The Connecticut war record, 1863-1865, Part 89

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

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The saddened feelings of the Regiment, as they looked upon their thinned ranks the next morn- ing, cannot be expressed. Many were the inqui- ries made and anxiously was the fate of one and Valley to near Strausburgh ; then back to Hall [ another canvassed. The death of the Col., how- ever. was the great and universal lamentation, aud is still; for he was brave, as a soldier,

Town, where the Regimeit now lies, forming a part of Gen. Sheridan's Army, of the Middle Military Department. This army is at present forellent, as an officer, and kind-hearted as a man. fortifying the hights from the Shenandoah to the Potomac River, with the rebel anmuy before it, ! and upon the refusal of Lieut. 'Col. Hubbard to both engaging in an occasional skirmish fight.

Upon the recommendation of higher officers, accept the position, Capt. R. S. Jlackinzie, of the Engineer Department of the Regular Army, nad At Belleplain, the Regimeut was paid off, and the field ia former years, say that the length of' in the two ensuing days sent home, through the the marches and the continuousness with which ; Chaplain and Christian Commission, $17,000. they are kept up this year, surpasses all former i HI. experience in this war. Certain it is, that in our weariness we thought so ; for weary indeed have we been, and have longed for the rest of home. if not that, at least of the fortifications, Neverthe- less, weary or not, fortifications or not, we are determined to do our duty steadily, bravely, to the end of our service.

To our Brothers in the Trenches.

" Dear friends still toiling in the sun- Ye dearer ones, who gone before. Are watching from the eternal shore, The slow work by your hands begun.

Rejoice in hope ! The day and night Are one with God, and one with them Who see by faith the elondy hem Of Judgment fringed with Merey's light."

Alexis J. Seymour was born in Terryville June Ist, in the battle of Cold Arbor, as the citi- " (Plymouth) Nov. 1, 1834, the son of Alexis W. Seymour. Ile enlisted in the Ist Reg. Conn. Ar- tiflery (then known as the 4th Reg. C. V .. ) in the in killed wounded and missing. But the list will ' -mmer of 1861, and had served n large part of be furnished. Sickness and exhaustion have his three years, when he was suddenly stricken down by a somewhat obscure disease, which ob- Istinately affected the brain. He died Jau. 1, 1864,

produced their usual diminution of munbers. At the battle of Cold Harbor, the Regiment in the hospital near Alexandria, with the repu- bringing the joyful tidings that orders had just f lost the Colon: 1, to whom it was so much nttach- itation of one who had done his duty to his Con- reached Corps Headquarters, that the whole Reg- iment was to report to-morrow morning to Gen. Hunt, Chief of AArtillery, to be what they desire to be, a Regiment doing Heavy Artillery duty. The order confirming this, immediately followed,

Monday, July 25th, the Regiment was ordered to report to Gen. DeRussey, and though a soak- ing rain was prevailing, no march was more gladly and willingly undertaken by the strong as well as enfeebled. We were ordered to five Forts, with Fort Whipple as Headquarters. One pur- pose then moved all-to have barracks, muskets and traps in former excellent and bright coudition ; and resolutely was the task entered upon, when, lo ! the next day, when we had been there just about 23 hours, orders came to pack np and be | rendy to march immediately .. Then commenced our second Maryland and Northern Va. campaign. We overtook the Corps at Monoency, and re- sumed our former place in it. Since which we have marched to Hall Town, just beyond Harper's Ferry, baek by stages, to Monocacy ; then for- ward again to llall Town, and up the Shenandoah

Since entering the field, marching for a greater ing for a day or more the exception. Those in

or less distance, has been the standing order, hatt. | a graduate of West Point, was chosen as Colonel.

This Regiment began its bloody and real war experience in the skirmish fight ou the North Anna, May 24th, when six. were wounded, and one killed; on the 31st inst., by sharpshooters, while out on picket, seven more were wounded. zens say, not Harbor, the Regiment lost over 500!

ed, E. S. Kellogg, who fell lifeless withoat a try, and had not forgotten his God. His remains groan, while leading the Regiment on the charge . · were thought back to his friends, and buried in : Terryville, with religions services at the Cong. of that buttle-a charge made at evening, over : Chapel by Rev. F. A. Spencer. Mr. Seymour was rifle pits, and an almost impassable abettis of unmarried, and of his father's family there re- allen trees, and in the face of a strong and reso- mains bnt oue sister.

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[ SEPTEMBER,

HOME DEPARTMENT , !also mouru the absence of those who are to return

For the Connecticut War Record.

Sanitary Fair at Birmingham.

MR. EDITOR :- With a population of abont 5000 Derby has furnished the " War for the I'nion" with 4 Colonels, 10 Cap- tains, 14 Lieutenants, 1 Chaplain, and 640 non-commissioned officers and privates. Their soldiers have made a glorious ree- ord on many a hard fought battle field which will brighten with the praise of enriching the soil of the Rebellious South-when posterity, while their friends at home have sustained them with a zealous and patriotic will. Derby has now two dis- tinet Sanitary organizations, one in Bir- mingham, the other in Ansonia, both con- dueted by a few energetic ladies whose motto and watch-word is " help the sol- diers."

The Ladies of the Birmingham Socie- ty held a Fair at their village on the eve- nings of June 15th, 16th and 17th, which proved a splendid success. It was held in a large tent or series of tents which were beautifully decorated with flags and evergreens, war relies and specimens of art. Tables loaded with a great variety of rich delicacies and fancy articles were tastefully arranged, and at proper distan- ces stands were stationed for ice cream, strawberries, &e. Four transpareneies of Derby's honored dead and living, viz: Colonels Russell, Colburn, Kellogg and Wooster, were suspended in the centre

have returned mangled by shot and shell, still it is enough for us to know that at all times and in all places you have been obedient to orders, dis- charging your duties faithfully as soldiers, thus doing credit to yourselves, honor to your town, and good service to your country. I need not, gentlemen soldiers, go with you over any of the battle grounds of the rebellion. I need not speak of your services in front of Yorktown, at Hanover Court House, Gaines' Mills, Golling's Farm, Mal- vern Hill, and along the banks of the Chickahom- ony, nor at Fredericksburgh, nor Mine Run, and farther beyond the Rappahannock, for we all ap- preciate your services, and are proud to say that of the tent. The Ladies who engineered | on every battle field when you have hoisted the the Fair had wisely secured in advance | stars and stripes you have nobly sustained the as a " base of operation " 81700 by sub- high standard of Connecticut troops. scription from the citizens of Birming- ham and its vicinity. This was an en- couraging step and gave promise of a defence of your country's honor ! Welcome you, success realized far above the most san- guine expectations,

The Fair opened on the first evening by the reception of 10 members from Co. B, Derby, of the 349 returned veterans of the Ist Conn. Artillery. In behalf of the Ladies, Dr. Beardsley addressed them as follows :

no more, Your first commander, a brave, warm hearted man-a true and fearless soldier, Col. Kellogg, has recently fallen while leading his men upon the enemy, and we shall ever cherish his name with that of Russell and others, as among four most heroie and patriotic dead. When I look back to the first struggles for liberty and call to mind those heroes who have long since gone-gone to reap as you will in due time, the re -! ward of their patriotie labors, -when I think ofthe hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of our fallen braves, whose blood and bones are now

IFsee these war. worn veterans before me-fresh from the battle field for three long years, stran- gers to the endearments of homes-when I con- sider the momentous issues involved in this mighty conflict between right and wrong, 1 am compell- ed to say, that as for me if I ever forget the sol- dier who has been true to his trusts as you have been in upholding the flag of our Union, "may my right hand forget her cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." Though you have not gone through fully the glorious cam- paign in front of Richmond because your term of

clothing and other wants, and speedily made available by the active industry of loyal ladies, whose hearts and souls are alive to the sufferings of our brave and needy soldiers. The Birmingham Sol- dier's Aid or Sanitary Society was or- ganized at first with a view simply to benefit Connecticut volunteers, but con- tributions are now made almost weekly through the Sanitary Commission at New Haven, which are forwarded to the gen- eral supply for all the sick and wounded soldiers of the Union.

Noble and God-like is the example and effort of woman in this hour of our coun- try's need. Our sick and wounded sol- diers from a hundred battle fields would suffer immensely, cared for only by the vast machinery of government. There should be no lack of labor and interest in the Sanitary canse, which has proved such a fountain of comfort to those who enlistment had expired-though you may not are freely offering their lives to uphold the flag of our Union. X. Y. Z.

Birmingham, July 1, 1864.

Bridgeport Soldiers Aid Society.

During the progress of this horrible civil war, which taxes so severely the re- sources and energies of the government, the women of the country have been em- phatically "the power behind the throne." They have not hesitated to assume re- sponsibilities and to perform labors, the magnitude of which might make those of the sterner sex distrust their ability to bear. To their foresight and instinctive knowledge of the wants of our volunteers,

Welcome then, brave boys of the veteran band of 349! Welcome you who were among the first i many a brave soldier owes his life. In to shoulder the musket and wear the knapsack in whose names are now enrolled as among the true defenders of the American flag ! Welcome, thrice welcome, you to these pleasing attractions, made more pleasing by fair hands and willing hearts, aided by liberal contributions, and all for the no- ble purpose of relieving your less fortunate com- rades in tents and crowded hospitals.

[hundreds of instances it seemed as though these ministers of humanity possessed some secret means of knowing just what was wanting, so exactly has the benefac- tion answered the need. The gratitude of those who have been the subjects of their attentions is the best evidence of the value of their services.

The Bridgeport Society was organized in July, 1862, and in five days had be-

Three cheers were then given the vet- crans by the crowd and returned by them Soldiers of Company B-Veterans : with a hearty good will. Music, vocal gun transmitting clothing, delicacies and In behalf of the Ladies of this Fair, I bid you a hearty welcome to the hospitalities of this oc- rasjon. I would say to you, that from the very firat moment you left the borders of your native Stats at the call of your country, up to your mausIering out under Col. Abbott, we have watch- el with peculiar interest your military career ; we have thought of your dangers, your hardships, your privations, your exposures both in the camp and the field, and we now rejoice that you have retnine and are once more minong us soldiers not and instrumental, tableaux, the "Far- medicines. During the first year of its mers' Kitchen," with its rare curiosities existence the cash reecipts were $2,618 21 and the cash expenditures $1,464 57. To these accounts must be added the fact, that all the articles of clothing and bed- ding, and most of the delicacies, were made and prepared by the ladies, and are not comprised in the above items. More than one hundred and forty families of of olden times, the "Masquerade Dance" which gratified the old and young im- mensely, and refreshments, constituted the attractive features of the Fair. The Ladies whose efforts were untiring, were amply rewarded for their labors in the nett proceeds of 83,700. This money is merely, bn: citizens, But while we rejoice, we mostly expended in material for hospital | sokliers were assisted by the society dur-

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ing the first year by gifts of fuel, provis- ions, cotton cloth, calico, flamtel, delaine, beds, bedding, &e., &c., besides money as needed.

Last winter the project was started by the managers of this society to freight a vessel with vegetables and other provis- ions which would prove to be a rarity to our brave volunteers and a pleasing re- minder of home, and send the cargo to every Councetient regiment on the At- lantie coast that could be reached by any means of carriage. Although the time for making the collection was limited to ten days, yet the supply from donations made from all parts of the State was am- ply sufficient for the purpose. The dif- ferent railroad companies, the express company, and the Secretary of the Navy gave free transportation to the supplies. No less than fifteen hundred packages comprising barrels, half barrels, boxes, &c., made up this noble and generous contribution to the soldiers. Portions were transmitted by special agents to the 1st Artillery, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th and 21st Con- neetient regiments, and to the Ist North Carolina colored regiment. The special report says :

"This attempt has been successful be- yond the expectations of many. The enterprise will, it is hoped, receive the attainments and refinement of culture approbation of the benevolent and the good. The people of Conneetient, as a whole, have shown their zeal to partici- pate in the glorious work, and the efforts we have made have disposed ns the more fully to renew and perpetuate the delight- ful intercourse with the self-sacrificing The Constitutional Amendment. and brave men, who have gone from our The vote on the amendment to the Constitu- tion, to authorize soldiers to vote, stands as fol- Counties. Hartford, Yes. lows : own State of Connecticut. Many sol- diers from other States were heard to exclaim, as the good things came to our "Connecticut boys," "I wish I had en- Jo. 3,520 3,753 listed from Connectient." and " If onr New Haven, 5,02g 4.761 own States would do something like this, New London, 2.805 1,105 how well off we should be." Fairfield, 3,578 Windhan, 1,050

Connectient will ever be gratefully re- membered for her affectionate and sub- stantial sympathy for her absent ones, by those that witnessed, as well by those that participated in the scenes at the va- rions ports, when these stores arrived at their destination.

In addition to this enterprise, which has been so successfully carried out under the auspices of the Soldiers' Aid Society, we have disbursed of our stores and funds in many other directions. Our members have labored with unabated zeal, and since issuing our annual report we have sent a large number of valnable boxes to various regiments. That most noble or- ganization, the Christian Commission, has been often remembered, and from some

of those in its employ we have received : majority of the people of this State.) that a man interesting accounts of the manner in ; who does nothing worse than shed his blood for which our donations have been received the old flag ought not, for so small an offense as by the soldiers, particularly in the De- partinent of the Gulf. that, to be disfranchised like a common thief.

We have received donations from time to time from our own citizens, and our friends from abroad have also contribu- ted towards replenishing our treasury, so that notwithstanding the great demand upon our resources during the past win- ter, we have been able to supply many comforts to the destitute wives and chil- dren of the soldiers at home. More than seventy families have been visited, and assisted with supplies of coal, food and clothing ; and the heart of many a sol- dier's wife has been cheered by the in- terest shown in the absent one, by caring for those he left at home."

The war has developed the latent en- ergy in the character of American ladies which would scarcely have been known in times of peaceful ease. In every in- stance these aid societies have been large- ly managed by that class of our women whose circumstances would seem to have prechided the necessity for any special exertions. But even wealth and refine- ment cannot obliterate, though it may conceal, the sentiments of admiration for heroism and the desire to do good which

neter. No drawing room accomplish- ments, and no exhibition of brilliancy of could so command the respect of the oth- er sex as the labors of love which have formed, for the past three years, the em- ployment of our women.

Majority for the Amendment, 10,093. The Governor has declared tho Amendment to be made by vote of the people, a part of the Consti- tution of the State of Connecticut.

The Presidential Election,

Notwithstanding the opposition of a powerful party, the right to vote has at last been conceded to the soldiers of Connectient. We do not now propose to criticise the conduct, or inquire into the motives of those peaceful citizens at home, who have so persistently striven to disfranchise Four sobliers. We have thought, however, (and we are glad to find our opinion sustained by a | ther notice.

We desire now, to say a word to our friends in the ariny, about the Presidential election. The WAR RECORD is not a political paper. It has no candidate for President. But it stands by the tlag. It stands by the flag in victory. It stands by the flag in defeat. It stands by the flag all the time ! And in the final triumph of the dear old flag over all its enemies, the WAR REconp has unwavering faith. Therefore we are opposed to this wicked and cruel rebellion, and we desire the defeat of all parties and candidates, if any there are, who give it aid and comfort. We are not in favor of giving up to the rebels New- beru, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Memphis, Atlanta, Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, Fort Pulaski, Fort Macon, West Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Lou- isiana, Northern Georgia, the Mississippi River, or any one stronghold, or any inch of territory, which we have conquered at such fearful cost of blood. We are not in favor of breaking faith with the army, by refusing to reinforce it. We are in favor of finishing the work, already so far ad- vanced, by sustaining the army in its unconquer- able determination to crush the rebellion and save the untion. We cannot consent to a dis- graceful peace-a peace which can only be secured by an ignominious surrender of all that our brave soldiers have won by their precious blood.

Three candidates for the Presidency have been nominated. We say nothing against either of is an innate element of the feminine char- |them. So far as they are personally concerned, we could be well content to see either of thein President for the next four years, But in this great crisis of the country men are nothing, ex- cept for the principles they represent. If one of these candidates represents fidelity to the flag, hostility to the rebellion, and an unflinching de- termination to sustain the army in its work of crushing out treason; and if the other represents disloyalty to the flag, sympathy with the rebels, a willingness to anrrender to them, a spirit of op- position to the army, desire to disfranchise and disgrace the soldiers of the Union, and a deter- muation to prevent them from being re-inforced ; if one of these candidates has the confidence of the great mass of the loyal men of the North and is hated above all other men by the chief rebels of the Sonth ; and if another of those candidates had been placed upon a political platform upon 3,102 1,923 which no loyal man can stand, aud is supported Litehfield, Middlesex, 1,795 Tolland, 1,523 Total, by the great body of Northern secessionists, aud 1,029 is relied upon by the rebels and their friends to make an ignominious surrender to the rebellion 24,2-0 11.231 if elected ; then, no man who valnes his honor as a soldier of the Republic, can hesitate in his choice between such candidates.

So much we cannot refrain from saying-" If this be treason, make the most of it." We earn- estly hope that the soldiers of Connecticut will dismiss ull partisan prejudices and all personal fancies, and vote for the same good and glorious canse that they fight for. Soldiers of Connecti- cut-rally round the flag !

Bounties.

Goverment bounties are continned until far-

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PERSONAL.

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

8TH REGIMENT.

Sergt. Marcus L. Pelham to be Ist Lieut., vice Bingham, died of wounds received in action.

Ist Sergt. James B. Kilbourn to be Ist Lient., vice Ford, promoted.

2d Lieut. Samuel S. Foss to be Ist Lieut., vice Broatch, resigned.

. All to take rauk from the 2d day of August, 1864,

10TH REGIMENT.

Major Edwin S. Greeley, to be Lieut. Colonel, vice Leggett, resigned.

Lientenant and Adjutant Henry W. Camp to be Major, vice Greeley, promoted.

Both to take rank from the 29th day of August, 1864.

12TH REGIMENT.

2d Lieut. Henry J. Fletcher to be Ist Lieut., with rank from the 2d day of August, 1864, vice Smith, promoted.

2d Lieut. Edwin W. Bushnell to be Ist Lieut., with rank from the 2d day of August, 1804, vice Case, discharged.

Lieut. Col. Frank HI. Peek to be Colonel, vice Colburn, honorably discharged.

Major George N. Lewis to be Lient. Colonel, vice Peck, promoted.

17TH REGIMENT.

1st Sergt. Charles Smith, Jr., of Co. G. to be 1st Lieut., with rank from the 12th day of August, 1864, vice Denis, resigned.

ISTII REGIMENT.

1st Lient. Israel N. Kibbe to be Captain, vice Spaulding, killed in action.

1st Lient. Martin V. B. Tiffany to be Captain, viee Palmer, discharged.

2d Lieut. Edward S. Ilinekley to be Ist Lieut., vice Tiffany, promoted.

All to take rank from the 12th of August. 1861. Charles II. Rowe of Farmington to be ed Asst. Surgeon, with rank from the 2d dny of Septem- ber, 1864, viee North, resigned.

2D ARTILLERY.

1st Lieut. Robert A. Potter to be Captain, vice Knight, deceased.

2d Lieut. Henry Skinner to be 1st Lieut., vice Shumway, promoted.

Both with rank from the 12th day of Angust, ; 1864.

CASUALTIES.

[ Oficial.] Atousr, 1861.

IST ARTILLERY.

July 30-Private Frank Nolan, Co. C, serionsly wonnded.

Aug. 3-Privates Jacob Dietrick. Co. M. wound- ed in thigh; Jacob Schlafer, Co. F, wounded in ' thigh.

Ang. 17-Privates Henry R. Richardson, Co. A, killed by fragment of shell: Edward B. An- Joseph Miller, back, slight.

derson, Co. A, dangerously wounded ; Stephen G. . Howard, Co. G, slightly wounde ....

Aug. 18-Private Win, C. Beebe, Co. D, slight- ly wounded.

Ang. 5-1st Lient. Wm. A. Lincoln, slightly ; : hand.

Corp. Norman C. Magur, Co. G. wounded in arm.

Aug. 13-Corporal Julius P. Raisling, Co. B. fell, Inng. severely. wounded in leg.

Ang. 16-Privates E. A. Friebag, Co. D. dan- gerously wounded ; C. W. Starkweather, C'o. D.

LIST OF KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING, 5TH C. V., PEACUTERE CREEK, GA., JULY 20, 1864.

Killed.

Co. C-E. Duffy,

Co. D-Pat Smith, Jno. MeCormick, August Meyer.

Co. F-W. A. Taylor.

Co. G-Sergt. Geo. Wilcox; Privates John Clay, S. l'atricks, John Carr, Geo. Bedford; Corp. M. ITale.

Co. I-Privates James Cunningham, William Meighan.

Co. K-Sergt. M. W. Brown; Corp. Philip Devericks.

Wounded.

Adjt. Win. A. Daniels, Jr., shoulder, slightly. Asst. Surgeon, Andrew J. Gilson, leg, slightly. Co. C-21 Lieut. Isnae N. Welden, leg, slightly. Co. G-2d Lieut. Albert L. Gavitt, ankle. "

Co, B-Sergt. L. M. Snow, finger, slightly; Privates R. Rennin, arin, slightly: G. M. Clark, arm, slightly, E. S. Mott, died on the 21st; Geo. May, over the eye, slight; E. B. Coolridge, side, slight.

Co. C-Robert Bell, groiu, severely ; Jacob Mil- ler, leg, slightly.

Co. D -- Thomas Evans, H. L. Mitchell, shoulder, slightly; Chas. A. Ferran, arin, slightly; John MeKenney, John N. Williams, Peter Welch, leg, slightly : Geo. Barnes, side, slightly; W. Hessel- bacher, Hugo Oberempt.

Co. E-Sergt. Myron Bishop, leg, amputated; Corp. George Gilbert, leg, severely; Privates Jolin Davis, leg, amputated; Gilbert Saunders, side, severely; P. Thomley, hand, severely; W. Vanvorst, side, severely.

Co. F -- Privates George Campbell, knee, severe- ly ; C. Sailor, knee, slightly.

Co. G-Sergt. George Briggs, foot, slightly; Corps. Charles Corey, back, severely; P. Ilow- ard, side, slightly ; Privates Eben Scribner, head, severely ; R. Condon, head, slightly ; B. Hodge, arm, slightly ; Win. Murray, foot, slightly ; James Neval, arın, slightly.

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The Connecticut war record, 1863-1865, Part 89

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