Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . nce. The river was crossed by two fords, far apart, and bythree bridges. On that beautiful day, Lee had posted him-self admirably for four miles on the wooded heights alongthe winding Antietam, using fences and stone walls as breast-works. The crests of the steep banks bristled with artillery,The Union troops were on the east side of the river, behind alow range of hills. Around these crossings the fighting ragedin fury. The Fourteenth was fighting for thirty-six hours,without anything to drink and only a little hardta
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . nce. The river was crossed by two fords, far apart, and bythree bridges. On that beautiful day, Lee had posted him-self admirably for four miles on the wooded heights alongthe winding Antietam, using fences and stone walls as breast-works. The crests of the steep banks bristled with artillery,The Union troops were on the east side of the river, behind alow range of hills. Around these crossings the fighting ragedin fury. The Fourteenth was fighting for thirty-six hours,without anything to drink and only a little hardtack to eat,exposed to the murderous fire of sharpshooters, and yet man-aging to capture forty or fifty rebel prisoners and two flags. Of the Sixteenth, only half the regiment could be mus-tered on the second day, and the surgeons worked till theydropped down from exhaustion. The Eighth, with Itsgreater experience, advanced to the very crest of the hill, andmade an orderly retreat when It was Inevitable. But at whata loss! Dead and wounded officers were scattered on the 84.
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