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" Hon. Gideon H. Hollister, of Litchfield, is a de- seendant of two of our Redding families. He was born Dec. 14, 1818, in Washington, Conn., and grad- uated at Yale College in 1840; studied law in Litch- field, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1842. He practiced law in Litchfield until 1859, when he opened an office in New York. He went as United States chargé d'affaires to Hayti when that country was under the administration of Salnave. In 1855 he published a 'History of Connecticut' in two vol- umes, of which two editions, of two thousand copies each, have been exhausted. He is the. author of three historical dramas, one of them bearing the title 'Thomas à Becket.' He has also written a legal treatise on the law of eminent domain. Mr. Hol- lister is now engaged in writing a history of Hayti.
" Attorney-Gen. Batcs, of Missouri, was of Red- ding ancestry.
" Judge Strong, of the United States Supreme Court, spent his childhood and youth in Redding, and made his maiden plea here before a justice court .*
"Mrs. Dora Goodale, a writer for Scribner's, is a native of Redding, being a descendant of Col. John Read, one of the carliest settlers. She is the mother of Elaine and Dora Goodale, the child-poets, whose
charming verses have been so warmly welcomed by the American public.
"In the several professions Redding has been well represented. Dr. Asahel Fitch, the first physician who settled in the town, is remembered in Fairfield County as a worthy man, and one of its most respect- able practitioners of medicine. He was among the principal pioneers in the formation of the county so- ciety, but died soon after its organization. His death occurred iu 1792, or about that period. I understand that he was the grandfather of Professor Knight, of Yalc College.
" Among the physicians of Fairfield County who en- joyed a long and successful practice was Dr. Thomas Davies of Redding. He removed to Redding in 1793, on the deecase of Dr. Fitch, and there continued in the duties of his profession until his death, which oc- eurred in 1831. Mr. Davies possessed the reputation of being among the first of the physicians of the county who assumed regular obstetrieal duties, and so successful were his labors that he became partieu- larly eminent in that department.
"The doctor was once summoned as an important witness to appear before the court in Fairfield, and, not appearing, the sheriff was sent to compel his at- tendance. Being absent, and learning on his return that the officer was waiting at a public-house in the vicinity, he without notice to the official rode to Fair- field and appeared before the court. On the question occurring with the court regarding the costs attending the capias, he requested one or two of his legal friends to exeuse the delinquency. The judge decided, not- withstanding, that the law must be observed, and that the doctor must bear the expenses. Dr. Davies then requested a hearing in his own behalf; which being granted, he remarked, 'May it please the court, I ani a good citizen of the State, and since I was summoned to attend this court I have introduced three other good citizens into it.'
"The court replied that for so good a plea he would leave the parties to pay the expenses.
"Rev. Thomas F. Davies, Sr., formerly pastor of the Congregational Church at Huntington, Conn., now editor of the Christian Spectator, published in New Haven, and minister of the Congregational Church in Green's Farms, Conn., was his only son.
"L. Sanford Davies, Esq., who at one time was set- tled at Waterbury, was mayor of the city, and hield the office of judge of Probate and other prominent positions, is a son of the Rev. Thomas F. Davies. Another son is the Rev. Thomas F. Davics, D.D., now of Philadelphia, a clergyman of the Episcopal Church in that eity.
"Among the later practitioners of the town, Dr. Charles Gorham was very widely known and re- spected. He was the son of Meeker Gorham and Elizabeth Hubbell of Greenfield Hill, in the town of Fairfield. He began the study of medicine with Dr. Jehiel Williams, of New Milford, and afterwards pur
* He was a son of Rev. William L. Strong, former pastor at this placo. Rev. Edward Strong, formerly of New Haven, and of Pittsfield, Mass., was another son, and spent a portion of his early days iu this town.
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sued his studies at the College of Physicians and Sur- geons in New York. He settled in Redding in 1816, at the age of twenty-one years, and practiced as a physician and surgeon in Fairfield County forty-two years. He married Mary, daughter of William King Comstock, of Danbury. Dr. Gorham is described as a man of more than ordinary strength of character, with a well-balanced mind and sound judgment. He was fond of scientific investigations, and was remark- able for close observation and power of analysis. He died at his residence, Redding Centre, Sept. 15, 1859.
"Dr. Moses H. Wakeman came to this place for the practice of his profession in 1858, and still continues here in the enjoyment of an extensive and lucrative practice. He has been, and is, considered one of the most successful and skillful physicians of the day.
" Anna M. Reed, who located a few years since at Redding Ridge, has a large and still-increasing prac- tice not only in this but adjoining towns.
" Among clergymen may be enumerated the follow- ing : Rev. Justus Hull, Rev. Lemuel Hull; Rev. Thomas F. Davics, of Philadelphia; Rev. William T. Hill, presiding elder of New Haven District ; Rev. Aaron K. Sanford, presiding elder of Poughkeepsie District, New York Conference ; Rev. Aaron S. Hill, of New Haven ; Rev. Morris Hill, of New Haven ; Rev. Moses Hill, of Norwalk ; Rev. Hawley Sanford, of Iowa; Rev. Morris Sanford, of Iowa; Rev. Platt Treadwell ; Rev. Albert Miller, of Iowa; Rev. Leroy Stowe, of Milford, Conn. ; and Rev. A. B. Sanford, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
" The following State senators have been natives or citizens of Redding: Thomas B. Fanton, elected in 1841 ; Lemuel Sanford, 1847 ; Cortes Merchant, 1855 ; Francis A. Sanford, 1865; James Sanford, 1870; Jonathan R. Sanford, 1877.
" Thomas Sanford, former high sheriff of the county, and at one time nominee of the Democratic party for comptroller of the State; Henry Sanford, of New York, superintendent of Adams' Express Company ; Aaron Sanford, of Newtown, present high sheriff of Fairfield County ; and Albert Hill, city engineer of New Haven, are natives of Redding."
CHAPTER LXI.
REDDING (Continued).
CIVIL, MILITARY, AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY.
Organization of the Parish-Organization of the Town-List of Repre- sentatives-Probate Judges-Extracts from Town Records-Origin and Orthography of Name of Town-Military Record-List of Soldiers.
CIVIL HISTORY. THE PARISH.
IN the year 1723 a petition was presented to the General Court praying that the settlement might be organized into a parish, but the opposition of Fair-
field defeated the project, and, although the matter was agitated from time to time, it was not until 1729 that the parish of Redding was constituted .* The first meeting of the parish was held June 5, 1729.
THE TOWN.
The town was incorporated in May, 1767, and on the 15th of the following month the first town officers were chosen, as follows (Col. John Read was chosen moderator of the meeting, and Lieut. Stephen Mead was elected clerk for the ensuing year) : Selectmen, Stephen Mead, Ephraim Jackson, Daniel Hill ; Con- stables, David Lyon, Asahel Fitch, Daniel Hall ; Fence-Viewers, Benjamin Hamilton, Zalmon Read ; Listers, Peter Fairchild, Lemuel Sanford, Jr., David Jackson; Grand Jurymen, Thomas Fairchild, Jona- than Couch; Treasurer, Gurdon Merchant ; Tithing- men, Paul Bartram, Thomas Fairchild, Eleazer Smith, Jr. ; Pound-Keepers, Ebenezer Williams, Ebenezer Couch; Sealer of Leather, Gershom Morehouse; Sealer of Weights, Benjamin Meeker, Jonathan Mal- lory. Ephraim Jackson, Capt. Henry Lyon, and Gurdon Merchant were made a committee to take all proper and lawful methods to clear the highways. The town by vote made the pound by Elizabeth San- ford's the "town pound," and voted "to use the school-house by the old meeting-house for ye place for holding ye town-meetings in ye future."
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1767 TO 1881.
1767, Col. John Read; 1768, Capt. Stephen Mead ; 1769, Col. John Read, Capt. Henry Lyon ; 1770, Capt. Steplien Mead, Lemuel Sanford, Col. John Read ; 1771, Col. John Read, Lemuel Sanford, Hezekiah San- ford ; 1772, Col. John Read, Hezekiah Sanford; 1773, Col. John Read, Hezekiah Sanford, Lemuel Sanford, James Rogers; 1774, William Ilawley, Peter Fairchild, Lemuel Sanford; 1775, William Hawley, Lemuel Sanford ; 1776, Hezekiah Sanford, Setli Sanford, Samuel San- ford, Jr., Stephen Betts, Jr .; 1777, Lemuel Sanford, Daniel Sanford; 1778, Seth Sanford, Lemuel Sanford, William Heron; 1779, Seth Sanford, William Hawley, William Heron; 1780, William Hawley, William Heron, Lemuel Sanford, Seth Sanford; 1781, Capt. William Hawley ; 1782, Stephen Betts, Lemuel Sanford; 1783, Stephen Betts, Thaddeus Benedict, Lemuel Sanford; 1784, Hezekiah Sanford, Thaddeus Benedict, Lemuel Sanford, William Heron; 1785, Heze- kiah Sanford, William Heron; 1786, William Hawley, Hezekiah Sanford, William Heron ; 1787-89, Lemuel Sanford, William Heron ; 1790, Thaddeus Benedict, William Heron, Andrew L. Hill; 1791, Hezekiah Sanford, Andrew L. Hill; 1792, Hezekiah Sanford, An- drew L. Hill, Aaron Barlow; 1793, Hezekiah Sanford, Andrew L. Hill, Simeon Munger; 1794, Thaddeus Benedict, Aaron Barlow; 1795, Thaddeus Benedict, Aaron Barlow, William Heron, Andrew L. Hill; 1796, William Heron, James Rogers ; 1797-98, Simeon Munger, Seth Samuel Smith ; 1799, Simeon Munger, Stephen Jackson ; 1800, Simeon Munger, Seth Samuel Smith, Andrew L. Hill, Stephen Jack- - son; 1801, Andrew L. Hill, Stephen Jackson, Simeon Munger, Peter Sanford ; 1802, S. Samuel Smith, Andrew L. Hill, Aaron Sanford, Joshua King; 1803, Seth S. Smithi, Andrew L. Hill; 1804, Seth S. Smith, Simeon Munger, Peter Sanford; 1805, Seth Samuel Smith, Andrew L. Hill, Simeon Munger, Peter Sanford; 1806, Andrew L. Hill, Simeon Munger; 1807, Andrew L. Hill, Simeon Munger, Setlı Samuel Smith, Lemuel Sanford ; 1808, Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel San- ford; 1809-10, Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford; 1811, Samuel Whiting, Peter Sanford, Andrew L. Hill; 1812, Andrew L. Hill, Lemuel Sanford; 1813, Lemuel Sanford, Samuel Whiting; 1814, Lemuel Sanford, Samuel Whiting, John Meeker; 1815, Jonathan R. Sanford, Samuel Whiting, Simeon Munger, Hezekiah Read, Jr .;
* See Colonial Records, vol. vii. pp. 231, 232.
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1816, Isaac Beach, Hezekiah Read, Jr., Sammel Whiting ; 1817, Isaac Beach, Benjamin Meeker, Jonathan Mecker, John R. Ilill; 1818, Billy Comstock, Aaron Sanford, Jr., William Sanford, John Mecker; 1819, Billy Comstock, Hezekiah Read, Jr .; 1820, Isaac Coley, Jona- than R. Sanford; 1821, Daniel Barlow, Seth Wheeler; 1822, Billy Comstock, Jolın R. Ilill; 1823, John R. Ilill, Aaron Sanford, Jr .; 1824, Ephraim Sanford, Rowland Fanton; 1825, Benjamin 'Mecker, William Sanford; 1826, Joel Merchant, Michael Jennings; 1827, Thomas B. Fanton, Gershom Sherwood; 1828, John M. Heron, Wil- liam Sanford; 1829, Aaron Sanford, Daniel Barlow; 1830, Gershom Sherwood, Gurdon Bartram ; 1831, Jonathan R. Sanford, Jared Olni- stead; 1832, Ralph Sanford, Walker Bates; 1833, Jacob Wanzer, Thaddeus B. Read; 1834, Thomas B. Fanton, Bradley Hill; 1835, Thomas B. Fanton, Walker Bates; 1836, Ralph Sanford, Burr Meeker; 1837, Timothy Parsons, Jesse Banks; 1838, Thomas B. Fanton, Aaron Perry ; 1839, Thomas B. Fanton, Benjamin Meeker; 1840, Walker Bates, David S. Duncomb; 1841, Thaddeus M. Abbott, Morris Hill; 1842, Hezekiah Davis, John W. Sanford ; 1843, Edward Starr, Jr., Barney Bartram ; 1844, Charles Beach, Charles D. Smith; 1845, Peter S. Coley, Aaron R. Bartram ; 1846, James Sanford, Harry Meeker; : 847, Bradley Hill, Samuel S. Osborn ; 1848, Burr Bennett, Floyd Tucker; 1849, Daniel C. Rider, Henry Couch ; 1850, Matthew Gregory, Rufus Mead; 1851, Milo Lee, Frederick D. Dimon ; 1852, Aaron Burr, Aaron B. Hull; 1853, Ebenezer Wilson, Turney San- ford ; 1854, Jonathan R. Sanford, Walker Bates; 1855, Cortes Mer- chant, Gurdon B. Lee; 1857, Thomas Sanford, Milo Lee; 1857, Jolin 0. St. John, David B. Sanford; 1858, James Sanford, Benjamin S. Boughton ; 1859, John Edmond, Matthew Gregory; 1860, Jacob Shaw, Daniel S. Sanford ; 1861, Edmund T. Dudley, Matthew Greg- ory ; 1862, Walker Bates, George Osborn ; 1863, John Edmond, David H. Mead; 1864, Walker Bates, Aaron Treadwell ; 1865, Thomas B. Fanton, William Hill ; 1866, Charles Osborne, Edward P. Shaw ; 1867, David S. Johnson, William B. Hill; 1868, Francis A. Sanford, B. S. Boughton ; 1869, Aaron H. Davis, William H. Ilill; 1870, Jolin S. Sanford, J. R. Sanford; 1871, E. F. Foster, Luzon Jelliff; 1872, Henry S. Osborn, Arthur B. Hill ; 1873, Stebbins Baxter, Moses Ilill ; 1874, J. R. Sanford, Edward P. Shaw ; 1875, Turney Sanford, Henry Burr Platt; 1876, James Sanford, Orrin Platt; 1877, Thomas Sanford, George F. Banks; 1878, Azarialı E. Mecker, Daniel Sanford; 1879, Harvey B. Rumsey, George Coley ; 1880, David S. Bartram, Azariah Meeker.
PROBATE JUDGES.
The town was made a Probate district in 1839. The judges have been as follows: Thomas B. Fanton, Jonathan R. Sanford, Thaddeus M. Abbott, and Lemuel Sanford, present incumbent.
SELECTMEN.
The present selectmen are Samuel S. Osborn, Ste- phen Sanford, and George Coley ; clerk and treasurer, Lemuel Sanford.
TOWN-HOUSE.
The first town-house was built in 1798, and stood in the centre of the common, near the present build- ing. It was thirty-six feet long by thirty in width, "twelve-foot posts." It was "covered with long cedar shingles, the sides with pine." Peter, Ezekiel, and Aaron Sanford, Samuel Jarvis, Andrew L. Hill, and Simon Munger were chosen a committee "to re- ceive proposals and contract for building the aforesaid town-house." The present town-house was erected in 1834.
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY.
The following extracts from the town records will prove of interest :
Oct. 6, 1768, it was voted to " present a memorial to the General Assembly praying that Redding be made a county town."
March 6, 1771, it was "voted and agreed, that
whereas a Plan hath been proposed of moving to the General Assembly in May next for the erecting a new county, to consist of the towns of Danbury, Newtown, Ridgefield, Redding, and New Fairfield, we are will- ing and desirous that said towns shall be erected a county, and that we will assist them to endeavor to have said county established." The committee ap- pointed for this purpose were David Lyon, Gershom Morehouse, and James Rogers.
In October, 1773, the General Assembly passed a resolution, "to assert, and in some proper way sup- port their claim to those lands contained within the limits and bounds of the charter of this Colony west- ward of the Province of New York."
The voice of Redding on this matter is found under date of March 14, 1774: " Whereas it is the opinion of many of the freemen and other inhabitants of this Colony (and of this meeting in particular) that if the abovesaid Resolve be carried into execution it will inevitably involve the inhabitants of Connecticut in a long, expensive, and fruitless Litigation with Mr. Penn; therefore this meeting appoints as delegates Messrs. William Hawley and Peter Fairchild to at- tend a meeting to be held at Middletown on the last Wednesday of Instant March to concert some proper methods in order to put a stop to so disagreeable a procedure."
TIIE NAME OF THE TOWN.
A difference of opinion has prevailed for inany years in regard to the origin and the proper way of spelling the name of this town. There can be no doubt but that the spelling was "Reading" when formed into a parish, and Mr. Hoadley, State libra- rian, who is good authority, says, "In the original bill for making the town, in 1667, the naine seems to have been written 'Reading,' but altered to 'Red- ding.' In sundry editions of our statutes before 1849 the name has been spelled both ways,-one way when the name occurs as forming a part of the county, and the other as forming a part of a Probate district. Since 1849 the spelling in the statutes is 'Reading.'"
In the Eighteenth Connecticut Reports, in the trial of Sherwood against the town of Weston, where the name of Redding occurs, Mr. Day has the following foot-note: " I am glad of this opportunity, as I am of every opportunity that occurs, of restoring, as far as my example will have the effect, the original and cor- rect orthography of the name of this town. The prevalent corruption (Redding) is not very flattering to the memory of Col. Read, whose contemporaries deemed his services and benefactions to the new cor- poration worthy of being held in grateful remem- brance by giving it a name derived from him."
Whether, as Mr. Day, Mr. Barber, and others have asserted, and as tradition maintains, it derived its name from Col. John Read, or whether, as others suppose, it took its name from Reading, in Berkshire, England, it should be spelled " Reading."
Mr. Todd, in his "History of Redding," gives it as
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his opinion, after a thorough investigation, that "the original name of the town was Reading, and that if historical precedents are to be followed, it should be so named now." He also gives Rev. Moses Hill as authority, from information that he derived from his father, that " at the time of its incorporation a mcet- ing was held, at which it was voted that the name of the new town should be Redding." This is confirmed by the statement of persons contemporary with Capt. Ebenezer Hill, who made this statement; but, as no record of such a vote is found, the doings of that as- serted meeting cannot be considered valid.
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Mr. Todd shows good judgment in spelling it Red- ding in his "History," because the people of the town prefer it, and it has been written that way so long that it would not be advisable to adopt the original spelling.
MILITARY RECORD.
Redding responded promptly to the call of our im- periled country during the late war of the Rebellion, and, from official returns in the adjutant-general's office, it appears that the town furnished one hundred and eight men for the service. The following is the list :
SECOND REGIMENT ARTILLERY.
Andrew H. Sanford, enl. Jan. 5, 1864 ; died in hospital in Philadelphia, Juue 5, 1864.
Company C.
Morris H. Sanford, second lientenant; com. July 21, 1862; pro. to first lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1863; pro. to captain; wounded at battle of Fisbor's Creek.
THIRD REGIMENT. Company G.
George W. Gould, must. May 14, 1861; disch. Aug. 12, 1861.
FIFTH REGIMENT. Company A.
John H. Bennett, must. July 12, 1861; trans. to Inv. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863.
Rufus Mead, Jr., must. July 12, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 21, 1863.
Hezekiah Sturges, must. July 12, 1861; died Oct. 14, 1861.
Arthur M. Thorp, must. July 12, 1861; trans. to Inv. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863.
Benjamin F. Squires, must. July 12, 1861 ; served three years, and was honorably discharged.
SIXTII REGIMENT. Company B.
John Foster, must. Oct. 28, 1863.
Company C.
Francis De Four, must. Oct. 28, 1863.
Company G.
John Murphy, must. Oct. 28, 1863.
SEVENTH REGIMENT. Company D.
Andrew B. Nichols, must. Sept. 5, 1861; re-enlisted; killed at battle of Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.
Oscar Byington, must. Sept. 5, 1861.
William Nichols, must. Sept. 5, 1861; disch. for disability, Jan. 3, 1863.
Company I.
George W. Peck, enl. Nov. 4, 1862. Henry Clark, enl. Oct. 30, 1863. Jerome Dufoy, enl. Nov. 6, 1863; killed at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864. Emil Durand, enl. Nov. 2, 1863. H. R. Chamberlain, enl. Nov. 4, 1863.
Henry D. Ilarris, enl. Oct. 29, 1863.
Peter Hill, enl. Oct. 31, 1863; trans. to U. S. Navy, April 28, 1864. Robert Hoch, enl. Nov. 3, 1863.
John Miller, enl. Nov. 4, 1863.
Jolın H. Thomas, enl. Nov. 3, 1863.
Antoine Vallori, enl. Oct. 29. 1863.
William Wilson, enl. Nov. 6, 1863.
William Watson, enl. Nov. 2, 1863 ; trans. to U. S. Navy, April 28, 1864.
EIGHTH REGIMENT. Company H.
Aaron A. Byington, corporal ; must. Sept. 25, 1861.
Lewis Bedient, must. Sept. 25, 1861.
Thomas Bigelow, must. Sept. 25, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 24, 1863.
William Hamilton, must. Sept. 25, 1861; re-enl. Dec. 24, 1863.
William H. Nichols, must. Sept. 25, 1861 ; re-enl. Jan. 5, 1864.
Company I.
Franklin Paino, must. Sept. 25, 1861 : died March 8, 1862.
Albert Woodruff, must. Sept. 25, 1861; disch. for disability May 11, 1862.
Charles M. Platt, must. Sept. 25, 1861; enl. Feb. 24, 1864.
NINTH REGIMENT.
Michael Dillon, enl. Feb. 17, 1864.
TENTH REGIMENT. Company D.
Francis H. Grumman, must. Sept. 21, 1861; died April 1, 1864. ELEVENTH REGIMENT. Company A.
Nathan Cornwall, sergeant; must. Oct. 24, 1861; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864; pro. to first lieutenant; prisoner at Andersonville.
Samuel B. Baxter, must. Oct. 24, 1861; disch. for disability Dec. 4, 1862. Charles O. Morgan, must. Oct. 24, 1861; wounded; disch. for disability June 3, 1864.
Company K.
George Sberman, enl. Feb. 16, 1864.
TWELFTH REGIMENT .* Company B. George Green, died June 11, 1863, of wounds received at Port Hudson. FOURTEENTH REGIMENT. Company A.
George Lover, must. June 16, 1862.
Company E. Wesley Banks, must. Oct. 1, 1863; died Feb. 12, 1864, of wounds re- ceived at Morton's Ford, Va.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.t Company A.
Waterman Bates, disch. for disability Dec. 18, 1863.
Company D. Edmund Treadwell, taken prisoner iu Florida. Company G.
George W. Banks, sergeant ; disch. Sept. 15. 1862.
David S. Bartram, enl. Aug. 16, 1862 : pro. to second lieutenant May 8, 1863; participated in battle of Chancellorsville ; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; paroled March 1, 1865.
Morris Jennings, disch. for disability March 26, 1863. James M. Burr, disch. for disability March 9, 1863. Martin Costello, taken prisoner.
Andrew D. Couch, killed at Chancellorsville May 2, 1863.
John W. De Forrest, disch. for disability April 4, 1863.
Edmund Godfrey, disch. for disability March 9, 1863.
George Hull. Burr Lock wood. John Lockwood. Aaron Peck. John M. Sherman, disch. for disability Dec. 10, 1862. George Whalen.
* Date of muster, from Nov. 20 1861, to Jan. 1, 1862.
+ Date of muster from July 14 to Aug. 14, 1862.
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Photo. by J. H. Folsom, Danbury.
Thomas San ford.
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TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT .*
David I1. Miller, major ; disch. Aug. 31, 1863.
Company D.
Obadiah R. Coleman, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Charles A. Gregory, disch, Aug. 31, 1863.
Company E.
Seth P. Bates, sergeant; pro. to first lieutenant; disch. Aug. 31, 1863. George W. Gould, corporal; disch. Aug. 31, 1863.
Azariah E. Meeker, disch. Aug. 31, 1863.
Frederic D. Chapman, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Henry H. Lee, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Charles Albin, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Edward Banks, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Henry W. Bates, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Charles HI. Bates, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Smith Bates, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Lemuel B. Benedict, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Peter W. Birdsall, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. William F. Brown, dischi. Aug. 31, 1863. Henry F. Burr, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. M. V. B. Burr, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Aaron Burr, disclı. Ang. 31, 1863. Ammi Carter, died Aug. 12, 1863. William Coley, disch. Ang. 31, 1863. Cyrus B. Eastford, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. William Fanton, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Charles A. Field, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Samuel S. Gray, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. James F. Jelliff, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Charles Lockwood, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Elihu Osborne, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Jolın Osborne, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. llenry Parsons, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Henry Platt, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Sanford J. Platt, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. James J. Ryder, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. George E. Smith, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Anton Stommel, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Jacob B. St. John, disch. Aug. 31, 1863.
Company G.
Ralph S. Meade, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Henry Wheelock, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. George S. Tarbell, disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Almon S. Merwin, disch. Aug. 31, 1863.
Company K.
Lyman Whitehead, disch. Aug. 31, 1863.
TWENTY-NINT11 REGINENT (COLORED).
Company A.
John H. Hall, must. March 8, 1864.
Company E.
John M. Coley, must. March 8, 1864. Theodore Nelson, must. March 8, 1864; died April 6, 1864. Lafayette S. Williams, must. March 8, 1864.
Edward Voorhies, must. March 8, 1864.
Company G.
Joseph F. Butler, corporal; must. March 8, 1864. llenry B. Pease, must. March 8, 1864. Cato Johnson, must. March 8, 1864.
Feb. 4, 1862, a meeting was held in Georgetown for the purpose of electing officers for Company E, Eighth Regiment, Second Brigade, Connecticut State Militia, the company being kuown as Company E, National Guard.
David I1. Miller, Redding, was elected captain ; Iliram St. John, Wilton, first lieutenant ; George M. Godfrey, Wilton, second lieutenant ; John N. Main, Redding, first sergeant; James Corcoran, Wilton, second sergeant; Lewis Northrop, Weston, third sergeant; David S. Bar-
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