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The history of the Fifteenth Connecticut volunteers in the war for the
defense of the Union, 1861-1865. By Sheldon B. Thorpe.
Thorpe, Sheldon B. (Sheldon Brainerd), 1838-1924.
New Haven, The Price, Lee & Adkins co., 1893.
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
C a p t. S . S . S m i th C o . C , h ad
F a i r H a e n a s a " r e cr u it i ng
t h e 24 t h it f o l lo we d C a p t . B a s se t t to
tf romsomef a iluretopro ide
mandreturnedto thecity.
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tiesw ereo f ered. Not
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TH E U N I O N . I 3
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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thecommandcame:
id e n.
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om N e wH a e n E n i el d M il o rd an d
r o m Me r id e n.
en d i f e r en t t ow n s in t h e S t a te .
u ga tu c a nd N e w H a e n.
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li ng o rd N o rt hH a e n N o r th o rd
d.
i ationwasbuiltup.
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utehad beentaughtsuch
dedv ariety totherecreation
a s a r a ri t y h o we e r , a n
sewhohadser edintheearlier
mporarilydisabled.§ These
o we e r o t h e un d ri l le d u n di s
s le tnoonesupposethat
ho lly ignoranto military
ncehadhadmanyaladintra in
mpaigno i 6 0 andthey
o r me d r an s o t h e " W i d e
h i te . J C a p t . W h i te o E .
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TH E U N I O N .
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N TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N . I ?
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t. F romthispo intitmarched
roadway totheB attery . The
hav astconcourseo people
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tingoneitw as. Wehadnot
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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day.Thiswholemattero
andso contractors w ho long
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heardby theboys thesecond
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TH E U N I O N . 19
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.
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U R W E E K S I N W A S H I N G TO N C A MP C A S E Y
S E M N A R Y P C K E T DU T S I C K N E S S
O R TH E A R M O F T H E P O TO MA C MA R C H
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TH E U N I O N . 2i
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? C o u l d t he s e o f i c er s w it h d us t y
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sw asthesight itw asnone
ro enco lumnso Pope
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n asiono Maryland.
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ne notk now inghow soon
o thesecomradesmightbe
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ridge andthecommissarystores
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N . 25
ew w hopre erredthe ir
grantedthe indulgence butthe
rredthe irw his ypla in w ere
asana iomw ithS urgeonH ol-
w hi s y m i e d a s a d os e w as
ystem andthere oreper ectly
h e tw o we r e gi e n s ep a ra t el y t h e
ey liabletoaccumulate — inthe
guardtosubmite ery thing
n.Passeswerecare ully
e u e nt l y th e ir b e ar e rs m a n or
andnight ine itherdirection
t e am s te r s s u tl e rs c i i l ia n s c o u r te
e gr o es o n f o o t m ou n te d i n
acease lesstidea longthisartery .
otbeo er-estimated andv igi
ed. R i erpatrolboatsw ere
nsunsetand sunrise lest
temptitsdestructionby
nceandsa etyo thearmy
pendeduponitse istence.
bertheregimentw ascon
ew H ampshire 147thNew
s yl a n ia u n de r t he n a me o t h e
r i g a de f o r t he D e e n se o W a s h
. W r i g h t c o mm a nd i ng . A t t h i s
ose o theregulararmy w as
itsinstructor andneither
derhistuit ionf oundmany idle
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5 to 7 .1 5 .
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
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h o O c t o b er . A n a l a r mw a s
d ni g ht t h e f i r s t t im e t he " l o ng
camp.Theresponsewas a
d so l di e rs . C o . K w a s f i r s t i n
andansweringtoroll-call
thercompanieswereclose
sheldan hourormore
e m be r o rd e rs w e re i s su e d to
e m i na ry V a . a p oi nt a bo ut s i
nd b a c o A l e a n dr i a. C o . I
tday to layoutthecamp. The
med.Thef eelingwasuni
uthaddonehershareandmore
apita lo thenation. Theregi
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e w asreca lledatnoon andit
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theratsinandabouttheo ldbuild
gsinlineat" attention"
slearnedthatthisa larmcamenearbe ingthecauseo acourt
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n i op .
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TH E U N I O N . 27
emarchw asashortone
in a ry w as r e ac h ed a t 6 p . m . S i b le y
oroccupancy.
growncold andthe
lyclad warriorsbitterly.
idedandallhandsburrow ed
The15thw asherebrigaded
mpshire 12thR hodeI sland
ersey underthecommando
D. R . Wright. H ardlyhad
e orea largedeta ilwasordered
ordWard. Thiswasnotsatis
posedtheyhadturned their
ashington. F ortunate ly
w odays.
eatherbegantoaddnum
t hi n a w ee o t h e re g im e nt s
s ey o r o n th e m or n in g o t h e 7 th
tedf itf o rduty. Onthe8 th
tironsto esw assecuredand
o r e ac h t en t .
mpC asey " atF air a , wason
dredrodssoutho theSemi
h al w e st o A l e a n dr i a. A
buildingsser edasq uarters
omeo thesetenementsw erecon
denecessarybythealarm
w ashopedthatw iththe
ento w interthehea lth
mpro e. S uchw asnotthe
stw hilethere . Onthecontrary
ngly.Malarialand typhoid
a il ingdiseasesw hichthes il lo
ercome. Thef irstv ictimto
E , f o l lo w ed b y h is c o mr a de
sergeantstogetthe irre uisitionsf i l ledthatbree ya ternoon
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
b e rt s o A , T a ll m ad g e an d K e a t
and o H ; S m it h o I ; B a sse tt t he
M u n so n F o o te a n d I v e s o K .
a nd T al lm ad ge o A , h ad d ie d at C a m p
o emberw asphenomenally
ragedclosingupat nightwith
onthegroundandanicycrust.
nt usua llyoccurringw hilethef orce
urmilessouthw estf romcamp.
main employment.Theregi
nnerlineo thede enseso Wash
mapointonthePotomacf our
ridgetoaplacecalledSnow dens
omilesbe low theA ccotinc turn
eredbyC ol. Wright sbrigade
t. The15thC onnecticut
thisdistance f The" Grand
teo er400men(usua lly ta en
w hocarriedtw odays rations.
astheycametobe called o f ered
oraging. Theregionw asthinly
amilieswerecompelledto
ilantw atcho erthe irdairies
.27 wasnotallowedtopass
b o e s f i l le d w it h N e w E n g l a nd
nglandhomesarri edinample
me-honoredinstitutionw ask eptin
hati thesutlerdidmissa
hati thecommissary lostasus
as et? Whati a llthecow s
on A r l in g to n H e i g ht s O c t . 1 .
o f a c t th i s gu a rd c o ns i st e d o 4 7 2 me n d i i d ed i n to f o u r " s u pp o rt s .
upo oneC apta in threeLieutenants si sergeants ninecor
ates a llf romthesameregiment. Thesesupportswere
e e " r e l ie s o 3 9 m en c o ns i st i ng o o n e li e ut e na n t t w o se r
andthirty - threepri a tes. Eachsupportco eredele en
cposthadthreemenonit. Thepostsw ereonehundredsi ty
r es" laysomedistance intherearandthef rontw asco ered
theC on ederate lines.
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
d d is c om o r t th e y ha d n e e r k n o w n
e perienceagainina llthe ircam
donthismarch thanat
ryo theregiment.The
pedf romo f icia lsourcesenu
betweenWashingtonand
S p er ry M cG ui re .
nd .
unday thesuncameout
ilyonthegroundandthe
ouachadbeenmadeina
resw erek indledto" dryout"
outthirtyo thehundred
ampC aseyobtainedtranspor
o r A c u i a C r e e o n an o l d
steamer.Theyreached
t a n d u n ab l e to f i n d th e r eg i
essintheirblan etsinthe
aunionw ase f ected.
penedwarmandsmo y.The
ubsidedandthesnow ga ew ay to
f w asheredraw nasaration
e o r e it c o ul d b e us e d h o we e r
n andthecolumnheaded
cho si m ileswasmadeand
ight. Nooneseemedina
ceptthecommandingo f icer
o lles.
otesitassigni icantthata lw aysa terwardw henmolasses
ordersquic ly f o llowed.
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TH E U N I O N . 31
theregiment. Thisk now l
de entohimuntilthemorn
wa s a s f o l l ow s :
ph
A r m y o t h e Po t om a c.
de A c u ia C r e e , V a .
withyourw holecommand ta ingthe
dreporttoMa . Gen. Sumner sendingan
tructionsw itha listo yourregimentsandthe
mands. A . E . B urnside Ma . Gen. C ommanding
archwasleisurely re
w asunnecessary to in uire
t h e e p e di t io n .I t w a s ap p ar e nt
to open.Throughinter
n a n tr y c a a l ry a r ti l le r y
hebaggageo w ar theregi
up towardthef ront.
c l oc i n t he a t e rn o on a
ef romtheR appahannoc ri er
cityo F rederic sburg.
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I .
S B U R G .
terarri alatF rederic s
he15thw iththe8 th nth
a n d 4t h R . I . u n de r t he c o mm a nd o
now nasthe2d
n 9 t h A r m y
s R i g h t G ra n d
a r f r o m 3o c lo c , a s
treachedits
suedand
ethem
orthenight.
R P B A D G . -r- , , . .. . -. - , .
aidto the
pasitw asunderstooditsloca
eweatherwaswarm.
u r o c l oc o n t he n e t m o rn
tac onthecitybegan. Gen.
leryto dislodgethesharp
argebroughtthe15th toits
searsbeingunaccustomedtothe
o w a r.
ith80roundso ammunition
armsat8 a . m. L i ethemost
i t l ay i n a s ta t e o e p e ct a nc y
rti l lery f ire . A bout4p. m.
anditf i ledoutupona large
e llscouldbedistinctly seen
tcity. H ereC o l. W right
othetroops a lleginghisinabil
dturnedthe command
eut. C o l. To lles.
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TH E U N I O N . 33
e12thitwasaga inunder
l oc s e t ou t f o r t he f i e ld . G en . H a r -
etocrossatthemiddlepon
hourswereconsumedin
ichwasnearlyoppositethe
below thepierso theburned
s10o cloc w henthe
ghtsinano ldsun enroad
d e ns e p al l o f o g a nd s m o e
hungo erthecityand
ond. N eithero thearmies
dunderitsco er S umneron
l i n on t h e le t c r os s ed t h e ri e r
boutthreeo cloc thef og
t he C o n e d er a te l i ne s o n Ma r ye s
Gen. H arland sbrigade
nseblueribbonf romtheri er
mto theridgebehind w ait
ecentrepontoonbridge. I t
herebe lbatteriesandamost
pportunitywas-notwasted
b a tt e ry q u i c l y o pe n ed o n t he
i editsf irstcompliments
a cy i n t he f o r m o a p e rc u ss i on
o. B , w oundingthreemen *
osf o llowedinrapidsucces
ycamewaswatched
erest notunmingledw ith
appilynoothersw ere
mnw asw ithdraw nalittleouto
ledi ersiono therebe l
wedtopass unnoticedbythe
teryo 20poundersreturnedthe
elwascontinueduntilsunset.
tartedaga inf ortheri er.
crossing ascontemplated
nandPardee. Thef ormerdiedandw ascarriedacrossintothe
n. Laterhisbodyw asremo edunderaf lago truce.
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C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S
rodsbelow theo ldstone
mainstreetduringthenight.
ingtoaddtothedestruction
rebeldeadlaywherethey f e ll
a rdens— intheyardso the
se l es riddledw ithshot or
e ll blac enedandburned
it ingandhome-li e . Trees
cesdestroyed thestreetstornby
ty spopulation Withthe
w b la c s a n d an o c ca s io n al f a m il y i n
art the inhabitantshadsud
ginmanycasesthe irhouseho ldgods
o the in aders. Theusual
edcity f o llowedasamattero
ye f o r a n ey e . F r o m ma n y o t h os e
eddwellingsandf rome ery
p-shootershadf orhours
ocrosstheri er. Thisw asthe ir
matew ar are butitbrought
ingo thecityonthe ir
e t m or n in g D e c em b er 1 3 t h e
wasnobeatingo the
ar a n d v e r y q u i e t. R a t i o ns
hardbreadw eredistributed.
andconse uently therew asno
e r da yl i gh t a s ti r o t h e f o r c es i n t he
o cloc theattac began.
hetimethatthe15thw asamong
uently therew asagenerala iro
themenatleast thatthislarge
mentw ouldbeamongthef irst
w asnotthecase. Thebri
heban o theri erbe low the
duringtheday. I tw asa
lter f orthemen. Directly in
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TH E U N I O N . 35
lessthanamiledistant death
strodecon uerortheen
iseo thef ie ldw asdis
cessantratt leo theri les
uedroar theshoutso the
pite ulcrac o the lightbat
issilesinthea ir ando era ll
hehea ygunsuponeither
ondonlytoGettysburg.
spositionthatmanyo
bythe U nionguns.A
B e n a m in s — w as u s in g d e e c
htheresultthattheshe lls
r t he r e se r e s . A f e w we r e
unded. The15th how e er
ht a ll thecon lictseemedto
ewasahurried callto
andinaf ew momentsthebrigade
ie ld. I thadscarce lycleared
anddeployedinlineo battle
ire . Therew asasw i tad ance
no erastreamandacrossa
slightriseo grounda f orded.
dressed a f ew w erewounded
hastormo leadandiron
p j u s t cr o ss e d as w o ul d h a e
ere.
indicatedf orthebrigade
itsarms spreaditsblan etsand
reca llonthate ent ul
the iryoungad utantpassing
eentreatingthecompanies
o f e r o r t o " k e e p q u i et .
ghadnearlyceased but O,
eithadbeen. S aysPa l ry :
aycametoanend. F i teen
woundedalongthe ban s
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
andtheA rmyo thePotomac
dthanitwaswhenthe sun
d er a ls h a d ha d a d ay o h a rd
andtheyhadnothingtocheer
sso dutynoblydone.
eithersidemaneu eredf or
dw oundedw ereq uietly
na lri leshotcrac edoutonthe
combatantsw eretoow eariedto
e tent.
swereempty andatearly
c to thecity forrations
bero the latterw erepic ed
erguardw eremadeto" to te"
aduptotheircomrades. I tw as
daddlingw arriorsprotestedthey
mentthenightpre ious and
heo f icero thedetailw asa
onthatasitw asSundaymorning
hurch.
undaymorning December14th.
tenlongbe oresunrise
dewasorderedbac into
e n e i g h t o c l o c p a ss e d a n d u nd e r
sa largef orcew asseen
estreetsran so men
g.Presentlytherumorran
urnsideinpersonwould
e ighteenpic edregiments
w hi c h th e 1 5t h C o n n w as t o b e on e .
9 o cloc .F inalinstruc
ise ent the" suddenly indis
out— be ltsweretightened— bay
r em o e d f r o m g u ns — m e ss a ge s g i e n
andthearmedhoststood
rthecommandtomarch.
as n o t gi e n h a d it b e en t h e
edashedj ustasf ruit lessly
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TH E U N I O N .
or sasdiditscomradesthe
orcesstoodinline inthat
w hichonly theyk now w hoha e
assignedthem.
l oc t h e or d er w a s gi e n t o
ledw iththeannouncementthe
Theregimentremainedin
ccasionallyanartillery
brea outf ora f ew minutes
etlinesgotsomewhat
e itw asaq uietSunday . B oth
theirarms.
ndthebrigadestillin the
nnonadingontherightand
w ithanoccasiona ldemonstration
antryad ance. It became
icersthatGen. Leedidnot
e n si e . T hi s l e t b u t on e
retreat Therewas
yGen. B urnsideo hismenin
myduringtheday asi maneu
hepic etlinesweresharply
idencemani estedo an
sbe lie w asa lsogeneral
f oggyande ceeding
theregimentw hichhadstretched
etw asq uietlyaroused
c li c o a b u c l e l e d ou t o
erethepic etf iresburned
dthetwolines uneasily
heparto the15thanight
Theactua lf actw asthatGen.
. Towarde erycrossingco l
tlystreaminginthe mostor
mmandw asgi ene ceptto
Thepontoonbridgeshadbeen
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
wi t h ha y a nd d i rt a n d e e r y pr e ca u
rmyo erq uic lyandno ise less
thef ront( now therear to
w asamongthevery lasto the
city andcrossedtheri er
c l oc i n t he m o rn i ng . I t
dcampground
ity inthemidsto ahea y
otatentwasstandingon
e c t ha d b ee n p ac e d t o go f o r wa r d
ichmond. Therew as' nothing
d ie r t o do b u t se l ec t t he s o t e st ( ? )
t h e " d r ap e ry " o h i s bl a n e t
bebeatenbythepitiless
weatherwasmildandhe
uscampaign butithad
seasoning the15thC onn. The
swerereturned company
t andinasurprisingly short
onamartialappearance.
portappearedinthepublic
E L Y O N R E G M N T .
e g i m en t C . V .
s io n 9 t h A r m y C o r ps
e c. 1 7 1 6 2 .
n ce w i th o r de r s I h a e t h e ho n or t o t ra n sm i t
theoperationso mycommandinthe
urg togetherwiththenameso thosek il led
ngagement.I nobediencetoGeneral
edDecember10 mycommandformedinthe ir
m. Dec. 11 andremainedunderarms
edingnight. On thef o llowingday at8
ne o m a rc h l e t i n f r o nt a n d pr o ce e de d
ontheR appahannoc , w herethey
tow ardsnighttheymarchedo erthe
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TH E U N I O N . 39
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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.
R O M F R E D R I C K S B U R G N E W P O R TN E W S
F F O L K — ¦ E D N TO N R O A D — TH E PR O V I
R C H R O A DS K I R M S H D PA R TU R E F R O M
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TH E U N I O N .
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tingtransport.Theregi
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o l a s i n a v i s e .F r o m th e h ou r o
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yonthe irarms sotospea .
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neithersideany rest. I tw as
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t h e 22 d C o n n a r ri e d
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
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tday . C o l. U phamcamew ith
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aw s e r i c e at B u l l R u n . A t
h e 8 t h C o n n h e e nt e re d t ha t
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6 2 w a s pr o mo t ed t o t he r a n o
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esamecommand.
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enth 15thand1 thC onn.
t h e 1 t h C o n n. l e d th e a d a n c e .
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TH E U N I O N . 47
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ortU nionatabout6 o cloc a . m. The
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
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ts.Duringthenight the
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thNew J ersey regimentontheright
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TH E U N I O N .
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t h C . V .
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nemyremo edallimmediate
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C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
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B E R R Y R A I D P O R T MO U T H , V A . S O U T H
.: — E X E C U T O N O F TH E D S E R T R S W A L E S
L G U A R D A N D F A T G U E DU T I N A N D
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ss a ti s a c ti o n o o f i c er s a nd m e n.
s wa s m ad e a t W h it e H o u s e
ly ist commencedthatserieso
testedtheenduranceo the
erbe ore . Theco lumnw asput
durgedf orw ardtheentireday
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
atw ase cessi eandthe
ption.TherebelC ol.Pem-
omedistancebeyondthe
il le andthatpointw asdesignated
stday smarch. KingWill iam
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ng. A scoutingparty f rom
o up l e o h o rs e s hi d de n b y th e C o n
ndv eryconsideratelygathered
rderly andMa orO sborne
rsona luse. Theorderso the
estrictconcerningf oraging
armyregulations. C o l. U pham
a d o C o m p a ny C ' s m e n bo r ro we d
maspringhouseontheplantation
ed. C orporalGri f ino that
niono hiscommanderan
s a ow ingashisbe lie that
d happenandrestitutionwas
etheboyshadnoopportunity
ma egoodthe loss. Some
tonandf ow lsw erecompla ined
arby butthew ell- now nchar
e g S t a te " b o ys r a is e d th e m ab o e
n. O n t h e n i gh t o t h e 2d t h e
randyS tation andonthe3d
nreachedTaylor sF armslate
tintocamp. Thew eather
andmenhadf a llenouta lla long
yk eptcominginby twosand
ngdaystheC onnecticutbri
ew hilethemainf orcew ent
on andthereengagedtheenemy .
h e 5t h ( S u n da y , t h re e d ay s r a ti o ns
eorderedto getunder
o c l oc , m ar c hi n g un t il 3 o c l oc
t m ad e a b ri e h a lt f o r b re a f a s t
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TH E U N I O N . 53
s S t a ti o n. A t 7 a . m. i t w as
marchedcontinuouslyuntil4
liamC ourtH ousew asreached
ltoobrie nightforthe
e andat5o cloc ne tmorn
upandputinmotionf or
g. A f i e h o ur s m a rc h l an d ed
place aboutnoon.I twas
ouldbemadethereto" rest
rehadbeense endays(and
a lmostincessantmarchingo er
dunderthehottesto suns but
gmadeatthist imeonthe
therdirections andthe ir
a edmorese ere ly than
he8 thopenedw ithrain butby
ereunderarmsandonthe
bouttwentymilesw ereco
andtheregimentbi ou
hesecondday smarchw as
chandbroughtthemnear
ng. O nthe iothYor tow nw as
ay sw or , butnotcontentw ith
ningthecommandw aspushed
ampw aspitchedandtw enty -
w edthemen. Onthe12ththe
r B i g B e t he l f i t e en m i le s d is
ybyeasystagestheregiment
day f o llowing( J uly13th
o r P or t sm o ut h V a . t o t he o l d
rtentsw erestil l standingand
ngoodorder.
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toy ie ldoneo thegrandest
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ondw ascorrectintheory ithad
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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rreadbyhimin1 71: " There
arwhenaboldandrapid
edusav ictory asonthatocca
tw assof oo lishly throw naw ay .
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yo theregimentdidit
ableappearanceasonits
e pedition. C lothingwasin
it ion e uipmentsw ornand
ngwithv ermin andf a ilure
rprise madethisonceproud
humiliation.N early
a n a rm y i s sa i d to h a e s o me
s instancetherewasnota
n le s s S e r gt . B e e c he r s s a ti s a c ti o n
hosaidhesaw amile-post
toR ichmond.
saree lastic andw iththe
ogetherw iththe issueo new
ations the15threco ered
B l a c b e rr y R a i d " b e ca m e bu t
ridicule .
19 theregimentwasorderedon
blicappearancesince itsarri a l.
guntheerectiono houses
dthecampbegantoputona
genuitywasshowninthe
bu i ld i ng s p a rt i cu l ar l y th e o f i
thoughcontractedinarea had
ome. Manybroughthouse eep
eirw i es andsuchdwellings
ndtastetheN ewE ngland
ow toe hibit.
theregimentuntilaboutthe
r a p e ri o d o t w o mo n th s t h er e
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TH E U N I O N . 55
re iew w ithnow andthenadeta il
omef ort madeupthecommon
h o we e r o c cu r re d t o di s tu r b th e
w hichwastheunwarrantable
a e r o C o . P b y pr i a te D ou gh
ertyw asunderthe in luenceo
mpsutlerw asfurnishingthe
rw asunderorderstota ehim
dw hile inthedischargeo his
ner.Doughertywastried
ow ingOctober andsentenced
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nsrelati etoGrandGuardsare publishedf ortheguid
andw illbestrict lyobeyed:
randGuardsarestationedatB ow ersHill a tDeep
ss i ng o t h e N o r o l a n d Pe t er s bu r g R . R . w i t h t he r o ad f r o m
ersHill . TheGrandGuardatB ow ersH illw il lconsisto aSec
q u a dr o n o C a a l ry a t l ea s t 15 0 m en s t ro n g a n d o o n e co m pa n y
st 8 0 m e n st r on g a n d w il l p ic e t t he r o ad t o S u f o l a s f a r a s th e
oano eandS eaboardR . R . asf arasthe9thoriothmilepost.
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mpC analf oratleast10miles.
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. f o r 2 o r 3 mi l es i n t he d i re c ti o n o S u f o l ,
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rtil leryw ill. deta iltwosections da ily f orGrandGuardduty one
h e o t he r f o r D ee p C r e e .
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w illbehe ldresponsiblethattheordersf romDept. C orpsand
ersarecarriedout thoseunderhiscommandobey theorderso
o t h e Da y a n d o G e ne r al O f f i c er s w ho m a yv i s it a n d in s pe c t th e
constantcommunicationisk eptupbypatrols andsentinels
dGuard thattheroadsinad anceo hispostarepic etedwell
ghlyscouredby patrols.
a llo f icersw homaybeca lledupontoper ormGuardduty
ionsf orOf f icersonOutpostsandPatrolduty publishedby the
w hichsomanycopiesha ebeendistributedthatitshouldbe
y O f f i c er . H e r e a t e r O f f i c er s o n Gr a nd G u ar d a nd p i c e t w il l b e
biity andnoe cusew illser ef orignoranceo duty .
G O . W .G TT .
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
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estra in particularly thesa leo
u e nc e f o r a c ou p le o w ee s o r
illedguardhouseandmoreor
ongthemen.
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eo base andasi incon
tinthev icinityw ouldnow and
f orspecia lser ice . Onthe
l. Uphamrece i edorderstode
, E , H , K , u nd er c om ma nd o
n d pr o ce e d to S o u th M i ll s N . C ,
he canal.Thebattalion
and marchingaboute ight
f o r t h e n ig h t. T h e ne t m o rn i ng
ainat4o cloc , andat1p. m.
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e itt ingtheoccupationo a
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uredabloc aderunnera lleged
00inhispossession. f Thetimew as
pic etandf atigueduty and
ry themonotony f orsome
t h e f i e c o mp a ni e s o t h e 15 t h wh i ch
th togetherwiththebal
n . w e re o r de r ed t o j o i n th e
thoutdelay.Thisdetachment
onthe12th andmadethedis
h a l , ; ) ; a f e a t in m ar c hi n g
n thene tdayother
ongthemthenthPenn. ca
ountedenougho the lat
withtwocompanies
a rm ed w it h S h ar p s r i l es . H e
onedbyPresidentJ ohnson.
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TH E U N I O N . 57
00ca a lryandmountedin antry
onf ooto about300mus
mmandnumberednearlya
archingorder. Thef orcegot
o n t he a t e rn o on o t h e 13 t h
ghtataplaceca lled" The
daylightthene tmorningthe
dly forw ardtow ardPar v il le
pturingaguerrillanestat that
ypartial.The enemy
ttoo tothe irhee lsandthe
randfourmenw erecaptured a lso
lstandso arms a smallquantity
af ew roundso o ldartil le ry
meunimportante uipage. The
hedetachmentreturnedto
day f o llowingreachedtheiro ld
i ecompaniesremainedat
ngerw henordersw ererece i ed
ccordingly onthe22d camp
umnheadedforPortsmouth
ening. Thesamenight
he8thandf i ecompanieso
a irGroundsatN or o l to
Dr. Wright. Hew ashung
etwo regimentsreturned
lowingmorning.
sedtheshootingo thetw o
hC onn. WalesandV andall.
nishedtwentymenasthef iring
o L i e ut . B o w ns o C . T h e
armstow itnessthee e
na larmwasspreadthat
edina longthe lineo the
f o l R a il ro ad a nd a d et ai l o 1 0 m en
hw assentoutonpic ettw el e
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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dlittleo importancehis
idedbetweenguardduty
e n se s o N o r o l . T h e bo y s
ntheuseo thea eandthe
of ee lableto intrenchthem
nditions.
o ember C hap.Millerf ound
ea lthastocompelhisreturn
w ithw iththeutmostre luc
arted sympatheticasawoman
ostunderhim hew ask indly
sandmenw hetherengagedinhis
orprocla im ingf romthedoor
m e u p an d g et y o ur m a il . T h ro u gh
gtonHeightsa" regimental
medw itha largemembership an
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ter:
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monthspastI ha ebeenseriouslycontempla
signingmycommissionasyourchaplain
ndcounse llo r. I t ism -duty to -day anda
huso f icia lly in ormyouthatconsiderations
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e llw ords.
r i n j o y a n d so r ro w i n t he q u i et o t h e
e o t h e f i e l d o u r he a rt s a re w el d ed i n a f e c
terests bymutualactionin sceneso
inganddeath suchasarealonepresentedinthe
rsincetheregimentw asrecruited ha ew e
blishedatC ampC hase in1 6 2. I tsmembershipreached
llmemberso New E nglandchurches. Therew eremanycon
nt. TheL ord sS upper-wasce lebratedononeoccasionatSu
companycomplete ly f i l l inga largechurchthere .
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TH E U N I O N . 59
andprayedthatGodw ouldblessusinour
tethegloryo ourbe lo edland together
w e r e o i c e d a n d wh e n th o us a nd s o b r a e
crushedandbleedingunderthemaddened
w eha emingledourtearsandsympathies
dstric enathome.
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especia lly isthepresentmomentoneo
spa in ulasit ispeculiar. I amto lea e
a ng e r — o s t ri e w hi l e I g o t o p u rs u e my
theGospel amongststrangers anddis
w ar. S ince I cameamongyou myonly
ntodoyougood caringforyourbodies
mingtoma eyourli e inthearmyas
planningandcountenancinginnocentpas
dri eaw ay" dullcare andasv igorous
en w hencalledtoduty gof orthassured
erribleasanarmywithbanners.
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eresteemmeasamanw hoseheartwasin
dw hosesympathiesw eree erenlistedw hen
allw ithouthesitation. OnthismatterI
thehistoryo my laborsisw iththeregiment
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nthedayo ad ersity andw ithothers
s t I h a e l e d to t h e se r i c e o t h e b l es s ed
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ulandcherishthosee lementso character
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ersona lprideandpatrio tism. C herishtheB ible
andpracticethesameinyourli es then
ongue temperandtemperance.A llow
perhapsI oughttosty le itarecommenda
c an g o t o di i n e se r i c e. K e e p al i e t h e
luenceso homeinthisparticular. It is
here isnoS abbathinthearmy . B asedeclara
e e b u t f e w i a n y u t te r i t s a e t h os e wh o
d s l a w a n d th e G os p el o h i s so n J e s us C h r i s t .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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mb e r th e S a b b at h D ay t o k e e p i t h ol y .
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re ligiousw orshipintheregimentbya
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h e ho u se h ol d o t h e S t a te o t h e N a t io n
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r e u e n at e d gr a nd e ur t h e j o y o f u t ur e
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T H E U N I O N . 6 1
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orbearance yourencouragementandthe
o yourpersonalesteem. I mustnotf a il
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ndingrate ulremembrance. I w il l
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g h t m a yy o u an d I . a s v i c t o rs t h ro u gh t h e
d enteruponeterna lpeace persona lpar
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t i on o S a l t B e e a n d Po r . T h es e a re o t e n
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n d C o f e e v e r y g oo d s u ga r g oo d .C a n d l es
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r y go o d w i th t h e e c e p t i on o R i c e w h ic h
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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ithaf ew e ceptions theq ua lity isgood.
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mmissary insteado usingSca les guessesat
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T H E U N I O N . 6 3
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R O M PO R T MO U T H , V A . P Y M O U TH N E W
C B A C H E L O R ' S C R E E K L I T T E W A S H I N G
A L O F C H A P A I N J O H N B .DO O L I TT E
R D DU T — E X E C U T O N O F D S E R T R S .
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TH E U N I O N . 6 5
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. Y . ( t h e f o r c e am o un t in g t o ab o ut
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theenemy scountry .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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ne tmorning aboutthree- uarterso a
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 6 9
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rddutyinthecity and
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raportiono the15th(130
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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oarmy li e . Thes irm isher
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estcompunction butwhen
ealreadyin theagonieso
tosatis ycomplete ly thedread
h e v i s i b ly s h ri n s . A f t e r th e
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o litt le.
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TH E U N I O N . 75
nedthebodiesandpronounced
e f u r th e r du t y o t h e co r po r al t o
o h i s v i c t im l o os e n th e b an d ag e
thatthebody isplacedina
f in. Theentire f orce
rhedpasttheremains thata ll
disobedience. I nthecases
ictimsw erehardenedw retches
nionso ldiers. Thenight
onw illberememberedby the
treetj a ilasanoccasiono
sed. C lar , C o ll insandB erry
Middletown C onn. They w ith
ecruits reachedthe15that
4th. Thene tday thetrio
March27th— theywere
outsw hilema ingtheirw ay
nesf andtriedandcondemned
he lessonwasasalutary
o C o . A , i s c o rr e ct i n h is l i st o
tanothercaseduring theser
pedit ionconsistingo 75men
tachmentso ca a lryandarti l lery
ar t ed f o r . A p a rt o t h is
th.
tance.
ry . Destinationun now n.
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I .
( C O N T N U E D Y E L L O W F E V E R E X P D T O N
L L S GR E A TF I R E E X P D T O N TO
N .C
eo A tlantareachedN ew
t w a s si g na l i e d b y th e f i r in g o
ottenandagenera lj ubileeo a ll
ingthisuproar how e er there
e o f i c er s o t h e 15 t h wh o c ou l d
ty inthemidsto there o ic
annonw ereboomingwith
pit i lessthanman enteredthe
truc hisv ictim. S ergt.
d ie d th at d ay o y el lo w f e e r. S e e ra l
ndbil iousfe erhadoccurred
utinthecaseo R ogers S ur
symptomsw hichga ehim
H ew asnoa larmist buttothe
departmentq uietly statedhis
atonce butresultspro ed
dgmentandaswellhisgrand
hedisease. Here then
stwhombreastwor swere
idnotbecomegeneraluntil
pt. a tw hichtimethegarrison
t h e 15 t h w as r e mo e d a n d su c h
tedascouldgetaway . P ri a te
onallsides andtheregiment
th i rd o i t s e f e c ti e s e r i c e
nginthee treme.
suresthatcouldbe
abodyo menw eresetin
5th tw oo theo ldcommis-
o thiseminentphysicianthatacaseo thisnatureoccurredas
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e y .
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TH E U N I O N . 77
daspossibleplaguespots
dtochec thedisease.The
repletion andmanypri ate
orthatpurpose. Thew eather
romthe9thtothe2 tho
ourdeathshadoccurred butonthe
eappearedtota eamoref ata l
meuntilthe31sto O ctober
whichoneormoremem
o u r or f i e o t he 1 5t h di d no t gi e
rblescourge. O nthe4tho
nthadbecomesow ea enedthat
p r o o s t du t y by t h e is t N . C .
nthe istand15tho Octoberthe
destructi e lim it. A terrible
retchedcity . F unera lescorts
ets andtherewerehardly
ndthe il l . NorthandS outh
oronthepo isonstruc , swelter
caseoccurredNo . 6 th and
theboysbegantomend. Not
rousetheirspiritswasthe
andaboutthist ime andthe
edtore lie etheterriblestrain
nd.
iedo yellowf e erat
. T h er e co r d is c o mp i le d f r o m th e
. B e c l e y an d G eo r ge W . S m i th :
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
S .
a p t. O c t . 6
.
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TH E U N I O N . 79
ercenesso theepidemic
madeonthe regimentin
nO ctoberane peditionunder
a isw asdespatchedtoE v ans
natthispoint toinsertthe
1 2 " w h ic h t he v e t er a ns w i ll
somewhatwiththeirpayrolls.
o n n. . V o l . I n a n tr y
O c t ob er 27 1 6 4 .
g.noticesthatsomemeno thisregiment
ero ercoat w hileothersha emutilated
go thecape. Thisisw rong.
panieswillberigidinthe irinspections
issuesasmaybenecessary toha ee eryman
hileallmutila tedclothingwillbereplaced
S A M U E L TO L L E S .
d t .
e mb e r th e e pi d em i c ha d s o f a r
wasorderedto returnto
euponre lie edthe istNorth
soldposts.
interestwasthebigf ire
o ad s t re e ts S u n d a y N o . 2 0 th .
deredoutas af iredepart
rcelyanditappearedprob
tywouldbedestroyed. Se
elyblownupto staythe
a li uorstore inthece lla ro
surroundedbyhea yw oods. Therewasaf ortcommanding
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
enso ldiersatthetimeo the
esew ask il ledoutright and
er.Theotherswereco
ditw asonlyby theutmost
ere leasedf romthewrec
edit. Duringthefo llow ing
ga inanditseemedf ora
thedaywouldberepeated.
dinlargenumbersbut
tanceto themilitarywhich
eut. -C o l. Poor P ro ost
rderedthenegroesto f a ll in
dily toldthatitbe ingS unday
ea God slaw byw or ing.
peatedcommandcoupledwith
o l e r i nt o t he i r v e r y f a c e s .
y w ou n de d a t e r wh i ch i n t he
n o C " t h e co l or e d tr o op s f o u gh t
assubdued.
o .22d remindingtheboys
w E ngland. The lasttraceo
andthoughthev acantplacesin
mindedthe li ingo the ir
adrega ineditsner eandelas
w asobser edincampw ithas
was possibleinthecir
nparticular signali ingitsel
ad" inthechapelw iththe
speechesandmusic.
re issuedforanad ance
n st o n t o f e e l t h e en e my a n d i
ty. Thise peditionw ascom
n n. 5 t h R . I . 2 5 th M a ss . i 3 2d N .
a a l ry w i th a s e ct i on o a h o w
einlightmarchingorder w ith
dsi ty roundsammunition.
precededtheothersby
wayat midnightin^ a
eraf ourhours marchreached
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T H E U N I O N . 8 1
hGro e " w hereaha ltw asmade
sunrisetheco lumnstartedand
w henitcameupw iththe
eterri icra in themudandthe
rcew ascompelledtogo into
df ata lto theob ecto
tmorning( S unday Decem
aining butthecommandgot
oc , t h e 12 t h N . Y . C a a l ry i n
m. struc therebe loutposts.
underascatteringf ireuntil
asreached— about4p. m. — w here
sreportedtherein orcement
de layabo ementioned and
de erred. Theca a lryand
thatnightandbecame
e tmorningwhilescout
erecompelledto f all
uthwestC ree tothemainf orce .
andthef orcesgathered
entymilesweremade
m. theco lumnreachedC ore
ca m p a c o ld h u ng r y t i re d
. A marcho ninemilesthe
5thhadthead anceand
eduponbyguerril las brought
r s C r e e a n d th e nc e b y ca r s to
ed w iththee ceptiono the
themostdisagreeableandf ruit less
te erundertoo .
heo f icia lreporto the
lyw ereengagedwiththeenemy :
Y . C a a l ry
e w B e r ne N . C ,
n A s s t . A d t . G en . :
thehonortoreportthatinaccordancewith
I startedw ithmycommand w hichcon
dasectiono ahow it erbattery ina llabout
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
men atday lightonthe iothinstant andpro
e , " w h er e I r e po r te d i n pe r so n t o C o l . C h a s.
nstructedbyhimtota ethead anceo the
. O n r e a ch i ng ' ' M o se l y s F o r d I
enemyw how erestationedbehindri le
, anddro ethemf romtheirposit ion
eds irm ishersandmyhow it ersection.
t w es t C r e e , ' ' o n t he n i gh t o t h e nt h i ns t . ,
sf romtheC olone lcommandingtosenda.
manduptheroadtowardsKinstonto" f ee l"
ron underthecommando C apt. V an
a p ar ty o a bo ut f i t y ( 5 0 o t he e ne my s c a
beyondS outhwestB ridge anddro e
themorningo the12thinst. I sent
rsunderthecommando L ieut. Pierson w ho
emile f romS outhwestB ridgeby the
arti l lery andcompelledtoretirea terha
sion.
e12thinst. theenemy sarti l leryengaged
outhwestB ridge butw eresilenceda ter
abouttwentyminutes.
S o u th we s t C r e e a b ou t 9 a . m. 1 2 th i n st .
houtanyoccurrence onthemorningo
ecasua lt iesandse i ures.
nn C troop ta enprisonerbetw een
dKinston onthechargeo theenemyon
D a i d so n h o wi t e r s ec t io n s l ig h tl y w ou n d
shellduringthearti l le ryengagementat
hemorningo the12thinst.
onemorta lly inhow it ersectionduring
atSouthw estB ridgeonmorningo the
l o st i n c ha r ge o C a p t . V a n V a l e n bu r gh
to nthinst.
a b an d on e d as u n i t t o tr a e l .
C a p t. H . W a t i n s I t r oo p a n d in s e r
euo oneabandoned.
troop.
dturnedo ertoR egt lQ . M.
a o r 12 th N . Y . C a a lr y
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le s .
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I .
TH E Y E A R 1 6 5 E X P D T O N TO L I T T E
N E X P D T O N TO C O L E R A I N A R R I V A L
R O M S H E R MA N ' S A R M — S E C O N D R A I D
A S H I N G TO N D PA R T U R E F R O M N E W
E A DV A N C E O N K I N S T O N .
dwithoutmorethanordinary
o theacti ity inw arcir
perationso GrantandS her
w ascomparati e lyquiet.
pswithinthestateat thistime
" thosew hohadenlistedf orits
e pectedneitherto lea e its
essi e . ( Manysuchw eremet
erneandK instonin1 92.
orcesatthef ormerplaceaf airly
toplease itse l andtodo
omeamostpopularo f icer
heR e . J ohnB . Doo litt le
dtrappingsasaC hristmasgi t.
butebestow eduponan
n.
blac sce lebratedtheanni
ncipationproclamationw ithcon
anywillremember. O nthe9th
e3dN. Y . batteryw ounding
ew eatherw asmildandthe
e ce llent.
f i t y m en u n de r C o l .
endays rations w asdispatched
nareconnoissance. I t
moref orcethanw ase pected
ayw ithse era lmenw ounded
orthetreatmentrece i ed.
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
sosuccess ulasthat
derC apt. R obertO. B radley
radleyw ith150meno the
ecompanyo theL oya lNorth
nderC apt. Hone tw opiecesarti l
e andthew holeundercom
, l e t N e w B e r ne o n th e 1 t h a nd
he21sttoC o lera in ( sceneo
ileatthe landingatthe latter
anga lea andw entdow nin
rw ithherstemontheban ;
ew B ernef oranothertrans
struc outonane pedit ioninto
urcit i ensw erearrestedf or
mationtotheenemyandthe ir
iscated. A mongthe items
ourba lescotton se enba leso
i n g to b ac c o 1 1 1 b o e s p l u g
112to115 poundseach
a lue. Thera idstruc ter
strict andnoresistance
ran gotaw aywiththesupplies
neunharmed.
ebruarymilitarymo ements
nts.I twasthedeter
rnmentto f orcemattersto
seasonw oulda llow . Tothis
ef orcesinNorthC aro linaw as
comingupf romtheS outh.
tq uantit ieso lumberand
edtoB achelor sC ree , to
son theroutetoward
strongdetachmentw as
eadC ity . Onthe12thatra in
r o m S h e rm a n s a r m y a n d on
enf romI ll inoisreachedour
nintheser icef i emonths
ing tooneaccount* had
ar y .
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T H E U N I O N . 8 5
heyweredesignedas
n s a r my b u t so p o or l y f i t t e d f o r
ndser iceo thatarmyasto
cordinglytheywereassigned
amf ordril landinstructions.
dw asde isedonLitt le
redmeno the15thand200
w i th f o u r ho w it e r s un d er c o m
m o the latterregiment started
e 15 t h wi t h tw o o t h e
byboat; theothersby
onw asreachedne tday
orcesj o inedandlayoutside
ghtw henthe in antry
Thene tmorning( 19th
andagaindeployedoutside
apt. Grahamw ithhisca a lry in
surroundingcountry
andwounduptheday by
o u r o f i c er s a n d tw e nt y -o n e
-embar edonthe" E scort
ernew ithoutthe losso a
ebruary tw oo f icersand59men
c a a l ry v o l u n ta r il y c am e i nt o c am p
f o llowedthene tdayby
ameregiment. Thisaction
ourage.Theair beganto
eapproachingdisso lutiono
the2 ththeregimentw as
t hs p a y a n d on M a rc h i st t h e
romulgated:
o B e a u o r t
M ar ch is t 1 6 5 .
ct e clusi eo postgarrisonsand
e23dC orps w il lbetemporarilyorgani ed
s f o l l o ws :
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
o anhourw asmadef ordin
hemostpartlay throughw oods
ea ternoontheroadw asf ound
ntimbertodelay themarch.
assagef ortheartillery.
eptw ellinad ance butnoenemy
e eningwhenC apt. Graham
rebelpic etposts. Thef orce
no therailroadw iththeDo er
e r to o t h em a n d a ha l t wa s
asthrownoutandthe bri
placew ask now nas" Gum
orningo the7th thef o llowingorderw as
2dDi ision
t.
h a m
ade 2dDi ision:
mportanttohusbandthearti l le ryammuni
able hopeyouw illnotpermitthesections
ndthe irammunitionuse lessly . Whenthere is
ingyourshotsdoe ecution thengi e itto
. I a m C o l o n el y o ur s r es p ec t u l ly
B . G . C o m ma nd in g.
egoing thef o llowingmem
. U pham w rittenhurriedly
aper:
e h i s he a d u a r t er s a t or n e ar J a c s o n s
erightascloseaspossibletoS outhw est
w it h G en . Pa l me r s l e t . M a o r C i a r s o n wi t h
a a lry tomo eontheB rit ishroad his
tow ardstheupperTrentroad. B ev ery
in ormationpossiblew ithregardto
pt h o c r ee , a s w el l a s o e n em y s s t re n gt h
w i ll b e a t W i se s F o r s .
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T H E U N I O N . 8 9
e t s we r e ca l le d i n at n o on a n d
dew asorderedf orw ard. The
n. P al m er s d i i s io n h a d re a ch e d
ious andestablishedits
e o theenemy.The
dorderstore lie ethisregiment
place intheF irstdi ision.
tt inghisopeningremar s
n ar r at i e w e q u o t e C o l .
a d u a rt e rs 1 5 TH C o n n . V o l . I n a n tr y
p r il 15 1 6 5 .
M o rs e
a t e o C o n n . :
ho MarchthearmymarchedonK inston
2 d B r i ga d e in a d a n ce t a i n g th e D o e r
o thew ay lay throughswampsandw as
y fe lledtrees w hichhadtobecutthrough
theartil le ryandtra ins. N oenemywas
hw estC ree , w henitw ase identthatthey
assageo thatstream andheldthecross
antrywellentrenched. A bout2p. m.
r de r ed t o t he l e t t o r el i e e a p o rt i on o t h e 2d
n t h en a t J a c s o n s M i ll s . A r r i i n g th e re
o t h e is t B a t t al i on ( L i e ut . C o l . T ol l es , w e re
s theremaindero thebatta lionf urnish
ic etlineconnectingwiththe troopson
thso amiledistant. Theotherbrigadeso
am p a t W i se s F o r s a m i le a n d a ha l i n
sco eredbyca a lry w how eredirectedto
pperTrentroad w hichw ouldprecludethe
ypassingourle tun now ntous. During
ne underL ieut. C o l. To lles w aspushed
undredyardso theenemy sw or sand
a. m. o the8 th theenemyopenedonusw itharti l-
dbyourguns andthes irm ishersbecame
i ingin ormationthatabodyo theenemy
donourle t I o rderedthe27thMass. into
formingacrosstheB rit ishroadw iths ir
thf lan s. A boutnoontheenemymade
s R e p or t. 1 6 6 .
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
ttac uponthe27thMass.Directing
the15thchangef ronttomeetit andthe
tthecrossingo theB rit ishroad I pro
ndf oundtheenemytoha epossession
i e l d a n d a d a n ci n g ra p id l y g a in e d th e r oa d s
mmunicationw ithL ieut. C o l. To llesand
hesametimetheenemyad ancedonour
urpic etline intwo a lmostcomplete ly sur
oweresooncompelledtosurrender.
pingwasL ieut.B owman whowithaf ew
ahotf iretoma ethe irescape. F roman
a g g w h o wa s p re s en t o n th e 8 t h a n d a t e r
learnthattherearattac w asmadeby
6 , 0 00 s tr on g
e ce i e d b y me o t h e ap p ro a ch o t h e
romtheGeneralcommandingha ingf a llen
nemy .
osso C apt. B assett. Hew asmortally
shline j ustbe oretherearattac . H e
h u l o f i ce r.
torecei ereportsf romcommanding
u na b le t o g i e a m or e c om pl e te r e po r t b u t wi l l f o r
k nown.Theregimentisatpresent
A R L E S L . U P H A M
gR egiment.
theengagement.
edingreport C ompaniesA ,
I , C a p t . B u t t ri c s w er e o rd e re d t o
ndthebrigademo edf orw ard
ryopenedf ireandthere
oratimebutw ithlitt lee f ect.
theN. Y . regimenttheC on
sseeingtheboldstandta enby
crossthecree andopenedascat
w oundingaf ew men. C o l.
w ingso the15thoneach
a di n g f r o m W i s e s F o r s t o
I , 3 d N . Y . A r ti ll er y ( 2 g u ns a
Mass. C o l. B artho lomew
d o n th e e t r em e l e t a t a r i g ht a n gl e
e 15 t h. [ S e e d ia g ra m .
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h a m.
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TH E U N I O N . 91
e n. C a r t e r s l i ne o b a tt l e ( o r
r d i d no t e c e ed 5 0 0 ya r ds .
J a c s o n s M i ll s o n S o u t hw e st
nearbyw hichhadnow cometo
de endthiscrossingthe
mallearthw or initsrear
unso a lightbattery .
the e eningo the
mpaniesA andI w erepushed
andk now ingthatdisco ery in
therebe lf ire protected
e enseastheyw ereableto
napsac s anda litt leearth
andplates.( Therewas
company . I tw asnotmuch
ser edpartia lly toconcea lthem
.Thenightpassedq uietly
pwithin ourlines.I tdoes
i n c om m an d o t h e f o r c e
isioncommandersw ith
theyw ouldprobablymeet and
artercommunicatedany
rigadeo f icers.
ementseemsw retchedly
tacompetenthead. Nopa ins
r te r t o mo e u p h is r e se r e s
or s. The17thand25thMass.
oughit issupposedthef ormer
l an . I f s o i t ga e n o
c h o H o e s f o r ce s n e t d a y
hroughli eatorrenton
e s i d es t h is i t c an n ot b e s ho w n th a t
westC ree atanyotherplace
lsw ascontemplated onaccounto
ollenf romtherecentrains
cesshouldha ebeencon
sdi isionquietlyw entinto
arter sright w ithout
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
establishingcommunication
sposit iono f orces unless
seemshardly justi iablewhile
scountry . On theotherhand
C o hadinstructionsno
optheenemy andawaitorders
mmanderScho ie ld. Onething
thatw hate erpo licyhemay
h e l e t e n ti r el y o ut o s i gh t t he
herebelcommanderassuming
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m l r
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.
bytheC on ederateartillery
t th e m il l s h or t ly a t e r 9 o c l oc
th. Theposit ionw asasindi
ram.The15th wasearly
orthatmatterithadbeeninline
ery littlee posureo f orces
pearingparticularlyan iousto
. Y . battery repliedtothe
tso themorningw erethus
ge. The in antrywasq uiet as
ingforposit ion ande cept
ere waslittletoindicatethe
ngforcesuntilaboutthe
o n w h en t h e so u nd o m u s e t r y
tirredupintheboysthe
thebeginningo thestruggle
w or upthe lineuntila ll
h istheywerenotdisappointed
amegeneralandwascon
hours butw ithfew ercasua l
e ct j u d ge d b yt h e f o r c e * i n
o itsf ire . Theattentiono
asthusnota llowedtobe
omthebusinesstheyhadon
w oreaw ay. A l itt lea ter11
C o l . U p h a m o t h e ad a n ce o
h ro a d o n h is f l a n . H e
erstoa ertthisattac , but
dthatbe oreourf orces
ew ithhiscommandhadsw ept
0 0 by C o l . T o ll e s in T h e De m oc r at i c L e e r S e p t. 2 1 7 1 .
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TH E U N I O N . 95
e15thC onn regimentatK ins
hemchangef rontthreeseparate
asi onparade. Wehadto
oretheywouldsurrender.
o f icersandmenw ereentit led
sonerso w ar andI be lie e
meinstancesw ereshow nthem.
ud n ot w i n in t h is u n e u a l c o n
t h e re a r t h e f l a n , a s t or m o
moment w asthinningtheir
t he y we r e sw i t l y be i ng e n e l op e d
enMa orO sbornere luctantly
at andthebatta liontoo to
se le topenf orescape. On
n ow f r e ed f r o m al l h in d ra n ce
ictoriousf orcecanproduce.
ngf ullyoccupiedwithbusiness
now o thebrea behindthem
ht themf romtherear.
nosignso w a ering. L ieut.
o C o . C . ( s u pp o rt t o C a p t . B u t
ingw ithhismeninaditch w asthe
ro u t o t h e le t w i ng . I n t h e na t
ew ouldha erece i edanimme
butnonecame. He" he ld
emywasw ithintenrods w hen
rightandreportedtoC o l.
e f irstintimationthe
t h e ne a rn e ss o t h e en e my . H e
call inthes irm ishers andit
ndtoC apt. B uttric sthat
C o . D w as w o un d ed . B y t h i s ti m e
rmationandtherew asagen
struc f orthew oodson
posedGen. Pa lmer sdi is
ss irm ishersw erethe last
butonceunderw ay they ranon
s.Theirgallantcaptain
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
ha ecarriedhimalongtoo
priateandin accordancewith
ohissuperioro f icerthan
soughtoutC o l. To lles. H im
onaf i e - ra ilf encenearhis
arently themostunconcernedman
theenemywasstil lk eptup
stlingaroundhim. " Welh
C o l on e l v e r y ca l ml y " w h at t h e
"
th e r ep l y " f o r u s to l e a e t h is
w e wa s n t w a nt e d he r e. A n d
nsbadegood-byetohead
dinthew a eo theretreating
moreto relateinconnection
f lighto lessthanathousand
rceranplumpintothenet
m. A strongdetachmento the
thecree low erdow nand
wenthedi isionso C arter
f e e r y a e n ue o e s ca p e f o r
rf o llowedasamattero
w asw ithC o. C , inthe le t
inandF inniganhadit in
pelledattheircapturetogi e
aswiththerightw ing in
ubbardandMar in. B y the
" theysucceededingainingthe
to-day intheC apito lat
ersacredre licso theS tate .
ollowedthecaptureo the
nies " tousethecurrentw ar
gh o u r bo y s r e li e i n g th e m
aportablenature . A f ew
t as t h e Y a n w a sn t i n v e r y
dictatehowhewould
l ly e nd e d by h i s gi i n g up e e r y-
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TH E U N I O N . 97
other. B ruta lityw asinsome
nyo thecapturedmen
ssertiono theNorthC aro lina
o thatspecia lleniencyw asshow n
uc yade ense. F orinstance
c eddow nwiththebreecho a
co a t ta e n b y a C o n e d er a te
lsowassnatchedby apri
s g o ld w at c h wa s t a e n f r o m
rdredeemedwithC apt. White s
r g e ss w a tc h w as t a e n e t c. e t c.
whowas notcompelledto
ndtohiscaptor.
swor borelittlesimilarity
hemorning.Thecompanies
t h e o f i c er s t h e ga l la n t
lly intrepidB ishopwere
helattermorta lly . C apt. B assett-
iteandLieut. B urritthadeach
a n d f i l e t we n ty - o u r we r e
wounded.
thecasualtieso theregi
romtheC onn. R ecord:
t R o b e r t O . W i l l i am s
lbridgeWright
. M . C a m p
U N D D.
o h n Mo o re
nE. Pa lmer
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
U N D D.
e r
d ie d ,
d ie d ,
U N D D.
ut . E . W . B i s ho p
S . C h i ld s
B auer
U N D D.
M. White
r
U N D D.
.
U N D D.
r g t . . e g el m ey e r m or t l y .
a l te r P. B r y an
T h om a s B u l li a n t
n M i ch a el B u r n s
arie
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TH E U N I O N . 99
U N D D.
y L i e ut . B u r r it t
H e n r y T . H o a dl e y
sonS. S mith
.
U N D D.
o r p. F r a n P hi li ps ( m or t l y.
o h n K e a rn e y ( m o rt a ll y .
o n at h an M o rs e J r .
a r e yE . B u r ns
sF isher
o hn D .J e n i ns
s Ta t e
the2dB rigade 2dDi ision
dorsedasf o llows: 15thC onn.
o un d ed a n d mi s si n g 1 5 o f i c er s 6 5 7
. — K il led w oundedandmiss
2 00 m en .
u ta nt R a n d L i eu t. B o w ma n w it h
dedingettingclearo theenemy .
tremeright.A singular
ta linterposit ionhappenedto
o litt leduringtheengagement.
lorso therightw inghe
ubbardtoretireouto
sf ire j ustthenbecominga larm
ndemurred claimingit
side" theboys" buta ter
ctantly f e llbac . A pri a te
pedintothevacantseatand
hisf ie ldw asthereco ery
B ible lostonitatthattime. I t
e . I tseemsthatC apt. Mun-
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T H E U N I O N . 101
adssowellthatI w entdownone
totheo ldH ullroadaheado
artedbac tosee i I could
o r I d i d no t wa n t th e J o h nn i es t o
no t g on e f a r b e o r e I m e t th e
battle f ie ldandtheya ll
t h e f i r s t wa s L o p e r t h e
rtt imecameC ol. Uphamand
I t h in t h at h e b el o ng e d to t h e 17 t h
onhorsebac , andshortlya ter
ubbardw iththeoldf lagf lutter
himyouw ouldthin thathe
J ohnnies' w eresendingthe
hm a s f a s t a s t he y c ou l d b u t he
aphicallydescribeshis
w iththenationa lcolorand
only thattheguardw as
nw henw ithdraw ntocompara
p t i t f l y in g i n th e f a c e o t h e en e my
angetargetgreatly tothe
h e f o r c es i n r es e r e .
. T ow ne r o C o . C . * " T he
eredatthe millweresent
af ie ldhospitalintherearo
erethosew oundsre uiring
edressedby theC on ed
atthisplacethatPa lmer o
mamputated. Tow ardnightw e
ree anduptoK inston. We
buildingstandingonthe
u a re a t e r cr o ss i ng t h e ri e r .
ereattendedto andthesur
alongin thenight.A s
w erepassedintoanupperroom
orandf ortunatew erethey
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
r e nc h o C o . E , * " I t to o u s
inston distancef ourmiles-
heboysk eptj o iningus
cers. Wearri edthereat4
. m. w henwew ereputonthe
dsboro w herew earri edat9
it e s pe a i ng o t he m at te r s ay s: " W e
cloc p. m. andta ento
astrongposit ionw ithintherebe l
therew ef oundsomemen
. W. B ishopinablan et.
ssiontoassist them.S oon
Ma . O sbornew asbroughtin.
l remainedw ithO sborneand
ncecamef orthemathal -past
m is s io n o D r . Ma t he w s t h e C o n
remainw iththem w hichwas
mcom ortableasw ecouldon
dstayedby themwithouta
onthetrainf orGoldsboro
mpletewithoutallu
omeo itso f icersconcern
Q u o t in g C o l . T ol l es % " W h i l e
df ight consideringtheodds
eun ortunate innotrece i ing
erej ustlyentitled.That
ntnoonecandeny.The
mustnotrestw iththe15th. butw ith
ando thearmy . Therew as
o v igilance inthatdirection.
ead ance k nowingthat
rceo morethandoublethe ir
teenhourshadbeencontending
thistimesome6 , 000or7 000
somethingo eramile inour
o llections. $ SeeDemocraticL e er 1 71.
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T H E U N I O N . 103
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nK inston notdreaming
ightingo aseriousnature
heyw ouldbeca lledupon
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are ulgenera lshouldha e
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tuneo the15th andw hilew e
ongenoughf orGen. C arterto
pidblunderbyconcentratinghis
e c ei e d f r o m t h at o f i c er t h e
syandrightshouldha e
o emo edonthemain
oundthementire lyunprepared
a in: " O urlitt le iso latedbrigade
w asthemainco lumn he ldat
c e c om p os e d o H o e s C h e a t
S . D . L e e s d i i s io n s un t il G e ns .
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w asnot andw eallk new
ightingchance. Theonly
rstithadbeenpossible f orus
orthemainco lumntogetin
lt. F oratimea terwards the
e i s t as a f i g ht i ng f o r ce i n t he
cedinthemosttryingposit ion
he loto so ldiers andithadhero
mingf orceo theenemy in
ceasedtobeasurprise .
o theLyonR egiment. The
ostmemorabledate ina ll its
ycloseditw asonatornand
w asinKinston apart( the
a n d a pa r t ( C o . K ) o n t he w ay
d r ap i dl y n ea r in g W i s e s F o r s
edthethan so Gen. C arterf oritsga llantry inF ie ldO rder
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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arationforthecomingstruggle.
heU nionf orcestowithdraw
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t.
nn musteredfordutyas
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C o . K . B e s i d es t h e ab o e
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TH E U N I O N . I O S
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Thisw asv a liantly repulsed
e secondchargewas
w ithnobetterresults. A f ter
ttac morev iciousthanthe
centre buthereaga inthe
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time.Therewas noq ues
in t h is a t ta c . I n s p it e o t h e
armedtothevery f ooto our
l e to a d a n ce f a r th e r an d r e u s in g
orceswerea li e immo able .
o f i g ht i ng f o r a n ho u r or m o re
ercould wish.O urartillery
rtinthis engagement send
rtrangethatit wasneces
iono thebreastw or sthat
e ecution. A s intimated the
a s re n ew ed a g ai n o n th e l e t a n d
ht butbothweree ua lly
saultsanumbero theenemy
ourlinesandsurrendered.
con lictandGen. Ho ew ith
. The15thsustainedno loss
i l t o r ec e i e i t s sh a re o t h e en e my s
w asamplymadeupto itonthe ioth.
, a n a id o n G en . P al m er s
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po int I saw directly inf ront
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oracharge. Turningtothe
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ealmostmo ingenemy . ' W ait
w a s th e c oo l r ep l y. ' O p e n
byordero Gen. Palmer ' I
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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recarried. F atigueparties
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regiment.
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andreadatthereunionthatyear.
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omethingmore instorefor
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ncedthatwhenwewentinto
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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and27thMass. w ereconstituted
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dmarchingorders. C arsw ere
a c he l or s C r e e , w h i c h wa s t he n
loadleadingtoKinston and
d a t e r de b ar i n g t o D o e r s
a nc e o f i e m i le s a n d en c am p ed
herwasasun indtousas
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.
erGen.C o , didnotlea e
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C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
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rch7th.
onthatnight the15thwas
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etandobser ation andthat
omef ourhundredw estern
hattanooga w hichwereenroute
herman andw hichhadbeen
sthenearestw ayo reaching
emporarilyincorporatedin
eo thembeingassignedto
additionalcompaniesbeing
redbydeta ilf romourregiment.
awmen almostine ualnum
nsomerespectsnotanad an
dril lo rdiscipline had o
e in t h e " 1 5 t h C . V . " a n d
mentmoreunwieldythanit
ntemplate i underf ire . On
cc e ss o m e n C o l . U p h a m
eparatebatta lions L ieut.-
o therightw ing andMa or
h therightw ingw ason
he a y s i r mi s h li n e in f r o nt o
w o r s o n t he w es t s id e o S o u th
onlyaboutthreehundredyards
he linee tendinga longour
t h e Do e r r oa d . Th e l e t w i ng
w as i n l i ne a b ou t f i e h u nd r ed
e s i r mi s h li n e a n d to t h e le t
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TH E U N I O N . 11 1
. A r t il l er y C a p t . C a n n c o mm an d ed
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n e ar l y tw o mi l es i n o ur r e ar . I t w i ll
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teetho a largely superiorf orce
whate ermadeforasupport
n cy . C r o s si n g th e J a c s o n s
rearo ourbrigadeandlead
h e B r i ti s h ro a d a n d on t h is a s
e t w aspostedadetachment
a a lr y.
ietly themennotonthe
o r t h e ir c o f e e a n d at a b ou t 7
ss. w asmo eddow ntheB rit ish
urle tw ing andf ormedacross
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T H E U N I O N . 113
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dattac edthemainco lumn.
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how e er thatw hentheyshould
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o r p . Ge o rg e W . M a n i l l e o C o .
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werecompletelyhemmed
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
le twingandthe 27th
edesperation.Therewas
w th e re w as n o t f o r u s a f i g ht i ng
hchf romthef irst ithad
ow astoga intimef orthe
dinessf ortherebelassault.
c ti e l y as t o e nt i re l y de e a t th e
w hi ch w as t o ta e C o ' s m ai n
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de w hichHo esupposed
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pprisedo thedangerand
w asthentoo latef orthe
conno iterf orposition and
ttac onthene tday they
o di i s io n s en t ir e ly r e ad y t o re c ei e
w epoureda li e lyvo lley into
uarters w hichstaggeredthe ir
bringitonw ithamoref uri
andthen asw ew ellk new
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sasprisonerso w ar.
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TH E U N I O N .
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nceasprisonerso war
atne eraregimentmarched
terrightto f ee lthatithad
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f romtherear w ascerta inly
igade oro itsco lone lcommand
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dthe15thatS outhWest
a o s u rr e nd e r wa s n e e r f o r a
itherbyo f icersormen. The
altostandinthe wayo
l o ng a s p os s ib l e t o m a e n o
surrender andtoceasef ighting
eenforcedouto ourhands
bers. Thiswedid tothesac
i n de e d b u t th a t in a s p ir i t as
mateaso ldier.
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t buttomentionsometo
r s wo u ld b e i n i d io u s. O n e h o w
b e na m ed a s t yp i ca l o a l l w i th
ny . Lieut. E dw inB ishop
bledf athersti l l l i esinthis
tanto the15th duringthisen
andbeingA ctingA ssistantA d
ebrigade. WhenC ol. To lles
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
opw entwitha llthea lacrity
ouldonanerrando pleasure
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scarriedhim totheold
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ro u nd H o s p i ta l i n G ol d sb o ro i n
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r u l h ou r s o m i se r y he w on t h e
oneo hiscomrades w how ere
ndina lastf arewellby the
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s. Thearmyhadf a llen
the13th Gen. C arterissued
cialcopyo w hichwassent
d u a rt e rs 2 D D i i s io n
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, M ar ch 13 1 6 5 .
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desirestoe presshisthan stothe
hiscommandforthe irga llantry intheaction
ch w iththeco-operationo aportiono the
d C o r p s r e pu l se d a s e e r e a t ta c o t h e en e my
iorf orcecon idento turningourle t.
S herman sarmyandtheold armyo the
otherin coolnessandsteadiness while
orthef irstt imeunderf iree hibiteda
chpromisestoma ethemthee ualso the
f ie lds. B ycommando
. P. C A R T R .
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TH E U N I O N . I J 7
o i s su e d an o r de r t r an s
n f r o m th e 2 d Di i s io n
stDi isionunderPa lmer.
ostduty inKinston. The
themsel escom ortable and
mo edtw oorthreetimes at
e s ta b li s hi n g it s el o n t he J o h n C .
magni icentsiteo erloo ing
o n.
byacomradef atthe
e re ea lsanebbtide in
w rites " Ourrationsnow
o ur h ar d ta c , a s po on u l o c o f e e
ga r . F e e li n g th e n ee d o s o me
heandthreecompanions
oragingonthe irow naccount
s 2 d o . e g gs 1 p e c m e al
mmolasses. [ I t isnottobe
ly instanceo thek ind
entwerenotarduous.They
ceduties.Therail
andw ithinaw ee a ter
citytrainswereregularlyrun
eboysbuiltroomyq uarters
nderthesoothingw armtho the
a y .
A p r il i s t: " T o -d a y S c o t t an d
a n d wi t h th e u se o s o me
hw e' drew ' andourshe lter
ortable litt lehouse8 f eets uare
upin. Madeabun w ide
hw eplacedtw otic sf i l led
e a f l o or a n d do o r o g o o d si e .
e a w r it i ng d e s , a c h ai r a s t oo l
G . W . S m i th o K . % D i ar y .
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partureo theprisonersfor
E L DO N C L O V E R S TA T O N S A L I S B U R Y
E U T. B I S H O P DA N V I L L E D A TH O F
O R N E — C O R PO R A L P H I L L I P R I C H M O N DA N D
O N P A R O L E O F T H E 1 5TH .
The15thwasta enby
Kinstonduringthea ter
edup. A lle ceptthe
af ew allow edtoremainw ith
tra inf orGo ldsboro N . C . ;
9 o c l oc i n t he e e n in g .
dinthe F airGrounds an
highboardfenceandaline
asco ldandra iny andthe
b i tt e rl y . S t r i pp e d o e e r yt h in g o n
n e it h er o e r co a t no r b la n e t . S o
madeatthiscrueltythat a
entotheC ourtH ouseand
plishedthroughthe
t h e ci t i e n s o G o ld s bo r o. O n
hedepottotheF a irGroundsthe
manyo theresidences spo e
nsomeinstancesga ethem
yalsocarriedawarmbrea
morning. I naf ew instances
therawrationsissuedto the
dreturnedthemw ithsuchaddi
ma e. I tw asanune
thene tday thew ounded
n. Onthemorningbe orestart
tedtheplacew herethe rw ere
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T H E U N I O N . 119
f a st o c o f e e b ea n so up a nd
w edthe irsympathy invari
sistedthemingettingon the
boroaportionw asta en
dtheremaindertotheC ourt
rn e L i e ut . B i s h op C o r p . M an -
ncerw ereta eninaspringless
ettothef ormerplace.
ew aspassed f romthebal
nyo southernladies(? )
bleedingmen. A ttheC ourt
sandeightlineo f icerso the
e w pr i a t es a n d so m e o t h e
. Thesuncameoutatnoon
w retchesa litt le ; aration
m e al a f e w d ri e d pe a s an d f i e
anw asissued andtheC on
onwaspro idedand
erehustledonboardcarsfor
woundedremainedbehind.
er e o r e f o r t he p r es e nt w e
the largerbody. Thedis
oWeldonisse enty -e ight
about4o cloc a . m. and
wereunloadedin anopen
ithtents. Threedays rations
tra inedhea ily theboys
e w p r in c ip a ll y t he o f i c er s
s in a n o ld c h ur c h f c o o i n g
a llsto e inf ronto the
dingwasdoneatthisplace
10. 00 andasmallpieceo corn
orelatewith muchpleas
bulldo ing arebe lguardat
hite .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
morningtof i l lse era lcan
therailroadtan . Therewas
npostedatthatpo int. C apt.
scustodianthathe wasv ery
the laddertothetan . A f ter
eyw iththisrepresentati eo
hepersuadedhimto lethim(W hite
e( theguard f i l ledthecan
dation. U pw enttheguard and
y f il led butasthef e llow
C apt. Whiteca lleda" ha lt "
w aho le throughhimi
henhehadk epthimup
e hew asa llow ed. tocome
g u n v e r y me e l y ' n e it h er
tter f orf earo thecon
f orgi inguphisarmsw hile
12th a llhandsw ereroused
rdthecarsf orGaston N. C ,
i l le ( o r M as o ns J u n ct i on .
eetanda termarchingabout
in thePinewoodsalong
w asatthispo intthatC apt.
sleymadethe irescape. [S ee
rchw asresumedne tmorn
hereaboutsweremadeduring
thedetachmentintoC lar s
i ouacw asestablishednear
icersbeingquarteredinano ld
y .
wasa detailf romthe12th
ditsspitebyestablishingan
aroundtheprisonersand
r s e e r al o t h em w he n s om e d is
asherea lsothatMrs. Mahone
Gr i f i n .
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T H E U N I O N . 121
nera l w ithhertw inboys came
n s . *
ponthe publichighway
4 th a b ou t 8 o c l oc , a n d ni n et e en
ngtheday . C ampw as
data placecalled
n e ar a s a w -m i ll o w ne d b y a U n i on
h e Da n R i e r . Th e n e t m o rn
osstheri erinsmallboats
ramphadbeenmadew hena
Trapstationnearara ilroad.
w enty - ourhoursw ait ingf or
chw ere issuedo por and
henstartedon. Tenmilesw ere
ternoonthroughoneo the
ndra incommontoNorth
aysthecampw aspitchedthat
ceca lledC lo erS tation and
eetdeepandthenightso
heireyestoseeany thing.
ationsw ereaga inissuedandthat
u c t h e R o a no e r i e r c r os s
nsiderably thew orseforthe
y rece i edf romSheridan s
w asa largef ortatthis
d-pieceso a lightca libre .
icersJ w eredetachedf romthe
toR ichmond.
1 ) t h e e l e e n th d a y o t h e ir
re theguardhadbeencomposedo
e s o N o r th C a r o l in a " b u t i t wa s
p o r ti o n o t h e 23 d a nd 2 t h
rginia . Thenew guardconducted
cewithmilitaryusages
C a p t . R . O . B r a d l ey C a p t . W i l l ia m C . B u r ge s s C a p t .
C apt.R eubenWaterman C apt.M.A .B uttric s L ieut.N ewell
u g u st R o d r i gn i , L i e ut . G ra y L i e ut . B e a c h.
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
theboys. Thisguardhad
d ha inghadabrie tasteo
dw asdisposedtobeaslenientas
sw eremadeonthe17th thene tday
he20th theystruc theR ich
oadatapo intw herethe
e" intersectedit. S e enteenmiles
hatday.
o u r t H o u se 3 m i le s f r o m
by thecolumn w hichcontinued
w herecampw asmadeand
ortw asconstructedw ith
.Theprocessionwasnow
the22dtheboysweremarched
tw omileseach andw entinto
herebelcapita l. Theguards
igilanceandtheboyswere
di f erencebetw eencaptors
morninganeasymarch
erontheoppositeside o
hm on d a n d at h a l p a st 9 a . m .r
omK inston , L ibbyPrisonopened
m.
w a r H o w wi d el y d i f e r en t f r o m
nsteado acomponentparto
0 0 mo r e " r a i s ed i n 1 6 2 t o l i t
c e o t h e ea r th h e re w as N e w
oiceregimentw hichhadthreat
s on g t o " h a ng J e f . D a i s o n
umblednec andheelsintoa
o itspossessions treatedas
e d l i e b e as t s a n d co e r ed w i th
aconw eref urnishedduring
d wo o le n b la n e t s is s ue d ( o n e f o r
adnone. Themenw ereq uar-
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ley .
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T H E U N I O N . 123
ro theprison. Thetw of o llow
terest butonthe2 th the ir
y inthemorningo thatday
transportsand underaf lag
a m es r i e r t o C h a pi n s F a r m.
rswasatA i en sL anding some
c . Thisdistancewas
f o o t . T he s t ea m er s N e w Y o r
ting andat2.30p. m.the
nnapolis.Theycomplained
condit iono theboats but
ulrationso " hard-tac and
t he C o n e d er a cy h ad b e en u n ab l e to
C ampParo le March27th
. Thecompletedestructiono
ceorderedbytheauthor
ssuedlater. L ater greatly
men they foundthesesuits
nstitutedanin uiry * con
withthe declarationthatthe
umetoclothe paroledprisoners
pense. TheGo ernment
eredthedestructiono theo ld
sedtosupply thenew . I t is
manso treatedhasav alid
eo thisj ourneyf rom
w emustreturnamomentto
n t h e e e o s e t t in g o ut f r o m th a t
i n o E , a n d a m em b er o t h e 27 t h
missariesbyourmen and
ions f urnishedduringthe
Gri f inhaspreser edacom
es. I tw il lbeseentheyw ere
er.N ootherrecord
t t er t o C o l . F . D . S e wa l l c o mm a nd i ng P o st .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
n o t e e n i n th e d ep a rt m en t a t
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TH E U N I O N .
nthe cars.Therewas
tr a in a n d in s u f i c ie n t ro o m a n d
llnesso the irwoundsthe
uncomplimentarytotheir
achedatsunset.W henthe
ero co loredw omenboardedit
d b i sc u it e t c. w hi c h by o r de r o
edourmen onthesuppo
ederateso ldiers. Themista e
tthesupplyw ase hausted.
su s " s a id a f a t a un t ie " G o o d L a w d
b u t it w a s to o l at e .
totheprisonstoc adeand
gsabout12x 1 each.
hbun sbutnobedding.A
Theircompanionsinthis
utf i ehundredprisoners
m y r o ug h f e l l o ws b u t go o d
eta ilo themsel esas
dcaredf orthemine eryw ay
behad.Thesurgeonin
df e llow withoutf ee lingorsym
r y e co f e e r y e br e ad
erlastingdisgracebeit
eo themen(recruits
sasdesertersandw ere letouto
sj eeringthemastheyw ent.
suppliesbegantofa llshort
w ellmenw erecutdow none-ha l ;
drawmealsasbe ore
orasbare ly tosusta inli e .
osenotsose ere lydisabled
o r e e r y co m o r t m a na g ed t o h ol d
na litt le . Notsow ithaf ew
i e ut . E d w i n W . B i s h o p M a .
an i l le o t h e C o l or G u ar d .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
I w en t t o se e L i e u t . B i s ho p w h o
andf oundhimly ingona
blan ets. Heseemed
astry ingtopullthrough.
thatthebra ef e llow wastry ing
k newhisowncondition
sbornew asbesidehim. * *
di ed a t 8 o c lo c , F r i d ay
c o f i n w as p r oc u re d a nd h e
c ade. Hisnamew ascutin
o a W e s t er n r eg i me n t w h ic h
h i s gr a e . * * * *
the21standw asburiedin
thingw asswarmingw ithver
obeclean. Thousandsand
shadoccupiedthatdreary
scarceandtheentireareao
wedandre-burrowedwithcel
ages w hileo erheadtheclayhad
whuts thatwouldholdtwo
suche tremitiesf orco
orced.
boysatthis" retreat " it
gsf ortheC on ederatebrass
tsidethestoc adetof a orthe
sw asthesigna lfor
mers " astheprisonersw ereca lled
ionbysingingN orthern
ingsucharac etasf re
heconcert.
2d therebelauthorit ies
ro les andonthea ternoon
eprisonerswereorderedtof a ll
theUnionlines. Themedi
ngsomeo theworst
gthemMa orO sborne , but
me andit isthoughte eryman
n. Sergt. Tow ner* mentions
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
pro idedandunusua lcare
com ortable yetnothingcould
r S m i t h o t h e C o l or G u ar d .
dnear by.
ehospitalwas destinedto
n or d er c a me o n t he 2 t h t o se n d al l
ardwithdespatch.O nthe29th
ded andtheyw ererousedat
rnew asunabletostart. A
r es u ma b ly f r o m hi s w ou n d a d a y
iscondit ionw asnotencouraging.
a lw ea nessw assomethingo
ioustoenlistment hisli e
ndcomparati e lu ury yetthe
w arne ercausedhima
dohis duty.Thoughhis
morta l yetitseemedutterly to
im. Somethingo a f ee lingf ast
uldne erseeo ldC onnecticut
esandappea lso hiscomrades
pluc " hehade erbeencredited
cehimtoattemptthe
ssadlybadehimandaf ew others
brea f astlessandw ith
carspro idedtota e
borne lingereduntilA pril6 th
d o p r i s on e rs ( f o r ty - i e
n ot f a r f r o m 10 o c l oc a t n ig h t.
sta ento" C astle
aysitwastoa buildingopposite
erplace itwasthef e erish
P h il l ip s w as a m e mb e r o C o . I , a n d o t h e C o l or G u ar d . H e
nhisarm nearthee lbow. TheC on ederatesurgeonsad ised
sob ected thew oundw asthere oredressedw ithsuchmeans
-o f bootlegsuppliedtheplaceo splints. Mosherspea so
encheer ulinhissu f ering; hisw ho lethoughtseemedtobe
dhewentbeyondhislittle strength.Thecoldnightride
eensboro andthesubse uentcampinthef ie ldconsumedthe
diedatDan ille A pril13. H issonR ileyw asnota llow ed
terlea ingKinston.
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T H E U N I O N . 129
le . Utterlye hausted they
d.N aturecouldendureno
noon( 30th theyweretrans erred
ecei edthe irf irstrationo
ngNew B erne. Themedica l
erthemk indlyandthediscom
inameasureo ercome.
2 d t h ey w er e t ol d t o be i n
ughthe linesne tday . I t
c em e nt . A t 7 o c l oc a l l wh o
tothe landingandboardedano ld
riedin wagons.The
w asslow anditw assunset
sreached. No arrangements
eenmade.Therewasstill a
esbetw eenthemandtheUnion
tedthosew hocouldw al too
esinblan ets andstarted
eoranyk now ledgeo thew ay.
nessandtherough
emberedbyourheroes.
yingtheircomradesby" relie s
ontedby thepic etso Gen.
r ed . T h ey w er e t a e n w it h in t h e
to f indthemsel esunderthe
deta ilo menassistedthemto
achedabout9o cloc inthe
timef romlea ingR ichmond
adef romtheU nionbatteries
nthe irhearing. Un now n
tdayo thestruggle f orthe
a b u t a du s y p i c e t e p l ai n ed t h e
sa id " Mar sGrantisgi in
boutmidnighttransporta
sf oundandthey reachedF ort
ternoon. Therethey learned
ichmond. Thetransportcon
arri ingthereA pril4th
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TH C O N N E C T G U TV O L U N T E R S .
themainbodyo theregi
terathoroughreno ation apor
rsonPar H ospita l a t
hichplacethirtyday f urloughs
insmalls uadsthemengrad
mes.
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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E O F TH E U N I O N .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 137
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atGo ldsboro inthemiddleo
esaw ourcomradesw ho
ngroundina cattlepen.
w e r et a e n t o th e C o u r t H o u se .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 139
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adandbacon.That night
ga emyblan etstoPhil
y thef ireourguardhadmade.
reloadedup inthebo cars
Dan ille . Herew ew ereput
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ongenoughfordeathtocla im
t h e co l or g u ar d . W e l e t D a n
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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w ew ereta enoutonSunday
a f l a g o t r uc e b oa t f o r o ur l i ne s .
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ma ebettertimemarch
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m . s u pp o si n g to f i n d a br i dg e o e r
tthatpoint butw eredisap
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tinwhichtheycrossedit as
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n a" f orcedmarch" north
andinthee eningtheycame
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toapprehenddeserters.
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T H E U N I O N . 141
erethenputintore uisit ion w ho
ithf ood butf oundMosley
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TH C O N N E C T C U TV O L U N T E R S .
O F WI L L I A MH .N I C H O L S .
o C o . I , w a s ca p tu r ed w h il e
esoutsideourlinesatKins
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as.Therewasnoescape.
ntothecountry w herethree
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dthem w hichtheyaccepted.
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH E U N I O N .
R O M S E R G T. TO W N E R S D A R Y .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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I .
T A T K I N S TO N T H E 1 5TH A G A I N R E U N I T D
U A R T R MA S T R B O W N S P R I V A T
H O O L TA X L I S T O F K I N S TO N " C A M P
G A " — M U S T R O U T O F U . S .S E R V I C E —
N N E W H A V E N , C O N N .
u pa t io n o K i n st o n t h e f o l
o B e a u o r t
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ee r A r t i l le r y ( d i s mo u nt e d a r e he r eb y t ra n s
i i s io n D i st r ic t o B e a u o r t B r i g. G en .
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d e. B y C o mm a nd o MA J . G N . C O X ,
Ma .andA .A .G.
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T H E U N I O N . 149
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upationo the latterplace the
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striedbypri ateR ogerso E .
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T C O N N E C T C U T .V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 151
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andthemetropoliswas
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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ation. Ma orMans ie ldand
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t e yo u r su f e r in g s an d I r e tu r n to
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T H E U N I O N . 153
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. D a i s L i e ut . C h a r le s S . G r a y.
. L i n sl e y L i e ut . F r e d er i c E l s e r.
ia m C . B u r ge s s L i e ut . C h a r le s
i e ut . H e b e r I v e s .
u b e n W a te r ma n L i e ut . D a i d H y d e .
B e ac h .
b er t O . B r a dl ey L i eu t. N . F . B u r -
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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I .
R E U N I O N S .
Y W A L T R H . L O R D S E C R E T A R Y .
6 9 a f e w me mb er s o C o . I , 1 5t h
w H a e n m e t b y a gr e em en t t o
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w aschosentopublishthroughthe
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derthe matter.I n
outf ortyo theveterans
o later. C apt. M. A . B uttric s
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h a rl e s E . H a r t W a l t er H . L o r d
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e d t he d a te a s N o . 2 9 th 1 6 9 .
arystepsta entow ardpro id
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n. N o . 29 1 6 9 .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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m b . . . . S u r ge o n.
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m os t e c e ll e nt t a bl e ; t i c e t s
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orningattheStateHouse
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TH E U N I O N .
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ted. A ne ecuti ecommittee
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yMessrs. B ario& P rince;
t e r th i s re p as t c a me b r ie a d dr e ss e s
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dresses. L ieut. Linsley
tyo erectingamonumentto
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portonthematter. ( N ames
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ation. A pleasantf eatureo this
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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retaryandTreasurer.
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m b . . . S u r ge o n.
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH E U N I O N . 1 3
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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N TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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N TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
-O U T" A TR E DH O U S E .
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n t a ny b oo t s.
s t h at g o t to d o a bo u t it ? "
s a l o ng s t re t ch o w a te r d o n t
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T H E U N I O N . 177
y ou v e g o t th e m on y ou r f e e t.
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e ll i t s tr a ig h t.
s tr a ig h t ' ' b u t it w a s at t h e
t h e bi t er w a s bi t te n a n d a pa i r o
or e it. Nicho lsw orethem
D GU A R D T N T A TF A I R F A X S E M N A R Y .
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a S e m in a ry ? T h re e s us p i
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rontandf orthew anto abetter
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
N TO F TH E B A TT E O F K I N S TO N .
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ed t o o bs e r e a r e be l o f i c er c u tt i ng
eo theca issons. B arneshad
smus etandw hile
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nd withoutdrawingthe
e d a t th e o f i c er a s h e wa s m ou n t
heC on ederatef e llw ithhis
up andtheanimal now
ran draggingtheun ortunate
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orm butw asne erableto
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S E Y ' S F A I L U R E T O S E C U R E A B R I G A D E R ' S
O L . W R I G H T.
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ormedbyordero Gen. C asey
nary w assounceremoniouslydis
s bu rg V a . i n 1 6 2 f o r up t o th e
atthe lattercity botho f icers
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T H E U N I O N . 179
brigadeformation. Gen.
mlyattachedtoC o l. W right
. H ew asimpressed
menandthee f iciencyand
cers. I tw ascerta inly thegreatest
ha epa idtothetimbero
ndtothe j ustnesso thepride
o u n ty i n i ts f o r ma t io n t o r et a in i t
anwasnecessaryandusual
spouringinto theN ational
er Gen. C aseypromisedC ol.
cef ortheearlybestow alo a
eneral andthechancethat
ef ie ldo F rederic sburg
h a nd 2 1 st C o n n . a n d ot h er r e gi
romw hichtheremaining
isiona lB rigadew ererecruited
thebestowalo thestarso
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f orthe ircolone landthe ir
ou l d ha e b e en u p on h i s st a f .
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possible theregimentsf romthe
isionalB rigadef ormedbyGen.
andtothesurpriseanddisap
C ol. Wrightf oundhisregi
theolderandnumerically
w hichGen. Harland w hosecom
r i gh t s b y a f e w m o nt h s w as
changepro edintheend
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tationswerene errea li ed as
le andriaresultedinhis
andtoLieut. -C o l. To lles and
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
A N D.
L L E C T O N S O F R E G M N TA L S E C R E T A R Y , L O R D.
w illreca llthatcomradeo the irs
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theregiment andinsomecases
eycouldne erunderstandthe
u l i n o r ma t io n ( ? ) S o s o o n a s
ospread thequestionw ould
a id s o " a n d t h er e pl y wo u ld f o l
e s . T h at s e tt l ed i t N o w i n a d di
oresightoursergeantpossessed
mostasva luable agreatear
derhisguidanceanumbero
echarmedw iththepossibil it ies
unitedthemsel esinanorgani
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sttheythoughtso— anddis
melodiesata llt imesandin
edthatononef a ire ening
t h ey h i ed t h em s el e s t o th e c om
gadehead uartersandpro
s m al l s up p ly o " h a rd t a c "
ire -waterw erethought ully
anychargeo inhospita lity .
15 t h — o f i c er o t h e gu a rd w a s
pensesatdow ntothefeast.
ullyo thew ineandthedrin
i n g a br i ll i an t e h i bi t io n o " c h in
t t h em t o t he i r re e l ry . I t w a s tr u ly
the irlungse pandedw ith
achssw elledunderthef ire
rgieswereredoubleduntil
yangelsmustpauseto listen
Gen. Harlanddidandsummoning
gu a rd ( t h ei r g ue s t u n e e li n gl y
ertclosed.J udgethenthe
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v e s .
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TH E U N I O N . 1 1
row ulmannerannounced
n. Harland heplacedthemall
uel crue ledict S omeo them
butf ina llyw ere" rounded
e o f i c er s q u a rt e rs f o r t he n i gh t s
bleendingo aconcertw as
r e. A t d r es s p ar a de t h e ne t a t e r
w asre erredtovery touch-
andthenon-commissioned
e d o t h e i r " s t r ip e s " b u t — o w in g
hemen thesamegenera l
nwiththein unctiontobe
rewhenthey letthemsel esout.
h i s sc a lp w as a n i o us l y so u gh t f o r
toughitdidnot appearthat
blame. Occasiona llyata
sheardthemysterious
nd? " andtheansw erissolemnly re
"
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onnor whowasthemostf iendish
on ederacyga ebirthto w as
ptw ithdreadby theU nion
lgangcontinua llyho eredabout
ountedandsometimesnot
capturingoutposts ra iding
errori ingthingsgenera lly . In
hatGen.Palmer thenin
t me n t o N e w B e r ne w a s
oMoreheadC ity w herehe
trainne tmorning. O' C onnor
pture.Thusit cameabout
t9o cloc , asthetra inw as
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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bumpingo thecarbro e
gineerseeingthesituation
w B e r n e l e a i n g t h e c ar a n d it s
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pre iousnightthespi es
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a p a rt y o O ' C o n n o r s f o r ce .
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train butbysomemiscal
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were C orpora lsF renchandMor
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a larmreachedN ew B erne
osstheN euseri erand
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a lly f lourishedhisre o l er
ad s a n d as h e f r e u e nt l y sh o t a
rprisinglongrange con iden
at" thesurestw ay tok il la
gunnearenoughtohisheadto
heye pectedcerta indeath
onabo ldf ace j eeringandgood
ghiminturn.This wasun
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adensef oresto pines. The
buttheyhad nooppor
acho eranyattemptedescape.
edar estN orthC arolina
h a d di e d do wn u n ti l i t ga e
oughthesawhischance.
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TH E U N I O N . 1 3
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new . Noattemptw asmadeto
ek new thedirectionhetoo .
theroadinaf ew minutesand
supposedtowardtheNeuse
notdisappo inted. Day light
m andsigna lingaUniontug
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nt.
C K S ' R E V E R I E S .
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myeasycha ir my thoughts
o 1 6 2 w h en i n a ll t h e pr i de
ngmanhoodI l istenedtow hat
e b e en t h e ca l l o d u ty a nd
thosewhoweretoconstitute
nde ceptiona llymora lregimento
e f ortsinra isingperhapsthe
rasgoodmora lsgo thatcom
. f orassuredlynoone
on thatC o. I w asnoted
ndsternmorality i so I can
oonestil l l i ing w hoho ldsa
ecityo New H a en and
a s B i l l N i c ho l s i C o . I
rict lymora l.
oranabsentmindedrooster
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rethesearchcouldreachthat
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arri a la tC ampC hase I w as
notk now thedi f erencebetw een
b r ea f i le s to t he r ea r " a nd w he n
io n wa s m ad e " A u g us t us b r in g
su r e it v o i ce d t he u n sp o e n t ho u gh t s
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
ne d o f i c er o t h e re g im e nt .
ittleincidentthathap
w hentwoo thememberso
n r el i e e d f r o m gu a rd d u ty o n a
udedthattheywouldnotper
to po liceduty inthecompany
dtheorderly sergeant w hoat
totheLieut commandingthe
eF ooteandB illyH ubbard in
nature presuminguponthe ir
ant too thebo ldstandthat
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o in ormedthecommanding
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y w ithoneo themembers
houghtsw entbac tothedays
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N . C , w herew espent
ctoberw ew ereordered
dition adistanceo perhaps
epurpose asw assupposed
guerril lasthatw erek now nto
cinity . A samatter-o course
peditionw assuccess ullyaccom
tartedon itsreturn.I t
gointocamp somewhereon
wasse lectednearsomef arm
sandpic etsweresta
ti c s d e ta i le d a s o f i c er o t h e
nearlymorningwhenword
icero theday thatforagingon
amongthepoultryyards
apt. B uttric scommanding
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TH E U N I O N . 1 5
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tstealing hensandother
eplacew hilehew ason
esceneo troubleandmet
o theregimentbuta ll
anyparticipationinany
gra e lyassuredthecapta in
eather; eachman how e er
ms whichthecredulous
merely f irew oodf orthe ir
ghtheheardvo icesandsur
sthato S ergt. C hurch o
" J i m i s th at y ou " a nd h ea rd
ma t i e . H e t h e n in u i re d " A r e
w i th y o u a n d ha e y o u an y th i ng
r ai d S e r gt . C h u r ch
t h er e a re a n u mb e r o C o .
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-atthesametimew hispering
obeheardallo ercamp
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e u s a ll a w ay . C a p t . B u t t ri c s
hadbeenaf a lsea larmand
honest moralmenhadnot
yrebelliouschic ens.
rmedthene tday toreturnto
w asobser edthatbeginning
ingtothe le to theregiment
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lowing: Doc. L ord onegoose
ncheslongandf eathersso
y the ideathatithadbeennearly
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N TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
Y a n s ; " B i l ly H u b b a rd o n e
atmademoreno isethanse en
ut . R o d e ri u e , o n e go o se v e r y
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t h ar m s f u l l o u n dr e ss e d f o w l s
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atanysouthernf ow le er
icho ls.
e o C a p t . B u t t ri c s w h et h er
nf romthef armhousesthe
a ingra e lyassertedthata ll
dnglyorderly.
onarri alatcampwerehow
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ydarednotk eepthemin
on idence inthehonestyo some
s sotheyw enttothecabino
ashort distancef romcamp
erboardthemuntilca lledfor
ortheboardinad ance.
w ee stheydecidedthatatur ey
andwithappetiteswell
the irprecious. property. I t
yf oundnotthecolored
sit ingf riendsinV irginia . They
ns theyw erenotthere they
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ithada lsogonetopartsun now n;
s they toohaddepartedand
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h n o C h u r c h L o r d an d O s c a r
edtothin how verydishonest
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sti l l l i ingandha edoubt
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TH E U N I O N .
S L O S TR A T O N S .
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N TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N . 1 9
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t ed C o l . T o ll e s an d C a p t . B u t tr i c s
core anun uestionedsuc
p ut i n c ha r ge o i t . N e e r
ade. " B il l" procuredthe
c l e t h e lu n ch a n d a ca n te e n o
( f o r w at e r sn a e s , a n d n o ws e e
the earlymorning the
ngthe irw his ersandtheirnoble
ardf orthef ishinggroundsunder
ance.
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andtheanchorwaslet go
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meandwentandnot asolitary
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adgoneandsow erethebull
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assertionthatw henthetide
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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ou g ht u p w it h a j e r s u f i c ie n t
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t h ou g ht b e st t o e di t t he r e ma r s
occasion .
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TH E U N I O N .
N TA T L O N GB R I D G .
I N , C O . A .
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nendo L ongB ridgew asin
r e n c h as o f i c er o t h e gu a rd .
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na andunlesstheclearest
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longcameonedayano ld
sw eresatis actory butw ho
re lo ciderinhisv ehicle.
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. P. DA Y , C O . B .
n. V o l s f r o m it s f o r ma t io n i n
2 h a i n g wi t h C a p t. T h eo d or e
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p a ny N e w H a e n G ra y s w h ic h
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
M or e he a d C i t y N . C . I w as
L i e u te n an t o C o . A , O c t .
ap p oi n te d A c t . A s s t . A d t . G en e ra l o n
e a c h c o mm an d in g t he C o n n . B r i
th a t o f i c er a n d th e 1 t h C o n n .
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yC on ederatetroopsunderthe
e a s si s te d b y th e r am A l b e r -
nd m ys e l f o r t he f i r st t i me u n de r
s. W ew eretransportedupthe
H a l i a , N . C , f r om t he re b yc ar s
al n e e r f o r g e t my f i r st
ace. A f terbe ingsearchedby
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po thestairsw ef ound
f i c er s m a ny o w h om h a d be e n
ongtime w ew erequestioned
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meonew ek new intheprison.
r ot h er * o D r . C o w le s o t h e
init ia tedmeinthecustomso
i b b y f r o m A p r i l 2 t o M a y 6 .
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f orherew eweresheltered. The
tbutmanyo theprisoners
romhomecontainingpro isions
the irprisonrationswith
ortunate . F romL ibbyw e
o wl e s 1 t h C o n n . C a p tu r ed a t t he b a tt l e o W i n ch e st e r V a
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TH E U N I O N .
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e. A f tera f ew days stay
ta ecarsf orMacon Ga.
po si daysinbo cars
rcon ey ingcattleandhad
ew eoccupiedthem. Herew e
o u r me n i n a ca r n o r oo m t o li e
rstanda lltheway . We
enwearri edatMacon and
pen f ormerlyusedasthe
noshelterherefortw ow ee s.
pplyo boardsw asf urnished.
msel esbytunneling.
etunderthedeadline toget
new eresuccess ul fo ritcould
ndstormynights asthedirt
hcree thatranthrough
urrationsherew ereapintand
nd a h a l a p i nt o s o rg h um
cantrationo w oodtocoo it
composedo thecoband
ndbe orew eate itwesi ted
hedf ullo ho les. We
onthatf are . A f ew times
rnished butthatw asagreat
o e w a s to S a a nn ah G a. w he re w e
. hospita lgroundsandf ur
compla intstoma easto
rewewereguardedbythe
. w hichhadta enpartinbattles
eensenthometorecruit. A t
ereguardedbytheH ome
b o ys a n d ol d m en . I h a e o t e n
mar o Gen. Grant that
cradleandthegra eto increase
ascon irmedbyanincidentthat
tion. A toneo theprisonsa
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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e . I o f e re d to t ra de a j a c -
h e wa s an i ou s to h a e t h e k n i e b ut
s h i s gr a nd a t he r w h o wa s
didnotgetthemittens.
na h f r o m J u l y 29 t h to S e p t . 1 3
r e or d er e d to m o e t o C h a r le s to n S .
rf ireo theU nionbatterywhich
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n inedinthe j a ilyard betw een
w henitrainedtheyardo er
ter thencamedow nthescorch
onlyhal rationsw ere issued
i c er s w er e t a e n s ic .
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emorecom ortable butv ery
oyedhearingtheshe llf rom
o erus andburstinginthe
amenearenoughtodousany
edthemonotonyo ourcon ine
aboute eryha l hour. In
orputtingusunderf ireour
ua lnumbero rebe lprisoners
sland underf ire f romthe
tsuit them andsostrong
etotheC on ederatego ern
sendusf romC harlestoni
df romMorrisI sland.
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harleston manyo themen
o theye llow f e erand
shells. Wew erethensent
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ecity w herew ew ereableto
o logs. I f itra inedw eput
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mpwithnof ence the
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T H E U N I O N . 195
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escape. O neo f icerw hotried
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undscameintothecampearly
n e e r w en t o ut a l i e . A n
w i th p r o e c ti n g tu s s c a me i n to
utthreehundredo f icersw ere
im andinlesstimethanI can
sdistributedamongthosew ho
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thatitw assotoughthey
eonly f la orithadw asgarlic.
actionwithourgo ern
oners becausew ew erenot
ngew assomethingthatw asalw ays
m o e d b ut n e e r s ee m ed t o
on inedandsu f eringwere
hemanyhardthingssaid and
otef orpresidentta en
s h ow s h ow l oy a l th e yw e re w h en w e
inco lnhadf orhisoppo
w how asthe ido lo themenin
otew ascounteditstood1 024
orMcC le llan.
ar w a s Th a n s g i i n g da y .
nglandboysinourmess and
ha eaThan sgi ing
hungryw emightbea ter
te e n ou g h to r e ce i e a b o f r o m
ncepies pic les preser es
messhadprocuredsomemoney
outh. We boughtatur ey
d er a te m o ne y a b ou t t wo w ee s
n g da y . W e d i i d ed o u r ra t io n s o
i rd f o r h e wa s n ot v e r y f a t
ga ehimallhecouldeat.
andw ew atchedhimdayby
ne erle thimalone t ied
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
yaguardwaso erhim at
hut.
sgi ingwebuilta chimney
idethehut gatheredhic ory
ire inthef ireplace. A f ter
edastic w asrunthrough
erthef irebycrotched
nsa llnightturningandbasting.
etthatdinner. Weallpronounced
o wn t o . F o r m y pa r t I n e e r
that.
theprisonerswasshot
ornocausew hate er ashe
eandthirty f eetf romthe
6 4 w e mo e d i nt o t he c i ty o
inedinthe insaneasy lum
coldesto thew inter
eterandlessf ue l su f ering
de posure . F romC olumbia
thead anceo Gen. Sherman
ew daysa terw ele t. On
i n sb o ro u gh N . C , w e ra n o e r
h ro w in g t he e n gi n e o f t h e tr a c .
ethecattlethat were
hemcutupanddi ided
irstrationo f reshmeat
S a a n na h f i e m o nt h s be o r e.
gettingthe locomoti eonthe
arounditw hichtoo about
ainwerea numbero
w hohadf ledf romC olumbia
n s a r m y . Th e yp a ss e d us o n f o o t
ea ethe ircars andw e
uldbysinging U nion
mthatS hermanw asj ust
ouldbew ellf o rthemto
sw eremadew econtinuedon
g f o r a f e w d ay s a t R a l ei g h N . C .
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TH E U N I O N .
enhundredprisoners w hohad
derson il le tobee changed.
ebeyondalldescription
ledthe" wellprisoners.
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eeblenesswereobligedtocraw l
es o e r t he f r o e n g ro u nd f r o m
a eustoWilm ington
an g e b u t wh i le w e we r e on o u r wa y
aryandna a lf orcecaptured
hee change. How e erthe
ur r e le a se a n d on F e b . 2 , 1 6 5
thecityweenteredtheUnion
rsandStripesf orthef irst
escribethatscenewould
ed cried sang dancedand
oy .
ilm ingtonw etoo trans
f romtherew erea llow edtogo
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to D a n i l l e V a . t o r ec o e r t he
rne w hodiedtherewhileapris
w H a enw ithhisremains. I
m en t a t K i n s to n N . C .
r e o L i e ut . D ay a t P ly mo u th a s s ta t ed
to C o l . E . S . B a d ge r o R a l e i gh N . C .
thatthetrophyw asstil l ine istenceandinthe
sresw ereta entosecure itsreturn w hich
w ithtrueSouthernchi a lryabrothero
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T H E U N I O N . 199
eisa li e totherespon
v e r y f a c u lt y i s q u i c e n ed
thesecurityo hiscomrades.
r di l y a n d st e ps o u p on h i s
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abruptly inhistrac smaybe
himsel , standsirresolute
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ed .
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w hichcapacity I ser eduntil
3 . A t t h at t im e I r ec ei e d no ti i c a
. H . R u ss el l o N e w H a e n
w asagraduate , thathew ould
gh G o . B u c i n gh a m a l i eu t en
omeoneo theco loredregi
pro idedI couldpasstheneces
shington. I a tonceapplied
at i ng m y wi s he s a n d wa s t he f i r st
t h C o n n t o r ec e i e o n e f o r
owedinduetime andI was
dassignedtothe1 thU. S .
r throughthe inter entiono
I w a s tr a ns e r re d t o th e 2 9t h C o n n .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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ted andtheregimentproceeded
rtoA nnapolis A pril2d.
t h e co l or e d tr o op s t o ar r i e i t
butincompanyw ithtw o
oredtroopsitwasshortlya ter
atore lie eparto the ioth
e a u o r t ab o ut A p r il 2 t h . Th e
ndedA ugust8th thetime
ling especia lly inmar s
ty. Duringparto thetimeI
e ta c he d l in e o p i c e t s o c
ose islandslate ly sweptby the
li e .
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ayw asheldinreser e inthe
Wew ereengagedinvarious
t h w he n w e f u r n is h ed t h e f i r s t
troopsundermycommand in
r s h e ad u a rt e rs . T he n e t d a y
sinf ronto Petersburg
erf iretillS eptember25th
topreparef orasecretmo e
asparto the iothC orps the
httothenorthsideo the
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29thatS pringHillandC hapin s
dleo thea ternoon w hilethe
I w as w o un d ed a n d ta e n t o th e
encetotheo f icers hospita lat
a t e r a br i e l e a e o a b se n ce
returnedtoA nnapo lisand
o inmyregimentinf ronto
ry 7 1 6 5 . W e r e ma i ne d i n wi n te r
p r i l 3d 1 6 5 . O n t h a t mo r ni n g
oredaylightby thee plo
eC on ederatesdestroy ingthe ir
andburningthecityo R ich
ghtga easa epassage the
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T H E U N I O N . 201
edoesinf ronto therebel
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he d f r o m t h e pi c e t l in e
romtw odesertersthef irst
a c ua t io n o t h e ci t y. I t w as a
ethef irstregimentinthe
edmarchingw ew ereableto
donlyby the2dB atta liono
oGen. Weit e l shead uarters.
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gcity f orw ek new thewar
marchedf orPetersburg
u s t in t i me t o l ea r n o t h e de a th
nt. I naf ew daysitwassent
ssist inguardingthegreat
there inthe latterparto
yPo inttopreparef orthe
nderGen. S heridan.
steamerB lac stone
h . A f t e r sp e nd i ng a f e w da y s at
i n al l y re a ch e d B r a o s D e S a n ti a go
t d a y st a rt e d f o r B r o wn s i l le
atle f ie ldo R esacadelaPa lma.
s il le t i l lmusteredoutOctober
dso commendationf orthe
heyweretractableand
e l i n a l l th e q u a l i ti e s o a s o ld i er
creditf orthebrigadeo
o presentingthemost
anybrigadeineitherthe
c or t h e A r m y o t h e J a m e s.
T R V I E W S A 15TH M A N .
B A R N E S O F C O . B .
nroethatI f irstsaw Gen.
tdownf romPortsmouthw ith
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
o ne r s ta e n o n on e o t h e ra i ds .
w at e r a n d a t e r de l i e r in g t he m
thef ortress marcheddow n
itf orthereturnboat. O ur
andloungedaboutthew har
heboysalwayswouldunder
guardw how aspacinghisbeat.
yw erescatteredaboutonthe
n up o n on e o t h em . S o o n a t e r
nsauntereddow nthew har ,
n v i s i b l e e c e pt t h at h i s
rthanw eintheran sw ere
. I too himtobeanenlisted
e intheQuartermaster s
nonaneighboringbale and
wa l s t h e gu a rd a n d sa ys " N o
s ir . " W e l l I g ue ss t ha t s
erous " remar edmyneighbor
hay . I donotremember
mf irstorheme buthe
s f r o m m y re g im en t e t c. w h er e
himI w asdow nf romPorts
ohnnies" thathadbeencaptured.
ncommandinthatsection
pswerethere andwhether
ngoodspirits etc. a lso
nsandf ina lly asatug-boat
ar ed " therecomesmyboat "
a y " w a l e d a t i n to t h e
lar( tome f lagatthestern
daguardw hoitw asthatw ent
as " Genera lGrant. The
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romthef ortress. I hadnot
wasano f icer oratleasta
r f romhisunassumingmannerI
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f w ereonboardthetugI do
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TH E U N I O N .
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onaccounto theprominence
because itre lectedthesentiments
a r D e m oc r at s " o t h at t i me .
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Gallagher. Whenitcamehis
ancedtothef oot- lights throw ing
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hrustitonthetablewitha loud
could: " C it i ens thisregi
ldinsideo thirtydaysi it
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nn w asf ina llyplacedinthe
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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deo theregiment.
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odimento whatdiscipline
botho f icersandmenscarce ly
wereinprogress.There
er w henthegra ityo the
ied indeedtheyutterly
ndbro eoutintoonepro longed
brigadeguard mount.
hismeninsuperbarray . Ev ery
per ectionande eryso ldier
. Whenthee o lutionsreached
parades thatwindybody
timesbe ore w hilethe lines
ss. Onthereturn thetime
inthisinstance themusicians
y thef orce e erymanblow
shthebigbassdrummanbring
gsuchgyrationso hisdrum
lourish. I tw asanimposing
s b o so m ( o f i c er o t h e da y
andA d utantR andv ow ed
ngli e itbe ore . Suddenly
upouto theground
ebigdrum B ushcaughthistoe
p we n t th e d ru m st i c s i n t he a i r
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TH E U N I O N .
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romthethroatso theboys
e r h ea r d be o r e or s i nc e i n a ll
N GO F MA J O R O S B O R N E , A TTH E B A TT E
, 1 6 5.
a ys G e or g e W . S t o d da r d o C o .
o nt o h i s te n t i n t he r e ar o t h e
e n. H o e s f o r ce s c am e u p
oseatthea larmandw asinthe
sswordasthef irstv o lleywas
woundedatthatf ire . Stoddard
lacedhiminablan etand
inthedirectiono ours ir
ashea yandtheywere
dhisw oundtomo eslow ly .
t h e re b el h o rd e wa s u po n t he m a n d
e n o r mo r e wh o s ur r ou n de d t he m
commencedri lingthe
t a i n g th e re r o m a ha n ds o me g o ld
ho h a d j u s t c o me u p s e i e d t he
C o n e d er a te o f i c er n e ar s a id
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t h e 15 th C o n n " " N o t i I k n o w
i c er b u t f o r a l l t ha t t he w a tc h w as
ghthethie w assentunderguard
ae linesacrossSouthw estC ree .
ousburden wereordered
mill w herethey le tthe
rgeo theC on ederatesurgeons.
rtunate inpreser inghis
U p c a m e a d ir t y " g r a y- b ac "
andasho el andbringing
thetallpri a te sheadw itha
n , I w an t t ha t h at " a t t h e sa m e ti m e
s h a t a f i n e so t o n e h i s w i e
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
Now " sa idthe J ohnnie
b el t " w hi p pi n g ou t a b ig k n i e
itf romhisprisoner. The
ntobeconcernedlestthene t
heclotheshew ore butthat
nn i e s a ys S t o dd a rd : " W h a t ar e
e lintheplaceo arms
" Y a n , I a m ap it -s in e r f o r a
f y o u- u ns " w a s th e r ep l y a n d
ullyaccompaniedhimto
F TH E F L I GH TA N DR E -C A PTU R E O F C A PT.
I E U T. L I N S L E Y , I N M A R C H , 1 6 5 .
G M. WH I T .
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ethattime thef o llowingpaperhasbeen
n e e n a t t h e ri s o r e pe t it i on t o g i e i t
thema or-generalincom
r N e w B e r n e N . C , t h e 15 t h
ass. w ereplacedinaposit ion
ederatessurroundedandcaptured
startedonf ootf orR ich
o r ce o t h e V e t er a n R e s er e o
y. O nenight soona terthe long
pt. Whiteescaped accompanied
. L i n sl e y o C o . K , 1 5 th R e g i
nri erthey f oundaboatw hich
hemtotheoppositeshore they
oundthattheyhadlandedon
sedlessthanha l o theri er.
rails tiedtogetherwithgrape
y reachedthemain- land w henthe
dtheyw ereobligedtoswim.
undthattheymustagaincross
o intthestory isheregi enin
w ords.
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TH E U N I O N .
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greedtobringus agoodsup
nandcornbreadsoona terdar
rryw herew ecouldgetacross
be oredaylightthene tmorning.
ettynearlyusedup butL ieut.
tlygettinghissecondwind.
thevergeo despondencyordis
w hene erI begantosw ear
milingwithsomenew idea.
brotherwith ourtwenty
oourhidingplaceontime
nginsearcho him andw hen
A v o u ld f i n d hi m a s h e di d . H e
r eyandthechic enandthe
enew sthatthef erryhad
rruptedinitsoperations but
yele eno cloc thatnight.
soonmade andele en
s a t th e a pp o in t ed r e nd e v o u s i n c on
oredman w hof orthirtyyears
erry . Heto ldusthathehad
mL ee sarmy w how ith, the ir
omplete w erewait ingtogo
t andhew asa ra idthey
sasnotbe ingo " the irk ind
a lly inducedhimto leadustothem
o n e r en c e we c o n i n ce d t he m
a n e e s a n d go t t he m t oc o n
erw iththem. Theywere
minedloo ingseto men.
a' tidalwa e' o deserters
melea ingL ee sarmyand
themounta inso WestV irginia .
usandf ortwohoursre used
heboatandgoo erw ith
hatourf edera luni ormw asa
w ererea lly rebe lsecretser ice
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
wasto entrapandarrest
weretry ingtogetaway
a te s e r i c e. W e f i n al l y co n i n ce d
n e ' Y a n s a n d ab o ut m i d
df la t-bottomed s uare-
tartedacross. Theri erw as
apid andtheboatw asheld
mbyacablestretchedf rom
nningthroughrudetac leat
ow . Wecouldsee lightsonthe
icientlynearwherew ewereappar
nga llcon idence intheo ld
as ednoq uestions butsilently
edthe landing up
nyo rebe lsoldiers. We heard
a nd k n e wt h ey w e re e e r y on e
ctly intotheboat andthencame
oiceo thecapta inasheorderedthe
arms andmarchashore.
tw asstillasdeathintheboat
emo ed. Thecapta inrepeated
themoneminuteto laydow n
ore orhew ouldgi ethe
aminutemustha epassed
a n d th e n on e o t h e de s er t er s
rchedout thenanother
ndianf ile theya llstepped
o w hattothemw asprettycer
eresitt inginthesterno
e. Unnoticedbyus- theo ld
othewaterand wasshelter
ssiblebulle tsunderthesterno
hthisfacef arenoughabo e
e " M a rs e y e s g o t to g o
ws y e s h y ar . T h en f o r t he f i r st
at thedar eyhadbetrayed
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T H E U N I O N . 209
achedtoclutchhimby the
tdo it. I w hisperedaselectiono
e t e a r a n d th e y mu s t ha e b e en
e at o n ce s u n o u t o e a r sh o t a n d I
e .
in ita tioncametousf rom
thenL insleyandmysel
ainhadsentthe deserters
andhenowmarchedus
rt e rs .
urcaptorw asC apta inDu
a r o li n a re g im en t a n d th a t hi s
eg a n w as i n N e w B e r n e N . C .
tdea laboutNew B erneand
menthadbeentheref ormore
oonf e ltasmuchathomew ith
a Y a n h i ms e l . H e g a e u p
ebeingondutya llnight and
f o r de d c oo e d f o r a m i d
ha lla lw ayssupposethatapart
esstousw asduetothedisco ery
terw eenteredhistent thatI
apta inDuguidandhis
ourbetrayalbytheold col
e M os e ly . '
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e sarmy be ingdeta iledwithhis
pttheconstantstreamo
gupintothe mountains.
a inDuguidf oundthatJ oehad
nningthef erry legit imate ly
atatnightitw ashisconstant
tw oorthree loadso deserters
cefortheser ice .
a idbynearlyabarre lo C on
ndhadbecomesoattachedtothat
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TH C O N NE C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
ac sf orourf are . Thef irst
toarresttheold f erryman
oundhisnec andtheother
himtosayhislastprayer. Old
lea ehisf erryandhisbarrelo
d th e c ap t ai n : " Y o u s j i s t
o f , M ar se e y ou h an g me . I
l de r e st o d e f o l s i n d is w h ol e
me andcomesrighttomy
e li e a n r u n d e f e r r y j e s t de
a g a h ea p mo r e ga m e n y e w o u ld e
e.
f o r ce o J o e s l o gi c l e t
ness andL insleyandI
stboatloadthathecarried
ment.
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w edidn tf ee ldisposedto
muchasw edidatf irst.
ysandnightstramping
o r di n g st r ea m s w al i n g o t e n in
ramileorsotoa o idbe ing
ndw hileLieutenantLinsley
f i t f o r a no t he r t ra mp a s s e e r e
dup. Wew eresi tymilesf rom
f eetw ereso lidblistersf rom
dC aptainDuguidtotry togetus
sented andthene tdayw e
o n th e r oo o a f r e ig h t ca r w i t h
dGo ernorWise thenaboyo
econdlieutenantinthe J unior
ustodian. YoungWisedidnotride
t h e ca r h o we e r . H e p l ac e d a
mus etsonthecarw ithus
inthecaboose.
tthatridetoR ichmond. The
ndition therewasnota
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TH E U N I O N . 21 1
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dow ngradew asreachedw e
d at t h e me r cy o f a t e. O u r o n l y
to lie f la tonthenarrow
engtho thecarroo , and
sbestwecould.O ur
s ets andoneo themhis
sorry f igurew henatlastw e
andtheymarchedustothehead
o s t ma r sh a l. Y o u ng W i s e h o w
ingayenoughstyletoma eup
o h i s gu a rd . I t h in h e i s th e
hohasinrecentyearsbeenquite
o lit ics buthasnow ta enup
or city . Theseturnedus
ma r sh a l a n d th e n bi d u s a v e r y
erethenthoroughlysearched
herethesearchingw asper
dquiteanamountingreen
dta entheprecautiontosecrete
heliningatthe bottomo
rclothingw assocompletely
othek neesthattheydidnot
ow egotpastDic Turnerw ithout
s . A s a r e s ul t o o u r e f o r t
L ibby twodaysinad anceo
nt.
O F T H E S W O R D O F C A P T. TH E O D O R E R . DA V I S .
ne o M a y3 0 th 1 8 9 a p pe a re d
S T A N D F O U N D .
. M t d R i l es G ol ds bo ro N . C , s ay s th at
hatplacesupposedtoha ebelongedtoa
t he h a nd s o a n o ld n e gr o — G r e en E v e r et t . O n
wng: " P resentedtoC apt. TheodoreR .
it te ls ey A u g . 9 1 6 2 .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
S o u th i ng t on s a w th e n ot i ce a n d
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his result:
u ly 2d 1 8 9 .
s.
randwasv erygladtohearf romyou.
andleo thatswordI hadpublished.
wordcost himf i edollars andi you
dhonorable letter pra isingtheo ldnegro
tf orlessmoney f orhew antsanarticleto
papersaboutit. I w il ldoa llI canf or
ou r f r i en d
S DU N B A R .
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andsentsu f icient" green
speedy returno hisw eapon.
ngwhenitarri ed anditis
themostpreciousmemen
e ueath.
H N B .DO O L I TT E ' sC H R I S TMA S G F T.
rtyandspontaneousC hristmas
thatdonatedby theregiment
N . C . A f t e r dr e ss p a ra d e on t h e
9 1 6 4 t h e co m ma n d wa s f o r me d
d S e r gt . R e i l ly o C o . C , o n b eh a l
intotheenclosureava luable
ndpresentedthesameto
o litt leasane pressiono
was heldbytheregiment.
etelysurprised and
ssinghisthan s sa idthis:
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manthereweretw othingsthat
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o n t o th i rt y y ea r s o a g e a n d
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TH E U N I O N .
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usteredout" hishorsew ith
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remainedse era lyearsand
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T H E R E G M N TA L B A TT E F L A G A T TH E
I N S TO N .
A N T S .F . L I N S L E Y , C O . K .
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no on o M ar ch 7 1 6 5 I w as
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ments openedf ire w hichnecessi
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o p en e d t h e ne t d a y w e oc c up i ed
n.
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thee actstatuso theregimen
a n d it i s w it h a v i e w t o gi e
thatthisarticle isw ritten.
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teraspre iously stated
t h e f i e l d b u t th e f o r me r wa s n ot
p lu c i l y k e p t f l y i n g an d t he
tchangeo f rontordered.
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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u s t at t h is c r is i s C a p t. B u r g e ss
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L V I R G N I A M A TC O .
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w a s th e d es t ru c ti o n o a n i ro n b ri d ge
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atearmy f romR ichmond. Gen.
o w h ic h t he 1 5 th C o n n w a s a pa r t
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destroythisbridge.W hile
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TH E U N I O N .
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ersusedtoha eino ldC on
loo aboutf orada intyor
essyouthw asoneS toddard a
h o e m bo l de n ed b y t he e a mp l e o
t h e 3d N . Y . c a a l ry s t ar t ed o u t
n h is o wn a c co u nt . ( I t i s i n e r re d
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heclearo thecamperehe
l a r o C o . D o u t on a
ustrioheld aconsulta
reedtof orma" l im itedpart
ncapital— -notha ingacent
mbar inthemeatandpro
dnotta e longtodraw upthe
plantationo oneC ol. C rane
elarmy andthitherwardthef irm
albee-hi espresentedthe ir
andW adewasespecially
e r sa c w i th h o ne y " j u s t to e a t
w " buttheseniormembero
hattheystood moreinneed
ng w hichcounse lpre a iled
themansion. Onlyaf ew
appearedtobeho ldingthef ort
andthese onbeingquestioned
n a d er s t ha t a f l o c o s h ee p
erthehil l. Thisw ascheer ul
ew meatmar etroseatonce.
dta e ita ll buttheothers
notwhiletheywerethereat
b e a d o n a f i n e " c o s se t t " a n d i n a
e h ad i t s hi d e o f , a n d th i s pi e ce o
hungbyitsheelstoa gun
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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u a ll y o n o a a i l t h e i r en t ir e
andthemsel esignominiously
dtentunderguard w ithsome
sa ltpor andhard- tac l i e
assertedthatin thesmall
heheado thef irmgotloose
regainedaportiono the
i t ma y t h e ar r es t b ro e u p " T h e
tC o. " andtheconcernw ent
C E R N I N G " T H E B L A C K B E R R Y R A I D .
S D B A R N E S , C O . B .
J u n e 1 6 3 G en . J o h n A .
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eeatGettysburg. Gen. Getty s
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T H E U N I O N . 217
g wo r ms f o r b ai t a n d th e n sa t f o r
ta nibble.H untingup
desomeremar sabouthis
w e t ol d h im h e l ie d a n d th a t th e re
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o o s . " H o o s a l l ri g ht w he r e
wedhimsomenicef atearth
inned. " C omew idme " sa id
o lloweddow ntothesutler s
h a l p o un d b ai t " a n d in a
poundo so tgreencheese. We
ly buta terputtingonabit
ut the" tideturned more
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poundsw erecaughttil lw e
camp.Thesecondday
ono Dr. F ounta in w hose
Patric H enry. The inmates
t h at b e au t i u l h om e t o th e b la c s
entswerescatteredinall
nn. B rigadew eref ullye one
it many litt learticlesw ere
andsomeo ourmennearly
a ingsomeo thesediscarded
ion.
ay inw hichthe
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orf orage. Westayedthere
l y 4t h a n d on t h at d a y th i s ho a ry
diersf romtheporch
tthisplantation andinsome
redw heattoo f ireabout
terrible forcedmarche lse
nyo themensleptwhile
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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" w h at s a n ot h er h a lt c a ll e d f o r "
at ithadnotbeen ten
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tersf ullf romthev inesw ithin
eptusinhea lth. F re uently
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ea inginthe irhardtac ,
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berries thenpourtheminto
a litt lew ater thismadeaf ar
anthatdraw nf romsome
geo asi -muleteam. I tw as
w i ld f r u it t h at g a e t h e e p e di
l a c b e rr y R a i d .
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oughf orthetransports
maindero thewayhome
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TH E U N I O N .
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deep anduptothearm-pits
w how erea lwaysatthe" short
anda lw aysloadeddow nwithguns
s h a e r sa c s c a nt e en s b l a n e t s
munition f ry ingpans etc. e tc.
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etroopsatthef inish.
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R C O R P WA R PO S T R S N A R R A T V E O F
. H A R T L I E U T .-C O L . TO L L E S ' O P R A
U TH M L L S PR O MO T O N S F R O MTH E
TH E R R E G M N T A R E L I C O F F R E D
R G V A . B I L L N I C H O L S A N D TH E " TA R
T O N S N A R R A T V E O F C A P T. W A T R M A N .
R C O R P .
I N S L E Y , C O MPA N Y K .
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rewereaboutse enty-
ctedw ithit andourdutieswere
march clearawayobstruc
and w hengoingintocamp
o f i c er s a n d pr e pa r e i n p ar t
cupationo thecommand.
thecorpsper ormed wasin
ebaggagetrains.These
oronereasonandanother bad
beingthemostf re uent
histhecasea terlea ing
g. Now ordso minecan
e ationo thatoccasion.
themudwasdeep theroad
eamsterswere impatient the
uleswereugly.
dthatthe latteranimalsweresw ornatso
rdri ers thatthey too learnedthe language
t h e Pi o ne e r C o r ps w a s
. While itsmembersw ere
u ty f a t ig u e se r i c e wa s f a r
a n d it r e u i re d a we l l se a so n ed
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T H E U N I O N . 221
ttogether andw erea lw ays
rgency.
r a se e r e da y s m ar c h a c o m
emadethatoneor more
nout " only tocomestraggling
t w henthe laborw asa lldone.
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g W i l li a m C o u rt H o u s e
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getherw ithasearchf ora
c en t " b l ac b e rr i es " o t h at
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t by o n e o m y m e n w ho i n
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y q u i c w o r , a n d I r e l e ct e d
oo hardonW illiamand
en t a n d no w th e s ic m a n wa s
I espiedinthedistancea
ginsolemnattitude nearour
moundo f reshearth. None
asI drew near andagreat
ustthenHogancameup
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b e bu r ie d a li e . T h en t h e
nityv anishedinanin
laughterf o llowed.
mentHoganreachedcamp
adhisblan et and regardless
undasleep. In myabsencese
orpsq uietlydugatrench and
ully la idhim init. Then
w ithaw ill. B il ly soonw o e
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ra O ' i m n ot d e ad y e t " a n d ma d e
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
st o n a e i n h an d h e t hr e at e ne d
na" J ohnny w hoattempted
blu f edhimandescapedto
smouth thepioneercorps
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nglyw eprocuredf romthe
tonehundredtw enty f eetin
do bloc sandropesf romthe
ard attemptedonenighta ter
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f ortandw ewerecompelled
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edaboutf ourmilesnearerPorts
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nn ra iseditsomedayslateramid
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rne C haplainMiller S urgeonH ol
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on o C o . K , a n d my s el b u il t
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apartments.E achcabin
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T H E U N I O N . 223
.
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
.
M R I D N , C O N N . J U L Y , 1 6 2.
TO F TH E
C I T Z E N S O F M R I D N whoare
e f o r t to s a e t h e N a t io n i n
rere uestedtomeetatthe
TO N TH U R S DA Y E V E N ' G
1 6 2 a t7 1- 2o c lc , t o c on su lt up on
P B L I C S A F E T . A l l
o ernmentcallsloudly
mustrespondnoblynow in
S , a s s he h a s do n e in t h e pa s t.
O R D X O N , C Y R U S N O R TH R O P E S Q .
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I U H T H n n. O . H . P . A T T
E W I S , H on. WA L T R B O O TH ,
O O K S , C H A R L E S PA R K E R ,
D E D .V I U N D PA R K E R ,
t h . 1 U J . a n d nu m er o us o t he r c it i e n s.
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T H E U N I O N . 225
O F C H A R L E S E . H A R T C O MPA N Y I .
n C o .I , J u ly 2 t h 1 6 2 a nd
corporal. I nthiscapacity I
so theregimentuntil I obta ined
w B e r n e N . C , i n t he s p ri n g
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candidatesforcommissions
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terw iththegradeo f irst
edmydischargef romthe15th
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mondandPetersburg w ew ere
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h C o r p s. W h e n t he f i n al d e no u e
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werepresentatLee ssurrender
ppomatto . I w aspromotedto
om p an y J u l y 8 t h 1 6 5 .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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. TO L L E S ' O P R A T O N S A T S O U TH M L L S .
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apedetection. H isnameisF a l O den-
to b e a r e u g e e f r o m Go l ds b or o N . C . H e
ngo ldandS outhernS tatemoney inhispos
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T H E U N I O N . 227
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onourarri a la tthe landing hadj ust
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e k i l li n g Pr i a t es T a gg a rt o C o . F a n d
a nd w ou nd in g Pr i a te H o o e r o C o . C . Ma o r
dhiscarbineersasq uic lyaspossible
amp butw ithoutbe ingabletoo er
amdenC ourtH ousew ewere in ormedby
pt. Hugheshadagueril labanduni ormed
tcouldlearnnoparticulars.
w h at I l e ar n t ro m d i f e r en t s ou r ce s I
isconsiderablepassingonthePas uotan ,
useandthisplacebymeanso smallboats.
guard toyourhead uartersT imothyDoug
r a s m en t io n ed a b o e . H i s s to c o h i de s
enablemetotransportthebodieso those
u l ly Y o u r o b ed i en t s er a n t
s S o u t h Mi l ls .
F R O M TH E 15 TH C O N N . T O O TH E R
J o h n B . W i l l et t t o is t L i e u t . C o .
e a y A r t i ll er y. 1 6 5 .
og e W . A l l e n t o C a p t. C o . E , 2 9 th
or ed . 1 6 4 .
r a n E . L i tt le t o is t L i e ut . C o .
. I . ( M a o rb yb re e t . 1 6 4 .
o rg e W . B u n n e ll t o i st L i e ut .
. C . I . 1 6 5 .
h a r le s G ri s wo l d to C a p t . C o . B , 2 9 th
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
e n r y G. M a rs h al l t o is t L i e u t . C o .
ls . 1 6 4 a nd C a p t. C o . I , 2 9 th C . V .
GH o r t o n to M a o r 1 t h N . Y .
w i n A . T h or p e to C a p t . C o . K ,
4 .
l a re n ce M . C l a r t o i st L i e ut . C o .
. 1 6 4 . C a pt ai n M ay 1 2 1 6 5 .
w i n A . K e n ne y t o C a p t. C o . F ,
y A r t . 1 6 5 .
P i li p E . C h a pi n t o is t L i e u t . C o .
y A r t. 1 6 4 .
hn H i l l to i st L i e u t. C o . G 2 t h U .
i ll i am B . P e a s e to i s t L i e u t. C o .
. I . 1 6 3 .
u g u s tu s B o d w el l t o 5 th R e g t . I n
3. ( N otmustered.
a r l es E . H a r t t o C a p t . C o . E . 1 0 9t h
4 .
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4 .
c ha rd K . W o o dr u f t o C a pt . C o . C ,
4 .
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o F r e de r ic s b ur g t h e wr i te r
odenchair droppedonthe
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TH E U N I O N . 22.9
O L S A N D TH E " TA R -H E E L .
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ewasplacedin arailroad
mrades. B etw eenE n ie ldand
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hiscompanions obser inga
i c h ol s f e e t e n te r ed i n to t h e
nw iththe irw earer:
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llowed:
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T C 0N N E C T C U 1 V O L U N T E R S .
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i ll o b e an s o r a n ou n ce a n d
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sC haseandC aseyandatPorts
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mpaniesat theseplaces
aspa idthemincashby theGo
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ponamarchorinthef ace
uppliesw erehabitua lly " short.
o thecontractorsthano the
w asa lw aysthecasetheso ldier
f o r h e ne i th e r re c ei e d t he r a ti o n no r
or.Theworstswindleswere
read andsa ltbee ( " sa lt-
d . P robably thepurestand
urnishedw astheco f ee. The
uestion thev inegarw asmade
dthebeansf re uentlyharder
cartridges. Thesa ltpor w as
ef reshbee , f reshbreadand
erissued. Thetoughest" hard
d o ut t o u s wa s a t F r e de r ic s b ur g i n
mendarednoteatit indaylight
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T H E U N I O N . 231
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tertheengagement betw een
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itwouldbeinterestingto
espreparedby theboys and
manu acture . S uchtermsas
l- i r e st e w " e t c. e t c. w e re a p pl i ed t o
byastranger heno longer
esso theirtitles.
O F C A PT. R E U B E N W A T R MA N , C O MPA N Y F .
7 th o M ar ch 1 6 5 M a .
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mpanyw asonpic etonthe
er a lsw eheardthesoundo
ro s s th e c re e a n d k n e w th a t
w erebeingconstructedthere .
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ycompanyw asdri enin. We
onhow e er andf e llbac on
ssingthroughthew oods I
ngw oundedontheground. I
thhim buthew asbeingcared
saccount andorderedmetoget
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r a n s a t o nc e a nd e e r y ma n
msel . I w entthrougha litt leopen
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therear concludedtherew as
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. W h i l e mu n ch i ng i t I h e ar d
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V E R A T N E W B E R N E T H E N O R TH C A R O L I N A
L L E C T O N S O F S E R GT.H E N R Y C .B A L D
I T TO F R E D R I C K S B U R G V A . I N 1 92.
F E V E R S C O U R G A TN E W B E R N E .
B U TR I C K S , C O . I .
o o u r hi s to r ia n I w r it e
ecollectionso N ew B erne
thatdread ulscourgeo
he m o nt h s o S e p te m be r O c t o b er
6 4 . W h i le I s ha l l ne e r f o r ge t t ha t
snotgoodenoughtoenableme
cy these era ldatestow hichI
l lude. I thin thestate
rliestintimationwehad
eunwelcomev isitorinour
e r gt . R o g e rs o C o . B , g a e
i c ti m i n th e 1 5t h C . V . I
e ty t h at w a s f e l t b y o f i c er s
o f icia llydeclaredthatthe
S e r gt . R o g e rs w a s ye l lo w f e e r .
on ersationw ithSurgeonHol-
hatw ehadyellow f e erinthe
a n d se e r al g e nu i ne c a se s i n ou r
hingbutanearly f rostcould
eso thediseasew hichw ould
ndta eaw aymanyo our
sad icew as" k eepcoo l
d e c i te d e a t an d s le e p re g u
tyo goodcommissary .
ehadattac edourregi
entalhospitalwasbecoming
andse era lo myow n
madeitapracticeto
inthisconnectionI desireto
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
rablemannerinwhich the
menta lhospita lw ereadministered
andhiscorpso assistants. I
theun ortunatepatients
ata llrece i edasmuchcare
ble consideringthegreat
urgeons.W hothatv isited
sethreemonthso gloomand
orgetthescenestherew itnessed
rcomradessu f eringinthe
terribledisease? A sI now
olcombehadthreew ards w here
th e f e e r w er e r ec e i e d ; t h e
hepatientw asinitsf irststage;
iseasehadassumedadanger
third w herethepatientw as
p e o r e co e r y t h is D r . H o l
f inishingroom.
e p t e mb e r t h e f e e r h ad
sposit ioninNew B erneandhad
hecit i ens thatthemilitary
tousastothesa etyo the
urregimentw erea f lictedw ith
anyhaddied thatitw asf eared
stroyedbythescourge i
stduty . A ccordingly early in
tsw eremadetore lie etheregi
orthC aro linaC o loredV o l
w asorderedtoapo intsome
eenN ewB erneandMore-
result itsoonbegantoreco er
ortunate ly formyse l ,
w aso f icero thedayandw as
ch inchargeo theco lored
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thoutre lie .
essedinthe streetso
yaw ul. Many timeswasI
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T H E U N I O N . 235
denter ahousewherethe
ysomemembero thehouse
n st a nc e s w h er e e e r yo n e o t h e
sbed oronthef looro the
I obligedtosendoneo the
sterw ithordersf orthecus
chtocon ey theremainsto
erymorningthesescenes
ationdailygrowingworse
tober. A t nightwew ere
resburningona lltheprincipa l
genumberso barrelso tur
wereconsumed.
t h e gu a rd s c ar c el y a
hestreetsa ternight a ll;
osttopostinthedischargeo
toberidingthroughaplace
egloomhadta enupits
e r t he r e we r e lo n g ni g ht s a m
hemduringthatseasono dread
r a s I k n o w n o t a s i ng l e ma n o
at t ac e d b y th e f e e r a n d it
oloredpeopleseemedto be
s. Thegreatlossw asamong
hadsoughtshe lterandpro
butf oundinstead inmany
gra e.
restingscenesthatI now
teraf ew coo lnightsinearly
o w r e me m be r t he d a te I r e ce i e d
ertocausee erybuildingin
erdw ellingorstore tobeopened
udbee pected. A ccordingly the
indsof araspossible the
thevarioustenements and
uildingsmustbeopened e ither
orby theapplicationo thea e
guard w hene ertheorder
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
rly inN o emberaslightf rost
metoputintoe f ectpre ious
ostguardwaspromptly
intos uadsandassignedtothe
ecity ; eachs uadbeingunderthe
issionedo f icer. Theorders
uildingandcause ittobeopened
topermitthef reeaccesso the
possible f orcibly i necessary.
utedsystematicallyandwith
heparto theguard andin
emeetwithoppositionon the
a llseemedtorecogni etheorders
rdthee pulsiono thefe er
obligedtoopenby f orce
usiness e itherby f orcingthe
w indow s. Mosto thosew ho
thestoreso thecity had
ndoninga llthe irstoc andsee
ces sosoonasitbecamee i
adbecomeepidemic.
egreatestsourceso an
wastheprohibitiontosend
ewisenoopportunitytore
ere; astrictquarantinewas
m a ny w e e s w e w e re a n i o us r e
s w hile theyk now ingthe
e inN ew B erne w eree ua lly
are dreadinglestthef irst
ngtidingso death. How
oicingw hena terthef irst
w elcomeannouncementthatthe
ed andmaila llow edtoarri e
tosay thatnosteamere er
onateandtendermessages than
steamerlea ingNew B erne
uarantine .
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w m an .
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T H E U N I O N . 237
leitga epromisethatthe
r w as b r o e n h a d th e r es u lt t o
ratef ora f ew days those
seasebeingapparentlyhurriedout
nonew casesappearedandw erea l
ethedangerline andf rom
erf earo ourterriblev isitant.
atewhenthe regimentre
ndresumeditsdutyaspro
orememberthatitw asw ith
ctionthatI w e lcomeditbac
ashappyinthe thought
e d a s o f i c er o t h e da y
noticeyougi ethenumbero
a s s i t y c a nn o t sa e l y di s
butithasa lw aysbeenmy impres
ute ightymen. I nthe list
he n a me o L i e ut . T ho mp s on * o
u ty w i th L i e ut . B o w ma n t o b e
hisli e andtodow hatw e
hoursascom ortableaspos
lle erdesiretobepresentat
cter.
etosay thatw hilethe15th
anybattlesassomeother
notbe lie ethatany regiment
nderwentanythingthat
dread ule periencew e asa
edtoendureduringthe reign
" a t N e w B e rn e.
F A C T C O N C E R N I N G TH E Y E L L O W F E V E R
N E W B E R N E .
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owf e erintheoriginal 13th
o g e rs C o . B . B u t t h e f i r st c a se
sshouldbeaddedtothe listrecordedinC hap. V I I :
Th om ps on O c t .2 9 1 6 4 . C o .H , H e nr yC . L o r d S e p t. 1 , 1 6 4 .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
ro mensentusf romother
. ThiscaseoccurredinJ une
erDr. C ow les care . Thesymptoms
sew erethoseo ye llow fe er
hequestion hemadean
olcombetoseethere
sionso ye llow f e erw ere
andw hentheyw erepo inted
heshruggedhisshouldersand
llcatch herebe orethe
. C ow lesreportedthecaseas
r t o Dr . H a n d M ed i ca l D ir e ct o r.
ortwiththere uestthatthe
asthepublicationo itw ould
oldiers andthroughthe
srepliedthatthediagnosis
h e d ou b te d i t r e e r re d h im t o
adwitnessedtheresulto the
amilia rw iththedisease ha
icoyearsbe ore . Thencame
gnosistobiliousremittent
notobeyed onthegroundthatthe
w asitstruth ulness. Dr. Ho l-
dDr. C ow les diagnosisw ere
u bs e u e nt e e n ts .
o c or r ec t i n th i s t h at " o u r
n. I na ll therewereabout
pidemicisverymild tw o-
largepercentage.
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 241
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 247
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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o . A . A b ou t ei gh t o c lo c I g a e h i m
h e ar d s om e o ne c a ll i ng f r o m f a r o f
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nditw asnearoneo cloc ; as
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henI too thespoon. This
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Georgia . Hepo lite lyhanded
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 251
as w ithoutha lting andthen
e a s n ac " w i t h h im .
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ardand tough noepicure
tmorethanI didthat eaten
to a llthatsu f ering.
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l oc o n t he m o rn i ng o t h e
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pmedisappeared andf rom
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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T H E U N I O N . 255
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N .
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T H E U N I O N . 259
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N . 2 1
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH E U N I O N . 2 3
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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MO N U M N T N E W B E R N E , N . C .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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in P la nt s i l le C o n n. I n M ay 1 6 9 h e wa s
andhasheldthatpositioncontinuously
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L I A M W .TH O M P O N ,
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edforthreemonthsv o lunteers heenlisted
n . V o l un t ee r s a n d wa s a t th e b at t le o B u l l R u n .
thisser iceheremainedathomeayear and
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thecenterpontoonbridgeatthebattleo
ungThompsonsecuredpermissionf romhis
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company intheschoolbatta lion. I mbuedw ith
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TH C O N N E C T C U T V O L U N T E R S .
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