. Stamford soldiers' memorial . xpense of publishingthis Memorial. For the exceedingly tasteful typographical execution ofthe work, our readers are indebted to Lieut, Edgar Hoyt, ofthe firm of E. Hoyt & Co., New York City,—himself a sonand citizen soldier of the town ; and for the occasional mis-takes detected on these pages, there will be found abundantcompensation in the general accuracy and beauty of the work. The author in bringing these pleasant labors of months toan end would here express his heartiest thanks to the manypersonal friends, whose words of kindly encouragement havebeen a fre
. Stamford soldiers' memorial . xpense of publishingthis Memorial. For the exceedingly tasteful typographical execution ofthe work, our readers are indebted to Lieut, Edgar Hoyt, ofthe firm of E. Hoyt & Co., New York City,—himself a sonand citizen soldier of the town ; and for the occasional mis-takes detected on these pages, there will be found abundantcompensation in the general accuracy and beauty of the work. The author in bringing these pleasant labors of months toan end would here express his heartiest thanks to the manypersonal friends, whose words of kindly encouragement havebeen a frequent benediction on his work. Never, altogether PREFACE. unrewarded, is any toil which draws its inspiration from thesympathy of such friends. To them, therefore, and to allthe good citizens of the town, who share in the honor ofevery record which honors the town itself, these humblecontributions to its history and patriotism are most grate-fully commended by the author. Stamford, April, 1869. PART FIRST. CITIZEN SERVICE. CITIZEN SERVICE. On the election of Abraham Lincoln, President of theUnited States, in November, 1860, a portion of the partywhich had opposed him, at once renounced allegiance tothe Government, of which he was the chief executive, elect;and forthwith entered on a course of measures to establishtheir independence. In this emergency, Governor WilliamA. Buckingham, of Connecticut, sought to put the Stateinto a posture of successful resistance, and called for volun-teers to fill up the ranks of our long unused militia. In re-sponse to this call, through the Adjutant-General of theState, Lorenzo Meeker, then captain of the Stamford LightGuards, issued an invitation in the Advocate, of January 25,1861, to any of our citizens who wished to enlist, to meethim for that purpose, on the evening of February 1st, follow-ing. And this is the first record furnished in Stamford,having reference to the recent war. Yet it is hardly proba-ble that a single citizen of the tow
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