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Branch Associations.
Every county or large too'n should have one, and once every year gather around a common table in the name of the old regiment. The An- droscoggin, Skowhegan and Knox branches are most ber- eficial and enjoyable. Houl- ton, with its right pleasant memory of a glad reunion. should organize one.
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A Reunion of Company I Will be held at Biddeford some time this fall. Corporal Geo. E. Perkins has consented to informally act as secretary. He desires the addresses, if still living, of the following comrades. If any comrade has any knowledge of any in the list will they write at once and give comrade Perkins all the facts?
Alfred Abbott, John P. Abbott, Walter Allen, Edward Bassett, Nathan P. Baston, Moses Bedell, John Blennerville, Charles Briggs, Francis Brooks, Lawrence Bryant, Verano G. Bryant, Luther H. Butler, Daniel C. Carlton, George Clarke, Frank Cleaves, Joseph E. Colby, Levi M. Colby, Albert Conant, Robert Cross, Elisha E. Cunlinie, William B. Davis, John Doxey, Edwin G. Durgin, George M. Emory, Samuel H. Fowler, Columbus B. Frost, George Gearnar, Alden Gilchrist, Robert J. Gilmore, George W. Gipson, Andrew J. Goodale, John H. Goodrich, William Gould, Thomas Griffin, George D. Hall, William H. Hall, Austin D. Hanson, Peter Jennings, Rufus Johnson, Albert H. King, Lyman Leach, Benjamin f. Libbey, Oliver B. Littlefield, George W. Mann, Alexander L. McDonald, Oliver H. Mclntire, Stephen W. Merrick, Jacob C. Merrifield, Delmont Moore, Murray Moores, Alonzo D. Morgan, Angus Mor- rison, Eugene Newbegin, Chas. W. New- ell, George E. Oakes, Kendall Pollard, J. H. Pray, Franklin B. Ricker, John C. Roberts, William J. Roberts, Thomas D. Rogers, George A. Royal, Augustus San- ford, Asa W. Seavey, Charles E. Smith, Eugene A. Smith, Rufus A. Smith, Wm. Stackpole, Ezra H. Stewart, John P. Stiles, Samuel Strout, Jr., Edward Taylor,
Baren D. Tibbetts, John H. Trafton. Na. hum G. Tripp, Marcellus Wells, Edwin Wheeler, Charles .1. Woodmwin, Wm. ! Woodman, David Y. Dudley.
The Nebraska Reunion.
By your request I write in regard to the First Maine boy's meeting in Grande Island, Au gust thirty-first. Am sorry to say there were but three to answer to their names, James V. Wood Co. I, Wilber J. Stevens Co. E, and myself. Comrade Wood was with my company (L) at First Corps headquarters in 1863 and it was like meeting one of my own company. Have not met him before since we came out of the service. Heisalarmer and from his appearance is prospering finely. His ad - dress is David City, Butier County, Nebraska. Comrad. Stevens is a farmer and also shows that he is a successful one. I do not remember of meeting him before; his ad- dress is Hartwell, Kearney County, Nebraska. Although there were but three of us we had a very enjoyable visit. It was more like meeting broth ers than men who were very nearly strangers to me. We three are to make an effort to get all of the First Maine boys
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in Nebraska together at the State Encampment. I men- tioned the matter of pictures for the BUGLE to Wood and Stevens and think they will have theirs appear. I see that the association at their last reunion voted not to be respon- sible for the expenses of pub- lishing the BUGLE any longer. Will you be able to continue to publish it or not? Hope you can, for I would not miss receiving the BUGLE for double the present cost.
Yours in F., C. and L.,
ROSCOE R. BANGS.
Marriage Bells.
A beautiful and fashionable wedding occurred at the Church of Immanuel, Rock- land, at high noon Tuesday, September twelfth, when Grace Thurbur Cilley, only daughter of Gen. J. P. Cilley, was mar- ried to Capt. Walter Gree- nough Tibbetts of San Fran- cisco. The pulpit platform was tastefully decorated with a wealth of golden rod, palms and hydrangeas, the work of a committee from the Shake- speare Society. The church was filled with guests, places being especially set apart for relatives and the members of
the Shakespeare Society of which Miss Cilley has been president. Miss Marianna Blood of Auburndale, Mass., a schoolmate of the bride at Wellesley, was maid of honor and Miss Mabel, daughter of Commander A. Sidney Snow, U. S. N., and Miss Mary, daughter of Dr. F. E. Hitch- cock, bridesmaids. Jonathan P. Cilley, Jr., brother of the bride, was groomsman, and A. Ross Weeks, F. Ernest Hol- man and A. H. Sturtevant of Rockland and James D. Lazell of Roanoke, Va., cousin of the bride, officiated as ushers. At twelve o'clock Mrs. James Wight, who presided at the organ, opened with the strains of Lohengrin wedding march, and the bridal procession filed in stately fashion up the broad aisle, the ushers preceding, followed by the dainty little bridesmaids in pink silk and pink shoes and stockings, bear- ing baskets of fresh pinks, the maid of honor, in a lovely pink chiffon over pink silk, and then the bride, beautiful in white silk with tulle veil and train, leaning on her father's arm. They were received at the altar by the groom and his best man, and the ceremony
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was impressively performed by Rev. W. M. Kimmell of Port- land, formerly of the Church of Immanuel, of which the bride is a member. The or- gan sounded softly all through the ceremony, a beautiful air from "Patience." At its con- clusion, to the organ notes of Mendelssohn's wedding march, the procession passed up the aisle and from the church. A wedding lunch was served at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bird, and on the after- noon train the wedded couple started west. They stopped en route at Saxton River, Vi., visiting the bride's grand- mother, thence to the World's Fair and on to San Francisco, their future home, out of which port Capt. Tibbetts has been successfully voyaging since he went away from his Rockland home a dozen years ago, and upon which voyages hereafter his bride will accompany him. Miss Cilley has been one of the city's best known young women, of education and tal- ent, and her going away is a loss to Rockland's society. Capt. Tibbetts came east the first of the summer on a visit to his boyhood home, and the engagement and marriage
which has resulted from hi visit is not without a dash of romance, and we are very sure will be fraught with all the happiness that hosts of friends have so cordially united in wishing them. Among those present from out of town ! attend the wedding were Mrs. Dr. Clapp of Boston, who was bridesmaid of the mother of the present bride, and lift.dl from the bride's face on thit occasion the same veil which she lifted this day from the face of the newly - married Mrs. Tibbetts; Miss Marianna Blood of Auburndale, Mas , a schoolmate of Miss Ciler at Wellesley; James D. Lazell of Roanoke, Va., cousin to the bride ; Albert Tolman of Pont- land; and Mrs. Rogers of Bath, nee Palmer, a bride of last June, who was guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bird. Miss Fannie Lazell, an aunt of the bride, came from Saxton River, V't., but was called home Sun- day by the illness of her moth- er, Mrs. Lazell. The bride was the recipient of many wedding presents. Noticeable amon them was a magnificent dia- mond and pearl ornament, tlo gift of the Shakespeare Soci- cty; a beautiful present from
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the Ladies' Auxiliary Society of the First Maine Cavalry, and gifts from other members of her father's regiment.
The home of Mrs. Winsor B. Smith on Spring street, Port- land, was the scene of a quiet and pretty wedding the after- noon of Tuesday, September twelfth, when her daughter, Winnifred H. Smith, was mar- ried to Arthur P. Howard of Portland. The rooms were handsomely decorated with flowers. The families and immediate friends witnessed the ceremony, which was per- formed by Rev. John Carroll Perkins. The young people received generous remem- brances from their friends in the shape of many choice presents. Mr. and Mrs. How- ard departed on the evening train to North Conway, whence they journeyed towards the World's Fair, stopping cn route at Montreal and Niagara. Upon their return they will reside at No. 291 Spring St.
At Rockport. July 26th, 1893, Delia E., daughter of Avery Small ( Hist. p. 486) of Rockport, was married to Ber- tram W. Hunt of Rockland.
Caleb N. Lang.
Our Association has been noted for electing men who were in the ranks to its High est offices. Our last pre-iden: was a sample of this proveed ure, and the dignified and graceful manner in which h presided proved the wisdom of such choice.
Mr. Lang is a man who, by square dealing and strict attention to business, has won the respect and esteem of _ large circle of friends. He came to Portland when but a mere lad, a nl ho- always been identified with the city s interests in every way. Ile withston the temptation to go West in His youth and has as yet had no cause to regret hi- choice of a home. While he has 100 amassed a fortune, he has by hard work. strict attention to business, and sgose- dealing with his customers, built up an income of no mean proportions, and a: the same time won the respect and eslech of a large circle of friends. He's even the country faithfully in the late civi. M. : and as a member of the city council cov- scientiously discharged his duties. 10 the many societies to which he Oslons- he has held positions of trust anl \, efforts were always crowned with sucres. His career has been that of the r pr - sentative business men of the Forest City, to whom the great progress the bitter lot- made, is due. Caleb N. Lang is the soa of Joseph B. and Betsey L. ( Litby I v ". and was born in Pownal, Me., May . 1841. Caleb atten tel the towns iwe'- and in ISor his father moved to Fortlar : where the former continued his stu mes at Nesmith's Academy, atten ling won- ings. He went into the grocery storeol Lemuel Dyer at Tukey's Bridge as cle.
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and served in that capacity until the suni- mer of 1864. Although hat twenty years of age Mr. Lang early manifested an in- terest in the War of the Rebellion and had enlisted twice, each time being re- jected because he was under age and his father would not consent to his enlist- ment. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Company K of the First Maine Cav- alry, and his father, no longer able to control his movements, accepted the inevitable and bade him Godspeed. In the year Mr. Lang was with the First Maine Cavalry he had plenty of hard work, and saw fighting enough to satisfy the most belligerent soldier. Unlike the infantry his regiment had very few no- ments when they were not actively engaged either in fighting or preparing for it. He participated in every battle of his regiment during the last year of the campaign including the engagement in front of Petersburg, when his brother, Chas. F. Lang, was mortally wounded, and in spite of his youth was considered a veteran among veterans. At the close of the war he returned to Portland and entered the employ of Barrows & Smith, grocers, on Portland street. He re- mained with this Orm until the spring of 1866, when he purchased Mr. Bar- rows' interest in the business and for two years the firm was Lang & Smith. In 1868 Mr. Smith retired from the business and Mr. Lang took a partner in the per- son of Frank H. Chase. The firm of Lang & Chase thrived for three years and then Mr. Lang sold his interest to Mr. Chase. Mr. Lang was not to remain long in idleness however, and immedi- ately opened a store at the corner of Green and Portland streets, and took his father in as a partner under the firm name of C. N. & J. B. Lang. Nothing occurred to mar the even tenor of things until March, ISS3, when J. B. Lang retired from the firm. In January, ISor, Mr. Lang moved into the building cor-
uer of Portlan ! and High sneet,, when. he is now located. He It & the store. carries a large stock and hey for cosson ers some of the last fall . in the city He is very much attached to bis busine and may daily be found behind the coun. ter. Notwithstanding Mr. hangi a very busy man he has been identified vies several secret organizations, ining many of them at their organization, and assu'- ing them in every way you lie. Hewas one of the first members of Bows orth Post, G. A. R., signing as a charter micro- ber September 17th, 1So;, but was not mustered in until after the post was organized. He has held several antes in the post, and was post commander in 1876. He became a mentor of Brain- half Lodge, K. of P., twenty years and is also a member of Harmony Ixoige, I. O. O. F., Machigonne Encamipinew. Ancient Landmark Lodge of Major . Greenleaf Royal Chapter, and Portlan 1 Commandery. Mr. lang is also pos- dent of the First Maine (avairy assodi ... tion this season, and has been very active in looking after its interests. In politics Mr. Lang has always been ar ardent Republican. He was a member of the City Council from ward five in 18'S an. 1 ISSO, and was ofere I the nomination for alderman but decline l, as his business had reached such proportions that it demanded his whole attention. In N. . vemaber, IS67, Mr. Lang married Ellen A. Cummings, and two chiliren have been born to them.
Kilpatrick's Cavalry Association.
An organization was formed from KH- patrick's Cavalry Division, representi! : the Eighth Indiana; Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Ohio; Ninth Michigan, Ninth Pennsylvania, and First Albana Gen. 1. G. Estes of Washington, D. C., NR. patrick's old Adjutant-General, was the. ed president, and F. J. Hlamimer, vi
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Indianapolis, was chosen secretary. All veterans who served in the Third Cavalry Division, Army of the Mississippi (Kil- patrick's) are requested to correspond with the secretary at Indianapolis, that proper arrangements may be made for a place of meeting at Pittsburg in 1894.
War Talks with Confederate Veterans.
Compiled and edited by George S. Bernard. Petersburg, Va .; published by Fenn & Owen, Petersburg, Va. This intensely-interesting volume of true war tales by " boys in gray " ought to meet with a hearty welcome. It presents the " other side " vigorously and picturesque- ly. All the statements made are believed to be, and great care has been taken to
have them, craft The wall Mal illustrated with pen-anti-ms wird. and half the, and is a valid'de som- bution to the library of any vedo sont the late var who wore either blu of gray. The subjects treatel arg; Tlm Early Days of the War; they Find Campaign of 1562; Chancehrady . 28 Escape from Point Lockout; the Why- derness: the Defense of Petersberg de Battle of the Crater; a Derin, I fem- tion; Last Days of Ice and Ir Iah. dins; Last Days of Johnston's Sale. included under these tilles being staty. ments of general an ! other of gra v !. both sides, though mostly on the omfel- erate. Casualties are given on the cup- federate sile in different regimenti at the battle of the Crater.
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BUGLE ECHOES.
We love it, we love it. Its memories all. No halt in our loving the Bugle Call.
LETTERS FROM THE COMRADES.
RIDGEVILLE FARM, DELAPLAINE, VA., Nov. 23d, 1892. MY DEAR SANFORD :
Your last letter duly received, but for want of time I delayed the pleasant duty of writing, in fact, I have been so much from home that I have not kept up my correspondence. Shall keep a lookout for such articles as I can get for you. I inclose a confederate note for your eldest daughter. Tell her it is from a good looking old confederate. Have obtained a sabre that was captured from your com- mand at Upperville. The history of its capture I am unable to give, except that it was taken from a dead Yankee on the field. I hope to be able to get many little things for you. It will be very dif- ficult to get a confederate flag as those who have them hold them very dear. I will write to my soon in Richmond, Va., to try to buy one, also a rebel cavalry jacket. 1 am sure you boys who smelt powder will appreciate the motives of us poor boys who look on these old flags under which we risked all that we then considered high and holy, as almost part of ourselves. Just think of it, wherever that emblem was unfurled, whether in the heat of the sun or sleet or rain or snow, whether with our little handful of boys to meet equal numbers or ten times our numbers, we were ever ready to up- hold it, but alas, fate was against it, and we furled those little flags forever. They
are still very precious to the men who furled and still hold them. Unfortunately for us who followed those flags, you feb lows had so reduced us financially that the old rags of gray we wore during this struggle we had to continue to wear until most of thein were beyond use. Bur I am going to try and get one of these confederate cavalry jackets for this Yan- kee brother of mine. In regard to get- ting souvenirs of the war, I must say that most all the things our boys hal, vore furnished by the Northern Army and we captured them from you. Our entire brigade of cavalry, Fitz Lee's, was armed at the outset with double barrel sse guns which we loaded with a removed. All the sabres we ha ! during the second and third years of the war were [. .. , some of which your comr.and furnished us, for which if not too late. let the, Johnny thank you. Now boa in mind I do not thank you for the bartf it : that you fellows did, for my blo & ris cold when I think of it now. I learned! of a sabre in possession of a family near Middleburg that was taken from the body of an officer who fall jist Forth of the pike near the school hathe in the edge of the town of Military a' u: the twentieth of June, by a boy of ten years of age. It is a very fine Ma le en- graved nearly the entire length. 1De belt is gone and there is no name pr mark of any kind on it. Should you be
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eble to find out to whom it belonged 1 could obtain it for a small sum. Den- tered the army in April, 1861. We were first at Bull Run and supported our in- fantry as best we could, and we were the first to cross the stream. I captured the first Yankee overcoat, also the first Yankee sabre, and that night I was se- lected to carry a report of the battle to Pres. Davis at Richmond, Va. Sanford, it will be pleasant to talk over old times when I visit you in May. I look forward to that time with much pleasure. When you visit me in '94 we will give you an old fashioned Virginia reception. Re- member that the latch string always hangs out at the home of W. A. Rucker for his Northern friends.
Write soon, from your friend, W. A. RUCKER.
READFIELD, March 17th, 1893. GEN. J. P. CIL.LEY,
Dear Sir-I owe you an apology for delay in acknowledging receipt of First Maine BUGLE addressed to my late hus- band, Hezekiah O. Nickerson. I am interested in the BUGIE because every- thing concerning my husband is of inter- est to me. I am saddened with the thought that he cannot read its pages and enjoy its contents. My husband, after three years of feeble health, passed away September 17th, 1891. The date of our marriage was June 14th, 1864. My maiden name was Georgia C. Pack- ard; my home Kent's Hill, Readfield, Me. Four children have been born to us, three of whom are now living on the old home farm with me. Their names are Annie B., bora April 8th, 1865; Ar- thur S., b. Sept. 27th, 1866; Walter A., b. Dec. 23d, 1869; James Owen, b. Feb. 9th, 1878, died in infancy. Enclosed please find $3.75 for which I desire the Scientific American for one year ad- dressed to Walter A. Nickerson, Read- field, and the BUGLE to my address.
Hoping you may be prosper d in your efforts to preserve the records of the Tiro Maine, I am Sincerely yours,
GEORGIA C. NICKEURO ..
PITTSBURG, Pa., March, 27th, IN); GEN. J. P. CILLEY,
My Dear Sir and Comrade :-- In bed you will please find one dollar vhod please place to my credit for Lirat 3! BUGLE. The compiling and polderweg of the BUGLE is a wonderful pre vi work for a regimental association, it m dicates the same gilt shown by your r iment from 1861 to 1865. Am ply to know that you have among your som scribers a large number of comrades w /00 served in our division.
Fraternally yours, W. A. COLLINSA OU, 4th, Fa. (. ..
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., March 21, 1553. GEN. J. P. CILIFY,
My dear Sir :-- I have your favor of thirteenth inst. together with copies of the BUGLE, for all of which plas .co .. my cordial thanks. I would. The to t- come a member on the lavis you sure: and will in a day or two send you a pir - tograph as requested !. Any surplus il remittance please apply oh selber !! to the BUGLE. You should be !! royally supported for the chidient vor! you have done, and are peculiarly ca: - ble of doing, in preserving the pisoat of the grandest regiment that ever "drawer" a sabre. I hope you will ar able to secure the Fort Call an I h me regularly supplied hereafter as the come along. Keep me a kviser of con ingebitedness which may arise hereser. from time to time I will nost gialle re- mit. I remember you s ) well at the : Hill, that dreary, cheerless place, ... !!....: up the Shenandoah. Do you know why ever became of Dr. Haly?
With kind regards, y urs very train.
FRANK S. DUSTY.
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SUNNYBURN, YORK CO., Pa. Apr. 17, 1893 J. P. CILLEY,
Dear Comrade :- I received a pamph- let commending the history of your regi- ment, which has a very good war record and beats any that I have seen yet. I remember well the the eighteenth of Au- gust 1864 when your regiment marched past the twenty-first, dismounted on the Weldon Railroad and went in on our left. It was a hot day. I would like to ask about two of your men, one, Frank In- gram, lost a leg on the Weldon Rail- road on the eighteenth of August, 1864; and the other, Nelson A. Dodge, was a sergeant and wounded on the twenty-first of October, 1864, Boydton Road fight. He was brought back the next day to the yellow house by one of my company. His leg was broken by a ball. I was sent in November to the hospital at City Point, Va., and got acquainted with those men, if they are living now I desire to write to them. Yours in F.C. & L.
H. T. BURNS, Co. A 21st, Pa. Cav.
The following letter, directed to David H. Strother, Capt. U. S. Army, attached to Gen. Banks staff, was given to Capt. Cilley to deliver to the person addressed, well-known to the literary public as " Porte Crayon." Capt. Cilley's wound at Middletown and his enforced absence from the field thereby, prevented him from delivering the letter. He found it a short time ago among his papers. Strother being dead he concluded to open the letter, and now gives it to the readers of the BUGLE for its historical value and slight indication of the hopes of the Union people in the state of Vir- ginia at its date.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, Va., 9th May, 1862.
DEAR DAVE :
This will be presented by Capt. Cilley, Company B, First Maine Cavalry, his
company being stationed here nearly two weeks, we have seen much ot hitur and become quite attached to him, we regret his departure. I wrote to you last week by mail and again on Wednesday hy Tom Trittapoe. If Pierpont is in Rich- mond before the day of the election we will have a strong vote. Many have fixed in their own mindIs that ev ut to decide their position. If there could be a full vote under the reorganize i govern- ment it would be equivalent to a repeal of the secession ordinance and a restor- ation of the state to the Union. We have been informed that some soldiers who had been encamped in the fieldl next to Norborne had been allowed to cosk in the kitchen, but it having become an intolerable nuisance the family withdrew the privilege, at which the men became angry and stoned the house, breaking the windows. The information did not come from the family. Miss Delaplain brings the news.
Yours truly,
JAMES L. RANDOLPH.
WAHPETON, N. D., June 12th, 1893. GEN. J. P. CILLEY,
Comrade :--- I ought long ago to have acknowledged the receipt of the BUGDE which you have so kindly sent me for several years and which I have rea ! with much pleasure. Enclosed find St, toward what I owe you, will remit when I car. Poor health has deterred me from forag- ing amid the fields of wealth; and to educate my three motherless children I have to read (not sound) the Bucur an l charge the wolf as we charge.I the John- nies long ago. I have not met a com- rade for twelve years and the BUCLE and memories of the past are the only ties not severed by the sword of time.
Yours in F. C. & L.
HI. B. SLELIER.
Hist. page 545.
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FORT MCPHERSON, GA.,
June 22nd, 1893. GEN. J. P. CIL.LEY :
Dear General, -- I inclose one dollar for subscription. That story of Llewellyn Green's, p. 73 et seq. Campaign III, Call 2, reminds me that in 1863-65 we were a little shy of a man who said he had never played poker, because we had had experience with that sort of fellows before; the experience being about all we had when we quit playing. Comrade Green starts out by saying that he is no hand at telling a story and then proceeds to tell the most straightforward, hit from the shoul ler, unpretentious, modest, un- varnished and therefore most striking one that I have listened to or read for many a day. The capture, standing in the water, the Johnnies going through him for his hat and boots; the trip across the field beside the bony horse, with "not meat enough on him to rot his hide;" "the cold breath of that revolver in his ear;" the captain (evidently a ITome Guard fellow) that cussed him; how the guard drew the prisoners' rations, are all blended in a way to make a picture in the memory that cannot fade. Look out for Comrade Llewellyn, if he says he can't play, you just get on your borse and go back to camp and send your money straight home. Don't tell him I said this; he may be a preacher now, but I doubt it.
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