. 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 . Hw £^. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—ISGo SUl LOREN A. WALDO, of Hebron, Conn., enlisted August 15, 1S62;mustered in the United States service same day; honorably dis-charged by Special Order No. 86, per orderof President Lincoln, March 6, 1865. Comrade Waldo was born March 14,1844; his great-uncle, Daniel Waldo, waschaplain to Congress when 96 years old,and lived to be 102. Comrade Waldos eldest son served three years as m
. 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 . Hw £^. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—ISGo SUl LOREN A. WALDO, of Hebron, Conn., enlisted August 15, 1S62;mustered in the United States service same day; honorably dis-charged by Special Order No. 86, per orderof President Lincoln, March 6, 1865. Comrade Waldo was born March 14,1844; his great-uncle, Daniel Waldo, waschaplain to Congress when 96 years old,and lived to be 102. Comrade Waldos eldest son served three years as musician in the band of the 2ist United States Infantry, and partici- yH }■ ^^ pated in the battle of Santiago, Cuba. S I iJF When his regiment was ordered to Manila H amr he was too sick with fever to go, and so was transferred to the 7th United States Artil-lery band. His brother, Comrade Waldos second son, enlisted inthe loth Ohio Volunteers, and through sickness has been crippled for life. * =i< * WELCOME E. WATSON, of Plainfield, Conn., enlisted and musteredin the United States service November 21, 1861 ; deserted January24, 1862. * * * FERNANDO C. WELCH, of Berlin,
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