. 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 . tt I I, S >rif »#K^, -■^> ^^,,^^^ ^-^. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1863 367 Into the field, amid a shower of exploding shells and rifle bullets, fromthe sharpshooters, the drivers steered the gnns, taking up the positionsassigned without a hitch, the quickness in getting the guns in place, and therapidity of loading and firing the first shot, proved that the ConnecticutBattery was the equal of any in the service. As
. 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 . tt I I, S >rif »#K^, -■^> ^^,,^^^ ^-^. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1863 367 Into the field, amid a shower of exploding shells and rifle bullets, fromthe sharpshooters, the drivers steered the gnns, taking up the positionsassigned without a hitch, the quickness in getting the guns in place, and therapidity of loading and firing the first shot, proved that the ConnecticutBattery was the equal of any in the service. As the left section was swinging round the centre to get into position, ashell from the enemy struck the ground close to the lead horses, landing inthe midst of a sow and litter of pigs, which had been feeding quiteunconcernedly, though the shots were falling in every direction like shell sliced off the hind quarters of the sow, and with a most unearthlysqueal, she fell over, the pigs were scattered in every direction, somebeing thrown in the air, where they described all sorts of evolutions beforethey fell. Comrade Sloan, in speaking of that double-quick march through the lane,says: The experience of tha
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