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REUNION- OF THE FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. 341
reunion for it's been my misfortune not to be able to be with
them at former reunions held in Skowhegan. I desire verymuch
to participate in your hospitality, for we all know Skow-
hegan ' takes the cake.' Kindly remember me to all the ' old
boys.' The date reminds me of thirty-two years ago, our
maiden battle with the whole regiment." A. Lord, Jr., Williams-
port, Pa., writes: " Hope you will have a large attendance
and the boys will have a glorious good time." J. S. Mansur,
Houlton, writes: "My best wishes to each and every one."
Charles H. Marston, Portland ;
A. D. McGuire, Freland, Mich.,
writes: "You can hardly imagine what pleasure it would give
me to be with you and the boys on the twenty-third, as I have
not seen one of them since 1866, but it is not possible for me
to go, so please accept my sincere regrets. I belong to the
Stephen Munger Post of Freland and our relief corps presented
us with a splendid flag last evening. There are but a very few
of us old soldiers here but we are comrades in every sense of
the word." George J. Northrop, Marquette, Mich.; Robert
Nutter, Port Caledonia, C. B. Canada, writes: "I assure you if
I am absent in person I shall be there in heart. William A.
Osborn, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., writes: " It has been twenty-three
years since I saw a man that belonged to the First Maine Cav-
alry but I am glad to know that the boys get together." George
E. Perkins, Parsonsfield, writes : " I would be very much pleased
to be with the 'old boys' and shall remember them that day."
John M. Perkins, editor Grand Army Record, 31 Cornhill, Bos-
ton, Mass., writes: " I am exceedingly busy. I have never yet
attended a reunion in Maine." A. B. Pater.son, Dexter; J. B.
Perry, Northampton, Mass. ; George
Prince, Boston, Mass.,
writes : " My spirit and kind wishes will be with you all the day
long and at your banquet in the evening, and listen to all the
bright words and kind sentiments that will be spoken there."
Almon N. Ricker, Belleville, New Jersey; George S. Royal,
Freeport; A. P. Rogers, M. D., Canon City, Col., writes:
" Although many years have passed since then my heart has
remains true to the old flag for which we then fought. During