. 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 . WILLIAH HENRY HOLH AN , of Winstcd, Ccmn., enlisted November18, 1861; mustered private November 23, 1861; re-enlisted veteran March 4, 1864; promoted Corporal April12, 1865; musteredout of the UnitedStates service at Manchester, near Rich-mond, Va., June 11, 1865. He tells with honest pride how thel-iattery was with the first troops to enterllie Confederate capital. Corporal Holman was born June 30,1840, at North Wayne.
. 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 . WILLIAH HENRY HOLH AN , of Winstcd, Ccmn., enlisted November18, 1861; mustered private November 23, 1861; re-enlisted veteran March 4, 1864; promoted Corporal April12, 1865; musteredout of the UnitedStates service at Manchester, near Rich-mond, Va., June 11, 1865. He tells with honest pride how thel-iattery was with the first troops to enterllie Confederate capital. Corporal Holman was born June 30,1840, at North Wayne. Me. His father,Waters Holman, was born in 1796, andthough only 16 years old enlisted in theWar of 1812. He also served in theAroostook War. He was the first to makescythes in the State of Maine, and one, on which his name is en-. 754- HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES graved, is kept in the State House at Augusta, Me. One ofCorporal Holmans ancestors was Colonel Jonathan Holman, whowas born in 1732, and served in the French and Canadian warsand in the War of the Revolution. He was a personal friend ofGeorge Washington and was with him at Trenton, Benningtonand Germantown. The British officers used to say that theywould rather see the devil coming than Col Jonathan Holmanon his old white horse. Corporal Holmans ancestors, Solomon, John, David, Edwardand Stephen Holman, served with distinction in the colonial wars,and Colonel Jonathan, John, Samuel, Stephen, Abel, Daniel, Elishaand Jonathan (junior) Holman took active part in the War of theRevolution. Corporal Holmans grandfather was Daniel Holman,an officer of the War of the Revolution. His ancestors had fought well and bravely to establish the re-public, and he was equally patriotic in helping to save it from dis-ruption and dishonor. JAME5 HOLLY, of Windsor Locks, Co
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