. 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 . ^, some by the railroad fromRichmond, some by the dirt road, and, as theyarrived, they came into action and were drivingin, the troops left to guard the position the day before. But we weresending reinforcements as fast as EBENEZER WAKELEY, JR. Joined Nov. 14, 1861 Re-enlist-ed Vet. Dec. 14, 1863. WoundedMay 10, 1864, at Chester to Co. I, loth RegtV. R C, Jan. p, 65. DischargedAug. II. 65.
. 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 . ^, some by the railroad fromRichmond, some by the dirt road, and, as theyarrived, they came into action and were drivingin, the troops left to guard the position the day before. But we weresending reinforcements as fast as EBENEZER WAKELEY, JR. Joined Nov. 14, 1861 Re-enlist-ed Vet. Dec. 14, 1863. WoundedMay 10, 1864, at Chester to Co. I, loth RegtV. R C, Jan. p, 65. DischargedAug. II. 65. Treasurer of Chris-tian Association during its en-tire existence. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1865 369 The two sections of our battery drove on ahead. I know we passedthe 6th Connecticut. I remember as I was on the ground, or dismounted, aregiment came right through the woods and up to our side of the ChesterStation Road. This side of the road where our caissons had rounded to andfaced towards the railroad had a very good stone fence, but, on the otherside, it was a hedge fence, with now and then a large tree in orabout the hedge. To come to the caissons from the guns, quite a de-pression in the land was to be crossed, which, with the stone fence, offeredquite a protection. But, to reach the caisson to get a new chest of ammu-nition we were obliged to rise enough for a driver to be exposed. We were
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