. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time . Battery. He served in the right section at thebattle of Secessionville and the various skirmishes on James two years after his discharge he was unable to labor. Acousin of his grandfather served in the War of the Revolution, andoften recalled the battle of White Plains, saying the blood was overthe shoe-tops in depth, Comrade Sanfords grandfather served inthe War of 1812. His great-grandfather on his mothers
. History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time . Battery. He served in the right section at thebattle of Secessionville and the various skirmishes on James two years after his discharge he was unable to labor. Acousin of his grandfather served in the War of the Revolution, andoften recalled the battle of White Plains, saying the blood was overthe shoe-tops in depth, Comrade Sanfords grandfather served inthe War of 1812. His great-grandfather on his mothers side, AbelAdams, enlisted as a private in the 2d Regiment, Colonel JosephSpencer, May 9, 1775. This regiment was organized on the firstcall for troops by the Connecticut Legislature. * * DANIEL F. SCRANTON, of Guilford, Conn, (see portrait and remark-able experience, page 370), enlisted in Company K, 3d ConnecticutInfantry, April 24, 1861; mustered in the United States serviceMay II, 1861; mustered out August 12, 1861; enlisted in FirstLight Battery November 6, 1861; mustered in November 14, 1861;honorably discharged November 13, 1864, term of enlistmenthaving FIRST LIGHT HATTHKY, ;,sy;/-/,sya7 TSK JONATHAN SAVORY, of East Windsor, dmn., enlisted and was mustered in the United States service De-cember 6, 1861 ; recnlisted veteran Decem-ber 19, 1S63; mustered out at Manchester,near Richmond, Va., June 11, , afterseeing the termination of the war and hav-ing been with the first Union troops ontheir march into the Confederate capitalComrade Savory was born in l>arre,Vt., in 181S. His father, David Savory,served as a private soldier in the Warof 1812. *JOHN SHAW, of Hebron, Conn., enlisted October 5, 1861 ; mustered inthe United States service October 26, r86i; recnlisted veteran De-cember 19, 1863; mustered out at Manchester, near Richmond,Va., June n, 1865. He was with the Battery in its march into theConfederate capital with the first Union troops. *PATRICK SHI
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