. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . o dodge in or out on a dark were used by the Navy Department as store-vessels invarious places; others constituted the foundation for tem-porary wharves at Port Royal, or in the inlets where ournavy was employed : not one, it is believed, lived toreturn. Foreign sympathizers with the Rebellion denounced this asan act of vandalism more atrocious than the bombardmentof a city. In the results, the moral effect was evidently greaterthan the physical: the rebels and their friends were badlyfrightened, and this fe
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . o dodge in or out on a dark were used by the Navy Department as store-vessels invarious places; others constituted the foundation for tem-porary wharves at Port Royal, or in the inlets where ournavy was employed : not one, it is believed, lived toreturn. Foreign sympathizers with the Rebellion denounced this asan act of vandalism more atrocious than the bombardmentof a city. In the results, the moral effect was evidently greaterthan the physical: the rebels and their friends were badlyfrightened, and this feeling of the enemy drew their a few months, the obstructed channels were replaced bynew courses for the water; and probably, at the present day,hardly a trace of the stone fleet remains. Blockade-runningwas checked, driven to Wilmington and other ports, andrendered less safe and profitable. Mr. Chappells accountof disbursements was accepted by the government, and set-tled at once; and he was thanked for the promptness, integ-lity, and efficiency he had CHAPTER X. Patriotic Benevolence. — The Regiments in the Field supplied. — Sewing and Knitting.— Thanksgiving Day. — Soldiers-aid Societies. — Systematic Effort. — AlfredWalker. — Thirteenth at New Haven. — A Dandy Regiment. — Off for ShipIsland. — The Ninth. — Dash at Biloxi and Pass Christian.—Victory. — Trophies,and Thanks of Gen. Butler. — Capture of New Orleans. HE generous beneficence of our people had nowsubsided from the sudden flash to the steadyglow. Our women, with eyes ever towards thefront, were quick to discern wherein their firstspasmodic exertions had been well and whereinill directed, and went forward more thoughtfully to wiserefforts. For the Fourth and Fifth Regiments, the proper authorities,having time to act, provided uniforms, with tolerable quar-ters and rations, and left little for citizens to do in these re-spects. That which was done in other respects for t
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