The Memorial Record of Soldiers from Stowe During Rebellion 1861-1865
mm^mmmT'':- 973.74 1 V59s 1974529 REYNOLDS HISTORfCUL JiENEALOGY COLLECTION / lii^H'inr',N^'i?,V,riT,y PUBLIC LIBRAR"! 3 1833 01085 6612 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 http://archive.org/details/memorialrecordofOOsava THE MEMOKIAL RECORD SOLDIERS FROM STOWE, VERMONT, ^. V WHO FOUGHT FOR PUR a O V B H M M'E M T DURING THE REBELLION OF l86f-5. PREPARED BY E. A. SAVAGE MONTPELIER: PRINTED AT THE FREEMAN STEAM PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 18G7. PREFA.OE At the annual meeting held in Stowe, March 6th, 1866, the town appointed me to prepare a Soldiers' E-ecord, in ac- cordance with an. act of the Legislature, approved November 15th, 1864 ; and at the annual meeting held March 5th, 1867, the following pages were presented to the town. On motion of Dr. N. H. Thomas, voted to procure the printing of five hundred copies, and one copy given to each soldier who went from this town. I hereby certify that the statements made are true, accord- ing to the best information I have been able to obtain. R. A. SAVAGE. 1374529 MEMORIAL EECORD. INTEODUCTION. Among the events of the past, never to be forgotten, espe- cially by us of this generation, are those connected with the civil war which so lately deluged our land with blood and made us a nation of mourners. Though all did not engage in the deadly conflict, or receive in their own persons injuries sach as have brought untold sufferings to thousands of the brave defenders of our country, yet who can forget the anxiety on every countenance as men waited to hear the last news from the scene of conflict ; the sleepless nights, when thoughts of loved ones far away forbade repose ; and, beside, the darkness which hung ^ over our national afl"airs during all that bloody period, was a darkness which could be felt.
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