. Vermont in the civil war. A history of the part taken by the Vermont soldiers and sailors in the war for the Union, 1861-5 . ded him as colonel of theregiment. Major Walker was promoted to be lieutenantcolonel, and Captain Darius J. Safiord was appointed gallant conduct on this occasion, Captain George , Brevet Captain Henry C. Baxter, and LieutenantHenry J. Nichols received the brevet rank of major, andLieutenants George A. Bailey, John H. Macomber, andCharles H. Anson were brevetted captains. The regiment constituted a portion of the Vermont bri-gade until the latter was
. Vermont in the civil war. A history of the part taken by the Vermont soldiers and sailors in the war for the Union, 1861-5 . ded him as colonel of theregiment. Major Walker was promoted to be lieutenantcolonel, and Captain Darius J. Safiord was appointed gallant conduct on this occasion, Captain George , Brevet Captain Henry C. Baxter, and LieutenantHenry J. Nichols received the brevet rank of major, andLieutenants George A. Bailey, John H. Macomber, andCharles H. Anson were brevetted captains. The regiment constituted a portion of the Vermont bri-gade until the latter was disbanded. It took part in thereview of the brigade on the 7th of June, and in the grandreview of the Sixth Corps at Washington the day following. On the 24th of June, the original members of the regi-ment and the recruits whose term of service would expirebefore the 1st of October, 530 in number, were mustered out of The rank and file killed were : John Biden and Edwin Hall, com-pany L, and Charles Colby and George W. Weller, company M. Died of their wounds : Nathaniel B. Johnson, company A, and Me-dard Peck, company si%ss L£N0X AND THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT. 389 the service of the United States and started for home. Theyarrived in New York at three oclock on the morning of the-27th, and reached Burlington in the afternoon of the marched from the depot to the City Hall, the regi-mental band playing Home Again, and were received byMajor Catlin, and welcomed home by J. S. Adams, Hunsdon responded on behalf of the regiment, andthe men stacked arms and marched up into the hall, wherethey were welcomed by the ladies with songs and flowers anda bountiful supper, which was acknowledged with cheers, inwhich the regiment sustained its old reputation as the bestyelling regiment in the defenses of Washington. The regi-ment then marched to its quarters at the Hospital officers and the numbers of the men of the respectivecompanies returning at this time
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