. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . 7. SERGEANT ROBERT A. GRAY,PRIVATE HENRY SNOW. MUSICIAN WILLIAM H. PALMER,PRIVATE ELIJAH B. TRACY. The Battle of Cold Harbor. 259 Third New York, and the famous Hawkins Zouaves. So weconsider ourselves somewhat praised. Comments like the following are worth cherishing by thesoldiers of the Twenty-first and their descendants, written ata time (December 9, 1862,) when there was much gossip athome about army habits: I am happy to say that theofficers of the Twenty-firs
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . 7. SERGEANT ROBERT A. GRAY,PRIVATE HENRY SNOW. MUSICIAN WILLIAM H. PALMER,PRIVATE ELIJAH B. TRACY. The Battle of Cold Harbor. 259 Third New York, and the famous Hawkins Zouaves. So weconsider ourselves somewhat praised. Comments like the following are worth cherishing by thesoldiers of the Twenty-first and their descendants, written ata time (December 9, 1862,) when there was much gossip athome about army habits: I am happy to say that theofficers of the Twenty-first are not a whiskey-drinking without exception they are quite the reverse, andwith very few exceptions there is neither vulgarity nor pro-fanity among them. The Colonel (Dutton) never employsany but gentlemanly language and very seldom uses spirits. Be it remembered that this was written by a man whowould have been quick to observe the vices and who wouldhave been unsparing in his condemnation of them. In his letter graphically describing the regiments experi-ence at the battle of Fredericksburg, there is a deep ton
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