. 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 . e -Yankees, had hidden his valuables there; but whatever was the in-spiration, he resumed his digging, and found a large earthen jar. He wasfilled with excitement: he could not keep his surprise to himself; othersgathered round him, and helped him unearth the jar. The cover was takenoff and it was found to be nearly filled with gold and silver coins. What ashout went up from that crowd, a shout which was quickly suppres
. 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 . e -Yankees, had hidden his valuables there; but whatever was the in-spiration, he resumed his digging, and found a large earthen jar. He wasfilled with excitement: he could not keep his surprise to himself; othersgathered round him, and helped him unearth the jar. The cover was takenoff and it was found to be nearly filled with gold and silver coins. What ashout went up from that crowd, a shout which was quickly suppressed!Those who were in at the finding divided the treasure, some of the com-rades of the Connecticut Light Battery got a share, and Comrade Sloan stillprizes as a souvenir, a French coin which he got from that jar. Like the rush of gold seekers to Cape Nome or the Klondyke, thesoldiers lost no time in going to the river side and digging for sifted the sand, they searched under stones and tree roots, looked inthe crotches of the tree branches, and spent all their leisure time in the vainsearch for treasure, vain, because that jar was the only treasure TROOPS IN POSITION AWAITING ATTACK AT BERMUDA FRONT, PREVIOUS TO THE ARRIVALOF grants army, JUNE 3, 1864. F/i?Sr LIGHT BATTERY, lSGl—1865 503 The left section was sent to join the centre section and thus only onesection remained in Battery No. i. The left section encamped for two nightsupon the south side of the James, opposite Deep Bottom Bluff, On the thirdmorning- the section crossed the river and relieved the centre section, whichwas in the redoubt. That section was sent to the front, about half a mile,to another redoubt. While stationed there General Sheridan, Fighting Phil, and staffbivouacked on the ground near the camp. The dashing general, one ofthe greatest cavalrymen of the century, had made one of his charac-teristic dashes across the country, a dash which proved that he was as ablea strategist as
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