. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . climax by leav-ing u* to the tender mercies of provost-marshals, turning us loose on theworld, without pay, without officers, without transportation, withouti-ations, and without our colors. They further presented the following view of the situa-tion : — That when the able-bodied men of our land have taken their turn ofthree years in the national service, if an army is still needed to enforcethe laws of the land, none will sooner fall into the line than those whosprang to arms at the first note of danger ; that no clas
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . climax by leav-ing u* to the tender mercies of provost-marshals, turning us loose on theworld, without pay, without officers, without transportation, withouti-ations, and without our colors. They further presented the following view of the situa-tion : — That when the able-bodied men of our land have taken their turn ofthree years in the national service, if an army is still needed to enforcethe laws of the land, none will sooner fall into the line than those whosprang to arms at the first note of danger ; that no class of men have adeeper interest in the pi-esent struggle than those who have carried mus-ket and knapsack for the past three years ; and that we will not allowabuse from superiors to interfere with our duty to our country. They then offered their heartiest thanks to Gen. R. for his services as their old commander, and to and the various officers who had helped them were received in Connecticut with the honors due totheir patriotic CHAPTER XXXIV. The Fourteenth at Stevensburg. — The Affiih- at Mine Run.—How to build Winter-Quarters, and how to enjoy them. — Figlit at Mortons Ford. — First ConnecticutCavahy joins the Army of the Potomac.— Grant crosses the Rapidan. — Struggle ofthe Wilderness.—Flank March to Spottsylvania. — Terrible Fighting. — The SecondConnecticut Artillery (Nineteenth) comes up. — Gen. Robert 0. Tyler commandsa Division. — S])irited Contest. — The First Cavalry in Front of Richmond. — To theNorth Anna. — Another Flank Movement. — Death of Gen. John Sedgwick. — HisCharacter and Public Services. ORAGING and picketing, with considerable rest,and now and then a fight, the Fourteenth waitedin Virginia, — the only Connecticut regiment inthe active Army of the Potomac. The State couldnot have been more gallantly represented. Ofits life during the fall of 1863, Capt. Samuel Fiske (DunnBrowne)
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