. 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 . l acquiesced inthe decision and gave a hearty support to the newly elected officers, whoproved themselves good comrades and gallant men. Every day new recruits came and were miistered in, one being JamesReynolds, who, having been in the regularartillery, was of great service in the Battery,showing the men the standing gun and otherartillery drills. Comrade and Historian Herbert W. Beecherjoined at this time. He had alre
. 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 . l acquiesced inthe decision and gave a hearty support to the newly elected officers, whoproved themselves good comrades and gallant men. Every day new recruits came and were miistered in, one being JamesReynolds, who, having been in the regularartillery, was of great service in the Battery,showing the men the standing gun and otherartillery drills. Comrade and Historian Herbert W. Beecherjoined at this time. He had already known some-thing of military life, having served in the SecondConnecticut Infantry. The cjuick march fromBull Run had convinced him of the superiority ofa regiment in which he would have the advantageof riding instead of walking, so he chose the LightBattery. When the news of the firing on FortSumpter reached Mallory & Tuttles store in FairHaven, where he was employed, he distinguishedhimself in a way which might have led to veryserious consequences. In his haste to show his loyalty and zeal he ran upthe flag Union down. People remembered that he was a Virginian. JAMES H. REYNOLDS,Of Meriden. Mustered in November 14, three years. WoundedMay 10, 1864, at Chester Station,Virginia. FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, 1861—1863 47 and had only come north because his friends desired him to be on the rightside when trouble commenced. Some wanted to lynch him, but coolerheads recalled how the Beechers had been good New Englanders from thevery earliest time, and that in the State the Beecher family was as loyal asany. When the youth was shown his mistake he quickly lowered the flag,ran it up the right way and saluted it with boyish enthusiasm. When theRev. John Davenport led a company of emigrants and settled at NewHaven in 1638, establishing the colony of New Haven, which includedGuilford, Milford, Stamford and Branford, Comrade Beechers ancestor wasone of the incorporators of the
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