. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ation of war. Scarcelv a house there butbore some mark of shot or shell. The greatest destitutionprevailed among the inhabitants. (Jne could scarcely passthrough the town without being surrounded by a crowd ofhungry women and children, begging piteously for somethingto eat. Hut as our supplies had not come up, we could notheljj th. in. I he object of our expedition was to break up an extensi\eand illicit tratTic going on across the lines. A large amount ?M r.,0< i:i. Tiil no;! 364 Tiv
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ation of war. Scarcelv a house there butbore some mark of shot or shell. The greatest destitutionprevailed among the inhabitants. (Jne could scarcely passthrough the town without being surrounded by a crowd ofhungry women and children, begging piteously for somethingto eat. Hut as our supplies had not come up, we could notheljj th. in. I he object of our expedition was to break up an extensi\eand illicit tratTic going on across the lines. A large amount ?M r.,0< i:i. Tiil no;! 364 Tiventy-first Regiment Conneetieut Volunteers. of supplies for the rebels was being continually smuggledacross in exchange for tobacco. A large quantity of thelatter article, which had just conse up from Richmond for thepurpose of exchange, was captured and destroyed by ourforces. We remained but one day, having accomplished theobject for which we went there. and then returned to FortMunroc, carrying over five hundred boxes of tobacco, anumber of Confederate wagons and rnulcs, and about thirty he nvv. ■. CORIOkAI. JOHN C. , ClI A KI K_M ()N, S. T., 1S65. rebel soldiers, surprised and captured in town. Amonf>- thelatter was one of the most notorious scouts in the rebelservice. We had come upon him entirely unawares. After a short .sta}- at the hort. the brigade was sent off onanother expedition to White 1 louse, Va., to establish abaseof supplies for General Sheridan, who was then strikino^terror to the hearts of the inliabitants of Riclimond andvicinit)-, l)\- ciic- ySheridans cavalry, when it marched with them across the AV Operations. 365 country to Deep Bottom, where we first started. Here thebrigade remained until the memorable morninL; of April 3d,when it triumphantl)- marched into Richmcmd. Thus the Twenty-first had the honor of being among thefirst troops to enter the rebel capital. But we cheerfully givethe credit to those brave men, who, b\ their hard f
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