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Title: The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Croffut, W(illiam) A(ugustus), 1835- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Connecticut -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Connecticut Connecticut -- Militia
Publisher: New York, L. Bill
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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hile Pope, Banks,and Sigel fell to debating the question, who was responsiblefor the useless slaughter. The Fifth counted its dead, and tenderly gathered up itswounded. Major Blake, Adjutant Smith, Lieut. Button, andeighteen enlisted men, lay dead on the field. The braveLieut.-Col. Henry B. Stone was a prisoner, and soon diedof his wounds. Col. Chapman was in the hands of theenemy. Major Edward F. Blake, son of Eli W. Blake of NewHaven, was born in 1837. In boyhood as in manhood,he was distinguished for energy, fearlessness, ingenuity,enterprise, and strength and skill in all muscular exercises.He possessed that rare executive faculty which makes thepossessor a leader trusted and followed by common consent.While in Yale, he pulled in the boat-race with Harvard. Healso had excellent literary taste, and was one of the editorsof the Yale Magazine. He was graduated in 1858, and in1860 commenced the study of law in New Haven. He didnot yield to the first impulse when the war broke out; but
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DEATH OF MAJOR BLAKE AND LIEUT. DUTTON. 219 as early as October, 18G1, the governor had accepted his ser-vices, and appointed him to be adjutant of the Fifth, then• near Darnestown, Md. Though a civilian, he had pursuedhis military studies so earnestly, that he was able at once todischarge the duties of his new position to the satisfactionof even his jealous comrades; and he was soon a greatfavorite in the army, as he had been at home. He was acordial, hearty, cheerful Christian; and was not long inbecoming a ready, spirited, accomplished soldier. His effi-ciency procured him the appointment of acting assistantadjutant-general on Gen. Crawfords staff; and in June he wasmade major of the regiment, again being passed over hissuperiors in rank. Major Blake gallantly led the left of theregiment at Cedar Mountain; and, when the little band wasswept back, he was killed instantly by a rebel bullet as hehiid grasped the colors from the hands of dying men to bearthem on. Col. Ferry said of h

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