The Connecticut war record, 1863-1865, Part 28

Author: Morris, John M., ed
Publication date: 1863
Publisher: New Haven : Peck, White & Peck
Number of Pages: 886

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Ninth Regimeut, Lient. Col. Richard Fitz Gib-

1865. Tenth Regiment, Maj. E. S. Greeley command- ing, Morris Island, S. C., Oct. 7th, 1863.

Eleventh Regiment, Lieut. Col. W. C. Moegling commintiding, near Portsmonth, Va., Oct. 8d. 1863. Twelfth Regiment, Lieut. Col. F. H. Beck com- manding, near Pattersonville, La., Sept. 22d, 1863. Thirteenth PUgiment, Lieut. Col. C. D. Blinn, Thibodeaux, La., Oet. 5th, 1863.

Fourteenth Regiment, Col. Theodore G. Ellis, near Warrenton, Va., Oet. 31st, 1863.

Fifteenth Regiment, Col. Charles L. Upham, Portsmouth, Va., Oct. 31st, 1863.

Sixteenth Regiment, Lieut. Col. John II. Burn- ham commanding, near Portsmouth, Va., Nov. Ist, 1$63.

Serenteenth Regiment, Col. William HI. Noble, Folly Island, S. C., Oct. 6th, 1863.

Eighteenth Regiment, Maj. Henry Peale com- manding. Martinsburg, Va., Oct. 30th, 1863. .

Nineteenth Regiment, Col. E. S. Kellogg, near Fort Lyon, Va., Aug. 31st, 1863.

. . Twentieth Regiment, Col. Samuel Ross, 12th A. C., Stevenson, Ala., via Nashville.

Twenty-first Regiment, Col. A. II. Dutton, Nor-

First Caralry, Col. William S. Fish, Baltimore, Md., Aug. 31st, 1863.

First Light Battery, Capt. Alfred P. Rockwell, Folly Island, S. C., Oct. 12th, 1863.

Sreoud Light Battery, Capt. Jolin W. Sterling, Camp Barry, Washington, D. C., Oet. 31st, 1863.] First Squadron Cavalry, Harris Light Cavalry.

The Fifth Regiment was, Oct. 4th, at Stevenson, Ala, and were expecting to gnard the railroad there for some time. Ou the 24th of September they were marched from Brandy Station, Va., and arrived at Stevenson at the time above stated, having traveled a distance of 1,052 miles.

The Seventh Regiment have been stationed for some time at St. Helena, drilling in small boats. They have now, it is reported, returned to Morris Island, taking their boats with them. All letters before, to Port Royal, South Carolina.

The Eleventh Regiment is still at Gloucester Point. Letters should be directed " via Fortress Mouroc."

The Seventeenth Regiment is still on Folly 1-1.ind.

Col. J. R. Hawley of the Seventh Connecticut Volunteers, has obtained an order from the War Department for 1,500 of the Spencer breech-load- ing ritle, for his command in South Carolina. It is manufactured in Boston, and is said to be the best breech-loading gun in the world.

The Ninth Conncetient Volunteers, -- The Tri- bune's New Orleans correspondent pays the follow- ! ing compliment to the Ninth Connecticut Volun- ; Weers and Col. Cahill, its commander. Both Col. Cahill and Col. Birge are acting Brigadiers nuder Maj. Gen. Beckwith-all three Couneetient men ; " I may be allowed to acknowledge the services of one of our oldest and best disciplined regiments, the Ninth Connecticut, which was the second regi- ment debarhed at Ship Island. Col. T. W. Cahill has been for the past year an acting Brigadier Generad, and is still serving in that eapncity. The regituent was min-tered into service in September, Isol, and yet retains its original ficht officers. it has jeirtieipated in six engagements of more or dred men. Some months since, recruiting offices were opened here, when the fall number required

suitable provisions in time.

We are again drilling. Good bye shovel, good bye spade, good bye rolling of logs, commanding, Hilton Head, S. C., Oct. 1st, 1863. good bye mud, swamp, and all ye sweet things that have charmed us for so long a time; the fortifications are done, and by the . Va., Nov. 20, 1:63. grace of Heaven and Gen. Getty (the two

diers once more. The distance of our camp from brigade headquarters occasions it that we drill at present with Steers' brigade.

bly evident, that the Colonel could not but

regiments were New Hampshire and Rhode Island troops, and our men, their hearts full of the State pride so inlierent in the sons of Connecticut and Massachusetts, took an im- mense delight in showing off their superiori- ty on this occasion.

Our Quartermaster is providing bravely for the regiment at present, and very accommo- dating in furnishing teams, &e., for the eon- veyance of building materials. I keep a pretty good lookout around the kitchens, and I cannot but testify to the good and |folk, Va., Oct. 3d, 1863.

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-- 230 men-were obtained in two weeks from the loyal clement of our population. On Thursday morning I witnessed its inspection by Lieut. II. Kemble Oliver, Col. Cahill's efficient Inspector General, and was delighted with its appearance."

On Sunday, Sept. 27th, the Connecticut Eigh- teenth Regiment marched from Hagerstown to 1st Sergeant Horace E. Phelps, of Co. C. to Le Martinsburg. Va., twenty two miles, in cleven 2d Lieut. of Co. C, with rauk from October 1st, hours, fording the Potomac on the way.

First Connecticut Artillery .- A letter from an officer in this regiment states that the movement for re enlisting as Veterau Volunteers is meeting with good snecess. In the first three days of re- cruiting upwards of fifty had enrolled their names for another three years' service, and the prospects were favorable that quite a large portion of the regiment would re-enlist. Many of the boys ex- press a desire to see this thing through. There is no better regiment in the service than the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery.

The First Connecticut Cavalryis now in barracks at Baltimore. Persons wishing to recruit men with a view to obtaining appointments, a number of which are to be made, can obtain all the infor- mation required by addressing Maj. E. Blakeslee, Conseript Camp, New Haven.

This regiment is now being furnished with fresh horses-the Quartermaster being in Washington for that purpose.

PERSONAL.

List of Promotions and Appointments in

the Connecticut Volunteer force, from October 5th, 1863, to November 5th, 1863, inclusive.

FROM THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

GIN REGIMENT .- Ist Lieut. Samuel C. Peck, of Co. F, to be Captain of Co. A, with rank from August 26th, 1863, vice Leach, resigned.

2d Lieut. Walter Fitch, of Co. G, to be Regi- mental Adjutant, with rank of Ist Lieut., from August 28th, 1863, vice Duryee, promoted.

Ist Sergeant Bennett S. Lewis, of Co. I, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. I, with rank from July 18th, 1863, vice Sterens, killed in battle.

STH REGIMENT .- 20 Lient. William M. Pratt, of Co. G, to be Adjutant, with the rank of 1st Lieut., from May 29th, 1863, vice Gates, pro- moted.

2d Lieut, John A. Rathbun, of Co. C, to be Ist Lieut. of Co. E, with rank from October 1st, 1863, vice Bronson, honorably discharged.

2d Lieut. Levi C. Dingham, of Co. HI, to be 1st Lieut. of Co. G, with rank from October 1st, 1863, vice Morgan, honorably discharged.

Ist Sergeant George M. Stevens, of Co. K, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. C, with rank from October 1st, 1863, vice Rathbun, promoted.

Commissary Sergeant John L. Merriam, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. II, with rank from October 1st, 1863, vice Bingham, promoted.

Ist Sergeant John S. Inne, of Co. G, to be 2d, Lieut. of Co. G, with rank from September 20th. 1863, vice Pratt, promoted.

Ervin D. Hall of New Britain, to be 2d Lient of Co. I, with rank from October 6th, 1863, vice Me Kinnon, resigned.

Sergeant Charles N. Irwin, of Co. I, to be 211 Lieut. of Co. E, with . rank from October 20th, 1863, vice Spalding, resigned.

11TH REGIMENT .- Henry S. Carpenter of Tol- land, to be 2d Assistant Surgeon, with rank from October 7th, 1863, viee Satterlee, promoted.

12TH REGIMENT .- 1st Lieut. Albert C. Hend- ricks, of Co. C, to be Captain of Co. E, with rank from October 1st, 1863, vice Byxber, resigned. Od Lieut. Charles Laurie, of Co. A, to be Is-

Lieut. of Co. E, with rank from October 1st,

1863, vice Harmount, promoted.

2d Lient. William Berry, of Co. I, to be Ist 1863, vice Knapp, resigned. Lieut. of Co. C, with rank from October let, 2d Lieut. Martin Van Buren Tiffany, of Co. I, 1863, vice Hendricks, promoted. to be 1st Lieut. of Co. I, with rank from October 19th, 1863, vice Morrison, promoted.

Ist Sergeant John Lilley, of Co. I, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. I, with rank from October 19th,

1863, vice Taintor, resigned.

Private Henry Tuttle, of Co. C, to be Regi- | 1863, vice Tiffany, promoted.

mental Quarter- master, with the rank of Ist Lieut., from October 1st, 1863, vice Pond, resigned.

19Th REGIMENT .- Lieut. Colonel Elisha S. Kellogg, to be Colonel, with rank from October 13TH REGIMENT .- Capt. Charles D. Blinn, of : 23d, 1863, vice Wessells, resigned.

20TH RI.GIMENT .- Ist Sergeant Henry R. Bill- ings, of Co. C, to be Ist Lieut. of Co. A, with rank from October 20th, 1863, vice Bassett, honorably discharged.

21ST REGIMENT .- Edwin G. Sumner of Mans- field, to be 2d Assistant Surgeon, with rank from October 7th, 1863, vice Edgerton, declined.

IST CAVALRY .- Capt. Erastus Blakeslee, of Co. A, to be Major, with rank from July 14th, 1863, to fill an original vacancy.

1st Lieut. William E. Morris, of Co. D, to be Captain of Co. F, with rank from October 8th, 1863, to fill an original vacancy.

Ist Lieut. Elbridge Colburn, of Co. A, to be Captain of Co. G, with rank from October 8th, 1863, to fill an original vacancy.

2dl Lieut, Manton D. Upson, of Co. E, to be 1st Lieut, of Co. G, with rank from October 8th, 1863, to fill an original vacancy.

2d Lieut. Charles II. Briggs, of Co. A, to be 1st Lieut. of Co. A, with rank from October 8th, 1863, vice Colburn, promoted.

Ist Lieut. Harrison J. O. Walker, of Co. C, to

2d Lieut. William II. Hawley, of Co. B, to be 1st Lieut. of Co. D, with rank from September . be Regimental Adjutant, with rank of 1st Lieut. 27th, 1863, vice Simpson, promoted. from October Sth, 1863, vice Marcy, promoted.

2d Lient. Samuel H. Seward, of Co. I, to be Ist 2d Licut. Joseph Backus, of Co. C, to be Ist Lieut. of Co. II, with rank from September 27th, Lieut. of Co. C, with rank from October 8th, 1863, vice Snugg, promoted.

Sergeant Major W'm. B. Ilineks, to be Regi- mental Adjutant, with rank of Ist Lient, from September 27th, 1863, vice Ellis, promoted.

Sergeant Robert Russell, of Co. B, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. B, with rank from September 27th, : 1863, vice Hawley, promoted.

Sergeant Jonathan S. Scranton, of Co. G, to be 2d Liuet, of Co. G, with rank from September 27th, 1863, vice Goddard, promotod.

Sergeant George W. Brigham, of Co. D, to be 2d Licut. of Co I, with rank from September 27th, 1863, vice Seward, promoted.

17Th REGIMENT .- John S. Ward, of Bridgeport, Conn., to be Regimental Quarter- master, with rank of Ist Lieut. from October 1st, 1803, vice Hayes, resigned.

2d Lieut. Edwin MMf. Lees, of Co. K, to be 1st Lieut, of Co. K, with rank from October 3d, 1863. vice Morris, resigned.

Sergeant George B. Ruggles, of Co. K, to be od 1803, vice Rogers, promoted. Lieut, of Co. K, with rank from October 3d. 1863, | vice Lees, promoted.

Sergeant William Strong, of Co. B, to be 2J Lieut, of Co. G, with rank from October 12th, 18THI REGIMENT. - Ist. Lieut. John E. Wood- : 1863. to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Samuel W. Hawley, of Co. D. to be 2d

| 1863, vice U'pson, promoted.

Sergeant Horace II. Gore, of Co. C. to be 2d

ward, of Co. F', to be Captain of Co. F, with rank from October 10th, 1863, vice Porter, killed in Lieut. of Co. A, with rank from October 12th, battle.

Od Lieut. Heury F. Cowles, of Co. C, to be 1st Lient. of Co. F, with rank from October 10th, | Lieut. of Co. D. with rank from October 12th, 1563, vice Sterling, promoted. 1863, vice Woodward, promoted.

Sergeant Andrew Washburn, of Co. C, to be 2d

Ist Lieut. John II. Morrison, of Co. 1, tc be Captain of Co. I, with rank from October 19th,

Co. C, to be Lieut. Colonel, with rank from Octo. ber 5th, 1863, vice Warner, resigned.

Capt. Homer B. Sprague, of Co. II, to be Major, with rank from October 5th, 1863, vice Mitchel, declined.

14Th REGIMENT .- Lient. Colonel Theodore G. Ellis, to be Colonel, with rank from October 3d, 1863, vice Morris, honorably discharged.

Major Samuel A. Moore, to be Lieut. Colonel, with rank from October 3d, 1863, vice Ellis, pro- inoted.

Capt. James B. Coit, of Co. K, to be Major, with rank from October 3d, 1863, vice Moore, promoted.

1st Lieut. James F. Simpson, of Co. D, to be Captain of Co. C, with rank from September 27th, 1863, vice Carpenter, honorably discharged.

1st Lieut. Henry L. Snagy, of Co. HI, to be Captain of Co. II, with rank from September 27th, 1863, vice Davis, honorably dismissed.

1st Licut. Frederick B. Doten, of Co. F, to be Captain of Co. F, with rank from September 27th, 1863, vice Moore, promoted.

1863, vice Walker, promoted.

Sergeant William T. Cook, of Co, C, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. C. with rank from October Sth, 1863, vice Backus, promoted.

Sergeant William C. Harris, of Co. C, to be Regimental Quarter-master, with rank of Ist Lieut. from October 8th, 1863, vice Bunce, pro- moted.

l'rivate Charles B. Dyer, of Co. B, to be Regi. mental Commissary, with rank of 1st Lieut. from October 8th, 1863, to fill an original vacancy.

1st Lieut. Joab B. Rogers, of Co. B, to be Captain of Co. A, with rank from October 12th, 1863, vice Blakeslee, promoted.

2d Lieut. Marcus B. Sterling, of Co. D, to be 1st Lieut. of Company D, with rank from October 12th, 1863, vice Morris, promoted.

21 Lieut. John B. Morchouse, of Co. B, to be Ist Lieut. of Co. B, with rank from October 12th,

Sergeant John Bristol, of Co. B, to be 2d Lieut. Lieut. of Co. C, with rank from October 10th, of Co. E, with rank from October 12th, 1863, vice 1863, vico Cowles, promoted.

Briggs, promoted.

THE CONNECTICUT WAR RECORD.

[NOVEMBER,

DET" Col. H. W. BIRGE, of Norwich, Conn., has : Charles Brewster of the 15th Regiment Connecti. here, to think of me as dying for my country, dying been promoted to a Brigadier Generalship. Just eut Volunteers.

honor to a brave and noble Connecticut soldier.

CES" Lieut. HENRY L. JOHNSON, Jr., who went out as Commissary of the Fifth Regiment, has been appointed Assistant Adjutant General, with the, er, Co. D, Sixth Connecticut Volunteers. rank of Captain, and assigned to Gen. O. S. Ferry's Staff.

CES" Lieut. ALFRED GODDARD, of Company B. Eighth Connectient Volunteers, is appointed Assist. ant Inspector on the Staff of Gen. Harland, who commands the Connecticut Brigade.

(" First Lieut. JAMES F. Siursos, of Company . D, Fourteenth Connectient Volunteers, has been promoted to Captain of Company C, iu the same regiment.

CEP LEWIS F. NonTos, of Wolcott, who enlisted as a private in Company F, Fourteenth Connect- cut Volunteers, has, by his manly and soldier-lite conduct, so won the esteem of the officers and men, that he has arisen step by step until he now holds the office of 2d Lieutenant. That he will do honor to the station there can be no doubt.

Waterbury American.

CES" Major NATHANIEL SMUTH of the Nineteenth ; of Sylvester Hurlburt of Winchester.

Connecticut Volunteers, has been promoted to be : Lieut. Colonel, and Thomas S. Grimer to le . hams, a member of Co. C, Nineteenth Connecticut Major of the Nineteenth. Major Gilbert was a Volunteers. Captain in the First Comecticut Artillery.

CE Lieut. JAMES N. COE, of the Nineteenth Regiment, has received a Captain's connaission in one of the Colored Regimeuts.

CSP WILBUR IVES, of New Haven, has been appointed Assistant Paymaster in the Navy.

[57" Ordnance Sergeant MARK W. Swirn, for- merly of Groton, has been appointed Captain is the Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, (Colored.) He has not yet accepted the position.

c59" Capt. EUGENE TISDALE, who recruited a Company in this city for the Thirteenth Conner- ticut Volunteers, and distinguished himself at ! W. Robinson of Bethany, Conn. His disease was ; Irish Bend, has been appointed Lieutenant Colo- fever, contracted in the campaign at Vicksburg and nel of the First Louisiana Colored Regiment.

CEY" We learn that Mr. N. S. Ronkers, formerly of the Seventh Connecticut Regiment, has been transferred to a Colored Regiment as Assistant Surgeon.

CASUALTIES.

of the Fourteenth Regiment during the action. near Bristoc's Station, Oct. 14th, 1863.

FROM THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

Co. A .- Killed-Private James McLanghlin. Wounded-Private William Abrahams. Missing- None.

Co. B .- Killed-Corporal Chas. Brook ..

Co. C .- Wounded-Privates Watson L. Spring. Jaines Somers.

Co. D .- Missing-Privates William Mott, Len ?. rich Holcomb, bemnel K. Munvan.

Co. E .- Killed-Private Frederick Smith.

Co. F .- Killed-Sergeant Charles MeAthatlas. Wounded-1-t Lient. Wilbur D. Fisk: Privat -

William C. Brown, Thomas Fisher, Paul Dneest. . Christian desire to aid, though by the use of inu -! Missing-Charles Lutz.

Co. G .- Wounded-Privates John Droby, die'' Mireson, Henry Redfield, Thomas Doyle.

Co. I .-- Wounded-Privates Orlando C. Pritch. ; Concreticut a: First Sergeant of the company in | " to aid the civil officers in executing the

ard. Charles F. Conway.

Co. I .- Wounded-Private John Smith.

Co. K .- Wounded-Sergeant Joseph T. Adams: Privates Andrew Flood, John Doyle.

DIED.

At the residence of Col. Noble, East Bridgeport. Oct. 29th, of a wound received in the battle of for the loved ones at home ?" "Tell my wife Gettysburg, Ist Liest. Richard Ross Crawfor 1. Seventh United States Rougelar Infantry, aged 28 years, grandson of the late Wm. H. Jones of New Haren.

in lur service."

Religions services appropriate to the occasion were conducted at the enmp, by the Chaplain, just prior to the removal of the body for Connecticut. The funeral of Lieut. Levi wasattended on the 10th inst at Meriden, Rev. Messrs. Hayden, Eaton and Mines officiating. 'The corpse was borne to its resting place in the West Meridien Cemetery, by Dr. Colton, Il. S. Wilcox, W. Parker, G. A. Fay, Eli Merriman and W. Foskett-intimate and early acquaintances of the deceased. In this death, eged parents, a beloved sister, a wife and child are left to mourn their loss; sorrowing not, however, as those who have no hope, for their comfort is in the assurance that " those who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."

" Weep not for him that dieth, For his struggling soul is free, And the world from which it flieth

Is a world of misery.

" Weep not for him that dieth, For he hath eeased from tears, And a voice to his replicth, Which he hath not heard for years.

"Ent weep for him who weepeth On this cold world's cruel shore ; Blest, blest is he that sleepeth- Weep for the dead no more."

HOME DEPARTMENT.

For the Conncclient War Record.

Our State Militia.

It may not be foreign to the legitimate Jackson, Miss. He was taken sick on the way to . purposes of the " WAR RECORD " to con- Connecticut to enjoy a furlongh, and died the very | sider the claims of the Connecticut State day he expected to havearrivedat home. He was an earnest patriot and a sincere Christian.

militia. The honor and the well-being of In New Haven, from injuries received on the horse cars, Sergeant W. A. Morse of Co. II, Twen- ty seventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. four State demand that the subject should be carefully examined, and that our eiti- At his father's residence, in Derby, of ty-zens should be made fully acquainted med 23 years. He was a true soldier, volunteer. ; el a private in Co, F, Twenty-thin Regiment

'under which the militia are organized and Connecticut Volunteers, and rose to the rank of maintained. In this article we design to 2d Lieutenant. show the nature of the system under which our militia foree is serving the State, and in a future number to point ont in what manner the defects, which Iseem to be apparent in the system, can be remedied.

Let us then inquire, in the outset, what 'yielling a fine situation in the Meriden Bank.) is expected of our volunteer militia.

They are expected to render their as- titions of war, in the perpetnity of his contry sistance " in suppressing riots and rebel- mil her blessed, her benign institutions. He left lion or reasonable apprehension thereof,"" which he was subsequently and justly promoted to . laws of the State and of the United 'a Liegenaney. Serving faithfully in both posi- 'States," and to resist all invasion of the State.

Now, how much is involved in this ex- formed him of his condition and nearness to the pectation? Can these services be etli- ciently performed by an armed mob-by men hurriedly collected to meet a sud- den emergency-without drill or disei- pline, relying only on their individual

good bye," said the dying man ; "tell her * * also, to the true to her God and true to the interests - of her country." After a few moments he added, In Balfour Hospital, Portsmouth Va., Oct. 1-t, " Till my parents when they think of me dying out strength and their patriotic impulses?

At Chesapeake Hospital, l'ortress Monroe, Sept. 100th, James B. Barker of the Fifteenth Regiment Oct. 5th, of typhoid fever, private Patsey Park-

Oct. Ist, of typhoid fever, private John Dono- van, Co. K, Tenth Connecticut Volunteers. Oct. 3d, of epileptic convulsions, private Jolin Allen, Co. E, Tenth Connecticut Volunteers.

In New Haven, Oct. 12th, of typhoid fever, Frank B., son of John D. Meers, M. D., of Nauga- tuck, nged 21 years. The deceased was formerly a member of the Twenty seventh Regiment Con. nectieut Volunteers, and was at the battle of Frede- ricksburg, bearing a noble and manly part on that occasion.

In Knight Hospital, New Haven, Oct. 21st, Whitney E. Lathrop, Co. A, Sixteenth Connecti- ent Volunteers.

In Balfour Hospital, Fortress Monroe, Oct. 17th, Jerome Nichols of the Seventh Conneccient Vol- unteers.

In the hospital of the Nineteenth Regiment, near Alexandria, Va., Oct. 25th, William S., son

In hospital, near Alexandria, Va., Uri M. Wad- !

Killed at the battle of Fort Wagner, July 18th, 1863, Albert W. Stney, a member of Co. I, Sixth Regiment Connectient Volunteers, aged 30 years. In Bridgeport, Oct. 29th, Henry S. Gregory. formerly Orderly Sergenat of Co. I, Twenty-third Regiment.

In Centreville, Va., Oct. 17th, 1863, Mr. James Minor of New Ilaven, Conn., a member of Co. M, First Connecticut Artillery.

In Camp Dennison Hospital, Cincinnati, Ang. 21st, James A. Robinson of Co. K. Twenty-first Connecticut Volunteers, Clerk of A. I. G. Head- quarters Ninth Army Corps, (Burnside's, ) aged 20; Years and 10 months. He was the son of Rev. L'.

List of the Killed, Wounded and Missing phoid fever, Sept. 15, 1863, Wm. II. Bradley, with the existing laws and provisions

Lieutenant Henry B. Levi. HEADQUARTERS 15TH REG. CONN. VOLS., I Inrland's Brigade, 18th Army Corps. S Lieut. H. B. Levi of Co. F, 15th Regiment Con- Hecticut Volunteers, died in camp, near Ports- mouth, Va., Oct. 5, aged 23 years.

Liest. Levi, entered the service of his country, from the purest motives of patriotism and a truly

finne he won the esteem of those he commanded and the approbation of his supervisors in office. On the morning of his death, Chaplain Miller in -; spirit world, and asked, " what message have you

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No sane man believes this. During the perfecting its members in that military drill and those military movements which distinguish the accomplished soldier from the untrained recruit. panic of July last, when throughout this State it was feared that the inhuman ont- rages committed in New York city would be repeated in Connecticut, did Now all this requires time-time which would otherwise be devoted to profitable our citizens look for protection to the men to be hastily assembled and organized labor, or to that recreation which is fairly under the call of our Governor, or to the earned by daily toil. And the volunteer volunteer companies already in active ex- in a militia company who foregoes the istence ? Every one knows that long before opportunity to add to his earnings or denies himself the relaxation which his sacrifice which the State has hitherto ut- the extemporized force could have been collected and armed, and before they had health really requires, makes a positive received sufficient instruction to enable them to march correctly in column, the terly failed to appreciate or recognize. threatened danger might have overtaken

ns, and found our lives and property at the burdens borne by our militia. We sary disbursements are largely increased, the mercy of a lawless mob. From this come now to consider the actual expenses the uniform and equipments of a line offi- incurred. In our large cities (and it is to our cities that we must look for our cer costing about seventy-five dollars, and the other demands on his purse rising most efficient militia) a suitable armory, with his grade. Field and staff officers cannot be obtained at a smaller rent than are expected to appear on the field from two hundred to three hundred dol- mounted, and here is an additional ex- lars per annum. Such a room must be pense of about one hundred dollars for properly furnished for the reception of horse equipments, and of ten dollars a arms and the convenience of the mem- day for a parade horse. peril and all the frightful consequences which would have followed, we were saved by the prompt action of our militia companies. Now that the danger has passed, shall we forget their services and neglect their equitable claims upon the communities on whom they have con- ferred such benefits ?

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The Connecticut war record, 1863-1865, Part 28

Author: Morris, John M., ed Publication date: 1863 Publisher: New Haven : Peck, White & Peck Number of Pages: 886

Author: Morris, John M., ed
Publication date: 1863
Publisher: New Haven : Peck, White & Peck
Number of Pages: 886