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The amount of money expended by the town, for bounties and attending expenses, was thirty thousand eighty-four dol- lars. The taxes voted and assessed, for this purpose, were as follows, viz : seventy cents on the dollar of the Grand List of 1862; one hundred and forty cents on the dollar of the Grand List of 1863 ; three hundred cents on the dollar of the Grand List of 1864; and sixty cents on the dollar of the Grand List of 1865, voted at the annual March meeting-making, in all, five hundred and seventy cents on the dollar of the Grand List of the town, and raising a sum equivalent to a little more than eighteen dollars for each man, woman and child in the town, according to the Census of 1860.
The taxes thus assessed were promptly and cheerfully paid, and almost as soon as the war closed, the last town indebted- ness for bounties was extinguished, and the money, in most cases justly and dearly earned, has enabled, in part, many of the soldiers to provide for themselves or their parents, com- fortable homes.
Added to this, the patriotic and liberal efforts of the ladies of the town, in collecting and sending forward, every article, which only the ingenuity and sympathy of woman can devise, to add to the comfort and alleviate the sufferings of the sick and wounded soldier, deserves honorable mention, in this Record.
The Medical Department of the army was taxed to its utmost, and could hardly supply the most common wants of the sick and wounded. The articles most needed in the hos- pitals, and the delicacies necessary for the comfort and cure of its inmates, were, in great part, supplied by the contributions and labors of the people at home.
In procuring and preparing these, the ladies took the lead. Nor were those of our own town behind, in responding to the appeal made to their sympathy and generosity, by these wants of the suffering soldier.
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Collectors were appointed, and money, or such articles as were needed, were solicited, and almost every family, rich or poor, contributed something. Meetings and social gatherings were held, and these contributions were prepared in the man- ner thought to be most useful and convenient, and several boxes were thus filled and sent forward, mostly through the Sanitary or Christian Commissions.
The value of these contributions is not known, as no record of them was preserved.
This noble work, carried on, willingly and cheerfully, ask- ing for no reward, except such as deeds of love and charity always bring, was the means of saving thousands of lives, and alleviating an untold amount of the sufferings of those who went forth to fight the battles of our country, and the sympathy and care thus generously manifested, did much to dispel the dread of enlistment, and to cheer the hearts of the soldiers on to final victory.
The last year of the war was one of unusual activity and severity. Large and repeated calls for men were made ; re- cruiting was prosecuted on a gigantic scale ; men were enlisted in great numbers and immediately sent forward to serve in the ranks of already the largest army ever put into the field in so short a time. Under the fertile military genius of Gen- eral Grant, the whole Union army was put in motion. It had become apparent, that the entire military strength of the so- called Confederacy was already in the ranks of their army, and entrenched in a few strongholds on the borders of their territory.
While the eastern division of the army, under the personal command of Gen. Grant, was moving against the rebel hosts under Gen. Lee, strongly entrenched in, and around Richmond,
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the rebel capital, Gen. Sherman, with the western division of the army, on the 2d day of September, captured Atlanta, the south-western stronghold of the rebellion, and leaving it in ruins, on the 11th day of November, started on his brilliant and triumphal march through the heart of the Confederacy. About the same time Hood's army was defeated and totally routed at Nashville by the Union army under Gen. Thomas. Meanwhile Gen. Grant continued his operations against the army under Gen. Lee, and after a series of battles among the most determined and sanguinary of the entire war, on the 3d day of April, 1865, Richmond was evacuated, followed on the 9th day of April by the surrender of Gen. Lee and his whole army, and on the 26th of April by the surrender of Gen. Johnston with the remaining rebel forces.
Thus ended the bloodiest and most gigantic Civil War which history has ever recorded, and with it passed away that curse of our country, and the cause of the war-American Slavery.
Let us hope that all those pernicious doctrines, the out- growth of the system of Slavery, which led to the secession of so many States of our Union, have also passed away, and that, in their place, will grow up the doctrine, that human rights are paramount to the rights of States, and that the Declara- tion of Independence, nobly written by our forefathers, but only in part, adopted by them, will become a full and practical reality.
Let us hope that the bitterness of strife may pass away and soon be forgotten, that harmony and fraternal feeling, between the North and South, may be speedily restored, and the bonds of union again cemented, upon the enduring basis of univer- sal freedom.
Let us also hope, that an overruling Providence has been leading us through this long and bloody contest between
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oppression and liberty, up to a higher life and a nobler mission as a nation, and that He will give us wisdom to re-construct anew a government, whose nature and office shall be, to ele- vate, educate, christianize and qualify, and make freemen, truly, of all, of whatever nationality, race or color, whose home shall be within our borders.
If such shall be the crowning results of victory, then shall the noble men who have braved dangers, and suffered hardships in their country's defence, feel rewarded for their sacrifices, and the hearts of those, to whom the war has brought mourn- ing and desolation be cheered by the thought, that their loved ones have not died in vain.
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" And never may they rest unsung, While Liberty can find a tongue."
SOLOMON BINGHAM, killed near Petersburg, June 16, 1864. EDGAR CHAMBERLAIN, killed Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864. CHAUNCEY L. CHURCH, killed Battle Salem Heights, May 4, 1863. GILBERT E. DAVIS, killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864.
JOHN H. HASTINGS, killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.
TIMOTHY KENNEDY, killed at Savage Station, June 29, 1862.
BARNEY LEDDY, killed Bat. Weldon Railroad, June 22, 1864.
MICHAEL PHILLIPS, killed Bat. of Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864.
DANIEL E. SMITH, killed at Charlestown, Va., Aug. 21, 1864.
EDGAR E. WRIGHT, killed near Leetown, Va., Aug. 25, 1864. Killed, 10.
"Twine, Gratitude, a wreath for them, More deathless than the diadem."
WILLIAM A. BROWN, died at New Orleans,
Aug. 13, 1862.
DANIEL G. BURNS,
"' at New Orleans, Aug. 22, 1862.
LUCIUS H. BOSTWICK,
at Washington, June, 1863.
REUBEN M. BABCOCK,
at Fairfax, Va., Jan. 29, 1863.
WILSON A. BENTLEY,
at Alexandria,
June 25, 1863.
ISAAC N. BROOKS,
" at Washington,
Oct. 28, 1862.
CHARLES BENWAY,
" place and date not known.
JOSEPH CAMMEL,
" at Governor's Isl'd, N.Y., Nov. 22, 1864.
WILLIAM J. FLOWERS,
at Newbern, N. C., Oct. 1, 1864.
EDSON C. HILTON, at home. Feb. 7, 1863.
BYRON B. HATCH,
" at Burlington, Sept. 29, 1864.
TRUMAN C. HATCH,
at Washington, July 3, 1865.
BYRON S. HALL,
at Mobile, May 30, 1865.
JOHN H. JOHNSON, " at home, April 6, 1864.
HORACE C. NASH,
" at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 13, 1864.
ERASTUS POWELL,
at Occoquan, Va., May 25, 1863.
OSCAR J. PIXLY,
at Salisbury, N. C.,
June 15, 1865.
ALEXANDER PLANT, " place and date not known.
CHARLES C. RICHARDSON*" supposed in rebel prison, date not known.
R. J. THOMPSON, " near Washington, Aug. 7, 1863.
JASON P. WARE, « at Annapolis, July 21, 1862.
JAMES WHITE, " at Camp Williams, La., Sept. 15, 1862. Died, 22.
* Some say Charles C. Richardson was killed May 5, 1864, in Battle of the Wil- derness.
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I cannot better give an idea of the part taken by our State in the prosecution of the war, than by inserting in these pages, a list of the Vermont organizations raised, the date of muster- ing into, and out of, the service of the United States, and the number of engagements in which each, or some portion of each, have borne an honorable part, from which a glimpse may be obtained, of the many dangers, through which our brave men have passed upon all these fields of blood. Of the bravery and fidelity of our Vermont troops, nothing further need be said in this Record, than that they have won for them- selves and for their State a national reputation, of which we all may be justly proud.
These organizations were as follows :
FIRST REGIMENT .- THREE MONTHS.
Mustered into service May 2, '61. Mustered out Aug. 15, '61. In one engagement. For this Regiment Jericho furnished three men.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Mustered in June 20, '61. Mustered out July 15, '65. In twenty-eight engagements. Jericho furnished ten men.
THIRD REGIMENT.
Mustered in July 16, '61. Mustered out July 11, '65. In twenty-eight engagements. Jericho furnished three men.
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FOURTH REGIMENT. Mustered in September 20, '61. Mustered out July 13, '65. In twenty-six engagements.
FIFTH REGIMENT. Mustered in September 16, '61. Mustered out June 29, '65. In twenty-five engagements. Jericho furnished twenty-nine men.
SIXTH REGIMENT. Mustered in October 15, '61. Mustered out June 26, '65. In twenty-five engagements. Jericho furnished one man.
SEVENTH REGIMENT. Mustered in February 12, 62. Mustered out March 14, 66. In five engagements. Jericho furnished twelve men.
EIGHTH REGIMENT. Mustered in February 18, '62. Mustered out June 28, '65. In seven engagements. Jericho furnished three men.
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NINTH REGIMENT. Mustered in July 9, '62. Mustered out, last four Companies, December 1, '65. In four engagements. Jericho furnished eleven men.
TENTH REGIMENT. Mustered in September 1, '62. Mustered out June 22, '65. In thirteen engagements.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Mustered in September 1, '62. Mustered out August 25, '65. In twelve engagements. Jericho furnished one man.
TWELFTH REGIMENT .- NINE MONTHS. Mustered in October 4, '62. Mustered out July 14, '63.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT-NINE MONTHS. Mustered in October 10, '62. Mustered out July 21, '63. In one engagement. Jericho furnished twenty-one men.
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FOURTEENTH REGIMENT .- NINE MONTHS. - Mustered in October 21, '62, Mustered out July 30, '63. In one engagement.
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT .- NINE MONTHS.
Mustered in October 22, '62. Mustered out August 5, '63.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT .- NINE MONTHS. Mustered in October 23, '62. Mustered out August 10, '63. In one engagement.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. Mustered in by Companies in '64. Mustered out July 14, '65. In thirteen engagements. Jericho furnished seven men.
FIRST REGIMENT CAVALRY. Mustered in November 19, '61. Mustered out August 9, '65. In seventy-three engagements. Jericho furnished fourteen men.
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FIRST COMPANY SHARP SHOOTERS.
Mustered in September 13,'61. Mustered out September 13, '64. In thirty-seven engagements. Jericho furnished two men.
SECOND COMPANY SHARP SHOOTERS.
Mustered in November 9, '61. Mustered out Nov. 9, '64. In twenty-four engagements. Jericho furnished six men.
THIRD COMPANY SHARP SHOOTERS.
Mustered in December 31,'61. Mustered out December 31, '64. In twenty-four engagements.
FIRST BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Mustered in February 18, '62. Mustered out August 10, '64. In four engagements.
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SECOND BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Mustered in Dec. 16 and 24, '61. Mustered out Sept. 20, '64. In two engagements.
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Mustered in January 1, '64. Mustered out June 15, '65. In four engagements.
FIRST AND SECOND COMP'S FRONTIER CAVALRY.
Mustered in January 10, '65. Mustered out June 27, '65. Jericho furnished two men.
FIRST BRIGADE BAND.
Mustered in May 26, '63. Mustered out June 29, '65. Jericho furnished one man.
The number of men furnished by our State during the war, not including veterans reënlisted, and drafted men who paid commutation, was 30,306. The number that were killed, and that died in the service was 5,128. If we add to this the num- ber of those who were discharged on account of wounds or sickness, only to come home and die among their friends, it would make a probable total loss, by death, of not less than one-fifth of the whole number that enlisted to fight in defence of the Union and the Country they loved so well.
" The land is holy where they fought, And holy where they fell; For by their blood that land was bought, The land they loved so well. Then glory to that valiant band, The honored Saviours of the land."
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