. 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 . trouble and risk hehad to leave the field and the coffee, for the section had run out of ammuni-tion and was ordered to the rear on double quick, and got away just in timeto avoid being captured. This engagement was the first in which a magazine shot or repeating riflehad been used. When the enemy made a dash to capture the Unionpickets, they were calculating on receiving a volley from the regular Spring-field, one shot
. 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 . trouble and risk hehad to leave the field and the coffee, for the section had run out of ammuni-tion and was ordered to the rear on double quick, and got away just in timeto avoid being captured. This engagement was the first in which a magazine shot or repeating riflehad been used. When the enemy made a dash to capture the Unionpickets, they were calculating on receiving a volley from the regular Spring-field, one shot, rifles; after they received one volley, they made a rush toadvance as far as possible while they supposed the guns were beingre-loaded, but to their utter astonishment there was no stopping to load, butvolley after volley met them in quick succession. All engaged in thatcharge, who were not killed, were captured; one of the prisoners, in passingdown the line, said: Say, Yanks, what kind of a thing is it that you fellows wind up and itshoots right along all night? Colonel Henrys skilful movement struck terror into the enemy. CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE OF CHESTER HAT the tenth of May, 1864, will ever beremembered by the comrades of the FirstConnecticut Light Battery can never bedenied. The battle of Chester Station,judging from the great battles of theWilderness and other memorable contestsduring the war, would not stand out onthe pages of history as a memorable one,though judging by more modern standards,it was well worthy of such honor, but tothe comrades of the Battery it was one of the fiercest and best contested battles in which they were engaged. It gave an opportunity for them to show that they were men actuated by the highest principle, and that w^hile they could die for the flag they
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