. 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 . nnon, John S .13 Crossley, David 424 Doolittle, Joseph R. 141 Davis, Edgar G 313 Dickinson, Sylvanus C 17 Fowler, William M 386 Fowler, Joseph W 135 Griswold, Edward 400 Grow, Henry 80 Guptil, Jacob T 283 Gesner, Charles W no Gladding, James H. , 437 Hotchkiss, Charles A 313 Hall, Marcus M ■ • 373 Hall, Dwight H 339 Huntington, Henry M 245 Hull, John R ig6 Holbrook, Andrew 301 Hurlbut, Dr. , 13 xvi PORTRAITS. PAGE Jills
. 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 . nnon, John S .13 Crossley, David 424 Doolittle, Joseph R. 141 Davis, Edgar G 313 Dickinson, Sylvanus C 17 Fowler, William M 386 Fowler, Joseph W 135 Griswold, Edward 400 Grow, Henry 80 Guptil, Jacob T 283 Gesner, Charles W no Gladding, James H. , 437 Hotchkiss, Charles A 313 Hall, Marcus M ■ • 373 Hall, Dwight H 339 Huntington, Henry M 245 Hull, John R ig6 Holbrook, Andrew 301 Hurlbut, Dr. , 13 xvi PORTRAITS. PAGE Jillson, Charles E 41 Loomis, John 193 Landon, Hart 416 Landon, Hethcote G 320 Leonard, Alfred E 423 Lawrence, Henry S 166 Metcalf, George 13 McNary, William 287 Monarch, John 106 McLean, Lorenzo D 424 Merwin, John H 239 Norton, Elias O 415 Norton, William B 154 Norton, Jonathan G 285 Nolan, Andrew 298 Porter, Seldon T 13 Rockwell, Alfred P 11 Reynolds, James H 46 Seward, William T 13 Scranton, Samuel W 17 Scranton, Daniel F 370 Sloan, John T 170 Sykes, Lewis 420 Smith, Hezekiah B 17 Turner, Andrew H 185 Tallmadge, Henry H 451 Upson, Theron 17 Wakeley, Ebenezer . 368. INTRODUCTION, Republics furnish the world with a greater number ofbrave and excellent characters than kingdoms.—Macchiavelli. In this world two things only are immortal—Fameand a People!—Richelieu. N compiling a history of the First Light Battery of the Connect-icut Volunteer Artillery we have two purposes in view. Wewish to perpetuate the memory of that gallant body of menwho sacrificed home and health and, in many cases, life becausetheir country asked their aid, and, secondly, to show that a re-public can always depend on its sons to defend it against external andinternal enemies. Histories of the great War of the Rebellion have been written, chroniclesof various regiments have been published, the deeds of heroism have beensung in deathless poetry and recited in thrilling prose, but in all thereseems to be
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