. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ion and promotion are: First Lieutenant C. W. Cook,Twenty-first Connecticut, acting aid to Brigadier-GeneralStannard, has special mention for distinguished gallantry, andis recommended to I lis ILxcellency, the Governor of Connecti-cut, for promotion. Acting Adjutant Walter P. Long, Twenty-first Connecticut X^olunteers, is recommended to His Excel-lency, the Governor of Connecticut, for promotion for gal-lanlly planting his colors among the first on tlie rebel fortifi-cation. Corporal V.
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ion and promotion are: First Lieutenant C. W. Cook,Twenty-first Connecticut, acting aid to Brigadier-GeneralStannard, has special mention for distinguished gallantry, andis recommended to I lis ILxcellency, the Governor of Connecti-cut, for promotion. Acting Adjutant Walter P. Long, Twenty-first Connecticut X^olunteers, is recommended to His Excel-lency, the Governor of Connecticut, for promotion for gal-lanlly planting his colors among the first on tlie rebel fortifi-cation. Corporal V. Clarence Buck, Compan\ A, Twenty-firstConnecticut Sharpshooter Batallion, is recommended to theSecretary of War for a medal for courage. Althoughwounded in the arm, he refiised to leave the field until theengagement closed. In addition, he will have his warrant asSergeant. AN INCIDENT OF THE SIEGE. During the siege o{ T\tersbu!g, \a., owx regiment occupiedthe nlle pits at the front, and it was usual to relieve the regi-ments doing duty there, once a week or oftener, as tlie ^;^7? ^7 7^ ^*^> r^fc^ •KIVATE TlMorilY HUDGE. PRIVAIK JOHN A, , CHARMS K NFAVIXI., r In the Tre?tckes. 275 necessities of the case demanded. The rifle pits were madeby trenches in the L,^round about three feet deep fourfeet wide, and the dirt as it was dug out was thrown up infront, formin- a protection a-ainst infantry fire. In somecases sand-bags were piled on top of this dirt, making, withthe dirt tlirown up together with the ditch, a barricadebehind which a man could stand nearly erect, without expos-ing iiimself to the shots of the enemy. The rifle pits werereached from the rear by the same kind of trenches, dug atright angles to the main line, in which persons coming up tothe front could, by stooi)ing, avoid being exposed to the fireof sharpshooters. An incident showing the imnnmity of a drunken man fromharm and his disregard of all danger was witnessed by theregiment o
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