. 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 . thepost of honor in the American armies. The colored soldiers by coolness,steadiness and determined courage and dash have silenced every cavil of thedoubters of their soldierly capacity, and drawn tokens of admiration fromtheir enemies; have brought their late masters even to the consideration ofthe question whether they will not employ as soldiers the hitherto despisedrace. Be it so; this war is ended when a musket is
. 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 . thepost of honor in the American armies. The colored soldiers by coolness,steadiness and determined courage and dash have silenced every cavil of thedoubters of their soldierly capacity, and drawn tokens of admiration fromtheir enemies; have brought their late masters even to the consideration ofthe question whether they will not employ as soldiers the hitherto despisedrace. Be it so; this war is ended when a musket is in the hands of everyable-bodied negro who wishes to use one. * * * The commanding General is quite conscious that in his endeavor to puton record the gallant deeds of the officers and soldiers of the Army of theJames, he has almost of necessitv, because of the imperfection of reports,omitted many deserving- of mention; yet, as these gallant men will, on otheroccasions, equally distinguish themselves, they can then take their due placesin their countrys history. By command of Major-General Butler. Ed. W. Smith, Assistant Adjutant-General. CHAPTER XXXII. DARBYTOWN UST after sunset on the evening of October 12, 1864,orders were received by Major-General Alfred Terry,commanding the loth Army Corps, to have the istand 3d divisions of the Corps, with three batteriesof artillery and Kautzs division of cavalry, ready tomove on the next morning at 4 oclock to the Darby-town road, the infantry by the road from Coxs houseto Johnsons field, the cavalry and artillery by theroad from Four Mile Church to the Darbytown road. The infantry movedon time and in the manner directed, and arrived in due season upon theground which had been selected for the formation on the right and left ofthe Darbytown road and were ready to advance at sunrise, but, unfortunately,the cavalry did not arrive on time and the attack was delayed. Ames division formed on the right of the road, Birneys on the left,
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