. 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 . the entire voyage. While at the start many of the comradesrather wished he was not going, his kind ministrations to both men andhorses gave them a glimpse of his big heartedness, and from that time onhe was beloved by the entire command. Born in the same town, I hadknown him from childhood up, and before I was fifteen years old I knewwhat a kindly big heart was encased in that uncouth frame. The horses had to be fed and
. 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 . the entire voyage. While at the start many of the comradesrather wished he was not going, his kind ministrations to both men andhorses gave them a glimpse of his big heartedness, and from that time onhe was beloved by the entire command. Born in the same town, I hadknown him from childhood up, and before I was fifteen years old I knewwhat a kindly big heart was encased in that uncouth frame. The horses had to be fed and watered every day, and comrades whowere not sick were detailed for this duty. All the horses had distemper,and the smell between the decks, where they were confined, was somethingtoo horrible for description, the only fresh air reaching them was pumpedin by means of a small wind sail. Very few of the comrades had stomachsstrong enough to stand this foul atmosphere,and several got horse-distemperand other diseases. The horses suffered frightfully, they were all in a lather during a storm,and each morning some were found dead. It was necessary that the dead f^^^-^^-^WWi. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861-1865 77 carcases should be thrown overboard, but how to get them up was a difficultproblem. Mark Halh who had been a butcher, suggested that the horseslegs should be cut ofE and then the bodies could be hauled up. ComradesTitus Hall, Henry Smith, John T. Sloan, Blatchley, Mark Hall and Penhallow did most of the work. It was a ghastly sight to see ComradeHall balancing himself as well as he could while he swung a sharp axe andsevered the legs from the bodies of the dead horses. Those days and nights will never be forgotten by the living membersof the Battery. When the storm abated, and the Captain told us that wehad nearly crossed the ocean, our ship was again headed for Port Royal,and volunteers were plenty to help the sailors pull on any so-called PortRoyal ropes, wrote Comrade
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