. 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 . PLAYED OUT. CHAPTER XXII. A SUNDAY ARLY on Sunday morning, ere the sun had risenabove the horizon, Comrade Albro returned to thecamp, carrying orders for every spare man and horseto hurry to the front, and to have two days rationsprepared and sent forward. When the load of har-ness was seen it made the hearts of the comrades,who were in camp, very sad, for it told a tale of de-struction, of mangled horses and
. 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 . PLAYED OUT. CHAPTER XXII. A SUNDAY ARLY on Sunday morning, ere the sun had risenabove the horizon, Comrade Albro returned to thecamp, carrying orders for every spare man and horseto hurry to the front, and to have two days rationsprepared and sent forward. When the load of har-ness was seen it made the hearts of the comrades,who were in camp, very sad, for it told a tale of de-struction, of mangled horses and wounded men. It spoke strongly to thehearts of all, and each was afraid to question the any of the Battery boys been killed? The question trembled on the lips of man}^ but none cared to ask one knew that if any had fallen it would have been facing the foe, forthe First Connecticut Light Battery was composed of men whoStanding wherever free men dare their to die or do! Their devotion to principle amounted to moral sublimity. Whatevertheir sufferings, their privations, their hopes, they were all desirous of beingidentified with that mighty host of true men in all ages who believed
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