. 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 . the Confederate ColonelAiken, in command, differs from the statementmade about Beauregard raising the guns, for hereports: From the wreck of the steamer destroy-ed we took two brass rifled six-pounders, withcarriages, etc., uninjured and in good order. By this report it appears that the gun thrownoverboard from the Milton was recovered at onceby the enemy, together with the one spiked byLieutenant Clinton. When all the
. 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 . the Confederate ColonelAiken, in command, differs from the statementmade about Beauregard raising the guns, for hereports: From the wreck of the steamer destroy-ed we took two brass rifled six-pounders, withcarriages, etc., uninjured and in good order. By this report it appears that the gun thrownoverboard from the Milton was recovered at onceby the enemy, together with the one spiked byLieutenant Clinton. When all the soldiers from the Milton were onboard the John Adams, that steamer backed downabout a hundred yards, and Lieut. Clinton orderedCorp. Huntington to take a squad of men in asmall boat and row against the tide to the deserted Governor Milton andset her on fire. The brave Corporal did not relish the work; he knew itwas a kind of forlorn hope, full of danger and with scarcely a chance ofescape, but he obeyed the order promptly, did his work well, and returnedwith his squad safely to the John Adams. Col. Higginson, in his official report, does not mention the loss ofthe HENRY M. HUNTINGTON, of Nov. 19, 1861; mus-tered Corporal same day; dis-charged Nov. 19, 1864; time ex-pired. 246 HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES Descending the river the Dean had another fight with her old enemies,apparently reinforced, he writes, who shelled iis very severely from apoint near Willtown. We passed the piles successfnlly, but regretted tofind the Milton aground upon them. The John Adams tried in vain topull her off, and the officers on board were reluctantly compelled toabandon her, as the tide was falling rapidly. I was drawing in the picketsand taking them on board the Dean when this decision was made, and wheninformed of it it was too late for me to do anything but order the littlevessel to be set on fire, which was accordingly done, the few men—■small force—on board having b
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