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Title: The "Twentieth Connecticut"; a regimental history
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Storrs, John W. (John Whiting), 1824-1887
Subjects: United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Ansonia, Conn., Press of the "Naugatuck Valley Sentinel,"
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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you have performed * * * have al-ready preceded you to your homes. * * * From theearliest of battlefields, to the last great blow at Bentonville,your blood has stained, alas ! too many a sod. ;d Div., 20TH A. C., f-GTON, June 9th, 1865 C 288 THE TWENTIETH CONNECTICUT. Quiet, soldierly in camp, patient, willing and obedienton the march, brave in battle, with never an inch of groundlost; participating to an unusual extent and with unsur-passed valor, in the last battle of the war, March 19th,1865, your record will be remembered wherever the battlesof the Potomac are known, or the campaigns of Sher-man read. That the pleasures and comforts of home may attend you,* * * that an almighty and good God may forever leadyou in ways of pleasantness, and paths of peace; thatindustry and virtue may crown you with their rewards; andthat all that good brave men deserve may be yours where-ever you go, is the last best wish of your brigade com-mander. VVM. COGGSWELL, Brevtt Bri^. Gen I Conimandi?^:;.
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