. 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 . Hotchkiss lamenting that so large an amount of goodfood had been destroyed. The Confederates destroyed the bridge acrossthe river to Manchester, a work of military necessity rather than vandalism. Comrade Upson found the famous Libby Prison the point of greatestinterest to him, but before he reached it all the Union prisoners had beenreleased. Not a guard nor an inmate remained, the doors were wide openand only a few ne
. 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 . Hotchkiss lamenting that so large an amount of goodfood had been destroyed. The Confederates destroyed the bridge acrossthe river to Manchester, a work of military necessity rather than vandalism. Comrade Upson found the famous Libby Prison the point of greatestinterest to him, but before he reached it all the Union prisoners had beenreleased. Not a guard nor an inmate remained, the doors were wide openand only a few negroes greeted him with the cry : Deys all gone—all gone, massa ! He captured a single-shot Confederate carbine, which was an exactcopy of Sharps carbine and manufactured by the Tredegar Iron Works, a FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 18G1-1SG5 r,7 concern located in Richmond, on the bank of the James River just on theoutskirts of the city. The Confederates had factories for the manufactureof all the most improved firearms in use, and had the advantage of notpaying any royalty to the patentees. The comrade was very much surprised to find so good a carbine manufactured in From a war-time photofcraph.] GUARDING THE HARD TACK. CHAPTER XXXVIII, IN THE SURRENDERED CITY.
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