. 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 . llowed by other non-commis-sioned officers, and altogether forty-nine of thecomrades decided to wear Furthermores. TheCaptain was pleased and the State Agent grati-fied at the result of his visit. Late in December a very strange, amusing,and yet satirical, occurrence interested the , because never had the comrades heard ofsuch a proceeding; amusing for the reason thatone of the highest honors of a governm
. 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 . llowed by other non-commis-sioned officers, and altogether forty-nine of thecomrades decided to wear Furthermores. TheCaptain was pleased and the State Agent grati-fied at the result of his visit. Late in December a very strange, amusing,and yet satirical, occurrence interested the , because never had the comrades heard ofsuch a proceeding; amusing for the reason thatone of the highest honors of a government was tobe awarded by a lottery scheme, and satirical be-cause every member of the Battery considered ita burlesque on rewards, a satire on the systemwhich supposedly immortalized the brave andhonored the courageous. Gen. Gillmore was so pleased with the action of the entire troops in hiscommand on that memorable day when Fort Wagner was stormed, and theConnecticut Battery did such good service on James Island, that he ordereda medal to be struck, to be called the Gillmore Medal, the said medal tobe awarded to the three most courageous men in each company, one for the. ARTHUR ]•:. CLARK,of Oct i:;, 1861; musteredin Private Nov. 2, 61; PromotedCorporal July 11. 1862; SergeantMay 25, 1S63; Re-enlisted Vet-eran Dec. 26, 186j; Promoted istSergeant Sept 4, 1864; 2d Lieu-tenant Nov. 10, 1864; musteredout June II, 1865. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1865 291 sergeants, another for the corporals, and the third for the private whohad most distinguished himself. Three medals were sent to Capt. Rockwell for the Battery. How couldhe award them? Where every man did his duty and each man was a hero,how could he decide which three men were most deserving of such honor ?In a cavalry charge, or an assault by the infantry, it might be less difficult tonotice three men, whose daring and persistent bravery placed them in theforemost rank of those deserving of honor, but in a bat
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