. History of the First Connecticut Artillery [electronic resource]: and of the siege trains of the armies operating against Richmond, 1862-1865 . enemy, and the 1st Connecticut Artillery re-mained to gather and ship the siege material. Cos A, B,and I moved in to Yorktown to guard the stores andlighter siege guns and mortars, which were brought thereand parked on the beach. The rest of the regiment andheadquarters remained near Ft. Grafton, and reloaded theheavier guns and mortars on barges which were taken toFt. Monroe. Monday, May 16th, the regiment was ordered to reportto Gen. F. J. Porter f
. History of the First Connecticut Artillery [electronic resource]: and of the siege trains of the armies operating against Richmond, 1862-1865 . enemy, and the 1st Connecticut Artillery re-mained to gather and ship the siege material. Cos A, B,and I moved in to Yorktown to guard the stores andlighter siege guns and mortars, which were brought thereand parked on the beach. The rest of the regiment andheadquarters remained near Ft. Grafton, and reloaded theheavier guns and mortars on barges which were taken toFt. Monroe. Monday, May 16th, the regiment was ordered to reportto Gen. F. J. Porter for duty as infantry, and ten com-panies left Yorktown on the steamers New Haven, RobertMorris, and Star. Cos L and M were left behind to carefor the guns and stores. May 17th, landed at White Houseon the Pamunkey River, and on May 18th our old musketsand Sharps rifles were exchanged for new Springfieldrifles. Headquarters First Regiment Conn. Vol Arty,Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, Va., May 18, , |No. 68. , I. Commanders of companies will at once see that there isthree days cooked rations supplied to their men. The company. •Jll HISTORY F THE FIRST CONSEi.:TICUT ARTILLERY cooks will be up at two oclock to morrow morning, and the menbreakfast ut early daylight. Tents to be struck iti half hourafter, and everything in readiness to move. II. M ijor Kellogg will march his battalion to these head-quarter-, us soon as their camp equipage is loaded. The Ouarterina-ter will furnish the necessary transportation. liv order of Colonel Tvler. F. A. PRATT, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. IlKADQi-MtTi-.:is First Cons. Vol Autv,Camp m;au White House, Va., .May 20, , |N». «!). f The following allowance of baL^nire is all for which transpor-tation will be furnished on the march from this place. Id each commissioned olllecr of the regiment a small valise orcarpel bag. To each company their cooking stove and other baeirnge will at once be turned
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