, me,
when“ ...
ammusamuua
m General Johnson sur-
my to Grow-1 Steinem.
’ Wit ordered to march
.. to Washington. which wp
.Mll the last day of April.
‘ “need in s'few days;
hiobwetoohspsrt in the
the var. -Werescbed Washv
’, flayflgthrsod took part in the
“ et‘ Sherman's army.
. Enemies» Volunw
four/.years’ service was mad
here we out after thirty.
mtrylug-“to tell of the
‘ tiful monument erected
maway.
y We,“ fill Peri
limitation!-
, mus Illi'l‘ll. U. s. A.
. M1818. iii consequence
,_ trouble with the Sioux in.
thrfitandfng Rock agency in
- yI". First United States
”Miomaken winter’s
V ,Fortfiuilytofitanding Rock,
being on the Missouri river.
.. with its officers and men,
lly promptly on time on the
V *Druihher Bist. The; topo-
#1“ka along the first half
:30 Standing Rock isslmilar to
wet Missouri. in many re-
fl'he Ten—mile button. nearly op.
. .are intersected by the
." 1«event. and resemble at a dis-
, assembly of the roofs'of ego
uncommon in northeastern
, The ravines were'cboked
drifting snow in this vicinity,
animus were unbridged. and
liltoawagon, were taxed to
I’m in] hauling their loads
gimp allocate bordering the
and creeks. There was ~no
follow, but simply an old
hall..- and it was no unusual
. in skirting alongside of steep
.hln leverul wagons tip over dur-
, day's march. (in the first nigh t
, 0 our camp in Ash Bottom, on
m 9f the Missouri. and spent a
only comfortable night, with
meter downto about 20° be-
The next day’s march was
name as the first, and we arriv-
hBean’e Ranch about 3 p. m.,
, Mahmud for the night. The
, the third day was only twelve
‘ Mfl2o’clock a camp was made
Hottom. in the timber along the
, hank. Immediately after getting
m the wind changed round to the
’ if , "tithe weather became from
% mam colder. Attio’clock
‘ “Inviting the tape sounded, the
‘ “_ were pasted and lights put out.
7 night was intensely cold, the
._ high and the ground covered with
We Notwithstanding. the men laid
', ‘ hm down on the snowcovered
Wand were soon lost in slumber.
running of the fourth day dawned
and cheerful. At daybreak the
, wahensd the siumberers. and in a
”hibernating was in readiness for
”guanine march to be made that
' {from were drawn up in line,
after the wagon at the command
, . ” The sun bad risen clear. but
arson-dog. soon formed around it.
W" changed to the north. the clouds
' the heavens. and by the time
M creek. ten miles from the
“We camp. was reached. snow
tofpllmrratlm drift. in piercing.
‘ My. The country pulsed
dayl- a high sweeping prairie.
Milntl had unabated sweep for
, or more. and on this and in the
the blinding storm marched the
Main long. nover-wbe-forgot-
it was too cold to stop for
' . ”not avastige of timber
. ill! or twelve miles, and the
, .ueldleretooh the frozen rock-
, ha thewsgoas and placed
W the wheels of the huge
" and so hard won the
that the heavy wheels would
broad three or four times
, could be broken.
_ homeland rosehedWan.
7 called by the iudlaua.
_ mt went into campmr
4,, , The tents wsrr pitched.
m ground would ad.
kw minutes cheerful «moo
their forked tongue-like
.1“ “IBM ”It. Oi“! lit"
the benign hisseswsrs knots
‘ . a. hyfhegfllai but
hardships and danger.
M'Oarll. two of the
answer to their nature.
ever the camp as
= haw sear be had some
-. mate. The amused»
nest outadvtail
f _ Mutt-pout where
fir river bottom macaw
‘ the «smaller he
WM" ”7.?”3'33
W Mutual to due
a!» .,
daymstoisarand‘iotvoniyfilfl.
twentydvrmiis march to ital-sh s hatch
was washed alienatiillulruity. save, an
making the descent of a steep. winding
hill. The camp was reached about dark
soothe groundwssfrosea lo‘llflt'ii that
it was impossible to properly drlyc the
tent pins into it. and in comm toast
of, the tests were blown down during “the
night while the thermometer was down
toabout25° below sero. . - _ a p.
. The humorsnd pleasaotrlss of the camp
and march ares part of armylifsfiand
the wit and reparte that passes between
soldiers in tent or around the campfire.
though sometimes untempersd with ,re»
tinement. show the innate talent of a
Sheridan or Moore. The march from
Marsh’s Ranch to Standing flock we.
made by 3 p. m. on Saturday. and the
soidlers’ mecca was reached just at supper
call. After taking a hearty. warm meal.
prepared for them by the troops of the
garrison. the first "square meal” since
leaving Bully, six days before, the
weather-beaten soldiers. alto dressing
their frozen feet,‘or bands, or cars. as the
case might have been, gathered around
the squadrroom. Stories describing their
experiences to eager listeners were told
until tape ordered the lights put out.
Every man of the command was frozen
more or less, and the sick report at
Fort Standing Rock the next morning
was unprecedently large. The writer had
his face frozen on the left side, from the
lower end of the ear to the middle of the
chin, so that a few days after the skin
peeled off in one piece. We were fortn-
nate to escape so well. as at one time dur-
ing the march through the blinding blis-
zard there were grave doubts in my mind
of our ener being able to reach campalive.
The remains of McEvoy were brought
to the post on the evening of our arrival,
and after being thawod out, mastobe
cofiined. were buried on the folloflng
afternoon in the post burial ground. The
weathei- was too cold for any ceremony in
paying deference to the dead soldier. but
his remains were followed by his oom-
rndcs with bowed head. mufiled tread and
trailed arms. After the coffin was lo wer-
ed into the grave the command "ready,
aim, fire” was given, and the load report
of the firing party thundered over the
grave from their rifles. it was repeated
twice, and the funeral cortege took its
way back to the garrison. and many felt
bow near was he, on that eventful day, to
the fate of poor McEVoy.
McEvoy served during the Rebellion and
came through several hard-foughtibattlea
nnhurt. to die. not at the cannon's month,
or in some flcce charge. but in the freer»
ing elements of his maker’s creation.
MWLEFIELD 0F cmcnltucs.
Judge Perry's Vivid Recollection of Thai Terrible
flight lie was Talus Prisoner.
ill' woos FliAXK W. rerun:
There are occasions and events witnes-
sed in every life,'produclug such an indel-
ible impression upon the mind that no
future engrmsmeut of cores or perplexi-
tlcs could obliterate or cffuce them from
memory.
1 recallsnch an experience during my
military service ith a portion of the
Cumberland army. under General Thom-
us. We had, by strategic movements,
outflanked the Rebel army of General
Bragg. at ’l‘ulluhomu, driving him out of
Tennessee without a general engagement,
and to again Cnlllil' his retreat from his
impregnnble position at Chattanooga.
'l'homuu’ corps hull dug its roads up the
sides of liaceou and Lookout mountains.
reaching lirugg'e rear in the valley of
Chickamuugnmuly to find him concen-
tratl his entire army at llab‘iiyetfc. lu-
tend ng to strike and root our scattered
forces in detail.
Owing to constant movements by Then).
as from one point to another. Bragg was
deceived and delayed in his attack, until
General McCooir could reach our position
and join his forces with 'l‘bomas' in that
terrible battle of Chickamauga during
the fall of brill.
For five days prior to that battlepur al-
ready warn out and weary troops, who.
with plot and upude. had scaled the al-
inost impassable mountains. were kept
upon constant movoment‘ night and day,
occasionally snatching an hour's sleep
with gun in hand. yet were able to meet
and repel the onslaught of llrngg's entire
army. rs-on forced by the veteran corps of
llongstreet. from Virginia. and of (loner-
al Johnson’s corps, from Mississippi, out.
numbering our forces by at least one-third
of his own.
After two daya of hard lighting. rustle;
on the battlefield at night, it became noo-
esaary for lienersl Thomas. under cover
of the second night. to withdraw his lines
in order loconoentrate then: at Roesvllio
and make connection with our rooms
corps. under lionmlfirsnger. lust arriv-
ing from Chattanooga.
1 had received four gunshot wounds.
and was left still lying behind our im-
provised breastworlts of limbs and fence
rails. i shall never forget the feelings
that passed over me. as my comrades re»
«amidst the roar of muekstry. fol-
low by tile unearthly yells of the rim
tortoise lists as they swept over our
bros-twinks. trampling me under their
feet In their eager taste to porous surre-
tuatlo‘a ovary. Nothing would induce
tremendous again that dreadful feel-
ing of fossils-eased despair. as! lay there
in the midst of diet field of carnage, sur-
needed by the died «a dying. .
i had underwear all the weary toil.
stimulus the result mountain mm. oes-
riast rumble. wlth lessor sleep and
rest. and are. enabled and «MM to
armies. and reads to undergo an e
prises» of war all their taunts and issue.
was s hoaillstlea that once but those
when" passed through a bin super.
lease esp understand or «sites.
m m at Motion. retro
worm-tattle filthy prisms-ouster
thallium “an. out all u.
overturning-scandals stowage: .lp, .
ywmnnwuumumunm.
.;.. WWFWA _, .,
l collated it pomp” i3. 'l‘spth
nonmetleuiill'oluntsers. from Dorian. for
thmyssn’ service. My first wound was
in front of Petersbnrgh. Va. in August,
188th ascent warms my left wrist
aadtoreol aplseso'fwflsshthst laid use
up for six weeks. lwsat on duty again
0u~Ootohcr 7th General Alfred Ferry’s
division. and the Tooth regiment went
from the front down to the rear. three
miles on the Darbytown read, on a double
quick, and there formed and advanced. A
heavy skirmish line. of which 1 was one,
was thrown out on the north side of the
James river at Chspin’s Farm, when the
Rebels advanced about 9 o'clock. I stood
sheltered by a tree. with a trunk about as
bigasanail keg. when! saw a figure a
few feet ahead. 1 lot drive with my rifle.
and shortly. after. heard a response,
and a ball imbedded itself in the
tree. 1 reloaded. and» while peering
out from the tree to get a glluwae
of the fellow had my left arm exposed. and
immediately received a ball that shattered
the bone from shoulder to wrist. I fired
my gun and then fell back. My regiment
having moved to the right, ldroppod into
the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts. At
this time General Imugstreet. who had
evidently mistaken our heavy picket line
for the whole regiment. marched his regi—
Inent boldly forward, expecting to take
away the pontoons and bridges. when the
sharpebootcrs of the northern regiment
sent a volley from their concealment in
the shrub oaks into his ranks, and literal-
ly mowed the men down. The Rebels
were completely demoralized, and this
was the last ever heard of Longslreet's
corps. With my arm bleeding and pain-
ing terribly, I went back on the Darby
town road, and there met our surgeon,
Dr. Hart. of Bethel, who at once greeted
me in his bluff style: “Well. you "M-
fool. why didn’t you get out of the way?"
lie bandaged the arm and hailed a
positing ambulance, already full, and
forced the attendant to leave his seat
by the driver, and assist me there.
During the four-mile ride l became so
weak from the loss of blood that i fell off
the sent over on the pole of the wagon,
striking on the injured arm. l was taken
to the field haspitnl more dead than alive.
and at 12:30. three hours and a half after
being wounded, my arm was amputated
by Dr.Trowbridge,of Stamford, and it was
six months later before I was discharged
from the hospital.
I recollect that early in the morning of
October 7th, the Rebel cavalry charged on
Kent's cavalry and broke theta . Colonel
Ascb. the for bat manufacturer. of South
Norwslk, was taken prisoner. his horse
being shot from under him.
arcouecuoss iii? A SillilPSilDOTEii.
is file thickest of the Fight so Cemetery iii”,
”in I Ilia“ Bullish
uv tritium o. Miilllll‘l‘.
We had reirentml through Gettysburgh
to Cemetery Ridge. (lur line extended
from Copp'u lllil to Little liouud Top
and liig llound Top. the extreme right
and left of the line of battle. That night
i was among a detachment of about fifty
men who were detailed about midnight in
go out in front of the llm-, niuler cmliiuuuci
of Captuiu l‘luou Kolicgg.to wllutnvus
culledfhe apple orchard. We lay there
until 2 o'clock the next day under it
heavy fire of Rebel slmrprhootera. Win-u
We had onlersloreturu to the line they
gave us such a heavy fire that we bad to
lay down and roll out of the orchard.
As We brazed up to jump ovor the stone
wsli the bullets rattled around us like
hailstouos. We bud all been behind
trees. A» fast as one iillill wxnr knocked
over unotherumu was put in his place.
it was while doing picket duty here that
"Billy" Wentlaitc. of Snrwuik. was
wounded. and hml to have hla leg ampu-
tated. Thursday night, when the Louis
iliilil Tiger» charged on Cemetery lllli,
wcluy braced against the «(one wall on
one side and the lloim on the other side,
probably an hour or an hour null
and a half. watching «such other,
and waiting for the llobs to
jump own on us. Finally the line lluu.
dred and Seventh tlbio regiment broke
and came running up (folliclery liill.
The Robs saw the opening and made a
rush for it. When they jumped our the
wall to the rightl saw no chance to re-
troatup the bill without being hit.so l
throw myself flat on the ground. and the
Bobs. supposing l was dead. lumpml on
ins'snd over rue. Altar they got over the
stone wall and made an attack on the
hill,l was completely bewildeml. but i
made a break for the bill. flow 1 not
through the Rebel lloel never know. but
i found myulf bank to our line. An
ofllcer of some regiment. seeing that l
was a uouuoomtntssloosd officer. plans!
we in charge. with a detail of twelve
men. of thlrty ltsbel prisoners to take
Mhtethe rear. Ml went hack 1 ball
.topassa hospital. and then saw West-
lake, with euro as around him tailing
at! his leg. 1 the prisoners back
about three miles to a n where titer.
from can to mono o r prisoners. and
returned that night. About noon on
I'vldaythe ilsbs Issued their batteries.
and with about no pieces of artillery
on each side an artillery duel lastltur
about two hours was taught. it was the
heaviest this: i saw or heard all throu'it
tits war. it wsslliir thunder issues or
new. Marthe artillery duel flee.
MWMblsmadohsmm
molt-st laid. which settled the Mill.
Beam: his then maestro hie must.
MI ”WI “Infill:
seam Mite It lit lulla-
minim
trombonist“.
I’Mfllmi was is Ommyll.
:1 ,
mm” the time M'
”tr-WW
October 3d. thewrist stillbsiug bandaged.
‘5. atom
our-limit. isms-rot Bmkfirld. and
John nil-u. 0t ‘Dsaburye who. are still
lithe. .We werp in the, first battle of
Bull lion togelbrr. . On this eulietlneut I
In omitted to, the town of Korwaik.
This way-mistakefltrahoubl have been
Daubury. l was honorably discharged
Julydlst. 18m. . , y ‘
l tit-enlisted as a recruit in Com-
pany, ‘ B. First Connecticut Heavy
5"“)le under Identeuaot Andrew
Knox. of Dsuhury, on March
lith, 1313. for three years, and was hon-
orlbiy discharged on a surgeon’s certifi-
cate of dhbillty, July 18th, on account
of injuries received in front of Yorktown,
Vat-on May lttb. “'hilciu this regiment
l was in the siege of Yorktown from
April 5th to May «it. After the siege of
Yorktown this regiment was detached as
infantry for thirty days. We wore next
in‘ the battle of llanover Court House,
“1.3M” filth; also in the seven ciayu’
fight from June 205th to July let. i have
in my possession a large knife that i took
from the body of one of the soldiers of
the Twenty-eighth South Carolina regi-
ment at the battle of Hanover Court
House. It is meaty-five inches in length
and about. two inches in width. and still
holds the record (if being. the only knife
of the kind that has ever been found.
The initials "C. S." are run in the handle.
1 again reenlisted in. Company E, Elev-
enth Connecticut, under Sergeant 1m Tay-
lor, of Danbnry, April 9th, 1833, and was
discharged at Hartford, October 10th,
llltll. While in this regiment I was in the
siege of Suffolk. Va; also in what was
called the blackberry raid, and at Peters-
bnrgb. Va. it was while in this regt
meat that I was detailed with one hun-
dred men, under chief of staff on General
Getty’sstafl’, to burn the railroad bridge
one mile above the Petereburgh depot.
While on the expedition, a member of my
own company and myself captured a
prisoncrof war. We tool: the man out of
his own regiment and got away with him
'l’lAISFEiillIIG PBISDIEIIS.
story of s Weary larch iron Richmond is Old
Fort Point
lli‘ amiss ll. WiXON.
l was not an ofllcer in the army, but it
high private. Shortly after i enlisted l
was transferred to the Twenty-seventh
Connecticut regiment, of New llarcu.
During the battle of Cbancollorsv1iie,nt
the timoficneral Stonewall Jackson was
disabled byawound in the arm 1 was
taken prisoner by the enemy and placed in
Richmond prlsOn. At that time the pris-
sou was so crowded that, in sleeping. the
prisoners had to lie, every other one, with
their heads in opposite direction from their
next-door neighbor. When they wanted
to change their position everyone had t ,
get up and turn their heads in an opposite
direction. and when we wanted to turn
over all bad to do the some. After We
had been imprisoned a short time we were
transferred to Old Fort Point. (in the
day l was released from Richmond prison
the heat was intense. and the Confederate
soldiers forced us on to their new poelituu
on the double quick. When night over-
took no in a dense wood. many were com-
pletely otimuuleil from hunger and far
tigue. It was in the extreme darknos‘ of
the forest that n Uplift-derail.- soldier. with
lmyouct extended. collided with me, in-
Illctiugascvers wound in my back. (hi
the march the prisoners elept on lbe
ground. with no covering other than the
starry canopy, and Were obliged to drink
muddy ruler from the brook» and rivme.
lwnuluter oxebauged on putrol and re-
tained at Wailiiugtuu Heights until the
close of the war.
DOUGLAS FOULEI P0“. .
from sfleabfe origin it last dress is be a
mm and Pmmmies.
()nflctober l3. lute. Elias Howe Poet.
of Bridgeport. came to South Xuru'alk
flllll orgaulned liouirlau Fowler Post, No.
it. (E. A. If. The Poet really find its uri
gin illll blacksmith wimp conducted by
William Ililoy mnlfbo paint shop. up-
stnim of Caleb Wood. located in a build
ing in the rear of flu- thou (lid Well
llotcl. new the site of ”W Mallackcmo,
The first preliminary meeting was bold in
I'lworda‘ block. which stmul when- flu-
Coneoiiiiutoul railroad signal towel in
Washington street is now located. and
«(forward moldings were held in illbble‘n
Hail. The name was selected in recog-
nition of the services of one of .‘s'orwulk's
most respected nubile". Daniel 1'. Mor-
roli was instrumental in starting the
Post. and was commander for the first
two terms. [from this Post have been mu
gsuiaeul liuohingham. of Norwalk; Ferd-I.
of New Canaan: Mollonough. of West-
port, and Pickett Posts, of lifdgefield.
(lover-nor l’. 0. lnuusbnry has been num-
bered among its members. and the name-u
of two of Heath Norwslk's rr-rusyers and
promlusdt oitiwnr, Colonel Peter ll. (Jun-
olnuhsln and Christian llwarts. are still
on the membership roll. Almost every
year some one of the members is chore“
to till some high ethos in the Stats or Nu-
tiouni (LA it. Caleb Wood is now on
the nail of the national commander. and
as! year Mr. horrellwas a member of
the staff of the stats commander.
During the existence of its relief Milli
the Poet attend the third highest in this
state in regard to giving ald.aml near»
ly H.009. raised in various ways. has been
expanded in assisting veterans and their
familial. tied the em not door this.
the tows would have lists called upon to
limit after nerdy can.
‘l'hs Post is oompossd.for the rampart.
of poor are. and it is mentally grateful
each year for the appmprlatios of so
from woolly. which enables there to due.
crate with flowers the gram of the
tumour measles. [not year there
were so decorated thirtymlas Irons lo
mas bleed new; thirtrtwo to now.
most thirty-oar in first lforwsllimml
‘ rolls. costume
“inhumanity-auburn
ftson stain. or ‘iclt. ow or .1
it» em ,«Pea ylvsnia. niacin-mud:
Wisconsin. Michigan. . Ohio. Minnesota.
Kansas. Mmchusetts. Vermont. New
Hampshire. Marine and Delaware. have
been represented in its membership. ,
The charter members of the Post were
Joint ll. Battalion. Oscar gallium. Char»
let P. lloliooll. Stephen Hodges. Gwrge
A.l5taplss, p. P. Morroll. Caleb Wood,
James Hudgea. Jamar, L’llommsdleu.
Thomas Bustling, Alfred Flatt. Frederick
Heating. John I". Barrett, Elia-I Eiiummls.
lieiiry ll. Gray. William Riley, Augustus
Ganuog. Beiljmnlu llechtiefieorue l’lntr,
Cbarleu Harvey. J r.. Henry 1. Smith.
Andrew Kclsler. Thomas Dennis. Samuel
Waterbury. .‘llltou it. l'auKureu. Elbert
ii. Ay m, Ilenry A, l’oyvrz.
Had it not been for the Post it is or ibu-
llu that South Norwalk would not yet
have taken any interred in the propmcd
monument. Through the olfurtu of the
Post a fourtcewfimt cannon, with
shells, was secured from the government,
and imrnliosiou wao obtained from the nu-
uuul city meeting to have it placed nu the
triangle in front of the Congregational
church. After further deliberation, how'-
ever. it mus deemed advisable not to place
the C’illll0li here. but instead, to havo a
handsome monument, the design of which
appear» in this issue. The Post luu re
celved an offer from citizens of It nvaytou
to furnish loud in Union cemetery and
hour the cost of having the cannon set up
there. The matter is being considered by
the Post.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S BEBIIENT.
its Entire conduct and Capacity maimed lin-
aerial flow es the Stair.
lii' COLONEL WILLIAM ii xnnut.
The following bietory of the Seventeenth
regiment, Cmnccticnt Volunteers infan-
try, WM written by llrcvet llrigadierfien-
oral William ll. Noble, late colonel of the
fict’cnteenth Corinecticut volunteers:
The beveulecuth regiment was almost
wholly enlisted from the sons of li'uirlield.
county. The upmintment of its colonel.
William H. Noble, 0! Bridgeport. nml
the order for its rendezvous us the
county regiment. at what is now Seaside
Purl: of that city, were made by Governor
Buckingham at the earnest request of
leading citizens of the county. The hour
was dark. and there was desperate need of
soldiers in the fluid. it was doubted
whether the county alone could fill it
regiment as rapidly as the whole state.
but the men of h‘nirliolll county took the
risk. They pledged the governor to have
their good men and true as quickly at the
front as any Connecticut regiment. Well
dzil l‘ltiriielll county fulfill that promise.
its colonel was commissioned on the
twenty-second day of July, l‘jii‘l. Within
thirty days the rczimcut could lz'li'e
marched to the front a thousand Mr rug.
'l'o it Norwulk furnished lwn c Hilwl'rice,‘
A null 1":Stumfnrll. Company if; Iran
bury, Company l': lli‘ldc.'p0ri, V'l‘ltpliiiy
l) and port of three other: Weslp'irt.
Newfown. anti Bridgeport made up i'nui-
puny bl; iléiigcficlll, “willing. and lifllif‘r“
purl. Company Ii; New (juuuuu, t'-.impnny
ii; llrocmvich.llaliip’uny l. (‘mupauy K
“M furnished illuall)’ from Fairlie“ :iml
lirhlgcporf: l-lvl-ry tow“ of the tinililiy
sent uslyuzui of soldiers to the regiment.
which mm illil‘ilt'l’l‘tl lot.) the l'm’fed
:élau-s service on tho twenty-eighth clay of
Align-ii. 1MB. and left ill’ the front by rail
on the third of September following.
It» departure was a rune scene of pairiv
utlc cit-wild“ and Minx-(ion at parting.
The (late of item-wing bull lm-nmo known
throughout the county. (in the third of
September. from all iii towns iii-re
thrmlgoll m Bridgeport, filling its wumdc
camp and the. city. the kindred llllli
friends of the regiment. 'l'iluy uncovered
finilwreils and blessings on their sons
ulnl bruccll their hearts in tin,- purling by
pledges to keep all right aul bright at
the flreolllun of the county.
The regiuwnf thought it was going
straight "to light lllll. Signal." us ileum-iii
Fran]. stool. connuuiulinu the Eleventh
l'urp-o, Army of the l’nxrni-u'. Mid by
p.-rmiml-m of the War liapuruurut rm-lv
won lilo council! of the regiment to join
ills force (in lla firf‘l\'.li M liuit'iumrv.
iiin'h-l', it fuumi that city itlltllm'li by
table of line enemy's cavalry. and the
regimen! was stopped by firm-ml .luliu ii.
Wool. flu-u mmuunmiing. fliul after u
delay of a day or 1w" was ul'llt'ft'il lo
envump m auxiliary in file ultrr'mli of
Furl Marshall. This was an important
earthwork and barracks y int filial of iiul
timbre, overlooking the city and imflmr,
and commanding ft wide sweep of emmlry.
Neither the work giwu the regiment.
nor lite iitlllca imputed; ilur their military
ammlaiiun. were plunnilill‘. it unit-n.
fore a Night through its. mlouel. a
transfer to its original destination. iiigel‘u
Corps. This notion. coming totlw huuw»
loilgoof lfruoral Wool. so angered him
that. falcon the night of October Hill.
Will. he peremptorily ordered [in colonel
to bare the Seventeenth regiment outside
of liultlmore before noon of the liftecullt.
minke. the coilrsqtleuces. At beltpart
eleven the next day the regiment and all
il‘niwiiltifllflui were speeding by rail to
Washington. Arriving there at night
they ware ortlvml next morning to Fort
Kearneymue of the northwest defenses
of the capital. After about u furlulg‘it
at this fort, on Xuvouiber flip. a welcome
tmler came for the regiment to report to
flout-Mi fligel. at iiiiuesvllle. 4'». life
Mrs“ then held Thoroughfare flap of the
liuil llun mountains.
Du roachinu iiaioesviile. the lirvrntooutb
was united with the Mutual lirlmulv.
Vim Division. of thin ourpa This See-
and Brigade we! made up.of four real»
meals of 0qu Instr-«tho Twenty fifth.
ll'iftyilftb. finality-fifth and no flue
liomfrsd and ileum-b. later on the 0."
liumtral and Fifty-anemia New York was
added. making. with the ilaveuteepib
Connecticut. six regiments. which served
through the rest of the war clues together
in Virginia. on Folly and limbs blurb,
1. Could in Florida All were, either
A Ill
1! h, rsngo. thongs.
‘ reserve to the advan
‘ ate-tulip:
filimesndon‘ I, 6th. ism, it
We a mum" rev . dayv’ wiour'msrob
through slash and‘ 'w. tow ardn‘Froderr
lcksburgb, Va. ll” norm was held as a
.. of serial Bum
Iiile’u Army of the atom ’" ‘ I
After the disasfo at Fredericksburgb.
the Seventeenth spa x t its winter in compo
at Stafford Court ll use. llciio Plain and
firmkv'e Station, a. All these pulp»
Were ueuriundingsdu the Potomac and
the railroad from i qnin Creek to Fal-
tnoutb. ‘ ‘
0n the last of April orders were given
to make really to ore with the corps
(new under the command of General How
ardiiu tho disarrrou‘ campnluu of (foun-
cellorsville. This ins the first telling
work the reglulent had faced. The
weather was excess vciy warm. and be-
fore Chuncellorwille was reached all had
got into light mar biog ur-ler,aud the
road was sirewu with surplus impedi-
mcutn. The EleveuIbCorps crossed the
ltuppuhaunock at clly’s Ford on porn-
toons, and the Rapid u at Germanic Ford
by a temporary br lge and by fouling.
0n the field of (Ilimlcellorsville the Sev-
enteenth was stutiowul near the extreme
rightof the line. Two of flu culilpulifeu
were on picket in tic \Villierneea when
Stonewall Jackson ..'rpri»cil and routed
the EleVenth Corps wlmsc conununder
was away at the Clulncellurovllle House.
This trust the first trihl of the Seventeenth
'umler fire. it lost I the battle (killed.
wounded and mlssi g; 120mm. Lieu-
tenanbcolouel Charl's W'nltcr we. in-
stantly killed. llehud been captured at
first Bull ltuu, until was only released
from his imprisonment in time to receive
the appointment of lieutenant-colonel of
the regiment. Colonial Noble was severe
ly wounded and his llorse shot under him.
Horace Greeley, on pillge 857 of his "Alu-
cricau Conflict," singles out for com;
mendntinn the hopeless rally of this regi-
ment under Culnuel liable. in the face of
defeat and retreat. aillnrouuti them.
After the willislmwhl of (lateral Honk-
er from this battlefield, the regiment and
its clrps K'Jiiell near Brooke's Station
until the Army of the Potomac began
that following of Leela advance which re-
sulted in l'nebuttlc of fictiysburgh. It
reached that. battlefield in the fiercest of
the first day’s fight. The regiment was
pushed fowanl to the extreme right. TWO
of its companies. in volunteer sharpthoot-
crs, were new. to its ointmlmt think. The
regiment was struck Elly an overwhelming
force, under Conicdermc General Gerou,
at Unkblll, now ll irlwlw's Knoll. Here it
lost most of its thirtymiue men who fell
in thnt battle. The entire number of kill-
ed. wounded and ruin-ting in the action
WIN lilo. llieutenuliltcoloncl ihilxlue
Fowler was instantly killed; Captain \\'.l-
son French was severely wounded; Maj ur-
;\llen ii. firmly \va‘s stun-rely ennui-ted and
disabled by u slicll'splllntev breaking the
scapula. ‘ .
llutbut Oakbill now stands the reg?-
mcui'n lunnuml-nt to in dead in the bul-
llc. Looking {mm Clillmle‘l‘v liill north-
wunl over the lirili of (ictfysli'irgb, i: is it
conspicuous landmark. Around it liWCL'll‘r
the new military lmullcvurtl which i-s in
clu'uulpuso the entire battlefield.
llveru'hclumlnull repulsed by the Mt-
perinr fnrcruf the enemy. this Eleventh
Corps relrmird to (‘uiuelery llill. llere
tile seventeeiilliiii ltii brigade line was
p ”tied at its nuriiu'rn fool. This place it
mid throughthc next. tut) days of the
battle. its [liniliuu was many tiutcl
charged upon. but ltln- enemy neither
broke through our uliapnlurml its rank».
(in the full of July the routine-at and its.
warps, with the rest oil the army, begun
that following of the i‘mimlerutc form-
which ended in the «cup.- lu-rnsnlie Patn-
mm'. if was sen-rill time-i close upon
thrir pin-ken. and at llagerstuu‘n, Mil.
Wm right on iiit‘if' bilemtworki. thrown
really in gm. over the Potomac. When
the l’uiun army. nfteru two flaye' delay.
advanced. the enemy furl crossed that
river. The Eleventh l'urps soon after
pussml over on pnnlumu. uml lllflf'f‘l‘t'ii,
resiellsml rm-nvml (Muir tailored cloth
lug, want from lielfylliurgh. A few un
iuigmruuit uwvmuruflo were mmle and
several positions briefly ilt'iii.
HiriyiltAilglls'l. Wilma ('utlelt's Slu-
ti-m. Va, the division clllen florilou'ei
woe ordered to fake riliél for Alexandria
and there embark furl the Southern ”l“
purlmout. 'i‘belruusulirtu reached Fully
island. August leib. lieu.
under (leueml Alum: ulna soon transferred
to.‘\lorrls lulumi. Ii libero new Ibo first
gun lire-l lit fiiilfliuf'c'lli lmmburlluwut of
fiumfor. nml ifs miltllu‘vsl \vull lulu-roll
iutnmmii heaps. ’l‘be regiment was many
llfllum, for nevurlll iiuysy in the ulnar works
approaching Fort Wright-r. Two of iln
men were killed fillli several Wulillfit'tl.
For two weeks, in and cm. of said work»,
the regiment was mlnlnutly umler fire
near Cirtrlestnu
"illillsi iimriy the
mm, and lliu lemmi-
Shell and round that r
whole of Morris lllmpl. 'l‘bs regiment
mot bore the div it and r5 womb f? min-ct l’
till. worn by long li'ifi hum aurvice in this
ilrpurtumui. floured 'llrrry, cumiuumliim
timautwtlnlilul' tronw. Wil‘i the next in
rank umlor limtt‘l‘atl lllllmire. If" bud
anode ready to aamilil Wumwr in three
eulumumvhen ifs evuomllnu over night
Wits ltllnmlllouii.
flu hiorrlu ivllflul. lfllitll’ti the full (if
Wagner, the accents uh. with all the
rcgiuwule of illlfiii’i'iillli, bull Voluuteorell
in molten night uuuul upon llio'wollnof
l'iumter. Ilut the clillfi of the navy to
that honor relieved it if out the offline: of
death or glory. limb might, have been
the outcome of such on uni-mill.
After Wagner fell, ulitll ulmlt ii‘ubru»
my 559. [undue iieveullenth with all it.
division reinuluml unfillitifi on Folly ‘4'
land. A brief oxpedi ion be lit. Julio‘s
lllami heal been theoul event. At flmt
date ltftfifllur unipolar, mu‘ Brigade to
embark for Florida. The disaster at
Uiuetoe threatened to if followed up by
aneil’oritodrlve our unis out of that
mite lmlllufl' our athlck willie inching)
'l'bu brigade ‘1
from Fort» Wagner. Moullrie and John“
. 9 . . _
pbout a mouthwwltlmut
whole fares at Jacksonville was broken
up. All mellow regiment- were sent
northtothe Army of the Potomac; the
Seventeenth raileved the Tenth Calibrati-
out star. Augustine: the (Mill) lnys re~
ruined ”Jacksonville“ From this time
to the sod of’tbs war tur Hoveuterntli’u
headquarters were (it 3t. Augustine. One
company usually garrlsuoed the old Fort
San Marci: the rest were scattered on
raids and at posts. The reginiwut had
been but a few days at St. Augustine
when all but that garrison were ordered
to V uluslu, seventy~flve miles up the St.
John’s river. and to hold posts fit Welalm
and Saunders below; Right away llicse
two cutofyway posts were captured. and
their forefof thirty'niue men and two
office“ were; taken to Alliif'l'ltbllviiit'.
The two oumvnules left at Volusiu, by
pluck and strategy. held on till relieved.
Sinliuft-r.,Genernl G)rdon,thuu cum-
maudinz Florida, placed in charge of
Colonel Noble all the territory east of the
St. Julm‘ariver. This brought Lieuten-
ant-colonel Wilcox ion in immediate comv
mand of the regiment and of St. August-
ine. Generals Birney, Gordon and
Hutch, who severally commanded Florida
during lSli-i, sent the regiment and other
forces under. Colonel Noble on varimn
with through Flovida. The result» of
thew: raids. though successful, wore of
no great military importance, but they
subjected the regiment to the trying
effects of the climate and planted the
seeds of lasting disease.
(in the can of December. 18!“, when
returning across the country from a
court martial at Jacksonville to St. Aug-
ustine. Colonel Noble was captured by
guerillas and taken to Macon and Ander‘
sonville, Ga. Lieutenant-colonel Wil-
coxsou, thus left in command of the regi.
ment, was, about February 4, 1865f. on an
expedition to ‘Bradock’s Farm. on the
south of Dunn’s Loire, some fifty milees
from St. Augustine, mortally Wounded
while eudcavoring to escape from Dixon’s
Cavalry, At the some time Adjutant
Chutflcld was instantly killed and thirty-
two men and two otlicers and a lot. of
army teams captured. The lnen were
taken to Andersonvllle.
From this time the regiment served
without any important occurrence
through the winter of lsdtfi and the fol.
lowing spring to about June, 1865, when
it was ordered to rendezvous at Jackson-
ville. preparatory to discharge and de-
. nurture for home. The Seventeenth was
mustered out at Hilton Head on the Hill
of July, Nit».
Thus passed out of service and into his-
tory one of these Connecticut regiments
whose entire conduct and capacity can-
ferredlmmnrtal honor on the state, mnl
contributedsocssentially to uphold the.
authority of the nation.
BUCKMOHAI POST.
A Hard Struggle During ifs infancy. Bot flow
Prosperous and drawing.
The early history of the Grand Army
. of the Republic in Norwalk» is cool: mulls-«l
in considerable obscurity. those surviv‘
lug who took part. in the first attempt at
organization differing somewhat in their
recollection of the matter; but as near us
can be ascertained from the - recorde
which have been preserved. quit early
in. the year 1567, less than it your
after the foundation of the Order of llli.
uois. anumbcr of exeoldlers of Sorwalk
. applied for n charter to organize a Post.
u'bich.beiug granted, ten comrades us.
seinblcil in the‘sunctum of the Norwnlk
Gazette, and organized what was known
in Post No. 2. District of iluusatouic, De»
2 purlmcllt of Connecticut, (l. A. ii... and
! elected James L. Ambler us its first colu—
.innmlcr. The Post subsequently cslnbr
glitlucd its headquarters in Sons of ’l"m-
:pcruuce l‘lull, Gazette bull-ling, and lu~
icn'ilucd in membership to noun.- fifty ur
i lll'll'L‘.
it appears, for some reason not . illiflii'll.
that the name of this Post was, soon after
Reorganization,changed to No. l2, Dbl
trio: of the llousaioilfc. and continued in
existence during the years 18675; but mu
di»b:uuied early in lpilti, nfnte which he»
fell hourly every Post in the state at that
time. for Want. of alumni".
It wax a custom at that period to elect
embers sexuinmiuully, and the following
penmrmles scrvcd us cmunmuulors of tho
‘. Paul; James 1.. Ambler,~ l‘hnrlos i".
inimis. Joseph 1‘. Croeuulou and “lit
lium A. Kellogg.
The first memorial services and the den-
oral ion of wiillers‘ gravel were comluct'
ed by this Post in May. two. There Wef’i'
but two grlivosi in b‘t l’aui's churchyard.
three in St. Mary‘u, tllill fourteen in l'uluu
coimltnry.
liuringthcdecirlo from lulu to Misti no
further attempt-i at organization appear
to have been made. February 3, in re.
spouse to. a calf. thirteen noun-odes mot
and effected a temporary organization.
owl February 35th the present Poet was
permanently orgunlsul. For two or three
yunnthls Post. in «human with othcrl.
lmzl a hard struggle fol-existence,
'i‘be l’ost.of.er that time, begun lepros-
|l.'l'. and has continued to do so till now.
it has ullurly iooutml and Ilpuolmlu plot
In lliversido ceuioteri'. Ifiii has procured
headstones for the graves of all deceased
”filial-u not otherwise provided for.
The host has bad in the twelve year» of
its oxiatetlue. lit-”l members. representing
ovary branch of the service. Many have
dimlamiwme have moved away and be»
(Willa umnburs of other pools. so that Its
number new is romswhat reduced.
Wn-mmww
My i'lme the Living.
The Info Enos Kollogu enlisted nsnfbrro
nuluiiiis' man from how Canaan. There
were nearly twenty others who joined
Conmsny l’. Third minaret.» the time
undid. tlftbatnuiulm ioniv three are
now flvlos. viz: John '1‘. ll‘slwhsr. of New
Dacron: Geri-gs ii. silo-mood. of Death
Norwalit. and W. fl. titles, of Greenwich
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