. 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 . 750 HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES HENRY A. DODD, of New Haven, Conn., enlisted December 21, 1863; f^^ - mustered private same day; promoted Corporal November 20, 1864; musteredout June II, 1865. Comrade Dodd was one of the first torespond to the call for recruits to fill upthe Battery and he proved his patriotismwhile with the comrades in the field. Comrade Dodd resides at New Ro-chelle, N. JOSEPH R. DOOLITTLE, of South
. 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 . 750 HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES HENRY A. DODD, of New Haven, Conn., enlisted December 21, 1863; f^^ - mustered private same day; promoted Corporal November 20, 1864; musteredout June II, 1865. Comrade Dodd was one of the first torespond to the call for recruits to fill upthe Battery and he proved his patriotismwhile with the comrades in the field. Comrade Dodd resides at New Ro-chelle, N. JOSEPH R. DOOLITTLE, of Southington, Conn, (see portrait andincident, page 141), enlisted from Cheshire in Company C, 3dConnecticut Infantry, April 24, 1861; mustered private May 14,1861; honorably discharged August 12, 1861, time in the First Light Battery October 18, 1861; mustered pri-vate October 26, 1861; honorably discharged through sickness Feb-ruary 17, 1863; re-enlisted January 2, 1864; promoted Corporal No-vember 20, 1864; mustered out of the United States service atManchester, near Richmond, Va., June 11, 1865, having fought inthe first battle of the war and seen its close when the troops enteredRichmond. Corporal Joseph Doolittle was born May 23, 1842, the youngestof nine children, five boys and four girls. Four of the sons were inthe war, serving with credit to themselves and honor to the ancestors were farmers in Cheshire, Corporal Doolittles grand-father fighting in the War of the Revolution and rising to the rankof Major. Corporal Doolittle w
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