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 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 
 
 5th Maine Battery 
 
 Association, 
 
 BY 
 
 G. T. STEVENS. 
 
 AUGUSTA : 
 
 PRESS OF CHARLES K. NASH 
 
 1890 
 
LETTER 
 
 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 
 
 5th Maine Battery 
 
 Association, 
 
 BY 
 
 G. T. STEVENS. 
 
 AUGUSTA : 
 
 PRESS OF CHARLES E. NASH 
 
 1890 
 
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 Augusta, Maine, July 4, 1890. 
 
 MY DEAR COMRADE : 
 
 I presume that not long since you received the 
 circular purporting to be signed by Lieutenants 
 Whittier and Hunt of the 5th Maine Battery 
 Association, in relation to our GETTYSBURG 
 MONUMENT. 
 
 I am surprised and astonished that they should issue 
 a circular containing the false and malicious statements 
 therein contained. I have large size photographs 
 clearly showing the inscription on all four sides of the 
 Monument, taken since the monument was erected, 
 which completely refutes their false statements, and 
 which I will exhibit to you the first opportunity. 
 Their circular was intended evidently to prejudice 
 the members of our Association against their late 
 commanding officer, and make you dissatisfied with 
 the Monument that the State has erected and dedi- 
 cated in commemoration of the valuable and important 
 services rendered by the Battery on many a hard 
 fought field, and also get you to sign a permit or 
 
power of attorney, authorizing them to appear before 
 the Executive Committee of the Maine Gettysburg 
 Commission, and have the inscription on the ]Monu- 
 ment changed to suit themselves. 
 
 The Monument is one of the finest Battery ]\Ionu- 
 ments on the field, and the inscriptions were all sub- 
 mitted to the committee on "Locations and Inscrip- 
 tions," at Gettj'sburg, before the same were engraved 
 and were approved as correct. 
 
 The statement in their circular that the inscription 
 is: "Fought here July 2, 3, 1863," is false. 
 
 The inscription on the Monument reads : "Fought 
 here July 1, 2, 3, 1863," which is correct. 
 
 The statement in their circular that the inscription 
 reads : "Gettysburg, 2 men killed," is also false. 
 
 The inscription on the Monument reads : "Gettys- 
 burg, 3 men killed," which is correct. 
 
 The statement in their circular that, "The number 
 of men, 19 wounded at Chancellorsville is three (3) 
 less than stated in the report made b}^ Lieut. Stevens 
 5 days after the battle," is another detestable state- 
 ment, and intended to deceive 3'ou. 
 
 My report of the battle of Chancellorsville reads : 
 "Our loss in killed and wounded is as follows : 
 Killed, 6 ; Wounded, 22," which is correct. A total 
 of 28. 
 
In the number wounded 1 made no distinction be- 
 tween officers and men. 
 
 The inscription on the Monument gives our losses 
 in detail, as follows : "Chancellorsville, G men killed, 
 3 officers and 19 men wounded." A total of 28 which 
 is also correct. 
 
 The Whittier-Hunt circular also says : "The num- 
 ber of men killed at Gettysburg (2) is not the same 
 as appears in the reports of the Adjutant General, 
 State of Maine, for the year 1863, and in the official 
 records published by the War Department." 
 
 The inscription on the Monument as before stated, 
 reads: "Gettysburg, 3 men killed." (See photo- 
 graphs) ; and all the official records have it the same. 
 
 Our losses were as follows : 
 "Killed. 
 
 Charles M. Bryant. 
 
 William Widner, (detached from N. Y. Reg't.) 
 
 Sullivan Luce." 
 
 "Wounded. 
 
 Capt. G. T. Stevens, severely shot through both 
 legs. 
 
 Lieut. C. O. Hunt, severely, right thigh. 
 
 Private Warren B. Bailey, knee. 
 
 Private Sylvester L. Brown, severely, back. 
 
 Private Aaron Simpson, severely, leg. 
 
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 Private William Leonard, severely, breast. 
 
 Private John A. Paine, severely, ell)o\v. 
 
 Private Edwin F. Witham, slightly, foot. 
 
 Private John F. Chase, severeh', right arm am- 
 putated. 
 
 Private B. Kenyon, (detached,) severely, thumb. 
 
 Private James F. Secor, (detached,) severely, 
 arm and leg. 
 
 Private James A. Lambard, severely, right leg. 
 
 Private Homer Nichols, (detached,) right leg." 
 "Missing. 
 
 Private Charles Smith. 
 
 Private Isaac P. St Clair. 
 
 Private John Barry, (detached.) 
 
 Private Abner C. ]Marvin, (detached.) 
 
 Private John Drover, (detached.) 
 
 Private Huntermark, (detached.) 
 
 Total 3 killed, 13 wounded, 6 missing." 
 
 The al)()ve is an exact copy of the casualties taken 
 from Lieut. Whittier's re})ort under date of July 21, 
 18fi3, which exactly agrees with the losses on the 
 monument. In giving the totals he included the 2 
 officers wounded with the 11 men. 
 
 They made a false statement in their circular, 
 and then complain that it does not agree with the 
 official reports. They also give the inscription on the 
 
Monument as reading, "Ammunition expended, 97(5 
 rounds." This is another incorrect statement. The 
 inscription reads, "979 rounds," which is correct, 
 and agrees with the otficial report. See Official 
 Records, Vol. 27, page 362. 
 
 Their circular also states that "Lieut. G. T. Stevens, 
 in his report dated May 8, 1863, of the part borne bj' 
 the Battery at Chancellorsville makes no mention of 
 the fact that Leppien was mortally wounded while in 
 command of the Batter}'." By this you would be led 
 to believe that I did not report the loss of Leppien at 
 all. Evasion is as wrong as positive falsehood. In 
 my field report of that date I did not give our losses 
 in detail, simplj* stating that, "Our loss in killed and 
 wounded is as follows : Killed, 6 ; AA'ounded, 22." 
 The 22 wounded, included Capt. Leppien, Lieut. 
 Twitchell and myself, 3 officers and 19 enlisted men, 
 making the 22. That report was made to Capt. D. 
 R. Ransom, Division Chief of Artillery, under whose 
 command we were temporarih' thrown. 
 
 I stated totals that our depleted ranks might at 
 once be filled, which was done by a large detail from 
 the infantr}'. It was not then known nor for days 
 afterwards that Capt. Leppien was mortally wounded. 
 His wound was not necessarily mortal any more than 
 that of Lieut. A. B. Twitchell and others who 
 recovered. 
 
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 In my report to the Adjutant General of the State 
 of Maine of that engagement, the State that hatl 
 honored Leppien with a commission as Captain of the 
 Battery, and afterwanis as Lieut. Col. of ]\Iaine 
 Mounted Artillery, and from which source he could 
 only expect future advancement and promotion, I 
 reported as foHows, and Lieut. Whittier and Hunt 
 knew it. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 "Officers Wounded. 
 
 Capt. George F. Leppien, severely, left leg 
 amputated. 
 
 Lieut. G. T. Stevens, slightly, ilesh wound left side. 
 
 Lieut. A. B. Twitchell, severely, flesh wound in 
 leg, two fingers amputated." 
 
 "Enlisted Men. 
 
 Sergt. W. F. Lock, killed. 
 
 Corp. Benj. F. Grover, killed. 
 
 Private William W. Ripley, killed. 
 
 Private Timothy Sullivan, killed. 
 
 Private James Nason, killed. 
 
 Private James P. Holt, killed." 
 " Wounded. 
 
 Sergt. James C. Bartlett, leg. 
 
 Sergt. Andrew McRae, severely, right breast. 
 
 Corp. Lemuel A. Cummings, neck. 
 
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 Private Alonzo Hinkley, face. 
 Private John Bolinger, head. 
 Private Charles L. Crane, foot. 
 Private Kollistan Woodbury, back. 
 Private Edwin F. Witham, foot. 
 Private Corydon Powers, arm. 
 Private Joseph Woods, foce. 
 Private Napolean B. Perkins, leg. 
 Private Charles M. Kimball, arm, amputated. 
 Private Edward A. Stuart, leg, amputated. 
 Pi'ivate William H. Nason, hand, amputated. 
 Private Edwin L. Knowlton, leg. 
 Private James Russell, back. 
 Private Cornelius O. Neal, leg. 
 Private Joseph Holsinger, slight, arm. 
 Private George Denison, severely, side. 
 Total 3 officers wounded. 
 6 men killed. 
 19 men wounded." 
 
 This is one of the most complete and accurate re- 
 ports that the Batter}^ ever had, and the numbers lost 
 are precisely the same as those on the Monument. 
 
 Their circular also declares that, "The records of 
 the Association show that the subject matter or text 
 of the inscriptions was never submitted to the Bat- 
 tery Association for discussion or approval." 
 
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 I can only say that the records of the Association 
 in the hands of Capt. Thomas B. Mennealy, Secretary, 
 do not show any such a thing. 
 
 The records of our meeting at Gardiner on August 
 10, 1887, do show that the ''Report of the Committee 
 on Gettysburg Monument, G. T. Stevens, Chairman, 
 the same discussed and accepted. Remarks by C. O. 
 Hunt, R. Woodbury, J. F. Chase, E. E. Maxwell 
 and others. Voted to accept the Monument presented 
 by the Committee." 
 
 The design for the Monument then and there pre- 
 sented, discussed and accepted, bore the following 
 inscription : 
 
 Stevens' Battery, 
 
 5th 
 
 Maine. 
 
 1st 
 
 Corps. 
 
 July 1, 2, 3, 1863. 
 
 This tosrether with cross cannons and the badge of 
 the Corps. I have a photograph of that design with 
 the inscription which is open for your inspection. At 
 our reunion at Oakland on August 16, 1888, it was 
 reported by the Chairman of your Committee that 
 
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 he proposed to inscribe eleven of our principal bat- 
 tles on the Monument, naming them all, together 
 with all of our losses, which Avas freely discussed. 
 One member of the Association (Withee) thought 
 we were not authorized to use "Wilderness" as he did 
 not know that the Battery was engaged there. The 
 records of that meeting show the following in relation 
 to the Monument and nothing more : 
 
 "Report of Committee on Monument read and ap- 
 proved. Remarks of G. T. Stevens and other mem- 
 bers in regard to the Monument to be erected at 
 Gettysburg." 
 
 Farther than this the records are silent in relation 
 to the Monument, not showing one thing or another. 
 See records. I have certified copies of the same. 
 
 Lieut. Hunt was at our meeting at Gardiner, and 
 Lieut. Whittier and Hunt at Oakland, and no dis- 
 senting voice or vote was raised against the report of 
 your Committee in any particular. 
 
 They also declare in their circular that, "The in- 
 scriptions are defective in this respect : that the official 
 title of the Battery nowhere appears." 
 
 Let us see about this. The monument has it : 
 "Stevens' Battery, 
 5th Maine." 
 
 General Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the 
 
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 Potomac, in his official report says : "As their columns 
 moved out of town, they came under fire of Stevens' 
 Battery (Fifth Maine), at 800 yards distance." 
 
 This is official and from the highest Artillery au- 
 thority in the Army of the Potomac. 
 
 See Series 1, Vol. 27, Page 234, Official Records, 
 Arm}' of the Potomac, published Ijy authority of 
 Congress. 
 
 General Doubleday commanding the 1st Arni}^ 
 Corps after the death of General Reynolds, to which 
 Corps we belonged, in his official report says : 
 
 "Cooper's Battery was assigned bj' the Chief of 
 Artillery on the north, and Stevens' Battery (Fifth 
 Maine), on the south of the Seminary." Same Vol. 
 Page 250. 
 
 Colonel C. S. Wainwright, Chief of Artillery, 1st 
 Army Corps, under whose immediate command Ave 
 were, in his official report of the battle of Gettysburg 
 says : "Meantime General Doubleday had moved 
 Captain Stevens' Battery to the right of Ca[)tain 
 Cooper's." Same Vol. Page 356. 
 
 On all three of the official maps of the battle of 
 Gettysburg, published by authority of the Hon. 
 Secretary of War, and compiled by Col. John B. 
 Batchelder, the government historian, the position of 
 "Stevens' j j j j j j (battery), 5th Maine," is given 
 and so marked. 
 
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 General Hunt in an article in the Century Maga- 
 zine for December, 1886, gives a picture of the ground 
 occupied by "Stevens' 5th Maine Batter}-." He also 
 in the text speaks of Stevens' twelve pounders at the 
 head of the ravine. 
 
 General Doubledaj^ in his history of Chancelloi's- 
 ville and Gettysburg, says : "About eleven A. M. the 
 remainder of the First Corps came up together with 
 Coopers', Stewart's, Reynolds' and Stevens' batteries." 
 Page 135. 
 
 He also says : "Stewart's, Reynolds' and Stevens' 
 batteries which had been a good deal cut u[) the first 
 day, were now brought to bear on the ai)proaching 
 enemy." Page 182. 
 
 Swiuton's Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, 
 speaks of "Stevens' Battery." Page 354. 
 
 Harper's \yeekly of June 25, 1864, gives an illus- 
 tration with this title, "Grant's Great Campaign. 
 Stevens' Battery at Cold Harbor — from a sketch by 
 A. R. Waud." On page 410, of the same number it 
 says: "In the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1, Stev- 
 ens' battery belonging to the Sixth Corps was so 
 near the rebel lines that the soldiers nicknamed it 
 ^Battery Insult.^ It stirred up the rebels in a most 
 aggravating manner, and was an excessively danger- 
 ous spot to be seen in. After a discharge of the 
 
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 pieces, hundreds of bullets would zip through the 
 embrasures and around the earth works ; occasionally 
 round shot would batter down portions of the work, 
 but the artillerists s tuck to it and did <rood execution." 
 A writer in the National Tribune, under date of 
 February 6th, 1890, speaks of "Stevens' infallable 
 old 5th Maine Battery." 
 
 This is the Battery of which Lieuts. Whittier and 
 Hunt say : "The official title nowhere appears," on 
 the monument. As a further illustration of the cor- 
 rectness and truthfulness of Lieut. W'hittier's state- 
 ments, I will call 3'our attention to his report of the 
 Battle of Gettyburg, where he, speaking of the 
 wounded, says : "Lieutenant Hunt at the seminary 
 during the enemy's charge on our position, and Cap- 
 tain Stevens on the morning of the 2nd, by a bullet 
 from the town." All of you who were present during 
 the 2nd day, must judge whether I was wounded in 
 the morning or in the afternoon of the second day. 
 Wishing to cover as much of the time as possible 
 when he, Whittier, was in command of the battery 
 he so reported. I never had any knowledge that he 
 so reported until the publication of the War 
 Records. 
 
 Their circular further declares, "That it does not 
 anywhere appear that the Battery had any other 
 
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 conimandinof officer than Captain Stevens, in an}' 
 portion of its term of service." 
 
 There is nothing said on the monument about any 
 commanding officer of the Battery. It gives the of- 
 ficial title of the Battery, the same as that of the 
 other Maine Batteries. The inscription on one of 
 the monuments reads : "Hall's 2nd Maine Battery ;" 
 on another it reads : "Dow's 6th Maine Battery." 
 
 Other officers besides Hall and Dow commanded 
 those batteries in some portion of their term of 
 service. 
 
 Our monument was not intended to give the history 
 or biography of any individual, but an outline of its 
 services and sacrifices as an organization at Gettys- 
 burg and elsewhere. Had Lieut. Edward N. Whit- 
 tier's name incorrectly appeared on the monument 
 as commanding the entire second and third days, as 
 you must infer from his official report ; and also had 
 Lieut. Charles O. Hunt been inscribed as wounded 
 and captured, you would never have seen or heard 
 of their circular. On November 10th, 1887, after 
 our reunion at Gardiner, and after the design for the 
 monument with the inscription on the face or front 
 had been presented, discussed and accepted by the 
 Association, Lieut. Hunt wrote me as follows : 
 "The more I have thouoht of the matter of the in- 
 
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 scription on the monument the more thoroughly op- 
 posed I iim to having the Sixth Corps budge and the 
 names of the other battles put on it. It is not (he 
 says) intended to be a histoiical monument to the 
 5th Maine Battery, l)ut to indicate the place and the 
 part taken by it in that particular battle ; and I feel 
 that it is very inapi)roi)riate to put on the stone, 
 names referring to events that happened after the 
 battle of Gettysburg, even if some other organiza- 
 tions have done so. I feel sure that the impression 
 made on visitors will not be so favorable as the plain 
 inscription, giving the date when the Battery held 
 position, marked, and the badge of the First Corps. 
 Henry is decidedly of this opinion, and WJnttier 
 aim, whom I saw a few days ago." These were the 
 sentiments of Lieuts. Hunt and \yhittier at the time 
 when the monument was in process of construction. 
 Xow they find fault because we did not inscribe all 
 of our skirmishes, where we met with no losses, and 
 that have no place in history ; completely ignoring 
 all of our losses and sacrifices except Gettysburg, 
 and not one word said about Captain Leppien, in any 
 way, shape or manner. 
 
 Lieut. Hunt afterwards consented that the battles 
 might be put on, and under date of November 17, 
 1887, wrote rae as follows : "I did not expect that they 
 
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 (a Boston Gmnite Company) would have anything 
 as good as the one you had, which / for one, teas 
 perfectly delighted icitli. I hope there will be no 
 difficulty in getting your design carried out." What 
 design ? The design presented at Gardiner ; the de- 
 sign with the "Stevens' Battery, 5th Maine, 1st Corps, 
 July 1, 2,3, 1863," printed upon it; the design 
 that the eleven battles, and all of our losses were to 
 appear upon. We have got all that corectly done, 
 and now what is the matter? The Lieut. Hunt let- 
 ters are open for inspection. The Gettysburg Bat- 
 tle-field Memorial Association, a corporation existing 
 under the laws of Pennsylvania, having charge and 
 control of the field, and under whose instruction and 
 guidance we were, entertained a different opinion 
 from Lieuts. Whittier and Hunt, and recommended 
 as follows : 
 
 "As the memorials erected on this field will not 
 only mark the i)ositions held by the several com- 
 mands but will also be regimental or batter}' monu- 
 ments and in most instances the only ones ever erected 
 by them, the Memorial Association strongly recom- 
 mends that the inscriptions be not only historically 
 accurate, but sufficient in detail to give an idea of the 
 services of the command" This being in accordance 
 with the idea of your committee all of our battles 
 and losses were inscribed. 
 
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 The iusciiption on the Monument reads us follows. 
 
 (North side.) 
 
 .STEVENS' BATTERY, 
 
 5th MAINE, 1st CORPS. 
 
 FOUGHT HERE, 
 
 JULY 1, 2, 3, 1863, 
 
 ALSO ENGAGED 
 JULY 1st north of THE 
 
 SEMINARY^ 
 
 AMMUNITION EXPENDED 
 
 979 ROUNDS. 
 
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 (West side.) 
 BULL RUN 2xD, 
 
 FREDERICKSBURG, 
 
 CHANCELLORS VILLE, 
 
 GETTYSBURG, 
 
 WILDERNESS, 
 SPOTTSYLVANIA. 
 
 COLD HARBOR, 
 
 PETERSBURG. 
 
 OPEQUAN, 
 
 FISHER'S HILL, 
 
 CEDAR CREEK. 
 
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 (South side.) 
 LOSSES. 
 
 BULL RUN 2nd, 
 
 1 OFFICER AND 3 MEN KILLED. 
 
 8 MEN WOUNDED, 
 
 6 MEN MISSING. 
 
 CHANCELLORSVILLE, 
 
 6 MEN KILLED, 
 
 3 OFFICERS AND 19 MEN WOUNDED. 
 
 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 8 MEN KILLED, 
 
 2 OFFICERS AND 11 MEN WOUNDED, 
 
 6 MEN MISSING. 
 
 OPEQUAN, 
 6 MEN WOUNDED. 
 
 CEDAR CREEK, 
 
 2 MEN KILLED, 
 
 16 MEN WOUNDED. 
 
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 (East side.) 
 
 '' IN THE ASSAULT UPON 
 
 EAST CEMETERY HILL, 
 
 IN THE EVENING OF 
 
 JULY 2nd, the enemy, 
 
 (HAYS' AND HOKE'S BRIGADES,) 
 EXPOSED THEIR LEFT FLANK TO 
 
 STEVENS' BATTERY 
 
 WHICH POURED A TERRIBLE FIRE 
 
 OF DOUBLE CANISTER INTO 
 
 THEIR RANKS." 
 
 DUBLEDAY. 
 
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 Captiiin Leppien wjis my friend and I his. Oui* 
 relations were of the most intimate and cordial char- 
 acter. 
 
 At the battle of Chancellorsville he held a com- 
 mission as Lieutenant Colonel of Maine Mounted 
 Artillery, but had not been mustered into the U. S. 
 Service as such. He had recommended me as his 
 successor but I had not received my commission. 
 In a communication to his Excellency the Governor 
 of Maine, dated April 8th, 18G3, the original draft 
 in Leppien's hand-writing I now hold, he said : 
 "Lieut. Stevens was very active and successful in 
 aiding to recruit my battery under the direction of 
 His Excellency, Israel Wasburn, Jr., then Governor of 
 the State of Maine, and he has since the organization 
 of the battery faithfully and with credit served under 
 me ; he has in all cases acquitted himself with honor ; 
 and through his strict attention to and prompt execu- 
 tion of orders has proved himself to be an efficient 
 officer earning my highest esteem. 
 
 "Through his studious habits, knowledge and due 
 appreciation of military discipline he is worthy of 
 trust and command. 
 
 "Durino^ the last five months when I was officiatino; 
 the greater part of the time as Chief of Artillery of 
 the Division the command and interior economy of 
 
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 the battery was under the direct supervision of Lieut. 
 Stevens, and the opportunity to display his knowl- 
 edge and experience was in all cases improved to my 
 perfect satisfaction. For these reasons I would most 
 respectfully beg leave to bring Lieut. Stevens to the 
 favorable notice of your Excellency, and recommend 
 him as my successor as Captain of the 5th Battery 
 Maine Vols. The great importance of personal 
 qualification of a battery commander renders success 
 in all parts of this service not frequent, and the 
 selection of officers a point of great consideration ; 
 but I feel convinced that Lieut. Stevens will reflect 
 credit upon your Excellency in case your Excellency 
 w\\\ honor him with the promotion, and that he will 
 sustain the reputation of the battery." 
 
 What more could one officer say of another ? Such 
 were the feelings existing between Leppien and myself 
 at the time Whittier and Hunt would have you be- 
 lieve I did not treat him fairly. Capt. Leppien needs 
 no encomium from me. His biography has been 
 written by an abler hand than mine. Neither does 
 he need a monument of granite, of marble, or of 
 bronze, to perpetuate his memory on a battlefield 
 ivhere he never u-as, and fought at a time when he was 
 not living. 
 
 You will remember that Capt. Leppien received 
 
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 his death-wound in his first great battle where he 
 was personally in command of the battery. 
 
 Lieut. VV. F. Twitchell commanded at Bull Run 
 2nd and was killed. 
 
 Stevens (Lieut.) commanded at Fredericksburg, 
 Leppien then acting as Chief of Artillery, 2nd 
 Division, 1st Army Corps. At Chancellorsville 
 Capt. Leppien was personally in comujand, was 
 severely wounded and afterwards died. At Gettys- 
 burg Stevens (Capt.) was in command until the 2nd 
 day of the battle when he was also severely wounded 
 and the command fell to Lieut. Whittier. After- 
 wards Stevens (Capt.) commanded in the Wilderness 
 at Spottsylvania, at Cold Harbor, at Petersburg, at 
 Winchester or Oi)e(][uan, at Fisher's Hill, and at 
 Cedar Creek. 
 
 You will judge of the correctness of the statements 
 and opinion expressed by Lieuts. Whittier and Hunt. 
 
 Let me repeat, our Monument is one of the finest 
 Artillery monuments on the field. 
 
 The base is of Hallowell Granite, finely cut. The 
 plinth or second base is of the same material, on the 
 west side of which is a light twelve pounder gun with 
 a gunner and two cannoniers in the act of loadinsj 
 and pointing cut in relief. The die on which the in- 
 
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 sci'iptions are all cut is red granite highly polished, 
 the color indicating the Artillery, our branch of the 
 service. The cap is a hugh cannon ball, two feet 
 eight inches in diameter, of black granite also highly 
 polished, and held in place by the top of the die 
 being concaved to fit the ball, and by a large co[)per 
 spindle. The design is unique and attractive and 
 the monument of the most substantial character. 
 
 In conclusion I would say that I have always 
 entertained the most friendly feeling towards Lieuts. 
 Whittier and Hunt and that they l)oth have received 
 many favors at my hand. 
 
 I am very truly yours, 
 
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