. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . ng, Aug. 10, surroundedby his family and a few friends, this hero of many battlesbreathed his last. For several days, he had been partiallydelirious; but during^ the forenoon a s;leam of consciousnesswas visible : he recognized his weeping family, expressedhis entire willingness and readiness to die, bade each goodby cheerfully, and died without a struggle. COLONEL JOHN L. CHATFIELD. 455 Connecticut sent forth no more accomplished or gallantsoldier than he : had he lived, he must have won high dis-tinction. A modest, f
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . ng, Aug. 10, surroundedby his family and a few friends, this hero of many battlesbreathed his last. For several days, he had been partiallydelirious; but during^ the forenoon a s;leam of consciousnesswas visible : he recognized his weeping family, expressedhis entire willingness and readiness to die, bade each goodby cheerfully, and died without a struggle. COLONEL JOHN L. CHATFIELD. 455 Connecticut sent forth no more accomplished or gallantsoldier than he : had he lived, he must have won high dis-tinction. A modest, fearless, pure-hearted, devoted man,— his record is that a knight might envy. His deeds andnoble sacrifice will live on sunlit pages and in warm hearts,when new generations shall read the imperishable record ofthe Rebellion, and bless those whose heroism saved the nationand freedom fr6m destruction. Pride of his countrys banded chivalry, His fanae their hope, his name their battle-cry,He lived as mothers wish their sons to died as fathers wish their sons to CHAPTER XXVIIL More Troops wanted. —A Draft.— The Result. — Call for Seven Hundred ThousandMen. — Seven Hundred Dollars Bounty. — Work of Recruiting. — The Twenty-ninthRegiment.—Enlistment and Departure.—Re-enlistment of Veterans. — RecruitingRapid. — The Quota of the State fall, with a Surplus. — Soldiers-Aid Societies.—Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwich, Danbury, Derby. — The Work at Homeand in the Field. — A Thanksgiving Dinner. N June 22, 1863, Gen. Joseph D. Williams re-signed, and was succeeded by Horace J. Morseas Adiutant-General of Connecticut. The threehundred thousand nine-months troops recruitedin the fall of 1862 were now about to be mus-tered out of the service; and arrangements were made tore-enlist them as veterans. The War Department called onConnecticut for two reoriments of veteran volunteer infan-try. The United States offered to each man a bounty offour hu
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