The Connecticut war record, 1863-1865, Part 65

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

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largely represented in officers and men, and many citizens were present. The house was crowded, and a large number stood abont the door, unable to obtain admission. Later the band of the Tenth

and President of the Theological Institute of Vir- Igave some fine music in the moonlight on the ginia, the buildings of which with a number of ' plaza, continuing to play until far towards morn- barracks erected by Government, are now occu. ; ing. pied by the Fairfax Seminary Hospital. On the On Monday, at 2 P. M., the Seventeenth marched from the barracks to the fort to eseort the Tenth to the pier. At the dock and along the morning of the entering of the Ellsworth Zonaves into Alexandria, the Bishop took fright and fled with his family in his carriage, leaving the break- : sea wall the citizens had nssembled in erowds to fast dishes on the table, remarking to his servants [ give a parting salute to the Tenth boys, and tears that he would be back in about a fortnight ; for | were as freely shed, and hands clasped as warmly, that was supposed to be ns long as the Yankees and as kind words of farewell uttered, as though could stay this side of the Potomac. His fur- it were a regiment leaving home for the war, mature, books, papers and letters were all left and [ rather than the removal of an armed band from a are now scattered, save the library which is said | place but lately looked upon as bostile territory. to have been taken by Government. 11. As the Tappahannock moved into the stream, the Seventeenth boys gave hearty cheers, citizens waved their handkerchiefs, the band of the Tenth responded, the steam whistle echoed the hurrahs, and then the Benuregard thundered out her artil-

Quite en exciting little adventure enlivened the, lery greeting, having her entire set of bunting, last days of the Tenth at St. Augustine. About naval signals and all, displayed in her rigging, in nine o'clock on Saturday evening, 17th inst .. . honor of the occasion.

Captain Engles, the Provost Marshal, was informed : The administration of Colonel Otis as Post by some fishermen of a suspicions eraft seen about Commandantnt St. Augustine won for him golden dusk at Matanzas Inlet, some twenty miles below. 'opinions from all sides. Union citizens felt that At once the Captain harried to the dock, hailed their rights were never more jenlously guarded, the blockading schooner Beauregard, which was . hor was less laxity shown toward those deemed then in harbor with a recently captured prize, and disloyal. "Secesh" inhabitants said that they soon lind nrrangements completed for pursuit in Were never more honorably or humanely dealt the gig nnd eutter, under command of Lieutenant by ; while vi-iting civilians expressed gratitude Colby, executive officer of the Beauregard. The 'for the uniform courtesy nnd kindness shown captain accompanying them they reached Matan. towards them by the military commandant,

Warm nttachments have been formed in nll

zas about 2 A. M. At break of day they discov- ; ered the schooner going over the bar, and the g'e these months of pleasant intereourse at St. Angus- gave chase. Lieutenant Colby had the helm, six tine. The Tenth boys have many friends there men were at the oars, and Captain Engles stood whom they will not soon forget, nor by whom will amidships with his riffe. The race was quite ex- they be soon forgotten. Colonel Noble now com- citing. Gaining on the schooner, the Captain innnds the post, and it is n matter of rejoicing to fired at her, but she paid uo attention to the shot. the citizens that a Connecticut officer is again Ile fired again, and she lowered her f-resait and , placed over them. Lieutenant Chatfield, from hove to. The gig ran alongside aud took her as a Bridgeport, a fine young officer, is Post Adjutant, prize. She proved to be a schooner of about and Lieutenant Ward Post Quartermaster. Capt. twenty tons burthen, originally the pilot beat Le- I French is Provost Marshal. high, sold at Key West only about two months ! I. C. T. PORT ROYAL HARBOR, S. C., April 22nd, 1864. since, and taken to Nassan for blockade running. She was now bound to Confederate waters for ent ton, having on board bagging, some 50,000 per- True Benevolence. ready to open upon the enemy. The limbers of ! enssion caps, and a lot of private stores, Iler some of-them show the bunger of the mnles used crew consisted of n captnin, one other white man. Governor Buckingham, a few weeks since, or- and three negroes. But for the timely notice of dered the State Treasurer to credit his salary for the St. Augustine fishermen she would have es- ; the past yrar, and a half to the State Fund, for exped capture. day and night in thnt famous seven days' fight. They so gnawed the tongues of the limbers that to enve them they were obliged to hitch them elsewhere. In getting into position in our battle, the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers. while going through a grove the tongue of

The schooner Beauregard, once n rebel priva- This is but one of many nnostentations exhi- teer, has been very successful in prize-taking, this bitions of the noble beneficence and abiding sym- our guns wns broken by running straddle of a being her seventeenth capture in nbont five ; pathy for the soldier, which nnimates the largo tree. There, under the fire of two heavy batteries, [ months. . Iler officers were grateful to Captain | heart of our honored chief magistrate.

The Tenth Regiment leaves Florida.

The hospital of the regiment was the residence of Bishop John Johns of the diocese of Virginia,

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THE CONNECTICUT WAR RECORD.

EMAY,

PERSONAL.

List of Appointments and Promotions in the Connecticut Volunteer Force, during April, 1864.

(OFFICIAL. ) 1sr CONN. CAVALRY.

Sergt. Alfred V. Burnham, to be 2d Lieut., vice Bradley, discharged, with rank from the B1st day of March, 1864.

. Brayton Ives, of New Haven, to be Major. to fill an original vacancy, with rank from the 12th day of April, 1864.

2d Lieut. Alfred V. Burnham, to be Ist Lieut., with rank from April 230, 1864, vice Lord, re. signed.

Ist Lieut. Edward W. Whitaker, of the 2d .N. Y. Cavalry, to be Captain I-t Regt. Conn. Cavalry, with rank from the 23d day of April, 1864, vice Sterling, dismissed.

1ST CONN. ARTILLERY.

Ist Lieut. William G. Pride, to be Captain, vice Buekley, deceased.

2d Lient. William W. Pardee to be 1st Lieut., vice Pride, promoted.

Sergt. Charles A. Trnesdell, of Co. A, to be 2d Lieut., vice Williams, promoted.

Sergt. Eben. P. Hull, of Co. C, to be 2d Lieut., vice Gillett, promoted.

Sergt. Maj. Thomas J. Beers, to be 2d Lieut., viee Kogers, promoted.

Q. M. Sergt. William R. Guernsey, of Co. I, to be 2d Lieut., vice Pardee, promoted.

Sergt. Lewis B. Sturgess, of Co. B. to be 2d Lient., to till an original vacancy.

All to take rank from the 1st day of April. 1801. John S. Delevan, of Alliny, N. Y., to be Ist Asst. Surgeon, vice Morton, declined.

Nathaniel Matson, of Schodlack, N. Y., to be 2d Asst. Surgeon, viee Hoyt, resigned.

Both with rank from the 7th day of April, 1861. ;. Sergt. Martin L. Church, to he 2d Lieut., vier Dyer, resigned, with rank from the 18th day of April, 1804.

2n CONS ARTILLERY.

Ist Lieut. Walter Burnham, to be Captain, vice Sperry, resigned.

Sergt. Ilomer S. Curtis, to be 2d Lieut., vice Candee, promoted.

Sergt, William L. Twiss, to be 2d Lient., vice : of April, 1864.

Hurley, promoted. 1st Sergt. Roland E. Paddock, to be 2d Lieut., All to take rank from the 21st day of April, ! vice Hall, re-igned, with rauk from the 20th day 1864. of April, 1804. 1st Lieut. Augustus II. Fenn, to be Captain, vice R'ee, promoted. 2n LIGHT BATTERY.

2d Lieut. Edward S. Hubbard, to be Ist Lieut., vice Lee, promoted.

2d Lient. Franklin J. Candee, to be Ist Lieut., | day of April, 1863. vice Hosford, promoted.

2d Lient, Warren Alford, to be 1at Lieut., vice Deane. promoted.

2d Lient. James P. MeCabe, to be Ist Lieut., to fill an original vacancy. '2d Lieut. Edward Hurley, to be Ist Lieut, to fill au original vacancy.

All to take rank from the 31st day of March, 1864.

7TH REGIMENT.

2d Asst. Surgeon Elmore C. Iline, to be Ist Asat. Surgeon, vice Porter, promoted. Private Samuel B. Shepard, M. D., of Co. F. 6th Regt. C. V., to be 2d Asst. Sargcon 7th Regt. C. V., vice Iline, promoted.

Both with rank from the 20th day of April, 1864 Rev. Jacob Eaton, of West Meriden, is hereby appointed Chaplan 7th Rest. C. V., with rank from April 230, 1864, vice Wayland, resigned.

OTH REGIMENT.

Ist Lieut. William A. Lee, to be Captain, vice Sawyer, resigned.

21 Lieut. Michael Mallens, to be Ist Lieut., vice O'Sullivan, resigned.

2d Lieut. David C. Warner, to be Ist Lieut., viee Payne, promoted.

Sergt. Maj John Bolger, to be 2d Lieut., vice friends, to enjoy in peace the blessings of that Cole, resigned.

liberty which his labors have aided in preserving All to take rank from the 1st day of April, 1864. from the assaults of foreign foes and domestie traitors.

IlTH REGIMENT.

1st Lient. Anios S. Allen, to be Captain, viee Bray, resigned.

2d Lient. James E. Fuller, to be Ist Lieut., vice Allen, promoted.

2d Lient. Wm. E. Horton, to be Ist Lieut., vice Nickerson, promoted.

2d Lieut. John Sniffins, to be 1st Lient., vice Warren, promoted,

2d Lieut. Charles II. Simmons, to be Ist Lieut., vice Brown, promoted.

20 Lient, Samnel B. Horne, to be Ist Lieut., viee Rice, promoted.

Sergt. Maj. Erastus Blackmar, to be 2d Lieut., vice Ilorne, promoted.

All to take rank from the 1st day of April, 1864. Sergt. Henry A. Walker, to be 2d Lieut., vice Simmons, promoted.

Ist Sergt. Christian Quinn, to be 2d Lieut., vice Sniffins, promoted.

Sergt. William G. Dickinson, to be 2d Lieut., vice Fuller, promoted.

All to take rank from the 2d day of April, 1864. 12TH REGIMENT.

Sergt. Maj. John Mullen, to be 21 Lieut., vice Stedman, promoted, with rank from the 11th day of April, 1861.

16THI REGIMENT.

1st Lient. Alfred A. Dickerson, to be Captain, vice Mix, deceased, with rank from the 1st day of April. 1864.

ITIU REGIMENT. Ist Asst. Surgeon Sabin Stocking, Sth Regt. C. T., to be Surgeon, vice Hubbard, resigned, with rank from the 18th day of April, 1864.

18THI REGIMENT.

1st Sergt. Edward S. Hinkley, to be 2d Lieut., vice Washburn, appointed Captain U. S. colored troops, with rank from the 12th day of April, 1861.

20TH REGIMENT. 1

1st Lieut. and Adjt. Horace G. H. Tarr, to be Captain, vice Guilford, dismissed, with rank from the 19th day of April, 1804.

Cornelius J. Dubois, of New Haven, to be Adjt., vice Tarr, promoted, with rank from the 19th day

Ist Sergt. Frank HI. Whitney, to be 2d Lieut., vice Sherman, resigned, with rank from the Ist

At a meeting of Co. I, 2d Regiment C. M., held at their armory, April 7th, 1864, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :-

WIEBEAS, Our Captain, Rev. Jacob Eaton, has again entered the service of his eonntry, thus giving renewed evidence of his love for the Un- ion which our fathers ordained-

Resolved, That while we part from him with feelings of sorrow, yet we bid him God speed in his noble work, feeling assured as we do that in whatever situation he may be placed, he will bear an unsullied reputation as a Christian minister- one who not only points to the path of duty, but leads the way.

Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolu. tions be presented to Captain Eaton, and that the same be published in the Meriden Recorder and the Connectient War Record.

E. W. BLISS, Ist Lieutenant, W. W. LEE, 2d Lieutenant, Committee.

R. L. SMITH, 1st Sergeant, JOHN BARTON, Secretary.

" FORT BUTLER," DONALDSONVILLE, La. S Editor Connecticut War Record:

DEAR SIR-As we "sogers," in looking over " home news," (as contained in the periodicals which we occasionolly receive from friends at the North. ) frequently find misstatements and errors, we think it proper to make such corrections as justice seems to demand. Iu your published list of officers and men who were former members of the Ist, 2d, and Sd Connecticut regin: ents, I notice the names of R. E. Holcomb, George A. Wayne, James M. Gardner, James T. Smith. D. E. Jones, Jolin Kearney, and Leonidas R. Hall, as belonging to the First Louisiana (colored) Regimeut. Now, at the risk of giving the good people of Connecti- cut the idea that we are " Northern men with Southern principles," we wish it distinctly under- stood that we prefer not to be classed with officers of negro regiments. We belong to the " First Louisiana Infantry Volunteers," (white ) being the first Union regiment raised in any disloyal State. Richard E. Holcomb, our former Colonel, came to the Department of the Gulf as Major of the Thir- teenth Conn. Vols .; was promoted to the com- inand of this regiment by Gen. B. F. Butler, Aug. 8th, 1862; was killed while leading his command at the gallant charge before Port Hudson, June 14th, 1863. lle was wounded in the charge of May 27th, but like a noble soldier, which he most certainly was, he refused to leave his post ; and when the order to attack was given, on the event- ful 14th of June, he threw aside his crutches, and took his position at the head of the brigade, which he was temporarily commanding.

George A. Wayne is the Captain of Company HI ; James M. Gardner 1st Lieut. Company G ; James T. Smith Ist Lieut. Company D ; Devereaux E. Jones 2d Lieut. Company B: John Kearney 2d Lieut. Company D; Leonidas R. Ilall Ist Lieut. Company 11.

The Northern people seem to believe that all Louisiana troops are negroes, while the fact is, Louisiana has furnished two regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one battery light artillery, of white troops. Connecticut has the honor of hay- ing furnished more officers for these same regi ments than any other State in the Union,

Hoping that you will give this a publication, thereby greatly obliging your many friends in this regiment,

I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Your obd't servant, LEONIDAS R. HALL, Ist Lt. 1st La. I. V.

Lieut. G. W .: Darling, of the Ist R. I. Cavalry, has been presented by the soldiers at the Conscript Camp at Fair Ilaven with a superb silver mounted sword, sash, and shoulder straps.

Lieut. E. W. Whitaker, of the Conn. Squadron in the llarris Light Cavalry, and long an efficient aid of the adventurous Kilpatrick, has been pro- noted to be Captain. Hle will return to the regi- ment to command his company, but is at present an aid. de-camp to Gen. J. 11. Wilson, commanding od Division Cavalry Corps. Captain Whitaker is a brave, faithfui, and accomplished officer. llis advancement is well deserved.

Resolred, That to Captain Eaton our thanks are dne for the lively interest he has ever manifested in our welfare as a company and as men, knowing as we do that to him more than any other person we are indebted for our organization ; and we pray that the God of Battles may be his shield and friend amid all peril and danger; and when the national flag shall again float triumphantly Lieut. Augustus Roderiquez is the fortunate re- over all our country, and the Inst rebel be sub- | cipient of an elegant sword, sash, and belt, from dued, may He bring him back to family and I the members of Co. I, 15th Conn. Infantry.

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Ileury P. Goddard, of the Fourteenth Regiment, has been promoted to a captaincy. He is Ord- nance Officer in the Artillery Brigade, 2d Corps. Capt. Goddard was formerly connected with the Norwich Bulletin.

Lieut. John G. Pelton, of the Fourteenth In- fantry, has been promoted to be Captain and as- signed to a position on the staff of Maj. Gen. Han- cock. The sons of Connecticut are justly rising every day to stations of honor and influence.

James II. Rieard of Pomfret, who has lately been appointed captain of the 19th U. S. colored troops, was presented by his friends with an ele- gant sword, sash, and belt, previous to his depart- ure for his regiment .- Press.

Aeting Lieut. Warrington Roath has received from friends in Norwich, as evidence of their high opinion of his eonrage and manliness, a gold mounted sword, with a seabbard of silver. Lieut. Roath served as a private in the 20 C. V. I., (three months,) was then appointed Acting Master, and has sinee, by recommendation of Commander Read, been promoted, for good conduet, to be Aeting Volunteer Lieutenant. Ile commands the U. S. brig Bolio.

Brig. Gen. Edward Harland, formerly the ac- complished Colonel of the Sth Infantry, was commander of the sub- district of the Pamlico, with headquarters at Washington, N. C. The officers on his staff are Lieut. W. M. Pratt, A. A. A. G .; Lieut. Charles J. Arms, A. D. C .; Lieut. N. P. Ives, C. S. Had Gen. IIarland been ordered to defend the town, he would have made a most gal- Iant and persistent fight.

Rev. Jacob Eaton, Post Chaplain at the Con- seript Camp, has been appointed Chaplain of the Seventh Infantry. Ile will join his regiment at the earliest possible moment after the necessary papers are obtained. All who know Mr. Eaton believe him admirably qualified for the responsi- ble position to which he is elected and commis- sioned. Ile goes forth with an caraest, manly, Christian heart, and with cordial good wishes and sineere prayers of a host of warm friends.

Rev. John D. Jones, of New Haven, has enlisted as a private in the Seventeenth C. V. He report- ed for duty at the U. S. Rendezvous, May 2d, and was detailed as Post Chaplain in place of Rev. Ja- cob Eaton, just promoted. Rev. Mr. Jones is a man of good talents and wide experience as au evangelist in the West and elsewhere. He is a man of vigor, an energetie preacher, and will do an excellent work among the soldiers.

REGIMENTAL,

The Location of Regiments

IN THE CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER FORCE, MAY 1, 1864.

1st Regt. Cavalry, Maj. E. Blakeslee, command- ing, Ist Brigade, Cavalry Corps-Army of the Po- tomac, April 17, 1864.

1st Liglit Battery, Cant. Alfred P. Rockwell- Folly Island, S. C., April 1, 1864.

2d Light Battery, Capt. John W. Sterling-De- [ they are detained so as to be forwarded at the partment of the Gulf, via New Orleans, April 1, 1864.

1st Artillery, Col. H. L. Abbott-Fort Richard- son, Va., April 27, 1864.

2d Artillery, Col. E. S. Kellogg-Fort Ells- worth, Va., April 18, 1864.

5th Regt., Col. Warren W. Paeker-Decherd, Tenn., April 3d, 1864.

6th Regt., Col. Redfield Duryee-Fortress Mon- roe. 7th Regt., Col. Joseph R. Hawley-Fortress Monroe.

8tb Regt., Col. J. E. Ward-Department of Vir- ginia, via Fortress Monroe.

9th Regt .. Col. Thomas W. Cahill-New IInven, Conn., April 18, ISG1.

10th Regt , Maj. E. S. Greeley, commanding-| The only intelligence obtained by flag of truee was Department of the South, via Hilton Head.

that no officer higher in rauk than Captain was 11th Regt., Col. G. A. Stedman-Department of ; injured. The casualties in the Sixteenth are prob- Virginia, via Fortress Moaroe.

12th Regt., Lieut. Col. F. H. Peck-Conscript Camp, Fair Haven, Conn.

13th Regt., Col. Charles D. Blinn-Alexandria, La., April 4, 1864.

14th Regt., Col. Theodore G. Ellis-In the field. via Washington, April 1, 1864.

15th Regt., Col. Charles L. Upham-Newbern, N. C., April 1, 1864.

16th Regt., Lieut. Col. John II. Burnham-De- partment of Virginia, via Fortress Montoc.

17th Regt., Col. Wm. II. Noble-Folly Island, S. C., April 1, 1864.

18th Regt., Major Henry Peale-Harper's Ferry, Va., April 21, 1864.

20th Regt., Col. Samuel Ross, 12th A. C .- Cow- an, Tenn., April 11, 1864.

21st Regt., Col. A. Il. Dutton-Washington, N. C., March 31, 1861.

Ist Squad Cavalry-2d N. Y. Cavalry.

ITEMS SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE OFFICIAL, OR OF LATER DATE. The 1st Cavalry are at Stevensburg, Va.

The 1st and 2d Artillery have been for a month expecting orders to go to the front as infantry, but are still in the defenses of Washington.

" Trebor" informs us that batteries B and M of the 1st Artillery, for a long time with the siege artillery of the Army of the Potomae, recently turned over their batteries to the proper authori- ties at Washington Arsenal, and have joined the regiment at Fort Ward, near Alexandria, Va.

The First Light Battery has left Folly Island. and is at Gloucester Point.

The exact location of the Sixth is not kaown. Major Klein, with 40 veterans who redalisted after the return of the main body to Connecticut, were ordered to remain at the U. S. rendezvons at Fair At a meeting of all the commissioned officers of the regiment. held on Friday evening, March 11th, Haven nutil the regiment was heard from, The ! regiment has been ordered to the peninsula, it is |1861, the following preamble and resolutions were supposed, and is daily expected at Yorktown, but : unanimously adopted :

up to April 28th had not arrived. The 7th and loth have reached Yorktown. The Sth aud 11th are also there, making four Connecticut regiments at that point, and another on the way thither. All superfluous baggage has been sent to Fortress Monroe for storage. Every circumstance points aged father is left to mourn the loss of a son in the to active, stern work.

The veterans of the 12th reported promptly on the expiration of their furloughs, and were ren- dezvoused at Wallingford. On Sunday, April 24, they embarked for New York, and were there stopped, ordered back, and finally quartered at midway by the awful hand of God, and buried the U. S. Rendezvous at Fair Haven, where they ' where watery deeps are his eternal pall-it is

Isnitable and proper that his brother officers and the regiment to which he has been attached, in they could not comply with the quarantine rogu. I deep graf for his misfortune and in heartfelt sym- lations; but it is more generally believed that pathy with his family at their grievous loss, sadly right moment to swell the columns of the immense and daily augmenting Army of the Potomac. It

moved by their inability to give the remains the last honors due to the soldier-to shroud it in his is quietly reported that the whole 19th Corps is country's flag, and fire the volley over his grave- ordered North from the Red River. This is the , should solemnly unite to give expression to their corps to which the 9th, 12th and 13th belong. [ admiration of the virtues of the deceased, and their sorrow for his untimely end.

Concentration seems to be the military maxim of to-day.

The 13th 'is in the 19th Corps, and formed a part of the troops of the Red River expedition. They were doubtless engaged in the disastrous fights along the river, but no definite intelligence lias yet come to hand.

ably few. Col. Beach and Lieut. Col. Burnham have been heard from at Libby P'rison. Adjutant Clapp writes from Salisbury, on the way to Geor- gia. Surgeon Meyer has arrived at Annapolis. Captain Wheeler and Lieutenant Barnes, of the 15th regt., detached as staff officers, were doubt- less captured. Portions of the regiment escaped. Co. Il. was on Roanoke I-laad, and still remains there. Capt. Pomeroy, with a detachment which had been on recruiting service in the State, bad reached Newbern on his way to the regiment, but could proceed no further. Lient, A. J. Case with two men is on duty nt the U. S. rendezvous, and tbus escaped capture. Yet, a true soldier, he would prefer to share the fortunes of his brave comrades.

The 17th has taken the place of the 10th at St. Augustine. Col. Noble commands the post.

The 20th has been relieved from duty as rail- road guard, and ere this is doubtless in Lookout Valley. The regiment is in a brigade commanded by Col. Ross, and in the new corps consolidated from the 11th and 20th, commanded by "Figliting Joe Hooker."

The 21st has been stationed for some time at Washington, N. C. The place has been evacua- ted, and the 21st ordered to Fort Monroe.

The 29th at latest dates was at Beanfort, S. C.

CASUALTIES.

HEADQUARTERS 16TH REG'T C. V. INF'S, } NEWBERN, N. C., March 11th, 1864. 1

When, in the inscrutalde dealings of the All- wise, a friend who has accompanied us in the daily walls of life, has been suddenly stricken down, and, the natural order of things being reversed, an first glow of manliood ; when the soldier who has The Connectient brigade is hopelessly broken up. The 8th is brigaded with the foth and inth braved derth in battle, and whose breast is ever bared to the whistling bullet. is snatched from the N. II. and 118th N. Y. The 11th is in a separide bloody glory of dying in his country's cause, to brigade, commanded by Colonel Stedman of the 11th.

perish alone and uncheered-with no banner above him but the silent clouds, no sounds around him but the rush of waters ; when an officer, in eager obedience to the calls of duty and honor, wrestling with all obstacles to reach his post, is stopped

We therefore, the commissioned officers of the Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, for ourselves and in behalf of the regiment which we represent, do unanimously adopt the following preamble and resolutions :

Whenras, Our friend and comrade, Captain E.

The 16th Regiment is said to be nt Ameriens. Georgia. They were captured after a heroic resis- | H. Mix, while on his way to rejoin the regiment, tanee at Plymouth. We can yet learn little more. did attempt to obviate an unfortunate delay by

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The Connecticut war record, 1863-1865, Part 65

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