. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . grief among his comrades. The army felt itcould better have afforded to sacrifice the best division. The remains of the hero were conveyed tenderly to hisfriends in Cornwall, escorted by Gov. Buckingham, our del-egation in Congress, and other public ofiSccrs. The legisla-ture proposed a public funeral; but it did not accord withthe feelings of the family that one whose life was so simpleshould be buried in any other way than quietly from thehome ho loved. The funeral ceremonies were solemnized in Cornwall,May 15. Thous
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . grief among his comrades. The army felt itcould better have afforded to sacrifice the best division. The remains of the hero were conveyed tenderly to hisfriends in Cornwall, escorted by Gov. Buckingham, our del-egation in Congress, and other public ofiSccrs. The legisla-ture proposed a public funeral; but it did not accord withthe feelings of the family that one whose life was so simpleshould be buried in any other way than quietly from thehome ho loved. The funeral ceremonies were solemnized in Cornwall,May 15. Thousands attended from all the surroundingtowns; and his pall-bearers were near neighbors, who hadknown him from a boy. Rev. Charles Wetherby of the vil-lage church preached an appropriate sermon. The body wasenshrouded in the American flag. No military salute wasfired above his grave; but, as the body was loAvered to itslast resting-place, a peal of thunder like the roar of distantartillery reverberated along the heavens, sounding the re-quiem. And the tired soldier CHAPTER XXXV. The First Connecticut Cavalry. — Severe Service. —Battle of Ashland. —Brilliant Per-sonal Encounter. — Bravery and Losses. — Battle of Cold Harbor. — Charge of theSecond Connecticut Artillery. — Terrible Losses.—Death of Col. E. S. Kellogg.—Casualties of the Fourteenth. —The Charge of June 3. — Losses of the Eighth, Elev-enth, and Twenty-first Connecticut. —Death of Col. Burpee and Major Converse.—Organization of the Thirtieth Connecticut. 0 sooner had Grant moved his array south-east-ward, down the Pamunkey, than Lee withdrewsouth-eastward along the front of its right Union cavahy corps was sent to the rightto delay the movement of the rebels. Duringthe day and night of the 31st, the First Connecticut was foreiditeen hours on the dismounted skirmish-line, near Han-over Court House. About dark, as they were exchangingoccasional shots, a general advance was orde
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