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1837 .- Chairman, Dr. John O. Miner; Clerk, Dr. A. F. Perkins; Dele- gates, Drs. John O. Miner, Avery Downer, James Rogers, William Hyde, Dyer T. Brainard.
1838,-Chairman, Dr. Joseph Comstock ; Clerk, Dr. A. F. Perkins ; Dele- gates, Drs. Ralph Farnsworth, Wm. W. Miner, Joseph Duffey, Elea- zer B. Downing, A. F. Perkins. Dr. Thomas W. Gay was made a member of the society.
1839 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. A. F. Perkins; Dele- gates, Drs. Nathaniel S. Perkins, D. T. Brainard, Henry C. Beards- ley, John C. Tibbetts, J. W. Brooks.
1840 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Rufus Matthewson ; Delegates, Drs. Joseph Comstock, Lucius Tyler, Nathaniel Perkins, Joseph Duffey, Avery Downer.
1841 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Rufus Matthewson; Delegates, Drs. Dyer T. Brainard, James Morgan, William Hyde, Joseph Duffey, Benjamin F. Stoddard.
1842 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Rufus Matthewson; Delegates, Drs. Elijah Dyer, Louis Phinney, Lucius Tyler, Ashbel Woodward, Eleazer B. Downing. Drs. B. Fordyce Barker, Ashbel B. Haile, Gurdon R. Parkhurst, and Alonzo Fuller were in 1842 admitted members of the society.
1843 .- Chairman, Dr. Joseph Comstock ; Clerk, Dr. Rufus Matthewson; Delegates, Drs. Avery Downer, Ralph Farnsworth, Thomas P. Wat- tles, Worthington Hooker, Dana Holmes.
1844 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Rufus W. Matthewson; Delegates, Drs. Joseph Duffey, Worthington Hooker, Ashbel Wood- ward, Elijah Dyer, William Hyde.
1845 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Rufus W. Matthewson; Delegates, Drs. Avery Downer, Worthington Hooker, Wm. W. I. Warren, Mason Manning, Isaac G. Porter.
1846 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer : Clerk, Dr. John C. Bolles; Dele- gates, Drs. Avery Downer, Chauncey Burgess, John P. Fuller, Lucius Tyler, Benjamin T. Roath.
1847 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Jeremiah King; Dele- gates, Drs. Chauncey Burgess, Ashbel Woodward, Rufus W. Matthew- son, John D. Ford, Eleazer B. Downing. Drs. Jeremiah King and Cyrus Miner were admitted members of the society.
1848 .- Chairman, Dr. Avery Downer; Clerk, Dr. Jeremiah King; Dele- gates, Drs. Nathaniel Perkins, B. Fordyce Barker, W. W. Miner,
Dyer T. Brainard, C. E. Palmer. Drs. Charles Cone, Benjamin Brad- ford, Samuel Maynard, Francis, and Comstock were admitted mem- bers of this society.
1849 .- Chairman, Dr. Joseph Comstock; Clerk, Dr. Jeremiah King; Delegates, Drs. Ashbel Haile, Ashbel Woodward, John C. Bolles, Avery Downer, Joseph Comstock. Dr. Benjamin I. Dean was ad- mitted a member of the society.
1850 .- Chairman, Dr. Nathaniel L. Perkins; Clerk, Dr. Seth Smith ; Dele- gates, Drs. Eleazer B. Downing, William Hyde, Chauncey Burgess, Dyer T. Brainard, Mason Manning. Drs. Albert Hoborn, Archibald T. Douglass, Albert Utler, and Elisha A. Hewett were made members of the society.
1851 .- Chairman, Dr. Dyer T. Brainard; Clerk, Dr. Seth Smith ; Dele- gates, Drs. Elijah Dyer, Jr., Ashbel Woodward, A. W. Coats, Jeremiah King, Samuel E. Maynard. Dr. Horace Thurston was admitted to membership.
1852 .- Chairman, Dr. Worthington Hooker; Clerk, Dr. Seth Smith ; Del. egates, Drs. Worthington Hooker, John D. Ford, Albert Hobron, Joseph Durfey, Seth Smith. Drs. Frank D. Brandegee and Ilenry W. Leach were admitted members of the society.
1853 .- Chairman, Dr. Joseph Durfey ; Clerk, Dr. Albert Hobron ; Dele- gates, Drs. A. T. Douglass, George E. Palmer, Horace Thurston, Eli- jah Dyer, 1. G. Porter. Dr. Henry C. Randall was admitted a mem- ber of the society.
1854 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel Woodward ; Clerk, Dr. Albert Hobron ; Del- egates, Drs. I. D. Ford, D. P. Francis, Seth Smith, Edwin Bentley, E. F. Coats. Drs. P. R. Baker, Daniel G. Gulliver, Nathaniel Foote, and Franklin Burgess were admitted members of the society.
1855 .- Chairman, Dr. John D. Ford ; Clerk, Dr. Benjamin D. Dean ; Del- egates, Drs. John D. Ford, Horace Thurston, Alonzo Fuller, John C. Bolles, Isaac G. Porter.
1856 .- Chairman, Dr. George E. Palmer; Clerk, Dr. Benjamin D. Dean ; Delegates, Drs. A. F. Perkins, A. T. Douglass, Benjamin D. Dean, Ashbel Woodward, John C. Bolles. Drs. Melancthon Storrs and William Soule were admitted members of the society.
1857 .- Chairman, Dr. Joseph Comstock ; Clerk, Dr. Benjamin D. Dean ; Delegates, Drs. Isaac G. Porter, George E. Palmer, Benjamin D. Dean, Alonzo Fuller, Melancthon Storrs. Dr. Lewis S. Paddock was admitted a member of the society.
1858 .- Chairman, Dr. Mason Manning; Clerk, Dr. Benjamin D. Dean ; Delegates, Drs. Lewis S. Paddock, Isaac G. Porter, John C. Bolles, Benjamin D. Dean, George E. Palmer. Dr. Robert McCurdy Lord was admitted a member of the society.
1859 .- Chairman, Dr. E. Dyer; Clerk, Dr. L. S. Paddock; Delegates, Drs. E. Bentley, A. W. Coates, A. T. Douglass, Wm. Hyde, Jr., E. Phinney. Dr. D. W. C. Lathrop was admitted a member of the so- ciety.
1860 .- Chairman, Dr. Mason Manning; Clerk, Dr. L. S. Paddock ; Dele- gates, Drs. D. W. C. Lathrop, Mason Manning, Robert McC. Lord, A. B. Haile, O. E. Miner. Drs. Orrin E. Miner and M. N. Tribou were elected members of the society.
1861 .- Chairman, Dr. Porter; Clerk, Dr. L. S. Paddock ; Delegates, Drs. Mason Manning, Eleazer B. Downing, Isaac G. Porter, A. W. Coates, L. S. Paddock.
1862 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter; Clerk, Dr. N. M. Tribou ; Dele- gates, Drs. Mason Manning, N. M. Tribou, Ashbel Woodward, Rob- ert McC. Lord, Elijah Dyer.
1863 .- Chairman, Dr. Elijah Dyer; Clerk, Dr. N. M. Tribou; Delegates, Drs. George E. Palmer, N. M. Tribou, D. P. Francis, John Gray, A. B. Haile. Dr. John Gray was admitted a member of the society.
1864 .- Chairman, Dr. Elijah Dyer; Clerk, Dr. O. E. Miner; Delegates, Drs. Ashbel Woodward, George E. Palmer, N. M. Tribou, Ashbel B. Haile, Orrin E. Miner.
1865 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter; Clerk, Dr. O. E. Miner; Dele- gates, Drs. Aslıbel Woodward, N. M. Tribou, I. G. Porter, C. M. Carle- ton, John Gray. Drs. Albert T. Chapman, Charles W. Carleton, L. P. Weaver, and A. W. Nelson were elected members of the society.
1866 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel Woodward; Clerk, Dr. O. E. Miner; Dele- gates, Drs. Ashbel Woodward, C. M. Carleton, L. S. Paddock, M. Manning, A. W. Nelson. Dr. F. S. Abbott was admitted a member of the society.
1867 .- Chairman, Dr. George E. Palmer; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman; Delegates, Drs. L. S. Paddock, Mason Manning, F. S. Abbott, Orrin E. Miner, George E. Palmer. Drs. William Wister and J. R. Fair- banks were elected members of the society.
1868 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel Woodward; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman ; Del- egates, Drs. Isaac G. Porter, George E. Palmer, F. S. Abbott, Ashbel
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Woodward, Orrin E. Miner. Dr. F. N. Braman was elected a mem- ber of the society.
1869 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter ; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman; Dele- gates, Drs. Ashbel Woodward, Albert T. Chapman, John Gray, A. W. Nelson, A. B. Haile.
1870 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman ; Dele- gates, Drs. Abiel W. Nelson, A. Woodward, A. B. Haile, C. M. Carle- ton, A. T. Chapman. Drs. William Porter, William S. C. Perkins, and George W. Hams were elected members of the society.
1871 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman ; Dele- gates, Drs. Lewis S. Paddock, Ashbel Woodward, Isaac G. Porter, Fred- erick Morgan, Levi Wanner. Drs. Patrick Cassada, Thomas T. Graves, and Levi Wanner were elected members of the society.
1872 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel Woodward; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman; Delegates, Drs. A. W. Nelson, C. M. Carleton, A. Woodward, Patrick Cassada, A. T. Chapman. Drs. E. C. Kinney and H. N. Crandall were admitted members of the society.
1873 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman; Dele- gates, Drs. E. C. Kinney, A. T. Chapman, S. C. Perkins, F. N. Braman, Ashbel Woodward.
1874 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel B. Haile; Clerk, Dr. A. T. Chapman ; Dele- gates, Drs. Ashbel Woodward, A. T. Chapman, Isaac G. Porter, A. B. Haile, F. N. Braman. Drs. Charles E. Brayton and George D. Stan- ton were elected members of the society.
1875 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel Woodward; Clerk, Dr. W. S. C. Perkins; Delegates, Drs. Isaac G. Porter, Lewis S. Paddock, W. S. C. Perkins, F. N. Braman, Patrick Cassidy. Drs. S. L. Sprague and J. Walter Mason were elected members of the society.
1876 .- Chairman, Dr. Isaac G. Porter; Clerk, Dr. W. S. C. Perkins; Del- egates, Drs. Ashbel Woodward, George W. Harris, L. S. Paddock, A. T. Nelson, W. S. C. Perkins. Drs. W. Thornton Parker, Willet P. Barber, George A. Jennings, and Frank A. Coates were admitted members of the society.
1877 .- Chairman, Dr. Seth Smith ; Clerk, Dr. W. S. C. Perkins; Delegates, Drs. Samuel Johnson, C. M. Carleton, S. L. Sprague, Ashbel Wood- ward, F. A. Braman. Drs. Wm. M. Burchard and Elisha Munger were admitted members of the society.
1878 .- Chairman, Dr. Ashbel Woodward; Clerk, F. N. Braman ; Dele- gates, Drs. Ashbel Woodward, Seth Smith, C. E. Brayton, F. N. Bra- man, L. S. Paddock. Drs. J. De Witt Nelson, John G. Stanton, I. B. Almy, and Anthony Peck were admitted members of the society.
1879 .- Chairman, Dr. E. C. Kinney ; Clerk, Dr. Anthony Peck ; Dele- gates, Drs. E. C. Kinney, J. G. Stanton, L. B. Almy, W. M. Burch- ard, J. D. Nelson. Drs. E. D. Griffin, Wm. H. Mason, and Benjamin Roath were elected members of the society.
1880 .-- Chairman, Dr. A. Woodward ; Clerk, Dr. A. Peck; Delegates, Drs. C. N. Brayton, A. W. Nelson, C. N. Carleton, F. A. Coats, G. W. Harris.
1881 .- Chairman, Dr. Kinney ; Clerk, Dr. Peck; Delegates, Drs. Pad- dock, Braman, Burchard, Woodward, Peck.
Some of these physicians deserve more than a pass- ing notice. Prominent among them is Dr. JOHN BARKER, who was born in Lebanon, Conn., in 1729. He studied medicine with Dr. Joseph Perkins, and his close application, keen insight into the mysteries of disease, and his quick and accurate interpretation of equivocal symptoms gave certain promise of future success. He commenced business in 1750, and la-' bored in the same field for more than forty years, until stricken down by death. As a physician Dr. Barker enjoyed an enviable popularity both with the public and with the profession. He was extensively employed in consultation throughout Eastern Con- necticut, and great deference was yielded to his opinions.
He was one of the original memorialists who peti- tioned the Legislature for a medical society. Not discouraged by the failure of that attempt, he and his compeers persevered till, ten or twelve years later, their efforts resulted in the organization of a volun-
tary association, with Dr. Barker for its first presi- dent. To this position he was annually re-elected so long as he lived. He died June 13, 1791, of cholera morbus.
PHILIP TURNER, M.D .- Among the leading phy- sicians and surgeons who were residents of and prac- titioners in this county during the last century no one stood as prominent as Dr. Philip Turner. He was a lineal descendant of Humphrey Turner, who came from Essex, England, in 1630, and settled at Scituate, Mass. His father, Philip Turner, removed from Scituate to Norwich in the early part of the last century, where the subject of this sketch was born on the 25th of February, 1740. His parents dying while he was yet young, and being left without means, he was taken into the family and under the patronage of Dr. Elisha Tracy, of that town, who deservedly stood high in the public estimation for his scholarly and professional attainments. Here young Turner was treated with parental kindness, and at a suitable age commenced his medical studies under the direction of his patron. In the year 1759 he was appointed as- sistant surgeon to a provincial regiment under Gen. Amherst, at Ticonderoga. His fine personal appear- ance, pleasing address, and superior talents attracted the attention of the English surgeons, who treated him with great courtesy, and invited him to witness many of their capital operations. It was from the information and practice he obtained in this school that he laid the foundation of his future eminence. He continued with the army till after the peace of 1763, when he returned to the house of his benefactor, whose eldest daughter he soon after married. He at once established himself in Norwich in the practice of his profession, devoting his attention especially to surgery.
Possessed of a vigorous constitution, and stimulated "by an honorable ambition, Dr. Turner was indefati- gable in his exertions to excel in his profession. His unwavering pursuit to attain this end, in connection with the peculiar abilities which he possessed, soon won success. At the breaking out of the war of the Revolution he stood unrivaled as a surgeon in the eastern section of the country. His fame was not con- fined to the limits of his native State, for he was re- peatedly called beyond the borders of the same to perform operations that demanded more than ordi- nary professional skill. He was the first surgeon of the Connecticut troops in the campaign before Bos- ton. He accompanied the army to New York in 1776, and the commission then issued to him by Gov- ernor Trumbull is now in the possession of one of his descendants. The battles of Long Island and White Plains afforded him favorable opportunities to display his rare ability as an operator, and his unvarying suc- cess won him the highest reputation with the troops. In 1777 Congress appointed Dr. Turner director-gen- eral to superintend the general hospital, but subse- quently transferred him from that position to that of
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surgeon-general of the Eastern Department, which station he filled with great ability till near the close of the war. On retiring from the army he resumed his private practice, and continued in the same with undiminished reputation until 1800, when he re- moved from Norwich to the city of New York. Ad- vanced in years, he felt that a metropolitan practice would be easier for him to pursue. He at once took a high rank among the physicians and surgeons of that city. Shortly after his removal he was appointed a surgeon to the staff of the United States army, and given the medical and surgical care of the troops at the fortifications in the harbor of New York. This very honorable and responsible position he held until his death, which occurred on the 20th of April, 1815, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He was buried with military honors in the yard connected with St. Paul's church in the city of New York. The record shows that he-served his country with marked dis- tinction in the war with France, the Revolutionary war, and the war of 1812.
Although Dr. Turner did not receive a liberal edu- cation, he had naturally a keen and inquiring mind and scholarly tastes, so that by his own efforts he early in life possessed himself of acquirements that were valuable to him in his profession. He had an intuitive capacity that adapted him for the practice of surgery, and won him his great reputation as an operator. The accuracy of his judgment and the remarkable dexterity of his hand enabled him to perform the most difficult operations with almost un- equaled success. Dr. Shippen, who stood in the front rank of his profession in Philadelphia, and who was associated with Dr. Turner in the army, did him the honor to say that neither in Europe nor in America had he ever seen an operator that excelled him.
DR. THEOPHILUS ROGERS was born at Lynn, Mass., Oct. 4, 1699, the sixth in descent from John Rogers, " the proto-martyr who was burned at Smithfield, Feb. 4, 1555. Dr. Rogers studied his profession and prac- ticed for a while in Boston. Afterwards removing to Norwich West Farms, he entered upon a wide sphere of usefulness. Dr. Rogers died at Norwich, Sept. 29, 1753.
DR. SOLOMON TRACY was one of the earliest, if not the very first, physician in Norwich. He was born in 1651, and moved to Norwich at the age of nine years. He was among the "solid men" of the town, and chosen for many offices of public trust. He died July 9, 1732.
DR. DAVID HARTSHORN was born in Reading, Mass., in 1656. He first located in business in his native town, where he continued until about 1700, when he removed to Norwich West Farms. In this new field of labor he was highly esteemed as a phy- sician, and was a leading man both in civil and eccle- siastical affairs. He died Nov. 30, 1738.
Having enjoyed the best medical advantages attain- able, he opened an office in the present Lisbon. He soon became distinguished as a daring surgeon, and most of the capital operations of the circumjacent country were performed by his hand. Dr. Perkins was also a man of piety, patriotism, and benevolence. He died July 7, 1794.
DR. ELISHA PERKINS, the fourth child of Dr. Joseph Perkins, acquired a world-wide notoriety as inventor of the "medical tractors," from the use of which many supposed cures were reported in Europe as well as in America.
DR. THEOPHILUS ROGERS, JR., was the son of Dr. Theophilus Rogers, of whom mention has been made. He was located in business at Bean Hill, and died Sept. 29, 1801.
DR. CHRISTOPHER HUNTINGTON was the sole phy- sician of Bozrah during its early history. He also held the offices of deacon and clerk of the church. He died in 1800.
DR. ELISHA TRACY was born at West Farms in 1712, and graduated at Yale College in 1738. He studied under the direction of Dr. Theophilus Rogers, Sr. He earnestly advocated inoculation for smallpox, but encountered a storm of prejudice and persecution. He lived, however, to see his own views very gener- ally adopted by the community. He died in 1783, widely beloved and lamented.
DR. PHILEMON TRACY, son of the above, was born May 30, 1757. Having enjoyed the professional teachings of his father and Dr. Philip Turner, he practiced medicine in his native town for more than fifty-five years.
Army Surgeons .- DR. RICHARD TOZER was a student of Dr. Benj. Wheat, and afterwards served as surgeon's mate in the corps attached to the forces under Gen. Wolcott in the Louisburg expedition in 1745. He died at Louisburg.
DR. JONATHAN MARSH was appointed surgeon to the force sent against Crown Point in August, 1755. He was chiefly distinguished for his success in bone- setting. He died in 1766.
DR. JONATHAN MARSH, JR., was twelve years old when his father died. He also became distinguished for his success in bone-setting. His death, April 18, 1798, was esteemed a public calamity.
DR. JOHN TURNER, son of Dr. Philip Turner, was born in 1764. He died in 1837.
DR. WILLIAM WHITING was born in Bozrah in 1730. He was appointed in May, 1758, assistant sur- geon of the Second Regiment of American forces. He settled in Hartford, but afterwards removed to Great Barrington, Mass.
DR. PHINEAS HYDE was born at West Farms in 1749. During the war he was a surgeon in the United States service, both in the army and the navy. He died in 1820.
DR. JOSEPH PERKINS was born in 1704, and grad- DR. LUTHER WATERMAN was born at West Farms uated at Yale College when twenty-three years old. | in 1750. He was surgeon to the forces under Col.
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Knowlton during the campaign of 1776. After the war he removed to the West.
DR. ELIPHAZ PERKINS was born at Lisbon in 1753, and graduated at Yale College, 1776. He studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Joseph Perkins, and settled in Vermont. He died in 1828.
DR. ABIJAH PERKINS, younger brother of the above, entered the Revolutionary army as a surgeon, and was taken prisoner by the British.
DR. JONATHAN KNIGHT was born in Lisbon in 1758, and studied with Dr. Cheney. In 1777 he en- tered the army as a surgeon, and was at Valley Forge during the most disheartening period of the war. He died in 1829.
DR. ABEL HUNTINGTON was born in Franklin in 1777. He located at East Hampton, L. I., and died in 1758.
DR. JOHN R. WATROUS was born in 1752. He was a surgeon in the army of the Revolution, the companion of Dr. Hall, of East Hartford, and was president of the Connecticut Medical Society for three years. He died at Colchester, Conn., in 1843, aged ninety-one.
DR. AVERY DOWNER was born in 1763, and died in 1854, aged ninety-one. He was the last survivor of the battle of Fort Griswold. His father, Dr. Joshua D. Downer, was also present, and assisted in dressing the wounded. Both father and son were of the num- ber of memorialists who unsuccessfully petitioned the Legislature for a medical society. Dr. Avery Downer was president of the Connecticut Medical Society from 1807 to 1812.
CHAPTER VI. MILITARY HISTORY.
The Second Regiment-The Third Regiment-The Seventh Regiment- The Eighth Regiment-The Ninth Regiment-The Tenth Regiment -The Twelfth Regiment-The Thirteenth Regiment-First Regi- ment Heavy Artillery-The First Cavalry-The Fourteenth Regi- ment-The Eighteenth Regiment-The Twenty-first Regiment- The Twenty-sixth Regiment.
THE lightning had scarcely flashed the intelligence to the expectant North that Maj. Anderson and his gallant band had surrendered as prisoners of war to the Southern Confederacy ere the patriotic sons of New London were rallying to the support of their imperiled country. Men and money were promptly raised, and the record of the county during the whole struggle is one in which her citizens may justly feel a patriotic pride.
Second Regiment Infantry .- The Second Regi- ment of Infantry was enlisted for three months and recruited from the volunteer militia. It was mustered into the service May 7, 1861, under the command of Alfred H. Terry, of New Haven, au efficient and ac- complished officer. David Young, of Norwich, was lieutenant-colonel. The regiment left for Washington May 7, 1861, numbering seven hundred and eighty.
There were three companies from New London County in this regiment,-Company A, Frank S. Chester, captain ; Company B, Henry Peale, captain ; and Company C, Edwin C. Chapman, captain. The regiment was present at the battle of Bull Run, where both officers and men acquitted themselves with honor. It was mustered out of the service Aug. 7, 1861.
RIFLE COMPANY A.
Mustered into the United States service May 7, 1861.
Frank S. Chester, capt., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Thomas Scott, first lient., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
William A. Berry, second lieut., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Ang. 7, 1861.
Francis McKeag, sergt., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
James L. Cobb, sergt., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Anthony Staubly, sergt., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Austin G. Monroe, sergt., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; taken prisoner June 19, 1861.
John B. Jennings, corp., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; taken prisoner July 21,1861.
Chester W. Converse, corp., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Gorham Dennis, corp., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Thomas C. Lawler, corp., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
William W. Dunton, musician, Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 : hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Joseph Tunstall, musician, Griswold, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Adams, James, Glastenbury, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Arnold, William N., Putnam, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Barber, Ezra N., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Barrett, Stephen L., Woodstock, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Blivan, James L., Windham, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Brogan, John, Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Brown, William H., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Capwell, John W., Providence, R. I., enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7,1861.
Carroll, William P., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Ang. 7, 1861. Cavanagh, Patrick, Boston, Mass., enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Case, John P., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Coit, James B., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; pro. to sergt. for gallantry at Bull Run; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Crandall, Darius II., Killingly, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Daniels, John L., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Dickinson, Wm. G., Bozrah, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Donaran, John, Middlefield, Mass., enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Dugan, Thomas, Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Eills, Richard B., enl. June 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Flannigan, Edward, Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Foster, Lyman, Greenville, Mass., enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861.
Fulton, William H., Franklin, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon, disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Gilchrist, John W., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Grinnell, John W., Putnam, enl. May 7, 1861 ; disch. for disability, June 26, 1861.
Harvey, James, Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Hughes, Asa L., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Jepson, Charles E., Pomfret, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Kelley, John, Clinton, Mass., enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Kinney, Van Buren, Griswold, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Ang. 7, 1861. Ladd, Amos R., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Lathrop. Erastus D., Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. Leach, Arnold, Putnam, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Aug. 7, 1861. McKee, James, Norwich, enl. May 7, 1861 ; hon. disch. Ang. 7, 1861.
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