. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ssibility of thereturn of that State into the old Union ; also, information ofthe movement of a large rebel force through Richmond toNorth Carolina, and letters relating to the removal to thecity o{ Richmond of a large quantity of grain and provisionsthen stored at the l)randon Farm. Having secured their prisoners and all the valuables thatcould be removed, the force returned to [)ay their respectsto the stores on the farm, \vhich the rebels intended to trans-port to Richmond for the use
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ssibility of thereturn of that State into the old Union ; also, information ofthe movement of a large rebel force through Richmond toNorth Carolina, and letters relating to the removal to thecity o{ Richmond of a large quantity of grain and provisionsthen stored at the l)randon Farm. Having secured their prisoners and all the valuables thatcould be removed, the force returned to [)ay their respectsto the stores on the farm, \vhich the rebels intended to trans-port to Richmond for the use of the Confederate found the farm in charge of Surgeon Ritchie, formerlyof the United States navy, whom they made a succeede<l in bacon, Hour, corn, oats, hayand otlier property, to the amount of from two hundredand fifty thousand to three hundred thousand dollars. Thisbeing the estimate made by the rebels, it is not likely it wasexaggerated. The gunboats had not been idle during this time, but hadcaptured a schooner laden with tobacco, also a sloop not /i l/G!^. BRIGADIER-GEXKRAL GUV V. HENRY. •«■ ■• \ .;\ By Land aud Sea. 163 loaded. On board the schooner were Jeu-s with a largeamount of money m gold and silver, United Stales notes, andSouthern bank funds, together with a large assortment ofjewelry. The vessels were taken to Old Point Comfort withcargo and prisoners, w here the flotilla arrived Monday even-ing. The following is a list of the booty brought back bythe expedition: Twenty-two prisoners, one schooner ladenwith tobacco, one sloop (light), ten horses, one hundred andfiky-three contrabands, and many other articles of impor-tance. By some mistake three of the members of the Twenty-firstRegiment were left behind on the return of the themselves alone in the enemys countr>, and antici-pating a rather unhealLh>- reception from the rebels, they tookto the woods, wJicre a council of war was held, tod
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