. 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 . JOSEPH W. SANFORD enlisted at Meriden, Conn., January 9, 1S62; mustered in United States service Febru- ^s=:j--^^^E:i^^i^^^==-= ary, 1862; honorably discharged October^~ ~ sickness caused by hard exposure at the battle ofSecessionville, Comrade Sanford was born in Sims-bury and received his first instructionin the common school, finishing his edu-cation at Woodbridge Hall, Perth Amboy,N. J. His father was a physician an
. 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 . JOSEPH W. SANFORD enlisted at Meriden, Conn., January 9, 1S62; mustered in United States service Febru- ^s=:j--^^^E:i^^i^^^==-= ary, 1862; honorably discharged October^~ ~ sickness caused by hard exposure at the battle ofSecessionville, Comrade Sanford was born in Sims-bury and received his first instructionin the common school, finishing his edu-cation at Woodbridge Hall, Perth Amboy,N. J. His father was a physician anddesirous of seeing his son adopt the sameprofession, but his health would not standthe close confinement. He worked in a wagon shop until heenlisted in the 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 moth
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