. 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 . A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WHEEL (STRUCK I!Y A SHEET, SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1864), MOUNTEDIN THE BATTLE FLAG CORRIDOR OF THE CAPITOL AT HARTFORD, CONN. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1805 437. Comrade James H. Gladding was standing close to the wheel when itwas struck by the shot and Comrade Bacon was wounded. It was strangethat he should escape without injury. To all it seemed more logical that heshould have been the one to be injured,
. 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 . A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WHEEL (STRUCK I!Y A SHEET, SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1864), MOUNTEDIN THE BATTLE FLAG CORRIDOR OF THE CAPITOL AT HARTFORD, CONN. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1805 437. Comrade James H. Gladding was standing close to the wheel when itwas struck by the shot and Comrade Bacon was wounded. It was strangethat he should escape without injury. To all it seemed more logical that heshould have been the one to be injured, but thereis no way of accounting for the strange happen-ings on the battlefield. Many times has ComradeGladding held his friends and fellow-soldiers spell-bound as he dramatically described the scene ofthat moment, and up to the time of his death,though often racked with pain, he delighted tonarrate his experience, and never failed to mur-mur a prayer of thankfulness for what he behevedto be an almost miraculous escape. Comrade Gladding was proud of his connec-tion with the Light Battery, and believed, to theend, that he had been engaged in a noble loved the flag and served his country faith-fully and well. Capt. Rockwell had the injured wheel sentNorth, where it found a resting place in the Battle Flag Corridor of the StateCapitol
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