. 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 . CHARLES N. BISSELL, of Hebron, Enlisted Oct. 7, 61; mustered in Oct. 26, 61; wounded at Proctors Creek May 14. 64; discharged Oct. 25, 64; time expired. comrade. stretcher, and placing Comrade Landon on it, sent him to the hospital. I did not see Comrade Landon again until I was discharged and reached home. Comrade Hart Landon, writing of that en-gagement, sa3s: On May 14 the Battery advanced throughthe woods nea
. 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 . CHARLES N. BISSELL, of Hebron, Enlisted Oct. 7, 61; mustered in Oct. 26, 61; wounded at Proctors Creek May 14. 64; discharged Oct. 25, 64; time expired. comrade. stretcher, and placing Comrade Landon on it, sent him to the hospital. I did not see Comrade Landon again until I was discharged and reached home. Comrade Hart Landon, writing of that en-gagement, sa3s: On May 14 the Battery advanced throughthe woods near the railroad track, the enemysrear guard firing on us, the Battery having tostand and take it. The General told us not toflinch. He ordered the men to cut the trees, sothe Battery could move to the front. Soon wehad orders to march to the front through thewoods into a plain lot, where I think the Battery. HART LANDON, of Guilford, Enlisted Oct. 26, 61; mustered in Nov. 2. 61; \vounded Proctors C-eek May 14, 64; discharged Nov. 2. 64, time expired. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1865 417 had its hardest engagement, two being killed and ten wounded, myselfamong the latter. I was carried off through the woods on the back of Com-rade E. O. Norton. The Battery kept up an incessant firing, Capt. Rockwell stand-ing at the right of the Battery on the brow of the hill with his glass inhand, directing everv shot. As soon as the enemy found that we werein position they cut their fuse shorter, and the first two shots exploded infront of each piece of the left section. Comrade Griswold says 1 was Num-ber six and had just stooped to pick up my fuse shears, which I had acci-dentally dropped when this spherical-case shell exploded just in front ofour piece. That night when I shook out my rubber blanket, which wasstrapped upon the limber chest during the fight, there were twenty-fiveball holes through it.
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