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Abram G. Kellogg, Caleb P. Newman, Francis T. Brown, Mason Atkins, Daniel Bellows, George Bellows, Jr., Henry Bradley, Frederick W. Daniels, Edward E. Day, Charles O. Dennen, Robert Dempsey, Fernando Gale, Westley Gale, Dennis Glynn, Charles Harris, Samuel B. Ilorne, George L. Leonard, James Me Cauley, Charles C. Potter, Charles Presber, Henry Roberts, William H. Strong, Joel G. Thorpe, Charles Vogel, Hubert A. Warner, and Henry Williams.
Two other squads of recruits having been now enrolled in New Hart- ford and Canton, together with six individuals from Norfolk, two from Barkhamsted, and one each from Colebrook, Salisbury, Woodbury, and Harwinton ; they were all united with the Winchester squad, as company B of the Second Infantry, under Abram G. Kellogg, of Winchester, as Captain, and Charles W. Morse and Charles Warren, of New Hartford and Canton, as lieutenants.
We copy from the Winsted Herald of April 26, 1861, the following account of the departure of this company.
"On Sabbath (April 20, 1861) the company attended Mr. Eddy's church, where a powerful discourse was preached from 1st Samuel iv. 9. Orders were received on Sunday evening, instructing the company to pro-
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ceed to the state rendezvous at New Haven the next day. We must be short with the proceedings of Monday - the suspension of business, the thronged streets, the banners and the martial strains, the procession of adventurous and patriotic youth through our streets to the depot - that prayer from the platform of the station, listened to as was never a prayer listened to before by this generation, the twice a thousand faces wet with tears which the manliest sought not to hide, the good-byes, short, but too long for choking voices fully to utter, the huzzas, and then as the train wound slowly around the hill, the oppressive stillness, broken by no rude word, but only sobs and low-toned syllables of consolation. There were whole chapters in these scenes, but we pass them. Every hamlet in the whole North, from Maine's wilderness to the Western Desert, is witness of the same. Northern blood is up, and history, faster than pen can write, is making."
" The trip of this company to New Haven," adds the Herald, " was not calculated to dispirit them. Word of their coming had gone down by the morning train, and receptions the most enthusiastic and soul-stirring awaited them at every depot on the route. Bands of music were playing, salutes firing, banners spanning the track, wherever the train halted. Patriotic speeches were made and responded to at the principal depots, and the whole trip was attended by the heartiest manifestations of sym- pathetic patriotism. At Wolcottville the reception was specially pleasing, and a banner with the words " We will soon follow you," attested the fact that her young men will not allow the victory to be won without assisting to achieve it. The boys were quartered at New Haven in a spacious hall near the depot. We saw them safely to bed and tucked in, with each his mattress and blanket, at a good seasonable hour - saw the ranks num- bering ninety-seven lusty and hearty fellows at breakfast next morning, and afterwards on parade in front of the state house. They are a plucky crew, and if ever they get into action we shall be willing to stake the rep- utation of our section upon their good behavior."
The spirit of enlistment had hardly been aroused when Company B was transferred to New Haven. Simultaneous with its departure, the enrollment of another company was called for and opened, and was filled with the élite of our young men in a single week. The company was organized as Rifle Company E, 2d Connecticut Infantry, with the follow- ing rank and file :- From Winchester, Captain Sherman T. Cooke, 1st Lieutenant, Wheelock T. Batcheller ; 2d Lieutenant, Charles E. Palmer ; 1st Sergeant, Jeffrey Skinner; Sergeants, James N. Coe, Charles L. Hosford, Lucien B. Wheelock ; Corporals, George L. Andrews, Alanson D. Bunnell, Edward Didsbury, Jacob T. Brown; musician, Hicks Seaman (?) ; privates, Antoine Albert, Hyppolite Bluet, Albert M. Beach, Edwin Beach, Ira C. Bailey, Decius C. Bancroft, Gustave
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Bernhardt, James M. Burton, Victor Claudet, Chauncey D. Cleveland, Daniel S. Coe, David W. Coe, William S. Cooper, Samuel A. Cooper, William Couch, Chauncey S. Crittenden, John M. Dennan, James Dennan, Edgar V. Doughty, Burton B. Evitts, Philip D. Fisk, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Salmon A. Granger, Leonard S. Harris, William F. Hatch, Junior, Nelson Hodges, William S. Holabird, Benjamin F. Hosford, George Hoskin, Orson Howard, James N. Latham, Frank B. Marsh, Lorenzo Martin, Alexander McGuire, Milton T. Moore, Augustus Nevins, Leander Packard, George W. Pendleton, Charles H. Pond, Frederick H. Presber, James Price, Hiram C. Roberts, William E. Snediker, Orlo S. Smith, Charles H. Stewart, Platner S. Sweet, George M. Van Oustrom, Herbert L. Veber, Arthur Wadsworth, Joseph Watson, Thomas Welch, John P. Wilbur, Marcus J. Whitehead, John Wheeler, and James G. Woodruff.
The following members of this company came from adjoining towns :- From Norfolk, Privates Samuel C. Barnum, Charles N. Decker, George J. Kermann, Samuel J. Mills, Calvin N. Sage, and John M. Walker. From Torrington, Privates Henry G. Colt and George M. Evans. From Mill River, Mass., Alonzo H. Conklin.
Company B was sent into camp at New Haven without uniforms or equipments, and was the last company of the regiment uniformed and equipped before being mustered into the United States service. Our patriotic male and female citizens determined that Company E should be promptly provided for. Cloth and trimmings of best quality were pur- chased, and measures adopted for working them into uniforms. On the arrival of the materials the master tailors of the town volunteered their aid in cutting and superintending the making up of the garments, without compensation, and all the sempstresses who could sew a strong seam went to work with a will on the same terms. The sewing machines from far and near were gathered at Camp's Hall, and the work went bravely on. Sunday came, and they had so crowded on the cutters that the latter had to work through the Sabbath to get ahead of them. Monday and Tuesday, and all the days of the week, the work went on with unabated ardor; those ladies who could not do the stronger work made up the shirts and other lighter garments. There were no idlers, and few inefficients. It was the women's battle week, and was bravely fought out on that line. Eighty-three uniform coats, pants, and vests made, and thoroughly made, were the product of that week's work, more than fifty of them made up by Winsted ladies, and the residue by ladies in adjoining towns. In addition to this contribution more than a hundred woollen shirts were made up prior to and during this battle week .*
* The following complimentary notice appeared in the Winsted Herald of May 17, 1861 : - " It is said, since our soldiers' uniforms are completed, that there are now, 59
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Every man in both companies was also supplied with a rosette of white, red and blue, a " housewife " filled with thread, yarn, pins, needles, and buttons, and a pocket Testament. Innumerable other articles, including socks, wrappers, drawers, and medicines - more than the soldiers' knap- sacks could hold - were furnished by individuals. A revolver was given to each Winchester man in Company B.
Company B departed for New Haven before enthusiasm had been wrought up to its highest strain. On the departure of Company E, on the 25 h of April, its fullest intensi y was manifested. Thousands assembled. Patriotic speeches were made by Rev. Messrs. Eddy, Loomis. and Pierson, of the Congregational and Methodist Churches ; by Rev. Father Mullen, of the Catholic Church, and by several laymen .*
Company E, on its departure for New Haven on the 25th of April received an ovation in all respects similar to. but on a larger scale than that given to Company B on the 21st. It was emphatically a town com- pany. while Company B was a contribution of three towns. More than half of them were mechanics, about one-fourth were farmers, and the remainder, in about equal proportion-, were clerks and laborers. Ger- many had six representatives, Ireland three, and England one.
Both companies were thoroughly drilled, while at New Ilaven, by cadets from General Rus-ell's Military School. On the 27th of May they were mustered into the government service, and on the evening of that day were embarked on the >teamer Bienville for Washington, by way of Fortress Monroe and the Potomac River. On reaching their destination they were encamped and drilled on the height north of Washington for several weeks, after which they were marched to the neighborhood of Falls Church in Virginia, within some five miles of Fairfax Court House, which was occupiedl by a rebel force. Here they remained, except during the interval of their march to, and retreat from, Bull Run, until near the expiration of their term of service, when they were mustered out at New Haven. With the exception of Private James M. Burton, who died of diphtheria at New Haven Hospital, on the day
probably, not to exceed five girls in Winsted who cannot cut, baste, stitch, and make up to order any article of men's apparel, from the finest dress coat to the commonest mustn't-mention ems, in a style, too, of unsurpassed neatness and excellence. Before the war there were probably not five girls within the same locality who could sew on a hat-band or a suspender button without double the labor in showing required to do the work in the first instance. So here is another good comes from the war."
* Among other ceremonies of this occasion, two Colts' revolvers were formally presented by Mrs. Julia Peck - one to Captain Cook, and the other to Private Boyd, the latter as a compliment to the oldest enrolled member of the company. After the refu-al to muster in Mr. B. on account of his age, he gave his revolver to Chaplain Eddy, with instructions to present it at the end of the term of service to the private
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after mustering in, not a death occurred in the company during its term of service.
While stationed at the Falls Church encampment, Captain A. G. Kellogg, of Company B., when on picket duty, a mile or more from camp, was captured by the rebels and hurried off to Richmond, and thence taken to Sali-bury, N. C., whence, after nearly a year's captivity, he was sent to Potomac Creek and exchanged.
Rev. Hiram' Eddy, pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Winsted, was appointed by Governor Buckingham chaplain of the Second Regiment, and on leave of absence from his pastoral charge. that he might be with the boys he had, by his patriotic eloquence, cheered "on [towards ] Richmond," joined the regiment at Falls Church. At the rout of Bull Run he got separated from his comrades, and after wander- ing in uncertain ways for more than two days was captured by the rebels within a mile of the encampment at Falls Church, to which his regiment had retreated after the battle. Ilis lofty stature and Daniel Websterian visage and mien deeply impressed his captors and guards. He was at once conducted to Richmond, and admitted to the hospitalities of the Tobacco Warehouse, alter availing himself of which, to more than his heart's content, he was transferred to Columbia. S. C., and thence to Charleston, where he was treated to a course of yellow fever. The Hell of Andersonville had not yet been organized, else lie would, doubtless, have been cou-igned to its torments. After grinding in these Philistine mills for more than a year he was exchanged, and welcomed back to his parochial charg with such an ovation as few mini-ters have enjoyed. During his captivity his clerical brethren of neighboring parishes. with the consent of their people, gratuitously supplied hi- pulpit, for the benefit of his family, for more than six months.
Private Samuel A. Cooper, of company E. was attached as an Orderly to the staff of General Tyler during the battle of Bull Run, and was captured by the rebels. He performed a tour of prison duty at nearly all the >tations from Richmond to New Orleans, and thence back to North Carolina, where he was exchanged, and reached home a little be- fore Mr. Eddy.
who should have proved the most meritorious soldier of the company. The weapon was lost at Bull Run, and con-equently no award was made, but it was generally conceded that by right of merit it should have been awarded to Private Alonzo H. Conklin, of Mill River, Mass., who, on the march to Bull Run, found his feet so blistered by a pair of tight boots, that he threw them away near Centerville, and made a pair of mocca-ins out of the legs of his pants, in which he se. ved through the day of battle and on the retreat without complaint or flinching.
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A large portion of the officers and soldiers of these companies, from time to time, re-enlisted into other regiments, and were largely promoted to higher grades. Among them were the following :
Geo. L. Andrews, Corp. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Sergt. Co. F, 28th Conn. Infantry. Mason Adkins, Priv. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Ist Sergt. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery. Antoine Albert, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Priv. and Veteran Co. G, 12th Infantry. Wheelock T. Batcheller, Ist Lieut. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Major 28th Infantry.
Jacob T. Brown, Corp. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Corp. Co. B, 12th Infantry ; killed at Cedar Creek.
Francis T. Brown, Sergt. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Capt. Co. E, 11thi Infantry.
Daniel Bellows, Priv. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Corp. and Vet. Co. E, 7th Infantry.
Geo. Bellows, Jr., Priv. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Priv. and Vet. Co. E, 7th Infantry ; mortally wounded at Hampton, Va.
James N. Coe, Sergt. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Ist Lieut. Co. I, and Capt. Co. H, 2d Heavy Artillery.
Daniel S. Coe, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to 2d Lieut. Co. E, 7th Infantry.
David W. Coe, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, and detailed Clerk to Gen. Tyler and Major
General Keys, U. S. A., enlisted on U. S. Frigate Sabine, and served as Executive Officers' Clerk.
Wm. S. Cooper, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Corp. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery.
Frederick W. Daniels, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Sergt. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
Robert Dempsey, Priv. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Ist Lieut. Co. E, 7th Infantry ; killed at Olustee, Fla.
Salmon A. Granger, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to 1st Lieut. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery. Charles E. Hosford, Sergt. Co. E., 2d Infantry, to Capt. Co. D, 11th Infantry.
Benj. S. Hosford, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Capt. Co. D, 2d Heavy Artillery ; killed at Cedar Creek.
GeQ. Hoskins, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Priv. Co. F, 28th Infantry.
Orson Howard, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Capt. 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery ; killed at Petersburg, Va.
Samuel B. Horne, Priv. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Sergt., Lieut., and Capt. Co. F, 11th Infantry.
Geo. L. Leonard, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Priv. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery.
Benj. F. Marsh, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Corp. Co. F, 28th Infantry ; lost an arm at Port Hudson.
Milton T. Moore, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Sergt. Co. F, 28th Infantry.
Caleb P. Newman, Ist Sergt. Co. C, 2d Infantry, to Ist Lieut. Co. F, 28th Infantry.
Fred. O. Peck, Priv. Co. D, 2d Infantry, to Priv. 22d Mass. Infantry ; twice wounded at Gaines' Mill, Va.
Charles E. Palmer, 2d Lieut. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Capt. Co. E, 7th Infantry ; died at Hilton Head, S. C.
Leander Packard, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Priv. Co. E, 11th Infantry.
Hiram C. Roberts, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Sergt. Co. E, 11th Infantry ; killed at Sharpsburg, Md.
Henry L. Roberts, Priv. Co. B, 2d Infantry, to Sergt. Co. F, 28th Infantry.
Jeffrey Skinner, Ist Sergt. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Capt. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery ; promoted to Major and Lieut. Col. same regiment.
Orlo S. Smith, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Ist Lieut. Co. I, 2d Heavy Artillery. Lucien B. Wheelock, Sergt. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Capt. Co. F, 28th Infantry.
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Marcus J. Whitehead, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Priv. Co. E, 2d Heavy Artillery. John Wheeler, Priv. Co. E, 2d Infantry, to Sergt. Co. F, Ist and 2d Lieut. Co. G, 2d Heavy Artillery.
The first regiment of cavalry was originally a battalion consisting of four companies, recruited in the fall of 1861, and about a year after was increased to a full regiment of twelve companies.
The following Winchester men are found on its rolls :
In company A, Privates Frank Parkant and Geo. L. Leonard.
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Wmn. C. Wakefield.
James G. Ferris and Nelson Proper.
F, Michael Finn and John Gloster.
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Burton B. Beach.
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E, K, M, D,
66 John Rose.
Unassigned substitutes : Wm. Clancey, Michael Calalian, James Flynn, James H. Gannon, Hugh Gray, Wm. Garson, Charles Hull, John Harris, Charles Earne, Richard Mooney, John Schmidt, Julius Thorne, Thomas Daley, Peter Dunn, James Taylor, and Augustus Weiss.
Of these, Julius Thorne alone died in the service.
The Fifth Regiment Infantry was organized in June, 1861, and went into service July 29 following; fought at Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Chancellorsville, Va .; Gettysburg, Pa .; Reseca, Dallas, Marietta, Beach Tree Creek, and Atlanta, Ga .; Chesterfield C. H., S. C .; and Silver Run, N. C .; and was mustered out with distinguished honor, July 19, 1865. On the rolls of this regiment, we find the following names of Winchester men :
Harlan P. Rugg, Corporal in Co. I, wounded at Cedar Mountain, promoted to Captain, and mustered out July 19, 1865. Robert Arnold, killed at Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Joseph Hermandy, mustered out July 19, 1865. William Murray, discharged Feb. 23, 1865. Robert St. Clair, mustered out July 19, 1865.
We also find the names of eleven deserters credited to Winchester, probably none of them residents, but recruits purchased by agents of the town.
During the month of September, 1861, a quota of sixteen Winchester men and about twenty men from other towns in the county of Litchfield were recruited under the auspices of Second Lieutenant Charles C. Palmer, late of company E, and on the 7th of September, 1861, were
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mustered into company E, 7th Infantry, commanded successively by Colo- nel Alfred H. Terry and Colonel Joseph R. Hawley. Of this company Lieutenant Palmer was appointed captain, and Robert Dempsey, late private of Company B, second lieutenant.
The regiment (1,018 men) left for Washington, September, 1861. It was the first to land on the soil of south Carolina. It was in the battle of Fort Pulaski, under Colonel Terry, April 10th and 11th, 1862, and in the battles of JJames Island, June 14th, under Colonel Ilawley; was one of the first to enter the fiekl, and the last to leave it. Under the same command it was in the battle of Pocataligo ou the 22d of October, and was subsequently divided, five companies under Colonel Hawley remain- ing at Hilton Head, and the remaining companies, of which Company E was one, were moved to Fernandina, Florida, under Lieutenant-Colonel Gardiner, and participated in the battle of Olustee, in which Lieutenant Robert Dempsey was killed.
In May, 1864, the regiment was transferred to Bermuda Hundreds, Va., and participated in the bat le of Chester Station, and repeated bat- tles near Bermuda IIundreds. In August it fought the battles of Deep Run and Deep Bottom, Va.
After the promotion of Colonel Hawley to a brigadier in September, 1864, the regiment, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Rodman, was engaged in the battle of Chapin's Farm, Va., on the 29th of September; on the 1st of October in the battle near Richmond; on the 7th of New Market Road; on the 13th at Dirbytown Road, and on the 27th in the battle of Charles City Road, Va. Its battle record was el sed at Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15th and 19th, 1865, and it was mustered out of service on the 20th of July, 1865. Few regiments in the service were engaged in more active and arduous service than the Seventh. It had 90 men killed in action, 44 died of wounds, and 179 of disease; total, 313.
The Winchester men in this regiment were Captain Charles E. Palmer, 1st Lieutenant Robert Dempsey, 21 Lieutenant Daniel S. Coe, Corporals Daniel Bellows and John G. Rowley, Privates George E. Andrews, John Biederman, Albert Burdick, George W. Daniels, Charles Gilbert, Charles L. Ilewitt, Sterling D. M.liman. James A. Pease, Patrick Quigley, Henry H. Rowley, James Tencellent, all of Company E.
Captain Palmer, an unassuming young man of delicate training, devel- oped in his first campaign the highest soldierly qualities by striet and cheerful performance of duty, and kind attention to the wants and com- forts of his men. But it was not until he came into command of Com- pany E that his endurance and bravery were fully tested. In the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski he commanded Battery Lincoln; and in the report of the bloody battle of Secessionville he was highly complimented for bravery and coolness. Soon after this hard fought but unsuccessful
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battle he died from exposure and exhaustion. From Colonel Terry's let- ter to his parents, now bereaved of their last child, we quote as follows:
"At the time of the action on James Island he was so ill that, under ordinary circumstances, he would not have been in command of his com- pany; but prompted by the devotion to duty, which always distinguished him, he led his company to the field, and gave to it and the regiment a splendid example of courage and firmness under most trying circumstances. The noble purity and uprightness of his nature and his eminently sol- dierly qualities had endeared him to us all, and had led us to look forward to a brilliant future for him ; and we mourn his loss, not only as ours and yours, but as a loss to the country which he served so faithfully."
In answer to a letter to General Hawley from Palmer Post inviting him to the decoration ceremonies at Winsted, dated May 11th, 1872, he writes as follows:
"The name of your post awakens my recollections of that noble soldier and man, Captain Palmer. Never shall I forget that it was his extreme fidelity to duty that cost him his life. He ouglit to have gone to the hos- pital, but would not leave the field. Well I remember his countenance as I walked by the stretcher that carried him dying on board the steamer."
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Lieutenant Dempsey was wounded in the shoulder June 1st, 1862, re- turned home on furlough while di-abled, married Caroline W. Richard- son, rejoined his regiment in the fill, and was killed at Olustee, Fla., Feb- ruary 24th, 1864. Hle was of Irish birth, well educated, and devotedly patriotic in the cause of his adopted country. His letters from the camp and field, published in the Winsted Herald, were highly appreciated.
Private Charles Gilbert, noted on the muster-rolls as from Canton, had his home residence in Winchester, where he was born and raised. Con- scientious as well as patriotic motives induced him to enlist. His broth- ers had families, and he was sing'e, and he felt it his duty to represent them in the service. He was a most worthy man and a good soldier; was wounded in the head and leg at Secessionville, S. C., taken prisoner on the field, and carried to Charleston, where he died of his wounds in the hospital, July 9th, 1862, aged 29. He was a son of Samuel D. Gilbert, deceased, late of Winchester.
Private George Bellows served in Company B, 2d Infantry, and after honorable discharge at the end of the term, enlisted in Company E, 7th Infantry, September 7th, 1861, and re-enlisted a veteran, December 22d, 1864, and died of wounds received at Hampton, Va., October 28th, 1864. He was son of George Bellows, Sr., of Winchester, and died unmarried.
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Private Albert Burdick, Company E, died of fever at Beaufort, S. C., July 29th, 1862.
Private John Biederman re-enlisted a veteran, December 22d, 1863, and was killed October 13th, 1864.
All the other members of this company were honorably discharged or mustered out at the end of their terms.
In the 8th Regiment, recruited at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, which fought at Newbern, N. C., Fort Macon, N. C., Antietam, Md., Fredericks- burg, Fort Huger, Walthall Junction, Fort Darling, Petersburg, and Fort Harrison, Va., we find the names of two Winchester men, Mathew Whiffler, private, Company A, and John C. Cooley, corporal, Company C, re-enlisted veteran, both mustered out at the end of their terms.
In the 9th (Irishi) Regiment we find the name of Cliaplain Daniel Mullen, at the time of his appointment pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Winsted, a young man of literary culture and earnest patriotism, who served at Baton Rouge, and Chackaloo Station, La., and Deep Bottom, Va. He was compelled, by ill-health, to resign on the 26th of August, 1862. He was succeeded as chaplain by Father Leo da Saracena, O.S.F., the present pastor of St. Joseph's Church, and President of St. Francis' Literary and Theological Seminary.
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