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General Headquarters State of Connecti- cut
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, { Hartford, Nov. 11, 1864.
[Circular No. 6.]
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested, that the record of service of a deceased Connecticut Volunteer will be furnished the person applying for the same, or if desired by the widow or near rela- tive will, together with the evidence necessary to procure back pay, bounty and pension due, be for- warded from this office direct to the proper office at Washington, and if the application be approved the amount received paid over to the person or persons entitled by law to receive it without deduction or charge for service.
All the aid practicable will also be given to dis- charged Connecticut Volunteers who desire to apply for back pay or Invalid pension.
By order of the War Department the wires of sol- diers who are prisoners of war may draw a portion of the soldiers' monthly pay during their imprison- ment. The proper certificate ot service and capture will be given upon application to this office, and if desired forwarded to the proper Paymaster with ap- plication for payment.
Persons making application by mail will address, Captain Redfield Duryce, Asst. Adjt. General. stating clearly what they desire, whether bounty and back pay, or pensions, and for what person.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,
HORACE J. MORSE, Adjt. Gen.
Convention of Adjutant-Generals.
A Convention of Adjt .- Generals was held at Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 17th, 18th and 19th. There were present Adjt .- Geuerals Baker of Iowa, Rus- sell of Pennsylvania, Lindsley of Kentneky, Cowen of Ohio, Gaylord of Wisconsin, Wash- burne of Vermont, Head of New Hampshire, Schouler of Massachusetts, Morse of Connecticut, and Mauran of Rhode Island. Gen, Baker pre- sided, and Gen, Morse was secretary.
The recruiting and militia systems and all mat- ters of importance, within the line of their duties to State and Union, were freely aud elaborately discussed. It was unanimously resolved to ask that the recuiting system be again placed under State control, as in 1862-the matter of substi- tutes and bounties was carefully examined and experiences in the several States, collated and compared. The various methods of performing the labor in the different offers were also consid- ered and many valuable ideas were mutually sug- gested and imparted. We must express onr be- lief that the completeness of system in the office at Hartford, was not excelled by that of any re- presented at Columbus.
A committee was appointed to examine the militia systems of the several States, and their workings, and to report at an adjourned meeting to be held at Boston, Jaly Juth, 1865.
We confidently hope that this mutual consulta- tion will result in mutual improvement aud uni- formity of practice in the several States.
A Convention of Selectmen.
Selectmen representing 28 towns, commeneed at the Trumbull House in Hartford, Feb. Sth. J. Olney, of Thompson, was elected President, and N. R. Hart of Goshen, Secretary.
The chief topie discussed was the past assign- quent of quotne by the War Department, under
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which the towns represented in the convention had failed to receive proper eredits for excess of inen furnished.
Adjt .. Gen. Morse addressed the convention, explaining the manner in which the quotas had been made up. A vote of thanks was passed.
After discussion, a committee was appointed to investigate further and take such measures as they shall deem necessary and proper to secure full justice to all towns which have furnished meu in excess of foriner quotas.
Soldier's Home.
There has been much informal discussion among benevolent and enterprising ladies and gentle. men of Hartford, as to the best means of raising money to establish a
HOME FOR DISCHARGED AND DISABLED SOLDIERS.
The Executive Committee, composed of Mrs. William R. Cone, Mrs. S. S. Cowen, Mrs. J. E. Particular attention paid to COPYING OLD DAGUERREOTYPES. Coleman, Mrs. Charles G. Day, Mrs. Dr. C. A. Taft, and Mrs. William II. Post, and Marshal Jewell, II. W. Goodwin, J. Watson Beach, W. II. ; N. B .- Our Rooms are up but one flight of Stairs.
D. Callender, A. G. Hammond, and F. Chamber- lin, decided upon a series of " Home Fund Enter- tainments," the first of which was a "Grand Pro- menade Concert and Donation Supper," given at Allyn Ilall and Allyn Ilouse, on Tuesday evening. Jan. 31st, 1855. Energy, skill, tact and generos- ity, all were essential to make the affair both splendid and profitable, and the brilliant success achieved refleets high eredit both upon the man- egers and the people of Hartford.
Tickets were placed at $5 for the concert. and $2 for the supper. A choice company assembled. Dodworth's Band discoursed exquisite music. Daneing followed the concert, and continued un- til a late hour.
Long tables were loaded with tempting viands, donated by citizens-130 young ladies volunteer- ed as waitresses, serving the table in reliefs of fifty, with charming gracefulness. These fascina- ting volunteers in black dresses, white aprons and tasteful head-dresses, honored "the Concert Hall as lady partners in the opening dance."
The decorations of the hall were unsurpassed in richness, variety and appropriateness.
The entertainment was in all respects one of the most brilliant and satifactory ever provided in Hartford.
A handsome case of pistols was donated, to be presented the Hartford General receiving the largest number of votes, at one dollar each. The name of General Tyler was withdrawn in favor of Gen. Terry. There was very little competition. People hesitated to vote for either General to the exclusion of the other. At present writing the vote stands, Hawley 76-Terry 52.
The amount raised thus far toward the fund is thus stated in the Ilartford Press:
Nett proceeds Promenade Concert and Supper. 82,536.29
Homer Blanchard, Esq .. 50.00
Theron Ives, Esq., 50.00
T. M. Allyu, E-q., 50.00
Chas. F. Pond, Esq., 200.00 Directors New England Ins. Co .. 100.00 Doet. Jewett, New Haven. 10.00 E. G. Holden, Esq. 5.00
Collected by Mr. Coleman, 75.00
Collected by Mrs. Henry Perkins. 10.00
Capt. F. W. Parker, 4th Reg. N. H. V., 5.00 Mrs. Charles Hosmer, 5.00 .
J. P. Fitts, 3.00
$3,099.29
This is a very handsome beginning. The Ex- centive Committer will increase it to the desired amount. They do not know how to fail. We are very happy to chronicle success in an underta- king so praiseworthy.
Hartford Soldier's Aid Society.
The Annual Report was received too Inte for proper notice in this number of the RecoaD.
J. D. SHELLY, Dealer in
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
295 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn.
BUNDY & WILLIAMS' PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS, 314 and 326 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. -0- OIL PAINTINGS, Cabinet and life size. IVORY TYPES and CARTES DE VISITES in every variety.
J. K. Bundy. S. Williams.
GROCERIES.
The readers of the WAR RECORD are invited to examine at
219 State Street, New Haven, An uncommonly well selected assortment of
GROCERIES, Wholesalo and Retail.
Our FLOUR and TEA, will certainly please. Onr OLD AFRICAN COFFEE is decidedly the best article for the price.
Every article warranted, and prices as low as pos- sible. People from the country can here find a ready sale for their produce at good prices. II. W. THOMSON.
ISAAC T. HOTCHKISS' SONS, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
217 Chapel St., (next to Railroad Bridge,) NEW HAVEN, CONN.
DAVID T. HOTCHKISS. EDWIN A. HOTCHKISS.
FAIRMAN & BRONSON, 333 and 335 CHAPEL STREET, NEW HAVEN, Wholesale and Retail dealers in
PAPER HANGINGS
Decorative Papers, Window Shades, Curtain Goods, Oil Cloths, Trimmings, Carpets,
Mats, Rugs, &e.
JAMES FAIRMAN. JONAS BRONSON.
CROFUT & THOMAS, 273 Chapel Street, (Bank Building,) New Haven, Ct., Dealers in Hats, Caps, Trunks, Bags, Umbrellas, and Gent's Furnishing Goods. Customers will find our stock of the above goods the largest in the State.
LADIES' FURS.
We pay particular attention to this branch of our trade. Our stock comprises the finest goods in the market. A large proportion is made from Skins of our own selection, enabling ns to afford fine goods at a less price than any other establishment in the city. Also, Buffalo and Fancy Robes, Buek Mittens, Gloves, dec., at prices less than will replace them. Successors to COLLINS & CO.
S. STERLING & CO., Dealers in
FLOUR, FEED, GRAIN, &c. 84 Water Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
N. B .- Persons would do well to stop in beforo purchasing in New York, and examine our stock.
J. M. GREENLEAF, Surgeon Dentist.
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Past experience guarantees us in saying that we ean give tho best satisfaction to all who may favor us with their patronage.
All branches of Dentistry executed in the most workman-like manner, and on reasonable terms. Office, 2 State Street, (up stairs,)
Hartford, Conn.
J. C. FOGG,
PRACTICAL Roofer,-only Agent in New Haven and Naugatnek Valley, for WARREN'S IMPROVED
FIRE AND WATER-PROOF ROOFING, Office 2d Floor,
No. 221 State Street, New Haven, Conn.
Materials manufactured by N. E. ROOFING AND MANUFACTURING CO., of Boston. Tin roofs re- paired and painted, and warranted to stand from 3 to 5 years.
[3]"All orders sent to J. C. FOGG, New Haven, or F. H. JOHNSON, Waterbury, will receive prompt attention.
S. S. CASE & CO.,
Dealers in Imported and Domestic
TOBACCO AND CIGARS, 98 Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn. (Under Allyn llall.) Connecticut SEED LEAF TOBACCO Received and sold on Commission.
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We have the finest store and best stock in the State. Call and see as.
FIRE BRICK
And Glazed Drain Pipe Manufactory. All kinds of
Fire Brick and Stove Linings MADE TO ORDER.
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SMITH BROTHERS, 132 Water St., New Haven.
NOTICE.
At No. 6 and 8 Temple Street, you can find LIGHT CARRIAGES
Of all the latest styles. TOPS AND NO TOPS made of the very best stock, and by the best work- men. All kinds of Carriages made to order, and warranted.
Repairing dono with disputeh.
H. STEVENS, Agent ..
N. T. SCOTT.
THE CONNECTICUT WAR RECORD.
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Office, 2 Glebe Building.
NEW HAVEN, MARCHI, 1865.
VOL. 11. NO. VIII. $1.50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Major Jas. Q. Rice,
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Capt. N. S. Manross
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Sylvester C. Platt, .. .
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Sergt. Junius E. Goodwin,.
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Corp. Lewis P. Osborn,.
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Capt. Win. If. Ilawley,.
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Charles G. Cleveland,
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The 2d Artillery,
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1st Light Battery,
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2d
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3d Heavy Battery,
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16th Infantry,.
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1]th
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12th
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21st
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Personal, (official and items,).
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Casualties, ..
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Regimental,
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Connecticut Ageney at Washington, ...
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Literary Notices,.
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Editorial Column,
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Business Column,
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Major James Q. Rice.
The summer of 1862 was a season of much anxiety among all classes of the Northern peo- ple, A great army under Mcclellan had failed to take Richmond, by way of the Peninsula ; another had suffered disastrous defeat in front of Washington. The Capitol was in visible danger ; it was apparent that thousands more must hasten to the place of duty and of peril, or the Union and Liberty would be over- thrown.
In July, a convention of leading men, of all parties, met at Litchfield to devise means for fur- nishing the quota of the Co. of the same name, with the best possible delay. In the course of their proceedings it became known that Mr. James Q. Rice, a prominent citizen of Goshen, having first volunteered himself, had already enlisted forty of his fellow citizens for the war. An example of patriotism so prompt and effective was inspiriting. Ilappy in his home, thrifty in business, respected as a man, and beloved as a christian, Mr. Rice left all with- out hesitation to give himself to what the brave and generous recognized as the duty of the hour. By more than two years of active and faithful service, he gave to his comrades ample evidence that he had been actuated in this step by fixed and manly principle. The ordeal of battle proved him brave as he had shown himself noble. And when, on the 19th of September, a rebel grape shot closed his career, nothing was lacking to him of an abun- dant entrance into the sacred brotherhood of patriot heroes.
Mr. Rice was a native of Sullivan Co., N. Y., where he was born in 1822. He was educated at Middletown College, and intended to devote
course, an accident destroyed the sight of one | defences of Washington, to join the Army of of his eyes, and the inflammation that super- the Potomac, and arrived at Cold Harbor, Va., [just as the attack on the enemy's lines at that place had been ordered by Gen. Grant. Of its officers and men, their drill and spirit, this is the record, that, in that bloody and unsuccess- ful assault, they bore down everything opposed to them, under a fire that quickly put hors du combat their Col. and nearly 400 officers and men, carried, the breast-works against which they were led, capturing 600 prisoners, [ and held their advantage, alone and unsupport- ed, during the subsequent night, repulsing the attempt of the enemy to flank and dislodge them. vened rendered the other so sensitive that, for two years, he was under the necessity of re- maining in a darkened room. Yet so great had been his proficiency as a scholar, that the faculty conferred on him his degree at the graduation of his class. Forced to abandon the law, on account of his impaired sight, he devoted himself to teaching, as he knew his text books so thoroughly that he could instruct his classes without using theru. In 1852 he became a resident of Goshen, where, with the assistance of his accomplished wife, the daugh- ter of Gen. Cook of that place, he was con- dueting a flourishing academieal school at the time he gave himself to the service of his coun- try. The company raised by Mr. Rice, com- posed of young men of remarkable intelligence and worth, elected him their captain, and were among the earliest to join the 19th, (Litchfield Co. ) regiment, in which they were numbered as Co. C.
In this, as in subsequent engagements, Maj. Rice justified the high confidence his friends reposed in him. Thoroughly competent, cool, his men say he issued orders in the midst of battle, in the same clear, unshaken voice they used to hear on their brilliant dress-parades at Fort Ellsworth ; brave and unswerving, he was where he ought to be, a leader among patriot soldiers.
The battle of Winchester was destined to be his last. Early in the engagement he was struck and instantly killed by a grape-shot. In the efficient discharge of the gravest duty that can devolve on man, he suddenly was consei- [ous of a change of scene, and heard, in place ly did he discharge its duties, during the long | of battle's thunder, a calm voice saying, "well lone good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
llis remains, first receiving a soldier's burial courtesies, to testify their high estimation of on the battle field, were afterwards brought to his character as a gentleman, and ability as an officer.
Goshen and interred with masonie honors. Many of his comrades in arms, among them
In the beginning of 1863, the 19th was as- the Lieutenant Colonel and two surviving Ma- signed to the forts south of Washington to befjors of his regiment, at home, recovering from instructed in heavy artillery. Capt. Rice wounds received in battle, were present to tes- sought and obtained an order releasing him | tify their respect for his memory. The grave from his position on Gen. Slough's staff, and in which he lies, is hereafter a sacred place to returning him to his Co. In the ensuing spring | all the true and brave. he was again called upon to act on the staff, as Acting Assistant Inspector General to Col. L. W. Wessels, commawuling the 2d Brigade de- TO EACH OF THOUSANDS, fences of Washington, south of the Potomac ; Who, in our land, mourn brave ones lost. and the succeeding fall was assigned to the " A hero-heart is still, command of Fort Ellsworth, an important and And eyes are sealed ; and loving lips are mute, Which love on earth the spirits golden fruit, But-peace! it was God's will. . : extensive post, covering with its guns, the city of Alexandria and its approaches. Shortly after the 19th was, by order of the War De- And for our precious land- partment, changed into a heavy artillery organ- The land he loved and died for in her need, The blood of heroes is the country's seed -- As he stood. let us stand." ization, and recruited to 1850 men. Capt. Rice then received the well merited appointment of Major, and was placed in command of the 3d battalion. Can a man that sells crockery be called a China- I man ?
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himself to the law. Ent during his collegiate
In May, 1864, the 2d Conn. H. A. left the
The 19th C. V. was in September 1862, sta- tioned at Alexandria, Va. Capt Rice was soon after attached to the staff of the Military Gov- ernor, Gen. Slough, as Captain of the picket and patrol of that city. This was an arduous position, demanding constant vigilance, prompt- ness, firmness and discretion. So satisfactori- time the. regiment subsequently remained in that neighborhood, the authorities of Alexan- dria never ceased, by repeated and marked
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Captain N. S. Manross,
Newton Spaulding Manross, son of the late Elisha Maaross, Esq., of Bristol, Conn., was born in that town, July 9th, 1823. His father was en- gaged in the clock making business in what is now the village of Forestville, and Newton's carlier days were spent in attendance on the District School, alternating with "odd jobs" in the clock shop. From the former institution he gra Inated with a reputation for quickness in scholarship and for genius in roguery, and from the latter with that skill in the use of mechanical tools for which he was afterwards so justly admired. Ile was in fact a finished mechanic, equal to the task
tramp. This course of life tended to make him what he really was, a perfect maa physically. HIis amu had an Ilereulean strength, and his hand the gripe of a blacksmith's vice. And then his of constructing anything from a pen knife up to ! unvarying good temper, his free and easy man- ners, his quickness at repartee-many of his bon mots are classical at Old Vale-made him a uni- versal favorite. Beloved by his class, respected by his teachers, he left the College with a fair standing on the rolls off scholarship, and with the heartiest good will of all who knew him.
a steam engine. In 1844, he entered Williston Seminary, at East Hampton, Mass., with the in- tention of fitting himself for college. His contre here foreshadowed the characteristics of his after life. His tastes all turned in the direction of scientific pursuits. He was an enthu iast in Chemistry, Mineralegy, and Geology. On holi-
The day after Commencement, July 21, 1850, days he tramped the hills and plains of the sur- ; he sailed from New York for Enrope, in conmpany rounding region, bringing in at nightfall, pockets | with his friend Clark. After a few days in Lon-
full of stones, and bngs, and flowers. He here
don, they proceeded to Gottingen and entered formed his acquaintance and friendship with Prof. | upon a course of Chemistry in the Laboratory of W. S. Clark, now of Amherst College, and late Prof. Wohler. At the end of eighteen months they each received the degree of Doctor of Phi- losophy. Manross' printed dissertation on this occasion was an elaborate memoir " on the artifi- cial formation of minerals," which was afterwards Colonel of the 21st Mass. Vols. They were kin- dred spirits, and, the Damon-and-Pythias-like connection there established between them was ever after unbroken. With his fellow students, Manross was a great favorite. His inexhimstille |published in Vol. XVI, of "Sillimaa's Journal."
stores of information, his muiform cheerfulness, his imperturable good nature, and his ready wit. made his companionship a rich prize. The stu- dents at the Seminary, during his attendance there, will all remember his peculiar appearance, his slonched hat and careless dress, the large side- pockets of his dingy sack always erammed with [ speet mines and mining processes in Saxony and some curious bits of rock or wood, or insect, his | Austria, giving especial attention to the modes pertinacious practice with the javelin, or with both of mining and retining in use at the quick- briek-bats, tossing one into the air and bitting it | silver mines in Idrin, in Carniola, From Trieste, with another before it struck the ground. i they proceeded to Venice, and thence crossed the
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