Soldiers Record Of The Town Of St Johnsbury Vermont In The War Of The Rebellion 1861 5 Scholars Choice Edition

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Excerpt from History of the Eighth Regiment Vermont Volunteers 1861-1865 Believing that such a book as they have prepared should be strictly a regimental history, and not a criticism on the conduit of the war, the committee have sought to exclude from its pages all irrelevant matter, and have avoided reference to the troops with which they served, and to the general movements and progress of battles, except when the story could not be clearly set forth without so doing. Within the prescribed scope, too, certain limits have been observed, so far as its pages are concerned. The 'book deals solely with the creditable deeds of officers and privates, and, on the ground that nothing else deserves to be preserved in such a permanent form, con signs all else to oblivion. Having been at great pains to verify every important state ment by the accounts of reliable comrades, who could indorse it from personal knowledge, and to ransack the memories of those who participated, for accurate details of battles and marches, the committee feel justified in pronouncing the history accurate and reliable in all essential respects. At the same time it is to be regretted that the book must, of necessity, lack somewhat in fulness of detail, owing to the lapse of so many years since the events narrated took place. This feature will be particularly noticeable in the lists of wounded, and those taken prisoners, which, though corrected and enlarged up to the very moment of going to press, are still incomplete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Ours: Annals of 10th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers in the Rebellion, 1875 AT your annual re-union held at Westfield in 1872, the Commit tee appointed the previous year for the purpose, requested me to prepare for publication and preservation such records and sketches Of the Regiment as it was possible to Obtain. This task, although a pleasant and agreeable, has not been an easy one When the Regiment was organized and enlisted for the war in 1861, no liv ing person had any idea Of the magnitude and duration Of the struggle just commencing. Our most prominent statesman only gave the rebels ninety days to lay down their arms and disperse, and a year at the most was expected to crush out all Signs Of re bellion, and no well directed means were taken to keep a system atic record Of occurrences and events. The Regimental records are scattered and incomplete. Letters from soldiers in the army to the public press are necessarily disconnected and imperfect, but to these I am in a great measure indebted for material. For personal biographies and sketches I have written nearly two thou sand letters and circulars to men Of the Regiment. Many Of these have been returned as uncalled for, the parties having removed. Many have been returned to me giving useful information, for which I hereby return my sincere thanks, and many others have neither been returned or answered, Showing that the recipient had a careless indifference in regard to the matter. TO the newspa pers Of Western Massachusetts I am greatly indebted for courte sies received and free access to their files. I have freely pirated from their columns, sometimes giving credit and sometimes not, so they must take this acknowledgment as covering the whole ground and not accuse me of what I freely confess. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.