. 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 . nce he came here, but I find many of histroops are desirous of getting away from him. I have a good corpscommander here in his place. Show this to Wade, Chandler and Fessenden,and bring the matter to a vote at once. To Gen. Gillmore, on the same day, he wrote: It will be necessary to put your line in posture of defense at once. Yourrations will be along in time. I took your teams for the purpose of sendingalong your sho
. 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 . nce he came here, but I find many of histroops are desirous of getting away from him. I have a good corpscommander here in his place. Show this to Wade, Chandler and Fessenden,and bring the matter to a vote at once. To Gen. Gillmore, on the same day, he wrote: It will be necessary to put your line in posture of defense at once. Yourrations will be along in time. I took your teams for the purpose of sendingalong your shovels: work first, eat afterwards. Gen. Gillmore at once set the entire force at work making intrench-ments and following out Butlers orders, though he protested that theposition was not the best that could be taken. Several skirmishes were reported along the line during the night andthe Sth of May. On that night the Battery was relieved from picket dutyand fell back of breastworks, camping for the night, but before midnightCapt. Rockwell ordered rations to be given out and for everything to be inreadiness to move at daybreak. CHAPTER XVIII. ADVANCING TOWARDS ONG before daybreak on the morning of May 9, 1864,Gen. Gillmore was ready to move out a large portionof his command, in accordance with orders receivedfrom Gen. Butler, to strike the railroad at, andsouthward of, Chester Station. Gen. Butlers orderwas as follows: HeadquartersDepartment of Virginia and North Carolina, Bermuda Landing, Va., May 8, Gillmore: You will take all your command but three brigades, which were de-tailed before, and demonstrate to the right and front, via Ware BottomChurch, upon the railroad, accomplishing its destruction at any place whereyou may strike it, and along as much of it as possible. The enemy are inour front with cavalry, 5,000 men, and it is a disgrace that we are coopedup here. This movement will commence at daylight to-morrow morning,and is imperative. Answer
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