The Camp Griffin Gazette News and Information from the Green Mountain Civil War Round Table

Vol. XXI, No. 9 Nov. 2014

Publicity/Founding Member: Jack Anderson Treasurer: Gail Blake - [email protected] [email protected]

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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE HAVING TIER TWO THIS MONTH AT $19.25 PER MEAL MEMBER REMEMBRANCE MEETING TUESDAY, NOV. 11 ALSO, PLEASE CONTACT GINNY GAGE THIS MONTH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A HOTEL COOLIDGE RESERVATION FOR DINNER! WHITE RIVER JCT., VT

The Camp Griffin Gazette is the monthly newsletter of the Green Mountain Civil War Round Table. Editor: Ginny

Gage. We encourage and welcome all contributions and 6-6:30 Social Hour suggestions. Send news and information to: 6:30 Buffet Dinner

7:00-7:15 Business Meeting Ginny Gage 7:15 Program, followed by discussion 365 East Road Adjournment Cornish, NH 03745 or E-mail: [email protected] Guaranteed dinner reservations MUST BE MADE by 12 Noon, Nov. 10. Cost per person for the meal is $19.25. For reservations please contact Ginny Gage at [email protected] or 603-542-4664. AS OF THIS PRINTING, THERE WERE STILL SOME SPACES AVAILABLE. Dinner will be Macaroni & Cheese November 11 – Remembrance Meeting - Honor an Pasta with red sauce/alfredo sauce ancestor at the November meeting. Everyone is invited to Southwestern Chicken and Bean Casserole think about ONE ancestor who fought in the war and make a few brief comments. To help you, you may want to Goulash consider writing out your comments and reading them. Tuna Noodle Casserole Comments might include: Name of ancestor, relationship hot vegetable to you, where born, occupation before the war, where he salad bowl (and bread if not otherwise with the entree) fought, occupation after the war, when died and where cookies/brownies/or chef's choice dessert buried. Comments should be brief and not a complete coffee/tea/decaf and punch biography. For example: “Theodore Dummerston was born in 1840 in Putney, Vermont, and was working on a farm in Nov. 2014

Westminster, New Hampshire at the outbreak of the war. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Auxiliary. To He served in the 17th Vermont and was wounded at be held on Saturday, November 8th, 2014 at the Pierce Gettysburg. After the war he returned to Putney where he Manse, 14 Horseshoe Pond Lane, Concord, NH. The ran the general store and raised a family of six children. He program starts at 1 PM and refreshments will follow. died in 1910 and is buried in Putney. His photograph, war diary, and some of his war letters are on the table. On behalf of myself and the Committee, in Fraternity, Theodore Dummerston was my great-great-grandfather.” Charity, and Loyalty, If you have pictures of or letters from your ancestor, please Gary A. Ward, PDC JVC Chairman display them on a table at the meeting. If you want to Encampment Committee prepare a hand-out that people can take, that’s fine. If you Department of New Hampshire - SUVCW have period clothes / re-enactment clothing, you are encouraged to wear that. President and Mrs. Lincoln will be Nov. 21 – NH Civil War Round Table – Dave Decker joining us for the meeting and he will make a few brief – “Civil War Civilians.” Epping Town Hall, Epping, remarks. Email me: [email protected]. -- Thanks -- NH. For more information: www.cwrt-nh.org John Mudge. November 3 — A High Price to Pay, A Heavy Burden NO MEETING IN DECEMBER to Bear: One Family’s Civil War Story. Abel Morrill, Sr., was an early settler of Cabot, Vermont. He was a 2015 respected farmer and maple sugar producer for much of the 19th century. His story reflects the hardship and heartbreak Jan. 10 – Peter Sinclair – “GMCWRT’s suffered by those who lived at the time of America’s greatest conflict, the Civil War. David Book’s portrayal of Abel Wilderness Tour Report.” Morrill profiles life before the war and life as it was affected by the war. Drawing on primary resources, Book’s Feb. 14 – Steve Sodergren – “Civil War monologue describes with historical accuracy life in mid- Soldiers’ Stress” 19th century Vermont and is a story that could be repeated by many families in every town in Vermont during this era. March 14 – To be determined. Hosted by the Hardwick Historical Society. Hardwick Historical Society, 47 Depot St, 7:30 pm. Elwyn April 11 – Professor Jere Daniell - “Upper Valley Daniels, (802) 586-7565. Towns During the Civil War”; he describes the topics to be covered as including “the role of towns in mobilization, The Vermont Heritage Galleries include Service & aid to those who did the fighting, funding of substitutes for Sacrifice, which is now featuring the Andrus panoramic those who were drafted but didn't want to serve, celebration battle scenes, Houghton’s photographs, and the State of of events like Appomattox, and memorializing the war once Vermont Civil War flags. Learn more about Vermont it was over.” citizens’ service and sacrifice during the War Between the States. Admission covers all three galleries and entrance to May 12 – To be determined the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. Vermont History Center, 60 Washington Street, June 9 – Angela Smythe – “Richmond Grays Photo” Barre, VT Open Mon-Fri, noon to 4:00 pm (802) via Skype 479-8519 www.vermonthistory.org

Other Round Table Meetings and Happenings 1864: Some Suffer So Much - January 13, 2014 – December 2014 A VERMONT SESQUICENTENIAL Top 10 Exhibit Sons of Union Veterans Ripley Camp would like to This is the 4th in a series of exhibits that examines invite all men to any of their monthly meetings at American's first private military college and its deep the Rutland American Legion on Washington Street connections to the Civil War. 1864: Some Suffer So Much on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. examines Norwich University alumni who served as military They are also looking for speakers for their surgeons, the history of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder winter/spring programs and would love anyone from the Civil War to the present. The exhibit will also with a program they’d like to present to contact Jim present the stories of Norwich alumni who played a Proctor at [email protected] Check out The significant role in the United States Colored Troops, African Ripley Camp #4 web site at: American combat units that fought in the battles of 1864 as www.ripleycamp.netfirms.com/ well as Norwich University Corps of Cadets response to the St Albans Raid in October 1864. Image: Medal of Honor Nov. 8 – Pierce Manse, Concord, NH - From recipient, Edward B. Williston, and his horse, ‘Pony,’ member Gary Ward: Norwich University Archives. Sullivan Museum &

History Center, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Your presence is requested at the Annual Remembrance Dr, Northfield, Vermont (802) 485-2183 Day Observance for the Department of New Hampshire, http://www.norwich.edu/museum/ 2

this may change. If you want to come or want more The Vermont Humanities Council’s fall conference information, contact Peter Sinclair [802-584-3280] or will be held November 14-15 in Burlington. The title of the David Curtin [802-633-2536]. conference, A Fire Never Extinguished, will discuss many of the issues associated with the Civil War. The conference Treasurers Report will examine the influence that the war has had and Gail Blake continues to have on literature, art, race, cultural memory, politics and demographics in this nation today. More TREASURER'S REPORT information can be found at: Beginning Balance: $1307.93 Vermonthumanities.org. Expenses: Newsletter: $24.85 Home Front & Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Speaker Expenses: $34.50 ( two meals ) Civil War, September 20 - January 4th Hotel Coolidge: $356.50 Deposit: $404.90 (meals, raffle, donations) In partnership with the American Textile History Museum, Ending Balance: $1292.98 Shelburne Museum will contribute to the nationwide conversation on the sesquicentennial commemoration of the (1861-65) through Homefront & In Memory of Our Ancestors Who Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War. Served in the Civil War

When civil war broke out in America, the very fabric of life was altered. Homefront & Battlefield showcases this pivotal Albion K. Goodwin period in American history through a new lens, reflecting Co. I. – 4th NH the personal sacrifice, heroism, mourning and reconciliation Jack Anderson’s great-great grandfather that changed the course of our country. Edwin Ruthvin Mayo The quilt and its story are placed in a broader context Sergeant through the use of textile-related artifacts, relevant images Co. B – 21st ME (including paintings, photographs, prints, and ephemera), Jack Anderson’s great-great grandfather and quotations from diaries and letters. Each object represents a deeply moving and insightful personal story, Orice Oakes from the noose reportedly used to hang abolitionist John Co. I – 1st Vermont Cavalry Brown, to a quilt made by a wounded soldier from hospital Jack Anderson’s great-great grandfather blankets, as well as Confederate gray and Union blue uniform fabrics. Sanford M. Whitney Corporal Home front & Battlefield connects deeply moving and Co. B – 12th Vermont insightful personal stories about the war with the broader Gail Blake’s great-great-great grandfather national context and history and examines how textiles were both an expression of and a motivating force behind Greenbush Strong American politics and culture during the Civil War. Private Co. B – 12th Vermont Ransom - Saturday, November 8, 7:30 Gail Blake’s great-great-great uncle PM Reserved: Adults $15, Students $10 The White River Valley Players reprise their acclaimed production of Benjamin Franklin Strong Ransom, an original play with music inspired by the Civil Private – promoted to Artificer War letters of Ransom W. Towle of West Rochester, VT. Co. H – 11th Vermont Directed by Ethan Bowen, written by Dick Robson in (1st Regt. Heavy Artillery) collaboration with Joe Schenkman, Ethan Bowen and April Died June 9, 1864 of wounds suffered at Cold Harbor Dodd. Original music by Dorothy Robson and Jake Gail Blake’s great-great uncle Wildwood. Historical research by Joe Schenkman. A complimentary reception for the cast and audience William J. Strong members follows the Private performance. www.whiterivervalleyplayers.org Co. H – 11th Vermont st (1 Regt. Heavy Artillery) WORLD WAR I GROUP Transferred to Veteran’s Reserve Corps Four people have started to meet monthly since this year is March 1864 the centenary of the start of the war. We will cover topics in Gail Blake’s great-great uncle chronological order. At the moment, we are meeting on the

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Henry B. Strong Joshua Gage Private Private Co. H – 11th Vermont Co. B – 136th New York (1st Regt. Heavy Artillery) Died of typhoid fever Gail Blake’s great-great uncle in Washington, DC, July 23, 1863 Lew Gage’s great-great uncle David Coburn Private Augustus Bronson Co. C - 1st Vermont Cavalry Sergeant Aug. 25, 1862 – June 21, 1865 Co. C – 17th CT Bob Coburn and Ruth Perrinez’s ancestor Died of wounds received at Gettysburg July 5, 1863 Eli Haskett Lew Gage’s great-cousin Private Co. H – 9th Iowa Elias Gage Dr. David Cross’s Great-grandfather Private Co. B – 136th New York John Bryce Faris Killed in Action at Gettysburg July 2, 1863 Private Buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery Co. G-47th Illinois Lew Gage’s great-great uncle Wounded and missing since the Battle of Corinth, MS George Sears October 3, 1863 Corporal Dr. David Cross’s great-uncle Co. C – 17th CT Lew Gage’s great-great-great grandfather Peter Quinn Private William Sirrine Co. F - 5th NH Regiment 1st Lieutenant Born in Ireland Co. K – 4th Georgia Lived in Stowe, VT, at the time of the Civil War Sumpter Guards Enlisted: August 1863 Lew Gage’s great-great uncle Captured at Cold Harbor; survived Andersonville, Florence, Millen, and other Rebel prisons; paroled in late November, Hampton Maxfield 1864; hospitalized; returned to the 5th New Hampshire in Sergeant early March 1865; participated in the final stages of the Co. H – 2nd VT Petersburg siege and Appomattox Campaign. Whitney Maxfield’s great-great-cousin David Curtin’s great-great grandfather Charles L. Dodge A.J. Dorough Private Co. D (Livingston’s) - 8th Alabama Cavalry (CSA) 8th MA Inf.-Ret. Col. 1895 Died 11/30/1864 at the Battle of Franklin, TN Whitney Maxfield’s great-cousin Alice Evans’ 3X great-grandfather Asa D. Hill William C. Oakes Private Private 3rd VT Battery – Light Artillery Co. B – 6th CT Enl. Aug. 18, 1864-M.O. June 15, 1865 Ginny Gage’s great-great grandfather Whitney Maxfield’s great-cousin

Robert/Frank Farvour John W. Bacon Private Private Co. C – 17th CT Co. E – 3rd VT Infantry 1st CT Cavalry Co. E - 8th VT Infantry Corporal Whitney Maxfield’s great cousin Ginny Gage’s great-uncle Charles C. Dodge Milton Gage Private Private Co. F – 2nd VT Infantry Co. A – 59th New York Whitney Maxfield’s great cousin Lew Gage’s great-uncle

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Ira Jennings Susan Sanford Sellew Stacy’s Private Great-great uncle Co. I – 11th Vermont David Mayhew’s great-uncle. Philander Alonzo Streeter Private George Mason Goforth Co. C – 2nd Vermont Private Don Streeter’s great-grandfather Co. H – 22nd Iowa Vol. Inf. Tom McKenna Daniel Green Streeter Private Lyman O. Gunn (younger brother of Philander above) Private Co. E – 11th Vermont Co. G – 16th VT (later redesignated the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery) Sept. 4, 1862 – Aug. 10, 1863 later transferred to Co. L Ed Miville’s ancestor Don Streeter’s great-grand uncle

Sidney Kirk Richardson Joseph E. Huse Private Private Co. A – 1st NH Heavy Artillery Promoted to Corporal June 21, 1865 1st NH Heavy Artillery did provost duty in fortifications Co. E – 3rd Vermont around Washington, D.C., and finally at Ft. Constitution, Andy Ward’s great-great grandfather NH Nancy Miville’s great-grandfather James Madison Jackson, Jr. Sergeant Henry A. Wise Co. D – 5th Vermont Brigadier-General Andy Ward’s great-great uncle 5-term Congressman from , Ambassador to Brazil and then Governor of Virginia 1856-1860. Last Governor of Charles Ward Virginia before the War and Governor at the time of John Master Sergeant Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry and his trial and execution. 32nd MA Infantry John Mudge’s ancestor through Annie Jennings Wise Mortally wounded at Gettysburg Hobson, one of Henry Wise’s daughters by his first Andy Ward’s ancestor marriage. Austin Harrison Ward Robert Nero Fulton Sergeant Private Co. I – 8th Vermont Infantry Co. H – 2nd Vermont Infantry Gary Ward’s ancestor From Fletcher, VT Brian Smith’s great-great grandfather Alson N. Wheatley Corporal Horatio P. Fulton Co. C & Co. A – 9th VT Private Served from Dec. 26, 1863-Dec. 1, 1865 Co. H – 9th Vermont Infantry Pat Wheatley’s ancestor From Fletcher, VT Captured at Harper’s Ferry 9/15/1862 Edward C. Wheatley Died of diptheria at Camp Douglas 11/2/1862 Private Brian Smith’s great-great uncle Co. C – 15th VT Served from Sept. 11, 1862-Aug. 5, 1863 Samuel Wilson Sumner Pat Wheatley’s ancestor Sergeant 8th Vermont Alfred H. Knowles Died of Disease 2nd Lieutenant Buried in the Antietam National Cemetery Co. A – 54th MA Brian Smith’s great-great grandfather Steve Wood’s great-great grandfather

Horatio Gates Sanford James T. Outterson Private Captain Co. A – 124th IL Infantry Co. G – 184th New York Died of his wounds near Steve Wood’s great-great grandfather Vicksburg in 1864 Buried at the Vicksburg National Cemetery 5

Dedication for Private Richard Dodge someone he had served with in Mexico, and whom he July 30, 2014 disliked intensely, was already signed up in Company F." So Barre, VT he signed with the Waterbury and Barre company. It should by Whitney Maxfield have been called Dodge company because at one time or other there were 4 Dodge's in it. PRIVATE RICHARD DODGE "Hero of Two Wars" is He served through 9 major engagements including 1st Recognized Bull Run, Va.; Lee's Mill, Va.; Williamsburg, Va.; Goulding's Farm, Va.; Savage Station, Va.; White Oak Swamp, Va.; A new memorial for Private Richard Dodge of Crampton's Gap, Md.; Antietam, Md. (the bloodiest day in Montpelier, Vermont was dedicated on Friday, July 25, American history), and Fredericksburg, Va. 2014 at 10:30 A.M. in Green Mount Cemetery in At 1st Bull Run, during the retreat from Chinn Ridge, he Montpelier. Dodge's original marble tomstone had been discovered his cousin Charles Storrs of Company F broken into several pieces. He died February 6, 1907. He wounded on the field, picked him up, and carried him was a veteran of the Mexican War, during which he was several miles before he could get him medical aid. wounded 5 times, and the Civil War when he was wounded "Shack," his nickname, referred to the Civil War many again. Even after recovering from that wound, he still times as, "the grass war," because unlike the Mexican War, wasn't done. He re-enlisted in the Veteran Reserve Corp the infantry spent a lot of time in action lying face down in shortly after the , and again for active the grass to avoid bullets and shells passing overhead. In duty in Company K of the 17th VT Infantry at Petersburg, fact his wound at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862 in Virginia. the right shoulder while in the picket line was a direct result Richard Dodge was born on February 10, 1825 in of disobeying an order from his captain to "lie down." He Montpelier, Vermont, the 5th son and 9th of 10 children of turned and stated," We didn't fight this way in Mexico," and Jared and Naomi Dodge. He was first apprenticed as a a Confederate lieutenant shot him with a pistol. The blacksmith, but his sense of adventure caused him to enlist lieutenant was immediately killed by another Vermonter on April 15, 1847 in Company D of the 9th U.S. Infantry for laying in the picket line. As a result of this wound "Shack" the Mexican War. The 9th was known as the "9th New was discharged disabled on March 29, 1863. England Regiment" because the companies all came from You would think that that would be enough for a 38 year New England, and it was commanded by Colonel Truman B. old soldier returning to Montpelier to recuperate. However, Ransom from Norwich University then in Norwich, on July 13, 1863, he re-enlisted a a Private in Company G Vermont. Colonel Ransom was killed in the taking of the 13th regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corp, probably as a castle of Chapultepec outside of Mexico City. direct result of the battle of Gettysburg. This unit was likely Private Dodge was involved in Winfield Scott's campaign doing guard duty, clerical, and support duty (cooking and from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, including the battles of cleaning) at the hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont. It was Contrears, Churubusco, and Chapultepec. He was gunshot from there on February 5, 1864 that he was again twice, once in the left leg at Churubusco, sabered across the discharged disabled at his request. left wrist and head once, and bayoneted twice at On August 2, 1864 he married Alvira D. Stoddard Chapultepec in the left foot and left cheek and jaw. Wakefield at Jericho, Vermont. They had no children. Two He was described as an excellent shot by his captain. At days later on August 4, 1864 he convinced a recruiter and Churubusco while sighting in on a sniper his lieutenant surgeon of the 17th Vermont Infantry that he was again able urged him to fire low (this was with a smoothbore musket). to serve on active duty. He joined Company K of that Without changing his sight or direction, he fired, bringing regiment at Petersburg, Virginia, which by that time was down the sniper and scattering some other Mexican involved in trench warfare. He was present for the battles of soldiers. Turning to the lieutenant he said, "Was that low Poplar Spring Church, Va.; Hatchers Run, Va.; the enough?" breakthrough at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, and finally the Before the charge at Chapultepec he snuck out of the running march after the Army of Northern Virginia as far hospital and reported to his company with no musket or west as Farmville, Va., before Lee surrendered on April 9, cartridge box. He was ordered to the rear by his captain, 1865. He was mustered out with the regiment on July 14, but refused the order saying, "He was sure some would be 1865. available soon." They were, and he was bayoneted going Coming back to Montpelier again he went back to over the castle wall, and returned to the hospital directly housepainting, but was a binge alcoholic, probably to cope after the battle due to loss of blood and teeth. with what we today would call PTSD. In July 1891 at the age Private Dodge was discharged with the regiment at Ft. of 66 he was granted a monthly pension of $12. After his Adams, Boston, on August 2, 1848. He returned to wife died in 1892, he supposedly swore off alcohol. On Montpelier to take up the house painting trade with an February 6, 1907 he passed away just 4 days short of 82 uncle, William Storrs. years old. After the firing on Ft. Sumpter and Lincoln's call for His new Barre granite memorial stone was designed by troops, Richard was one of the first to enlist on May 7, 1861 the G. Tosi Co., cut and sand blasted by the Houle Granite in Company D of the 2nd Vermont Infantry as a Private for Co. and erected by order of a distant cousin, Whitney 3 years at the age of 36. He stated, "That he would have Maxfield. Brother Maxfield is currently the Vermont enlisted in Company F, the Montpelier company, but Department Commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 6

The ceremony of dedication included firing a salute and Mosby, escaped and is at home at St. Albans, Vt. the playing of Taps by members of the William Scott Camp #302 of Barre, Vermont, and re-enacting members of Lunenburg. Company A 2nd Vermont Infantry of the Champlain Valley Capt. Eldin J. Hartshorn, of Co. E, 17th Vt. Reg., started on Historical Reenactors, and Company A 3rd Vermont his return to the front, Monday, 14th inst. He had not fully Infantry of the Vermont Civil War Hemlocks. Present Camp recovered his health, but was so anxious to be on duty that Commander Maurice Cerutti is also a distant cousin of his friends could detain him no longer. Private Dodge. Friday, November 4, 1864 Friday, November 11, 1864 Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH) A GREEN MOUNTAIN BOY. A correspondent with the NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS--Seven of the companies army of Gen. Sheridan gives the following "first-rate notice" of the New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Regiment are of Col. Thomas of the 8th Vermont: assigned to the Third Brigade of Gen. DeRussy's Division in "At the battle of October 19, the 2d Brigade of the 1st the defences of Washington, and located under command of Division, 19th Army Corps, was commanded by Col. Lt. Barton, in various forts, as follows: Third Company, in Stephen Thomas of the 8th Vermont Veteran Volunteers, of Fort William; Fourth, in Fort Reynolds and Battery Gariche; which officer it would be impossible to speak in terms of too Fifth, Fort Richardson; Sixth, Fort Barnard; Seventh, Fort much praise. To his indomitable courage and coolness may Scott; Eighth, ; Ninth, Fort Barney. The other be attributed the splendid discipline and fighting of the 2d companies are variously disposed of: the First at Fort Brigade on that morning when, under a terribly enfilading Slocumb; Tenth at Portsmouth; Eleventh, Fort Stevens. fire of the enemy, they gallantly maintained the left of the 1st Division line. Friday, November 25, 1864 Col. Thomas is a Vermonter, with all the characteristics of a Green Mountain boy; was a prominent Democrat The members of the Second Brigade Band, (formerly 13th anterior to the rebellion, and a candidate upon the N.H. Regiment), are requested to report at Concord at their gubernatorial ticket of his party in 1860. He nobly earliest convenience. The War Department refused to grant sacrificed party to principle at his country's call, and has led the request of Governor Gilmore, and extend the furlough of his brave regiment through many battles, from Port Hudson this band. to this 'added hour of victory' in the valley of the Shenandoah. His speech to his regiment just before a Wednesday, November 23, 1864 gallant charge at the late battle of Winchester is NH Patriot and State Gazette (Concord, NH) characteristic of the man: 'Boys! if any of you are in the habit of praying--and I hope you all are--the time to pray The rebels in front of Petersburg recently cheered the band has come. Pray now,and pray devoutly! Remember Ethan of the 2d New Hampshire Regiment, after it had played Allen and Old Vermont, and we will drive the enemy to h--ll "Sweet Home." where he belongs!' It is unnecessary to add that the 8th --Boston Journal Vermont and the 12th Connecticut, in the grand charge of According to the Journal's log before the election, this is that day, nobly verified the words of Col. Thomas, who led sure proof of the rank disloyalty of that Band! both regiments."

Wednesday, November 2, 1864 Evening Union St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT) November 1, 1864

A Home Guard has been organized at Rutland with W. C. ANOTHER MCCLELLAN REGIMENT.—The Fifty- Landon for Captain; W. C. Dunton 1st Lieutenant; and H. G. ninth New York Volunteers voted, for McClellan, 98; for Stanley 2d Lieutenant. Lincoln, 9. Wonder if Lincoln’s agents have seized these ....The following casualties in the 9th Vt. regiment are ballots. No wonder he is nervous on the subject of soldiers’ reported as having occurred in Grant's last movement south votes. of Petersburg: Lieut. Wm. Dodge, Co. B, wounded in leg; Sergt. Charles Endsworth, Co. C, in face; E. Bressel, Co. K, OCTOBER RT MEETING in arm; Joel Grant, K, in foot. We had 20 for dinner, including our speaker and her Mom, Friday, November 25, 1864 and another 8 who came just for the meeting. Peter brought Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vt) along a guest, Alan Wright.

Capt. Knapp of the 17th Vermont Volunteers, has been Gail spoke briefly about the RT Trip which will be April 30 promoted to the majority of that regiment. through May 4. See more information on Page 8. Lieut. Ed. Eaton of the 17th, reported wounded and a prisoner, it is now feared is dead. Jack spoke about the meal we had and the different tiers. A Serg't Dodge, of the 1st Vermont cavalry, reported hung by 7 vote was taken, and it was decided to continue with Tier 2. SAVE THE DATES! If anyone has any comments about the meals, cost, etc., please contact Jack, David Walden, or Bob Coburn. 2015 GMCWRT Battlefield Journey

Whitney spoke about some letters from one of his g- Dates: April 30-May 4, 2015 grandfather’s who had been in the 39th colored troops. Two of the letters were from black soldiers. We will travel to Philadelphia, the Newport News and Hampton VA area, Appomattox Court House, and Vernon Bond brought along an amazing document from Gettysburg. Mike Cobb, curator at the Hampton VA John Wolf from 1812. Thank you, Vernon! What a treat Historical Museum has agreed to guide us around the that was. Newport News area. Mike is a co-author of the Battle of Big Bethel: Crucial Clash in Early Civil War Virginia, and has As always, Michelle gave a wonderful program on the St. authored several other Civil War publications. In his spare Albans Raid. She also brought along a wonderful display. time Mike serves as manager of Fort Wool. Total cost of the Her book on the St. Albans Raid is available through trip has yet to be determined, but will include RT Amazon and other bookstores. motorcoach transportation from WRJct, most meals, 4 nights lodging, all guide and admission fees, driver gratuity, Our raffle winners were: Whitney, Vernon, Peter, John onboard refreshments and information packet. A deposit of Mudge, David Mayhew, Charlie Wilson, and our guest, Alan $75 per person is required to hold your place, the deposit is Wright. 50% refundable if you cancel, 100% refundable if the trip is cancelled. Questions? Email Gail at [email protected] or ON NOVEMBER 3, 1864, Union forces at Fort call 802-296-2919. Thanks! Hope you will join us! Pulaski, Georgia, receive much needed reinforcements in their fight against General John B. Hood.

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