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Title: The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 : comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle; also instances of distinguished personal gallantry, and biographical sketches of many heroic soldiers: together with a record of the patriotic action of citizens at home, and of the liberal support furnished by the state in its executive and legislative departments
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Croffut, W. A. (William Augustus), 1835-1915 Morris, John Moses, 1837-1873, joint author
Subjects: Connecticut. Militia Connecticut -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Connecticut
Publisher: New York : Ledyard Bill
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the con-stant friend of our troops. On March 18, the regiment was transferred, in New-YorkIlarljor, to the ship City of New York, which, after fivedays waiting, weighed anchor to join Farragut and Butlerat the mouth of the Mi-^sissippi. The voyage was meager ofnotable incident. They had evening theatricals, participatedin by Sergeants Gardner of II, and Gardner of K, CorporalDevereaux Jones, and Private Charles RafFile, — all expe-rienced actors; and songs by Jeremiah Keefe, James McAl-lister, William B. Bragg, and Company As accomplishedGlee Club. The ship encountered a storm off Ilatteras;touched, with some peril, at Florida Keys; sighted a rakish-looking steamer, and showed fight, with Sergeant Merrill andPrivate Thomas Harrison at the single cannon; and, onApril lo, disembarked on Ship Island, which had just beenswept by a teriible storm. Assistant Surgeon John B. Welch of the Twelfth, fromWinsted, died while the regiment remained at Ship Island,after brief but faithful service.
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A NAVAL BATTLE. 157 During the latter part of March, the Ninth was reheverlfrom the monotony of its discomfort by a raid upon theenemy. A boat with a little girl in it being found adrift, andbrought to Ship Island, Gen. Butler sent it to the nearesttown, Biloxi, under a flag of truce, in charge of MajorStrong, his chief of staff. While returning to the island,Major Strong was fired upon from the shore, — an act of bar-barism which so incensed Gen. Butler, that he ordered theNinth to cross the sound, and burn the town if the outragewas not promptly apologized for. The force went ashore ina steam-transport, convoyed by the gunboat New London*and another; and the landinuj was the si<m;d for the tliii-htof rebel soldiers and citizens in great terror. Skirmisherswere sent into the country, and brought back the fugitivemajOr, who made atonement by declaring that the treacheryof the morning was the act of straggling ruffians over whomhe had no control. Col. Cahill took possession of the

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