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I have been somewhat delayed in writing to you about the Ninth Regiment Conn. cided disposition of the different regiments in the lately contemplated, but most successful expedition into Texas, the regiment then jinost fastidious. One of our men a short being under marching orders, and not know- ing what day we might start, or in what di- rection. But while Brig. Gen. Weitzel and ence from the time of capture on Morris snake. We have reason to believe that others made certain movements through the Island to his liberation at Fortress Monroe. | Messrs. Possum and Skunks were consigned ! Teche country and thereabouts, threatening We who have never been in rebel jails, ean to the spit, while his Snakeship remains a| Texas by land, Maj. Gen. Banks, with his sympathize with, but can never realize the ja member of Company B, and has not yet suffering which the treatment he received must have occasioned. The indignities were entirely unnecessary, and probably harder to be borne than the miserable and mea .!
tious served, though ia contemplating the latter, we are happy to remember that wej have a Chaplain whose gastronomie propen- sities were never sueli as to superinduce corporosity, while natural science has lost nothing from a compulsory study of one of its most beautiful (?) branches-Entomology, which seems to have been presented in such
For the Conncetient War Record. From the Fifteenth Regiment. CAMP 15TH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS, } PLYMOUTH, N. C., Jan. 25, 1861.
On Thursday morning, the 21st inst., the 15th broke camp at Portsmouth, Va., our supposed destination being Newbern, N. C. On the evening of the 21st we embarked on vast fields for observation as to preclude the board the steamer S. R. Spaulding, with possibility of neglect.
The oration concluded, the Chaplain was presented with a Field Glass, and an elegant silver mounted Sword, the contributions of 5 P. M., on the 221, in calm, fine weather, the rank and file of the regiment. The pre- sentation was made by our esteemed Hos- pital Steward, Mr. Kellogg, accompanied by a thrilling address, which was replied to in eloquent and affectionate terms by the Chap- lain ..
four companies of the Sixteenth, the other six companies having preceded us in a smaller steamer. We rounded Hatteras at and on the following morning landed at Morehead City. Taking the ears there, after a ride of about thirty-five miles, through a very desolate looking country, we arrived at Newbern at 6 P. M. For about half an hour we had the pleasure, of congratulating each other on the good fortune of being located so splendidly, but we soon found out that we had still to travel. At 9 P. M. the same evening, six companies embarked on board one steamer, the Thos. Collyer, and the remainder with the horses, &e., on board the Pilot Boy. We arrived at Plymouth at 6 P. M., on the 24th, and remained on board all night. Disembarking on the following morning ; after the necessary delay in get- ting the baggage ashore, the camp was laid out, and at the time your correspondent pens this short communication, 1 P. M., we are again eneamped, all tents being pitehed, some even already stockaded. There are three regiments here, the One Hundred and First and .One Hundred and Third Penn., and Eighty-Fifth N. Y., and two companies cavalry. The majority expect to leave here in a few days, having re-enlisted. I believe that accounts for our transfer to this point. MASKERY.
main force, undertook an expedition and ef- payed the penalty for being found in such fected a landing without difficulty in the odoriferous company. OITICUS. neighborhood of Brownsville, the success and importance of which movement will be more properly and vividly set forth by other
CEy" Gen. Butler's mother intended him for a Paptist minister.
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corresponlents, or at another time. The Ninth, meanwhile, were assigned to a brigade under commanil of Col. Cahill, acting as military commandant of New Orleans. The regiment is therefore disposed in various places throughout the defenses at Lakeport, Proctorville, Chalmette, U. S. Barracks, La Fayette Square, (the Headquarters, but with small representation, of the regiment,) and Company Canal, on the Opelousas railroad; these separated stations, together with a large number gone North with rebel prison- ers, and a portion in Texas as Field Signal Corps, spread the regiment over a wide field, so that though not with the advance in Texas, yet the Ninth are doing equally as important service in and about the city they helped to take and are now helping to hold, for there are many deluded rebels, both male and fe- male, who still persistently believe that New Orleans is to be retaken and ruled by their Nero in place of our Butler.
Occasionally an expedition is made into adjacent rebeldom which, though not show- ing. any great public benefit upon its face yet is of advantage, in keeping the men active, in annoying the enemy and in compelling them to keep up their coast guard, as has been the case in three different raids lately made by Capt. Sawyer, of Co. II, and his men, into Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, in which, though he lost three captured and four wounded, (but which latter were after- wards gallantly recovered,) he inflicted some severe punishment upon the rebels, and has kept up along the shore of Mississippi Sound the reputation which the Ninth acquired in these parts in April, 1862. We therefore have but little of interest except our daily routine of duty, perhaps monotonous, though servicable, yet affording no particular infor- mation to our friends at home, except the assurance of our continued health and tri- umph over rebeldom. MANCHAC.
PERSONAL.
Promotions. . (OFFICIAL.)
Jan. 4 .- Dr. N. A. Fisher of Norwich, ap- pointed Surgeon 29th Conn. Vols.
IST CAVALRY.
Jan. 6 .-- 2d Lient. Coley James, to be Ist Lieu- tenant, with rank from Jan. 2d, 1864, to fill an original vacancy.
Private Addison G. Warner, to be Captain, with rank from Jan. 2d. 1864, to fill an original va- cancy.
Private James MeKane, to be Ist Lientenant. i with rank from Jan. 2d, 1864, to fill an original vacancy.
Jan. 7 .- Thos. L. Porter of Farmington, to be Acting Quartermaster 29th C. V., (colored.)
IST ARTILLERY.
IGTH REGIMENT.
Jan. 9 .- 1st Lieut. M. C. Turner, to be Captain, with rank from Jan. 5th, 1864, vice Tennant, de- ceased.
29TH REGIMENT.
Thos. MeKinley of the Ist Artillery, to be 2d Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 7th, 1864, to fill an origmal vacancy.
Newton Willey of South Windsor, to be 2d Lieu- tenant, with rank from Jan, 7th, 1804, to fill an original vacancy.
IST REGIMENT RIFLEMEN.
Jan. 9 .- Win. S. Rowland, to be Colonel, with rank from Jan. 7th, 1864, to fill an original va- caney.
Ist CAVALRY. Jan. 11 .- Assistant Surgeon Geo. A. Hurlburt. Ist Light Battery, to be Surgeon of the Ist Cay- alry, with rank from Jan. 9th, 1864, to fill an original vacaney.
Jan. 12 .- 1st Lieut. Joseph Backus, to be Cap- tain, with rank from Jan. 12th, 1864, to fill an original vacancy.
Ist Sergt. James R. Straut of Co. G, to be 2d Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 12th, 1864; original vacancy.
Ist Sergt. Levi E.Tyler of Co. C, to be 2d Lieu- tenant of Co. L, with rank from Jan. 12th, 1864; original vacancy.
29TH REGIMENT.
Joel W. Hyde of Greenwich, to be 2d Lienten- ant, with rank from Jan. 11th, 1864, vice Willey, transferred to the 30th Regt.
1 STn REGIMENT.
Jan. 20 .- Wm. C. Walker of Putnam, to be i
Frederick E. Camp of Middletown, to be Cap- tain, with rank from Jan, 19th, 186-t, to fill An original vacancy.
IST CAVALRY.
Jan. 21 .- Henry S. Phillips of Norwich, to be 2d Lieutenant, with rank from Jan, 20th, 1861, to fill an original vacancy.
29Th REGIMENT.
Edward W. Bacon of New Haven, to be Cap- tain, with rank from Jan. 20th, 1861, to fill aa original vaenney.
T'hos. G. Bennett of New Haven, to be Ist Lien- tenant, with rank from Jan 20th, 1804. to fill an original vacancy.
Isr CAVALRY.
Jan. 22 .- James W. Gore of Hartford, so be Ist Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 21st, 1861, to till an original vacancy.
GIN REGIMENT.
Jan. 22 .- Od Lieut. Martin Stottler, to be 1st Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 19th, 1861, vice Stowe, resigned.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Win. F. Bradley, to be 2d Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 19th, ISGi. vice Stottler, promoted.
17TH REGIMENT.
Jan. 23 .- 2d Assistant Surgeon Elijah Gregory, to be Ist Assistant Surgeon, with rank from Jan. 22d. 1864, vice MeEwen, resigned.
Henry S. Turrell of New Milford, to be 21 .1s. sistant Surgeon, with rank from Jan. 224, 1864. vice Gregory, promoted.
11TH REGIMENT.
G. Berry Reynolds of Sprague, to be 2d Assist. ant Surgeon, with rank from Jan. 22d, 1864, vice Carpenter, transferred.
29Th REGIMENT.
Orrin L. Case of Canton, to be 2d Lieutenant. with rank from Jan. 25th, IStt, to fill an original vacancy.
Jan. 25th, 1864. The order dismissing Capt. Joseph Jordan, 21st Private Wm. C. Williams, Co. C. 14th Regt, to Conn. Vo's, has been revoked, and he having tan-
Jan. 7 .- Sergt. Philip Manix of Co. K, to be 2d Lieut., with rank from Dec. 18th, 1863, vice Post, be 2d Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 25th, 1864, derof his resignation, is honorably discharged, as to fill an original vacancy. of the date of the above mentioned order.
resigned.
Jan. 27 .- Corp. Edwin A. Thorp, Co. E, 15th Conn., to be Captain, with rank from Jan. 26th, 1864, to fill an original vacancy.
Gordon W. Stewart, to be Ist Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 20th, 1864, to fill an original va- caney.
20TH REGIMENT.
ed Lieut. Henry Lewis, to be Ist Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 26th, 1864, vice Doolittle, de- ceased.
21ST REGIMENT.
Sergt. Major Luther N. Curtis, to be : d Lieuten- ant, with rank from Jan. 26th, 1864, vice Shep- ard, resigned.
2D ARTILLERV. Com. Sergt. Franklin J. Candee, to be 2d Lieu- tenant, with rank from Jan. 26th, 1864, vice Gay- lord, deceased.
1st Sorgt. Daniel F. Marsh, to be 2d Lieutenant, with zank from Jan. 26th, 1864, vice Cleaveland, promoted.
Ist Sorgt, Warren Alford, to be 2d Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 26th, 1861, vice Shumway, promoted.
30TH REGIMENT.
Jan. 29,-C. V. R. Creed of New Haven, is ap. pointed Acting Surgeon of the 30th Regt. Conn. Vols., (colored. )
13TH REGIMENT.
Jan. 30 .- 1st Jicut. Frank Welles, to be Cap- tain, with rank from Jan. 29th, 1864, vice Grosve- nor, promoted.
9d Licut. John C. Kinney, to be Ist Lieutenant, with rank from Jan. 29th, 1864, vice Welles, pro- moted.
Sergt. John M. Lyman of Co. C. to be 2d Licu- Chaplain, with rank from Jan. 19th, 1864, vice | tenant, with rank from Jan. 20th, 1864, vice Kin- Cooper, resigned.
ney, promoted.
RESIGNATIONS.
1st Licut. Wm. S. Knapp, 17th Regt., Dec. Ist.
Capt. W. M. Grosvenor, 13th Conn., Oct. 29th, 1863, to enable him to accept a commission as Colonel of the 2d Regt. Corps d'Afrique.
Assistant Surgeon E. M. Pease, 16th Conn., Nov. 30th, 1863, to accept promotion.
Surgeon Robert Hubbard, 17th Conn., Dec. 28th, 1863. Cause-disability.
Quartermaster J. B. Bromley, 13th Regt., Dee. 20th, 1863. od Lieut. Audrew Cole, 9th Regt., Dec. 30th, 1863. Assistant Surgeon Geo. W. Avery, 9th Regt., Dec. 10th, 1863. to accept promotion. Ist Lient. F. B. Hawley, 14th Regt., Jan. 20th,
1844. Ed Lieut. Chas. Daniels, 13th Regt., Jan. 8th, 1861.
Surgeon N. A. Fisher, 20th Regt., Jan. 29th, 1864. 11. C. Ward has resigned his position as A. A. G. of Connectieut, and gone into the 29th Regt., (colored, ) as Captain.
DISMISSED. Ist Lieut. Chas. W. Galpin, 14th Regt., Dec. 2d. 1963. Cashiered. 2.1 Lient. George W. Sherinan, 20th Regt., Jan. 18th. 1861. Dishonorably discharged.
HARTFORD, Jan. 23d, 186.t. [Special Order, No. 11.] The commission issued to Sergt. Gad N. Smith, Od Cona. Artillery, as 2d Lieut. in the 20th Regt. Conn. Vols. (colored.) is hereby revoked, he hav- ing dechtted the appointment.
ITEMS.
So much of Special Order No. 27. Jan. 17th, Jan. 26 .- Henry C. Ward of Hartford, to be 1565, from the War Department, as dismissed Ist Captain, with rank from Jan 25th, 1861, to fill au Lient. Wm. R. Harmount, has been revoked, and original vacancy.
he has been honorably discharged, as of the abovo date.
20TH REGIMENT.
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Capt. Charles L. Norton of Farmington, has been appointed Colonel of the Fourth Engineer Corps, Corps d'Afrique.
Sergeant Amos R. Ladd of Norwich, a member of Co. F, Thirteenth Regiment, has received a 2d Lieutenant's commission in the First Louisiana, (colored) regiment.
Dr. Hubbard (formerly of the 17th C. V.) has | ister. resigned his position as Medical Director of the ; 11th Corps, on account of ill health. He retires ! from service with the hearty god wishes of many friends in the army.
. Edwin A. Thorpe, a member of Co. D, 13th C. V., has recently received an appointment from the Military Board, as a Captain in the 29th C. V.
Orrin L. Case of Canton, and private Wm. C. Williams of Co. C, 16th C. V. have been appointed ; mission as Captain in the 29th (colored) Regi- 2d Lieutenants in the 30th (colored) li giment. ment.
Wm. J. Ross of Greeneville, a corporal in Co. A, 1Sth Regiment, has been appointed a Captain in the 29th Regiment.
Rev. H. L. Wayland has resigned his position as Chaplain of the 7th C. V. Private affairs com. ! Johnson was a graduate of the class of 1862, at pel him reluctantly to this step. IIe has served ; Yale, beloved and honored by all. He culisted as twenty-eight months faithfully and nobly. The a private immediately after taking his degree. sineere esteem and affection of the regiment finds ' lle has proved himself brave, faithful, and thor- a most gratifying practical expression in the gift i onghly competent for the position which his mer- of. an elegant silver pitcher and a purse of money. | its alone have won for him. The handsome testimonial is thus acknowledged :
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 20th, 1861.
The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge | city of Philadelphia.
the receipt of an elegant silver pitcher, bearing Lieut. Col. Rodman of the 7th Regiment is home on reerniting service. He has declined the Colo- neley of the 6th Regiment. His health has not been good since his return to his regiment. the inscription : " To the Rev. H. L. Wayland, from i, his friends in the ranks of the 7th Conn. Vols" For this unexpected and most welcome token of regard from his comrades in arms, as well as for the handsome purse of money presented by men- 1 bers of Companies C, D, and I, the undersigned ; been presented by his company with a beautiful begs leave to return his most grateful thanks. Il. L. WAYLAND.
Maj. A. C. Brady of the 17th Regiment, a very mission as First Lieutenant in the l'ir-t Connecti- 'gallant officer, who was wounded severely at Get- cut Cavalry, and joined his regiment at Baltimore ; tysburg, has been appointed Major in the Invalid a few days since. Ife has labored diligently for Corps. some months in recruiting a company for that fine regiment, and has seenred a large number of ex. cellent men.
Mr. Jesse II. Lord of Hartford, received a com- 1
His conduct as a recruiting officer has been hon- 1 orable and worthy of all praise, and his success is Col. Wm. Whistler, who was the oldest army the just reward of honest, efficient work. As the , officer in the United States, except Gen. Scott, able author of the history of the " Three Months, died at his residence in Cincinnati, on Friday morn- Volunteers," published in our columns, he will be . ing, at a very advanced age. Deceased had been remembered by our readers with interest and high , on the retired list for a number of years.
csteem. As a true gentleman and a sincere ] it- riot, we heartily wish him happiness, success, and honor.
Col. John A. Nelson of Hartford, of the loth colored infantry, has been removed by Gen. Batler ;
The Twelfth Regiment is under command of from his position for injuring recruiting among the . Lieut. Col. F. HI. Peek, Captain Clark acting as negroes by impressment.
The Rev. T. J. Holmes, pastor of the Congre -; The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Regiments are now gational Church, sent in his resignation Nov. 22d. i announcing his determination to " go to the war." .at Plymouth, N. C. They were ordered there to The Church was somewhat surprised by the act. Itake the places of some veteran regiments who as they had looked on him as their settled pastor. fare about to go home on furlongh. It is not ex- They declined accepting his resignation, but m- preted that they will be permanently located stead, granted him a leave of absence with a salary there. Letters should be directed (via Newbern.) of five hundred dollars. He accordingly enhsted . The First Conn. Cavalry is now filled to its maximum, and all detachments on recruiting ser- vice mie ordered to report to their regiment. Con- necticut may well be proud of her cavalry. as a private, was uniformed, and went into camp in New Haven. On Sunday, Dec. 20th, he !.. turned and preneked his farewell sermon, in which he expressed his view of the war, and declared ; The location of Regiments, except those who himself actnated, in the course he had taken, by motives of Christian duty. Ilis departure was re- chave returned home, and the Fifteenth and Six- gretted by many of his people, who had become 'teenth, remain unchanged.
much attached to him, and whose best wishes and; prayers will follow him wherever his daty calle.
1.frut Col. Wilcoxson of the Seventeenth, wants musicians to form a brass band for his regiment. Seven hundred men have enlisted in the Second Conn. Artillery since Dec. 1st.
[From the Bridgeport Standard.]
St. Augusrise, Fla., Jan. 230, 1861.
MR. EDITOR :- The soldiers of the veteran Tenth need a new Chapel Tent. They had one, which, like many of their old comrades, was long since worn out in bard service. It was a comfort to them while it lasted, as a gathering place for Sab. bath services and evening prayer meeting, and as their library and reading room. They want an- other just like it. Will not some of the generous Bridgeport citizens provide funds for the purpose ? If so, let them forward their contributions to S. D. Pardee, Esq., New Haven, and thus do some- thing more for the brave men who are doing so much for them.
Respectfully yours, H. CLAY TRUMBULL, Chaplain 10th C. V. W'm. Il. Bacon, Henry Wilson, George Smith, Osecola Pochahontas, James Shay, W'm. JIe Dou- ald, and James Robinson, deserters from the rebel army, came to New Haven on the 7th, and en- listed in the First Conn. Cavalry.
The Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments have been ordered to Plymouth. N. C. The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh are in the State. The Tenth and Twelfth are no doubt on the way home. The Ninth and Thirteenth are said to form a part of the expedition against Mobile. It is hardly probable however.
A part of the Twentieth regiment on a remote guard-post, at Tracy City, Tean., was sudden- ly attacked, but defended the stockade with great bravery. Private Knowles was killed. Capt. Upson, commanding the post, was reported mortally wounded. He was shot twice after he was entrapped and bad surrendered. Later re- ports give us hopes that the wound . of Capt. Upson is less severe. Ile is a brave, efficient, and manly officer.
The Twenty-First C. V. had a brisk skirmish near Smithfield, on the Chickatuck river.
The Fifteenth C. V. has made a successful reconnaissance from Plymouth.
The Fourteenth C. V. suffered severely in the recent movement of the Army of the l'otomac. The old Fourteenth fights with a vengeance when- ever it meets the eneiny.
Satisfactory details have not up to time of going to press been received concerning any of the above events.
CASUALTIES.
DIED.
At the Regimental Hospital at St. Augustine, Fla., of chronic diarrhea, Jerry Kane of Co. A, 10th C. V., aged 26.
In camp, at Portsmonth, Va .. Jan. 6th, of ty- phoid fever, the wife of Dr. II. V. C. Holcombe, Surgeon of the 15th C. V.
Dec. 22d, at the Ilospital of the 10th C. V., at St. Augustine, Fla., Sergt. William N. Salter of Co. F, of Greenwich, Conn. Measures were taken to send his body home to his friends for inter- ment.
On the 11th iust., Mr. C. Jewell, formerly a member of the 18th C. V.
The New York Herald publishes a list of the names of Union prisoners who died in Richmond from Oet. Ist to Dec. 31st. Among them are the following soldiers from Connectient : Sixth Regi- ment -- Corp. George Ketterer, Co. II. Dec. 28th ; P. Deary, Co. I, Nov. 12th; W. Abbott, Co. I. Nov. 27th. Seventh-W. I'. Bates, Co. D, Oct. 17th. Fourteenth-D. Goodwin, Co. 1. Nov. 8th ; O. C. Pritchett, Co. K. Nov. 11th: J. Rimple, Co. A, Nov. 24th ; C. Dorman, Co. E, Nov. 20th.
IMPROMPTU PRESENTATION .- Co. H of the 7th, Alexis J. Seymour of the First Conn. Artillery, died, after a short illness, at Alexandria, Va., on We are glad to give the following appeal further | New Year's day, aged 20. His remains were em- Regiment, were conducted to the store of Kte- vals & Co., on Wednesday evening, to mike some purchases, and after transacting their business sar- ' circulation. A number of subscriptions havo been ' balmed and sent home by his comrades, and his prised their officers by a presentation to Cals. J. already handed in from Hartford, New Haven, | funeral was attended by a large and sympathizing B. Dennis of a silver pitcher, and Lieut. L. S. Mir- and Bridgeport.
audience, at the Congregational Church in Terry.
REGIMENTAL.
ble a sword, sash and belt. Capt. Dennis man- aged to thank the boys for himself' and wife, but } Lieut. Marble was struck " all of a heap," and was unable to give expression to his feelings at this mark of the respect and confidence of his mien. The affair was wholly impromptu, and made a pleasant incident that will long be remembered by those who participated in it .- New Haven Reg-
Lieut. II. R. Billings, Co, 1, 20th Regiment, has been presented with a valuable sword. It is the gift of eighteen of his friends at Sharps' factory, where he was formerly a workman. It was for- warded to Cowan, Tenn., where le is now sta- tioned.
Frederick E. Camp of Middletown, who went ont with the 24th Regiment, has received a com-
Sergt. Henry P. Johnston of Co. G, 15th Regi- ment, has been promoted to be Lientenant in Co. D. He has received a sword, sash, belt, and field- glass from his friends and college classmates, and also a valuable testimonial from Co. G. Lieut.
Brig. Gen. O. S. Ferry of Connecticut, succeeds Gen. Cadwallader as Military Commander of the
Lieut. J. Dean of Co. F, 2d Conn. Artillery, has : sword and sash, at a cost of seventy dollars, as a testimonial of their sincere regard.
Capt. Thomas K. Bates of Danielsonville, of the . 18th Regiment, has been honorably discharged on account of wounds received.
Major. The regiment forms a part of the 3d brigade, Ist division, 19th army corps.
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ville. The services were condneted by the Rev. . F. A. Spencer, and were deeply soleau and im- pressive .- Litchfield Enquirer. .
regarding the graves of those members of the 23d C. V. who lost lives while the regiment was in the
The following are the names that I found of the . 23d Regiment C. V .:
ter, Co. I; John Marshall, Co. -: Ennis Goodall, Co. G; Nelson J. Peck, Co. C; D. A. Gillette, Co. C; Almon E. Ilamlin, Co. C; Abel Wheeler, no ; they saw he was actuated by a deep conviction of deep and earnest feeling.
company on the board ; F. C. Baranm, Co. K ; George DeForrest, Co. B.
. All these names can be found on the head-boards and they all stand good, but they are weather- beaten and the names are wearing off. If left un- til another year they will be entirely off. If their friends conclude not to send for their bodies this boards. They are buried in a very nice spot, hot but a few rods from the railroad. Their graves are all grassed over. They can be easily taken up. It is about four miles from our camp to the cross- ing.
Co. E, 13th Regiment C. V ..
Banks' Division. Danbury Jeffersonian. .
The remains of Capt. Geo. M. Godfrey, 23d C. V., who died in Louisiana while the regiment was in service, have been brought to his home in Georgetown.
Win. W. Prouty, formerly clerk of the Bridge- port steamer, but recently Quartermaster of the 5th R. I. Regiment, died quite suddenly in New- bern, N. C., a few days since.
Levi Short, the inventor of " Greek fire," died in Philadelphia recently.
Gen. John C. Howard died at Brooklyn, Dee.
war of 1812, and his father was a revolutionary officer. Till within a few years Gen. Iloward was active and widely known as a resident of Howard's Valley, Conn.
THE TENTH REGIMENT.
General :- 1 have to report the loss of twenty- two of my command, yesterday, under the fol- lowing circumstances : Thirty-three enlisted men were detailed from the regiment, under com- mand of Lieut. Walker of the 25th Massachusetts Regiment, to guard a party of prisoners chopping wood outside of our lines. The guard was sur. prised when about three miles from our outer pickets by a largely superior force of the enemy. One man was killed, twenty-one taken prisoners, and the commanding officer mortally wounded.
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