lost to the 
 Confederates and Meade would have been compelled to fa'll back to 
 Pipe Creek. 
 
 The third day saw another desperate struggle on the part of 
 Johnson to capture Culp's Hill, which was. unsuccessful. Lee then 
 determined, against the advice of Longstreet, to attempt to pierce the 
 Union center on Cemetery Ridge. After the greatest artillery duel 
 that this continent, if not the entire world, has ever witnessed, the 
 last blow was struck when that superb and beloved leader, Gen. 
 Geo. E. Pickett led his men over three-fourths of a mile of open coun- 
 try under a most galling artillery and musketry fire. A few of this little 
 band under Armistead, who fell mortally wounded, pierced the Union 
 line for a moment, but they were not supported and fell back after 
 a terrible loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. This ended the 
 fighting aside from a hopeless cavalry charge near Round Top by 
 the First Vermont Cavalry -and the First West Virginia Cavalry 
 under Gen. Farnsworth, who fell while at the head of this brave band. 
 
 Vermonters are justly proud of the splendid part her soldiers 
 took at Gettysburg. The first Green Mountain lads to take part in 
 the Gettysburg campaign were those of the Second, Third, Fourth, 
 Fifth and Sixth Vermont of the Old Vermont Brigade under com- 
 mand of Gen. Lewis A. Grant, who together with the Twenty-sixth 
 New Jersey, became engaged with the Confederates at Franklin's 
 Crossing at Fredericksburg June 5th. The Fifth Vermont and the 
 New Jersey Regiment were the first to cross the Rappahannock under 
 a murderous fire, which they did in gallant style, capturing 100 Con- 
 federates, dispersing the rest, and opening the way for their comrades 
 to follow and occupy a strong position. This lodgement assured, the 
 bridges were soon built and other forces a little later made their way 
 over the river. 
 
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 The second V^ermont Brigade, under the command of their 
 immortal leader. Gen. George J. Stannard, broke camp on June 25th 
 at Camp Occoquan and started on one of the most exciting and un- 
 precedented marches of the war. The First Corps, commanded by 
 Gen. Reynolds, to which this Brigade had been assigned, was fifty 
 miles in advance, two full days marches ahead of it. So well did the 
 Vermonters march during the next few days during the terrific heat 
 and dust that they were only ten miles behind the First Corps when 
 the latter reached Gettysburg. 
 
 The night of the 30th was spent just outside Emmittsburg. July 
 1st the Thirteenth led the Brigade. Notice had already come from 
 Gen. Reynolds to Gen. Stannard that an engagement was imminent, 
 and he was ordered to hurry forward his troops with dispatch. Early 
 in the afternoon upon the crest of a considerable hill eight miles from 
 Gettysburg a single horseman was seen approaching in great haste. 
 Gen. Stannard ordered a halt as the weary horse and anxious rider 
 approached the head of his column. He saluted the General, asked 
 if he was General Stannard of the Second Vermont Brigade and then 
 said, "A big fight is in progress at Gettysburg. Gen. Reynolds has 
 been killed, Gen. Doubleday is in command and is hard pressed and 
 must have help or he cannot hold his ground." He received a reply 
 from Stannard that he would be there as soon as he could and have 
 his men in any condition to fight when they reached the ground. 
 
 This Brigade, during its seven days of forced marching, knowing 
 that a great battle was imminent, had feared it would arrive too late 
 to take a hand in it. As Jesse Bowman Young says in his book, "The 
 Battle of Gett>'sburg," "Had the ears of these eager men been opened 
 to hear the voice of fate, perhaps they might have discerned a message 
 on this wise: 'Cheer up, Green Mountain Boys! You shall not miss 
 your chance! In the storm of battle a great opportunity shall flash 
 before your vision, and you shall be privileged to strike one of the 
 culminating blows in behalf of the Union. Possess your souls in 
 patience.' " 
 
 Pushing forward the brigade at sundown reached the field and 
 passed over the ground now occupied by their regimental monuments 
 and took position on the southwest front of Cemetery Hill just west 
 of the Taneytown road. 
 
 The Twelfth and Fifteenth regiments, much to their disgust, 
 had been, by order of Gen. Stannard, left behind to guard the wagon 
 train of the Corps. A picket detail of 200 men of the Sixteenth under 
 Maj. Rounds, field officer of the day, was posted a short distance in 
 front of the Emmittsburg Road, relieving the Cavalry under Buford. 
 Gen. Slocum appointed Stannard general field officer of the day for 
 
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 the left wing of the army, and while his men slept their general 
 watched the front and rode the lines in the moonlight. There, on 
 the left of Cemetery Hill, at three o'clock in the morning, he niet 
 the Commander of the Army, who having arrived at midnight was 
 satisfying himself bj^ personal observation of the disposition of his 
 troops. 
 
 Gen. Sickles, having discovered both the Twelfth and Fifteenth 
 Regiments with the wagon train about five miles from Gettysburg, 
 and feeling that one regiment was enough for such duty, directed 
 Col. Blunt to leave the smaller of the two with the wagons and to 
 have the other follow Birney's Division of his Corps to Gettysburg. 
 The Fifteenth having a few more men than t;he Twelfth moved on 
 to Gettysburg in the night and joined the Brigade at daylight. Early 
 in the day; however, this Regiment was again sent back to guard the 
 wagon train near Rock Creek Church though Stannard tried hard 
 to secure leave for it to remain with him. 
 
 During the forenoon of this second day the brigade lay in the 
 rear of Cemetery Hill, drying in the sun their cartridges which had 
 become damp in the rain of the night before. They were pleased and 
 cheered by a remark of Gen. Doubleday, made in the hearing of many 
 of them, to a member of his staff, as he rode by: "Here are some bojs 
 who will fight when their turn comes." 
 
 About two p. m. Gen. Stannard was placed in general charge of 
 the infantry supports of the batteries on the left brow of Cemetery 
 Hill. All was quiet until about three p. m. when two Confederate 
 batteries of 10 and 20-pound guns placed on a knoll in a wheat field 
 1,300 yards in front, suddenly opened fire. "This was," says Col. 
 Wainwright, chief of artillery of the First Corps, "the most accurate 
 fire I had ever yet seen from artillery." The first shell thrown explod- 
 ed over the Thirteenth Vermont, wounding several men, — the first 
 men of the Brigade hurt by hostile shots. Gen Stannard was at one 
 time whirled off from his feet by the explosion of a shell which burst 
 almost in the little group of himself and staff'. Capt. A. G. Foster, of 
 the Brigade Staff, was sent with Co. B, Capt. Arms, of the Sixteenth, 
 to fill a gap in the picket line. When near the Emmittsburg road they 
 received a volley from the enemy and Capt. Foster fell with musket 
 balls through both legs and was taken to the rear. During the fore- 
 noon of the 3rd, with Co. G. of the same Regiment, under Lieut. 
 Dutton, and a battalion of Pennsylvania "Bucktails," it supported a 
 batten^ on the left of Cemetery Hill. During the opening cannonade 
 Companies D, E, F, H, and K, of the Thirteenth, were sent under 
 Lieut. Col. Munson to support a battery on the north front of Ceme- 
 tery Hill. Lieut. S. F. Brown and Privates Hogan, Prouty and Mon- 
 
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 ahan of Co. K rendered active assistance to one of the batteries from 
 which the gunners had been driven by the severity of the enemy's fire. 
 On the extreme left Little Round Top had been saved through 
 the gallant fighting of troops under Vincent, Weed, Hazlett, O'Rorke 
 and Chamberlin, all the oflicers named with the exception of Cham- 
 berlin falling in the desperate engagement. About this time, how- 
 ever, Wilcox, Perry and Wright had outflanked Humphrey near the 
 Peach Orchard, had broken through the thin line of the Second 
 Corps, had seized a number of Union guns and had nearly cut the 
 Army of the Potomac in two. At this juncture the Second Vermont 
 Brigade came into action; took the place of veteran troops; drove 
 back the advancing masses ; filled a large gap ; and completed the re- 
 establishment of the Union line along Cemetery Ridge. Gen. 
 Doubleday says that Gen. Meade's attention had been called to the 
 critical condition of things at this point by Gen. Tidball, chief of 
 artillery of the Cavalry Corps, who said to him: "General, I am sorry 
 to see the enemy has pierced our center. If you need troops, I saw 
 a fine body of Vermonters a short distance from there belonging to 
 the First Corps, who are available." Whereupon Gen. Meade di- 
 rected Tidball to take an order to Gen. Newton to put the men in 
 at once. "I have been particular," says Gen. Doubleday, "in narrat- 
 ing this incident, as Stannard's Vermont Brigade contributed greatly 
 to the victory the next day, and it is worthy of record to state how 
 they came to be in that part of the field." 
 
 Lieut. Col. George Meade, son of Gen. Meade, and on his staff, 
 thus relates the incident: "Just as we were making up our minds for 
 the worst, some one yelled: 'There they come. General!' Looking 
 around we saw a column of infantry come swinging down the Taney- 
 town road from the direction of Cemetery Hill, in close column of 
 divisions, at sharp, double-quick, flags flying, arms at right shoulder, 
 officers steadying their men with sharp commands. They came on 
 as if on review. It was the most exciting and inspiriting moment 1 
 ever passed, and everyone yelled as if for dear life. As they passed 
 Gen. Meade and his aides, he turned his horse's head and waving 
 his hat said 'Come on, gentlemen!' and rode on with the skirmish 
 line up to and beyond the crest. Some one said to Gen. ileade that 
 at one time it looked 'pretty desperate.' It was a great relief to hear 
 him say in reply: 'Yes, but it is all right now, it is all right now.' 
 This has always been to me the most dramatic incident connected 
 with Gen. Meade on that field." This body of troops was none other 
 than Stannard's Brigade. 
 
 The Sixteenth deployed in the rear of the Second Corps' bat- 
 teries and the enemy was so disconcerted by its appearance, that it 
 
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 fell back. Col. Randall, with Companies A, Capt. Lonergan; B, 
 Capt. Wilder; C, Capt. Coburn ; E, Capt. Davis; G, Lieut. Clark; 
 I, Lieut. Searles, as they moved forward met Gen. Hancock, who 
 had been trying to rally the supports of Weirs' (Fifth U. S.) battery, 
 now in danger of capture by Wright's men. Three guns had been 
 abandoned, and the entire battery was in great danger. "Can't you 
 save that battery, Colonel?" asked Hancock. "We can try," was the 
 reply, "Forward, boys!" Randall's horse soon fell, shot under him, 
 but the colonel went on on foot and was one of the first to reach the 
 battery with Capt. Lonergan by his side. The Georgians were driven 
 from the guns ; the cannoneers withdrew two of them, and four were 
 passed to the rear by hand by men of the Thirteenth. 
 
 About this time the battalion was fired upon from the Rogers 
 house on the Emmittsburg Road, and Co. A. was sent thither. Capt. 
 Lonergan surrounded the house with his men, and took a captain and 
 eighty men of an Alabama Regiment, there being a larger number of 
 prisoners than there were men in his company. This closed the work 
 of the Vermonters on the second day. 
 
 After nightfall Col. Veazey was detailed as division field officer 
 of the day, and taking the Sixteenth Vermont and a detail from the 
 brigade on the right, he posted a picket line along the front, from 
 the right of the Codori house till it joined the picket line of the Fifth 
 Corps. "It was," says Col. Veazey, "the saddest night I ever passed 
 on picket. The line ran across the field that had been fought over 
 the day before, and the dead and wounded of the two armies, lying 
 side by side, thickly strewed the ground. The mingled imprecations 
 and prayers of the wounded, and supplications for help, were heart- 
 rending. The stretcher bearers of both armies were allowed to pass 
 back and forth through the picket lines, but scores of wounded men 
 died around us in the gloom, before an3^one could bring relief or re- 
 ceive their dying messages." 
 
 During the night word was brought by a prisoner to Col. Nich- 
 ols that Gen. Barksdale of Mississippi lay mortally wounded on the 
 field in front of his line. Col. Nichols at once sent out a detail of eight 
 men under Sergeant Vaughan, (a brave soldier who fell next day) 
 who brought him in on a stretcher and took him to a small temporary 
 hospital in the rear. His last message, "Tell my wife I fought like 
 a man and will die like one," was delivered to Sergeant Vaughan 
 and his hat and gloves which he gave to one of the men who brought 
 him in, were long in Col. Nichols' possession. His body, with a ball 
 hole through his breast, and legs bandaged and bloody from gun-shots 
 through both of them, lay in the rear of the position of the Vermont 
 brigade during the forenoon, and was then temporarily interred upon 
 the spot. 
 
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 The Second Vermont Brigade took its share of the opening can- 
 nonade on the morning of the third day, the Fourteenth Regiment 
 having several non-commissioned officers and men killed at the same 
 instant by the explosion of a caisson of a battery which they were 
 supporting. All was quiet on the battlefield from eleven until a little 
 after one in the afternoon when the terrific artillery duel, already re- 
 ferred to, opened. Col. Veazey's regiment lay' just in front of the 
 Union batteries which fired over them, yet the men were so exhausted 
 that the majority fell asleep. At three o'clock Pickett's veterans ad- 
 vanced to the charge. They had been under a terrible fire before arriv- 
 ing at the Emmittsburg Road but when they reached that point, 
 though the solid shot and shell were plowing through their ranks, they 
 gave a wonderful exhibition of coolness and couragi by halting and 
 dressing their lines before advancing further as if they were on dress 
 parade instead of under one of the most galling fires that was ever 
 poured upon troops. After leaving the Emmittsburg Road they seemed 
 to be aiming directly for the position of the Fourteenth, but when that 
 regiment arose they suddenly changed direction and marched by the 
 flank to the north across its front some sixty rods. This was a most 
 costly movement for the enemy and gave to the Vermonters the op- 
 portunity to strike what Lieut. Jesse Bowman Young has well called 
 "one of the culminating blows in behalf of the Union." The oppor- 
 tunity for a flank attack had been noticed by Gen. Stannard and was 
 acted upon by him with a decision and promptitude which did him 
 infinite credit. The Thirteenth and Sixteenth regiments were ordered 
 upon the enemy's flanks. When the famous order to "Change front, 
 forward on first company" w^as given the Thirteenth, that regiment 
 swung out squarely upon Pickett's flank, the regiment turning on 
 First Sergeant James B. Scully, of Co. A, who may well be said to 
 have been the pivot of the pivotal movement of the pivotal battle of 
 the war. These two regiments were soon joined by the Fourteenth 
 and all three, at a short range of but a few rods, poured a most 
 destructive fire into Pickett's men. The effect was instantaneous. 
 Their advance ceased. On the right and center the larger portion 
 dropped their arms and rushed into our lines as prisoners. On the 
 left the larger part of Pettigrew's men retreated. Every brigadier 
 in the division was killed or wounded. Out of twenty-four regimen- 
 tal officers, only two escaped unhurt. The Ninth Virginia went in 
 with 250 men and came out with but 38; while the losses of the 
 Nineteenth were nearly as appalling. 
 
 Hardly had Pickett's charge been repulsed when the supporting 
 columns of Wilcox, which had started too late to be of any help to 
 Pickett, were seen crossing the Emmittsburg road. The Sixteenth 
 
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 together with four companies of the Fourteenth at once charged this 
 force and repulsed it, inflicting heavy losses upon the same, and taking 
 many prisoners and battle-flags. During the last shower of grape 
 and shell, with which the enemy strove to cover Wilcox's repulse, 
 Gen. Stannard was wounded in the leg by an iron shrapnel ball, 
 which passed down for three inche's into the muscles on the inside of 
 the thigh. Though suffering severely and urged by his aides and 
 others to leave the field he refused to do so. He remained in front with 
 his men till his command was relieved from duty on the front line 
 and his wounded had all been removed, when he sank fainting to the 
 ground. Col. Benedict has well said of him : "To his perfect cool- 
 ness, close and constant presence with his men, and to the intuition — 
 almost inspiration — with which he seized the great opportunity of 
 the battle, the glorious success of the day was in a large measure 
 due." 
 
 It is related that as Gen. Doubleday saw the charge of Stannard's 
 brigade, he waved his hat and shouted : "Glory to God ! Glory to 
 God! See the Vermonters go it!" Pickett and his men always 
 maintained that they were overwhelmed not so much by the troops 
 in their front as by those on their flanks, particularly on their right 
 flank. Vermonters have special reason to be proud of the magnificent 
 work of Stannard's men when it is realized that they were green men 
 and this was their first battle. 
 
 Lieut. Stephen F. Brown, of the Thirteenth, went into and 
 almost through the battle armed only with a hatchet* • On the march 
 to Gettysburg strict orders had been issued that no one should be 
 permitted to leave the ranks for the purpose of getting water while 
 the column was marching^ this order being given to prevent straggling. 
 When Lieut. Brown saw the suffering of his men, some of whom 
 had fallen fainting, he disobeyed this order, took the canteens of a 
 number of men and filled them at a well that was guarded, first giv- 
 ing his name to the guard. He was placed under arrest for his dis- 
 obedience and his sword was taken from him. When Gettysburg 
 was reached he was released from arrest, but his sword being with 
 the wagon train, he armed himself with a hatchet with which he re- 
 ceived the surrender of one of Pickett's officers, frojji whom he took 
 his sabre and pistol. The position of the Thirteenth regiment is now 
 marked by a monument, the figure of which represents Lieut. Bro\\'n 
 buckling on the belt and sword captured from this Confederate officer, 
 while the hatchet lies at his feet. 
 
 The First Vermont Ca\"alry gave a good account of itself in 
 the Gettysburg campaign, meeting Stuart's men in several skirmishes 
 before reaching Gettysburg. During the third day of the battle, 
 
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 while the great artillery duel was in progress, Gen Kilpatrick ordered 
 Farnsworth to take the First Vermont Cavalr\^ and First West Vir- 
 ginia cavalry and charge the enemy near Round Top. This charge 
 was over stone walls and against batteries heavily supported by m- 
 fantry and was a hopeless undertaking from the start', but was bravely 
 led by the gallant Farnsworth, notwithstanding that he had ex- 
 pressed his opinion to Kilpatrick that it was no place to take mounted 
 men. The losses were heavy including Farnsworth, who fell at the 
 head of his troops. While it may have prevented the enemy in this 
 part of the field from taking any part in the contest near the center, 
 yet the movement did not give results commensurate with the losses 
 sustained. The gallant Vermont Cavalry, however, kept up their 
 splendid record and showed that they were not afraid to lead a forlorn 
 hope. Reports show that this little band encountered five regiments 
 of infantry and two batteries in this charge. The rapidity with- which 
 they moved saved them from annihilation. 
 
 The Vermont Sharpshooters gave a good account of themselves 
 at Gettysburg, taking part in the severe fight for the possession of 
 Little Round Top on the second day, while on the third day Co. F 
 was sent to the right near the line of the Second Vermont Brigade 
 and assisted in repelling the attack of Pickett's division and Wilcox's 
 and Perry's brigades. 
 
 The old Vermont Brigade, composing a part of the Sixth Corps, 
 lay quietly at Manchester July ist, unaware that the great battle 
 which all were expecting had already begun. Orders came that night 
 to move to Gettysburg. Howe's division started at once, but was 
 delayed by other troops and had made but five miles by daylight, when 
 it struck the Baltimore and Gettysburg turnpike and moved off on 
 the longest, most rapid and most exciting march in its history. It 
 was thirty-two miles to the battle-ground, but the distance was cov- 
 ered by the Old Brigade soon after five that afternoon — a most won- 
 derful march. The morning of this day, when the fate of the army 
 and the issue of the war might depend so much upon the presence of 
 the fighting Sixth Corps, its gallant and beloved commander, Gen. 
 Sedgwick, is«;ued his famous order: "Put the Vermonters ahead and 
 keep the column well closed up." As these troops crossed Rock Creek, 
 Hood was making his attempt to capture Little Round Top, while 
 Longstreet, having driven hack the Third Corps, was endeavoring to 
 break through Meade's left, so the arrival of the Sixth Corps, whose 
 record as fighters was second to none and equalled by few in the en- 
 tire army, was most timely and welcome. 
 
 The First Vermont Brigade went into position near Round Top 
 in one of the most important positions on the field, holding the ex- 
 
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 treme left of the army and picketing its flank that night. It was held 
 in reserve near the same position during the third day. This brigade 
 was among the leaders in the pursuit of Lee, and at Funkstown gave 
 a splendid exhibition of its dogged fighting proclivities when it held a 
 skirmish line covering a front of two miles against three successive 
 attacks made in line of battle by the enemy. Gen. Lewis A. Grant 
 has said that it is doubtful if in the history of any war any incident 
 can be found where a skirmish line extending over such a distance has 
 repeatedly repelled the assaults of strong lines of battle at so many 
 different points. Gen. Sedgwick in his report said: "The remarkable 
 conduct of the brigade on this occasion deserves high praise." 
 
 Thus ended in a most fitting manner the splendid work of the 
 Green Mountain Boys in the Gettysburg campaign. 
 
VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF 
 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 By Capt. Frank Kenfield. 
 
 For three or four years prior to the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 
 Battle of Gettysburg, the question had been agitated, not only by 
 the G. A. R., but by the different states, especially Pennsylvania, 
 that when this anniversary did arrive, a great celebration be held 
 on this historic field, to commemorate this event and to invite all 
 who took part in the Civil War, on either side, to attend and join 
 in the exercises, thus making it a great Peace Jubilee, such as the 
 world had never known. This was an undertaking of no small mag- 
 nitude, but as time went on plans were being formulated to carry 
 out this scheme. 
 
 When the great and loyal state of Pennsylvania took hold of it, 
 success^was assured. She appointed a commission, consisting of nine 
 members of which Gen. Louis Wagner of Philadelphia was Chair- 
 man, (who afterwards resigned and General James L. Schoonmaker 
 succeeded him) and Lieut. Col. Lewis E. Beitler, Secretary. She also 
 invited all the states and territories, each to appoint one commissioner 
 to meet with the above and formulate plans to carry out this great 
 undertaking. Governor George H. Prouty appointed Col. Heman 
 W. Allen, of Burlington, a? Commissioner from Vermont. 
 
 The first meeting of this commission was held at Gettysburg, on 
 October 14th and 15th, 1910, and fprty or more were present. They 
 went over this field, exchanged views and discussed different proposi- 
 tions and suggestions which were left to the Pennsylvania Commission 
 to work out, and thus the foundation to this great celebration A\as laid. 
 
 Pennsylvania was the host and provided all entertainment at 
 Gettysburg, during July ist, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1913, for more than 
 50,000 honorably discharged veterans of the Civil War. By an Act 
 of Congress, August 26, 1912, an appropriation of $150,000 was 
 made, provided Pennsylvania appropriated the same amount for the 
 same purpose, that is — to create and maintain a great camp around 
 the battlefield, complete in all its provisions of camp and garrison 
 equipment, with all ouartermaster, commissary, hospital and other 
 necessary supplies ample for fift>- thousand veterans. The camp cov- 
 ered 280 acres — starting two hundred yards from High Water Mark 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 1 9 
 
 Monument on the battlefield, lying to the southwest of the town and 
 partly on the scene of the first day's fight. 
 
 There were 6,592 tents and the "Great Tent;" each tent occu- 
 pied by eight veterans, each veteran being supplied with a separate 
 cot, blankets and mess kit, (consisting of tin cup, plate, knife, fork 
 and spoons, these to be kept as a souvenir, if desired). Each tent 
 contained two hand basins, one water bucket, two lanterns and candles 
 for each. Towels, soap and other toilet articles were provided by 
 the veteran himself. 
 
 Each soldier received his meals at the Cook Tent, and could 
 eat it on tables provided for this purpose, near the kitchen at the end 
 of each Company Street, or wherever he desired. 
 
 The mail was delivered twice each day and came very regularly. 
 The camp was in complete readiness for veterans on Sunday, June 
 29th, 1913, and supper, the first meal, was served that evening. 
 
 This was a wonderful camp, so well equipped and so well man- 
 aged in every detail as to be unsurpassed. Here for nearly a full 
 week more than fifty thousand veterans of the Civil War participated 
 in one grand reunion and were royally entertained under such mar- 
 velously happy circumstances, by that great state, Pennsylvania. Her 
 hospitality was so generous, promoted by such a spirit of patriotism 
 that she fairly won and justly deserves the lasting gratitude of the 
 American people. Here on this tented field, fifty }?ears ago, one of 
 the greatest conflicts of modern ages was waged between two great 
 armies and the survivors of these armies again met on this field in a 
 grand and great reunion which demonstrated to the world that the 
 bitterness and hatred which existed during this great struggle, is for- 
 ever blotted out and a new gospel of fraternity and national brother- 
 hood unparalleled in the world's history is now in force. 
 
 The official program extended over a period of four days but 
 the great camp was open and occupied for practically one week. The 
 public addresses were many and of a high order. The President of 
 the United States, Members of his Cabinet, the Vice-President, the 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives, Committees of both Houses 
 of Congress, and the Governors of many States were officially present 
 and took part in the exercises. 
 
 The address of President Wilson was delivered almost within 
 hearing of the spot where Pickett's charge culminated in that great 
 defeat — the high water mark of the battle and the turning point of 
 the Civil War ; also not far from the spot where Abraham Lincoln, 
 November 19, 1863, delivered that memorable address dedicating a 
 portion of this field as a final resting place for the Union dead. This 
 speech is considered one of the greatest ever made by man. In one 
 
20 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 sentence he said, "The world will little note or long remember what 
 we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." 
 
 On the platform with President Wilson, sat the daughter and 
 last surviving child of General IMeade, also the daughter of General 
 A. P. Hill, and the son of General Longstreet. 
 
 The first day, which was G. A. R. Day, was one of much interest 
 to veterans and was surpassed by no other day in cementing a friendly 
 feeling between the North and South. On this day, the remnants 
 of the two armies held one grand reunion. Alfred E. Beers, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Bennett H. 
 Young, Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, 
 spoke from the ;;ame platform. Each vied with the other in expressing 
 in strongest terms their loyalty to their country and its flag. 
 
 Commander-in-Chief Beers, before delivering his address, called 
 on every one present who loved the Union and its Flag to rise and 
 give three cheers to Governor Tener, and the State of Pennsylvania, 
 who had made the celebration possible. Every person in the audience, 
 the Blue and the Gray, and citizens alike, arose an*d gave three cheers 
 that were enthusiastic and long continued. 
 
 The address of Commander-in-Chief Beers was worthy of the 
 time, place and of that great organization which he represents. In 
 closing he said, "Let, then, those who wore the Blue, and those who 
 wore the Gray alike, devote every effort to swell the chorus of Peace 
 and Goodwill, so that its mystic strains shall reach every heart and 
 home in our land, and its force and power be felt to the Glory of 
 God, the elevation of our Nation, and the advancement of mankind." 
 
 General Young, who followed, gave an address that was elo- 
 quent, full of loyalty and patriotism. He is a southern born orator 
 and fairly mystified that great audience, whose applause was. contin- 
 uous. 
 
 Of the General Officers that were present and took part in the 
 Battle of Gettysburg were Generals Daniel E. Sickles, John R. 
 Brooke and Lewis A. Grant, of the Army of the Potomac, and Gen- 
 eral E. M. Law and General F. R. Robertson, of the Confederate 
 Army of Northern Virginia. 
 
 Twenty-eight Northern states made appropriations to send their 
 veterans to Gettysburg. In some cases the appropriations were for 
 the benefit of those only who had taken part in the battle, but in 
 most cases all veterans that fought in the Civil War on either side, 
 were included. Seven Southern states made appropriations for this 
 purpose, making a total of thirty-five states, aggregating $1,175,370, 
 of which Pennsylvania gave $450,000. 9,210 veterans paid their own 
 transportation. 
 
22 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 General Schoonmaker, who succeeded General Wagner, ren- 
 dered valiant service and had much to do in solving all questions per- 
 taining to the railway transportation problem, which he did in a very 
 satisfactory manner, but the man of the hour was Col. Lewis E, 
 Beitler, Secretary of the Commission. He was the indispensable, as 
 he managed affairs at, and before the celebration. For two years 
 prior to this event he gave his entire time and ability and he deserves 
 lasting credit for his untiring efforts, which made this celebration a 
 grand success. No man could have done better and few as well. 
 
 The regular army who had the oversight of this great camp were 
 encamped just outside and looked after the policing, sanitation and 
 guarding of these grounds, which was done in a thorough and efficient 
 manner, adding much to the convenience, health and comfort of the 
 veterans. 
 
 In size this camp never had its equal — in splendor and attrac- 
 tiveness, only those that saw it can realize its immensity and elegance. 
 The rations were beyond the expectations of all ; cooked on the 
 ground, it was varied, wholesome and plentiful. The water came 
 from artesian wells, and was pure and abundant. Ice was furnished 
 to make it cool. 
 
 The attendance of the Confederate veterans was large but not 
 as large as the management had hoped to see ; still under existing cir- 
 cumstances, perhaps it was as large as could have been expected. The 
 main obstacle of their non-attendance was the distance to be travelled 
 and the absence of state appropriation, as only seven southern states 
 appropriated for this purpose, and some of these appropriptions were 
 small, which obstacles were difficult to overcome. Had it not been 
 for the deep personal interest taken in the matter by a noble group 
 of influential Confederate veterans, led by General C. Irvin Walker 
 of Charleston, South Carolina, and Mrs. Alexander B. White, Presi- 
 dent General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the atten- 
 dance of the Confederate veterans would have been less tlian it actu- 
 ally was. On the whole they did well and did much to make this 
 celebration a great Peace Jubilee, A\hich will be an object lesson and 
 do much to cement more firmly the good feeling now existing between 
 the North and South. 
 
 It was originally planned that during this celebration a corner- 
 stone of a Peace Monument be laid as a memorial, typifying National 
 Peace and Brotherhood, a united and indissoluble republic. The time 
 appointed to place this cornerstone was high noon, July 4th, but for 
 good and sufficient reason, this was postponed to a. future date. Before 
 the celebration closed, plans were discussed by both Union and Con- 
 federate veterans present. The feeling prevailed fully as firmly with 
 
JULY, 1863. AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 23 
 
 the Confederate, as with the Union veterans, that it was the duty of 
 this Government to erect such a memorial upon the battlefield of 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 Since this celebration a meeting of prominent Union and Con- 
 federate Veterans was held at Chattanooga, Tenn., during the Na- 
 tional Encampment, and an association formed called "The Gettys- 
 burg Peace Memorial Association." Articles of Association were 
 adopted, and the following is a part of the first Article: 
 
 The purpose of the Gettysburg Peace Memorial Associa- 
 tion, is to obtain from the Congress of the United States, an 
 adequate appropriation, together with the appointment of a com- 
 mission to erect a Peace Monument on the battlefield of Gettys- 
 burg, in commemoration of the great fraternal and patriotic 
 meetings held there — on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the battle, 
 July 1—4, 19 1 3. 
 
 General Hilary A. Herbert, a Confederate soldier, a distin- 
 guished congressman and Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of the Navy, 
 was elected President, and General C. Irvin Walker, Secretary, and 
 one Vice-President from each state, and a long list of Committees, to 
 carry on this work. The Vice-President from Vermont is Colonel 
 Heman W. Allen, of Burlington, and General T. S. Peck, of Bur- 
 lington, was also placed on one of the Committees. 
 
 Already a bill has been introduced into Congress for an appro- 
 priation of $500,000, with the expectation that it will pass at this 
 session. Interest has already grown to such proportions that there 
 is little risk to run today in saying that it is only a question of a few 
 years until such a monument will be dedicated on this battlefield. 
 
 At a meeting of Confederate veterans held at Gettysburg, July 
 2nd, the following resolution was adopted: 
 
 Resolved: That we take pride in the fact that to the armies 
 of the Confederacy is due the credit of demonstrating the utter 
 impossibility of the dismemberment of the Union. 
 
 When we consider that six hundred thousand men, the very 
 flower of chivalry, as good material as was ever organized into 
 a fighting force, directed by such commanders as our revered 
 Robert E. Lee, and his Lieutenants, and inspired by a sectional 
 devotion, such as has not elsewhere been known in history, failed 
 to separate the States, we see that the demonstration was com- 
 plete, that the thing could not be done; and our failure must 
 give pause to those who in the future would contemplate such 
 an undertaking." 
 
24 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 This resolution is imbued with a spirit of reconciliation and with 
 a conviction that the dissolution of this Union is an impossibility. 
 This feeling seemed to prevail throughout the Confederate camp, 
 and the case was rare in which they did not express themselves in full 
 accord with the lipal result — it was better for them that the Union 
 was preserved. 
 
 After his appointment as Commissioner, Col. Heman W. Allen, 
 at once began the work. He took a deep interest in this celebration 
 and his great desire was, that Vermont veterans be well represented 
 and well entertained while there. He attended each meeting of the 
 National Commission ; laid plans and worked faithfully to secure this 
 end. As other states were making appropriations for the transporta- 
 tion of their veterans, it was thought best to ask Vermont to do the 
 same at the next session of the Legislature, which convened in Octo- 
 ber, 1912. 
 
 Soon after the Legislature convened. Past Department Com- 
 mander Chester M. Ferrin, of Essex Junction, a member of the House 
 of Representatives, introduced a bill, of which the following is a copy: 
 
 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE A CERTAIN SUM FOR THE 
 PROPER CELEBRATION BY THE STATE OF VER- 
 MONT OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 
 
 Section i. The sum of ten thousand dollars or so much there- 
 of as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of pay- 
 ing transportation of all honorably discharged soldiers of either army 
 in the great civil conflict of 1861-1865, now residents of Vermont, 
 to and from Gettysburg, to attend the celebration of the Fiftieth An- 
 niversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, to be held on the battlefield, 
 July 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1913. 
 
 Sec. 2. The governor shall appoint a commission of three vet- 
 erans who shall have charge of said celebration and pass upon all bills 
 and approve the same, but the management of all detail, including 
 the notification to veterans, and their transportation shall be per- 
 formed by the adjutant and inspector general and quartermaster gen- 
 eral of the State. 
 
 Sec. 3. The auditor of accounts is hereby directed to draw 
 orders for such sums as shall be presented by the adjutant and in- 
 spector general and quartermaster general, approved by said com- 
 missioners, to defray the expenses of such transportation and the 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 25 
 
 necessary expenses of said commission ; but the total expenditure for 
 all purposes shall not exceed the amount of said appropriation. 
 
 Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect from its passage. 
 
 Approved Januarj^ ii, 1913. 
 
 This bill passed both Houses without a dissenting voice, and 
 became a law. When Dr. Ferrin introduced this bill it was thought 
 that $10,000 would be sufficient to pay the transportation of all vet- 
 erans that would go from Vermont, as it was expected that the rail- 
 roads would make a convention rate as low as they formerly had, 
 which was around $15.00 from any point in the state. If they had 
 done as heretofore, this appropriation would have been sufficient to 
 have paid full transportation for all that did go, but instead they 
 made a rate of i 5-8c per mile ; thus the transportation charges varied, 
 according to the location in the state, which ran from $24.50 at 
 Island Pond down to $15.05 at Brattleboro, with an additional 
 charge of $100.00 for a special ferry boat from New York to Jersey 
 City — $50.00 each way: which in this case left a small balance for 
 each veteran to pay, as the Adjutant General's report will show. 
 
 Soon after the bill making this appropriation was passed. Gov- 
 ernor Fletcher appointed three Commissioners, as the bill provided, 
 who were as follows: Col. Heman W. Allen, Burlington, Capt. 
 Frank Kenf^eld, Morrisville, and Col. W. H. H. Slack, Springfield. 
 
 The first meeting of this Commission was held in the Adjutant 
 General's office at Montpelier, Februar>^ 11, 1913, when it organized, 
 Col. H. W. Allen, Chairman, and Capt. Frank Kenfield, Secretary. 
 At this time the transportation problem and other matters pertaining 
 to this celebration were discussed. Finally, all the details of this no 
 small undertaking were left in the hands of Gen. Lee S. Tillotson, 
 to work out as best he could. This task he has accomplished with 
 great credit to himself and to the satisfaction of all veterans that 
 attended. This entailed a vast amount of work on his office, but he 
 did this work earnestly, faithfully and efficiently. 
 
 He published notices not only through the press, but by circular 
 letter, asking veterans who wished to attend this celebration, to notify 
 him to that effect. In response to this first notice he received about 
 1,500 applications. When it became evident that the appropriation 
 would be inadequate for this number, and the veterans themselves 
 took into consideration, (many of whom were in an enfeebled con- 
 dition) that this trip in hot weather with so many changes in climate, 
 food, water, and sleeping accommodations, would be too much for 
 them to undertake, many decided to remain at home. So when the 
 
26 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 final applications were made, this number was reduced to 66 1. Trans- 
 portation orders good for $15.00 were issued to each of this number'.' 
 512 of these orders were used and returned to the Adjutant General's 
 office for pa_vment. So this is supposed to be the number that attend- 
 ed the anniversary from Vermont. None of these veterans died at 
 Gettysburg or enroute ; none so far as is known were seriously ill, 
 and it is asa'umed that all veterans returned safely to their homes. 
 Thus, it is seen that the $15.00 did not pay full transportation and 
 each veteran had to pay a portion of this, according to his location in 
 the State. 
 
 At the final settlement there was a balance left and each was 
 reimbursed 66 per cent of the amount he had paid, leaving but a small 
 sum that each had to pay. 
 
 It was decided to leave the State for Gettysburg Saturday morn- 
 ing) June 28, 1913, by special train from St. Albans and arrive at 
 Gettysburg Sunday afternoon, June 29, 1913. Returning, leave 
 Gettysburg Saturday, July 5th, arriving home Sunday, July 6th. 
 This train to run via C. V. Railroad to New London, thence by boat 
 to Jersey City! from here over the Pennsylvania to Gettysburg, and 
 returning via same route. Most of the veterans took this route, but 
 those living on or near the Rutland R. R., went via Troy and New 
 York, connecting at Jersey City. 
 
 On the morning of June 28th everything was in readiness for 
 a start and all veterans were ready for the trip. This was a beauti- 
 ful day, not a cloud to be seen or a discordant feature to mar the 
 occasion. As the train moved on, all seemed joyous and happy. One 
 would be led to think as he listened to their jokes and laughter, they 
 were boys instead of men that had passed the allotted time of human 
 life. Lunches and meals were served on the train and boat, but most 
 of the veterans took lunches with them. 
 
 We arrived in New London in due time where the boat was in 
 waiting and after a good night's rest, we reached Jersey City the 
 next morning. Here a special train was ready to take us on to our 
 destination. We stopped at Philadelphia for dinner, arriving at 
 Gettysburg, Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock. The train stopped 
 near our camp, so it was but a short walk to the tents that we were 
 to occupy for the next few days. Everything was in readiness to 
 receive us. Here 65 tents were allotted to our use and each one could 
 arrange for tent mates to suit himself. 
 
 The Vermont camp was located on 15th St. and Avenue B. 
 The two streets headed on Confederate Avenue and ran right angles 
 to it. It was about one mile from Gettysburg village, lying on Semi- 
 nary Ridge and on a portion of the field where the first day's fight 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 27 
 
 occurred. It was on high ground and a fine location. Vermont was 
 fortunate in securing this position, as no better location could have 
 been found on the field. The thanks of the veterans are due to Gen- 
 eral Tillotson, as through the kindness of Major Normoyle, he secured 
 this position for them. 
 
 After getting located, supper was served and all ate with a relish. 
 Supper over, the boys being tired after their two days' ride, com- 
 menced to arrange for a night's rest. They found everything as ex- 
 pected, a good cot with blanket for each. The day had been ex- 
 tremely warm, but the nights were cool, so much so that the first 
 night, one blanket was not sufficient covering to keep them warm, 
 but the next day more blankets yvere issued so after that no complaint 
 was heard and all seemed to sleep well and to rest well after the 
 fatigue of each day's tramp. 
 
 The camp was a model in every respect — well equipped and well 
 cared for. All refuse and waste foods were burned after each meal, 
 and everj^thing was kept neat and clean. The food was praised by 
 all. We had almost everything the market afforded, well cooked 
 and the supply abundant. As one of the Vets expressed it, "Gosh, 
 ain't this great feed — some different than what we had fifty years 
 ago. Then it was hard tack and sowbelly, and not half enough at 
 that. Now, it is everything and more than we can eat." 
 
 While the water was pure and good td drink, the ice which 
 was furnished made it refreshing, still the veterans drank mostly 
 coffee, iced tea or milk, which could be had at any time at the cook 
 tent and seemed to agree with them better. 
 
 Many of the veterans had been here since the war, some several 
 times — many had not been here since the battle and many others had 
 never been here. To the last two named, this great historic field 
 covered with monuments, many of them grand and noble, in structure, 
 the best that the most skillful architects could design or that money 
 could buy, was an inspiration to them that will never be forgotten. 
 They tramped this field early and late; not a spot of interest was 
 passed unnoticed. As a means of conveyance over the field, carriages 
 were in readiness for the purpose, at reasonable rates and many 
 availed themselves of this opportunity. 
 
 At night, the grandeur and beauty of this camp was beyond 
 description. Lighted by electricity, it presented a scene, to those who 
 saw it, that will ever be remembered, one that the lapse of time will 
 not from their memory efface. 
 
 All Union veterans of the Civil War that witnessed by day 
 this vast field of tents occupied by more than 50,000 survivors of this 
 war, and by night this scene of splendor, the like of which is unknown, 
 
28 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 could but feel a thrill of pride that they helped to save a great nation 
 that could and would do so much fifty years later in their honor. 
 
 Gen. L. A. Grant, was in camp with us several times and seemed 
 to enjoy himself visiting with the boys who were under him in the 
 Old Vermont Brigade. One day they had a Brigade Reunion in our 
 camp, which was quite well attended. The General gave a talk 
 which was well received and often applauded. Many others spoke 
 at this time which made it a pleasant and interesting occasion. 
 
 On the third day, the Vermont Cavalry dedicated a monument 
 to General Wells. The attendance was large and addresses good — 
 many of them spirited and eloquent, suited to the occasion. This 
 monument was erected by Vermont and is a credit to the State and 
 an honor to General Wells, which he richly deserves. 
 
 During our stay at Gettysburg, the weather was fine but ex- 
 tremely hot. Only once did it rain ; then it was a thunder shower 
 of short duration. This seemed to cool and clear the air and put new 
 life into the whole camp. The redeeming feature of this hot weather 
 was the cool nights which gave all a chance to sleep and get rested. 
 
 In this great camp, everything possible was done that could be 
 to protect the health and lives of veterans while there. The sanita- 
 tion was of the best. Surgeons and nurses were ever ready to treat 
 those who were ill. Well equipped hospitals with ambulances were 
 located on different parts of the ground, ready by day or night, to take 
 those who were sick to these hospitals, where they received the best of 
 care. Thus the death rate was less than it otherwise would have been 
 The whole number of deaths were only nine, which was very small, 
 considering the number that attended and their age. As one writer 
 says: "The total number of deaths was less than that sustained by 
 many a company that fought in the great battle fifty years before." 
 
 Before leaving home, it was understood that none but veterans 
 would be allowed in camp, but when we got there and were located, 
 we found these restrictions were not fully carried out, as many 
 citizens and even ladies were admitted. Frequently, we had lady 
 callers. One day a prominent lady and her two daughters called on 
 us and we invited them to dinner. This invitation was accepted. 
 We arranged a table and seats under the fly tent situated at the 
 head of the street. The china, silverware and service were not of 
 the latest, but tin cups, plates, camp knives, forks and spoons, such 
 as we had answered the purpose. The dinner itself was fine, as good 
 as many a first-class hotel would furnish — consisting of fricassed 
 chicken, meats, vegetables, bread and butter, sauce, pudding, pie, 
 iced tea, coffee, milk, ice cream and cake. The ladies called it a 
 >well dinner and said thev enjoved it verv much. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 29 
 
 Reports differ as to the number of veterans that attended this 
 great Peace Jubilee, but the following is the latest report from Col. 
 Beitler, the Secretary, which is supposed to be correct: Union Veter- 
 ans, 44,713; Confederate Veterans, 8,694; total, 53,407; also 3,200 
 U. S. OfScers and men as an administration force, who had charge 
 of the camp. 
 
 The entire expense of this celebration aside from transportation 
 was $435,000 of which the U. S. Government paid $150,000 and 
 Pennsylvania the balance. 
 
 The Confederate camp was but a short distance from ours, be- 
 ing on. the same avenue. They seemed to have a good time and 
 enjoyed themselves as well as any in camp. They had a band and many 
 of them wore the gray uniform. As they marched down the avenue 
 with the band playing, the Confederate Flag was seen flying beside 
 Old Glory. No one seemed to care for the gray uniform, but many 
 of the boys that wore the blue, took exception to the Confederate 
 flag, and considered it an insult to that emblem of Liberty for which 
 they fought four long years to sustain. The more considerate coun- 
 oiled with those that entertained this bitter feeling. Thus the matter 
 was dropped. As far as I know, no friction was caused on this 
 account. 
 
 I The Johnnies were frequent visitors to our camp, and they 
 seemed to enjoy the company of the Vermont Yanks fully as much 
 as any others on the field. 
 
 Here we had some lively experiences that reminded us of Camp 
 life fifty years ago, which showed that many of the old Vets had not 
 lost all their love for fun and sports. We had one of these fellows 
 in Tent No. 4. He was a good, free-hearted fellow and always ready 
 for a good time. He was what might be called a live wire. When 
 he was around there was something doing most of the time. For the 
 want of a better name, we will call him Colonel Henry O. Clark. 
 Henry brought with him a large medicine chest which containfrd 
 diflFerent medicines, so if any of the veterans were sick he could pre- 
 scribe for them and thus save their going to the surgeon. Some of 
 the boys intimated that Henry had in this chest a medicine, which 
 they and especially the Johnnies, enjoyed better than all others and 
 even better than cold water. Be this as it may, Henry always did 
 his best, and all seemed to enjoy themselves in Tent No. 4. 
 
 Henry was a member of the 13th Vt. Regt., was here and took 
 part with the regiment when we had that little scrap with the 
 Johnnies fifty years ago. He is also one of the members of that Self- 
 Appointed Committee of Three, that have done so much for the 13th 
 Vermont Reunion Society. 
 
30 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Now, Henry was anxious to secure from the Johnnies one of 
 their Confederate badges, but they seemed to be sacred emblems and 
 they therefore did not want to part with them. These badges were 
 given to the Johnnies by the Daughters of the Confederacy, and if 
 they disposed of them they could not obtain another. Henry tried 
 to buy one of these badges, but without success. Finally one day two 
 Johnnies came into camp and Henry took them up to his tent, where 
 the following conversation was held : 
 
 Henry: "Johnny, I want to buy one of your badges for a sou- 
 venir," 
 
 Johnny: "Can't sell them." 
 
 Henry: "Why not?" 
 
 Johnny: "Because I can never obtain another." 
 
 Henry: "What if you lose one?" 
 
 Johnny: "Oh, if we lose one and can prove that we lost it, we 
 can obtain another." 
 
 Henry: "Lose it then, lose it." 
 
 This was too much for Johnny, as Henry had been good to him, 
 and as he started off, he had not gone far when Henry saw a badge 
 drop to the ground. You may be sure not many moments passed be- 
 fore Henry had it in his pocket. After a short time the Johnnies? 
 returned and said they had lost one of their badges and Henry says: 
 "Where did you lose it?" And Johnny replied, "Oh, around yere." 
 Of course Henry helped them in the search, but the last reports were 
 that the badge had not been found. 
 
 One morning, a Johnny came into camp looking down-hearted 
 and discouraged. Henry says, "Johnny, you are not looking very 
 well, are you sick?" Johnny replied that he was not feeling very 
 \vell. "Well," says Henry, "come up to my tent and perhaps you 
 will feel better after a little." Still the Johnny seemed disconsolate. 
 Henry says, "What's the matter now, Johnny?" "Well," he sa>s, 
 "I'll tell you-uns. Last night I lost all the money I had." "How 
 did you lose it?" says Henry. "I expect some of those confeds took 
 it." "How much did you lose?" says Henry. "Five dollars," was 
 the reply. "What are you going to do now, Johnny?" "Don't know." 
 "Haven't any money to get home with?" "No." "Got your ticket?" 
 "Yes." Henry put his hand in his pocket, took out a five dollar bill, 
 handed it to him and says, "You're all right now, aren't you, Johnny." 
 He said he was. After this, the hat was passed and a collection of 
 eighteen or twenty dollars was given Johnny. Henry then said, 
 "Johnny, when you were here fifty years ago, any of these fellows 
 would have" shot you if they could — now they are giving you money. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 31 
 
 What do you say to that?" With tears in his eyes, Johnny said, "I 
 wish to thank all you-uns. May God bless you," and he went away 
 happy. 
 
 Governor Fletcher attended this celebration and took much in- 
 terest in the Vermont veterans and was in camp many times. One 
 day he was in camp and two Johnnies came in. Henry took the 
 Johnnies up to his tent. Of course, he had a scheme in mind as usual, 
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 Johnnies, the Governor of Vermont is here and I want a picture of 
 you two and him taken together. Of course, this was agreeable 
 to them. Henry hunted up the Governor who assented, and then 
 found a fellow with a koclack and soon had a snapshot of the two 
 Johnnies and the Governor between them with a few others in the 
 background. The Johnnies went away pleased as this was an un- 
 expected honor, and no doubt the Governor felt highly complimented, 
 and Henry had another souvenir. 
 
 This sketch would be incomplete did I not speak of the faithful 
 
32 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 service rendered b}- the officers and enlisted men of the Vermont Na- 
 tional Guard, who were detailed to attend this celebration with us. 
 Their duties were to look after the health and comfort of the vet- 
 erans and render aid whenever they could. They did this duty well 
 and deserve much credit. Following is the list : 
 
 Major John H. Dodds, Medical Corps 
 
 Major Harry L. Putnam, ist Cavalry 
 
 2nd Lieut. George E. Carpenter, Q.M., ist Inft. 
 
 Sergts. D. R. Grandy, H. C. LeRoy 
 
 A. Hall, Quartermaster Dept. 
 
 George W. Teachout, Co. M, ist Inft. 
 
 I wish also to speak of the Boy Scouts who were from Pennsyl- 
 vania and who did valiant service, showed much courtesy and res- 
 pect to all veterans and were ready and willing at all times to be of 
 assistance whenever they could. Many thanks are due them from 
 the veterans of this State, 
 
 The Pennsylvania Constabulatory, composed of a splendid set 
 of men, mounted, had charge of affairs in the village of Gettysburg, 
 and the streets to the camp. They served with especial credit and 
 were of great service. 
 
 The week passed quickly and almost before we knew it, it was 
 time for our departure. All had enjoyed every part of this great 
 celebration and when Saturday arrived, the time appointed for us 
 to break camp and take our leave for home, it was with a feeling 
 that every expectation had been realized and each could well say that 
 this was an event of a life time, and one always to be remembered. 
 
 As we bid adieu to this tented field on hallowed ground, we 
 could but feel how much we owed to that great and loyal State of 
 Pennsylvania, whose generosity had no limit, and whose patriotism 
 and liberality are unbounded. 
 
 The morning of July 5th found everyone in readiness to return 
 to their homes. The special train was scheduled to leave at 8 a. m., 
 but did not go for more than two hours later. The long wait in 
 an open field and under a scorching July sun was unpleasant, to say 
 the least, but no one complained on this account, as all understood 
 that to move this vast number of people, delays must be expected. It 
 is wonderful that the railroads handled this great crowd, in and out 
 of Gettysburg, with so little friction, so few delays and with scarcely 
 an accident. Soon the train moved out and we bid farewell to Gettys- 
 burg. 
 
 After we left, it commenced to rain and it increased until it 
 came down in torrents, which caused a further delay and made us late 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 33 
 
 in arriving at Jersey City. The boat waited for us so we reached 
 New London the next morning, where a special train took us onw^ard. 
 Most of the party reached home that Sunday night. 
 
 Thus ended an eventful trip without a death or an accident, 
 which Avas unexpected. More than 500 Vermont Veterans, who 
 availed themselves of this opportunity all returned safely to their 
 homes to tell the story of this celebration. As we, who wore the 
 Blue look back upon this occasion, it will always remain a bright spot 
 in memory and an event we shall often recall with pleasure in our 
 onward march toward life's setting sun and one that can never occur 
 again. 
 
 Now the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg has 
 become history. It takes its place beside other great events of the 
 past, and will ever stand forth as an illustrious example of our Na- 
 tion's greatness, and will be an object lesson to the world. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 35 
 
 REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL. 
 
 To the Jerniont-Gettysburg Commission: 
 
 I have the honor to submit the following report covering trans- 
 portation arrangements and the disbursement of the fund appropri- 
 ated by the Legislature of 1912 for the celebration of the 50th Anni- 
 versary of the Battle of Gettysburg. 
 
 On or about March i, 19 13, the following circular was published 
 in all the newspapers of the State and distributed to all Grand Army 
 Posts : 
 
 GETTYSBURG CELEBRATION. 
 
 State of Vermont Makes Appropriation to Pay Transportation of Veterans. 
 Veterans Desiring to Attend Must Notify the Adjutant General. 
 
 The Legislature of Vermont has made an appropriation (not to exceed 
 $10,000) to pay the transportation of all honorably discharged soldiers of 
 either army in the Civil War, now residing in Vermont, to and from Gettys- 
 burg, Pa., to attend the peace celebration to be held on the battlefield of 
 Gettysburg, July i to 4, 1913, the fiftieth anniversary of that battle. The 
 Governor has appointed Col. H. W. Allen of Burlington, Capt. Frank Ken- 
 field of Morrisville, and Col. W. H. H. Slack of Springfield, commissioners 
 to have charge of the celebration for Vermont. 
 
 The United States Government and the State of Pennsylvania have 
 made provision for the entertainment of Veterans during their stay at Get- 
 tysburg, including lodging and food, in a large camp which will be estab- 
 lished for that purpose. The State appropriation is only available for trans- 
 portation, and Veterans will have to furnish their own subsistence en route 
 to and from the celebration. There will also be established in the camp 
 a field hospital, in charge of Medical Officers of the U. S. Army, suitably 
 equipped to care for any who may be taken sick in camp. 
 
 The Commissioners cannot make provision for the accommodation of 
 ladies, relatives or friends of Veterans on account of the limited facilities at 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 In view of the hardships necessarily incident to the journey, sleeping 
 and eating in tents, change of climate, food and water, the Commissioners 
 feel obliged to caution all Veterans who are not in good physical condition 
 not to undertake the trip. 
 
 All details connected with the notice to Veterans, issuing transportation, 
 etc., are in the hands of Lee S. Tillotson, the Adjutant General, St. Albans, 
 Vermont, and all Veterans desiring to attend the celebration should send 
 their names and addresses to him at once and before April i, 1913. Printed 
 blank applications and circulars of information will then be sent out by 
 Gen. Tillotson. g^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Commissioners, 
 
 LEE S. TILLOTSON, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 Editors of Newspapers will please publish the above as an item of news. 
 
36 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 In response to the foregoing, over 1,500 letters were received 
 from Veterans who signified their desire to attend the celebration. 
 
 In the meantime the matter of transportation and rates was 
 taken up with the transportation companies and it was found that the 
 New England Passenger Association, in whose territory the move- 
 ment was to originate, had adopted a special rate on the basis of a 
 fare and three-fifths for the round trip, which, as will readily be seen, 
 was a comparatively small reduction from the regular rates. The 
 route adopted, on approval of the Commission, was the Central Ver- 
 mont route via New London, then via Norwich Line boat to Jersey 
 City, thence Pennsylvania Lines and Western Maryland. This route 
 was selected so as to give the Veterans a night's rest on the boat, 
 and it was also cheaper than any all rail route. On account of the 
 fact that the Norwich Line boats could not land at the Pennsylvania 
 pier in Jersey City, it was necessary to secure a special ierry boat 
 from New York to Jersey City and return at an additional expense' 
 of $50 each way. 
 
 On April I, 1913, the following Bulletin was published and sent 
 by mail to all Veterans who had then, and who afterwards signified 
 their desire to attend the celebration, together with a printed form 
 for application. 
 
 STATE OF VERMONT, 
 
 The Adjutant General's Office, 
 
 St. Albans, April i, 1913. 
 Gettysburg Celebration ) 
 Bulletin No. i. ^ 
 
 The following information with reference to the Gettysburg celebration 
 is published for the benefit of all concerned. 
 
 1. Dates. The celebration will take place July 1-4, 1913. The Ver- 
 mont Veterans will leave the State Saturday, June 28, 1913, arriving at 
 Gettysburg, Sunday afternoon, June 29, 1913; returning, leave Gettysburg 
 Saturday, July 5, 1913, arrive home Sunday, July 6, 1913. 
 
 2. Routes and Stop-overs. Arrangements have been made for a special 
 train to start from St. Albans at about 9 o'clock A. M., June 28, to run via 
 Essex Junction, Montpelier, White River Jet, Bellows Falls, and Brattleboro 
 to New London, Conn., without change, arriving there about 10 o'clock 
 P. M. Veterans living off the main line of the Central Vermont Railway- 
 will travel on regular trains to the most convenient junction point and 
 transfer to the special train. The schedule of the special train will be so 
 arranged as to make convenient connections from other lines. Veterans 
 living on the line of the Rutland Railroad will be given the option of travel- 
 ing via Albany and New York over the Rutland and New York Central 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 37 
 
 lines, joining the party at Jersey City, provided they will pay the additional 
 expense, if any. There will be little or no difference in the fares either way. 
 From New London, Conn., the party will travel via boat to Jersey City. The 
 boat will leave New London about 11 o'clock P. M., June 28, arriving at 
 Jersey City, about 7 o'clock A. M., June 29. From Jersey City the party will 
 travel via special train over the Pennsylvania Railroad to Gettvsburg, arriv- 
 ing at Gettysburg in the afternoon of the same da\-, June 29. Returning the 
 tickets will be good until July 15, with stop-over privileges. 
 
 3. Accommodations en route. Arrangements will be made to have 
 lunches or meals served on the special trains and boat to all who desire to 
 purchase the same. Berths in state rooms on the boat can be secured at from 
 fift>' cents to $1.00 each, two or three people in a room. For those who do 
 not purchase berths, mattresses will be provided free of charge, which can 
 be spread upon the floors of the cabins. All expense of meals en route, 2iX\A 
 state room berths will have to be paid by the veterans themselves. The 
 Adjutant (reneral will have state room accommodations reserved in the 
 names of those who indicate a desire for the same. 
 
 4. Return Arrangements. It is expected that the majority of the party 
 will return via special train leaving Gettysburg Saturday morning, July 5, 
 to Jersey City, thence via boat to New London, arriving at New London 
 Sunday morning, thence via special train to Vermont, making connections 
 with regular trains so that all can arrive home Sunday, July 6. The same 
 accommodations as to berths on the boat and meals en route will be available 
 as for the going trip. Those who desire to do so may return independently 
 over a part or the whole of the journey, provided that they pay the extra 
 expense, if any. 
 
 5. Tickets. Railroad tickets will be issued to each individual for the 
 round trip, going and returning via the same route. These tickets will be 
 good returning until July 15, with stop-over privileges, on all trains or boats 
 of the lines over which the tickets are issued. 
 
 6. Accommodations at Gettysburg. The veterans will be quartered at 
 Gettysburg in a large camp. It is understood that those from each state will 
 be quartered together, and so far as practicable arrangements will be made 
 to accommodate veterans who desire to be quartered near each other. Sub- 
 sistence while at Gettysburg will be furnished. The camp will be fully 
 equipped with cot beds, blankets, dishes, and everything possible will be 
 done to insnre the comfort and protect the health of the veterans. A camp 
 hospital will be established for the care of any who may be taken sick. 
 None but veterans will be taken care of in the camp, and the committee has 
 been advised that the accommodations at Gettysburg are so limited that it 
 will be unwise for relatives or friends of _ veterans to go to Gettysburg at 
 that time. The railroad rates and transportation accommodations are open 
 to the public, however, and if any relatives or friends of veterans desire 
 to go to the celebration they are at liberty to do so provided they pay their 
 own expenses, but the committee cannot undertake to secure accommodations 
 for them at Gettysburg. 
 
 7. Appropriation limited. The state appropriation is limited to $10,000. 
 The averacfe rate for transportation from Vermont points to Gettvsburg and 
 return will be approximately $20.00 for each person. It will therefore be 
 
38 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 seen that the appropriation will only pay the transportation of about 500 
 veterans. The Adjutant General has received notice from about 1000 
 veterans now living in Vermont who desire to attend the celebration. The 
 law making the appropriation does not authorize the committee to make 
 any discrimination as to the veterans who will be given the benefit of the 
 free transportation. It is available to all honorably discharged soldiers of 
 either army of the Civil War now residing in Vermont. The only thing 
 the committee can do is to apportion the appropriation among those who 
 are entitled to it, and if the number of applicants is larger than the appro- 
 priation will take care of it, it will be necessary for those who go, to pay 
 the deficiency out of their own pockets. From present indications it seems 
 that this deficiency will be from 25 per cent to 50 per cent or from $5.00 
 to $io.oo for each person. For this reason the application blanks require 
 each applicant to state how much, if any, of his transportation he is willing 
 to pay himself. It is thought that many veterans who are financially able, 
 will be willing to pay a part or even all their transportation, in order that 
 others who are not able to paj', may be taken care of. 
 
 8. Additional Information. More detailed information as to the exact 
 time of departure of trains will be sent to each applicant later. Any other 
 information not contained in this 'circular will be furnished on application to 
 the Adjutant General. 
 
 By order of the Vermont Gettysburg Commission. 
 
 LEE S. TILLOTSON, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
 In response to Bulletin Number i, nearly 1,000 applications 
 were received. It then became evident that the appropriation was 
 not large enough to cover all the transportation expense of those who 
 wished to go, and on May 26, 19 13, by direction of the Commission, 
 the following Bulletin was published and sent by mail to all Veterans 
 who had filed applications. 
 
 STATE OF VERMONT, 
 
 The Adjutant General's Office, 
 
 Gettysburg Celebration | 
 
 Bulletin No. 2. \ St. Albans, May 26, 1913. 
 
 1. The Pennsylvania Commission and officers of the War Department 
 who have undertaken to provide quarters and subsistence for the veterans at 
 Gettysburg during the coming celebration must have definite information 
 not later than June 5, 1913, as to the number that will attend. It -s :ilso 
 necessary for the Vermont Commission and the Adjutant General to have 
 time to arrange the details connected with the transportation. It is therefore 
 necessary to fix a time limit for the filing of applications. This limit was 
 fixed at May i, 1913, but it has been found possible to extend the date to 
 June 5, 1913, and the committee will consider all applications which have 
 been or may be received up to that date. After June §, IQ13, no applications 
 ran he considered, for the reasons above given. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 39 
 
 2. At the date of this circular over 900 applications have been received. 
 The appropriation is $10,000. It is estimated that $500 will be necessary 
 to pay for printing and postage and other necessary expenses, leaving $9,500 
 available for transportation. This appropriation is equally available to all 
 honorably discharged soldiers of the Civil' War now residing in Vermont, 
 and the committee has no authority to discriminate between veterans. 
 
 3. The appeal to the veterans to contribute toward their transportation 
 brought comparatively few unconditional offers of assistance. Many indi- 
 cated a willingness to pay a part of their own expenses provided all did the 
 same, but the unconditional contributions offered fall far short of making 
 up the deficiency. Many veterans claim that a large number who have 
 applied will not go when the time comes, but there is no way in which the 
 committee can kno^v this, and the committee cannot legally incur obligations 
 beyond the amount of the funds available. 
 
 4. The committee has decided that the only solution of the problem 
 is to first divide the available funds equally among those who have filed 
 applications, and require those who wish to go to agree to pay the balance 
 of their transportation. In the end, those who go and pay a part of their 
 transportation will be reimbursed to the extent of the funds available. 
 
 5. In order that the committee and the Adjutant General may have 
 definite and final information, and that all may fully understand the situa- 
 tion, this circular is being sent to all who have filed applications whether 
 they have already indicated a willingness to pay part of their transportation 
 or not. 
 
 6. The amount which the committee can now safely promise to allow 
 each applicant from the appropriation is $10.00 The railroad fares range 
 from about $24.00 in the extreme northern part of the state, to about $15.00 
 in the extreme southern part. The amount which each veteran will liavs to 
 reckon on paying out of his own pocket will vary from $14.00 to $5.00 
 according to the location of his railroad station. It is not practicable to 
 give the fares from each station in this circular, but from the following list 
 of fares from a few central points the veterans can ascertain approximately 
 what the rates are: 
 
 Derby Line, $23 .65 
 
 Newport 23.20 
 
 Hardwick (via Cambridge Jet.), 23.18 
 
 Morrisville (via Cambridge Jet.) 22.32 
 
 Cambridge Jet., 21.40 
 
 St. Albans, 21.30 
 
 Burlington (via Troy), 21.10 
 
 Burlington (via New London), 20.10 
 
 St. Johnsbury, 21.05 
 
 Rutland (via Troy), 17 -95 
 
 Rutland (via New London), 18.75 
 
 Montpelier, 20.10 
 
 Wells River, 20. ro 
 
 White River Jet., 18.10 
 
 Windsor, 17.40 
 
 Bellows Falls, 16.25 
 
 Bennington (via Troy), 15.65 
 
 Brattleboro, 15-05 
 
 7. If you decide to go and accept your allowance of the transportation 
 under the conditions specified above, an order on the railroad company 
 
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 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 will be sent yovi for the amount of your allowance from the appropriation 
 which you will present to the ticket agent at your station in exchange for 
 your ticket, paying the balance direct to the ticket agent. Do not send .my 
 money to the committee or to the Adjutant General. 
 
 8. Notify the Adjutant General immediately on the enclosed postal 
 card ivhether you zvill go, and ivhether you ivill accept the transportation 
 under the conditions specified in this bulletin. If you do not return the card 
 so as to reach the Adjutant General by June 5, IQ^S> >'"" w/// be considered 
 as having ii:ithdraivn your application, and it tvill recei-ve no further con- 
 sideration. 
 
 By direction of the Committee, 
 
 LEE S. TILLOTSON. 
 
 The Adjutant Genera!. 
 
 A time limit for receiving applications was fixed because it was 
 absolutely necessary that the transportation companies and the Penn- 
 sylvania Commission have definite information far enough in advance 
 to enable them to make suitable arrangements for our accommoda- 
 tion. As a matter of fact, however, all applications were considered 
 and filed without respect to the time when received, and several Vet- 
 erans who made no application at all, but who, when the time came, 
 decided to and did attend, were allowed to share in the appropriation. 
 
 In response to Bulletin Number 2, 56 1 Veterans signified their 
 intention to attend the celebration, to all of whom transportation 
 orders for $15.00 each were sent. 
 
 Five hundred and twelve transportation orders were turned in 
 by Veterans to the railroad companies and by them sent in to this 
 office for payment, consequently that is presumed to be the number 
 of resident Vermont Veterans who attended the celebration. 
 
 The following is an alphabetical list of the Veterans from Ver- 
 mont who attended the celebration as compiled from the transporta- 
 tion orders sent in by the railroad companies for payment, with their 
 post office addresses and organizations to which they belonged as 
 taken from their applications. 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST 
 
 Abbott, O. S. 
 Ackerman, Silas 
 Adams, A. M., 
 Adams, H. H. 
 
 Adams, Mark 
 Aitkin, Andrew 
 Ainsworth, Alfred 
 Aldrich, J. L. 
 Allen, Isaac K. 
 Allen, Leander 
 
 Chester 
 Orwell 
 Rutland 
 Burlington 
 
 Peach am 
 Wells River 
 E. Hardwick 
 Island Pond 
 Brattleboro 
 North Troy 
 
 Co. H, 6th Mass. 
 23rd N. Y. Ind. Batt. 
 Co. E, 123rd N. Y. 
 Co. I, 5th Vt.; Co. 
 
 13th N. Y. Cav. 
 4th Vt 
 15 th Vt. 
 
 3rd Batt. Vt. L. A. 
 ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. F, 4th Vt. 
 Co. K, ist N. H. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 41 
 
 Allen, Nye J. 
 Allen, H. W., 
 Allbee, J. H., 
 Amadon, J. H. 
 Andrews, S. F. 
 Arnold, S. B. 
 Aral, Benj. 
 Archer, Alfred 
 Arthur, John 
 Ashwell, Thomas 
 Averill, J. W. 
 Babbitt, A. W. 
 Batchelder, F. L. 
 Barnett, G. B. 
 Barrett, J. E. 
 Barnes, J. F. 
 Bailev, L. P. 
 Bailey, H. I. 
 Banks, A. M. 
 Bashaw, Wm. 
 Barber, L. T. 
 Barnes, C. J. 
 Batchelder, G. W. 
 Banvea, Lewis 
 Bain, C. H. 
 Baker, O. M. 
 Barrett, James 
 Ballou, L. A. 
 Beaumont, John 
 Beach, L. S. 
 Bentlev, R. E. 
 Beckley, G. I. 
 
 Bingham, H. W. 
 Bishop, H. W. 
 Bishop, H. 
 Bingham, Aaron 
 Blake. G. G. 
 Blodgett, S. B. 
 Blodgett, C. S. 
 Bliss, W. E. 
 Boutwell, J. W. 
 Boutwell, E. T. 
 Bond, Nathaniel 
 Bond, W. W. 
 Bostwick, R. E. 
 Bowman, J. D. 
 Bowen, A. B. 
 Bovce, G. B. 
 Bradish, A. D. 
 Brigham, S. S. 
 Brewster, O. E. 
 Brewer, H. H. 
 
 Stockbridge 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Saxtons River 
 
 No. Hyde Park 
 
 Richmond 
 
 Mount Holly 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Chester 
 
 West Glover 
 
 Westminster 
 
 R. F. D. 2, Barre 
 
 Brandon 
 
 So. Woodbury 
 
 Newbury 
 
 Thetford Center 
 
 Waterbury 
 
 Putney 
 
 St. Johnsbury 
 
 Bradford 
 
 R. F. D. I, No. Troy 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Morgan Center 
 
 Riverside 
 
 Vergennes 
 
 Middlebury 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 No. Clarendon 
 
 Bennington 
 Vergennes 
 Rutland 
 Barre 
 
 R. F. D., Middlebury 
 
 Craftsbury 
 
 Castleton 
 
 Williston 
 
 Swanton 
 
 Lower Cabot 
 
 R. F. D. 3, St. Johnsbury 
 
 East Calais 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Gaysville 
 
 Barre 
 
 So. Fairlee 
 
 So. Londonderry 
 
 Rouses Point, N. Y. 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Poultney 
 
 Chester Depot 
 
 Fairfax 
 
 R. F. D. 1, N. Clarendon 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Co. K, 7th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 13 th Vt. 
 
 Co. K, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, I St Vt. H. A. 
 
 Co. E, 7th Vt. 
 
 13th Mass. 
 
 Co. A, 17th Vt. 
 
 9th Vt. 
 
 Co. D, rsth Vt. 
 
 Co. G, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 8th Vt. 
 
 96th N. Y. 
 
 Co. E, 4th Vt. 
 
 Co. H, 1 2th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 15th Vt. 
 
 Co. G, 96th N. Y. 
 
 Co. D, i6ih Vt. 
 
 Co. A, loth Vt. 
 
 Co. I, loth Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 5th Vt. 
 
 Co C, nth Vt. 
 
 8th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 13th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 5th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 2nd U. S. S. 
 
 and Vet. Cav. N. Y. Vols. 
 
 I St Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. K, 14th Vt. 
 Co. C, 9th Vt. 
 Co. A, 6th Vt. 
 Co. A, 8th Vt; Co. E, 
 . 24th V. R. C. Band 
 Co. D, 14th Vt. 
 Co. D, 13th N. H. 
 Co. F, 14th Vt. 
 7th Vt. 
 
 Co. K, 13th Vt. 
 Co. K, 4th Vt. 
 Co. F, nth Vt. 
 Co. G, 4th Vf. 
 Co. B, i8th N. H. 
 Co. A, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. C, 1 6th Mass. 
 Co. G, 9th Vt. 
 Co. H, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. H, 3d Vt. 
 Co. F, 9th Vt. 
 and N. Y. Cav. 
 Co. I, 8th Vt. 
 Co. H, 3rd Vt. 
 14th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 3rd Vt; Co. A, 
 1 2 th Vt. 
 
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 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Brown, B. F. 
 Brock, W. S. 
 Brooks, E. M. 
 Brush, S. M. 
 Broe, Eleazer 
 Brunelle, Tousant 
 Brown, G. F. 
 Bridgeman, G. W. 
 Brown, James 
 Brown, Sherrod 
 Brock, R. G. 
 Bridge, G. A. 
 Brink, D. A. 
 Brvant, L. A. 
 Butterfield, C. H. 
 Butts, L. P. 
 
 Butts, A. H. 
 Bushneli, H. N. 
 Bucklin, Milo 
 Buzzel], J. P. 
 Burgoine, Chas. 
 Burnell, C. A. 
 Bush, L. W. 
 Carpenter, Ira 
 Castle, S. B. 
 Carlisle, E. M., 
 Cass, J. E. 
 Camp, L. L. 
 Cheney, G. A. 
 Cheney, Wales 
 Chase," Z. W. 
 Chase, F. M. 
 Chase, P. S. 
 Christie, J. P. 
 Chapman, M. O. 
 Chapman, W. H. H. 
 Chappell, Eugene 
 Cheslev, C. G. 
 Chase, Geo. 
 Clark, I. H. 
 Clark, Newton 
 
 Clark, W. S. 
 Clark, C. F. 
 Clogston, Luman 
 Clough, W. W. 
 Colburn, M. S. 
 Coone_v, Thomas 
 Corrv, Thos. H. 
 Conro, H. M. 
 Cooper, J. T. 
 Cowles, G. W. 
 Cowles, A. E. 
 
 No. Williston 
 
 Barnet 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Slowe 
 
 No. Troy 
 
 Beecher Falls 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Hard wick 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 New Haven 
 
 Wells River 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 Brandon 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 Swanton 
 
 No. Hyde Park 
 
 Waterbury 
 
 \A'^aitsfield 
 
 Warren 
 
 West Burke 
 
 R. F. D. I, Newport 
 
 Woodstock 
 
 Ncwfane 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Bondville 
 
 Chester Depot 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Woodbury 
 
 Barnard 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 Glover 
 
 No. Springfield 
 
 No. Springfield 
 
 Belvidere 
 
 Waterbury 
 
 Burlington 
 
 West Newbury 
 
 West Rupert 
 
 Norfhfield 
 
 Proctorsville 
 
 Fair Haven 
 
 Thetford Center 
 
 Union Village 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 South Hero 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 Northfield 
 
 No. Craftsbury 
 
 Co. F, 13th Vt. 
 
 Co. F, 15th Vt. 
 
 113th Ills. 
 
 Co. E, ist Vt. Cav. . 
 
 Co. F, ist Vt. Front. Cav. 
 
 Co. C, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. K, 14th Vt. 
 
 Co. F, and Vt. 
 
 Co. B., ist Vt. 
 
 Co. F, ist U. S. S. 
 
 Co. F, 15th Vt. 
 
 Co. M, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. F, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. D, 1 2th Vt. 
 
 Co. K, 13th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 13th Vt.; Co. D, 
 
 5 th Vt. 
 Co. D, 5 th Vt. 
 Co. H. 6th Vt. 
 Co. A, 8 th Vt. 
 Co. B, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. E, 1 2th Vt. 
 .-3 til Vt. 
 Co. K, 9th V^ 
 Co. C, 15th Vt. 
 Co. I, 4th Vt. 
 Co. E, ist & 6th Vt. 
 Co. A, 8th Vt. 
 3rd Vt. 
 
 Co. B, 4th Vt. 
 i8th Mass. 
 Co. E, 8th Vt. 
 28th Ind. L. A., N. Y. 
 Co. I, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. I, 15 th Vt. 
 Co. C, 1 6th *Vt. 
 Co. G, 17th Vt. 
 Co. D, 5th Vt. 
 Co. A, 42nd Mass. 
 C. H, 4th Vt. 
 Cos. G & F, 4th Vt. 
 93rd N. Y. S. v.; 4th V. 
 
 S. Cav. 
 Co. G, 8th Vt. 
 1 6th Vt. 
 
 2nd Mass. L. A. 
 U. S. Navv 
 U. S. Navv 
 Co. C, 1 2th Vt. 
 U. S. Navv 
 Co. G, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. F, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. I, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
JU^Y, 1853, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 43 
 
 Comstock, Lewis 
 
 Bristol 
 
 2nd 
 
 Vt. 
 
 Crowley, John 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Co. 
 
 A, 13th Vt. 
 
 Creller, G. A. 
 
 Alburg Springs 
 
 N. ■ 
 
 Y. H. A. 
 
 Crosby, Wm. 
 
 Vergennes 
 
 Co. 
 
 D, 13 th Vt. 
 
 Currie, David 
 
 Swanton 
 
 Co. 
 
 F, 17th Vt. 
 
 Cummings, James 
 
 Hydeville 
 
 4th 
 
 U. S. Cav. 
 
 Cummings, Wm. 
 
 Benson 
 
 Co. 
 
 D, r4th Vt. 
 
 Curtis, J. 0. 
 
 Bennington 
 
 51st 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 Day, G. H. 
 
 Woodstock 
 
 6th 
 
 Vt. 
 
 Day, D. S. 
 
 R. F. D. 3, Bristol 
 
 Co. 
 
 C, 9th Vt. 
 
 Davis, D. W. 
 
 Chester 
 
 Co. 
 
 D, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Davis, Gilbert 
 
 Jeffersonville 
 
 Co. 
 
 D, nth Vt. 
 
 Davis, W. W. 
 
 Westminster 
 
 Co. 
 
 C, 6th Vt. 
 
 Davis, C. W. 
 
 Island Pond 
 
 Co. 
 
 K, 15th Vt. 
 
 Davis, W. H. 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Co. 
 
 K, 1 2th Vt. 
 
 Daggett, S. L. 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Cos 
 
 . D & G, nth Vt. 
 
 Deso, Alvah 
 
 Swanton 
 
 Co. 
 
 M, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 
 Derbv, G. S. 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Co. 
 
 K, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Dewey, P. G. 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Co. 
 
 I, 13th Vt. ; 26th N. 
 
 
 
 Y 
 
 . Cav. 
 
 Decker, W. A. 
 
 R. F. D., East Georgia 
 
 Co. 
 
 F, 8th, Vt. 
 
 Dickey, J. A. 
 
 West Corinth 
 
 Co. 
 
 G, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Dickinson, A. J. 
 
 Benson 
 
 Co. 
 
 D, 14th Vt. 
 
 Dickinson, Byron 
 
 R. F. D. 3 Enosburg Falls 
 
 1 Co. 
 
 D, nth Vt. 
 
 Ditty, E. L. 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Co. 
 
 H, 6th Vt. 
 
 Donaldson, W. R. 
 
 North Hero 
 
 Co. 
 
 K, nth Vt. 
 
 Douse, G. M. 
 
 R. F. D. West Danville 
 
 Co. 
 
 A, 10th Vt. 
 
 Dodge, A. F. 
 
 Barre 
 
 Co. 
 
 B, loth Vt.; Co. F, 
 
 
 
 39th U. S. C. T. 
 
 Dudley, H. A. 
 
 So. Londonderry 
 
 Co. 
 
 E, 5th Vt. 
 
 Dunshee, N. F. 
 
 Bristol 
 
 Co. 
 
 G, 14th Vt. 
 
 Dwire, Amasa 
 
 West Charleston 
 
 Co. 
 
 E, 9th Vt. 
 
 Eastman, J. M. 
 
 Windham 
 
 Co. 
 
 F, nth N. Y^ Cav. 
 
 Eaton, Henry 
 
 Richmond 
 
 Co. 
 
 C, 8th Vt. 
 
 Edmunds, W. H. 
 
 Bethel 
 
 Co. 
 
 I, 7th Vt. 
 
 Edwards, G. A. 
 
 Richmond 
 
 Co. 
 
 A, I St Vt. Cav. 
 
 Edwards, A. T. 
 
 Newfane 
 
 Co. 
 
 B, 6th Vt. 
 
 Elliott, A. J. 
 
 Starksboro 
 
 5th 
 
 & 9th Vt. 
 
 Ellis, J. H. 
 
 East Putney 
 
 Co. 
 
 A, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Ellis, J. E. 
 
 Putnev 
 
 Co. 
 
 F, 3rd N. H. 
 
 Emery, W. H. 
 
 Eden "Mills 
 
 Co. 
 
 H, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Emery, Timothy 
 
 Groton 
 
 Co. 
 
 H, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Emerv, Edson 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Co. 
 
 E, 2nd Vt. 
 
 English, C. H. 
 
 Woodstock 
 
 Co. 
 
 B, i2th Vt. 
 
 Estabrook, C. J. 
 
 South Barre 
 
 Co. 
 
 L loth Vt. 
 
 Evans, J. H. 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Co. 
 
 A, 4th Vt. 
 
 Fairbanks, 0. C. 
 
 Jacksonville 
 
 Co. 
 
 F, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Farwell, J. G. 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Co. 
 
 I, 13th Vt. 
 
 Farrington, G. M. 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Co. 
 
 E, 13th Vt.; Co. M, 
 
 
 
 ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Farnham, J. L. 
 
 Tunbridge 
 
 Co. 
 
 D, 1 2th Vt. 
 
 Farrow, S. M. 
 
 Peacham 
 
 3rd 
 
 Vt. 
 
 Farrow, Millen 
 
 So. Peacham 
 
 Co. 
 
 A, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Ferrin, C. M. 
 
 Essex Junction 
 
 Co. 
 
 B, 8th Vt. 
 
44 
 
 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Fisher, C. C. 
 Fisher, John 
 Fisher, L. W. 
 Fisher, F. F. 
 Fisic, E. A. 
 Finnev, M. J. 
 Flagg, G. W. 
 Foster, E. J. 
 Foster, G. G. 
 Foss, G. W. 
 Forbes, Francis 
 Freeman, J. O. ' 
 Fullington, B. S. 
 Fuller, A. C. 
 Fuller, Dana 
 Fulford, Edwin 
 Fulsome, L. H. 
 Garvin, E. F. 
 Gates, Cadmus 
 Gates, C. D. 
 George, O. M. 
 Gee, Chas. 
 Gilbar, W. S. 
 Giddings, Silas 
 Goodrich, D. F. 
 Gould, J. A. 
 Gordon, J. W. 
 Goodell, M. T. 
 Gosselin, J. S. 
 Gorman, Edw. 
 
 Godfrey, Fred 
 Goddard, Jos. 
 Goss, Aaron 
 Greenough, Louis 
 Gray, Benj. 
 Gray, I. K. 
 
 Griswold, C. R. 
 Greenleaf, C. F. 
 Gracy, J. C. 
 Granger, C. H. 
 Grace, J. H. 
 Grow, G. E. 
 Grow, J. H. 
 Griffin, J. H. 
 Griffin, L. S. 
 Gregg, G. G. 
 Gregg, H. A. 
 Griffith, G. F. 
 Hamblet, Reuben 
 Haskell, N. M. 
 Hanrahan, J. D. 
 Hathaway, E. P. 
 
 Wolcott 
 
 Dorset 
 
 St. Johnsbury 
 
 So. Newbury 
 
 Waitsfield 
 
 Hinesburg 
 
 East Braintree 
 
 Waterbury Center 
 
 Stowe 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 Williston 
 
 Waterbury Center 
 
 Johnson 
 
 R. F. D. So. Ryeygate 
 
 North Troy 
 
 Passumpsic 
 
 Marshfield 
 
 Swanton 
 
 Swanton 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Albany 
 
 St. Johnsbury 
 
 North Troy 
 
 Castleton 
 
 Brandon 
 
 Ludlow 
 
 Route 3, Montpelier 
 
 So. Woodbury 
 
 Swanton 
 
 Barre 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Westfield 
 
 Moretown 
 
 Essex Junction 
 
 Windsor 
 
 Wheelock 
 
 So. Londonderry 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Peacham 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Route I Starksboro 
 
 Hardwick 
 
 Gavsville 
 
 R. F. D. Washington 
 
 Fair Haven 
 
 Ascutneyville 
 
 St. Johnsbury 
 
 East Dorset 
 
 R. F. D. I, Waterville 
 
 Wilmington 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Co. I, 6th Vt. 
 Co. G, nth Vt. 
 
 4th Vt. 
 i6th Vt. 
 
 Co. B, 13th Vt. 
 Co. E, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 Co. F, and Vt. 
 Co. B, loth Vt. 
 13 th Vt. 
 
 Co. D, 17th Vt. 
 Co. D, 8th Vt. 
 Co. B, loth Vt. 
 13th Vt. ; ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. D, 8th Vt. 
 Co. E, 9th Vt. 
 Co. A, nth Mass. 
 Co. M, 26th N. Y. Cav. 
 Co. H, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. K, 13 th Vt. 
 I St Vt. Cav. 
 Co. F, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. I, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. A, 7th Vt. 
 Co. F, U. S. S. 
 Co. G, 1 2th Vt. 
 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 Co. G, 15 th Vt. 
 Co. C, 5th Vt. 
 Co. K, 13th Vt.; Co. F, 
 
 loth Vt. 
 Co. A, 4th Vt. 
 Co. H, 15th Vt. 
 Co. G, 6th Vt. 
 Co. E, 112th N. Y. 
 Co. E, 9th N. H. 
 Co. G, 15th Vt.; Co. K, 
 
 nth Vt. 
 Co. H, U. S. S. 
 Co. K, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. D, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 Co. K, 12th Vt. 
 Co. C, 9th Vt. 
 Co. H, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. A, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 Co. D, i2th Vt. 
 23rd N. Y. Ind. L. A. 
 Co. E, 16th Vt. 
 16th N. H. 
 Co. B, 14th Vt. 
 Co. F, loth Vt. 
 Co. F, 16th Vt. 
 U. S. Navv 
 Co. A, 14th Vt. 
 
JULY, l8b3, AXD FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 45 
 
 Hart, Frank 
 Hart, W. A. 
 Hart, C. M. 
 Hazleton, Wright 
 Harris, C. D. 
 Hayward, H. R. 
 Hall, C. C. 
 
 Hager, E. C. 
 Hack, H. E. 
 Hackett, G. D. 
 Hackett, G. H. 
 Hewitt, Stephen 
 Hill, Clark 
 Houghton, J. Q. A. 
 Houghton, R. M. 
 Houghton, Stephen 
 Hobson, F. H. 
 Holden, W. W. 
 Hood, C. C. 
 Holt, S. L. 
 Hulett, C. O. 
 Hubbard, G. W. 
 Huff, H. H. 
 Humphreys, John 
 
 Hutchins, H. W. 
 Ingraham, C. D. 
 Ives, M. A. 
 Jackson, H. A. 
 
 Johnson, M. H. 
 Johnson, O. A. 
 Johnson, Jason 
 Joyce, W. C. 
 Joslvn, E. E. 
 Judkins, H. D. 
 Kaiser, S. H. 
 Kaiser, Wm. 
 Kelley, John 
 
 Kellev, and, John 
 KelleV, John D. 
 Kendall, T. B. 
 Kendall, M. N. 
 Kemp, M. V. 
 
 Kenneson, H. M. 
 Kennedy, Michael 
 Kenfield, Frank 
 
 King, D. W. 
 
 Kimball, G. H. 
 
 Waterbury 
 
 Saxtons River 
 
 Pittsford 
 
 Dorset 
 
 Barnet 
 
 Tunbridge 
 
 Plymouth Union 
 
 Bethel 
 
 Orwell 
 
 Windsor 
 
 So. Royalton 
 
 No. Pomfret 
 
 Windsor 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Bennington 
 
 So. Londonderry 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Northfield 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 So. Londonderry 
 
 Briggs 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Fair Haven 
 
 t 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Quechee 
 
 Wallingford 
 
 Waterville 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 South Barre 
 
 Northfield 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Barnet 
 
 Stowe 
 
 Craftsbury 
 
 Highgate 
 
 Burlington 
 Albany 
 Roxburv 
 Bethel ' 
 Winooski 
 
 R. F. D. I Orleans 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 West Burke 
 
 Bethel 
 
 2nd Vt. 
 
 Co. K, 8 th Vt. 
 
 Co. B, I St Vt. H. A. 
 
 14th Vt. 17th Vt. 
 
 Co. M, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 2nd Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 16th Vt.; U. S. 
 
 Navy 
 Co. L, nth Vt. 
 Co. D, 14th Vt. 
 3rd Batt. Vt. L. A. 
 Co. D, i2th Vt. 
 Co. G, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. E, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. A, 15th Vt. 
 Co. A, 14th Vt. 
 Co. I, and Vt. 
 Co. H, 7th Vt. 
 Co. I, 13 th Vt. 
 Co. E, 2nd Vt. 
 1 6th Vt. 9th Vt. 
 ist & 2nd Vt. L. A. 
 
 Co. F, I St LI. S. S. 
 Co. F, 14th Vt. ; Co. C, 
 ^ 7th Vt. 
 Co. F, 4th Vt. 
 U. S. Navy 
 Co. H, 14th Vt. 
 Co. A, 9th Vt.; Co. G, 
 ■ 5th Vt. 
 Co. D, 1 6th Vt. 
 Cos. D. & L, 6th Vt. 
 Co. B, 4th Vt. 
 Co. F, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 Co. H, 2nd U. S. S. 
 3rd Vt. 
 
 Co. F, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. K, 7th N. H. 
 Co. A, 5th Vt; Co. H, 
 I 15th Vt. 
 Co. F, 6th Vt. 
 Co. I, 8th Vt. 
 Co. G, 8th Vt. 
 Co. G. 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. E, and U. S. S.; Co. 
 
 G, lath Vt. 
 Co. G, 4th Vt. 
 Co. K, 12th Vt. 
 Co. E, 13th Vt.; Co. C, 
 
 17th Vt. 
 Co. E, 15th Vt.; Co. D, 
 
 9th Vt. 
 Co. C, 6th Vt. 
 
46 
 
 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Knight, O. P. 
 Knight, G. W. 
 Lampher, Burton 
 Lapoint, Henry 
 
 Larose, Henry 
 Lane, M. M. 
 Lamay, Chas. 
 LaPage, Chas. 
 Lander, Peter 
 Lamson, A. E. 
 LaRock, Jos. 
 LeRay, James 
 Leach, Lorenzo 
 Leach, M. J. 
 Leonard, W. G. 
 Lee, E. S. 
 Lewey, Frank 
 Livingston, W. D. 
 Little, J. H. 
 Long, Job 
 Lord, R. P. 
 Lucia, G. H. 
 Lyston, J. S. 
 Manney, John 
 Mandigo, W. L. 
 Martin, W. W. 
 Martin, Peter 
 Martin, John 
 Martin, N. K. 
 Martin, H. B. 
 Mahana, J. B. 
 Manley, C. H. 
 Meacham, H. E. 
 Messenger, Geo. 
 Miner, F. T. 
 
 Miner, James 
 Minkler, E. G. 
 Miles, W. H. 
 Miller, A. J. 
 Mitchell, W. H. 
 Morrisey, Michael 
 Moulton, C. S. 
 Moulton W. S. 
 Morse, B. F. 
 Morse, 2nd, B. F. 
 Morrill, A. J. 
 Moore, H. A. 
 Munsell, W. H. 
 Munson, Albert 
 Mudgett, H. E. 
 Mvers, Lafayette 
 McBride. G.' L. 
 
 North Hero 
 Post Mills 
 No. Hyde Park 
 Tunbridge 
 
 Monkton 
 
 East Wallingford . 
 
 Burlington 
 
 R. F. D. 2, Barre 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Milton 
 
 R. F. D. I, Brattleboro 
 
 R. F. D. 3, Brattleboro 
 
 Wolcott 
 
 Brandon 
 
 R. F. D. 1, Benson 
 
 Island Pond 
 
 Ludlow 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 R. F. D. I, Barre 
 
 Richmond 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Middlebury 
 
 Troy 
 
 Westfield 
 
 Alburg 
 
 Bradford 
 
 Benson 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 Windsor 
 
 Norwich 
 
 West Halifax 
 
 Castleton 
 
 Fairfax 
 
 Townshend 
 
 Westfield 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Waterbury 
 
 Newport 
 
 East Charleston 
 
 R. F. D., Worcester 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 West Derby 
 
 Passumpsic 
 
 Wells River 
 
 Burlineton 
 
 R. F. n.. Johnson 
 
 Po't Mills 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Co. B, I St Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. A, 15 th Vt. 
 
 Co. F, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. H, 15th Vt.; Co. C, 
 
 9th Vt. 
 Co. B, nth Vt. 
 Co. G, 4th Vt. 
 Co. B, 17th Vt. 
 Co. C, 17th Vt. 
 Cos. M & F, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. A, 9th Vt. 
 Co. I, 5th Vt. 
 2nd Batt. Vt. L. A. 
 Co. H, 37th Mass. 
 Co. E, 13th Vt. 
 Co. I, 46th M. V. M. 
 Co. D, 14th Vt. 
 3rd N. H. 
 7th Vt. 
 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. D, nth Mass. 
 Co. D, i2th Vt. 
 Co. F, '6th Vt. 
 Co. K, 1 2 th Vt. 
 9th Vt. 
 
 Batt. C. ist Vt. H. A. 
 Co. B, nth Vt. 
 Co. B, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. H, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. K, nth Vt. 
 Co. B, 6th Vt. 
 Co. H, 4th Mich. Cav. 
 Co. F, 14th Vt. 
 16th Vt. 
 Co. B, 6th Vt. 
 Co. F, 16th Vt.; Co. F, 
 
 4th Vt. 
 Co. C, roth Vt. 
 Co. M, 8th Vt. 
 Co. L 4th Vt. 
 Co. D, 6th Vt. 
 Co. I, 7th Vt. 
 Co. G, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. E, 9th Vt. 
 Co. K, loth Vt. 
 Co. E, 8th Vt. 
 Co. E, 8th Vt. 
 Co. E, 9th Vt. 
 Ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. L, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. B, 17th Vt. 
 13 th Vt. 
 95th N. Y. 
 Co. L, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 47 
 
 McCarty. Eugene 
 McGoff, Cornelius 
 McKenzie, Michael 
 McKenzie, S. P. 
 McNall, H. C. 
 Nash, J. M. 
 Nichols, T. A. 
 Nolen, C. W. 
 Orne, David J. 
 Parkhurst, Jesse 
 Parkhurst, A. S. 
 Palmer, J. L. 
 Palmer, E. B. 
 
 Palmer, C. S. 
 Palmer, S. M. 
 Patterson, Geo. 
 Page, J. W. 
 Parmenter, J. W. 
 Parker, Franklin 
 Parker, G. W. 
 
 Patten, G. A. 
 Pattee, H. T. 
 Pettigrew, B. F. 
 Perry, G. W. 
 Peck, T. S. 
 Peck, E. N. 
 Perham, W. H. 
 Perkins, E. F. 
 Phelps, Brigham 
 Pierce, E. E. 
 Pierce, C. T. S. 
 
 Pierce, W. H. 
 Pierce, Edwin 
 Pierce, J. D. 
 Pike, P. D. 
 Pillsbury, A. C. 
 Piatt, Victor 
 Post, J. E. 
 
 Pollard, S. C. 
 Provost, John 
 Pratt, H. W. 
 Pratt, B. F. 
 Pray, R. M. 
 Putnam, E. H. 
 Putnam, W. H. H. 
 Puffer, Asahel 
 Quimby, J. T. 
 Quebec, David 
 Quinlan, John 
 Quimby, j. M. 
 
 Waitsfield 
 
 Irasburg 
 
 Burlington 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 Milton 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Island Pond 
 
 R. F. D., Barton 
 
 Andover 
 
 Barre 
 
 Essex Junction 
 
 Bristol 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Underbill 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Lyndon 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Briggs 
 
 Orleans 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Brandon 
 
 Westminster 
 
 Woodstock 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Burlington 
 
 East Braintree 
 
 Johnson 
 
 Westminster 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Vergennes 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 R. F. D. 2, Cuttingsville 
 
 Newfane 
 
 Stowe 
 
 R. F. D. 2, Lyndonville 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Jericho 
 
 Wallingford 
 
 East Berkshire 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 South Woodbury 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Post Mills 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 R. F. D. 2, N. Clarendon 
 
 Wilder 
 
 7 th Vt. 
 
 Co. D, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Co. F, 6th Vt. 
 
 77th N. Y. 
 
 Co. D, 13th Vt. 
 
 1st Vt., ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. H, 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. I, 3rd Del. 
 
 2nd Mass. 
 
 Co. C, loth Vt. 
 
 Co. B, loth Vt. 
 
 Co. G, 14th Vt. 
 
 Co. B, 5th Vt.; Cos. A & 
 
 C, 9th Vt. 
 13 th Vt. 
 Co. A, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. E, I St N. Y. M. R. 
 Co. K, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. G, 6th Vt. 
 Co. A, I St Vt. Cav. 
 19th Unattached Co., 
 
 Mass. Inf. 
 Co. K, 6th Vt. 
 14th Vt. 
 Co. C, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. B, 1 2th Vt. 
 ist. Vt. Cav., 9th Vt. 
 Co. F, 13 th Vt. 
 Co. C, 15 th Vt. 
 Co. E, 7th Vt. 
 Co. I, 1 2th Vt. 
 Co. H, 14th N. H. 
 Co. A, 2nd Conn.; Co. G, 
 
 5th N. Y. Cav. 
 Co A, 14th N. H. 
 Co. B, 14th Vt. 
 Co. I, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. D, nth Vt. 
 Co. E, 5th Vt. 
 Co. K, 5th Vt. 
 Co. K, ist Vt.; Co. D, 
 
 7th Vt. 
 Co. G, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. K, 7th Vt. 
 Co. L, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 Co. B, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. K, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. B, 6th Vt. 
 Co. E, 6th N. H. 
 Co. A, 5th Vt. 
 Co. A, 15th Vt. 
 Co. K, 13th Vt. 
 Co. G, 4th Vt. 
 Co. A, 15th Vt. 
 
48 
 
 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Raistrick, J. Y. 
 Ravmond, H. T. 
 Randall, S. J. 
 Renfrew, H. E. 
 Read, J. B. 
 Reed, W. T. 
 Richardson, O. J. 
 Richardson, J.N. 
 Richardson, P. H. 
 
 Richardson, C. W. 
 Richardson, H. A. E. 
 Rice, M. M. 
 Rice, S. B. 
 Rising, E. N. 
 Rickert, J. L. 
 Roscoe, H. C. 
 Ross, H. A. 
 Robv, J. F. 
 Robv, F. A. 
 Rob'bins, C. B. 
 Robb, Sr., Isaac 
 Rodgers, D. W. 
 Rudd, M. F. 
 Ryan, T. G. 
 Sargent, Jackson 
 Sanborn, Lanson 
 Scott, C. H. 
 Selby, Rev. H. D. 
 
 Sherman, A. H. 
 
 Sherman, Harley 
 Shepard, F. H. 
 
 Shepard, G. H. 
 
 Sheldon, A. P. 
 Shattiick, J. A. 
 Shiatte, Peter 
 Shanahan, John 
 Sisco, E. R. 
 Sleeper, A. C. 
 Slack, W. H. H. 
 Smith, G. L. 
 Smith, E. L. 
 Smith, C. B. 
 Smith, Chas. 
 Smith, H. A. 
 
 Smith, D. M. 
 Smith, T. <". 
 Smith, J. E. 
 
 Proctorsville 
 
 Stowe 
 
 R. F. D., Huntington 
 
 Bradford 
 
 East Dummerston 
 
 R. F. D. 2, Concord 
 
 Gaysville 
 
 Richmond 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Route 2, Worcester 
 
 R. F. D. I, Roxbury 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 Dresden Station, N. Y. 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Brandon 
 
 New Haven 
 
 R. F. D. I, Poultney 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Bloomfield 
 
 Wardsboro 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 Bennington 
 
 R. F. D 3, Cambridge 
 
 Stowe 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Bennington 
 
 No. Hyde Park 
 
 R. F. D., Swanton 
 
 Burlington 
 Fair Haven 
 
 Sheiburne, R. D. So. Bur- 
 lington 
 West Rupert 
 Athens 
 Burlington 
 Proctor 
 Troy 
 Newport 
 Springfield 
 Royalton 
 Barre 
 Tunbridge 
 \\'aterbury 
 Milton 
 
 Moscow 
 Roxbury 
 Montgomery 
 
 Co. C, 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 17th Vt. 
 
 14th Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 13th Mass. 
 
 Co. D, ist Ore. Cav. 
 
 3rd Batt. Vt. L. A. 
 
 Co. A, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. H. 2nd U. S. S. 
 
 Co. C, 13th Vt.; Co. H, 
 
 6th Vt. 
 Co. C, 13th Vt. 
 Co. H, 6th Vt. • 
 Co. C, I St Vt. Cav. 
 Co. F., i+th Vt. 
 Co. F, 1 2th Vt. 
 87th N. Y., 40th N. Y. 
 Co. G, 14th Vt. 
 Co. C, nth Vt. 
 Co. D, 9th Vt. 
 Cos. E & B, 9th Vt. 
 Co. K, 9th Vt. 
 Co. A, 98th N. Y. 
 1 2th Vt. 
 Co. A, 14th Vt. 
 Co. A, I St Vt. Cav. 
 Co. D, 5th Vt. 
 ist Mich., E & M 
 Co. E, 5th Vt. 
 Co. C, 2ist Pa,; Co. E, 
 
 3rd Pa. Cav.; Co. F, 
 
 9th U. S. 
 Co. F, 13th Vt.; Co. G, 
 
 2nd Vt. 
 Co. A, 6th Vt. 
 Co. F, 14th Vt. ; Co. A, 
 
 7th Vt. 
 
 Co. H, 1 2th Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 14th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 5th Vt. 
 
 13 th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 13th Vt. 
 
 Co. H, 4th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 9th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 3rd Vt. 
 
 Co. G, 6th Vt. 
 
 T'th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 8th Vt. 
 
 Co. I, 5th Vt.; Co. A, 
 
 14th V. R. C. 
 Co. E, 13th Vt. 
 Co. F, i2th Vt. 
 Co. A, 9th Vt. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 49 
 
 Snow, W. H. 
 Snow, S. M. 
 Spooner, A. H. 
 Spaulding, S. C. 
 Spoor, H. A. 
 St. Germain, Marshall 
 St. Clair, Joseph 
 Stevens, D. W. 
 Stevens, J. T. 
 Stevens, W. W. 
 Streeter, I. C. 
 Streeter, H. C. 
 Stone, Chas. 
 
 Stone, Joseph 
 Stoughton, A. C. 
 Stearns, Myron 
 Stickney, Moses 
 Stickney, J. G. 
 Steele, James 
 Stewart, W. J. 
 Stetson, A. C. 
 Stetson, H. B. 
 Stoddard, Edgar 
 
 Stocker, D. M. 
 
 Sullivan, Michael 
 Swallow, Proctor 
 Swinger, A. S. 
 Symes, J. H. 
 Symes, James R. 
 Tatro, Lewis 
 Taft, Levi A. 
 Tenney, M. E. 
 Thompson, G. J. 
 
 Thwing,. John A. 
 Thomas, N. C. 
 Titchout, A. M. 
 Tobin, Wm. 
 Towle, Franklin 
 Tracy, Geo. 
 Tracy, J. B. 
 Tracy, Wm. 
 Tuttle, Samuel 
 Tullar, Elihu 
 Tullar, Myron 
 Varney, Chas. C. 
 Wait, Harvey M. 
 Waite, Frank 
 Waite, Dexter 
 Warner, M. C. 
 Warner, F. B. 
 
 R. F. D. I, Bennington 
 
 West Hartford 
 
 Bethel 
 
 Stowe 
 
 Breadloaf 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 R. F. D., Springfield 
 
 East Hardwick 
 
 Hyde Park 
 
 Northfield 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 Burlington 
 
 North Ferrisburg 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Benson 
 
 Newport Ctr. 
 
 Walden 
 
 Bridgewater 
 
 Jacksonville 
 
 North Troy 
 
 R. F. D. 4, Colebrook, 
 
 N. H. 
 West Wardsboro 
 
 Northfield 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Rochester 
 
 R. F. D., East Ryegate 
 
 Barnet 
 
 Essex Junction 
 
 Huntington Center 
 
 R. F. D. 2, Rutland 
 
 So. Londonderry 
 
 Bellows Falls 
 
 Proctorsville 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Dorset 
 
 Union Village 
 
 South Hero 
 
 Norwich 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 So. Ryegate 
 
 Tunbridge 
 
 Tunbridge 
 
 Barre 
 
 Waitsfield 
 
 Moscow 
 
 Wardsboro 
 
 Proctor 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 Co. D, 27th Mass. 
 
 Co. E, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. A, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 6ist N. Y. 
 
 Co. K, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. B, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. L, 5th N. Y. Cav. 
 
 Co. G, 4th Vt. 
 
 Co. L I St Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. H, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 14th N. H. 
 
 Cos. F & D, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. F, ist U. S. S.; Co. 
 
 G, 4th Vt. 
 Co. B, 17th Vt. 
 Co. L. ist Vt. Cav. 
 9th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, 5th N. Y. Cav. 
 Co. D, 6th Vt. 
 Go. C, 4th Vt. 
 62nd N. Y. S. V. 
 Co. F, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. B, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. H, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. I, 1 6th Vt.; Co. H, 
 
 8th Vt. 
 Co. E, loth Vt. 
 Co. L 7 th Vt. 
 Cos. E & K, 7th Vt. 
 i<;th Mass. 
 Co. I, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. A, 7th Vt. 
 ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. B, 2nd Vt 
 Co. C, 14th Vt.; Co. E, 
 
 5 th Vt. 
 Co. F, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. K, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. I, nth Vt. 
 7th & nth Vt. 
 Co G, 9th Vt. 
 Co. E, 8th Vt. 
 Co. K, 16th Vt. 
 Co. C, 5th Vt. 
 Co. C, 3rd Vt. 
 Co. E, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. E, 2nd Vt. 
 Co. I, 13 th Vt. 
 Co. B, 13th Vt. 
 Co. H, 34th N. Y. 
 Co. D, loth Vt. 
 Co. F, ist Vt. Cav. 
 7th Vt. 
 
50 
 
 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Ward, R. C. 
 Wakefield, Wrn. W. 
 Walbridge, R. W. 
 Waring, Freeman 
 Walker, D. C. 
 Walker, Wm. S. 
 Wardwell, Wm. S. 
 Washburn, Nelson 
 Waldron, Geo. H. 
 Wallace, Chas. M. 
 Wallace, Wm. H. 
 West, Robert 
 Webster, Albert 
 Webster, J. N. 
 Wetherbee, E. W. 
 Whipple, S. A. 
 Wheeler, Chas. 
 Wheeler, C. C. 
 Wheeler, Chas. 
 Wheeler, John A. 
 Wheelock, Frank 
 White, J. G. 
 White, Geo. A. 
 Whitelaw, A. M. ^ 
 Whitney, Julius 
 Whitcomb, Chas. B 
 Wilkinson, Melvin 
 Williams, T. J. 
 
 Williams, G. H. 
 Williams, C. D. 
 Wiggins, O. A. 
 Wilson, N. H. 
 Wilson, J. R. 
 Winslow, S. J. 
 Willev, H. S. 
 Willey, A. W. 
 Wilcox, A. H. 
 Willard, C. J. 
 Wilkins, Austin 
 Winchester, C. R. 
 Wood, H. A. 
 Wood, Lewis 
 Woodward, D. C. 
 Woodward, A. T. 
 Woodward, Wm. 
 Woodbury, U. A. 
 Wright, "G. N. 
 Wright, J. O. 
 
 Wvman, H. E. 
 
 St. Johnsbury 
 
 North Troy 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 R. F. D 2, Jeffersonville 
 
 Chittenden 
 
 Woodstock 
 
 R. F. D 2, Rutland 
 
 Springfield 
 
 East Ryegate 
 
 St. Johnsbury 
 
 Fair Haven 
 
 Barton 
 
 Barton 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Saxtons River 
 
 Springfield 
 
 North Troy 
 
 Orleans 
 
 Irasburg 
 
 Newport 
 
 Chester Depot 
 
 Enosburg Falls 
 
 Wells River 
 
 Brattleboro 
 
 West Fairlee 
 
 Bridport 
 
 R. F. D 2, Randolph 
 
 Dorset 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Saxtons River 
 
 R. F. D. I, Glover 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Woodstock 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Orleans 
 
 R. F. D. I, Sharon 
 
 Chester 
 
 Morrisville 
 
 Benson 
 
 Barnard 
 
 Montpelier 
 
 Essex Junction 
 
 Rutland 
 
 Waterbury Center 
 
 Burlington 
 
 Colchester 
 
 Hartland 
 
 R. F. D 2, Windsor 
 
 Co. B, 2nd Vt. 
 
 Co. M, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. B, 4th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, 19th Maine 
 
 Co. D, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 
 7th Vt. ; 2nd N. Y. Cav. 
 
 2nd Minn. L. A. 
 
 ist Vt. L. A. 
 
 ist N. H. H. A. 
 
 Co. G, 17th Vt. 
 
 Co. A, loth Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 2nd U. S. Cav. 
 
 Co. M, nth Vt. 
 
 Co. I, 15th Vt. 
 
 Co. I, r2th Vt. 
 
 Co. D, 1 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. E, ist Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. D, 6th Vt. 
 
 Co. B, 8 th Vt. 
 
 Co. C, 1st Vt. Cav. 
 
 Co. B, 8th Vt. 
 
 Co. D, 9th Vt. 
 
 9th Batt. Mass. L. A. 
 
 15th Vt. 
 
 2 1 St Mass. 
 
 Co. I, 17th Vt. 
 
 Co. H, 17th Vt. 
 
 Co. G, 9th Vt.; Cos. M. 
 
 & F, ist Vt. Cav. 
 Co. D, nth Vt. 
 Co. F, 1 2th Vt. 
 Co. H, nth Vt. 
 Co. C, 59th Mass. 
 Cos. I & H, nth Vt. 
 Co. B, 12th Vt. 
 Co. G, 1 6th Vt. 
 Co. I, 15th Vt. 
 Co. A, 60th N. Y. 
 Co. A, 12th Vt. 
 Co. D, 5th Vt. 
 Co. D, 14th Vt. 
 Co. B, 12th Vt. 
 Co. E, 2nd N. H. 
 Co. C, 6th Vt. 
 Co. I, 17th Vt. 
 Co. B, loth Vt. 
 nth Vt. 
 
 Co. D, 13th Vt. 
 Co. H, 34th N. Y.; Co. 
 
 I, 5th N. Y. Cav. 
 Co. H, 5th N. Y. Cav. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 
 
 51 
 
 LIST OF VERMONT VETERANS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE STATE, 
 
 WHO REGISTERED AT THE VERMONT CAMP DURING THE 
 
 CELEBRATION 
 
 Name. 
 Austin, Henry C. 
 Brainerd, W. B. 
 Biglow, W. G. 
 Boar, John T. 
 Bunker, L. J. 
 Bryant, M. H. 
 Bliss, G. S. 
 Batten, A. S. 
 Chapin, Capt. Howard C. 
 Clark, J. O. 
 Clark, H. O. 
 Curtis, A. H. 
 Clifford, C. W. 
 Clark, E. T. 
 Chamberlain, R. T. 
 Daniels, Chas. 
 
 Dubois, Chas. 
 Doying, Chas. E. 
 Dellehan, John 
 Dewey, G. W. 
 Douglas, N. B. 
 Derbv, W. A. 
 Davis, N. S. 
 Dane, A. O. 
 Edson, D. C. 
 Edwards, E. B. 
 risk, Wilbur 
 Farrington, G. E. 
 Farr, E. P. 
 Folsom, A. P. 
 Grant, Gen. Lewis A. 
 
 Green, W. F. 
 Goodrich, Geo. W. 
 Greene, Richard C. 
 Gorhann, H. J. 
 Gillette, Nathaniel N. 
 Guvette, Frank 
 Henry, H. C. 
 Higley, E. H. 
 Holley, F. S. 
 Hitchcock, J. W. 
 Hartshorne, E. J. 
 Hosmer, F. J. 
 Henry, Wm. P. 
 Hill, F. A. 
 
 Residence 
 
 Michigan 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Nebraska 
 
 So. Dakota 
 
 Massachusetts 
 New Hannpshire 
 Minnesota 
 Washington 
 New Jersey 
 New Hampshire 
 New Hampshire 
 Missouri 
 Oregon 
 Washington 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 Texas 
 
 So. Dakota 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 New York 
 
 So. Dakota 
 No. Dakota 
 Minnesota 
 
 Illinois 
 Washington 
 Georgia 
 Nebraska 
 New York 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 California 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Organization 
 Co. C, i2th Inf. 
 Co. E, i2th Inf. 
 Co. H, 5th Inf. 
 Co. H, 14th Inf. 
 Co. F, 6th Inf. 
 Co. A, 1 6th Inf. 
 Co. F, 13th Inf. 
 Co. C, 3rd Inf. 
 Co. C, 4th Vt. 
 Co. C, 14th Inf. 
 Co. D, 13th Vt. 
 Co. D, 1st Cav. 
 Co. D, ist Cav. 
 Co. E, i2th Inf. 
 Co. A, 4th Inf. 
 Co. H, 13th Vt. & ist 
 
 Cav. 
 Co. G, 3rd Inf. 
 Co. F, nth Inf. 
 Co. D, 3rd Inf. 
 Co. H, 1 6th Inf. 
 Co. D, 14th Inf. 
 Co. I, 2nd Inf. 
 Co. G, 13th Inf. 
 Co. K, 10th Inf. 
 Co. F, I2th Inf. 
 Co. A, ist Cav. 
 Co. E, 2nd Inf. 
 Co. A, 3rd Inf. 
 Co. G, loth Inf. 
 Co. D, 6th Inf. 
 Commander Old Vermont 
 
 Brigade 
 Co. F, ist Cav. 
 Co. D, 2nd Inf. 
 Co. C, 1 6th Inf. 
 Co. I, 4th Inf. 
 Co. I, 5th Inf. 
 Co. I, ist Cav. 
 Co. A, 14th Inf. 
 Co. K., ist Cav. 
 Co. F, ist U. S. S. 
 Co. G, 1 2th Inf. 
 Co. G, 17th Inf. 
 Co. I, 4th Inf. 
 Co. H, 1 6th Inf. 
 Co. G, 15th Inf. 
 
52 
 
 VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG 
 
 Hvde, Frank D. 
 Howard, G. D. 
 
 Lunderville, John 
 Leach, Orrin 
 Mehan, John 
 Miles, L. B. 
 McSorley, John 
 McLeod, John 
 Palmer, N. P. 
 Pollard, J. B. 
 Patch, Albert 
 Rideout, S. E. 
 Rollins, D. A. 
 Rosseter, A. A. 
 Spooner, H. H. 
 Stephens, J. W. 
 Shumway, John 
 Stevenson, Alexander 
 Tulley, Terrence J. 
 Wilson, Henry P. 
 Worthing, J. M. 
 Winslow, J. J. 
 Willev, W. H. H. 
 White, C. A. 
 Wright, E.. F. 
 Wright, R. R. 
 Whipple, E. J. 
 Wood, Geo. E. 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 New York 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Washington 
 
 New York 
 
 Illinois 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 California 
 
 So. Dakota 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Michigan 
 
 California 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Minnesota 
 
 Nebraska 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Co. M, I St Front. Cav. 
 2nd Vt. Inf. & Co. M., 
 
 ist Front. Cav. 
 Co. K, loth Inf. 
 Co. C, 6th Inf. 
 Co. A, 4th Inf. 
 Co. A, 3rd Inf. 
 Co. K, ist Cav. 
 Co. D, 15th Int. 
 Co. D, ist Cav. 
 Co. I, 2nd Inf. 
 Co. E, nth Inf. 
 Co. C, 14th Inf. 
 Co. I, 15th Inf. 
 2nd Batt. L. A. 
 Co. G, 14th Inf. 
 Co. E, ist Cav. 
 Co. B, 6th Inf. 
 Co. C, 15th Inf. 
 Co. A, 13th Inf. 
 Co. E, 16th Inf. 
 Co. H, 2nd Inf. 
 Co. G, 1 6th Inf. 
 Co. B, 15th Inf. 
 Co. F, 4th Inf. 
 Co. K, 2nd Inf. 
 Co. A, 5th Inf. 
 Co. A, ist Cav. 
 Co. B, 6th Inf. 
 
JULY, 1863, AND FIFTY YEARS LATER 53 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
 Amount of appropriation , $10,000.00 
 
 Paid for printing and postage $169.64 
 
 Paid Gen. Tillotson, personal expenses 220.70 
 
 Paid Col. H. W. Allen, expenses as chairman of Com- 
 mission 70 . 10 
 
 Paid Capt. Frand Kenfield, expenses as Secretary of 
 
 Commission 74-35 
 
 Paid for special Ferry Boat, New York to Jersey City 
 
 and return 100.00 
 
 Paid Pennsylvania R. R. for return transportation for 
 
 Veteran who lost his ticket I2 . 20 
 
 Paid Railroads for 512 transportation orders at $15.00 7,680.00 
 Paid Veterans 66 per cent of amounts paid by them to- 
 ward their transportation 1,506 40 
 
 Paid toward printing and distributing the final report 
 
 of the Commission 166.61 
 
 $10,000.00 
 
 The Adjutant General's account, with vouchers, approved by 
 the Commission is on file in the office of the Auditor of Accounts. 
 
 In making the arrangements for the transportation and accom- 
 modation of the veterans at Gettysburg, the adjutant General made 
 two trips to Gettysburg, by direction of the Commission, in advance 
 of the Celebration ; once in company with Colonel H. W. Allen, 
 Chairman of the Commission, ajid again alone. 
 
 The officers and men of the Vermont National Guard who ac- 
 companied the veterans to Gettysburg, were ordered to perform that 
 duty by Governor Fletcher, and their pay and expenses were met 
 from the general appropriation for the Militia, and no part of the 
 same was paid from the Gettysburg Celebration appropriation. 
 
 I accepted the opportunity to perform this service for the vet- 
 erans of Vermont with pleasure, and, while the work has taken a 
 large amount of time and attention, I have been more than repaid 
 by the consideration and appreciation which has been universally 
 shown me by your committee and the veterans who participated in 
 the great celebration. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 LEE S. TILLOTSON, 
 
 The Adjutant General. 
 
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