. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . Brown in concert. Itwas declared to be the finest-looking regiment that everentered New Orleans.*^ Soon its ranks were filled with newrecruits, loyal men of Louisiana; and a band of seventeenprofessional musicians was organized. About the middle ofJune, a gang of burglars was discovered, including a memberof Company F of the Thirteenth, They went about thecity robbing the people, under pretense of military were caught, and four of them tried by Gen. Butler,and hanged at the parish prison. Col. Sprague sa
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 . Brown in concert. Itwas declared to be the finest-looking regiment that everentered New Orleans.*^ Soon its ranks were filled with newrecruits, loyal men of Louisiana; and a band of seventeenprofessional musicians was organized. About the middle ofJune, a gang of burglars was discovered, including a memberof Company F of the Thirteenth, They went about thecity robbing the people, under pretense of military were caught, and four of them tried by Gen. Butler,and hanged at the parish prison. Col. Sprague says that Butler, at first, tried hard to pacifythe people. For about three weeks, he used his influence,and, in one instance at least, his authority, to cause fugitivesto be restored to their masters. In this purpose he wasconstantly thwarted by the New-England soldiers gatheredabout him. The Thirteenth early won the reputation of anabolition regiment; its officers and men persistently favor-ing the efforts of the negroes to leave their masters. ^ Col. Spragues CHAPTER XI. The Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh leave Annapolis. — Storm off Hatteras. — Sufferingand Depression. — Battle and Capture of Roanoke Island.—Death of Col. CharlesL. Russell. — Another Movement. — Battle of Nevrberne. — Death of Col. A. —Incidents. — Siege of Fort Macon. HE Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh at Annapohswaited patiently the great expedition underBurnside, in which they were to take a part;and the cold morning-air of Nov. 6, 1861, re-sounded with the last reveille at that venerablecapital. Three days meat-rations had been cooked, and am-munition distributed; and now tents were struck and rolled,and the last article of private baggage compactly stowedaway. Then the men stood in melting snow around their firesagain, and waited marching-orders. At evening, orders cameto embark; and wearily and tediously the companies ploddedthrough slush and mire, huddling here and there
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