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Lieutenant E. B. TOWNSEND, Company G, Aide-de- Camp to General TURNER,.
Lieutenant EUGEN SUBIT, Company H, officer Provost Guard Second District.
Lieutenant REMSEN VARICK, Company I, Command- ing Provost Guard at Rockett's (steamboat landing).
Lieutenant S. F. B. GILLESPIE. Company I, Assist- ant to Provost-Marshal-General Department of Vir- ginia.
Lieutenant RICHARD E HOUGHTALING. Company K, officer Provost Guard, Second District.
November 27 .- Regiment embarked at Rockett's on steamers under orders to report at Norfolk to Brevet Major-General A. F. A. TORBERT, Commanding District of Southeastern Virginia, leaving the follow- ing named officers at Richmond, performing the duties heretofore named. viz. : Lieutenant-Colonel J. McEx- TEE, Captain N. HOYSRADT, Surgeon R. LOUGHRAN, Captain J: MI SCHOONMAKER, Captain E. M. MISNER, Captain W. W. BECKWITH, Lieutenant J. II. WIN- FIELD, Lieutenant L. HOYSRADT and Lieutenant S. F. B. GILLESPIE. During the balance of this month the regiment was engaged in performing provost and guard duty at Norfolk, Portsmouth, .Navy- Yard and bard labor prison.
December 18. - Pursuant to Special Orders No. 71,
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Headquarters District of Southeastern Virginia, Brevet Brigadier General J. B. HAARDENBERGH Assumed com- mand of that district, with headquarters at Norfolk. The duties of the regiment during this month were similar to those performed during Novemb r.
1866.
The regiment continued in the performance of the same duties until January 29th, when it was muster- ed out and returned home after halting at New York City to be paid off.
Previous to the dismissal of the reginent they were addressed by Colonel HARDENBERGH, as follows :
Officers and Soldiers of the Twen ieth : The time bas at last arrived-which you have so long and so anxiously looked forward to-when you are to be honorably discharged the service and permitted to return to your homes. We are now about to separate- many of us forever.
What recollections come crowding upon our menio- ry of common dangers and sufferings, joys and sor- rows-of the monotonous camp, the weary march and the terrible conflict. What silent prayers go up from joy!ul hearts that we are spared to return to our friends and homes.
I could not trust myself, if I could find words to ex- press to you all that I feel .on this occasion. I have been so long and so intimately connected with the " Old Twentieth," that I feel as if I were about to part wi h a dear old friend, whose familiar face I.should see no more forever. I cannot, however, permit the occasion to pass without returning to you, briefly, my sincere thanks for the uniform respect, cheerful obedience and strict attention to duty you have ever evinced in your different relations to the regiment. Whatever my shortcomings may have been (and I know they have not been a few ), I have the satisfaction to know that " I have endeavored to do my duty."
The name and reputation of the Twentieth have ever been most dear to ine. and during my connection with it I have endeavored to keep constantly in view its interest and honor.
I exceedingly regret that the regiment could not have gone home as an organization and been finally discharged at its original rendezvous. There is noth- ing I more greatly desired, or that would have afford- ed me greater pleasure, and I am sure this is the feel- ing of a very large majority of the regiment. But on the account of the want of proper accommodations there for. the men at this season, during the time they would necessarily have to be detained before
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receiving their final pay and discharges, the matter was deemed unadvisable and impracticable. It was supposed that at this place, which had been used so long as one of the regularly established depots for re- cruits and regiments to be mustered out, we would find everything which the season and climate render- ed necessary, under the circumstances, for your health and comfort. But I regret to say that we have been most sadly disappointed. If I could have forseen the shameful and disgraceful state of things here, I certainly would have used every effort in my power to have had the regiment ordered to Kingston, for how- ever we might have fared there, we certainly could not have fared worse that we have here.
I regret the more that we could not have gone home as a regiment, because I know it would have afforded the friends of the regiment great pleasure to have extended to it a most cordial welcome. They have had in course of preparation for some time a new color; which it was intended to have presented to the regiment upon its arrival in New York. Colo- nel GATES came down for that purpose last Tuesday, but upon his arrival here he found that it was not finished, and so the presentation had to be deferred to some future time. It is now proposed by the citi- zens of Kingston, as a testimonial of the honor and esteem with which they have ever regarded the ' Old Twentieth," to give an entertainment to the members of the regiment on the 22d of February next, and at that time to present the color, aud I am requested to give a cordial invitation to every member of the regi- ment to be present on that occasion. I hope that all who can possibly do so will be present in their proper uniform.
One word more and I am done. You are now about to quit the military service and return once more to the quiet walks of civil life . You belong to a regiment which has achieved a name and reputation which will go down through all coming time and which you and those who may come after you will hereafter contemplate with pride and satisfaction. As you have been good and faithful soldiers, so I know you will be good and . exemplary citizens, ever remembering that your du- ties as citizens are no less important to your country than those as soldiers.
" Peace hath her victories, No less renowned than war."
I hope you may long live to enjoy, through uninter- rupted peace and prosperity, the rewards you have so richly earned, and that the choicest blessings of Heaven may ever abide with you and yours.
And now, comrades, it only remains for me to pro- nounce the parting word-Farewell.
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February 22 .- Pursuant to previous notice the reg- iment assembled to receive the flag which had been obtained for them by the citizens of Kingston ; the following extract from one of the village newspapers na'rates the circumstances incident thereto :
"On the 22d inst. th . ceremonies attendant upon the presentation of a regimental flag to the Twentieth N. Y. S. M. took place at the armory in this village. A large number of citizens and soldiers were present. Major VON BECK of Rondout, was called to the chair. That veteran vocalist, Mr. BERNARD COVERT, was then introduced and sang an appropriate patriotic song. The presentation speech was made by H. H. REYNOLDS, Esq. of this village, and the response by Colonel T. B. GATES. We have no room for tlieir speeches, and can only say of them that they were in the highest degree appropriate and eloquent.
"The color''s of blue silk, with the State arms beau- tifully embroidered in the centre. Over these, and likewise embroidered, are the words, ' Ulster Guard,' Twentieth N. Y. S. M., and worked upon the colors in different positions is the following regimental re- cord: 'Washington. April, 1861; Beverly Ford, August 21, 1862; Warrenton Springs, August 27, 1862; Gainesville. August 28. 1862; Groveton, August 29, 1862 ; Second Bull Run. August 30, 1862; Chantilly, September 1, 1862; South Mountain, September 14, 1862; Antietam, Sep- tember 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, December 12 to 15, 1862; Gettysburg. July 1 to 4, 1863 ; Petersburg, April 1 to 3, 1865; Richmond, April, 1865.' .
" After the services were concluded, the soldiers were invited to the upper room of the armory, where a most bounteous collation was spread, and the tables were attended by fair women who gave our brave boys a cordial welcome and a luxuriant repast. The entire affair was.a most gratifying success.
" On the evening of the same day the officers of the regiment held a meeting at Brown's Hotel in the vil- lage of Kingston, at which it was unanimously resolv- ed that the regiment should be immediately reorgan- ized under the National Guard law of this State, and designating (on motion of Colonel HARDENBERGH) as their choice for commandant. Colonel T. B. GATES. It was further resolved that Colonel J. B HARDEN- BERGH, Major W. A. VAN RENSSELAER, Captain J. M. SCHOONMAKER and Lieutenant GEO. NORTH, Jr., be appointed a committee to assist Colonel GATES in reorganizing the regiment.
"Since that time the work of reorganization has been going on and is now nearly finished, and it is expected that next August the regiment will resume its annual .encampments."
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INDEX (PARTIAL).
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Alexandra, La., 128th N. Y. S. V. 46 American (Northern ). Characteristic Qualities, 11. American Union Soldiers, Honors, due to. 56-'8. Antietam, 33.
APPENDIX : Official Records, 20th N. Y. S. M., or 80th N. Y. V., i .- liv.
Arctic and Antarctic Explorations, 8.
ASTOR, Brevet Brig .- Gen. JOHN JACOB, Jr., son of WM. B. ASTOR. Esq,. Vol. Aide-de-Camp to Maj .- Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, may be classed, in some degree, as a Representative of Red Hook.
AUCHMUTY, Brev. Lt .- Col. (U. S. V.) RICHARD TYI .- DEN, 97, 100, 102-'3.
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BACON, Reverend THOMAS SCOTT, 30. BAILEY, Brig .- Gen. JAMES, Red River Dam, 46.
Baltimore, bridled and bitted by BUTLER, 17-18.
Barbarous Treatment of Union prisoners by the Rebels in the South West, 26-'9.
BARKER, Capt. AUGUSTUS, 14+2d, 71-'2. 118-122.
BARNARD, Maj .- Gen. U. S. A., Opinion of South Car- olina, 11.
Battle Roll of the 20th N. Y. S. M , or 80th N.Y. V., (1861-'3) 32 ;.
Baton Rouge, 128th N. Y. V., 42- 3.
Bell presented by Brevet Maj .- Gen. J. WATTS DE PEYSTER, S. N. Y .. to Trinity Church, Episcopal, Natchitoches, La .. 30.
Bounty Jumpers, 57. BROWN-JOHN, 3 4.
BURGOYNE, 6.
Busu-Asst. Surgeon WILLIAM T., 61st N. Y. V., 16 .* 60-'1.
BUTLER -Major-General BENJAMIN F., 17.
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Contingent or Quota furnished by Town of Red : Hook, 1-2, 13-17, 21- 2, 21 :.
Contingent or Quota furnished bv Town of Red Hook-how distributed, 14-16, 29-30, 52-'3.
CLARK-Rev. JAS. STARR, Prest .; COOKE-GILES, Secretary Soldiers' Monument Association. Resolu- tion of Thanks to "Orator of the Day." 3d Page Cover.
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COWLES-Col DAVID S, 35, 37, 38, 39.
CRUGER-Brevet Lt .- Col. (N. Y. V.) S. VAN RENS- SELAER, 16±, 25-'6.
Cane River Heights, 128th N. Y. V., 45.
Cedar Creek, 128th N. Y. V., 50.
CHAMBERLAIN-Lt. WARREN W., 14*, 17, 62, 67-'8.
Chancellorsville, in many aspects, THE Battle of the War, 33-'4.
Cochorn Mortars in the hands of Red Hook " Boys in Blue," 52.
CRAWFORD-Brevet Maj .- Gen. S. W., U. S. A., 25, 94-102.
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DECKER-JOHN, 20th N. Y. S. M., 68-'9.
DE PEYSTER-Brevet Capt. (N. Y. V.) FREDERIC, Jr., 17*, 18, 19, 20-'1, 33.
DE PEYSTER-Brevet Lt .- Col. (N. Y. V.) J. WATTS, Jr., 14t, 14;, 23-'4 52.
DE PEYSTER-JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON, Brevet Lt .- Col. U S. and N. Y. Vols., 14* 2d, 11 16|. 18. 18t, &c.
DE PEYSTER-RICHARD VARICK, eldest son of F. AUGUSTUS DE PEYSTER, who commanded the Clipper, sent out with dispatches to the U. S. Ministers at. Gottenburg in 1814, and, at the close of a life of long and honorable service, is now Superintendent of the Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island. In the ad- vance to Washington, Williamston, Hamilton, &c., N. C., in November, 1862, young DE PEYSTER, acting strictly as a Volunteer private in Col. LEE's 44th Mass. Vols, Stephenson's 3d Brig., behaved so admirably that he is never spoken of, in print or conversation, without the highest praise. One of his Regiment, writing home from Newbern, N. C., Nov. 13th, 1862 (See BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Saturday, Nov. 22d, 1862), mentions him as follows :
"But two of our men were wounded in actual fight [the skirmish at Tranter's (?), Creek between Washington, Nov. 3d, and a point ten miles from Tarboro, Nov. 6th]; but the most unfortunate thing was the wounding of DE PEYSTER, who was searching for the same wounded man (whom the Captain was trying to rescue out of the creek. since he had been shot in the water). . You will remember him (DE PEYSTER ) as one of whom I spoke, never grumbling, always ready, and in every way a model soldier. He was wounded through both parts of the arm, shatter- ing both bones. His arm ( the left) was amputated just above the elbow. He is cheerful now, but will probably feel the loss of his arın, more and more, day by day."
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He did suffer. for, in the clumsy operation, the nerves were. taken up with the arteries, and he has continued ever since to suffer, often agony. He was bent over
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in such a position when wounded. that the same bul - let which shattered his arm, first passed, lengthwise, diagonally, through the fleshy part of the left thigh, entering above the knee. The amputation was near the shoulder.
HEADLY in his "Massachusetts in the Rebellion," at page 416, says :
"This regiment presents, as do so many others, noteworthy instances of the patriotic devotion of Massachusetts men." (This is a mistake. DE PEYSTER was a New Yorker by birth, the seventh generation born in that city. His enlistment in Boston was the result of accident or rather grew out of his rejection elsewhere on account of his extreme short-sighted- ness.) " RICHARD V. DE PEYSTER gave up a good salary and came from New York to Boston to enlist in the Forty-fourth Regiment He was rejected by the surgeon for near-sightedness, as he had been before by the surgeon of the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts ; but, not daunted by this rejection, he made a bargain with Capt. SMITH, of Company H, to go as volunteer private, without tounty, without pay, even paying all his personal expenses. In selecting a few of the most trustworthy men to act as stretcher-bearers, Col. LEE included DE PEYSTER ; and, in the discharge of his dury, at the fight near Williamston, he lost his arm "
Deserters, 57.
Disunion Sentiments-How the Southern mind be- came permeated with, 3-'4. 11, 75-90.
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ETTEN- VAN-JOHN, 128th N. Y. V., 43, 61-'2. F
FARRAGUT-Admiral-23.
FISHER-Asst. Surgeon HENRY N., 60-'1.
FISHER'S HILL-128th N. Y. V., at, 49.
Flag ( National) of the 29th N. Y. V., presented by Mrs. HENRY LIVINGSTON ROGERS, Note 3, 91.
Flag (State) of the 29th N. Y. V., presented by Miss ESTELLE E. DE PEYSTER, 15$, 20.
Flag of the 20th N. Y. S. M .- Glorious Record of, 31.
Forlorn Hope --- 128th N. Y. V .- at Port Hudson, 40-'1.
Force of Armies, in the Field, and Losses, North and South, in Suppressing the "Slaveholders' Revel- lion." 12, 13.
FUNK-Corporal PETER W., 150th N. Y. V., 25,* 109. 110. &c.
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GATES-Brev. Brig .- Gen. THEODORE B., Colonel 20th N. Y. S. M., 31, 94, i .- liv.
Gettysburg, 34-35, 94-103.
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GRUNTLER-CHRISTIAN. Senior, 93, 70. GRUNTLER-CHRISTIAN, Junior, 93, 70.
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HAGAR-Lt. JOHN H., 128th N. Y. V., 16+, 26-'9. 36, 43.
HATTON .- J., 20th N. Y. Militia, 55.
HOOKER-Major-General JOSEPH, 33-'4.
HOOKER and BLUCHER compared, 34.
HOOKER and MEADE compared, 34.
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INGRAHAM-Capt., U. S. Navy, and the Sloop-of- War St. Louis in the harbor of Smyrna, 10.
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KEARNY -Major-General ( U. S. A. ) STEPEN WATTS, 8
KEARNY-PHILIP (U. S. V. ) 8, 14+, 23, 24. 62-'7.
KELLY -- GEORGE H., 20th N. Y. S. M., 70.
KozTA delivered from the Austrians. 10.
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LASHER-ALFRED, 20th N. Y. S. M., 70.
LINCOLN-President ABRAHAM, Speech at Gettys- burg, 73-'4.
LIVINGSTON-Col. CHARLES E., 16, 7, 90-'1.
LIVINGSTON-EUGENE, 69, 70.
LIVINGSTON JOHNSTON, Chairman of Inaugural Com- mittee, Letter of Invitation to the " Orator of the Day." 3d Page, Cover.
.LIVINGSTON -Brev. Lt .- Col. (U. S. V. ) LotIs, 15§, 25, 96, 97. 100.
LIVINGSTON-ROBERT L., 15, || 23, 74, Note. OMISSION. M
MANSFIELD-Maj .- Gen. (U. S. A.), 22.
MCCLELLAN-Maj .- Gen. (U. S. A.) GEORGE B .. 7, &c . McDOWELL-Maj .- Gen. (U. S.V.), 32.
McGILL-Lt. JOHN, 150th N. Y. V., 25*, 26, 105-'8. MONIFF-Sergeant CHARLES, 20th N. Y. S. M., 43. 54-'5, 71, &c.
MINKLER-GEORGE W. (" Lieutenant. JORGE "), 128th N. Y. V., 46. N
Natchitoches, La., 30, 43-'4.
New York-Volunteers, furnished by the State of, 6, 7.
New York Ist (MORGAN [BAILEY ?] ) Light Artillery, 14t.
New York State Militia, 8th, 16-'7. New York State Militia, 12th, 16- 7.
New York State Militia 20th, N. Y. Volunteers 80th.
16. 17, 22, 31-'3, 92-'4, &c., Appendix i .- liv ..
New York State Volunteers, 128th, 30, 35-51. 103-'5, &c.
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New York State Volunteers (128th) in the She- nandoah Valley. 47-50.
New York State Volunteers (150th), 51-'2, 105-111, 111-116.
New York Yeomanry, 6.
NOTE 1 to Pages 3-4-". How the Southern mind be. came permeated with Disunion Sentiments," 75, 90.
NOTE 2 to Page 16. Foot Note ", Colonel CHARLES E. LIVINGSTON, 90-1.
Note 3 to " 2 Page 20, 29th N. Y. V .- Lt. HENRY LIVINGSTON ROGERS, 91-'2.
Note 4 to Page 22, 20th N. Y. S. M., ROLL (of Honor) of (near to and in TIVOLI-MADALIN) Volun- teers, August. 1861 92-'4.
Note 5 to Page 25 - Battle of Gettysburg, 94-102.
Note 7 to Page 27, 128th N Y. V., ROLL (of Honor) of (TIVOLI-MADALIN) Volunteers in August, 1862. 103-'5.
Note 7 to Foot Note *, Page 25, Note 8 to Line 10, Page 31. Biographical Notices of the 150th N. Y. V., and of Individuals. Officers and Non Commissioned Officers and Privates belonging thereto, 105-116.
Note.9 to Line -25. Page 45-" Negro" (Troops), 116-'18.
Note 10 to Page 71 .. Captain AUGUSTUS BARKER, 118-122.
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PATRICK-Major-Gen.(Provost-Marshal-General), 31. PAULMIER-Sergeant S. B., 25*, 110-'1.
Pearl River Expedition-128th N. Y. V., 37.
PLATT-Rev. G. LEWIS, Rector ST. PAUL's. Episcopal. Church, Red Hook: Dedicatory Prayer, 2d Page Cover.
Pleasant Hill-128th N. Y. V .. 44.
Port Hudson-128th N. Y. V .. 38-42.
PRATT-Col. G. W., 20th N. Y. S. M., 31, vii., x-xi .. xxxviii .- ix., &c.
PRIZE MONEY-Our Army entitled to - as well as the Navy, 37-'8.
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Reade Hock-Red Hook, 1.
Rebels-Murderousness of, 28, 27-'9. 71. Rebels-Unjust favoritism shown by ANDREW JOHNSON towards. 71- 2.
Red Hook's Three Representative Regiments-20th N. Y. S. M. (or Soth N. Y. V.), 128th N. Y. Vols., and 150th U. S. V .. 25, 31. 35. 51. &c.
Red River Rapids-128th N. Y. V., 46.
REDDER -LEWIS. 20th N. Y. S M, 70.
Remarks Explanatory and Excusatory, 74.
RISEDORF-HIRAM. 20th N. Y. S. M .. 61-'2.
ROGERS-Lt. HENRY LIVINGSTON, 29th N. Y. V., 15$. 91'-2.
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ROSECRANS-Major-Gen. (U. S. A.), 33, 55.
Roster or Roll of Volunteers before and in August. 1861, for 20th N. Y. S. M., 92-94.
Roster or Roll of Volunteers in August, 1862, for 128th N. Y. V., 103-105.
Saratoga-1777, 6
SHERMAN-Major-Gen. W. T., 51.
Soldiers-The Rewards of Faithful and Unfaithful Soldiers contrasted, 54-'6.
State Rights were forever defunct and disposed of- The Display of the first Real American Flag over Richmond, April 3, 1865, decisive proof that-18-'9. STARS AND STRIPES -- ("Old Glory ") the National Ensign-History of, 4-11.
Stars and Stripes over Richmond, 18-'9.
STOCKING -- MARCELLUS, 20th N. Y S. M., 55.
Surgeons-Honor due to, 60-'1.
T TILLOTTSON-CHARLES H., U. S. Navy, 16§, 22-'3.
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UNION-A practical and. united-at Port Hudson. 41-'2.
Uprising of the North, 11-13.
VALEDICTORY-Explanatory, &c, 122.
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WAINWRIGHT-Brev. Brig .- Gen. CHARLES S., 14+, 22, 52.
WAINWRIGHT-Col. WILLIAM P .. 16 7, 20. 22.
WASHINGTON-General GEORGE, 7.
Washington saved, 128th N. Y. V .. 47-48.
War-Revolutionary, 5-7, 8.
War of 1812, 7-8.
War-Mexican, 8.
War with the Barbary States, 8, 9.
War-French-Naval, 8.
War and Peace, mutually, handmaids, 53-'4.
WARREN-Major-General (Revolutionary ), 5.
WARRINGER-RUFUS, N. Y. S. M., 71.
WATTS-GEORGE. U. S. Dragoons, saved General SCOTT's life before Chippewa, 1814, 7.
WHITMARSH-Sergeant WM. P ... 27, 29.
· Winchester-128th N. Y. V., 48-'9.
WINSLOW and SEMMES-Kearsarge and Alabama 10. WYER or DWYER-PETER-128th N. Y. V., 71.
Yellow Bayou, La., Prince POLIGNAC licked, 128th N. Y. V., 47.
Yorktown-1781 contrasted with .1862, 7.
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ROSECRANS-Major-Gen. (U. S. A.), 33, 55.
Roster or Roll of Volunteers before and in August. 1861, for 20th N. Y. S. M., 92-94.
Roster or Roll of Volunteers in August, 1862, for 128th N. Y. V., 103-105.
Saratoga-1777, 6 SHERMAN-Major-Gen. W. T., 51.
Soldiers-The Rewards of Faithful and Unfaithful Soldiers contrasted, 54-'6.
State Rights were forever defunct and disposed of- The Display of the first Real American Flag over Richmond, April 3, 1865, decisive proof that -- 18-'9.
STARS AND STRIPES -- ("Old Glory ") the National Ensign-History of, 4-11.
Stars and Stripes over Richmond, 18-'9.
STOCKING -- MARCELLUS, 20th N. Y. S. M., 55.
Surgeons-Honor due to, 60-'1.
T TILLOTTSON -- CHARLES H., U. S. Navy, 16§, 22-'3. U-V
UNION-A practical and. united-at Port Hudson. . 41-'2.
Uprising of the North, 11-13.
VALEDICTORY-Explanatory, &c, 122.
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WAINWRIGHT-Brev. Brig .- Gen. CHARLES S., 14+, 22, 52.
WAINWRIGHT-Col. WILLIAM P .. 16 7, 20. 22.
WASHINGTON -- General GEORGE, 7.
Washington saved, 128th N. Y. V .. 47-48.
War -- Revolutionary, 5-7, 8.
War of 1812, 7-8.
War-Mexican, 8.
War with the Barbary States, 8, 9.
War-French-Naval, 8.
War and Peace, mutually, handmaids, 53-'4.
WARREN-Major-General ( Revolutionary ), 5.
WARRINGER -- RUFES. N. Y. S. M., 71.
WATTS-GEORGE. U. S. Dragoons, saved General SCOTT's life before Chippewa, 1814. 7.
WHITMARSH-Sergeant WM. P ... 27, 29.
· Winchester -- 128th N. Y. V., 48-'9.
WINSLOW and SEMMES -- Kearsarge and Alabama 10. WYER Or DWYER-PETER-128th N. Y. V., 71.
Yellow Bayou, La., Prince POLIGNAC licked, 128th N. Y. V., 47.
Yorktown-1781 contrasted with 1862, 7.
CALLENDAR HOUSE. TIVOLI, Nov. 22, 1866. Brevet Major- General (S. N. Y.) J. WATTS DE PEYSTER, Tivoli :
MY DEAR GENERAL :
At a Meeting of the Committee appointed at the last Meeting of the Subscribers to the " Soldiers Mon- ument Association " to make the arrangements for the inauguration of the monument erected to the memory of the soldiers, who fell in their country's canse, from this neighborhood-held this day at the village of MADALIN, it was unanimously Resolved that General J. WATTS DE PEYSTER be requested to deliver the Address upon the occasion.
It was further Resolved that the 28th day of No- vember ( Wednesday ), at 1} p. M., Fellers Hall, Mad- alin, be fixed as the time and place for the delivery of the same.
I am requested in behalf of the committee and the subscribers to inform you of their action, and hope von will accept the invitation to deliver the Address on this occasion. we all feeling that the subject could net be entrusted to any one of our community who can do it the justice that you can. It will, we are aware, impose upon you some labor, but this is a fit. ting cause for your labors You were foremost in the efforts of all trne lovers of their country in urging and pointing out the necessity of the people, one and all. to shoulder the misket and go forth at their " country's call." We ask you now to deliver the address in honor of the soldiers of this neighborhood who fell.
Trusting you will not decline this honor, I remain, yours truly. JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON,
Chairman of the Inauguration Committee.
After the delivery of the Address of General J. WATTS DE PEYSTER at the Inauguration of the Soldiers' Moment in Madalin, Duchess Co., N. Y., the fol- lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be ex- tended to General DE PEYSTER for the interesting and eloquent Address to which we have just listened.
Resolved. That General DE PEYSTER be requested to furnish a copy of his Address for publication.
JAS. STARR CLARK, Pres.
GILES COOKE. Secy.
MAADALIN 28th November. 1866.
Presented to
By
Chairman of the Inauguration Committee.
"Orator of the Day."
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