. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . er 2, 1866, Governor Buckinghamwrote from Norwich to Colonel Thayer, of Windermere(Ellington): Make my kind regards to Mrs. Burpee andsay that from the time her honored husband entered theservice to this hour I have never entertained any other thana high respect for his ability and fidelit) as an officer as wellas for his personal character; that he is one of the fewofficers against whom I never hoard a couiplaint. I sympa-thize with her in her afniction, but doubt not that so pure anoff
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . er 2, 1866, Governor Buckinghamwrote from Norwich to Colonel Thayer, of Windermere(Ellington): Make my kind regards to Mrs. Burpee andsay that from the time her honored husband entered theservice to this hour I have never entertained any other thana high respect for his ability and fidelit) as an officer as wellas for his personal character; that he is one of the fewofficers against whom I never hoard a couiplaint. I sympa-thize with her in her afniction, but doubt not that so pure anoffering, jiresented in tlie name of human liberty upon thealtar of our country, is accepted by him who said that inas-much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these mybrethren, )-c have done it imto me. He then added this epitaph, which was engraved on themonimient which Mrs. Burpee had erected at the grave inGrove Hill Cemetery. Rockvillc: In the hour of nationalperil he gave his life to his country, leaving this testimon)-—that he was a pure patriot, a faithful soldier and a THE COMMlSSARY-S QUARTERS rHWINTER CAMP. 81 i !y, 1 ^6S Tiventy-first Regiment Connecticut Xolunteeii. csz-A-ieTiEiiR ::^vi. IN THE TRENCHES. (CrXJILX-, 186-i.) From the, 1st to the 29th of July very little occurred tobreak the monotony of life in the trenches at Petersburg, savethe frequent artillery duel, which generally subsides aftercreating a vast amount of noise and smoke, with no particulardamage to either side. But the greatest praise is due ournoble soldiers for the patience and fortitude with which theyendured the almost intolerable heat during this period. Theline held b) the regiment, being in the open field, was fullyexposed to the scorching rays of the sun, which poured downwith the utmost intensity. The men were obliged to lieunder ground, as it were, where no circulation of the aircould be obtained, and one could do naught but lie still andswelter in the sultry a
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