. 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 . t Monroe, wherePresident Lincoln and Secretary Seward met and had several hours conferencewith them. The peace commissioners passed the camp of the Battery and thecomrades could not help wishing them godspeed, knowing well thatPresident Lincoln would agree to no terms which were not honorable andmanly. The Battery was all together at the time, being relieved at the forts byBattery D, ist U. S. Artillery. The new men wer
. 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 . t Monroe, wherePresident Lincoln and Secretary Seward met and had several hours conferencewith them. The peace commissioners passed the camp of the Battery and thecomrades could not help wishing them godspeed, knowing well thatPresident Lincoln would agree to no terms which were not honorable andmanly. The Battery was all together at the time, being relieved at the forts byBattery D, ist U. S. Artillery. The new men were gradually becomingaccustomed to army life, though some of them were kept under close guard,fearing that they might be tempted to desert. This was a necessity and, asa comrade pointed out, a proof of the superiority of volunteers overconscripted men or substitutes. Two drivers were seriously hurt onSunday, February 5th, and Comrade Hotchkiss was firmly of the opinionthat it was a punishment for working on Sunday, though other comradesthought the punishment should have fallen on those who had ordered themen to work, and not on the innocent, who had only done their V:^^K5- [From war sketch by E. Forbes.] WINTER QUARTERS IN THE TRENCHES. CHAPTER XXXVI. IN WINTER QUARTERS.
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