History of the Eighteenth regiment Conn. volunteers in the war for the Union

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Preface

The war I'or tlu' Union developeil as noble a band of patiiols as the world Las ever seen; men who counU'd not their lives dear in the cause of their country's honor and safety. Connecticut contributed lier full sliare of soldiers, and both they and ttieir Slate may accept as strictly true and just the complimentary declaration by Maj. (tell. Hunter: "I have seen none belter or braver soldiers in the field."

The Kiifhteenth ( 'oiiMccticiit X'oliinteeis take a high rank on the "roll ot honor," its recor(] haviii<f been one in which its veterans may ever cherisli a laudable pride, and of which none of their sons need ever be a>haiued. Gen. Milroy, under whom this regiment fougiit its first battle at Winchester, Va., said in an address to them a few months later: "Boys, I have seen you stand where brave men only could stand." Again, after the battle of Piedmont, where our arms obtained a glorious victory. Gen. Sullivan recognized their achievements in the flattering comment: "Hoys, your valor has saved the day."

Surgeon ('. E. (ioldsborough, of the Fifth Maryland Regiment, who witnessed the l)attle at VViiu^hester, writes: "I always admired the gallantry of the Eighteenth Connecticut N'oluuteers in that their first fight. They stood like veteran.s. Brave men weie they."

It is to transmit to posterity this glorious record of lieroic services freely given to their country, that these pages have been urilten. As early as July, 1808, while the events oi the war were still fresh in remembrance, the author began to collect material from a variety of sources, supplementary to his own diary and memory, with the view of compiling as complete a history as possible of his regiment, A series of sketches |)repaifd t)y himself were contributed to the Soldier's llecitrd and continued in that publication tor nearly four years, thus giving ample time for any criticisms and additions that might be suggested by others as necessary lor the |)erfection of the work in the hands of a future historian. The author had no inlenlion at the lime of having these random articles published in book form; his only jjurpose being to furnish material for a history to be written by an abler hand. For several years the matter of publication had been discussed at the various reunions, until finally a committee was appointed, as noted elsewhere, to take measures for the attainment of this object.

After due consideration it was decided to accept as the substance of the proposed work the author's narrative as originally published; but revised and corrected as the facts demanded. Necessarily the work has progressed slowly, as it has been done with the utmost care, and great credit is due the committee for their patient toil and perseverance to make the history as complete as possible as to facts, names and dates. This task has been a laborious one, attended with many and even with some unexpected difficulties, as it was found that even the adjutant general's reports were not wholly reliable, and thus much labor and investigation was required to secure accuracy of statement. After all, we fear that the work is far from perfect; mistakes will undoubtedly appear. If, however, it is found that some names are omitted of which honorable mentioned shovdd have been made, or some prominent fact withheld that was especially creditable to those interested and deserving, no one will more deeply regret such a defect than the committee themselves. To have noted all the praise-worthy acts done by this regiment, individually and collectively, would have been an impossibility. "With charity for all and malice toward none," the work is now submitted to the favorable regards of worthy comrades who served and suffered in a just and holy cause.

In order that this narrative might be as attractive and readable as possible, the assistance of a pi-actical editor was secured in Mr. John F. Rathbone, who has carefully perused every page and given much time to the perfection and completion of this regimental story. Many thanks are due this gentleman for his very faithful and acceptable services. In order to siutablj' embellish the work an eftbrt has been made to obtain a photograph of each officer, and it is a mutter of sincere regret that this was impossible. Those which have been obtained are believed to be fair likenesses of the originals, either in the past or at present. Would that the face of each one of the noble men wiio fought in the ranks could ho ihus preserved as well.

"Brave boys were they Their country's cause defending."

In conclusion, if this memorial shall in any way tend to perpetuate in remembrance the brave deeds of the Eighteenth Regiment, to add lustre to Individual a<:hievement, or stimulate by their example the fire of patriotism in the hearts of those who may hereafter turn its pages, the result will amply fulfill the expectation and purpose of the Author.

CHAPTER I. Organization of the Regiment i

Stirring scenes; Patriotic feeling in Norwich; Mass meeting; Organization of the regiment; Camp Aiken.

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The Departure 24

Departure of the Eighteenth for the South; Affecting incidents at the leavetaking; Arrival in New York City; At Fort McHenry, Md.; Division of the regiment; Skirmishes and forays.

CHAPTER III. March to the Front — Battle of Winchester 90

In the Shenandoah Valley; Picturesque scenery at Harper's Ferry; At Winchester, Va.; Under Milroy; Advance of Lee's army halted; Milroy proposes to fight him, and makes it red hot; The Stonewall Brigade repulsed; Severe fighting: Desperate charge of Companies H and F; prisoners captured; Caruthers severely wounded.

CHAPTER IV. The Battle on Monday, and Capture .114

The Eighteenth, and Fifth Maryland try to cut their way out; Three desecrate charges with great loss; Death of Capt. Porter; Escape of Milroy and staff; The surrender after three days' hard fighting; Gen. Walker returns Col. Ely's sword; The journey to Richmond; Escape of Maj. Peale and a detachment.

Going Home to Vo 1 e 198

Going home to vote; 'Hurrah for (Governor Buckingham!" The journey North and return; On to Richmond.

CHAPTER X. On to RiCHMONii 212

Six thousand men under Sigel; 'The advance up the valley; 'The old battle-field at Winchester; The march to Strasburg; Advance of the regiment with a battery to Edinburg; Forced march to Newmaiket; No breakfast; Rain; Mud knee deep; The battle; Warmly engaged with the enemy; Death of Capt. Spaulding; somebody blunders; Retreat to Cedar Creek.

CHAPTER XI. Hunter's Raid — Battle of Piedmont 227

Gen. Hunter takes command; The advance to Newmarket; The old battlefield; Visit ihe wounded; Serenaded by band of 'Thirty-Fourth M.nssachusetls Regiment; Leave Newmarket; Heavy skirmishing at Harrisonburg; Rebels fall back; Still on towards Port Republic; Rebel foraging party ca|)tured; A cavalryman drowned: Battle at Piedmont; The Eighteenth on the right; Severe fighting; A brilliant charge; Death of Lieut, Maginnis and Adjutant Culver; Rebels defeated with great loss; After the battle; Col. Ely's report; The regiment cheered by Gen. Sullivan and staff and complimented by Gen. Hunter; Marching on; Staunton taken; Railroads torn up and depot and warehouses destroyed; Crook joins Hunter.

CHAPTER XII. On to Lvnchburo 248

Lexington occupied after severe skirmishing; Governor Letclicr's house and military institute burned: The home and grave of Stonewall Jackson; A rest; Hot weather and aweary march to Buchanan; The natural bridge: James River canal torn up and boats destroyed; Bridge burned; Mountain scenery; The peaks of Otter; Occupy Liberty: Bending rails of Tennessee and Lynchburg Railroad; Destniciion of bridges, etc.; Still in ])ursuit; Battle at New London; Rebels defeated with great Hss; Lynchburg reached; Rebels reinforced by Longstreet and Hill's corps; The battle; Col. Ely wounded; Hunter decides to get out under cover of night; The Eighteenth cover the retreat; No choice left but by way of Kanawha; Lack of ammunition to give battle.

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The Retreat from Lvnchrurg 261

Rebel pursuit; .\ttack on our rear handsomely repulsed; The work of destruction still goes on; Virginia and Tennessee Railroad bridges light up the country; reach Salem; The rebels capture and destroy a battery; Hard times in the mountains; .\l White Sulphur Springs: Suffering for want of food; Long and weary marches, and hot weather; Sad sights; Ragged and barefoot; Mules and horses die of starvation; Pluck and courage among the men; Meadow Bluffs; Dangers of the raid and famine passed ; Supply train insight; Great rejoicing; Hawk's Nest and Lover's Leap; Arrive at Gauley Bridge; The march to camp Piatt; On the Ohio River; Incidents of the trip to Parkersburg, Va.; Off for Cumberland, and at Back Creek; After Early; The march to Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry; Ford the Potomac at Berlin; Loudon Valley; On track of Early; Battle of Snicker's Ford; A blunder; Still pursuing; The Sixth Corps leave us; Our second battle of Winchester, Va.; A gallant defense; Ten to one again; A stubborn retreat, and fatal effects of the heat; In Maryland; At Monocacy.

Chapter XIV

Gen. Sheridan in Cummanu 299

The march to Harper's Ferry; Advance to Halllown and Berryville; Severe skirmishing with Early; He is driven to Cedar Ceeek; Contesting our advance; Hard fighting; Little Phil, turns back; Early follows; At Halltown; Crook orders the Third Brigade in; Rebels driven back with great loss and learn to keep at a distance; Lively times and continuous fighting; At Charlestown; Pay-day, but what shall we do with the money; Forward, Crook, is Sheridan's order; Battle at Berryville; Fierce artillery fire; A gallant charge with desperate fighting during which the rebels are driven back; Rainy night; In charge of wagon train:

Grant uneasy; Permission to little Phil, to go in: Col. Ely returns home; The battle of Winchester, and Early routed with great Joss; The regiment at Charlestown used up; Ordered to Martinsburg; Going home to vote for Honest Abe; Return to the valley.

CHAPTER XV. Winter Quarters at Halltown 318

In winter quarters at Halltown; Strength of the regiment; Cold snaps and sleighing parties: Lively times on picket; Preparing for the spring campaign.

CHAPTER XVI. The Closing Scenes — Departure for Home 338

The surrender of Lee, and closing scenes in the Rebellion; Last camp at Martinsburg; Sergeant Staubly captures a priEe; Camp frolics; Departure of the regiment for the North; Reception at Hartford.

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Prison Life 362

Record of prison life in the South, including special descriptions of the horrors of Anderson ville and Libby; Narratives by prisoners.

CHAPTER 1. ORGANIZATION (JF ITIK KKcHMENT

The late civil war has been called a continuation of the "irrepressible conflict;" it was rather the tremendous issue ol that conflict, the inevitable explosion of thr stnini tiiai half a centur\ of contention between irreconcilable |<nncipUs had engendered. The grand uprising ot the North was in delcnse ol the principle, \ital and fundamental, of this repid)lii-. that "all men are created free and equal, and alike entitled to lift-, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The antagonists of this imperishable democratic idea, as embodied in the preamble to the Constitution, finding themselves thwarted in every attempt in their scheme of aristocratic usurpation, and maddened by the apparent hitilit) of further effort in the line of political chicaner) antl peaceful coercion, determined on an appeal to the sword. 1 he long desperate struggle of the Rebellion, the most momentous civil war in history, was the result. More than two millions of men were suddenly called from their peaceful avocations to contend on the battle-field for and against the principle of constitutional liijerty and human progress. To ha\e lived in such a time, participated in such a conflict, and surxiveil, is to have ,ichie\'ed the most glorious re ward of a noble ambition.

The soldiers of Connecticut, who rallied to the support of the national banner when it was assailed by the cohorts of oppression and rebellion, may well feel proud of their record, and be grateful that the\- shared tlie privilege of fighting to uphold and perpetuate the free institution of their nation, or adopted country; while the graves of fallen heroes, honored or unknown, shall receive th<- ci-owns of flowers Ironi the hantls ol comrades who survived them. And in the )cars to come, the memor\' of the patriot soldiers shall he twined with the flowers of loyal and tender recollection and provoke the tribute of grateful homage.

In the great struggle tiur State had, in all, fifty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-two men. The first and second calls of President Lincoln for troops were responded to by about fourteen thousand men; while the third call, in luly, 1862, brought forth more than se\en thousand three \ears' men, and about an equal number of volunteers for nine months.

Of the former class was the Eighteenth Regiment of infantry. It was on July 3d that Governor Buckingham issued a call tor six regiments of three \ears' men. His proclamation was as follows:

"Citizens oi Connecticut! \'ou are again called upon to rally to the support of the government. In the name of our common country 1 call upon you to enroll )-our names for the immediate formation of six or more regiments of infantry to be used in suppressing the Rebellion. Our troops may be held in check, and our sons die on the battle-field, but the cause of civil liberty must be advanced; the supremacy of the government must be maintained. Prompt and decisive action will be economy in men and money. By our delay the safety of our armies, even of the nation, may be imperiled. The Rebellion, contending with the desperation of a hopeless and wicked cause, must be met with energy. Close your manufactories, and work-shops, turn aside from your farms and your business, leave for awhile your families and your houses; meet face to face the enemies of )our liberties. Haste, and you will rescue man)- noble men now strugglino against superior numbers, and speedily rescue the blessings of peace and good government."

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Pre\ious to this tinif the recruitini;- Inisiness had dra'>'>ecl hea\il_\-. The first and second uprisings of the people had nearly spent their power, and the results had disappointed i,reneral expectation. The people had been waiting for some decisive victorious movement which should annihilate the armies of the Rebellion, and brini; hostilities to a speedy and trium[)hant close. But the nation was now fast awakenin;^ to the' i^i^antic nature of the struggle. The soldiers' illusion that the war was to be merely a holiday jaunt had dissolved and the hard cruel lines of the stern reality stared forth. The question of enlisting had become a grave and portentous one to every citizen. The novelty of war was over. Moreover, the business prosjjects of the North were every day lirightening, work was plent\-, and there seemed to be no unemployed multitude from which to recruit our armies. The Twelfth and Thirteenth Regiments had been a long time forming and had just left for the front; while the P^ourteenth, which had been a month or more in camp, had but two or three hundred men in the ranks. Hence the late call for six additional regiments could not have come at a more unpropitious time. Hut something must be done to give a fresh impetus to the recruiting service. Regiments previousl_\' raised had been encamped either in Hartford or New Haven. Goxernor Buckingham, who was fruitful in lawful expedients to arouse the lo)al people to meet the emergencies, ordered the new regiments to go into .camp at difterent points: the Fifteenth at New Haven, the Sixteenth at Hartford, the .Seventeenth at Bridgeport, and there was at once increased activit\- for an advance. On the 28th day of July the Governor issued an order for the Eighteenth Regiment to go into camp on the New London County F"air Grounds at Norwich. The order was an appeal to local patriotism, and fired the citizens with noble zeal to hasten to the rescue of their brothers in the South who were struggling against superior numbers.

"Camp Aiken" was established and the tents pitcheil on Monday. August 4th, and on the e\enini4 of the same day Capt. Hakes, (Compan)- H) with one hundred and ten men, marched thither, hein^; the first compan)' on the grounds. On Tuesday, Company .\. Capt. H. C. Davis, followed with one hundred and four men. .Six companies were in camp on .Saturday, August 0th. three others followed on Monday, and the last one on Tuesday. Just nineteen days after Governor Ruckingham had issued his order more than one thousand men had been enlisted and were in camp read) for military drill and discipline. This statement seems almost incredible, and it reflects great credit upon the people of Eastern Connecticut. New London and Windham Counties were thoroughly aroused. The greatest e.xcitement and enthusiasm everywhere prevailed. Public meetings, to encourage enlistment, were held in all the principal towns and villages, and the cry rang throughout the countrv side: "Brave men to the front! Let us rescue our brethren and save our imperiled liberties! The country needs the services of every able-bodied citizen. Let no ordinary excuse detain you. Nothing but the certificate of the examining surgeon should exempt any man from the duties of patriotism." Ihis stirring patriotic appeal kindled intense excitement among all classes everywhere. .At no time since .Sumter was firetl on had the people become so enthusiastic in filling up the national army, fathers and sons hastened to meet the fresh demand for soldiers. The outburst of popular feeling wouUl be a record for future generations to read with deepest interest and admiration could the name of every hero be given, and his patriotic utterance be recorded. It was astonishing how speedil) the different companies obtained their full quota of men, and with what enthusiasm they marched into camp by companies and in squads.

The historian has not far to search in assigning a sufficient reason for the great popular demonstration we have recorded. It may be found in the |>eople's ardent love tor their country, and high appreciation of those civil, educational and religious

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principles bequeathed to them by their patriotic ancestors. It was sorrowfully evident to them that the success cf the Rebellion would be the destruction of all they held ilear and valuable; and after the terrible disaster of Bull Run a prominent citizen of Eastern Connecticut was heard to say: "If our government is crushed by this Rebellion, let me be buried beneath its ruins." And his expression seemed to embody the universal sentiment that inspired the people a year later when the government was again in imminent peril by the advance of a desperate and malignant foe.

With a single voice the people cried: " Let us rally round our standard bearer! Our country's honor must be maintained, and our tlag. which has been trampled in the dust, must wave again over all the land, or let us perish in the attempt."

It was such noble -sentiment as this that inspired parents to give their sons, and wives their husbands to the perils and hardships of war. This patriotic feeling took the form at all public gatherings of earnest appeals for the encouragement and active personal promotion of enlistment. Thus was it strikingly manifested at a mass meeting held on l<"ranklin S<]uare, Norwich, at which Hon. John T. Wait presided. The crowd at the square was immense. Long before the time announced for opening the meeting thousands of citizens and strangers thronged the streets, filled the window seats, and crowded the roofs in the neighborhood. At a quarter past one the Greeneville Company, Capt. Henry C. Davis, headed by drum and life, marched into the square, followed shortly after by a delegation from Norwich Falls, also accompanied with martial music. Both were received with hearty cheers by the multitude. Mr. Wait, upon taking the chair, expressed his appreciation of the honor conferred upon him in electing him to preside over so vast an assemblage of the citizens of New London County convened to raise men to assist in preventing the disruption of the Union, and the destruction of the Constitution. The question is to be decided in the next six months, and perhaps in the next sixty days, whether the Union shall be preserved and the supremacy of the laws maintained, or whether we shall ha\e in place of its blessings a reign of lawlessness, anarchy and misrule. As OLir fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in defense of the solemn compact of our liberties, so let us now pledge our lives, devote our fortunes, and solemnly swear that we will give all our energies and our means to the sup|)ression of the most causeless, unnatural and accursed Rebellion that ever threatened the exist-- ence of a nation. Fhe I'resitlcnl of the I'nited States has made his appeal to the country for three humlred thousand additional volunteers. In this connection Connecticut is most urgently invoked to do as she did in the l\e\ olutionarN struggle: pour forth her treasure and the blood of her sons to sustain the government established eighty years ago. Our young men in the field call on us for assistance, that the war may be speedily concluded, and they allowed to return to their homes with the blessings of peace re-established over them. We can respond to this call, and if we do our duty, with our numerical superiority and great pecuniary resources we shall soon end the war. In concluding, he expressetl the hope that his native State would not be laggard in responding to the call of the country. Let us but do our duty and we shall soon see the glorious emblem of our national freedom floating as freely in exery cit\' in the .South as it now does from every hill-lop in the North.

The chairman then introduced Rev. Mr. Ouinn. The reverend gentleman said that he gloried in that he was a citizen of American l)irth. lie was a Catholic clergyman and he gloried in that also. He referred briefly to the history of the American nation. For seventy years we had been rapidly increasing in wealth. Our commerce and agriculture had increased till our mounttiins and villages resounded with the hum of labor, and our ships whitened every sea. But Rebellion, foul, sanguinary Rebellion had raisetl its head, hatl endeavoretl to overthrow the gov-

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eminent and destroy that commerce and agriculture. There was not sufficient time to enter into a discussion ot the causes of the war. The principal cause appeared to be the inordinate pride of the South — the intense aristocratic feeling which pervaded that portion of the country. They would not live with us of the North for we were mud-sills and greasy mechanics. Xow, said the speaker, I would rather earn my bread ever\ da\- b\- a greasy machine than by the sweat of a greasy nigger. | .\pplau.se; "That's so." I But if they boast of their aristocracy, we are the representatives of the respectabilit)' of the country. We have the education, the free |)ress, and all the stays that make up the respectability of the nation. lUit to come to the- practical matter; why are we here to-da)? The object ot this meeting is to induce men to shoulder the musket. lie would make no jjersonal distinction. The crisis demands every man, Irom the richest to the poorest. Let the millionaire lead oft", and the poor and strong will not be behind them. The speaker said that he was descended from one of the Limerick women who stootl in the breaches when the men fell back, and drcne the I>ritish invaders from the cit\'. The rel)els call us \ ankees. Well, the Hritish called us Yankees when we whipped them in the Revolution, antf swept them from the seas in iSij. Washington compelled Cornwallis to surremler his sword at \ orktown to the tune of "Yankee Doodle," and McClellan compelled them to run from the same place to the same tune. Now give us more men and we will compel them to flee from Richmond to the same strain. I Great applause. |

At the conclusion o{ the gentleman's remarks the chairman called for three cheers for the man who had stood so nobl\- b)- our brave boys in the field. They were given with a will.

The chairman then announced th.at fourteen _\()ung men trom Greene\ill(;, a part ol a compau) being raised there, now nLunbering about fifty, woukl sing a patriotic song written tor the occasion. The song was received with heart) applause.

Mr. Richard Busteed, a New York Democrat, was the next speaker. He said if he understood the meaning of the great gathering before him, it was that the time had come to lay aside party distinctions and differences in a joint effort to save our common country. He did not understand that Governor Buckingham was here as a Repubhcan. nor was he here as a Democrat. We are here with one purpose, and resolved upon one end: to encourage loyalty and rebuke treason. He was from his infancy until the i ith day of May, 1861, a Democrat of the straightest sect, neither seeing or looking for any good outside of that party. On that da)' the shackles of party were torn from his limbs by the high priests themselves. The booming of treason's gun on that day awakened him from a political sleep to the life of an unquestioning patriotism. On that day, and until the war was concluded by the re-establishment of the national authority over every acre of our territory, he ceased to be known by any other designation than that of an Irish-born lo)'al y\merican citizen; bound not more by his interests than by his oath and his honor to defend his country from foreign and domestic foes.

When this war is over he would discuss with the most jealous partisan every measure of government, past, present or to come, but now he would argue no question of mere expediency or politics. We are to-day acting the grandest drama of real life. We stand upon the threshold of momentous events, and touch the garment of occurrences which are to shape the future condition of a continent.

What our duty is in the premises is to preserve the Union to hand down with all its blessings to our posterity. When the great North, the wise East and the brave West get ready for inglorious national oblivion the vain, supercilious and barbaric South may play the hand of empire alone; but till then her boasted chivalry will be made to march and keep step to the music of an undivided Union. He was not an Abolitionist, or a black Republican, but simply a patriot. If your home is on fire,

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and you have a bucket of water handy to extinguish it, you would not be likely to disclaim using it because the color of the bucket was unpleasant' to you. It is our duty to use the negroes in ever)- possible way, and to put a musket into the hands of every one who can bear one. He was sick of this squeamishness about negroes. If the views he expressed were .Abolitionist, then George Washington was an .Abolitionist, for he did not refuse or neglect to use negro soldiers. If this was .Abolitionism he was willing to be counted in. The question is, and the only question: Will you subjugate the -South, or be subdued yourselves? This is the question we are trying to solve. He was tired of this everlasting talk about conservatism. He believed that in the influx of this conservation there was more danger to the country than in any other one thing. In closing, the speaker said that whatever else is uncertain, one thing is clear and settled beyond peradventure, the pen never will write down the destruction of this government.

Upon the conclusion ot his remarks the crowd gave him nine enthusiastic cheers.

.Senator Poster spoke ne.xt. He said he was cheered and encouraged by the large audience. Before he left Washington the governrnxcnt was anticipating the necessity of a draft. But the large gathering of to-day speaks a different language. .At this time, speeches, processions and meetings alone will not save the country. It can only be saved when men will la)' aside their peaceful pursuits and shoulder the musket. We need earnest, mighty eftort in order to succeed. We must make sacrifices — parents must give up their sons, and wives must let their husbands go. We need onl\- one regiment from this congressional district to mak- up the quota of Connecticut. The way to fill it up is tor ever\- man to put down his foot and say, "I will go myself." The government is afraid the people are asleep, and the people seem to think that the government is asleep. The best way for us to wake them up is by the tramp of our regiments lo EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT marchiiii^ into Washington. Tlie speaker closed with a spirited appeal to citizens to shoulder the musket.

Gen. Daniel Tyler, and Hiram Willey. Esq., of New'London, were called uoon and spoke with stirring eloquence and power. At the conclusion of the meeting the chairman called for three cheers for the Connecticut boys who had gone to the war,'and they were heartily given.

The enthusiasm of this meeting was nobly seconded 1)\- that of the surrounding towns, giving great impetus to the recruiting service, and zeal to <i\'vx\ l()\al heart throughout the army and the countr\-. Windham County was already awake, ami would not be outdone by her sister county. The deep interest and enthusiasm of her people were appropriately expressed by J. O. A. .Stone, editor of the Transcript, i)ublished at I )anielsonville, as follows: "We can inform the people abroad that our county is awake to the demands of the countr)-, and our people are stirred with an enthusiasm that declares tb.at she will honor every demand upon her patriotism. The feeling is eager and strong among the sons of patriotic sires that we are ready for any sacrifice. The home of as pure a |)atriot ( Gen. I.)on ) as has fallen during the war, whose blood cries for vengeance, will have no conscripts from her borders. The (|ucstion now is, not who is going, but who IS willing to remain at home."