. 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 . a social club throughout its existence. The members of the Battery were scattered, and so met only at rareintervals. The comrades residing in New Haven or Giiilford or Milfordfraternized and told tales of army life in the long evenings when freed fromthe cares of business, but something more was needed, and so, in Septem-ber, 1868, at an informal meeting at which a number of the veterans werepresent, it was resolved to
. 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 . a social club throughout its existence. The members of the Battery were scattered, and so met only at rareintervals. The comrades residing in New Haven or Giiilford or Milfordfraternized and told tales of army life in the long evenings when freed fromthe cares of business, but something more was needed, and so, in Septem-ber, 1868, at an informal meeting at which a number of the veterans werepresent, it was resolved to try and effect a permanent organization so thatthose who had camped and fought side by side might be more closely bandedtogether, and as brothers in a sacred cause help each other in the spirit oflove and charity and patriotism. A Committee of Arrangements was ap-pointed and a notice sent out for the holding of a reunion of the originalmembers of the First Light Battery at West Meriden, Conn., on October26, 186S. The calling together of the original members was an event ofconsiderable importance, and ^facsimile of the call is presented herewith. (7^C^fA -Tt ^ca^/c^i^i f.
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