. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 : comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle; also instances of distinguished personal gallantry, and biographical sketches of many heroic soldiers: together with a record of the patriotic action of citizens at home, and of the liberal support furnished by the state in its executive and legislative departments . Comparison with other Colonies. â Pre-eminence in Mechanics. âFirst Steamboat, Railroad, and Telegraph. â Influence on other States. HE co
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 : comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle; also instances of distinguished personal gallantry, and biographical sketches of many heroic soldiers: together with a record of the patriotic action of citizens at home, and of the liberal support furnished by the state in its executive and legislative departments . Comparison with other Colonies. â Pre-eminence in Mechanics. âFirst Steamboat, Railroad, and Telegraph. â Influence on other States. HE colonists of Connecticut organized the firstrepublic on the Western continent. While allthe other inhabitants of the coast â the Pil-grims of Plymouth, the English traders of Bos-ton, the Dutch at New Amsterdam, and theCavaliers and Huguenots on the distant shore of Virginia âwere living wholly under royal charters, and endeavoring tomaintain public order by irregular and capricious penalties,the planters of the Connecticut1 Colony assembled at Hart-ford in January, 1639, and solemnly framed and adoptedthe first American Constitution. The promptness of hercitizens in dictating statute law was equaled by their zealin enforcing it to secure justice and promote tranquillity. Alike in domestic and foreign wars, Connecticut has al-ways displayed great vigor and courage. In the spring of1637, two and a half years after the erection of the first. Named after the River Quonektacut, â Long River, â so called by the savages. 18 14 CONNECTICUT. â COLONIAL RECORD. house, she was a little confederacy of three plantations, con-taining about one hundred and sixty families. But theforests enveloping her embryo towns had already becomethe lurking-place of the jealous and vengeful Pequot; andno traveler or loiterer was safe for a moment from his crueltomahawk, and no dwelling secure for a night against hisfire-brand. Numerous murders had already been committed,with every variety of torture
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