The Maine bugle ... campaign; 1-5 Jan. 1894-Oct. 1898 - Maine.gov

192 THE MAINE BUGLE.
NoTK:—Comrade Case wishes to know if Ceo. Mitchell of Haverhill, Mass., who was
Adjutant Ki_i;hth Maine last of 1S64 is living.
A (iKANI) MOVK.
Henry E. Morrii.l, of Gardiner, Me. writes:
I am very much pleased with the ol)ject of the Buglk. It will l)c a grand move to
awaken that dt)rmant spirit in this little corner of our Union. It will remind us of the
encroachments that are now being manufactured to destroy the beneficent intent of the
pension legislation and to injure the best government on the face of the globe. We
have done them up brown here.
THE HIsroKY
()!• THE TIIIRI) MAINE HAS liEEN NECEECTED.
C. T. Watson, Third Maine Infantry of Atlanta, Ga. writes:
Having been in Georgia ever since the close of the war with only an occasional visit
to Maine, I have not kept very well posted as to the histories and meetings of our old
Maine soldiers and expect to derive consideral)le information from your pulilication.
The history of my old regiment, the Third Infantry, has been very much neglected, al-
though it made a magnificent record during the war, and I trust you will be able to find
some one of the survivors, who can write up its record for your pulilication.
ONLY GUARD Dl'TY.
John Haselton, Co. A, 25th Me., of Naples, Me., writes:
I was one of the nine months men and you know they did not go into battle but
were on guard duty all the time. We first went to Capitol Hill ami did guard duty
there, then to Arlington Heights, and then to Chantilla and remained until our time
was out; perhaps some of the comrades could tell something more than I can.
IHE Cul.OKS (IK IliK lOth AT ( EKAK MollNTAIN.
George S. Aykes, Co. A, loth Me., of .Saco, writes:
The Maine Hugi.e fell into my hands this morning and I have looketl it over and find
no word from the Tenth Maine Infantry. I was in that regiment from October 4th
1861 and in active duty every day until August 9th, 1862, when I was wounded holding
up the colors in full view of the Rel)S at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, where I thought at
the time it was pretty hot. We had marched from Cul|)epper in the afternoon before,
and many of our comrades had not arrived from their fainting and falling out, i)ut
what there was of us commenced duty in the early morning, supporting, I think it was
the Sixth Maine Battery or Fourth United .States, which was out to the left hand side of
the road leading tc»vards the mountain; later we were relieved and marched back to-
wards Culpejiper some half to three-fourths of a mile and thence across the road and
out to the right hand side of same, ime-fourtli of a mile, and up close to some woods,
which covered us from the minnies. We staid there and I believe our regiment must
have i)een forgotten as we laid there until I got asleep once or twice, iiut some how the
"one l)ig gun " on the mountain got our location'and sent a terror direct for us cutting
off several trees near us and going over our lieads, killed both a cavalry-man and his
horse, this I recollect and always shall as it was the first time I ever knew a cavalry-man
to get hurt. Well, this started up the officers and they were anxious for a change, and