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fired upon the old flag of their country as it | proud satisfaction to behold these worn and faded waived over Fort Sumter; and that as trite men, banners which yon have brought hither with you. Hall. fired with the zeal and patriotism which should ; Scorched in the flame of some tiery fields, rent in animate every true American heart, while on their | the sharp conflict of historie battles, spotted it may | Vore.
workshops and fields of labor, and, bidding adieu for the time being to peaceful pursuits and the en- joyments of home, buckled on the armor of brave men, and marched to distant fields to defend the National life from the assaults of a wicked and
A few short, eventful mouths ago, you will re- member, brethren, as you marched away, we gathered upon our streets to bid you God speed on your journey. We did not forget you when to our disturbed homes came the sounds of the eon- desperate foe. I remember-and the people of | fliet where your souls were tried ; we counted with Connectient remember -- your full ranks, as you stood shoulder to shoulder, two thousand strong. when leaving the borders of the State; and -ince that time watchful eyes and praverful hearts have not lost sight of you. Through all the vicissitudes and dangers of the battle field, you have been watched with cager anxiety. We remember, when with the indomitable Burnside. you landed on the sands of Roanoke Island, through the battling waves of Ilatteras, to the securement of a foot- holl in the old North State. We remember you at Newbern, at South Mountain, and at other fields where your valor has been displayed with untold saddened hearts and honored with our honest tears the names of your heroie companions who fell where you triumphed ; and as we sorrowed at your sacrifices, we gloried too in your patriotism and your victories, we cherished the record of your deeds and waited till we might award you our praises for what you had wrought for us; but oh with what expressions shall we meet you at length as you come back to ns wearing this fresh coronal glory, that you have been among the very first and the most unanimons to re-devote yourselves to the cause, precious to every one of us, and hon- ored in all the world ! Let ine only, in the name honor to yourselves and your native State. At fof the citizens of Ilartford, assure you of their Antietam, where your gallant Colonel Kingsbury laid down his life; where the intrepid Griswold led the way across that fatal bridge and died kte- heartiest sympathy, their most cordial welcome; and point, you to the sensible tokens thereof which willing hands have prepared for you. And now, gratefully remembering the favor of the Almighty One who has preserved you and returned you thus far on your homeward way, I invite your attention while we seek the Divine blessing upon your re- past. roically : where the brave Lieut. Wait would not leave his post, though wounded mortally ; we re- member you with particular devotion. It is in that record that we find the names of sixty nine of your numbers who knew . how sweet it was to die for their country, and of over two hundred more Rev. Dr. Ilawes here stepped forward and of- who died in defense of Liberty. And we owe yon, who stood on their side. a debt of gratitude which i fered a fervent prayer. we can never repay. We would have your names !
Mr. Swift then remarked: "Boys, you have inseribed on the finest marble and granite: but if shown us what you can do for your country, now that cannot be you may rest assured that engraved : let us see what you can do for yourselves." [Laughter.] And the boys satisfied both them- on the brightest pages of history the names of the Nation's defenders will ever warm the gratitude of those who shall read hereafter the history of this ! selves and the lookers on that they were men of rebellion.
might no less at table than in battle.
The repast concluded, they gave three hearty chrers for the ladies present, for the Soldiers' Aid Society, and for other deserving persons.
Leaving the hall, they were marched to their I feel grateful to God that you are here ; that ' temporary quarters in two or three public halls, you come to us with such a noble record. Your where they spent the night, and after breakfasting re-enlistment is evidence that you first entered the service of your country from motives of patriot- at Allyn Hall, began to disperse to their homes. ism, and are ready to fight on, giving your lives iff And then, sweetest of all, comes the tender and need be, to the maintenance of those principles , blissful reception of fathers, sons, brothers, hus- which lie close to the heart of every true lover of bands and lovers in a thousand happy homes. his country. So long as our hearts continue to God bless our manly veterans I
beat true to Liberty, so long will they cherish with gratitude the services of the Eighth and Eleventh Connectieut regiments.
After all had secured their places at the table, Rowland Swift, Esq., the presiding officer, made | an excellent reception speech, as follows :
MR. SWIFT'S SPEECH.
By appointment of the Citizens' Committee, it devolves upon me to preside here for this glorious . and happy hour, but I cannot hope, welcome vete- rans, in any adequate manner to express the glad emotions that swell the hearts of this multitude,
Our wildest notes of welcome have fallen nponi your cars from without ; the happy, cager throng . S. Foss. who have environed your way hither I regret . must be for the most part excluded from this Captain. scene; the children who have crowded the line ' Co. ( .- 1st Lieut. Rathbun, Co. E, acting Cap- of your march to shout their greetings and drop tain : 2d Lient. Geo, Stevens. their joyful tears, have turned their reluctant steps, fo. D .- Capt. James R. Moore ; 2d Lieut. homeward again, and we have called you to this | Amos Keables.
Co. E .- Capt. Thomas D. Sheffield.
Co. F .:- Capt. Henry C. Ilall ; 2d Lieut. An- Co. ( .- Capt. R. M. Ford; 1st Lieut. Levi field, where soldiers of your own dear common. C. Bingham : 2d Lient. John S. Lane. Co. M .- Capt. Elam T. Goodrich ; Ist Lieut.
Co. I .- Capt. Win. I. Roberts ; 2d Lieut. Irwin Co. K .- Capt. John McCall : 2d Lieut. John
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The Returning Veterans.
The commissioned officers of the Eighth and : Eleventh C. V., are as follows :-
EIGHTH REGIMENT. John F. Ward, Colonel. W'm. M. Pratt. Adjutant. Melanethon Storrs, Surgeon. 8. Stocking. Asst. W. Bigelow, "
A. 3. Dougherty, Quartermaster. Co. A .- Capt. Il. M. Iloyt ; 2d Lieut. Samuel Co. B .- Lieut. A. M. Morgan, Co. F, acting
from the corner-stone of human bondage they ance of law and Constitutional obligations, and that they raised armies to carry out their bold de. claration, though the land should be delnged in
Ilouses and stores : way to defend the Capitol of the nation, they were | be with the blood of those who hore them amid the I shot down in the streets of Baltimore by an in- ! murderous storm, I thank God, and you, their furiated mob, stimulated to bl ody deeds by the į brave defenders, that these war worn flags are safe. desire to overthrow Liberty that Slavery might and no hi-ting rebel has ever laid his foul grasp live. Then it was that you stepped ont from your j upon them !
Though your flags come back tattered and torn. they are erowned with glory, and will ever stand : with the names of bloody battle fields which are inseribed upon them, as faithful witnesses of your struggles in defense of Constitutional Liberty.
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THE CONNECTICUT WAR RECORD.
[JANUARY,
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Griffin A. Stedman, Colonel.
J. II. Converse, Major.
S. C. Barnum, Adjutant.
James B. Whitcomb, Surgeon.
Dwight Satterlee, Asst.
H. S. De Forest, Chaplain. A. Davis, Quartermaster.
Co. A .- Cupt. R. II. Rice; 2d Lieut. S. B. Horne.
Co. B .- Capt. Charles Warren ; Ist Lieut. Hart. well Cady.
Co. C .- Capt. Sehioener.
Co D .- Capt. Joseph HI. Nickerson ; 2d Lieut. Morris Kraszynski.
Co. E .- Capt. Brown; 2d Lieut. James E. Ful- ler.
Co. F .- Capt. John Kies ; 2d Lieut. Horton. Co. G .- 1st Lieut. Amos T. Allen.
Co. I .- Capt. H. J. MeDonald.
Co. I .- Capt. Wm. II. Sackett; 2d Lieut. John HI. Sniffins.
Co. K .- 1st Lieut. J. Randolph Kerr.
Quite a number of commissioned officers of both regiments were already home on recruiting ser- vice, and are not included in the above.
The Eighth brings home three hundred and one men, and left behind in camp twenty able-bodied : Sergt. Gad N. Smith, 2d Artillery, to be 20 men who have not reenlisted. The Eleventh Lient, with rank from Dee. S, 1863, to fill an brings two hundred and ninety-eight, leaving ia original vacancy. camp between forty and fifty.
PERSONAL.
CHANGES
In the Connecticut Volunteer force for the month of December, 1863.
PROMOTIONS. 29TH REGIMENT.
Dc. 1 .- Eugene S. Bissell, to be 2d Lieut., Co:p. Wmn. HI. Devin, 21st Conn Vols., to be 2d with rank from Nov. 30, 1863, to fill an original : Lieut .; with rauk from Dec. 8, 1863, to fill an vacancy
IST ARTILLERY.
DEe. 2 .- 21 Lieut. Paul Harwood, of Co. II. to be Ist Lieut. of Co. A. with rank from Nov. 27. 1863, vice Burton, promoted.
Jeremiah C. Morton to be Ist Assistant Surgeon ! with rank from Dec. 1, 1863, vice Bunce, resigned. 1 STHI REGIMENT.
1st Lieut. Wm. L. Spaulding, of Co. D. to let Captain of Co. B, with rank from Nov. 30, 1868, vice Bates, resigned.
21 Lieut. Noadinh P. Johnson, of Co. D. to be 15. 1843, vice Perkins, resigned.
1st Lieut of Co. D, with rank from Nov. 80, 1-03, vice Spalding, promoted.
1st Sergt Franklin B. Bixby, of Co. D. to 1. 2d Lieut. of Co. D. with rank from Nov. 30, 1863, : viee Johnson, promoted.
STII L.EGIMENT.
DEc. 4 .- Rev. Moses Smith, of Plainville, to le chaplain, with rank from December 1. 1863, vice Morris, resigned.
7TH REGIMENT.
DEc. 5 .- 1st Lient. Jolin Thompson, of Co. J. to be Captain of Co. B, with rank from Dec. 1, 1863, vice Burdick, killed in batJe.
2d Lieut. John Van Keuren, of Co. A, to be Ist Lieut. of Co. 1, with rank from Dec. 1, 1548, vice Thompson, promoted.
Sergt. Major Raphael Gilbert to be 2d L'eut. of Co. B, with rank from Dec. 1. 186g, vice Wilson, , killed in battle.
Commissary Sergt. Wm. HI. Augur to he !! Lieut. of Co. K, with rank from Dee. I. 150G, vice Greene, promoted.
Sergt. Johu B. Young, of Co. I, to be 2 1 Lieut. of Co. D, with rank from Dec. 1, 1505, vice Wildman, promoted.
Ist Sergt. Byron Bradford, of Co. K, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. A. with rank from Dec. 1, 1998, vice Van Keuren, promoted.
1OTH REGIMENT. Thomas R. Worsley to be SI Lieut. of Co. E. with rank from Dee. 4, 1563, vice Case, promoted. 29TH REGIMENT.
Reg. Conn. Vols., to be Captain, with rank from DEC. 7th .- Charles L. Norton, of Farmington, Dec. 25th, 1863, to fill an original vacancy,
to be Captain, with rank from Dee. 5, 1563, to fill an original vacaney.
12TH REGIMENT.
DEc. 9 .- 1st Lieut. James E. Smith, of Co. D, to be adjutant, with the rank of Ist Lieut. from Sept. 23, 1863, viee Harmount, discharged to ac- cept promotion,
2d Lieut. Francis Smith, of Co. B, to be 1st Lieut. of Co. II. with rank from Dee. 9, 1803, vice Hanks, discharged to accept promotion.
Ist Sergt. George M. Benton, of Co. B, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. B, with rank fromn Dee. 9, 1863, vice F. Smith, promoted.
ISTA REGIMENT. 1st Lient. Perry Averill, of Co. D, to be Cap- tain of Co. C. with rank from Dec. 9, 1863, vice Averill, promoted.
2.1 Lient .. Louis Meisner, of Co. I, to be 1st Lieut. of Co. D, with rank from Dee. 9, 1863, vice Averell, promoted.
Sergt. Major Frederick N. Stanley to be 2d Lieut. of Co. I, with rank from Dee. 9, 1803. 29TH REGIMENT.
DEc. 14 .- Private James C. Sweetland, Ist Ar. tillery, to be Ist Lient, with rank from Dec. 8, 1Su3, to fill an original vseaney.
Sergt. D. Mortimer Lee, 1st Artillery to be 2d Lieut., with rank from Dec. 8, 1863, to fill en original vacaney.
Sergt. John Bishop, Jr., Ist Artillery, to be 2d Lient , with rank from Dec. 8, 1863, to fill an original vaeaney.
I'rivate Edward Coe, 2d Artillery, to be 2d Lient., with rank from Dec. 8, 1863, to fill an original vacancy.
Priv. Jabez A. Traey, 21st ConD. Vols., to be 2d Lieut., with rank from Dee. S. 1863, to fill an original vaeancy.
original vacaney.
Private Hansom Kenyon, 21st Conn. Vols., to le 24 Lient , with rank from Dec 8, 1863, to fill an original vacaney.
IST CAVALRY.
DEC. 16 .- Ist Lieut., John B. Morehouse of Co. B, to be Capt. of Co. II, with rank from Dee. 15, 1:63, to fill an original vacancy.
IST ARTILLERY.
Dre. 16 .-- 1st Lient. Wilbur Fosborne, of Co. C. to be Capt. of Co. L, with rank from Dec.
Ist l'ent. Samuel P. llatfield, of Co. I, to be Captain of Co. G. with rank from Dec. 15, 1863, vice Harmon, resigned.
16TH REGIMENT.
Wait R. Griswold, of Durham, to ho 2d Assist- ant Surreon, with rank from Dee. 13, 1863, vice Pense, discharged to necept promotion.
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DEc. 21. - 2d Lieut. Geo. M. Williams, of Co. First Baptist Church in New London.
Rev. Theodore J. Holmes, Pastor of the Con- gregational Church, East Hartford, tendered bis 24 Liert. Robert A. Sedgwick, of Co. I, to be resignation to his charge, for the purpose of 1-t Lieut. of Co. F, with rank from Dec. 18, 1803, ' enlisting in the army for the war. Ile has been detailed as Chaplain for the eamp at New Haven. Is: Sergt. John O'Brien, of Co. F, to be 2d| Silliman B. Ives, formerly Adjutant of the 12th Lieux. et to. G, with rank from Dec. 18, 1863, , Regiment, has received an appointment on Gen. Butlet's stoff.
vive [' B. Smith, resigned.
Serst. Thomas D. Cashin, of Co. C, to be 2d Lient. of Co. L. with rank from Dec. 18, 1863, vice Charnley, resigned.
1st Sergt. John Odell of Co. D, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. E, with rank from Dee. 18, 1863, vice Har- wood, promoted.
1 .- t Ser.t. Alfred L. Morgan, of Co. HI, to be 20 Lirut. of Co. II, with rank from Dec. 18, 1863, vice Gilbert, promoted.
let Sengt. Geo. F. Bill, of Co. A, to be 2d Lieut. of Co. I, with rank from Dec. 18, 1863, vice Fax- on, promoted.
HONORABLY DISCHARGED. 2d Lieut. Wm. II. Noyes, 5th Conn. Vols., to ante Nov. 10, 1863.
1st Lient. George II. Hanks, 12th C. V, to date Sept. 2, 1563, to enable him to accept promotion. Chaplain W. K. Ilall, 17th C. V., to date Nov. 6, 1863.
1st Lieut. S. E. Blinn, 17th C. V., to date 'Nov. 13, 1863. 1st Lieut. W. II. Stowe, Cth Reg., to date Nov. 10, 1863. Chaplain D. Henry Miller, 15th. Reg., to date Dec. 1, 1863. Capt. Sanford E. Chaffee, 20th Reg., Nov. 13, 1803. Captain Joseph Perkins, Ist Artillery, to date Dec. 3. 1803.
Capt. George MI. Ilarmon, Ist Art., to date Dec. 7,1863.
Asst. Surgeon Henry A. Hoyt, Ist Art. to date Dec. 7, 1865.
Capt. J. H. Rockwood, Ist Art., to date Dee. 12, 1863, he having accepted an appointment in U. S. colored troops.
Capt. James B. Burbank, 20th Conn. Vols., to date Dee. 17, 1863. Ist Lieut. Daniel W. Mead, 17th Conn. . Vols., Dee. 26, 1863.
DISMISSED.
Capt. James L. Townsend, 14th Conn. Vols., for absence without leave, after his discharge from hospital, and attempting to leave the City of Washington, to go North, dressed in citizens clothes, he denying et the time that he was an officer.
Capt. John MeQuhae, 17th Conn. Vols., for ab- sence without authority, and attempting to leave the city of Washington in citizens clothes, with- out a satisfactory reason therefor.
Capt. Samuel II. Davis, 14th C. V., to date Dee. 7, 1863.
DISCHARGED, Capt. J. J. MeCarty, 17th Conn. Vols.
[3" The Location of Connecticut Regiments is the same as last month-except that the Sth and 11th are now in Connecticut.
MILITARY ITEMS.
Sergeant Chas. II. Simmons of the 11th C. V., is promoted to a 2d Lieutenancy.
First Sergeant C. F. Ilarwood of Co. F, 15th C. V., promoted to be Sergeant Major, rice Bow- man, promoted.
Capt. II. P. Gates, Assistant Adjutant General on the Staff of Gen. . Harland, has resigned on account of ill health.
Adjutant Wm. M. Pratt of the 8th C. V., is now Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
Rev. D. Henry Miller, has resigned his position as Chaplain of the 15th C. V. He will be settled as Pastor of a Baptist Church in Trenton, N. J. Rev. J. C. Wightman, late Chaplain of the 24th Conneetient Regiment, has become Pastor of the
Alfred L. Morgan, son of Zadock Morgan, of Middletown, has been appointed 2d Lieutenant of Co. II. First Connecticut Artillery.
Among the volunteers at the Provost Marshal's Office last week, were a son of the Rev. Dr. Nadall, of the First Methodist Church, and a son of Dr. Wm. B. Casey, of Prospeet Hill. These young gentlemen voluntarily relinquish all the comforts of luxurious homes from a pure sense of duty .- New Haven Courier.
Capt. A. D. Hopkins of Naugatuck, of Co. II, 29THI REGIMENT. 23d Regiment, captured by the rebels at Brashear City, La., has been heard from. He was at Camp Dec. 26 .- Sergt. David Torrance, of Co. A, ISth | Ford. Smith County, Texas. Oct. 17th.
The first Connecticut blood let in this war by the enemy's bullets, was furnished by George H.
Ix, to be 1st Lieut. of Co. A, with rank from Dec. IS, 1868, vice Burton, promoted.
vica II. A. Pratt, promoted.
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THE CONNECTICUT WAR RECORD.
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Bngbee, of the Hartford Light Guard, in the Ist Reginent, C. V., Col. Burnham, lle was wounded in the shoulder during a reconnoisance from Arlington to Vienna .- Hartford Post.
Capt. Jepson has been relieved from recruiting service in New Haven, and ordered to Fort Trum- | of Co. K, 7th Regiment.
bull, to command the volunteer recruits at that post.
Mayor Tyler of New Haven, has enlisted by proxy, being too old to go himself. He sends a stalwart man in his stead.
Sergeant George Torrey and Corporal Anson Withey, of the 18th Regiment, have been appoint- llospital at Hilton Head, Dec. 22d.
ed Captains in the 10th United States Regiment of eolored troops.
John Bishop, Jr., and D. Mortimer Lee, of New London, Sergeants in the First Connecticut Artil- Iery, have been appointed 2d Lieutenants in the 29th (Colored) C. V.
Richard M. Clarke of New Haven, has been appointed Provost Marshal of the 2d District, vice Col. B. S. Pardee, resigned. Col. Pardee takes command of the 29th (Colored) Regiment.
George H. Burnham of Norwich, Captain of Co. B, Armory Guards, has received and accepted a commission from Gov. Smith of Rhode Island, as Captain in the Heavy Artillery Regiment (colored) now being raised in that State
Douglass Bushnell. a native of New London, was killed in the battle of Chattanooga, He was Major of the 13th Michigan Regiment.
Rev. Jacob Eaton of Meriden, has been invited to become the Chaplain of the 29th (Colored) Regiment.
Sergeant Major Charles E. Sherman, of the 12th Regiment, has been promoted to be Adintant in Col. George II. Hanks' Colored Regiment.
Capt. Joseph Perkins, of the First Conuecticut Ileavy Artillery, has been appointed Lientenant Colonel of the Nineteenth Regiment, colored troops.
Charles L. Norton of Farmington, has been appointed Captain in the 29th C. V., with rank from Dec. 5th, 1863. This Regiment has now nearly the maximum of men.
Private Nathaniel N. Hubbard, Company I. 21st Regiment, C. V., has received an appoint- ment as 1st Lieutenant, Co. B, 6th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, now stationed at Yorktown.
Sergeant Aaron S. Dutton of the 21st C. V., is promoted to be 2d Lieutenant.
LIEUT. S. S. STEVENS .- The remains of this gal- lant offieer were taken to Danbury, instead of Bridgeport, as originally designed. Lieut. Ste- vens, at the time of his death, was Acting Assistant Adjutant General on Gen. Seymour's staff, a post which he filled with marked ability. lle was a young man, highly esteemed by all who knew him. Having made military matters a study for many years, his services to the government, and especially to the Regiment to which he was attached, were very valuable. IIe was killed by a grane shot on the night of the 18th of July, in the assault on Battery Wagner.
A handsome free stone monument has been erected in Bristol, to the memory of Capt. Man- ross, of the 16th C. V., killed in the battle of Antietam. It bears the following inscription :
"Ereeted by Co. K, 16th Conn. Vola., in memory of their gallant and beloved Captain."
Capt. M. was a Professor at. Amherst College, a splendid soldier and a true man.
DIED.
Died of chronic diarrhea, in the Regimental Hospital, near Portsmouth, Va., Nov. 24th, Elihu Bissell, Co. B, Sth C. V., aged 28 years. He be- longed in Windsor, Conn.
In the Hospital, near Alexandria, Va., Nov. SOth, Julius Winship of Harwinton. The funeral ! vate in Co. G, 14th Conn. Vols. : was made a cor- was attended at the Congregational Church, and a sermon was preached by the Rev. MIr. Richards of Litchfield.
At the Hospital in Annapolis. Dec. 17th, John W. Crabtree, of the 7th C. V. Ile was one of the prisoners almost literally starved to death in long and weary marches, and its many blood Richmond.
In Hospital, at Stevenson, Ala., Dec. 3d, Grove |lorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Auburn and Mine Run, all bear witness to his valor.
L. Bell, aged 20, son of Edwin Bell, Esq., of Portland, and a member of Co. D, 20th Regiment, C. V.
Of Chronic Diarrhea, Nov. 22d, Albert Benson,
Died, suddenly, of inflammation of the bowels,
The present Colonel, at the Parole Camp, Annapolis, Md., Dec. 14th, er Colonel of his regiment most unjustly against Corporal Joseph Russell. He was in Co. A, 7th the Madison Company.
Regiment, and was captured at the assault on ; however, appreciated the merits of the Company, Fort Wagner last July,
Albert E. Barnes, Co. G, 7th Regiment, died in Second Lientenant, from which he was soon to be inade a First Lieutenant.
The funeral of Wm. W. llouse, Jr., of the 25th It was my fortune to command the Company to Regiment, was attended at the Centre Church, which he belonged, for several months, and I can Hartford, by a very large andience, including a most heartily say of him that he was ever brave, number of his comrades in the Regiment. Rev. Dr. Hawes, Rev. Mr. Calkins, and Rev. Mr. Oviatt, former Chaplain of the 25th, took part in the services. prompt and faithful-doing his duty as a true soldier, and seeing God as a true Christian. Espe- eially did I note his gallant eondnet at Chancel- lorsville, where he rendered most efficient serviee. I saw him last on New Year's Day, when I
The body of the late Lient. D. P. Dewey, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, C. V., killed in the found him in camp hospital siek with diphtheria. battle of Irish Bend, arrived in Hartford, Monday, Jan. 4th. IIe was an able officer and an aecom- plished gentleman.
I said to him, " Well, Eldy, I hope you will be at home soon." Ile replied, " I do not think I shall ever be able to reach Connectient." I did not then dream that he was so near the " Home " for which he was so well prepared, and which he so soon reached. Two days after he was dead. He will be sadly missed by his old and his new Com-
The remains of Corporal Jatnes E. Wheeler, of pany, and the officers of his regiment. But his Co. A, Twenty-fifth Regiment, C. V., were re-
relatives may rest assured that, while his memory eeived at North Stonington, Dee. 17th, and, amid | will remain green in our hearts forever, we know many demonstrations of respect and affection, j that his soul is with the God to whom he clung committed to the grave in the family cemetery. amid all temptations. And so we drop a tear on the grave of
" The youngest, the noblest, the bravest of us all." H. P. Q. 14TH C. V.
Noo Haven Courier.
HEADQUARTERS BUCKINGHAM LEGION, ) 20TH CONN. VOLS., INFANTRY,
STEVENSON, ALA., Dec. 20th, 1862. ORDERS No. 37.
It becomes the painful duty of the Colonel com- manding, to announce the death of 1st Lieutenant Edward A. Doolittle. Ile died at three o'clock this morning, of typhoid fever, after a short but severe illness.
Lieutenant Doolittle entered the military ser- vice as an enlisted soldier. He was first commis- Killed, in the fierce assault on Fort Wagner, sioned as ed Lieutenant of Company I, and subse- Wm. M. Reeves, of Co. 1, 7th C. V., a native of quently promoted for efficiency and good conduct, Suffield, and 22 years of age. to the grade of Ist Lieutenant of Company K. Ile was reported among the missing after that : He enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his supe- most gallant but unavailing charge, but the report was a mistake.
Mr. Reeves was of noble stock. llis creati When this Regiment was assigned to duty at grandfather served in the revolution, and his; this post, he was selected by the Colonel com- grandfather in the last war. manding to command the Convalescent Camp-a very arduous duty-in which he contraeted the disease of which he died.
IJis patriotic father expresses his own feelings in the brave words ascribed to the stern old Roman . " Thanks to the Gods! my boy has done his du'v. Welcome. my son ! There set him down, my friends. Full in my sight, that I may view at leiente The bloody corpse, and count those glorious wounds. How beautifulis death when earned by virtue ! Who would not be that youth ? What pay 'tis That we can die but once to save our country ! Why sits this sadness on your brow, my friends? I should have blushed if Cato's house had stood Secure, and flourished in a civil war."
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