. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 : comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle; also instances of distinguished personal gallantry, and biographical sketches of many heroic soldiers: together with a record of the patriotic action of citizens at home, and of the liberal support furnished by the state in its executive and legislative departments . flame. And then the gentle goddess Liberty — Whose unseen riband rippled on their breasts. The pledge of knightly troth — bent tenderly. C
. The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 : comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle; also instances of distinguished personal gallantry, and biographical sketches of many heroic soldiers: together with a record of the patriotic action of citizens at home, and of the liberal support furnished by the state in its executive and legislative departments . flame. And then the gentle goddess Liberty — Whose unseen riband rippled on their breasts. The pledge of knightly troth — bent tenderly. Closed the dim eyes, and cooled the fevered hand, And dropped a blessing into every heart. And heljjcd each s])irit from its mould of clay; And, as they rose to heaven, they sprinkled wide■ Upon the upturned foreheads of the world ; The purple drops of their vicarious love. The sequel to the battle of this day need not be soldiers of the whole army expected to move next 0 By w. A. c. ANTIETAM A DRAWN BATTLE. 287 morning, — to swoop down upon the over-matched enemy,and give him the coup de grace. Instead of that, a trucewas proclaimed, and the rebels permitted to bury their gracious office was neglected, and the time was occu-pied by them in getting the trains and guns to the rear;and the sun of Sept. 19 found Lees army safely across thePotomac, and, with some plausibility, claiming Antietam tohave been a drawn CHAPTER XIX. Tardy Pursuit of Lee. — The Eighth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, andTwenty-first Connecticut Volunteers. — Gen. Burnside in Command.—March to Fal-mouth. — The Eighth lay the Pontoon-Bridge. — The Battle of Fredericksburg. —Gallantry of the Fourteenth and Twenty-seventh. — Gen. Ilarlands Official Ecport.—The Disastrous Repulse. — Whereabouts of the Fifth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, andTwenty-second. — Private Elias Howe, Jr. — The Army Ration. — Camp at StaffordCourt House. IX Aveeks a
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