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1st Sorgt. David .A. Baldwin to be Ist Lient., vice officer. He served nearly his first three years in Rathbun, discharged.
1st Sergt. Albert T. Booth to be 1st Lient., vice! Lane, commission revoked.
All with rank from the 1st of April, 1865. 9TII BATTALION.
1st Lieut. David C. Warner to be Captain, with rank from the 5th of April, 1865, vice Healy, pro- moted.
FITH REGIMENT.
1st Lient. Henry A. Eastman to be Captain, vice Dickenson, discharged. 2d Lieut. Royal V. Paine to be 1st Lieut., vice Metzger, resigned. Corp. Chas. E. Dibble, 8th C. V., to be 2d Lient., 11th C. V., vice Paine, promoted.
All with rank from the 6th of April, 1865. 12TH BATTALION.
Samuel H. Granniss of New Ilaven, to be 1st Lient .. 1865, vice Peck, declined commission,
13TH BATTALION.
1st Lieut. Abner N. Sperry to be Captain, to fill' an original vacancy in the Battalion.
2d Lient. John W. Maddux to be Ist Lient. to: Privates. Thomas Woods, right arm ; Teriace Camil,? ? fill an original vacancy in the Battalion.
1st Sergt. Everett E. Dunbar to be 2d Lient. vice-] Maddux, promoted.
All with rank from the 1st of April, 1805. 14 rn BATTALION.
1st Lieut. and Adjutant William B. Hlincks to be Dow, right arm; Francis iloffman, abdomen, mor- Major, with rank from the 1st of April, 1863, vice; ftally; Privates. Adam Wolf, not known ; Peter. Broatch, discharged.
I6THI REGIMENT.
Gordon Robbins, Jr. of Essex, is hereby re-ap- pointed Ist Lieut. and Quartermaster, with rank from the loth of April, 1565.
ALFRED B. BEERS, son of Alfred Beers of this city, a member of the 6th C. V., has just beenfil Lieut. Andrew F. Jones, right thigh ; Corpora: promoted from an Orderly Sergeant to the rank of Captain. Mr. Beers is a young man, not yet Adolphe Lefebre, not known; Joseph Lee, the twenty years old ; has already served one term.i and re-enlisted. He was at the taking of Fortri-ing .- Private James Patterson.
Fisher, and has been in a number of other battles. Ilis promotion came to him unsolicited and unes- pected, and it is all the more merited.
COMPANY E.
COMPANY F.
Sorgt. Daniel Sullivan, right arm ; Corp. Hagh Doyle, sealp ; Privates Samuel Bartlett, right hand ; William Gough, left thigh ; John Higer, right ley ; John Murphy, thigh ; Jolm Smith, chest ; William Wilson, neck : Edward McCormick, chest, mortal- fly ; Manuel Silver, arm, mortally.
COMPANY G.
Captain Brainerd Snuth, abdomen, mortally ; 21 Lient. Frank G. Otis, right arm ; Sergeant Owen II. Stevens, right arm and leg ; Corporals, John Haglie, 'left arm ; "Charles E. Northrop, right shoulder; Privates, William E. Brown, left arm; Thomas Flannagan, right leg; Edmund Hlouford, uot LIEUT. JAMES WYLLIS DIXON, of Hartford, is; honorably mentioned by Gen. Wright for gallan "known ; Barney Jennings, loft foot ; Edward Me Cabe, right shoulder ; Patrick ; Morran, right leg ; John McKeesns, right ley ; Henry Pendou, thigh, try, at the battle of Petersburg, on Saturday and; gesh : John C. Palmer, right thigh ; Georze Potter, Sunday, March 25th and 26th.
right thigh ; Thomas Scofield, chest. Killed : Corp. Ctias. S. Beers; l'rivate, James Kneley.
COMPANY II.
1st. Seret. David F. Chadayne, head ; Corporals, Edward Welsh, chest; Samuel Bennett, hip; Pri- Ivates, James Smith, right knee; John Shay, chest ; John Foley, right arm ; David Conklin, hip; Isaac Walling, head. Missing, Win. Jackson.
COMPANY I.
Sergeant John Brennan, left leg ; Corporals, Ter- renee O'Brien, right leg ; Francis Consiean, neck ; William Manier, right leg ; Privates, William II. Ferris, abdomen : Adolph Mellsing, arm. Killed : Private Charles Myer.
COMPANY K.
Ist Lient. Walter P. Hovey, leg contused ; Sergts. [I. Ratzung, chest ; George Thompson, leg; Jolin HHenruberg, right leg ; Corporal J. H. Palmer, head ;
Wounded-Officers, Enlisted Men, 89 0
Missing-Officers, Enlisted Men, E. S. GREELEY,
Colonel Commanding Regiment.
LIST OF CASUALTIES IN 20TR C. V. I., FROM JANUARY 16TH, 1865, TO MARCH 24Th, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Private Anthony Burk, March 13th, missing, sup- Private Jolm Purcell, March 16th, wounded badly Private John MeLaughlin, March 16th, wounded badly left leg.
Sergt. Jolin II. Platt, March 19th, wounded right Killed : Captain George II. Brown. 'porm. Corp'is. John L. Dutton, right shoulder; Urial'] Private Jehial Benham, March 19th, wounded DjA. Hanover, left hand; Heury B. Hailing, neck :fright leg.
l'rivate Frederick Hoadley, March 19th, wounded Fin neck.
1 Corp. Harry Brooks, March 19th, wounded slight- Private Jesse Rice, March 19th, wounded badly
COMPANY B.
Private Enoch P. Studley, March 16th, missing, opposed captured while foraging.
2d Lieut. William HI. H. Johnson, March 16th, wounded in arm badly. Private Frederick Hubbell, March 16th, missing, Serat. Seymour M. Smith, March 16, killed in action, shot in the head.
Private Chas, E. Byington, March 16, killed in Private Frederick II. Smith, March 16, wounded severely in the thee.
Private Jesse Moore, March 16th, wounded slight- fly in the breast. Corp. Hilund M. Rogers, March 19, wounded in the thigh.
Private James E. Buckley, March 19, wounded Slightly in foot.
Privato Selden Johnson, March 16, wounded mor-
COMPANY C.
Private John Burns, March 16, wounded severely
Privates, John Klein, not known ; Jas, Keeney. Sally in the side. fright leg; Angus MeLawren, not known : Willian. Capt. Beers has sent to his brother a piece of:d: 'o' Neil, mouth ; Frank Gibbons, right arm ; Wil-) giam Noonan, not known ; John Martin, not known. d. the mahogany carriage of the Armstrong gun. Killed: Sergeants, James I. Oswald, John A. Buell. fin right shoulder, (since dead.)
presented to the rebels by the citizens of Liver .. pool, and taken by our forces of Fort Caswell .-- Bridgeport Standard.
FIRST LIEUT. GURDON ROBBINS, JR., Quartermas -! ter of the 16tb Regiment, has been honorabl; discharged and re-commissioned.
MAJOR EDWARD B. WEEKS, of the 1st Florida
MAJOR-GEN. MOWER, of New London, caused a national salute to be fired in the streets of Che- raw, S. C., on the 4th of March, nsing for that purpose two Blakeley guns which had been given to the enemy .- Norwich Couricr.
GEO. N. MALLORY, formerly a Lieut. in tho 10th.
C. V., and on coming into the Conscript Camp was detailed for duty as a clerk at Captain Mer. rill's headquarters. Ile has received a commis. sion as a Captain in the 5th C. V.
CAPT. WM. G. DICKINSON, of the 1Ith C. V., has been honorably discharged from the service. Capt. D. has been a prompt, faithful and efficient (Privates, F. M. Smith, mortally ; Peter Riley, left shand ; Thomas Kerrigan, right leg ; John Plunkett, 'right shoulder ; P. Kennedy, right leg.
sthe ranks, rising steadily by decided merit to hi -! «position as Captain.
CASUALTIES.
CASUALTIES IN THE 10TH REGT. CONN. VOLS., FROM; THE 30TH OF MARCH, 1965, TO THE 10TH OF APRIL. 1965, DURING ENGAGEMENTS AT HATCHER'S RUN. FORT GREGG AND APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, VA. Lieut. Col. E. D. S. Goodyear, right shoulder. COMPANY A.
Sergt. Charles W. Granniss, right hand ; Corps. llenry C. Smith, left knee ; Virgil E. Ilitebeock. Elposed captured while foraging.
chest, badly ; Privates, Charles A. Jones, right leg :i} John Wilson, right hand ; . Jas. Rafferty, chest. ffleft leg, Minie ball.
and Adjutant, with rank from the 1st day of April.i 'mortally ; Matthew MeCone, back, mortally.
fright hand; Carrier Robbins, right thigh .. COMPANY C.
Captain James II. Linsley, right thigh : 2d Lients Ay in thumb. Edward L. Smith, face and right arm : Ist Sergeants Charles L. Taylor, scrotmin : Corporals, John Lig'in the arm.
Sandalias chest; James Williams, not known ; Thomas O'Conor, head; Thomas MeCaw, foot." farm and back ; Jacob Manders, face ; Geo. Brown.t Ist. contu-ion : Geo. Brown, Ed, right shoulder : As James Gilmore. mouth; Fred. Bahm. right thigh : PLapposed captured while foraging.
Thomas Flynn, right knee ; Alphons Schaffer, chest.
COMPANY D.
Ist Lient. Julius Neidhart, left thigh amputated ilaction, shot in the head.
John Flion, right hand : Privates, George W. Now .11. brenst contused ; Jules Lasalles, right shoulder ;! known ; Fred. Dandt. abdomen and left leg. Kill- od: Privates James Scheen. H. L. V. Marrel. Mis -;.
COMPANY B.
RECAPITULATION.
Killed-Officers, 1
Eulisted Men, 7
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THE CONNECTICUT WAR RECORD.
Private Levi Purple, March 16, wounded slightly in leg below the knee.
Corp. Abuer C. Smith, March 19, wounded se -: | verely in leg, (since dend. )
Corp. Myron Purdy, March 19, wounded severely, in leg.
Private Edward F. Fox, March 19, wounded severely in left shoulder. Private Stephen A. Goodrich, March 19, wounded slightly in right arm. Private Win. W. Stebbins, March 19, wounded in chin.
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Private Nicholas Ryan, March 19, missing, sup- posed captured in action.
Privato Wm. E. Latham, March 24, missing, eap- tured while foraging.
COMPANY D.
Private Patrick Scanlan, March 3, disease, died at Div. Hospital.
Private Morris Bailey, March 14, wounded slight- ly in leg.
Private Jolin Gosman, March 16, killed, shot in; tho leg, died soon after. Sergt. I'. llenry Goodrich, March 19, wounded in; the foot severely.
Corp. Richard E. May, March 19, wounded in; head slightly.
Private John M. Ellsworth, March 19, wounded' in leg, flesh wound. Died, at Jefferson Barracks Hospital, Mo., Jan.' Private George Fletcher, March 19, wounded in' :24th, 1865, Gilbert Miles Stocking, Private in Co. finger and shoulder, slight.
B, 20th Regiment Conn. Vols., aged 26 years, one;
Private Patrick Calton, March 24, missing, cap- month, and two days.
tured while foraging.
COMPANY E.
1st Sergt. Edwin N. Stannard, March 19, wound- ed mortally in right breast.
Corp. Elliott W. Nettleton, March 19, killed, shot in the head, in action.
Corp. Elnathan Atwood, March 19th, wounded through lower jaw, severely.
Corp. Merwin II. Perkins, March 19, wounded in right hand, severely.
Private James E. Alling, March 19, wounded in' foot, slightly.
Private Samuel MI. Bailey, March 19, wounded in both knees, slightly.
Private Eli Thorp, March 19, wounded mortally, frank in a class numbering ninety-seven. As a' in the back.
COMPANY F.
1st Lient. Wellington Barry, March 16, mortally wounded in the breast.
Private John Braman, March 16, wounded in thigh and Inngs, severely. Sergt. Charles Shepherd, March 19, wounded in right hip and back. Private John Corcoran, March 19, missing, sup- ted with general literature. After graduation he posed captured in action.
COMPANY G. .
Privato Patrick Dillon, March 16, wounded in leg, slightly.
Private Win. McMahon, March 16, wounded, in- this duties terminated in Dec. 1863, and at this breast, severely. Private Chas. O'Connell, March 16, wounded in leg, slightly.
Private George Sheldon, March 19, wounded in' breast, severely.
Private Charles Lamne, March 14, missing, sup- posed captured while foraging.
COMPANY H.
Private Josiah Brandeby, Feb. 14, missing while [this inclination by the fear that his constitution .! on the march, smy posed captured.
Private David Jones, March 14, missing, suppo- sed captured foraging. Musician Win. 8. Ward, March 14, missing. sup- proved too well founded. Naturally of a very; posed captured foraging. Private Edwin L. Downs, March 16, wounded, bruised in the leg, slightly.
Private Henry Rose, March 19, wounded in arm. severely.
COMPANY I.
Private Howard B. Dorman, March 16, wounded .. in the toe, severely.
Private Peter MeCannangh, March 16, wounded .: shot in toe, severely.
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of the Cumberland, engaged in guarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. During the winter he acted as clerk in the Quartermas-
when Sherman's legions entered upon that unsur- passed march from Chattanooga to Atlanta and through Georgia and the Carolinas, he took the - field with his regiment and participated in the brilliant operations of Gen. Hooker's command, 20th Army Corps into Atlanta, on the 2d of Sept. last. In all the hardships of this campaign, he bore a faithful, uncomplaining part, notwith- standing his health was gradually failing, before the exhausting effect of severe and continuous service. For a time he was detailed as elerk at Brigade Headquarters, and on this account might rightfully have claimed exemption from the ordi- nary work of the private soldier ; bnt no, strong in spirit and conscientiously zealous to do even 'more than what mere rontine required of him, he also voluntarily took his turn at duty in the trenches and on the picket line. Sustained by an "unflagging purpose not to go to the rear so long as he could possibly remain at his post in the front, he at lengthi passed the limit of physical endurance and was obliged to go into hospital. When Gen. Sherman evacuated Atlanta, to enter upon his march through Georgia, Stocking was sent Northward with the rest of the siek, and for want of accommodations at Chattanooga, remain- ed for two stormy days with little or no shelter from the inclemency of the weather. As soon as possilde he was removed, by way of Nashville and Louisville, to Jefferson Barracks Hospital, a few miles below St. Louis. Ilere under the influ- rence of quiet and eare, he seemed to be slowly recovering in strength, and yet it was evident that many months would elapse before he could return to active duty. Accordingly his discharge papers were made out, and in a day or two he was expecting to return to home and friends, but alone, in the still hour of the night, on the 24th of January, 1865, calmly and quietly as in every act of life, he passed away in death. His remains ¡were brought to his home in Waterbury, and now repose in the beautiful Riverside Cemetery.
Such is an imperfect sketch of this short life, a life brief in years, unpretending in experience, and with no brilliancy of rank to shed upon it a transient lustre, or write its name in the public gaze. A long and useful career could not add to the completeness and symmetry of this simple record; the modest, unselfish scholar and Chris- tian patriot, ambitious of no distinction but that which rectitude and unfaltering faithfulness eould 'give in the humblest sphere; laying aside the congenial pursuits of a well cultivated mind to enter the ranks of his country's defenders in the theroic position of a private soldier, and at last, after a year of faithful service in the stirring scenes of an ardnons campaign, yielding up life itself as the price of his devotion.
We cannot close this sketch without alluding to the true Christian character which he ever maintained. He was always a consistent and un- obtrusive example of Christian principles, but
Private Edward Young, March 19, killed in action." 1st Sergt. A. C. Austin, March 19, wounded in nose and eye, severely. Corp. Heman A. Weeks, March 19, wounded in and he immediately offered himself as a volnn- when he entered the army, his character as a Heer, was accepted, and in Jan. 1864 joined Co. B, , Christian man assumed a more positive and ag. .
hand, severely.
tured while foraging.
COMPANY K.
Ist Lieut. Edward J. Murray, March 14, wounded'? in left thigh, severely.
in head.
Private John Seott, March 11, wounded, sabre eut, ter's Department, but in the following Spring,
Private James Downing, March 14, missing, snp- posed captured while foraging.
Private Lewis Curtiss, March 14, missing, sup -; posed captured while foraring.
Private James Hughes, March 19, killed in action. Private James Kelly, March 19, wounded, flesh ¡wound in the leg.
Private Henry Young, March 19, wounded, arm jwhich resulted in the triumphant entry of the shattered by musket ball.
Private l'eter Duffy, March 21, missing, captured" while foraging.
STAFF-Adjt. C. Myron Talcott, March 16, wound-" ed in the arm.
RECAPITULATION.
Com. Officers wonnded,
4
Enlisted men killed, 6
Wounded, 45
Missing, 15
Died of disease,
1
Total, 71
Gilbert Miles Stocking.
Such is the brief announcement, which adds ;another worthy name to the long catalogue of our country's honored dead. Let us look, for a mo- fmnent, at the record of his faithful and honorable, career.
The subject of our sketehi was a native of Wa -: terbury in this State, where he was born Dec .: 22d, 1838. In 1857, he entered Yale College as 'a member of the class of ISGI, and graduated at' the expiration of the course, standing sixth in.
scholar he was distinguished for great accuracy "and thoroughness, with a mind admirably fitted for investigation in any department of knowledge ¿to which he directed his attention. He possessed' excellent abilities as a writer, receiving the second "prize in his division, and was very well acquaint- engaged in teaching during little more than two years at Lyme and Greenwich, Conn., and at the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven. Here point begins that part of his history, which more immediately concerns our present purpose.
As we have already stated, he immediately commenced teaching on leaving College, but he' felt a constantly growing desire to enter the? farmy, and was only discouraged from following never the strongest, could not endure the hard- hips incident to army life. Alas! that fear jretiring disposition, he seblom expressed his feel -! , fings fully even to his most intimate friends, and yet as we look back to onr intercourse with hin' during the last few months of 1863, and at what. (has since transpired, it is easy to see that he was earnestly debating in his mind the question of his individual duty in relation to the present strug. frle. With the end of December of that year. this duties at the Hopkins Grammar School closed."
Private Win. E. Bailey, March 26, missing, cap -; both Conn. Vols., at that time in the Department': 'gressive form, finding expression in active efforts
for the moral and religious improvement of his fellow soldiers in camp and hospital.
This death adds another voice to the multitude
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THE CONNECTOUT WAR RECORD.
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of those who, in the silent eloquence of death for country appeal from a thousand battlefields and. hospitals, solemnly demanding of our rulers and. of every citizen the utmost vigilance and effort that this expense of life and blood be not neutral .?? ized by a false and compromising settlement of- the present struggle. W. D. S.
Private James Dennis.
CAMP OF DETACHMENT, 17111 REG. C. V., 2 Picolata, Fla., March 16th, 1565. 5
. At a meeting held by the members of Co. Ki 17th Regt. Conn. Vols., the following Resolutions, on the death of Private James Dennis, of Co. K. was submitted and nunnimously adopord:
WHEREAS, In the dispensation of an overruling gcalled to mourn-
Providence, we are called upon to mourn the loss of a inost cherished member, a sincere frieud, and a faithful companion, Private James; Dennis.
WHEREAS, We feel ealled upon to give an expres -! sion of our deep sorrow at this amiction, and of our sympathy for his widowed mother, and his loving brothers and sisters, upon whom this sad blow must fall.
Resolved, That while we bow in humble enbmis siou to this painful visitation, recognizing therein the eliastening hand of the All-wise. we are yet. all him to the mansions of his Father. forced to realize amid the gloom that has fallen alike upon all, that not only has the service lost To give faint expression to the loss which well soon for a similar record from the 5th. in the death of Private James Dennis, a true and the Officers of the 17th Regiment Conn. Infantry THE 6TH AND 7TH INFANTRY are with our gallant faithful soldier, but socially his Company and the feel that our Regiment has sustained, and to give: Gen. Terry, rejoicing and resting, not far from
o her whose heart-broken grief no human aid Raleigh.
wide circle of his friends in the Regiment that's have known his genial presence, have suffered a: loss which words eaunot express or time replacesjean seive to assuage, such assurance as words Resolved, That in his uniform cheerfulness of 'may convey of the sorrow which fills our hearts.F disposition, in prompt and uncomplaining perform -- Iwe would adopt the following resolutions: anee of every duty, his sympathy for the atfiction, ?. Resolved, That in the death of our late Com and sufferings of others, ever ready to assist them. hander, Lieut. Col. Albert II. Wilcoxson, we re." in time of need, he has shown us an example worthy of emulation and which will always lend: a bright charm to his memory.
Resolved, In this deep affliction, we extend our: most heartfelt sympathies to his widowed mother, his sorrowing brothers and sisters, and the rela- tives of deceased, with the hope that they may,and warmest sympathies, commending her to the! find a consolation that he died in the service of; fare of Ilim who alone can comfort in the lonely his adopted country, in trying once more to re -! hour of sorrow and distress, and give strength to store the Flag under whose protecting folds, sofsupport the fainting heart.
many of his countrymen have found a welcome. "R-solred, That the colors of the Regiment be! "raped in mourning, and that the officers wear' the usual balge for thirty days : also, that a copy: of these Resolutions be forwarded to the widow; of the deceased, and to the Norwalk, Conn, Gas He who had suffered here, has entered into hi -. rest where sickness and death are felt and known no more. We would also add - far away :Chaplain Trumbull writes to the New Haven Courier thus : from his home, laid upon his bed of sick-i. ness with no dear mother's hand to press his fever : fette, and the Coxs. WAR RECORD, for publicas the parapet of the fort. Nothing very strange Sion.
ed brow, or tender sisters or loving brothers to. ; , wateh at his bedside when his spirit took its flight to the God that gave it-still his compact nions feel a consolation in knowing he was ten- derly eared for in his last moments upon earth. hoping against hope, that he might still be; spared and restored to health, and at the expira- tion of the few more months of our term of ser-' viee be able to return home to his family and ;. friends, but God's ways are not our ways, and we bow in humble submission to Him who doeth all things for the best.
Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be! sent to the mother of deceased ; also the Bridge .! port Farmer, Bridgeport Standard, and CONNEC- TICUT WAR RECORU.
Sergt. JOHN II. PORTER.
.4 CORNELIE'S C. WILSON.
PATRICK WADE. Corp. TIMOTHY C. SPENCER. WILLIAM MORRIS. Private RienAnn McGEE. DANIEL IlUST.
1st Sergt. Mounts JONES, Chairman. Sergt. THEODORE NEILSON, S.c'y.
Lieut. Col. Albert H. Wilcoxson.
St. AUGUSTINE, FLA , March 19th, 1865. While we bow in humble submission to the blow which our Heavenly Father, in his all-wise
Providence, has seen fit to inflict, and acknowl- 4-ault and terrible pursuit which culunnated in Adge the wisdom of Him who chastens llis peo- ple in mercy, not in anger, we cannot but express fin the world's history.
Full details have nowhere yet appeared. Many will be astonished when the complete history of thave learned to love and revere, to whom we those grand and awful days is known.
THE 1st LIGHT BATTERY sends us yet no eom- tuunication.
THE 24 LIGHT BATTERY was actively and honor- ably engaged in the successful attack on Fort Blakely. Fortunately but one man, John S. Mills, of East Bridgeport, was killed. A very nteresting letter reached us just as we go to press, too late, we sincerely regret, for insertion u the present number.
THE 3D HEAVY BATTERY remains in quiet and good discipline.
THE 5TH AND 20TH INFANTRY are rejoicing in the (band of heroes who have sealed their devotiong surrender of Johnston and the probable end of to the enuse of civil liberty iu their blood, hef their long and toilsome but magnificent cam- has sunk to rest, to sleep till the last trump shalle paigns. We print an execllent communication, with list of casualties, from the 20th, and hope
THE STIY, 11TH AND 21ST INFANTRY are at Rich- nond.
THE 10TH INFANTRY participated in the fiercce jissault of April 2d, on Fort Gregg-one of the founize the loss of one who had endeared himseligstrongest forts along that frowning line. The fro us by his many virtues, his correct discipline .: this bravery as a soldier, and his fidelity to the; cause of his country and his God.
charge was gallant aud most persistent. Final victory was won by hand to hand fight with bay- Resolved, That we tender to the afflicted part. jouet and elubbed muskets. Col. Greeley writes ner of the deceased. our heartfelt condolences that the men fought twenty-three minutes on the parapet, an almost unparalleled stubbornness both of assault and resistance.
The casualties were upwards of one hundred, and will be found under that head.
"The blue flag of Conneetient was the first on Jin that ! The Tenth Conn, maintained its former igood naine, in the assault. and hand to hand 1-truggle, losing well uigh one-half of all it sent in, but never lowering its flag for an instant, or giving back an inch onee gained. Col. Greeley beingat the North, Lieut, Col. E. D. S. Goodyear --- well known as from North Haven-was in com- anand. Cheering the men by encouraging words Land courageous bearing. he bravely led them heross the piuin in the face of the deadly fire of grape, cannister and musketry, until he was struck in the face and knocked down by a glane- ing bullet. Rallying again, he once more pressed Forward, but the second tane he fell, wounded overely by a shot through the shoulder, and du- ving the remainder of the engagement he lay Rthear the ditch watching with closest interest the progress of the fight, and feeling just pride in this have boys who were doing their work so pobly. Capt. J. H. Linsley, of Northford, was wounded as twice before, having a ball in his hip, and narrow escapes from three bullets which Spassed through his clothing. Capt. Brainard Smith, of Milford, was shot through the body, find died on his way to hospital. Coming out as i private, Cajet. S. had worked his way up to the command of a company, and was a gallant officer
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