The Maine Bugle. "There is no honor in rank or title or official station, no pride of family or of wealth, like the honor and pride which belong to the survivors of that great struggle which preserved constitutional liberty on the face of the earth."-Senator Hoar. Men of Maine! Ye who remain of the seventy thousand sent forth to preserve good government from perishing from the face of the earth! Ye of the heavy artillery, who as a regiment suffered greater loss in battle than any other regiment in the Rebellion! Ye of the cavalry, who carved your fame with sabre and carbine from Middletown to Appomattox with a series of battles greater in number than accorded any other regiment, and did it with a larger loss of men and officers than any cavalry regiment in the service! Ye of the seven batteries, whose thunder was heard in every battle of the Army of the Potomac and in the Valley! Ye of the various regiments of infantry, who, in apparent succession, have occupied the more prominent positions in the various battles fought by the Potomac Army, and hardly a contest can be named but in the forefront a Maine regiment stands before you as the exponent of the best work in such battle! Ye many regiments of Maine, who, disqualified by the clear water and pure air of the Pine Tree State, perilled your lives in the malaria of the Mississippi River and Southern coasts with a greater risk than that of actual battle! Ye members of the regimental associations, who yearly meet to renew the friendship of camp and field, and desire the enjoyment of such meetings should be preserved! Ye young men and maidens, who claim veterans of the war as your ancestors, and desire to know and preserve the record of their heroism! Ye helpful band, the Ladies' Auxiliary, who stand with and have given so excellent service in aid of the true interests of the Grand Army of the Republic! We call upon you all to give your literary endeavors and financial aid to preserve in enduring form what General Greely, in behalf of Library of the War Department of the United States, rightly calls "the most valuable literature pertaining to the late Civil War-that contained in pamphlets written by the participants in the War for the Union; "that ye "highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain," and that their memory "shall not perish from the earth." Send your subscription and communications as "participants" to the MAINE BUGLE. "Blow, bugle, blow! Set the wild echoes ringing." THE MAINE BUGLE. CAMPAIGN IV. CALL II. CONTENTS. THE TENTH NEW YORK CAVALRY REUNION 101-108 Speech of E. M. Tuton, Speech of Capt. Joan P. White, Speech of C. W. Wiles, with an account of Confederate Officer Samuel B. Davis; Portrait of Capt. John T. Pratt. BUCKLAND MILLS. BY S. A. CLARK, FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY 108-110 THE FOURTH REGIMENT OF CAROLINA CONFEDERATE INFANTRY. BY J. W. REID, 4th SOUTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE INFANTRY. III-131 132-133 FIRST MAINE HEAVY ARTILLERY IN FALL OF 1864. BY MAJOR CHARLES 133-140 FOUR BROTHERS IN BLUE. BY CAPT. ROBERT GOLDTHWAIT CARTER, U. S. ARMY 140-167 On the Peninsular. General McClellan's Headquarters. Seven Days' Battle. Illustrations, Long Bridge, Washington, D. C., 142; Fairfax Court House, Va., 143; Fairfax Seminary, 144, General McClellan and Staff, 147. THE CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER, NORTH CAROLINA. 167-187 Read by General Adelbert Ames before the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion, Illustrations, Maps of the Military Assault on the Fort, Plan and Section of the Fort. GENERAL ADELBERT AMES. BY GENERAL J. P. CILLEY ECHOES 187-188 189-196 Henry B. Challis, G. E. Dillingham, 189; James F. Howard, William W. Cunningham, John R. Stearns, 190; Capt. A. M. Benson, 190-191; Joseph T. Woodward, 191-192; William H. Kimball, Capt. Augustus J. Burbank, 192; G. E. Dillingham, 192-193; William H. Wharff, Frank J. Bradbury, 193; L. P. Norton, 193-194; Capt. A. H. Keene. Francis E. Jewett, General Charles W. Wood, Oren M. Harrington, 194; W. D. Hatch, 194-195: S. S. Crittenden, 195; Company H, Eleventh Maine, Royal P. Nash, Nelson P. Smith, Charles A. Fuller, Ezra W. Gould, William F. Haskell, George E. Morrill, Nathan J. Gould, Joseph Harris, Alvin Morrill, Cyrus W. Perkins, Albert L. Rankin, George W Smith William H. Girrell, James Ellis, Dustin Sands, Silas Howard, William S. Pinkham, John E. Gould, Luther Lawrenee, James M. Thompson, Seth A. Ramsdell, Daniel M. Dill, 195-196; Isaac G. Chandler, 196. 1007 THE MAINE BUGLE. CAMPAIGN IV. APRIL, 1897. CALL 2. THE TENTH NEW YORK CAVALRY. The Tenth New York Cavalry and the First Maine Cavalry served so many years in the same brigade and division, under the two glorious Greggs, that the enjoyment of one, even at this late day, is the joy of the other. We present a well known countenance of one of its members, Captain John T. Pratt of Chicago, colonel 1895-'96, and a few extracts. from the speeches made at their last reunion, held at Buffalo, October 6, 7, and 8, 1896. This mention of the Tenth was intended for an earlier issue, but was crowded out; however, its qualities are so good that they improve with age, like good wine, and I think the reader will enjoy both the sparkle and bouquet of their assemblage. Colonel E. M. Tuton of Bentley Creek, Penn., presided, and spoke as follows: "It becomes my duty, by the authority of the Tenth New York Cavalry, to preside at this meeting, and I suppose that it naturally follows that I am expected to say something. Many of you know little of my history. I came to you sometime in the early part of 1864, about the time you veteranized. I enlisted in 1863, and came to you as a recruit. I have never regretted joining you. It has been a source of pride to me at all times, as I have looked back through those years. Shortly after I joined you, Sheridan, the peerlessperhaps one of the best cavalry generals ever known to civilizationtook command of the Army of the Potomac. Grant said of him: 'As a commander of troops, as a man capable of handling any number of men, there is no man living greater than Sheridan.' So, my friends, with Sheridan for a subject, and the Tenth New York Cavalry for a text, it seems to me I should not fail in words of credit to the cavalry service. of the Army of the Potomac during my connection with it. History tells us that when Sheridan was assigned. to the command of the cavalry corps. he made inquiry of General Meade as to Stuart. Meade replied: 'Never mind about Stuart; he will do about as he has a mind to, anyhow.' You recollect that we crossed the Rapidan, and on the 9th of May, I think, the horsemen of the Army of the Potomac cut loose from it, and went forth under a leader whose soul was in the work, and in two days we had reached the railroads, ripped them up, and you know Stuart followed up our rear to the yellow tavern, where we fought, and the Southern cavalry were scattered to the winds, and Stuart, the pride of Virginia chivalry, went down before that valorous leader and the cavalry of which you |