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Military History
OF
WATERBURY,

TROM THE FOUNDING OF THE SETTLEMENT IN 1678 TO 1891,
TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND THE RECORDS OF THE WARS; CONTAINING
ALSO AN OUTLINE OF ALL THE CHANGES
IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION
OF THE STATE.

BY

CHARLES W. BURPEE.

If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instrutnents of our rising
prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Inaugural Address, December 3, 1793.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.:
THE PRICE, LEE & ADKINS CO., PRINTERS,
206-210 MEADOW STREET.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891,
BY Charles W, Burpee,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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Introductory.

A live military spirit is an indication of the healthy condition of the
general community. In time of war it is the safeguard ; in time of peace,
when that spirit is purely voluntary and spontaneous, it stands for the
red blood, the loyal heart, the active but obedient mind and the ready
hand of the young men. Improvements in the enginery of war tend to
reduce war to a minimum, but it is the well-established alertness of the
people themselves which produces the primary and thus the greatest
effect. What the citizen soldier can do in time of need it remained for Amer
ica to demonstrate most satisfactorily, in the war of the Revolution and
in the war of the Rebellion. And of all the States, the world does honor
to Connecticut for standing foremost in this work of demonstration. It
is with honest pride, then, that we consider the position which Waterbury
has held in this State. From the time when the handful of Farmington
pilgrims, armed against the savages, made their camp fire in the meadows
of the Naugatuck, the men of the community have ever held themselves
in readiness for the call of duty. As the forefathers knew that, by keep
ing the guu within reach while they plowed, their hearthstones were
safest, thus the people of to-day realize that the protection which makes
possible their industries and which builds their houses depends first of all
upon the militia, which is themselves. Not only were Waterbury men
found in the ranks in the wars against the Indians or against usurping
white men ; they were found also in the councils which devised the plans
for preventing such wars by making soldier and citizen synonymous.
In writing the military history of Waterbury there has been no call
to borrow sounding phrases ; the mere records, the lists of names and
deeds, are far more potent than language of eulogist. The only fear is
that in the chaotic period of the earlier days, when records were very
faulty, an occasional name may have been omitted in the appended list of
officers.
Watbkbuey, Conn., Feb. 1, 1891.

Table of Contents.

PAen
I. Colonial Days  .•  0
II. The Revolutionary War.  13
III. Days of the Twenty-Sixth Regiment  30
IV. The War OF 1812  33
V. First Flank and Battalion Companies  36
VI. Following the Flood Woods  31
VII. The Mexican War  35
vni. Reorganization of the Militia — Company H  37
IX. The Rebellion  49
X. In the Connecticut Nationax, Guakd  66
Record in Indian and French Wars  78
Record in the Revolution  78
Record in the War of 1813 and Mexican War  80
Record in the Rebellion  81
Commissioned Officers op the Militia since 1678  84
Rolls of Companies A and G  97-98

I. Colonial Days.

The martial spirit possessed our ancestors and they rec
ognized the glory of a military life. As Henry Bronson
has said: "There was a demand for warriors, and warriors
of a superior order came forth, * * * Military titles were
in high repute among the colonists. They were preferred
to civil or ecclesiastical honors. A corporal was on the
road to distinction. * * * A. captain was necessarily a man
of great influence whose opinion was taken in all the
weighty concerns of the town. Few aspired to the exalted
rank of major." By a law of the colony, all men between
1 6 and 60 were subject to bear arms, with a few exceptions
in favor of those engaged in vocations necessary to the
whole community. A certain number of days each year
was devoted to the inspection of the arms and ammunition
in every house, and to military drill of a rude sort, while a
guard of no less than eight men did duty in every town on
Sundays. The settlers of Mattatuck, on their second visit from
Farmington, quickly perceived that they must have some
kind of martial organization to protect themselves from
the Indians who were crowded back from Derby or mak
ing sallies from remote northern territory.
In 1678, the year of the regular settlement, two armed
men were appointed to keep lookout from the hills. In
1680, the men had established a system of signals which
should call them together as one body, and they were ac
customed to meet to devise the best means to repel an at
tack. The house of Thomas Judd, Sr,, " of Waterbury," an
armory in itself, was the meeting place, and on his kitchen
floor probably many a defensive campaign was marked
out. It was there that the militia in which the city re-

THE MILITARY HISTORY

joices to-day had its inception. Two years later, when the
population was not yet 200 and there was no great danger,
the pioneer soldiery numbered 24, Recognizing the need
of some head to their ambitious organization, they went
before the General Court which appointed two sergeants,
the highest office the law would allow for this number of
men. Then, as continually down to the close of the Revo
lution, the General Court or Assembly filled all military
offices, Thomas Judd, Sr,, and John Stanley were the
choice for sergeants.
Slowly the numbers increased until in 1689 there were
35 men, which warranted the appointment of a lieutenant.
John Stanley was the man selected. His chief duty was
to see that all citizens were well armed, and that there
were at least 32 whom he could call together at any time
for special duty. All must bring their arms to "meeting"
when ordered.
The pay allowed by the colony for active service was 25
shillings per week for captains, 18 for lieutenants, 15 for
ensigns and 9 for privates. A sergeant-major in each
county had the direct supervision of the train bands.
There "was no higher office than this one which was estab
lished in 1672.
Indian alarms becoming more frequent, the General
Court in 1690 established a military watch throughout
the colony, on which all persons, whatsoever (Indians
and negroes excepted) upwards of sixteen years
were compelled to serve. In April " fortifications "
were ordered in each town. "Waterbury hospitality was
put to its utmost test by bands of soldiers passing through
on scouting expeditions, and as many of the husbandmen
accompanied them on these expeditions, the crops were
left uncared for. It was a hard battle for existence with
out and within. In recognition of the town's fidelity and
sacrifices, the General Court, in 1691, kindly allowed it
" the present county rate toward erecting a house for pub
lic worship," Thus the local church may be said to have
found its beginning in martial valor.

OF WATERBURY.

The exact condition of affairs in one locality cannot be
understood without keeping in mind the course of events
in the colony as a whole. We can well imagine with what
indignation the sturdy " centinels " heard that Sir William
Phips, in 1692, lately landed in Boston, had sent word that
thereafter he would be commander-in-chief of Connecti
cut's forces, and with what applause they received the
news that the offer had been rejected by the authorities at
Hartford, who were determined to stand by their charter
rights. And again they must have smiled grimly when the
following year they heard the story of how Gov. Ben
jamin Fletcher of New York had come to Hartford to take
command only to meet with a more emphatic rebuff. The
militia, though still without organization, was beginning
to be an important factor in matters of state. There was
also now another goal for individual ambition, for in 1689
there had been created the office of lieutenant-colonel, for
some localities, equal in rank to that of sergeant-major.
He and the other officers were subject to the call of a com
mittee of safety appointed for each county, Waterbury
was in Hartford county. So strict was discipline'becoming
that bands must train six times a year, between March -and
November, and a severe penalty was imposed upon any
soldier who should spoil or sell arms or ammunition, and
upon citizens who should buy of them. Those harboring
veterans should be allowed four pence per meal and 4s. 6d,
per week for board; they must take no more. Fines for,
absence on training days went toward the purchase of
drums and colors; if insufficient, the balance was col
lected from the town. In 1697 where companies
were near enough together to form a general organ
ization called a regiment, sergeant-majors were made
majors, with power to call together commissioned officers
once a year to discuss the management of the militia. In
1702 it was decreed that several companies in each town
should be counted as one post on general muster. Majors
were forbidden to hold a captain's commission. When it
was necessary to impress men into the service, the majors

THE MILITAKY HISTORY

could hand a list of names to the constable and he must
bring in the men. After 1704 commissioned officers were
not allowed " to give up office without consent of the gov
ernor or General Assembly, under penalty of being put in
the ranks and made corporals,"
The colony already had come to feel that the Indian was
the least of its enemies and that its militia must be devel
oped into an arm capable of warding off any blow. Gov.
Treat was himself a soldier ; indeed, he owed his
office to his skill and valor in the King Philip campaign.
In 1690, Gov, Bradstreet of Massachusetts had sent to
him for assistance. At the request of Gov, Leisler of
New York, Capt, Fitz John Winthrop had led his Con
necticut forces for the invasion of Canada, destined to re
turn since others had not dared to follow where his men
led. The royal governor of New York, Benjamin Fletcher,
after failing to take forcible possession of the militia of
this colony had resorted to strategem, asking the General
Assembly to acknowledge the king's right to appoint a
commander-in-chief. The Assembly promptly refused.
Gov, Treat declined the commission offered him and
Gov, Fletcher gave up in despair. The Yankee militia
were ever an independent body. They willingly sent men
to King William's war against the French in 1689 and to
Queen Anne's in 1702, as they did to King George's in 1744
and to the old French and Indian wars of 1755-63, but they
always retained control over themselves.
When the bands turned out six times each year for drill,
work was forsaken, and men, women and children came
forth to celebrate. One writer says : " The enjoyment
which they experienced in watching the maneuvers of the
soldiers and the games of cudgel, back-sword, fencing, run
ning, leaping, wrestling, stool ball, nine-pins and quoits
was enhanced by sharing the spectacle with the multitude
meeting old friends and making acquaintances."
It was the Indians, urged on by the French, who most
disturbed the Waterbury people. On April 9, 1700, when
Thomas Judd was lieutenant (appointed in 1695), they

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voted to fortify Ensign Timothy Stanley's house, and four
years later another, that of the Rev, John Southmayd,
April 15, 1703, a town stock of ammunition was provided by
the Assembly, with Stanley, then a lieutenant, as keeper.
In May of the following year, the Assembly designated
eight towns as frontier towns, including Waterbury, with
ten men in garrison in Waterbury, Danbury, Woodbury
and Simsbury, while New Haven and Fairfield county men
acted as scouts. These towns were ordered to have forti
fied houses in 1707, and " to keep a good scout out every
day, of two faithful and trusty men." A year later it was
ordered,. in an act " for the encouragement of military skill
and good discipline," that the committee of safety in
Hartford should establish garrisons in certain towns, one
of which was Waterbury, at the charge of the colony or of
the respective towns, as the committee should order. Two
garrison forts were so established in Waterbury at the ex
pense of the colony, and one at the expense of the town,
one at the Rev. Mr. Southmayd's house, one at Lieut.
Stanley's, and the third at John Hopkins's, To encourage
men to take the aggressive, big prices were paid for Indian.
scalps and prisoners down to the year 1746, Each town
was also obliged to keep on hand a certain number of snow
shoes and moccasins.
The alarm increasing, the Assembly, being petitioned, ap
pointed a committee of war in 17 10, with power to send re
inforcements from New Haven county in case of need. But
peace was declared in 17 13,
Perhaps it was due to all these precautions that Water
bury was unmolested save for the killing of a man named
Holt, and for the capture of Jonathan Scott and his two
sons. Now the required membership of 64 had been reached,
and in 1715 a captain was allowed. Deacon Thomas Judd,
son of the late lieutenant, was crowned with the honor,
than which there could be few greater in the minds of his
compatriots. John Hopkins, ensign, soon became lieu
tenant.

10 THE MILITARY HISTORY

One more step toward general consolidation of the col
ony's forces had been taken in 1708 when the governor
was made regularly the commander-in-chief. That year,
also, it was decreed that thereafter men over 55 need not
be required to do active service. The year after the close
of the war, in 17 14, the mounting of a guard on Sunday
was done away with. In 1722, the regimental offices of
colonel and lieutenant-colonel were established, though
there were still no regiments as such. That year, when
Dr, Ephraim Warner was captain here and all were held
in readiness to go to the aid of the frontier town of Litch
field if need be, Gov, Burnett of New York, like Phips and
Fletcher before him, demanded the command of the Con
necticut militia and, like them, he met with a prompt re
fusal. The population of the State in 1730 was 38,000 and
the militia, counting men between 16 and 65, numbered
8,500, William Judd had then become captain of Waterbury's
contingent, which was assuming such large proportions
that by 1732 the Assembly ordered two companies, the
second to be commanded by Timothy Hopkins. Nothing
more plainly marked the prosperity of the town, which, it
may be noted in passing, had been annexed to New Haven
County in 1728. After 1736, men over 50 were exempt
from active service, though still counted in the militia.
The management of so many different train bands even
when brought together by counties had become so difficult
that at the October session in 1739 the General Assembly
decided to establish regiments and the number was fixed
at 13, The militia numbered 3,480, divided into 47 com
panies. The Waterbury, Wallingford, Durham and South-
ington companies constituted the Tenth regiment. The
colonel was to exercise the power previously granted to
the major of each county and the governor should be cap
tain-general. The officers of the Tenth were James Wads-
worth colonel, Benjamin Hall lieutenant - colonel and
Thomas Miles major. Col, Humphrey Bland's tactics
were ordered as official in 1743, but the general principle

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more closely followed was that primitive one of " every
man for himself,"
But whatever the tactics, the fighting qualities of the
men were unquestioned. The Louisburg campaign, in 1745,
found the Waterbury men ready, and the Assembly
selected Samuel Hickcox to be captain of a company sent
to Cape Breton as re-inforcements.
When England declared war against France ten years
later, and the colonies were again involved, there were
three companies in Waterbury. John Brunson was ap
pointed captain of the third in 175 1, and Jacob Blakeley
lieutenant. Two regiments being organized to do regular
duty in protecting the territory of the colonies from
French invasion, Gershom Fulford was made second lieu
tenant of the fourth company of the Second regiment,
Elizur Goodrich colonel. The Rev. Mark Leavenworth
went with the regiment as chaplain. In 1759, the year
previous to his appointment, the number of regiments in
the field had been increased to four and Timothy Clark
was a second lieutenant in the Third regiment. There
was a goodly number of Waterbury privates behind these
officers. To further facilitate the handling of the militia the
office of brigadier-major was established in 1759, Benjamin
Hall had succeeded to the colonelcy of the Tenth militia,
in 1755-
At the outbreak of the war with France, Lord Halifax
had proposed in Parliament that the governors of the col
onies and two delegates from each colony have authority
to direct the military and draw money for the expense
from England, which should afterwards be repaid by taxes
on the colonists. All the colonies refusing, the project was
dropped, Phineas Lyman was major-general commanding
the Connecticut troops in the Lake Champlain campaign.
It was there that the contempt of the colonists for the Brit
ish regulars reached its climax and the Waterbury men
agreed in the general condemnation of them. Thus it was
that, seeing that the most of the burden must fall upon the

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colonists, the Assembly was aroused by William Pitt's earn
est letter in 1758 and voted 5,006 more men, to follow the
cowardly Abercrombie, Among them was Capt. Eldad
Lewis, at the head of a company of 34 Waterbury men ;
Samuel Judd wa_s his first lieutenant.
After the close of this war, in 1763, new companies were
organized in the Northbury (Plymouth) and Westbury
(Watertown) districts of the town and Aaron Harrison was
appointed captain of the company in the Northbury
parish. In 1767 the number of regiments was increased to 14, to
be further increased to 15 in 1769, to 16 in 1771, to 22 in
1774, to 24 in 1775 and to 25 in 1776, exclusive of the Gov
ernor's Foot Guard, organized in 1771. The age limit was
reduced to 45 in 1772; the colony was getting where it no
longer needed the service of old men in the field. In 1773
the number of enrolled militia was 26,260, divided into 18
regiments with a troop of horse attached to each and to
some two troops. The train bands drilled four days each
year and each regiment attended regimental exercises once
in four years. Soldiers and householders provided them
selves with arms.
On the death of Col. Hall in 1773, Elihu Chauncey became
colonel of the Tenth, Elihu Hall lieutenant-colonel, and
James Wadsworth, Jr., major. The next year. Col, Chauncey
resigning, Wadsworth became colonel, Jonathan Baldwin
of Waterbury lieutenant-colonel, and Reuben Atwater ma
jor. At this time the Assembly ordered that the men
should drill on eleven half-days from October to May, but
the order was soon revoked. As a little too strong a spirit
of sociability was finding its way into the different regi
ments, the Assembly passed a law to discourage " the prac
tice of treating or entertaining by persons chosen to office;"
such practice should be considered disqualification for fur
ther promotion. Just when that law was repealed, if ever,
is not known. Those were the days when parades, like
town meetings, were " opened" with prayer.

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II. The Revolutionary War.
Though there were in Waterbury many members of the
Church of England, who by their blind faith were of
course Tories, the mass of the people were loyal to America
when the states combined to resent the insults and injuries
heaped upon them by the mother country. In town meet
ing, November 17, 1774, they endorsed the association
entered into by Congress and appointed a committee to see
that the town lived up to the endorsement. January 12,
1775, the town meeting ordered the selectmen to procure a
stock of ammunition and to build a store-house for it. By
the law of 1741 every town was supposed to have on hand
50 pounds of powder, 200 weight of bullets and 300 flints
for every 60 enlisted men.
April 21, 1775, Col. Wadsworth of the Tenth wrote from
Wallingford in great haste to Lieut. Col. Baldwin in this
town that word had been received from the " Boston gov
ernment" of a collision between his majesty's troops and
the people of the colony, and ordering Col, Baldwin to
notify the captains of the difiEerent Waterbury companies
to have their men in readiness.
Following the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the
Legislature authorized the formation of six regiments for
the field, 100 men in each company, David Wooster was
made major-general, Joseph Spencer first brigadier-gen
eral and Israel Putnam second brigadier-general. The
eighth company of the First regiment was formed in
Waterbury with Phineas Porter captain, Stephen Mathews
first lieutenant, Isaac Brownson, Jr, second lieutenant and
David Smith ensign. The last named rose to the rank of
major and afterwards was major-general in this State,
Gen. Wooster commanded the regiment. Enlistment was
for seven months. Each man should receive 52 shillings
and one month's pay in advance, which was 40 shillings,
besides 10 shillings for the use of his firearms and six-

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pence a day for billeting money. This company was sent
with the regiment to guard the coast in Fairfield county
and then up the Hudson to Lake Champlain.
Waterbury also furnished two officers for the fifth com
pany of this regiment, First Lieut, Jesse Curtis and Second
Lieut, Nathaniel Edwards. Benedict Arnold was appointed
captain of this company but he did not serve with them.
They were present at the siege of Boston. A Waterbury
man, Ezekiel Scott, commanded the second company of the
Second regiment.
That year the town gave 152 soldiers in all, more than
any other town except Farmington and New Haven, and
some of them were in nearly all the battles of the army.
" No town in the colony, not itself the theater of conflict,
made greater personal sacrifices throughout the war than
Waterbury." At home, also, the strife had been of the bitterest kind.
Not a few Tory sympathizers did not hesitate to express
their views in an aggravating manner. Among them were
Capt. Amos Bronson, of the " West " or tenth company of
the regiment, and Ensign Samuel Scovill and several men
of the same company. Upon memorial of John Sutlief
and other Whigs of the company, the Assembly appointed
an investigating committee with the result that in May,
1775, the officers were cashiered, and in October the com
pany was disbanded, Capt. Hezekiah Brown, of the tenth
company of the regiment, who had been very free in his
denunciation of Congress, now openly declared that the
Assembly had shown itself as arbitrary as the pope in its
dealings with the officers. A committee made formal com
plaint to the Assembly but no decisive step was taken un
til the next May, when it was shown that Brown had re
fused to .obey orders to detach men for the service, and he
was promptly arrested, tried and cashiered, and the com
pany disbanded. Later he became a captain in the Brit
ish army, where he died. His real estate, forfeited at the
time, was afterward restored to his widow. More than 80
other Royalists joined the British on Long Island, among

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them Capt, Abraliam Hickcox, but most of them
were so ill treated that they returned to the government of
the States, Many of them succumbed to the hardships to
which they were exposed.
Meanwhile, at the beginning of the disaffection, on me
morials of Moses Foot and of Joseph Guernsey and others,
two new companies had been formed in Waterbury, as the
eighteenth and nineteenth companies of the Tenth militia
regiment. When the men returned in December, from the cam
paign of 1775, Capt. Porter was made major of the Tenth.
At this time, it may be said, many held commissions both
in the army and in the militia, and sometimes the higher
commission was in the army.
The winter was one of continual anxiety and the follow
ing summer came a call from Gen, Washington for the
militia to drive the enemy from about New York, he has
tening on after the evacuation of Boston, Connecticut al
ready had eight continental and nine state regiments in
the field but responded at once to the request. The first
requisition called out 14 regiments lying west of the river
and the second nine lying east of it, to serve till the exi
gency was over. Raw and undisciplined, the militia proved
of little assistance, contributing in no small degree to the
panic at Kip's bay, September 15.
Maj. Porter became major of the Fifth battalion of Gen.
Wadsworth's brigade, the fourth company of which was
from Waterbury, officered as follows : John Lewis, Jr, cap
tain; James Warner, first lieutenant; Michael Bronson, sec
ond lieutenant, and Joseph Beach, ensign. In the defense
of New York, September 15, Maj. Porter was taken prisoner
but was afterwards released, became colonel of the Tenth
militia and was transferred to the command of the Twenty-
eighth regiment in 1780. Many Waterbury men of the
Tenth, with Lieut, Col, Baldwin, joined Washington's army
in New York, in August, 1776. Ezekiel Scott was in the
same army as captain in the Twenty-second regiment,
David Smith as captain and Nehemiah Rice as first lieu-

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tenant were serving with Col. Elmore's regiment, in the
vicinity of Albany.
Capt. Smith became major of the Eighth " Connecticut
Line," sub-inspector of "Varnum's brigade at "Valley Forge,
where he spent the famous winter of 1777-8, and brigadier-
major of the Second Connecticut brigade, May 13, 1779.
In Col. Heman Swift's battalion, raised for service with
Gen. Gates, in the vicinity of Ticonderoga, July to Novem
ber, 1776, Stephen Matthews of Waterbury commanded the
fourth company and Amos Hecock, Jr., was second lieu
tenant, V
July 4, 1776, memorable day, the householders of the
place formed an independent company under Jonathan
Curtis captain, Timothy Pond lieutenant, and Samuel Sco
vill ensign, armed themselves and reported for duty, A
Waterbury company in Col, Thadeus Cook's Second battal
ion of volunteers, raised in November, 1776, to serve till
March 15, 1777, was officered by Benjamin Richards cap
tain, Isaac Bronson, Jr. first lieutenant, William Law sec
ond lieutenant, Benjamin Fenn, Jr. ensign.
Near the close of that year, the Assembly formed the
militia, 23,000 men, into two divisions, six brigades, 24 regi
ments, (all male persons between 16 and 60, with certain
exceptions) to serve in case of alarm. This is the first
appearance of the division and brigade formation. David
Wooster and Jabez Huntington were major-generals; Eliph
alet Dyer, Gurdon Saltonstall, Oliver Wolcott, Erastus
Wolcott, James Wadsworth and Gold S. Silliman, briga
dier-generals; Charles Wolf, P. B, Bradley, Jedidiah Hunt
ington, Fisher Gay, Comfort Sage, John Douglas and
Samuel Selden, William Douglas and John Chester, colo
nels. The officers of Waterbury's companies were : i
Capt. Phineas Castle, Lieut. Ashbel Porter ; 2, Capt. John
Woodruff, Lieut. Thomas Dutton ; 3, Capt. Isaac Bronson,
Lieut, Aaron Benedict; 4, Capt. Jotham Curtis, Lieut
Timothy Pond; 5, Capt. Stephen Seymour, Lieut. Daniel
Sanford ; 6, Capt, Josiah Terrel, Lieut. Stephen Hopkins.

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The Legislature now ordered eight regiments to serve
during the war, Waterbury's quota of which was 131 men.
The officers under this call were Capt. David Smith and
Lieut. Michael Bronson, The town voted bounties of 12
pounds a year and a fund for the families of the soldiers.
In addition it was called upon to provide clothing for the
men themselves. Material was wanting. At the begin
ning of the war, blue had been adopted for the regimen
tal colors but as it was not to be had green was substi
tuted. All thought of color for anything was now forgot
ten in the desire to get cloth, Stich was the scarcity that
the general could not order uniforms but he urged the use
of " hunting shirts, with long breeches of the same cloth,
made gaiter fashion about the legs," It was thought such
a costume, while being suitable for all seasons, would
impress the enemy with the idea that each man was a
marksman. All lead obtainable was melted into bullets.
The quota for the Continental "Line" filling up but
slowly. Gov, Trumbull acceded to Gen, Washington's re
quest to send a body of militia in the spring of 1777 to serve
six weeks at Peekskill, where Gen, MacDougall was then
posted. Three regiments were ordered. Jesse Curtis and
Amos Barnes were captains in Col, Hooker's command.
Taking advantage of this weakening. Gen. Tryon made his
attack upon Danbury in April. Among the Waterbury men
who went to assist in driving him back was Aner Bradley,
who was wounded in the side.
During the summer of this year more militia was called
out for the guarding of the Highlands on the Hudson. Of
the 25 companies under command of Lieut.-Col. Baldwin on
this brief expedition, 12 (numbering only 193 men) were
commanded by Waterbury officers. They were Capts, Ben
jamin Richards, Samuel Bronson, John Woodruff, Phineas
Castle, John Lewis, Jesse Curtis, Thomas Fenn, Nathaniel
Barnes, Josiah Terrell, Jotham Curtis, and Joseph Garnsey
and Lieut. Aaron Benedict, Lucius Tuttle was an ensign.
Among the men with Gen, Gates, at the capture of Gen.

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Burgoyne, was Lieut. Michael Bronson, who distinguished
himself as adjutant of Col. Cook's regiment.
In 1778 the military companies of Waterbury were
formed into a distinct regiment under the name of the
Twenty-eighth. Phineas Porter was colonel, Benjamin
Richards (Westbury) lieutenant-colonel, and Jesse Curtis
(Northbury) major. One of the Waterbury companies was
known as the " Ringbone,"
In each succeeding year the demands for more men to
carry on the war were met, but, although only a few at a
time were called for, it is difficult for us to comprehend
how hard it was to find them. Pay, food and clothing
were insufficient. Each town meeting, regular or special,
appointed committees to see that Waterbury's quota was
kept filled and also to make sure that the levies for food
and raiment for the army were met. If a man refused to
pay the high taxes, he was assessed double the amount.
Not only was the town obliged to guarantee to the soldiers
the wages from the State, but also to eke out the amount in
later days in order to furnish an inducement, small confi
dence being placed in the promises to pay on the part of
Congress. As the sea coast was under the control of the enemy, the
road passing through Waterbury east and west was the
most important thoroughfare connecting New England
with the other states. Consequently it was frequently
traversed by the different armies with their wagon trains.
When the small-pox broke out among the soldiers it spread
so rapidly in the vicinity that it was necessary to grant to
the citizens liberty to inoculate. In April 1784, Dr. Abel
Bronson established a pest-house in Middlebury,
After the capture of Burgoyne, a detachment of the army
pitched their tents for a night in the Manhan meadows.
On different occasions Gen, Washington and Gen, Lafay
ette passed through here once and perhaps twice. It was
probably in 1778 that Lafayette stopped at Capt, Isaac
Bronson's tavern at Breakneck (Middlebury,) He also
spent one night at Joseph Hopkins's, It may have been in

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1780 that Washington, accompanied by Gen. Knox and an
escort, dined at the same place. Tradition has it that he
was here again at a later date.
The population of the whole town in 1774 was 3,526, and
its grand list _;^39,826. In 1790 the population of Water
bury was 2,937 and of Watertown, which had been set off
from it, 3,170; total, 6,107. Waterbury's grand list was
Connecticut had contributed more men for the war than
any other State, except Massachusetts, the number being
31,939, In general orders in 1782, Washington spoke of the
Connecticut brigade as " composed of as fine a body of
men as any in the army," and he called for a review of the
men, after which he gave the highest honor to the Second
brigade of the State, the only command that ever won such
praise from him.

20 THE MILITARY HISTORY

III. The Twenty-Sixth Regiment.

It is frequently stated that the first military organization
in Waterbury after the Revolutionary war was in 1793. The
fact is that, from the close of the war down to the reorgani
zation in 1 816, there were companies (or officers) enough in
the original Waterbury district to make up almost the
whole of the Twenty-sixth regiment of the Second brigade.
First division, while the old Tenth of the same brigade still
retained some members here, Samuel Camp, captain in the
. Revolutionary war, being lieutenant-colonel in 1790, Water-
town was set off in 1780, Plymouth in 1795, Wolcott in 1796,
Oxford in 1798 and Middlebury in 1807. (Prospect became
a separate town in 1827 and Naugatuck in 1844,) There is
abundant reason, then, for inserting the names of all the
officers of the Twenty-sixth regiment down to 1816, in the
list of commissioned officers at the end of this book, the
exact dwelling places of most of them, under the new
boundaries, being quite changeable and uncertain. They are
all " Waterbury" names, familiar even to this generation.
It will be observed that many of the officers attained to
high rank. It is also noticeable in the records of those
days, that most of the representatives and leading men
were officers in the regiment. There is no question but
that they were earnest men.
In 1793, Lieut. Col. David Smith had risen to the rank of
brigadier-general, commanding the Eighth brigade, Fourth
division, to which the Twenty-sixth now belonged, and
Maj, Aner Bradley was lieutenant-colonel with William
Leavenworth (2d) major, and Isaac Bronson paymaster.
In the summer of that year, still another company was
formed with Noah Baldwin as captain. The Tenth was
assigned to the Second brigade. Second division.
As in colonial days, all able-bodied men were subject to
bear arms and constituted the active militia, the regularly

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drilled companies being the "trained" or "train bands."
The state officers consisted of a captain-general, lieutenant-
general and a brigadier-general, and a brigadier-major to
each of the eight brigades. The officers wore blue coats
faced with red, lined with white, white underdress, white
buttons and blue worsted knot on each shoulder. The men
wore "white frocks and overalls." The light infantrymen
were distinguished by a black feather tipped with red,
worn in the hat.
The next year, in addition to the infantry companies,
there was a troop of horse, attached to the Eighth regiment
of the Eighth brigade. It was composed of Waterbury and
Watertown men, with Samuel Gunn as captain.
When Washington was once more called to the head of
the army by the French alarm, a body of 5,882 Connecticut
militia was detached in 1794, for active service if necessa
ry. In 1 806, at the time of the English embargo, a detach
ment of 3,420 was made but was dismissed in 1809. When
Bridgeport was threatened in the war of 181 2, the Sixth
and Eighth brigades were called upon to be in readiness.

22 THE MILITARY HISTORY

IV. The War of 1812.

From the founding of the colony, through the period of
the Revolutionary war, there had been no regular uniform
for the men, though some had worn "blue trimmed up
with red," in addition to the cocked hat, during the war.
"White frocks and overalls were also not uncommon. After
the war, there was a nondescript dress, sometimes called
the " national uniform," already described. The weapons
had been culverines, pikes, cutlasses and the flint-lock mus
ket. The flint-lock, though superseded by the percussion
cap musket some time previous, was not rejected by
statute until 1864. Bayonets, at first fastened into the muz
zles of the guns and then, in the early part of the eight
eenth century, being made detachable, gradually took the
place of the pikes. Some carried cartouches with spaces
for 16 rounds of ammunition, but the powder-horn and
shot pouch were the more generally used even during the
Revolution. From i8iitoi8i5,a distinct uniform was prescribed as fol
lows, for the militia: Short blue coats lined with white, faced,
collared and cuffed with red ; stiff, stand-up collar ; front
corners of coat turned up with red ; white woolen vest ; blue
woolen trousers ; all white buttons ; black stock of leather,
velvet or woven hair ; round black hat with japanned front
ispiece ornamented with a gilt spread eagle and the number
of the company and regiment ; black feather with red tip, to
rise five inches above the crown of the hat. For this was soon
substituted a hat of " common crown," brim turned up on
left side to the top of the crown. For the men in active
service the uniform was of similar color ; red stand-up
collar, corners of skirts turned up and connected with a
piece of red cloth in the shape of a diamond, trimmed with
blue cord ; helmet of black jerk leather with a strip of
bear-skin from the front across the crown to the back •
black feather with red tip and a cockade four inches in di.I
ameter made of black feathers.

OF WATERBITRY. 38

When the war broke out, John Buckingham was adju
tant of the Twenty-sixth, Aner Bradley, Jr., paymaster
and J. M. L. Scovill sergeant-major. James Brown com
manded one Waterbury company with Edmond Austin as
lieutenant and Gideon Piatt as ensign. Lemuel Porter,
predecessor o# Capt. Brown, was major of the regiment
the next year.
John Buckingham and Aner Bradley were both commis
sioned by Gov, John Cotton Smith as captains of companies
for the defense of the State, but as only one company was
raised the command fell to Buckingham. The whole 3,000
men raised in the State were to be divided into two brig
ades, under the command of Maj. Gen. Solomon Cowles.
The local company was made the eighth company of the
First regiment, Lieut. Col. Tim Shepard, later Col, Elihu
Sanford, First brigade. The men were from Waterbury,
Watertown, Bethlehem and Plymouth, and the full roster
is as folldws, those marked with an asterisk serving only
from August 3 or 13 to September 16 or 20, i8i3,and those
with a dagger only from September 8 to October 20, 1814,
the others serving during both periods :
Captain, John Buckingham.
First Lieutenant, Joseph Bellamy.
Second Lieutenants, James M. L. Scovill,* Sheldon
Hotchkiss, f
Ensign, Stevens Shelton.
Sergeants: Eli Thompson, Israel Williams,"^ Leveret
Bishop,* Daniel Benham, Joseph Tuttle.f
Corporals: Lewis Osborn (prom, sergt.), Isaac B. Castle,
Benjamin S, Welton,* Norris North.*
Musicians: George Lewis,* Joseph Steel,* John Thomp
son, Butler Dunbar, Andrew Bradley.
Privates.
William H, Allen, Primous Bennett,t Jonathan Bradley,
Orrin Austm,f Abraham Blackman, Asa Bronson,
Reuben Bartholomew, Eldad Bradley, Augustus Bronson,
Joseph Beebe,* (prom, corp,). Augustus Brown.f
Nathan Benjamin, Isaac Bradley, Isaac Bronson,t

34

THE MILITAKY HISTORY

Isaac Brown,*
Ralph Brown,
Chester F. Budiley,-)-
Oalvin Burwell,
Isaac By ington, f
Ezra Canfield,-f
Asahel Castle,
Bethel S. Castle,
Levi Castle,
Seth Castle,
William H. Castle,
Clark Thompson,
Loami Fenn,*
Jarvis Fitch, f
Sheldon Gibbs,
Reuben Hall,*
David Hall,
Sherman Hall,*
Lovet Hawley,

Privates — continued.
Leonard Hecock, f
Chauncy Jerome,
Lyman Jerome,*
Isaac Leavenworth,
Elisha S. Lewis,*
George Lewis,*
Ransom Lewis,
Horace W. Mather,*
Horace Mathews,*
Florian Mathews, f
Miles Newton, _.
(prom. Corp.),
Isaac Nichols.f
Luther Pierpont,
Samuel Porter,
Austin Pierpont,
Seabury Pierpont,
Asher Pritchard,
Joseph P. Riggs,*

Eaton Samson,*
Ransom Saxton,f
Stebbins Saxton,
Asa Scovill,!
Joseph Scovill,t
Abijah C. Stoddard
Mark Stone,t
Mark Storme,*
John Upson,
Horatio Upson,
Peter Vanderbogart,f
Ard Warner,
AradW. Welton,
Bri Welton,
Spencer Wickem,*
Leonard Wilcox,*
Lewis Wirt,*
Amos C. Woodruff, f
69 Privates.

It was a time of great confusion and much display of
feeling. New England states denied the right of the
president to call out the militia and put them under com
mand of a federal officer; they declaimed on the inexpedi
ency of the conflict and were inclined to assume toward
the government an attitude of supreme independence. In
consequence, excitement ran high on the day of the depart
ure of the company from Watertown. But Capt. Bucking
ham and his men were thoroughly in earnest. People had
gathered from far and near to see them off and perchance
to drop a few words of suggestion or criticism. When the
preparations had been completed, the Rev. Mr. Griswold
approached the captain and besought him to march his
men to the meeting-house, that the minister might invoke
a blessing upon them. The captain consented on one con
dition, and that was that the minister make no mention of
the war, threatening that, if the condition were not com
plied with, he would immediately order his men out of the
sanctuary. It is needless to remark that the invocation
was unpartisan in its nature. After the ceremony, the

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men sallied forth for New London, trusting God to keep
their powder dry. These were men whose soundness of
judgment and inflexibility of purpose in later years
brought to the Naugatuck valley a large part of its indus
trial wealth.
In 1814, Waterbury men to the number of 15 enlisted in
the regular army and served about one year.
During this war a corps known as the " volunteer ex
empts " was formed. Of the Second regiment of this corps,
Frederick Wolcott was colonel and Aner Bradley lieuten
ant colonel. There was one company in Watertown but
none in Waterbury.
Maj, Porter was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy of
the Twenty-sixth in 1815, which in that day was the high
est regimental office, and Aaron Benedict became adju
tant. Those were the last promotions for Waterbury men
under the old regime.

36 THE MILITARY HISTORY

V. The First Flank and Battahon Companies.
The total of the militia in 1813 was 12,582, all active, no
" enrollment." There were four divisions, each composed
of two brigades and each brigade averaging about 50 com
panies, Waterbury's contingent belonged to the Eighth
brigade. Brig. Gen. Hinman, Fourth division, Maj. Gen.
Taylor commanding.
This great body of men being difficult to handle, in the
year 1815 there was one of those periodical reorganizations
in which relief was sought, generally in vain. The number
of regiments was fixed at 25, 10 companies to a regiment,
the number of brigades at six and the number of divisions
at three, the law to take effect the following year. In each
regiment there was a grenadier or light infantry company,
later two. There were -five regiments of cavalry, each
attached to a brigade of infantry, a regiment containing
four troops with 14 privates in each. Then there was
a brigade of artillery, two regiments of light and two
of heavy artillery, and 20 companies of riflemen, each
attached to some regiment of infantry. With the cavalry
and artillery gradually diminishing, this formation contin
ued till 1847. In the infantry, the light infantry company
was designated the flank company and contained 64 pri
vates. Later there were two of them to each regiment.
The others were called battalion companies. Uniforms
were no longer in vogue.
By this reorganization the distinctively Waterbury com
pany, founded in 1793, became the First Flank company of
the Twenty-second regiment. Second brigade. First divis
ion, Maj. Gen. Solomon Cowles commanding. A second
Waterbury company made the First Battalion company of
the regiment. Brig. Gen. John Brainard commanded the
brigade and Col. Lemuel Porter the regiment. James
Brown was captain of the Flank company, Gideon Piatt,
Jr., first lieutenant and Samuel Root ensign. Of

OF WATERBURY. 27

the Battalion company, Bela Welton was captain, Pliny
Sheldon lieutenant and Ransom Scovill ensign. Capt.
Brown became lieutenant-colonel the next year and Capt.
Welton major, with Ambrose Ives as surgeon.
John Buckingham was appointed colonel of the Second
regiment of riflemen, a position which he held from 1816
to 1 81 8. There was one company of riflemen in Water-
town but none in Waterbury. In 1820 Waterbury was in
cluded in the broad district covered by the Fourth cavalry
company, and later in the district covered by the First
horse artillery, but there were not many members of these
organizations here.
The records of the light infantry Flank company for
many years are still carefully preserved and were recently
presented to Company A, Second, C. N. G., by Aner Bradley,
into whose possession they had been given by Lieut. George
Prichard. The names of their officers and men are
so familiar to-day as to best show that those "men of old "
are indeed one with us. On Capt. Brown's promotion to the
lieutenant-colonelcy, he was succeeded by Samuel Root.
The lieutenants were Anson Sperry and Nathaniel R.
Morris. The list of non-commissioned officers. May i, 1817, was:
Sergeants, Anson Sperry, Enos Warner, Horace Porter,
Jesse Scott.
Corporals, Asahel Pritchard, Ransom Gibbs and Samuel
Finch. Fifes, David Gibbs, Harvey Hill.
Drummers, Samuel Cook, Charles Leonard.
Pri/saies.
Augustus A. Terrell, Lyman Bradley, Philemon Holt,
Samuel Adams, James Chatfield, Joseph Holt,
Luther Allen, As'ahel Clark, Artemas Hoadley,
Horatio G. Bronson, Stephen Cowell, Silas Hotchkiss,
Andrew Bryan, John Downs, Isaac Hine,
Anson Bronson, Selah Frost, John Hine,
Isaac Bronson, Van I. Frost, Horace Hotchkiss,
Jesse Brown, David Hayden, Ansel Merrell,

28 THE MILITARY HISTORY

Privates — continued.
Levi M. Marks, David Perkins, Daniel Tuttle,
Humphrey Nicols, Chauncey Root, Hiram Upson,
Simeon C. Nicols, Mark Scott, Erastus Warner,
Garry Nettleton, L. W. Scott, Ransom Warner,
Roger Prichard, Stephen Scovill, Richard Worthington,
Gains Prichard, Amedeus Sperry, Calvin Burwell.
Chauncey Prindle, Lamberton Tolles,
How closely those names were identified with the busi
ness interests of the community every student of local
history knows.
And those were the days when Napoleon said the time
was coming when no cannon could be fired anywhere in
the world without the consent of the United States.
Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield was captain-general of the
Connecticut militia, Jonathan Ingersoll lieutenant-gen
eral, and Eben Huntington adjutant-general.
In the following long days of peace there is little to re
cord save the election of officers, of whom a full list is given
at the end of this sketch. In 1818, W. R. Hitchcock was
adjutant of the Twenty-second. In 1832, Chauncey Root
had attained the colonelcy, with Enoch W. Frost major.
David B. Hurd worked his way up to the command of the
regiment in 1838. Stephen Payne was lieutenanf -colonel,
L. C, Hall major, A, P, Judd adjutant, Graham Hurd pay
master, the Rev, Jacob L. Clark of Waterbury chaplain
and Daniel Porter, Jr,, surgeon. The next year Col. Hurd
went one step higher and became commander of the Sec
ond brigade. Merit Heminway of Watertown commanded
the Sixth brigade. E, J. Porter reached the rank of lieu
tenant-colonel in 1839, Levi Bolster in 1841", and Richard
Welton that of colonel in 1844, Edwin C. Birdseye was
lieutenant-colonel and O, Ives Martin major. The staff
consisted of Lucius P. Bryan, Waterbury, adjutant; Linus
Birdseye, quartermaster; A. H. Martin, paymaster; the
Rev. A. Darrow, chaplain; Timothy Langdon, surgeon, and
A, C. Woodward, surgeon's mate. The next year Elmore
E. Downs was paymaster and the Rev. Jacob L. Clark,
chaplain. Col. Welton resigned in 1846.

OF WATERBURY. 39

Another seemingly important incident in this period
was the order promulgated in 1823 that thenceforth the
flank companies should wear uniforms. In contrast with
these the other or " battalion" companies were dubbed
"Rjagtoes;" but in course of time the distinction was nearly
if not quite obliterated.
There are two other Waterbury military men whose
names should be mentioned here, Maj, Julius J, Backus
Kingsbury and Capt, Reuben Holmes, of the regular
army, who graduated together from West Point in 1823,
Both distinguished themselves in the Black Hawk and
other Indian wars. Holmes became a captain of dragoons.
He died of cholera near St. Louis in 1853. Kingsbury was
promoted captain February 13, 1837, was breveted major
in August, 1848, for bravery in the Mexican war, and was
appointed major of the First Infantry, May 7, 1849. He
was dismissed from the service January 27, 1853, and died
in Washington four years later.
At a period when a great change was about to take
place, it is worth while to glance back at the military cus
toms of the century up to this date. There were few regu
lar drills by companies, btit twice a year the companies
and once a year the regiments met for parade and inspec
tion, in the fall and in the spring. The Twenty-second
met usually in Cheshire, Meriden or Waterbury, with head
quarters at some tavern or inn. Each man must have
eight cartridges, blank or weighing an i8th of a pound
each, two flints, one priming wire with brushes and one
powder horn in addition to the muskets, bayonets, knap
sacks, etc. The commissioned and non-commissioned offi
cers held meetings before and after training days, at which
time they imposed fines for non-attendance at parades and
meetings and transacted routine business. Generally
these meetings were held at some tavern, and later, with
the company meetings also, at the Tontine Hotel, which
was on the south' corner of Bank street and Harrison alley
and of which Horace Porter was the far-famed proprietor.
The customs of the day are indicated by such simple

30 THE MILITARY HISTORY

records as these : " Bill for liquors, cake, cheese, pie, crack
ers, wine and cider, $2; paid." " Liquor bill paid by Silas
Hotchkiss and Abner Scott [privates'], they having ap
peared with their evidence to get off their fines." " No
bill this evening," " Rum, crackers and cheese, i shilling
each ; paid,"
Training days were the red letter days of the year for
the towns in which they were held, not unlike those of
the previous century which have already been described.
Ministers, magistrates and veterans were invited to the one
grand banquet following the "parade," and everyone drank
to the health of the guests, never forgetting the clergy.
The officers bore the expense in this ratio: Captain 5,
lieutenant 4, ensign 3, sergeant 2, corporal i. The parades
became more and more of a farce. The men presented
little uniformity of appearance, either in dress or disci
pline. The names on the book of the First Flank
company August 26, 1837, were put down on condition that
the dress be made " a plain blue coat, white pantaloons,
white vest, and pantaloons to be trimmed with black rib
bon three-quarters of an inch wide ; also common black
hat with blue plume cockade and tassel, black stock and
boots and red belt to go around the shoulder." This cos
tume gave them the nickname of " The Blues."

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VI. Following The Flood Wood Period.
With the year 1840 came a touch of discord ; perhaps so
long a peace had brought that carelessness which was
Csesar's dread. In the latter '30's the degenerated militia
had been termed in ridicule the Flood Woods, a suggestive
title for the rag-tag-and-bob-tail that appeared on training
days. " The Fantastics" was the title of a motley crowd of
men and boys that came out on Fourth of July and on
other holidays, to make sport like so many clowns. They
were armed with clubs, broomsticks and wooden swords,
yet, parading together, it would have been difficult to dis
tinguish between them and the Flood Woods, Discipline
was held in contempt.
But up to this time promotion with all its emptiness had
been in regular order. This year, however, the members
of the Flank company elected as captain one Robert John
son, Jr,, an outsider and almost a stranger. There was
little to be said against his military qualities since he had
received " a military education in the school at Middletown."
But he appeared a veritable martinet to the easy-going
Waterbury militiamen and, basing their complaint on the
manner of his election, they forthwith proceeded to exer
cise their innate spirit of independence. Matters were
brought to a crisis in May, 1842. This is the last entry in
the record book :
" This may certify that the following persons, members
of the First Flank company, Twenty-second regiment, ap
peared near the house of John Sandland in Waterbury, on
the first Monday in May, 1842, agreeable to a warping
issued by Robert Johnson, then captain of said company.
He not appearing the members were inspected by George
Prichard, lieutenant of said company, and were found by
him to be completely armed and equipped according to
law. "Attest, Charles Scott, Clerk."

33 THE MILITARY HISTORY

George Pritchard, Edward B, Leavenworth, David Wel
ton, Reuben Tyler, Samuel Taylor, Ralph Guilford, Renel
F. Sanford, Charles Scott, William N. Russell."
In the very hour of its semi-centennial, the Flank com
pany refused to recognize the authority of its captain.
Only a short time before, when it appeared under command
of Lieut. Prichard at a celebration in Cheshire, it was said
of it: "There is no better military company in the State.
Their uniform is of blue broadcloth and silk with gilt
buttons made expressly for them,"
In 1835, Stephen Payne, who was colonel in 1839, com
manded a battalion company in which were many Prospect
men. The returns of the company were scanty and it is
not known that their records are extant. The officers'
names are given in the list at the end of the book.
For light on the chaotic period which followed these
days with the final expiring fiicker of the First Battalion
company, we are indebted largely to the researches of
Aner Bradley and to the recollections of some of the vete
rans of those days. Although there had been some distin
guished men among the officers, the existence of the Bat
talion company on the whole had been rather precarious. •
Lucius Curtis was the last captain chosen before the elec
tion of Richard Welton and the ensuing brief revival. In
the summer of 1840, pursuant to the orders of Brig,-Gen.
D. B. Hurd, the men assembled on the green to make
choice of a commander. They came provided with pitch
forks, broom handles and axe helves; blacksmiths with their
sleeves rolled up and wearing their aprons, farmers, in
their roughest dress and every one else, who could spare
the time, dressed in working clothes and bent upon
having some rare comedy. But Gen. Hurd was on hand, -
equally determined that there should be some regard for
law and order. In voting the men passed through between
the sides of the old hay scales which were where the Carrie
Welton drinking fountain now stands. For nearly two
hours they had their sport, voting for all the incompetent
" characters " of the town they could think of. At last,

OP WATERBURY. 33

much to his own surprise, Mr. Curtis was elected, to the sat
isfaction of the general. '. With the others, he looked upon
the matter as a good deal of a joke. Placing him
at the head of the procession, the men marched
around the town, impressing a farmer's wagon on
the way, until they brought up at the Mansion house,
kept by Edward S. Chittenden. According to the
spirit of the times, Capt. Curtis brought forth pail
after pail of rum punch with which the men regaled them
selves until, becoming boisterous, they made dire threats
against Curtis. At this juncture, however, the general in
terfered, the captain went home in peace and the general
retired, remarking that if they had not elected a captain he
would have kept them on the green all night.
Capt. Curtis * proved a good man for the position and
was enthusiastically assisted in his difficult task by Richard
Welton and Henry Merriman who were elected lieutenant
and ensign the following year to succeed Arthur Hunt
and George Merriman, Capt. Curtis was succeeded by
Lieut. Richard Welton. Mr. Welton. a man of considerable
property, was perhaps the most popular man in town. His
stage route to Meriden was deservedly famous for its
splendid equipment and good service. Whatever he put
his hand to succeeded. The company had reason to con
gratulate itself when he took command. But in 1844 Capt.
Welton became Col. Welton. Lieut. Merriman, backed
by Ensign Charles T. Grilley, kept the command of the
company until W. B. Umberfield was elected captain in
1845. Daniel Judd and Henry Smith came in with him as
lieutenant and ensign.
September 16, 1845, Col. Welton held a review of the regi
ment in Waterbury. In its palmiest days it had paraded a
good 1000 men but now only 450 responded to the call and
after a parade and prayer by Chaplain Jacob L. Clark, the
*During the Rebellion he went as a corporal in Company C of the
Fourteenth C. V., one of the oldest men in the regiment but determined
to help his country in time of need. He was wounded at Antietam and
returned home to live to a ripe old age.
3

34 THE MILITARY HISTORY
men were dismissed for dinner. In the afternoon they
were reviewed by Brig.-Gen. F. D. Mills, who bestowed
much praise upon the Waterbury company, but more upon
that from Meriden. The fact was that, do what they
might, interest was waning. Naugatuck having been set
off, the population of Waterbury was but 3393 and the
young men here as elsewhere had too much pride to have
any thing to do with a burlesque such as the militia had
become. Col. Welton finding that he had undertaken too
great a task in bringing the Twenty-second up to its old
standard resigned in 1846. Edwin Birdseye succeeded him
and was the last colonel of the regiment. The great change
in the militia system of the state took place the following
year. Although Waterbury made no more returns of a company
and had no representation in the new Second regiment
until 1854 a company was kept up after a fashion under
Capt. Umberfield and Capt. Henry Smith with consider
able aid from Paymaster Samuel Pritchard who was also
called "captain."

OF WATERBURY. 35

VII. The Mexican War.

Since the Mexican war was not one " to enforce the laws
of the union, to suppress insurrection " nor " to repel in
vasion," under the law the militia as such could not be
ordered out. Consequently the president made a call for
12 months' troops in 1846. The people of Connecticut hav
ing weighed the matter carefully concluded that as yet
there was no necessity of their traveling that distance to
settle the quarrel and did not respond with even as much
alacrity as they did in 181 2.
Early in 1847 a New Haven paper said that Charles E.
Moss had raised a company of 70 dragoons in this vicinity
with the expectation that they would be accepted by the
president under the new law. " They are active, stalwart
boys and will follow where any man dare lead." The item
was copied into the Boston papers much to the amusement
of the Waterbury people who had not seen or heard of even
the first man who had actually enrolled his name in this
company of stalwart dragoons. It was true that Mr.' Moss
had proffered his services to his country but in general,
while entertaining charitable views concerning the war,
the people in this section, all parties included, were not
inclined to give it a very hearty support. A meeting was
called of those in favor of sustaining the action of the gov
ernment and to condemn the Wilmot proviso. It resulted
in a failure, the chairman of the meeting having opened it
by declaring his approval of the proviso and his unwaver
ing hostility to the extension of slavery. The " dragoons "
were the subject of considerable ridicule, one man describ
ing them thus " Those seventy hypothetical loons
Called ' Capt. Moss's stalwart dragons.' "
In March 1847, Lieut. Asa A. Stoddard came here and
established a recruiting station in Washington hall for the

36 THE MILITARY HISTORY

United States infantry. For a time the uniforms of sev
eral who enlisted served as a bait to others but their num
ber was few. Then Capt. Lorenzo Johnson came and ob
tained IO recruits for the lo regiments that were to be in
readiness at a moment's notice. Lieut, Stoddard's recruits
left for Newport (with the only regiment New England
raised) in April whence they sailed May 28 in the steamer
North Bend for "Vera Cruz to join Gen, Scott's command,
reaching there June 26. Charles E, Moss, later a sergeant
in the Third dragoons, was one of them. They were as
signed to the Ninth regiment to serve under Brig. Gen.
Pierce of New Hampshire, The regiment showed great
bravery at the storming of Chepultepec, being the first to
mount the wall. It was in this war that Maj. Kingsbury
won his brevet, Dr, A, N, Bell of Waterbury was a sur
geon in the Gulf squadron.
The enlisted men who went from here were : Joseph
Grilley (deserted), Lewis E, Grilley (died October 16),
Manly Grilley (record of service not shown), Sergt.
Edmund B, Gilbert (Goshen), and James Ranger (record of
service not shown) all of Company I, Ninth infantry,
enlisted March 20, 1847 ; Henry R, Hatchett, Companies A
and B, Ninth infantry, March 17, 1847, died September 17,
1847; Samuel L. Hickox (New Haven) Companies G and I,
Ninth infantry, March 20 to December 6, 1847; George F.
Hotchkiss (Cheshire), Companies G and I, Ninth infantry,
April 19, 1847, to August 21, 1848; Charles E. Moss (Litch
field) Company K, Ninth infantry, transferred to Company
E, Third dragoons and promoted sergeant, March 18, 1847
to July 24, 1848; Charles Phelps, Company E, Sixth infan
try, March 18, 1847, to July 31, 1848

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VIII. Militia Reoro-anization— Company H.
The militia of the State in 1848 had attained its greatest
number, 53,191, of whom 1,704 were riflemen, 1,575 artillery,
508 heavy artillery and 692 cavalry. There were 960 com
panies divided into six brigades. The condition of affairs
throughout the State was practically the same as we have
seen in Waterbury. What was everybody's business was
nobody's. Realizing the need of a radical change, the
General Assembly in 1847 decided to make two classes of
all able-bodied males between 18 and 35 (later 45), the ac
tive and the inactive or enrolled militia. The commuta
tion or poll tax was fixed at $1 (later $2), which entitled
the citizen to exemption from service. Duty for at least
three successive days was required of the soldiers, the
State to pay them $1,50 a day. There was to be but one
division and two brigades, four regiments to each brigade.
The First, Third, Fifth and Seventh regiments of Hart
ford, New London, Tolland and Windham counties re
spectively formed the First brigade, and the Second,
Fourth, Sixth and Eighth of New Haven, Litchfield, Mid
dletown and Fairfield counties the Second, The office of
third lieutenant was substituted for that of ensign. All
ununiformed and most uniformed infantry companies
were disbanded, the Waterbury companies being legally
abolished in 1848, The uniform consisted of a dark blue,
double-breasted coat edged with white cassimere; turn
back and skirt linings of white; silvered buttons; black
beaver cap seven and a half inches high with lacquered
sunk top seven and a half inches in diameter; a band of
black patent leather encircling the bottom of the cap; a
black patent leather peak; silver bugle with number of the
regiment and surmounted by a gilt eagle; plume of white
feathers; chin strap; trousers of sky-blue with white
stripes. The Second regiment. Col, Nicholas S, Hallen-
beck of New Haven, was made up of companies in this

38 THE MILITARY HISTORY

vicinity, including one from Wolcott, but Waterbury had
no formal representation. William T, King of Sharon
was brigadier-general. Clark Bissell was governor and
George P. Shelton of Southbury, adjutant general. The
number of companies was again reduced, in 1850, to 99
with 2,904 men and once more in 1852 to 58 companies,
2,045 men.
In actual fact, the State had as yet done little for the mi
litia. The volunteers who succeeded the ridiculous Flood
Woods were the very best of material ; but, in Connecticut
as in the other states, it was to require a Bull Run to dem
onstrate that zeal and patriotism alone, even when united
with Spartan courage, cannot make the soldier. The first
bloody disasters of the war and the succeeding long period
of delay in active hostilities were due to nothing so much
as to the criminal negligence of the states in failing to
properly encourage or support their citizen soldiers during
the years immediately preceding. As a penalty, thousands
of homes to-day mourn the heroes whose bravery, with lit
tle other science than that which costly experience taught,
preserved the Union.
But the mere reduction of numbers by the law of
1847, coupled with the premonitions of danger ahead in
the '50's, had alone served to arouse in the breasts of Wa
terbury men the spirit which had possessed their fore
fathers and which had raised so many of them to high po
sitions. While they had held empty titles and idle forms
in fitting contempt, earnest organization, though still com
ing from the people rather than from the State, was attrac
tive to them.
Early in the year 1854 there was a meeting of prominent
young men to discuss the formation of a new military com
pany. In May there was talk of organizing a voluntary
military company under the auspices of Protector Fire
Engine company, " Father " E, B, Cooke of the American,
always an admirer and promoter of the militia, said in the
issue of his paper of May 26, 1854 : " No argument is
needed from us to urge upon the community the expediency

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or the importance of sustaining such a corps even for the
credit of the city." And then he besought the citizens to
help on the cause in a substantial way.
Meanwhile John L. Chatfield and Chandler N, Wayland,
as a committee from the meeting of young men, had been
soliciting names for a company. Their labors being
crowned with success, their petition was duly forwarded
to headquarters, Thomas Guyer of South Norwalk was
major-general of the State, N, S. Hallenbeck of New Haven
was at the head of the Second brigade and Col. John Ar
nold of New Haven commanded the Second regiment of
that brigade to which this company desired to be attached.
In the whole State there were 49 companies with 2,467 pri
vates, 1,305 of whom were in the Second brigade.
About September i, this military " corps " began to
assume shape under the name of the American Rifle com
pany with Richard Hunting as captain, A New Haven
man, startled by the word "rifle," was led to argue thus
for the benefit of the novitiates: "Adopt the musket,
either infantry or light infantry, instead of the rifle. The
rifle state uniform (blue or green) and the want of bayo
nets makes a company look insignificant in size and
appearance. Besides, the rifle can never be practiced in
any infantry regiment as this one is— especially the field
movements, and in case of rout, riflemen are not equal to
half the number of well-armed musketeers," The musket
was the old smooth bore firing buck-shot; the rifle fired a
bullet. The rifle was adopted.
The petition of the company having been granted it
became Company H of the Second regiment. The special
name chosen finally was City guard. The first regular
meeting was held September 22, 1854. Wednesday even
ing, November i, in the presence of Col. Arnold and Capt.
Charles T. Candee of the New Haven " Grays " in Temper
ance hall, full organization was completed by the election
of the following officers: Richard Hunting captain, John
L. Chatfield first lieutenant, (recently a lieutenant in the
Derby company), Aner Bradley Jr. second lieutenant.

40 THE MILITAKY HISTORY
Rufus Leonard, third lieutenant; sergeants, Richard Allen,
James M, CoUey, James E, Wright, Timothy Guilford; cor
porals, George W. Cheney, William A, Peck, George Doo-
little, Hanford E, Isbell; musicians, C, B. Merrill, Henry
Chatfield, Dennis Chatfield. Benjamin P. Chatfield was
treasurer. Chandler N. Wayland clerk and Alexander Hine
armorer, R, Hunting, Edmund Jordan, B, P. Chatfield,
Alexander Hine and Richard Allen had been the com
mittee to secure the drill room, S, G. B. Beales and Mar
cus Coon were the committee on printing the by-laws.
The members elected at a previous meeting, October 4, were
Timothy Guilford, Rufus Leonard, F. A. Warner, I. G. Far-
don Jr., Henry B, Piatt and Aner Bradley jr. At the
next meeting Chauncey B, Webster, Charles Espe, James
E, Wright and Lewis Young were taken in. That night,
October 13, they had their first experience in drill. At the
last meeting before formal organization the new members
elected were: John C. Eggleston, Phineas D. Warner and
William Scott. Thus the company started out with a
goodly number in addition to which there were 40 hon
orary members who were to pay $5 a year. Expenses were
paid by renting the drill room which they had leased.
Temperance hall over Benedict & Burnham's store at the
corner of Bank street and Harrison alley on the very site
of the old Tontine where the light infantry had drilled.
The name of the drill room was soon after changed to
Military hall.
April 13, 1855, it was voted that the Second brigade
should have an encampment in the fall and the question
of locality, lying between New Haven and Waterbury, was
decided in favor of the latter " because the New Haven
and Hartford railroad was not liberal in its dealings with
military companies and it was desirable to select a place
accessible by other roads." Despite this disadvantage and
this decision, however, the encampment was finally held
in New Haven, The regiment was then composed of ten
companies as follows: New Haven, four infantry and one
artillery; Meriden, one infantry; Derby, one infantry

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West Haven, one infantry; Waterbury, one infantry; Bir
mingham, one rifle. Stephen W. Kellogg was paymaster
of the regiment.
May 25, 1855, the company paraded for the first time in
uniform. There were 40 odd names on the rolls but only
25 turned out, "many being debarred from equipping
themselves for the present in consequence of the disar
rangement of the times," With a band they marched
through the principal streets and, says the American, " their
soldier-like bearing was the subject of commendation by
all who saw them and, considering the short time the sol
diers had for practice and drill, their maneuvering was
highly creditable to their improvement," In the forenoon
they lunched at the Scovill house and supper was served
by Landlord Thayer at the City hotel in the evening.
Companies D and E of New Haven and B of Birming
ham were disbanded this year because their members were
foreign born which, according to the law, was " inconsistent
with the spirit of our institutions." Experience was soon
to work an emphatic abolition of such a law.
With a full-fledged military company to help it out, the
tcwn now planned a monster Fourth of July celebration.
The company, " with new plumes added to its uniform "
and headed by Merrill's band, led the procession to a lot
on Grove street " at the head of Willow " where there was
to be a grand balloon ascension. Though the ascension was
a fizzle, the people got enjoyment enough out of the sol
diery. August 4 there was a target shoot in the rain
which caused the editorial comment, " They are no mere
weather troops." And this rain on target-shoot days
seems to have become an established thing.
The endeavor was earnest and general to make the mil
itia something more than a party of holiday excursionists.
In 1854 the State allowed $100 a year for armory rent to
each company. For the following year enrollment was done
away with since Congress had voted to make the military
appropriation according to the number of representatives
and senators instead of according to enrollment. In 1856

43 THE MILITARY HISTORY

the Legislature called the attention of Congress to the
fact that the national government still appropriated but
$200,000 for arms for all the states, the same as in 1808.
The poll tax was 50 cents. That year it was urged that
uniforms be made compulsory. Guyfer and Arnold being
promoted, W. A. Leffingwell of New Haven became col
onel of the Second and A. H. Terry of New Haven lieuten
ant-colonel, Terry succeeding to the command in 1858. A
law had been passed ordering a three days' encampment
of the officers at Hartford for instruction under Col. W. W.
Tompkins of New York. Despite the fact that the Water
bury officers " held an informal meeting in Oilman's saloon
to consider the new law," it went into effect and the cus
tom was not abolished by law until the reorganization in
1865, The law also allowed an encampment of from two
to three days for each brigade, reduced to one day by act
of June 24, 1859.
Camp Ledyard, New Haven, September 5, 6, 7, 1855, was
Company H's first camp. Just before this, August 6, Third
Lieut. Leonard had resigned and had been succeeded by
Sergt Wright. The New Haven Register gives us a view
of that camp which is not so startlingly different from
that of to-day as seen through the lay reporters' eyes:
"During the whole of yesterday afternoon and until 11
o'clock, there was a continual procession of vehicles and
pedestrians to the camp, and the noise and bustle and the
jolly crowds indicated a gala day. The evening passed off
without any serious disturbance, owing to the vigilance of
the officers and their subordinates who were on the alert
to convey offenders to the guard house. And if there were
any put there it was no fault of theirs but of the whiskey.
We saw no person intoxicated but one individual looking
down the line of tents inquired which was Chapel street.
Many ladies were on the ground to witness the novel spec
tacle of a military camp and the illumination and were en
tertained in the marquee by Col, Arnold. The weather has
been unusually favorable for the parade ; the regiment
could not have selected two finer days this season. One

OF WATERBURY. 43

hundred and twelve tents, each brightly illuminated and
spread as they were over large surface, presented a beauti
ful appearance."
But parade and camp days were not the only, ones for
outing. Occasionally the most off-hand kind of trips were
made to other towns. Thus October 20, the company took
Merrill's band and made an excursion to Naugatuck, the
rain proving no detriment. Principal A, N, Lewis wel
comed them in front of Lane's hotel, they drilled in Nich
ols hall and on the green, and ended with the usual ban
quet. It is noted of this occasion that " Col. Welton had
charge of the transportation,"
The date of the company's conception rather than that
of the organization was taken in those days for anniver
saries. Without any disparagement of the men who later
were to show to the whole world of what stuff they were
made, it may be said that they seemed to seek almost any
excuse for a banquet. To be a good after-dinner speaker
was quite a requisite for a soldier ; it was the only inheri
tance, if such it may be called, from the days of the Flood
Woods. And measured by this standard as well as by any
other, it must be acknowledged that there was a company
full of good soldiers. The laurels they won at those par
ades and banquets are still green upon the brows of many
to-day. They celebrated March 26, 1856, for their second
anniversary, parading in the mud in the day time and din
ing at the Scovill house in the evening, the menu compris
ing 99 different articles. Apparently the "disarranged
times " had come somewhat more into joint. May i there
was another rain storm and an election parade in New Ha
ven ; May 28, more rain, a parade and drill and June 28 the
same. The camp of 1856 was known as Camp Scott and also was
at New Haven, August 26, 27 and 28. The officers and men
of the brigade numbered 800 of whom nearly half belonged
to the Second regiment. There were 250 tents. " Company
H was one of the best appearing and one of the most
highly eulogized." October 25, Lieut. Chatfield efficiently

44 THE MILITARY HISTORY

commanded at the target shoot on Benedict's meadow on
South Main street. Lieut. Chatfield won first prize, f 12,
Priv. W. B. Gibbud second, $9, and Corp. Isbell third $7.
On this occasion the company played the host and enter
tained the Cheshire guard, Capt. Welton commanding, and
Mayor John W. Webster presided over the banquet pro
vided by Brown & Dart at the Scovill house.
An epoch in the history of the company and of the town
was the election of Lieut. John L. Chatfield to the captain
cy March 28, 1857. Capt. Hunting, who had done so much
toward organizing the company, and Lieut. Wright both
having resigned, Aner Bradley Jr. was elected first lieuten
ant, Timothy Guilford second and Martin B. Smith third.
The sergeants were Marcus Coon, Frank C. Buckland, H.
N. Place, F. A, Spencer ; corporals, C, F, Church, H, L.
Snagg, John W. Hill, H. E. Isbell. On this day the compa
ny celebrated its third anniversary. It was reviewed by
Mayor John W, Webster and Paymaster Kellogg, The reg
ulation banquet was enjoyed at the Scovill house and the
members of the company gave to Capt, Hunting a loaf-
cake, also a " beautiful hard-rubber, gold-headed cane," and
to Lieut. Wright " a rich pearl-handled knife,"
This epoch was followed closely by another, when the
still far-off rumblings of war, laughed at by some, were
full of portent to others. The women of the city, whose
encouragement had already been inspiration for the men,
had resolved to give tangible evidence of their interest.
To this end they had procured a beautiful silk flag adorned
with rich gold trimmings. On one side, in letters of gold,
were the words :

Waterbury City Guard.

and on the other.

Presented by the Ladies op
Waterbury.

OF WATERBURY. 45

The presentation was made through Dr, P. G. Rockwell
after the annual parade May 28, and the occasion was
indeed impressive. In responding Ex-Capt. Hunting
showed his knowledge of the men who had served under
him even as all people should know later, when he said
that no stain should ever sully the fair folds of the flag and
it never should be surrendered even if its defense meant
the knell of the last member. Most sacredly is that flag
preserved to-day by the successors of those men whom it
inspired to victory.
They turned out July 4 with 30 muskets under the com
mand of Lieut. Bradley and this time the balloon ascension
was a success. The Bridgeport Washington Light guard,
Maj. Middlebrook, were the guests of the City guard. That
year the encampment was in Ansonia for three days from
September 16 and it was named after Col. David Humph
rey, one of Washington's aids. Col, Leffingwell was at this
time in command of the Second,
From that time no public celebration or parade was com
plete without the presence of the militia, the pride of the
town. On the suggestion of Lieut, Aner Bradley, the first
general celebration in Waterbury of Washington's birth
day was made February 22, 1858, the City guard firing the
national salute at sunrise under direction of Marcus Coon,
raising the flag on the liberty pole on center square, and
giving a parade in the afternoon and a ball in the evening
with the never-to-be-omitted supper.
May 4 of that year Lieut. Col. Alfred H. Terry— who was
to become the most remarkable volunteer federal officer of
the Rebellion — was elected colonel of the Second vice W.
A. Leffingwell resigned ; Maj. Ledyard Colburn declining
the lieutenant colonelcy, Adjt. J. M. Woodward was chosen.
The regiment numbered 325 men.
Hardee's tactics were introduced in August. The first
tactics known to the early militia were those of Col. Hum
phrey Bland, an Englishman, adopted in 1743. These were
followed by the "Norfolk Militia Exercise," "ordered by

46 THE MILITABY HISTORY

his majesty," in 1764 and continued in general use till 1775.
The system of Baron "Von Steuben was adopted in 1779.
The next change was not made until 1824 when Darrow's
tactics were prescribed, to be followed in turn by Scott's,
Hardee's, Casey's and Upton's which last named are in
vogue to-day in the militia and in the regular army.
May 16, 1858, the company participated in a torch-light
parade in celebration of the laying of the first Atlantic
cable. Charles Porter's meadow near Holmes, Booth &
Haydens' was the scene of the target shoot October 23,
Each man was allowed three shots and they riddled the
target, Sergt. Place winning the first prize. Returning
they saluted at several places with volley firing and then
dined at Brown's hotel on invitation of Maj. Partree.
But, as may well be imagined, it was not at all plain sail
ing for a military company in those days when success de
pended almost entirely on individual effort with little and
uncertain aid from the State. The American of February
II, 1859, gives this picture of' the times: "When the
struggles of this admirable company are taken in view,
during the past few years, the time and money expended
by its members to keep up its ranks and sustain the hon
orable standing it has acquired, our citizens might not,
cannot look on with indifference in regard to its future
prosperity. The very idea of its possible disbandment
makes one nervous, and still its slow increase in members
does not speak very favorably for the military ardor of
Young America hereabouts," But Capt, Chatfield was
there and for him there was no such word as fail. February
18 the company gave him a token of their appreciation of
his services. That evening was held the fifth annual ball
in Hotchkiss hall, Dodworth's quadrille band from New
York furnishing the music. There were 200 present and
the newspaper says: "Never so brilliant and respectable a
ball ever graced that splendid hall." Dinner was served
at the Scovill house after which ex-Capt. Hunting, in the
name of the company, presented to Capt. Chatfield an

OF WATERBURY. 47

Ames sword of the finest workmanship and in an elegant

case,

*

At the annual parade on May 30, the company appeared
with the latest marvel in the way of firearms — muskets
"after the model of 1855 with Maynard's primer attached,
bayonets fixed on with a clasp, a light and beautiful piece.
It is the only company in the State that has them." First
Lieut. Aner Bradley having resigned, Second Lieut.
Timothy Guilford was chosen as his successor. First Sergt.
Marcus. Coon was made lieutenant and H. N. Place first
sergeant. As evidence of their esteem for a zeal which
had done so much for them, the company presented to
Lieut. Bradley a gold-mounted ebony cane. On this occa
sion Mr. Bradley read an historical sketch of early militia
days in this century which was of great value. The interest
that had been aroused was never again allowed to flag b/
the people ot Waterbury. During the following winter
the company was assisted in procuring uniforms for all the
men. The next annual .parade was June 6, i860, July 4 they
went to Bridgeport and captured the town with their fine
appearance. In August, the officers of 'the brigade pe
titioned for an extra day for the brigade encampment
in place of the officers' drill as the parades w;ere not ade
quate to perfect the requisite discipline. The petition was
not granted and camp was ordered at Brewster's park. New
Haven, for September 27. The State, by law of 1859, paid
for one day's parade but the regiment volunteered another
day to get more discipline and to quiet grumblers who said
they served for pay.
One of the frolics of the company this fall was the
making of a flying visit of one hour and a half, all un
heralded, to Birmingham. Incentives to enlist were not
so great at that time but that every special attraction was
seized upon. At the target shoot that year the first prize
was won by Priv. Henry Wadhams of honored memory.

* See page 57.

48 The military history
Washington's birthday in i86i was celebrated with just as
much gusto as though the stern reality of war were not
right upon them; "there was sound of revelry by night"
in Hotchkiss hall, J. G, Jones doing the prompting.
For some time now there had been talk of changing from
infantry to artillery and just before the call for troops in
1 86 1, infantry Company H became artillery Company B,
making two artillery and seven infantry companies in the
regiment.

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IX. The Rebellion.

In that eventful year of 1861 Waterbury gave, out of a
total of 1609 votes, a majority of 126 against the successful
Republican candidate for governor, William A. Bucking
ham, and for representatives John P. Elton and Israel
Holmes, Republicans, were defeated by Green Kendrick
and N, J. Welton. The House of Representatives stood,
however, 2 to i in favor of the Republicans and the Senate
13 Republicans to 8 Democrats. But Waterbury's vote did
not mean that she would not do her share to put down the
Rebellion as the 900 brave men she sent out attested,
Monday April 15 came President Lincoln's call for
troops. Immediately Capt, Chatfield and his men proffered
their services and were ordered to rendezvous at New
Haven for which place they left April 20 with an almost
full quota and what vacancies existed were soon filled.
Small sign now of the disbandment or the lack of energy
which had sometimes confronted them in time of peace;
the appearance of danger meant new life and increased
rather than diminished ranks. Such was the spirit of Com
pany B and not once did it flag through the patience-try
ing period that followed. Everyone wanted to do some
thing. The assistant rector of St. John's church, the Rev,
J. M. Willey, added example to precept and, when his offer
to go at once as chaplain was not accepted, seized his first
opportunity and obtained a like appointment in the Third
C. V.
The day the men departed was made a holiday. They
were addressed from the band stand on the green by
Aner Bradley, now become mayor, the Rev. (afterward
Bishop) Hendricken, John W. Webster, S. W. Kellogg, L.
W, Coe, C, H. Carter, Dr. P, G. Rockwell, E, B. Cooke and
N, J. Buel who, in behalf of the clergy, presented pocket
testaments to be distributed among the men, one for each.
The Rev. Mr. Willey offered the prayer and the Rev. Mr.
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50 the military history

Magill pronounced the benediction. To quote the local
chronicler: "All speakers were listened to with most pro
found attention, the vast audience being as orderly as
though in a church. Tears were in many eyes and the
very air seemed to be impressed with the solemnity of the
scene." Tompkins's and Merrill's bands, consolidated,
headed the procession to the station, the fire companies
escorting the soldiers. "The streets were jammed; there
must have been over 2000 present." A_ subscription of
$1900 was immediately raised at a meeting called to devise
means for caring for the families of the volunteers, Mayor
Bradley presiding. The special town meeting of April 22
appropriated f 10,000 toward the fund. A beautiful Ameri
can flag was raised over the old Catholic church, 300 Cath
olic pupils under the direction of the Misses Slater partici
pating in the ceremonies. At a meeting in the basement
of the church April 28, T. F. Neville chairman and J. S.
Gaffney secretary, 50 volunteered to go. Although no
company was then organized and the number of volunteers
accepted by the government was considered sufficient,
most of them went later in other regiments. At this time
Waterbury had $100,000 of government securities and her
banks had loaned money to the State, Such was the
patriotism of the financiers at a time of great uncertainty
in the minds of many. The population of the city was
11,000, The Waterbury men left here at 3 p. m,, April 20, 1861,
were assigned to the First regiment and went into camp at
Brewster's park, New Haven, as Company D April 22. Capt.
Chatfield was at once made major of the regiment and Mar
cus Coon became captain. Daniel Tyler of Norwich was
colonel and George S. Burnham of Hartford lieutenant
colonel. The Hartford Rifie company (Joseph R. Hawley,
captain), had the right of the line, the Bridgeport Rifles
the left.
The full roster of Company D was as follows :
Capt, Marcus Coon ; First Lieut, S, W. Carpenter ; Sec
ond Lieut. W. E. Morris.

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51

First Sergt, E. P. Hudson ; sergeants, A. J. Ford, Andrew
McClintock, Luman Wadhams.
Corporals, Alfred Carpenter, H. L. Snagg, Jay P. Wilcox,
S. L. Williams.
Musicians, G. A. Boughton, Frank Hurlbut,

W. Baldwin,
G. W. Barnum,
A. J. Barnard,
George Beebe,
J. A, Blake,
Alexander Bloomfield,
David Blodgett,
Frederick Blodgett,
J. H. Breckenridge,
Arthur Byington,
James Callahan,
William Carey,
Eli Carter,
Edward Carroll,
Henry Castle,
Patrick ClafEee,
Gustave De Bouge,
Thomas DafEy,
Redfield Daryee,
Sebastian Echter,
Piauk Bdens,
Christ'r Fick,

W. P. GiUette,
Mason Gray,
R. G. Hazard,
J. C. Hazely,
0. N. Herring,
E. J. Hickox,
Arthur Hitchcock,
A. S. Hotchkiss,
Prank Howard,
S. W, Hungerford,
George Hunt,
S. P. Keeler,
John Kelley,
John Landigan,
John Lawson,
Henry Leonard,
J. N. Lewin,
Frank Long,
P. C. Lord,
Augustus Martinson,
Archb'd McCollum,
David Miller,

Fergus Mintie,
David Mix,
Philo Mix,
Elford Nettleton,
E. H. Norton,
John O'NeiU, Jr.,
C. W. Parker,
D. D. Pattell,
A. A. Paul,
F. C. Peck,
Birdsey Pickett,
S. H. Piatt,
Julius Saxe,
Thos. Smedley,
J. H. Somers,
E. C. Sterling,
Eugene Sugrue,
N. W. Tomlinson,
C. B. Vaill,
George Van Horn,
Elijah White.
H. L. Wilson,

The first special honor which the company attained was
the being chosen to receive the colors presented to the regi
ment by Lieut.-Gov, Julius Catlin of Hartford. One man
wrote home : " It was an honor to the regiment, but the
heart of many a Waterbury boy beat faster, (yes, and for
many a day the eyes of Waterbury men, and women too, will
glisten when they think (jf it), when the Waterbury City
guard was ordered to advance to receive the colors. It was
a proud day — ranked the best among so many noble ones."
It may be said here that after the Waterbury men had fol
lowed those colors nobly through the Bull Run campaign,

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being among the few who left that disastrous field in good
order, they were nearly deprived of them on their return
to New Haven. The captain of a Hartford company sought
to take them home with his command, but a determined
band of Waterbury men broke into the car and rescued
them. Armed with Sharpe's rifles' and Springfield muskets, the
regiment left New Haven for Washington May 9, 1861, on
the Bienville. Maj. Chatfield, who h^ad received his first
promotion from date of muster, April 22, i86i, was pro
moted to be lieutenant colonel May 10, and then to be colonel
of the Third May 31, his soldierly qualities obtaining im
mediate recognition. It was on August 22 of the same year
that he was made colonel of the Sixth.
When Col. Tyler reported with the First, Gen. Scott ex
claimed, " Thank God ! one regiment has come fully equip
ped for service." Other men from Waterbury were fpund
in the ranks of the Second and Third C, "V, The Hon,
James E. English of New Haven, then in Congress, did
much for the boys. One instance of his thoughtfulness is
particularly worthy of mention here, being recalled by ex-
Mayor Bradley, In the confusion following Bull Run, Col,
Chatfield's dress uniform went astray with the chest in
which it was packed. Word was at once telegraphed to
Mayor Bradley to get the uniform duplicated at Hibbard &
Snagg's in this city. But next day the order was counter
manded, Mr, English had expressed a desire to make good
the loss and a few days later, at dress parade, presented a
new dress uniform to the colonel.
The three Connecticut regiments were mustered out July
31, but under the call of August 15 for three years' men
nearly all re-enlisted in New Haven. Capt. Coon assisted
m recruiting Combany B, First squadron, Connecticut cav
alry, afterwards attached to the Second New York or Har
ris Light cavalry, of which Coon became captain. The
chaplain of the regiment was Dr. Benjamin W. Stone, for
merly of this city.

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In 1 861 the aggregate of infantry in the militia was 485,
cavalry 134 and the total enrollment was 54,968 The Leg
islature repealing the act governing the militia, all exist
ing companies were disbanded August i, just when they
were most needed. After providing for the enrollment of
the inactive militia, it was voted to organize not more than
40 nor less than 64 companies as alarm companies to be ap
portioned to the several counties according to population.
From the inactives ^ough should be drafted to fill up the
ranks. The result was a total of only 13 companies, 385
men, three of the companies from this county. Drafting
was tried in vain. The mistake in disbanding the original
companies was apparent to all.
But the military ardor in Waterbury did not cool to any
appreciable extent. Soon after the departure of the City
guard, the Phoenix guard was formed, in May, in Military
hall, S. W. Kellogg captain, H. N. Place and E, J, Rice lieu
tenants, to become Company D of the Fifth, mustered
July 23, 1861, for three years. D. B, Hamilton took Lieut.
Place's position and Capt. Kellogg remained to assist in or
ganizing the Union guard as a successor to the City guard
for a home company. C. E. L. Holmes was made captain
and S. W, Kellogg and G, B, Thomas lieutenants. The first
of October, this command became Company A, Second
Connecticut militia under the State law.
In June of that year James E, Coer organized into the
Waterbury Zouaves youths between 17 and 20 years of age,
Mr. Coer was captain and A. B. Crook and G, A. Stocking
lieutenants. After showing their skill and determination
in a voluntary camp in Oakville for three days, they were
allowed to carry guns. So rapid was their advancement
that in the following January they became light infantry
Company D, James F. Simpson, captain, James E. Birrell
and Charles D. Hurlburt lieutenants. George Allen orderly
sergeant. Again and again it was necessary to fill up in the ranks
of both these companies the vacancies caused by the large
number of enlistments, particularly into the Sixth and

54 THE MILITARY HISTORY

Fourteenth. In the summer of 1862, the Union guard was
among the first to respond under the call for 600,000 men
and left September 3 as nine months' men, Company A, of
the Twenty-third, mustered in November 14, Immedi
ately Capt, Holmes was made colonel and was succeeded
by Lieut, Thomas and he by Alfred Wells, Lieut. Wells
became captain November 14, John A. Woodward of
Watertown first lieutenant and George W. Tucker second.
Private James H. Whiting was destined to become adju
tant the next spring. The Zouaves left five days later to
become Company H of the same regiment, A. Dwight
Hopkins of Naugatuck leaving here as captain, Birrell and
Hurlburt as lieutenants. Capt, Simpson had gone as sec
ond lieutenant in Company C, Fourteenth, of which S, W,
Carpenter of Waterbury was captain and F, J, Seymour
first lieutenant,
A beautiful and unique silk flag was presented to the
Twenty-Third by Samuel Holmes, cousin of Col, Holmes
and formerly of Waterbury. On it were several designs
aside from the regulation coat-of-arms— representing
Judges' Cave, Charter Oak and the like.
Meanwhile Martin B. Smith had recruited Company E
of the Eighth, which left here August 30, 1861, as the third
regular volunteer company from this city. H, N, Place
was first lieutenant under Capt, Smith and Luman Wad
hams second, C. S. Abbott was also very efficient in pro
curing recruits, his command being Company H of the
Twentieth, mustered in September i, 1862; he was obliged
to resign on account of ill health in November. Numer
ous were the presents which the citizens made to the
officers and hearty was the encouragement for every man
who donned the blue.
The number of enlistments is all the more remarkable
when it is remembered that the total militia enrollment of
the town in 1861 was only 982, and in 1862 only 1173
including those with surgeon's exemption certificates'.
August 25, 1862, the town meeting voted a bounty of fioo
to each recruit in the old regiments and an additional $50

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to cover the limitation of the State bounty of $50 which
expired that day, making a total of $150 for each volun
teer; also f 100 for each nine-months' volunteer and |6 per -
month to dependent relatives. Waterbury's quota under
the call for 600,000 men — half for three years and half for
nine months — was 207. No draft was necessary. Connecti
cut was the first State to respond and Waterbury about the
first town in the State. As an illustration of the zeal and
patriotism with which skilled artisans as well as men in all
other walks of life left their business to save their country,
nearly one-third of the employes of the Waterbury Clock
company were to be found in the ranks in the summer of
1862. And it is not out of place to recall here also that Water
bury lent its wisdom to the councils of the State as well as
its "bone and sinew to the war. The Hon. Lyman W. Coe
represented the district in the Senate and was chairman of
the legislative committee to visit the field of Antietam and
investigate the condition of the soldiers. Nor was the
city's mechanical skill and ingenuity to prove unequal to
the great demands made upon them by the nation. Aside
from the tons of machinery that were turned out and the
hundred and one useful articles that were made up here,
Waterbury furnished two-thirds of the brass ornaments
worn by the soldiers, an average of one pound to each man
in the army.
In July 1863, at the time of the New York draft riots and
when all the northern states were very uneasy as to the
issue, Gov. Buckingham called for volunteers for three
months' service in the State. Waterbury's " alarm " and
" home guard " companies had gone to the front one after
the other, swelling the number already there until the
quota of the town had been exceeded by 108, It was then
that S. W. Kellogg, a prosperous lawyer, at the request of
John P. Elton and others, raised, a company of 100 men in
24 hours and. sent to Torrington for Lieut, Col. S. H. Per
kins of the Fourteenth, then at home recovering from a
wound received at Fredericksburg, to take command of

56 THE MILITARY HISTORY

the company. Mr. Kellogg and C. S, Abbott were the
lieutenants. The company, designated Company C of the
Second battalion, was under the direct orders of the gov
ernor. It drilled two hours every afternoon besides main
taining a guard at the armory night and day. The dire
threats that had been made to the effect that certain resi
dences should be destroyed and that no men should ever
be drafted were soon silenced. Also, to quiet the turbulent
feeling, the town voted to pay $300 to each drafted person,
the money to be paid to the government and not to the
men, and the treasurer was authorized to borrow $30,000
on the'credit of the town.
From time to time the bodies of brave men had been
brought home for burial and the citizens had indicated
their tenderest sympathy for the bereaved families. But
the whole town as one family was deeply affected when
the gallant Col. Chatfield of the Sixth was brought home
mortally wounded July 31, 1863. Struck by a canister-
shot in the right thigh at the battle of Pocotalico in 1862,
he had recovered sufficiently to rejoin his command in the
following April, It was by his own request that he joined
in the operations before Charleston, At the battle of Mor
ris Island, he had reluctantly allowed the Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts to have the right of the line in the advance
on Fort Wagner, in the twilight of July 18, Under the
concentrated fire of Forts Wagner and Sumter and the
batteries of James Island, the Massachusetts regiment,
obliquing, left the Sixth uncovered. Steadily, rapidly
they advanced, over the enemy's outer works, never heed
ing the terrible storm of shrapnel, canister, grape, hand
grenades and bullets, through the moat, over the parapet,
down to the casemates and bomb proofs, carrying dismay
into the breasts of the enemy. The fire slackened, the cry
went up that the fort had surrendered. But the remnant
of the brave Sixth was standing alone. Col. Chatfield was
lying on the parapet with his leg shattered below the
knee, Jackson's brigade which had been depended upon
to come to the support with fixed bayonets had stopped to

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return the fire and their opportunity was lost. Perceiving
the situation, the rebels charged three times upon the
undaunted Connecticut men as though to annihilate them.
The color bearer, Sergt. Gustave de Bouge of Waterbury,
had fallen shot through the head in the assault, and before
the colors could be taken from beneath his dead body,
eight other men had fallen upon them, dead or wounded.
Then Capt. F. B. Osborn reaching the spot, attempted to
pull the flag from the heap of slain. In so doing the ban
ner was torn through the center and only the part attached
to the staff was brought home, to be placed eventually
with the others in the capitol at Hartford. Among those
who helped keep the colors aloft was Col. Chatfield him
self who is remembered by his men to-day as the very
incarnation of war in that terrible hour. After he had
fallen he still encouraged the men to stand their ground
in hope of support. And most nobly did they obey, for
three long hours, retiring one by one only after all hope
had vanished and they were but a handful. Col. Chatfield,
fearing that he would be captured, attempted to drag him
self from the fort, when a shot struck his right hand in
which he had grimly held his sword till that moment. It
was the sword which was presented to him by old Com
pany H in 1859, Before he could recover he was carried
from the fort by Private Andrew Grogan of Bridgeport,
afterwajds lieutenant; he saved only the scabbard and belt
which are now in the possession of his family. When, on
his way to Beaufort for transportation home, he asked
after the colors of the regiment and was told that the rem
nant of them was saved, he exclaimed: "Thank God for
that! I am so glad they are safe ! Keep them, keep them,
as long as there is a thread left,"
Physicians, relatives and friends did all in their power
for him, but it could not avail. The brave spirit passed
away, on the evening of Sunday, August 9.
He was buried in Riverside the following Thursday,
with military and Masonic honors, John P. Elton was
chairman of the committee of arrangements. All business

58 THE MILITARY HISTORY

was suspended, flags were at half mast and military dele
gations from all parts of the State were present. S. W.
Kellogg commanded the escort. The New Haven Grays
were under the command of Samuel E, Merwin, Jr.
Among those of the army who came to pay tribute to
the memory of the hero was Gen, Robert Anderson, the
defender of Fort Sumter, and among the civilians was
Gov, Buckingham, The pall bearers were Free Masons,
The services were held at 2 p. m,, at St, John's Episco
pal church, of which he was a member. They were con
ducted by the Rev. Dr. Clark and his assistant, the Rev.
Mr. Smith. Chaplain C. T. Woodruff of the Sixth deliv
ered the funeral address after which the cortege pro
ceeded to the cemetery amid the tolling of bells and the
booming of minute guns. At the grave the burial service
was read by Chaplain Willey orf the Third C. V.
During his comparatively brief service. Col, Chatfield had
frequently commanded a brigade. A distinguished West
Point officer said of him : " Worth in his palmy days could
not handle a regiment better," Chaplain John M, Morris,
the historian, wrote : " Connecticut sent forth no more ac
complished or gallant soldier than he; he must have won
high distinction. A modest, fearless, pure hearted, devoted
man — ^his record is that a knight might envy. His deeds
and' noble sacrifices will live on sun-lit pages and in warm
hearts when new generations shall read the imperishable
record of the Rebellion and bless those whose heroism
saved the nation and freedom from destruction,"
The idol of Waterbury's soldiery, it was fitting that his
name should be given to the military company which was
in reality a continuance at home of the company he had
led to the field. A splendid bronze statue, erected by the
members of his regiment and by his friends, now marks
his resting place at Riverside,
With another summer came the death of three Wadhams
brothers, originally from Litchfield, whose name is pre
served by Wadhams Post No. 49, Department of Connecti
cut, G, A. R, Sergt, Edward Wadhams of Company E,

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Eighth C, "V,, aged 29, was killed at Drury's Bluff May 16,
1864. First Lieut, Henry W. Wadhams of Company K,
Fourteenth, aged 33, was killed at North Anna May 26,
1864. Capt, Luman Wadhams of Company A, Nineteenth
(Second Heavy Artillery), aged 31, was wounded at Cold
Harbor June 1 and died June 3, All three enlisted from
Waterbury. The home-coming of the Twenty-third in 1863 was made
a great event. Companies A and H reached here Tuesday
noon, August 25 and were escorted to Hotchkiss hall, cor
ner of North and East Main streets. Gen, D, B. Hurd act
ing as marshal assisted by C. N. Wayland, Capt. E. J, Rice,
Guernsey S, Parsons and Walter Bowns, The scene of the
ovation was one long to be remembered. Mayor Davies
and others expressed for the citizens the debt of gratitude
the town owed to these men. Col. Holmes had been
compelled by ill health to return at an earlier date.
This year witnessed a revival in the spirit of the state
militia. In 1862 with Maj, Gen. William H. Russell of New
Haven in command of two brigades, 1,017 men, the Legis
lature had adopted the pay system. S. W. Kellogg, whose
zeal gave him the position of major of the Second militia
regiment April 8, 1863, was made colonel vice C. T. Candee
Sept. 22, 1863. Capt. Samuel E. Merwin, Jr., of New Ha
ven, was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy and Capt. G.
A. Basserman also of New Haven, to the majority. G. W.
Tucker was paymaster, P. G. Rockwell surgeon, J. Eaton
Smith chaplain and W, W. Hart of Madison quartermaster.
Col. Kellogg made Stephen R, Smith of New Haven his
adjutant. Col. Guyer was the senior officer of the Second
brigade. Horace J, Morse was adjutant general,
A new artillery company was formed in Military hall
September 26, with Chandler N. Wayland secretary and a
membership of over 60. E. J. Rice was elected captain.
October 5, the members of Company A,* Second regiment,
* As a militia organization, this company, most of the members of
which went with Company A, Twenty-Third C, V,, was not disbanded
till November 3, 1863,

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THE MILITARY HISTORY

voted to consolidate with the new company, which took the
name of artillery Company A, Second C, S. M., or the Chat
field guard. At about the same time. Company C, Second
battalion, Capt, Perkins, was mustered out of the state ser
vice and many joined the new company. The other officers
of the new company were: F, L, Mintie, first lieutenant and C.
F, Church second lieutenant; sergeants, G, W. Tucker, M. L.
Scudder Jr., C. R, Welton, L. S. Davis, C. N. Wayland;
corporals, H. M. Stocking, F. B, Rice, E. W. Robbins, A. J.
Buckland, Carlos Smith, E. T, Smith, C. P. Lindley, C. B.
"Vaill; secretary, Oilman C, Hill; treasurer,C, N. Wayland;
executive committee, E. J, Rice, O, H. Stevens, J. E, Smith,
A. ,S. Chase, A, I, Goodrich; court martial, C. F. Church, G.
W. Tucker, M, L. Scudder, H. F, Bassett, W. P, Thomas, E.
L. Bronson.
Primates.

C. S. Abbott,
S. J. Allen,
P. L. Allen,
John Adt,
H. F. Bassett,
Truman H. Bartlett,
Walter Bound,
William Burnes,
Aner Bradley, Jr.,
G. H. Benedict,
Alpheus A. Bradley,
Alfred Bluet,
E, L. Bronson,
Mathew Budge,
Alexander Buchanan,
Andrew J. Barnes,
Henry T. Bronson,
George Barnes,
J. S. Bancroft,
John W. Burritt,
Jonathan R. Baldwin,
John J. Blackman,
George E. Bissell,
Wm. D . Cummings,
Calvin H. Carter,
Irving H. Coe,

Elam W. Church,
Augustus S, Chase,
Wm, A. Cargill,
Thomas Coulter,
Samuel H. Cowles,
Edward Croft,
Walter H. Cook,
John J. Davis,
Jesse J. Ford,
John E. Durand,
Richard W. Davis,
Charles A. Darrow,
William H. Davis,
A. Fayette Pisk,
Wilham M. Ford,
Edward A. Fox,
Louis D. Griggs,
Henry C. Griggs,
A. I. Goodrich,
E. H. Gaylord,
Marcus Goudkop,
W. 0. Guilford,
Amos M. Geer,
James M. Holmes,
Edward J, Hayden,
Fred'kB. Hoadley,

John W. Hill,
Gilman C. Hill,
Edwin B. Harper,
Addison W. Hagard,
Henry W. Keeler,
Charles Karrmann,
A. N. Lewis,
John D. Lyman,
Reuben S. Morse,
David H. Meloy,
L. I. Munson,
Andrew J. McClmtock,
Alexander McNeill,
Henry Overing,
Nelson Parsons,
Edwin Putnam,
H, L, B. Pond,
E. B. Piatt,
Dwight P. Peck,
A. Preiss,
Prank M. Rose,
William Eenison,
Joseph Srahau,
Mark L. Sperry,
O. H. Stevens,
Peter P. Snagg,

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61

John E. Smith,
William H. Shepard,
Adam Seibert,
John Stone,
James Spruce, Jr.,
A, Skates,
Lucius Stevens,
TenEyek D, Snyder,
Thos. H. Shurrocks,

Privates— continued.
Henry T, Sanford,
Andrew Storz,
George L. Townsend,
WUliam P. Thomas,
Henry A, Todd,
Charles N, Upson,
Asaph H. Upson,
Allen B. Wilson,
Henry B, Winchell,

C. B, Webster,
E, D. Welton,
D. S. Weldman,
Alfred Wells,
Frank Washburn,
Thomas Willis,
Martin B. Wedge,
Stephen B. Wedge,
James H. Whiting,

This list of well known names in itself indicates the
high character of the men who were interested. The
citizens had raised a fund of $2,500 with which to pro
vide uniforms for the company. John P. Elton was custo
dian of the fund and an enthusiastic worker in the cause.
It seems, however, that no provision had been made for the
purchasing of " hats " with this fund and in the end the
company were obliged to supply themselves at $30 a dozen.
The uniform adopted consisted of light blue trousers and
army blue coats.
But before the unifprm fund had become available —
which was not till the early part of the following year— Com
pany A had seen its first camp. Camp Lyon, Bridgeport, in
October, Only the Second and Eighth regiments were there.
Company A with Company B formed the First Connecticut
Flying battery, a duplicate of the Second Connecticut bat
tery, then in the field.
The names of those of the company who went to the
front were borne on the rolls as those of honorary mem
bers. The city's quota under the call of 1863 for 300,000 more
was 132. For each new man the bounty amounted to $692
in addition to his pay, and to $792 for each veteran. D. S,
Morris was recruiting agent at large, Lieut. E. M. Neville
recruiting officer for the First Connecticut cavalry and Corp.
D B Wooster for the Second Heavies, formerly the Nine
teenth C V, The quota was full before February 1, 1 864,at an
expense to the town of about $3,000, so that when the call

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came for 200,000 more, Waterbury was not included in it. The
Sixth returned January 21, 1864 and many re-enlisted. The
draft of July called for 239 men. The town promptly voted
$500 for substitutes, $300 for drafted men or substitutes and
$100 for volunteers, in addition to the state bounty of $300.
To meet this it was necessary to borrow $100,000, The
quota for the call late in this year was 120, which was also
filled. All this was done while the political fever was at its height.
It was presidential election year and many were the attacks
being made upon President Lincoln, candidate for re-elec
tion. In 1862, Waterbury had given 786 votes for Bucking
ham for governor to 754 for James C. Loomis, the Demo
cratic candidate. In April, 1864, it gave Buckingham,the suc
cessful candidate, 728 and O. S, Seymour, Democrat, 809,
Green Kendrick, Democrat, was elected senator from this
district by 260 and two Democrats from Waterbury, Elisha
Leavenworth and Henry A. Matthews, had seats in the
House. In November Lincoln received 792 votes for presi
dent, McClellan 987, In i860 Lincoln's vote had been 822,
Douglass's 431, Breckinridge's 102 and Bell's 82. In 1864 a
guard from Company A was maintained at the armory
from the Saturday night preceding till the day after the
election. But there was to be little use for it in a commu
nity which had given so freely of its men and money.
The militia law was altered again this year, granting $5
each towards the uniforms for the men and allowing four
days' encampment. Nevertheless, the roll showed but 1485
active members, not all the towns having followed Water
bury's example. It was eminently fitting that the encamp
ment of the Second regiment. Col, Kellogg commanding,
should be held here that year. The time was from Sep
tember 13 to September 16 and the place the West End
meadows, near West Main street, on the banks of the Naug
atuck. It was called Camp Chatfield, The regiment num
bered 420 officers and men. H. Lynde Harrison was pay
master, George E, Terry sergeant major and Calvin H.
Carter commissary sergeant. Tompkins's band now march-

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ed at the Jiead of the regiment. Among the interested
visitors at the camp were Capt, Alfred Wells and Lieut. John
A. Woodward of Company A, Twenty -third, who had just
returned from captivity. Col, Kellogg while trying a horse
for one of Gen, Russell's staff met with an accident about
an hour before going into camp. The horse fell upon him,
lacerating the colonel's right leg from the knee to the ankle.
He was taken to Surgeon Rockwell's office near the Scovill
house where his wounds were dressed, but he was in the
saddle again and met the arriving companies at the sta
tion, after which he did his work in camp during the four
days, but he did not get out of his house again for a week
after it.
The work of the women and of individual citizens in
behalf of the Sanitary commission through all these troub
lous years is deserving of an article by itself, Mrs. F. J.
Kingsbury was secretary of the first society. In 1865 the
citizens gave $1,000, collected by F. B. Merriman, to F. J.
Kingsbury, the local treasurer of the commission, as a
New Year's present. A society of ladies, of which Miss
Jennie Warrilon was president, met regularly at the Y. M.
C. A. rooms. In March of that year a fair in Hotchkiss
hall netted $1,000 for the Soldiers' home in Hartford.
In April 1865, the town gave Buckingham for governor a
majority of 32 over Seymour, Democrat, and elected P. J,
Kingsbury and A. S. Chase, Union, for representatives.
Monday April 10, manager C, H, Stancliff took from the
wires of the Western Union the message that Lee had sur
rendered to Grant and the American soon had out an extra
giving all the particulars obtainable. An impromptu pro
cession was formed, speeches were made and A, B, Wilson,
the sewing machine' inventor, fired a national salute from
a piece of ordnance in his possession. But the Easter Sun
day following was turned into a day of deep mourning by
the news of the assassination of Lincoln,
At this time Burr Atwood of Nonnewaug, Woodbury,
raised a white flag with the words, "The Devil's Dead."
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militiamen and others, paid Mr. Atwood a visit. He denied
having the flag but the sight of a rope so refreshed his
memory that the flag was brought forth and came to Water
bury as a trophy. Mr. Atwood, his son and his two daughters
were made to take the oath of allegiance and then to
unfurl the American flag over their domains. A week
later, 75 Woodbury people called on Chauncey Atwood of
Nonnewaug, also accused of disloyal sentiments, and he
likewise promised to float the stars and stripes thenceforth.
After patriotic speech-making, the party visited Burr At
wood, where they found the country's emblem loyally
waving. The body of Lieut. Col, John Kellogg, U. S. A,, late com
missary on Gen. Sheridan's staff, arrived here Saturday
evening, April 29, on its way to Greenfield, Mass., in
charge of his brother. Col, S. W. Kellogg. He died at City
Point, April 26. After Company A had escorted the remains
from the station, they were placed in Military hall where
they lay in state over Sunday.
The mayors of the city during those troublous years were
Aner Bradley Jr., always ready for good work, 1861-2-3; L,
S, Davies, 1864-5 and? John Kendrick 1865-6.
As nearly as can be learned from the existing records in
this State and in Washington, the enlistments from Water
bury into the Service were as follows: First C. V. 79;
Second C. V, i; Third C, V, 7; First Squadron cavalry,
afterwards Second New York cavalry 8; First Connecti
cut cavalry 55; First Light battery 2; Second Light
battery 2; Third Light battery 5; First Heavy artil
lery 60; Second Heavy artillery 38; Fifth C, V. 38; Sixth
75; Seventh 22; Eighth 37; Ninth 65; Ninth battalion 11;
Tenth C. V. 8; Eleventh 15; Twelfth 12; Thirteenth 13;
Thirteenth battalion 7; Fourteenth C. V. 157; Fifteenth
34; Eighteenth i; Twentieth 66; Twenty-third 71; Twenty-
seventh 2; Twenty-ninth 5; Thirtieth (Thirty-first U. S.
Colored infantry) 2; Fourteenth U, S. infantry 7; band
Harland's brigade, i; Navy, 30; outside the State, 6.

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The grand total is 942. Of course this number includes
the men who re-enlisted.
The names and ranks of the commissioned officers who
went from this city and the men who won commissions in
the field are given at the end of this book.

66 THE MILITABY HISTORY

X. In The Connecticut National Guard,

A new section of light artillery was organized in June
1865 from former members of Company A with some new
men. A, B, Wilson was first lieutenant commanding and
H, L, B, Pond second. It was known as second section
Battery C, Connecticut State Militia, and numbered 30 men,
six cannons and 20 horses. The company was not of long
duration, attending but one encampment and disbanding
soon after.
Thanks to the neglect and carelessness of the State the
word militia was still in bad odor although the men who
had composed it had made themselves immortal on the
field of battle. The material was there; how to utilize it,
how to overcome the effect of past mistakes was the ques
tion. Listening to the advice of Col. Kellogg the Legis
lature, by act of July 9, 1865, re-christened the militia the
Connecticut National Guard. Other states all over the
country have since followed this example. The law was
drafted by. Col. Kellogg and approved by Gen. Russell
and his chief of staff, Francis Wayland, now the head of
the Yale law school. By it the eight regiments were made
into two brigades — the First, Third, Fifth and Seventh
regiments constituting the First brigade, the Second,
Sixth and Eighth with the light artillery the Second, The
total number of officers and men was 4,141. The law
also repealed the officers' annual drill, ordered a six
days' encampment by regiment or brigade and provided
that uniforms should be furnished by the State. The Sec
ond regiment was promptly recruited to ten full companies
which number it has had the unique distinction of main
taining ever since.
In September 1865 Chatfield guard changed from artil
lery to infantry Company A, Second regiment, C. N. G, It
numbered 90 men, many of them veterans. The companies
of the old Sixth regiment were attached to the Second regi-

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msnt, making 12 companies besides the battery, over 1,000
men at the camp in New Haven that month, the camp being
named after Col. Charles L. Russell of the Tenth C. "V. who
fell at Roanoke Island. O. H. Stevens was color sergeant
of the regiment.
May 2, 1866, Col, Kellogg was promoted to be brigadier
general commanding Second brigade. Samuel E. Merwin, Jr,
succeeded him as colonel. Not long after, August 12, Capt.
E, J. Rice was made major, George W, Tucker succeeding
to the command of Company A, George E, Terry was
assistant adjutant general on Gen. Kellogg's staff.
The regiment went into Camp Mansfield at Bridgeport
that year with a membership of 1,200 against 300 two years
before. John P. Elton offered a flag to be known as the
Elton flag to be awarded to the best drilled company.
After an exciting contest it was won by the Sarsfield guard.
Company C, of New Haven. Despite the commendable
purpose of Mr. Elton, the contest did not inure to the har
mony of the regiment and accordingly the flag was not
again put up as a prize. It is still in the possession of
Company C,
April 30, 1866, infantry Company D, Sherman guard, was
organized, James F. Simpson captain, William L, G,
Pritchard first lieutenant and James M, Birrell second lieu
tenant. In its armory in Gothic hall on Phoenix avenue,
it started out with a membership of over 50.
A period of quiet followed the season of unusual activ
ity. The regular routine was broken by an occasional ex
cursion, like that to New Haven in 1867 to do honor to
President Johnson, and by the encampments in various
places, soon to become an annual event. In 1867 the num-
¦ber of 'regiments was reduced to four. There were 16 com
panies and a section of artillery in the Second. It was
planned that year to^ go into Camp Osborn, in West Haven,
on a Friday, September 8, but as Gen. Kellogg was opposed
to having the men in camp over Sunday, the date was
changed to Monday. August 16, 1869, Capt. Tucker was
chosen senior major with E. E. Bradley of New Haven

THE MILITARY HIBTOBY

colonel, succeeding G, E, Basserman successor to Col. Mer
win, S, R, Smith was lieutenant colonel. A. I. Goodrich
became captain of Company A.
Company D changed its drill hall to Way's new building
on Brook street April 9, r869. In April 1870, Capt. Gilbert
was court martialed for conduct unbecoming an officer and
in June he was fined $100 and cashiered. In December,
after many ballots, John L. Saxe, a charter member, was
elected captain, February 21, 187 1, the company moved to
Hotchkiss hall.
The year 187 1 saw still another great change in the mili
tia. In the summer the Legislature decreed that thereafter
there should be but one brigade, it to consist of four regi
ments, with 10 companies as the maximum, and two sec
tions of artillery, one for the First regiment. The First
regiment had eight companies, the Second ten, the Third
six and the Fourth eight. Eighty-three should be the maxi
mum number of men for each company, afterward reduced
to 67 and now 68. Among the supernumerary officers dis
charged were Maj. -Gen, James J. McCord, Brig.-Gen. Kel
logg, Capt.Terry, his assistant adjutant general, and Capt.H
Lynde Harrison, aid-de-camp. Gen. Kellogg had resigned in
1870 after entering Congress but the governor had not
accepted his resignation. The new order also disbanded
Company D, causing the American to remark : " Under the
charge of Capt. Saxe and his assistants, Company D had
made visible improvement and it seems a pity it should be
disbanded. But such is the fate of war."
Lieut. Col. Smith succeeded Col. Bradley. The regiment
was now equipped with breech-loading Springfield rifles.
The uniform furnished by the State under the law of 1865
was of cheap kind. By the new law the regiments were
allowed to choose their own, the State to furnish $35 toward
each. The First chose dark blue with red trimmings, light
blue trousers, and the Third the same with light blue trim
mings. The Second and Fourth chose gray with black and
gold trimmings. As the expense was not covered by the
State allowance, each company made up the amount out of

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its own treasury. The coats were cut single-breasted and
after the " swallow tail " or West Point style. There were
three rows of buttons, with cross belts and epaulettes.
The hat was a shako,
July 26, 1 87 1, a meeting was held to form a new company
to be known as the " Waterbury Light Guard," its ranks
open to all young men irrespective of creed or nationality.
In September Maj, C, R, Bannon,who had been instrumental
in its formation, received word that the company had been
accepted by the State as Company G, Second regiment. The
men chose the name of Sedgwick guard in memory of Maj.
Gen, Sedgwick, and on September 25 elected C. R. Bannon
captain, W. S. Wilson first lieutenant and D. A. Magraw
second lieutenant. The other charter members were : First
sergeant, Michael E. Dugan ; sergeants, Frank P. Reynolds,
Patrick F. Ryan, John F. McCormack, Terrence E. Rey
nolds ; corporals, Maurice Culhane, William Kelly, Michael
Maher, Patrick Lyman, Matthew Byrnes, Daniel P. Noo-
nan, Michael Mitchell, James Tobin ; musicians, James
Reed, Terrence H. Farrell. The privates were :
Daniel Bergin, Patrick Hanon, John Martin,
Dennis Casey, Peter P. Hosey, John: McAulifEe,
John Culliton, John Hayes, Maurice Noonau,
Daniel Cunningham, James Houlihan, Thomas Redding,
Myles Daley, Timothy B. Jackson, Prank Reid,
John P. English, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Russell,
James Eustace, Michael Keeley, John White,
Edmond Fitzgerald, James McGuinnas, Thomas White.
O'Donovan Rossa was brought here to lecture to raise a
fund for the purchase of uniforms. Their drill room for a
short time was in Meyer's hall on Scovill street and then
in Hotchkiss hall. Everyone took hold with zeal and
enthusiasm, making it soon apparent that Waterbury had
now another company that was to be a credit to the town.
Since he had said in 1872 that the Connecticut militia
was at the head of that of all the states, it was quite proper
that the Second should go to the inauguration of President
Grant in 1873, After being nearly frozen on a delayed

70 THE MILITARY HISTORY

train, they did not arrive in time for the parade. Through
the influence of Congressman S. W, Kellogg, however, they
were awarded the honor, unprecedented for state troops
after the war, of a special review by the president and
Gen, Sherman the next day in front of the White House
on which occasion the compliments of 1872 for the whole
brigade were individualized for the Second regiment.
Gen, Upton also saw fit to praise them in warmest terms.
There was no encampment this year.
The six days' encampment ordered by the law of 1865
was reduced to four days in 1867. In 1870 the encamp
ment was dispensed with for that year, pending the work
of the commission appointed to revise the law. Since that
revision there has been a six days' encampment either
yearly or once in two years for each regiment except when
dispensed with by the commander-in-chief in certain cases
where an equivalent of time was given in some other way.
Of late years, the whole brigade has gone into camp each
year for six days. The law reads " annually or biennially
as ordered by the commander-in-chief," and at the session
of the General Assembly (biennial) of 1889, it was made
"not less than six nor more than eight days," It was
felt that so much time was lost in transportation to and
from and in getting settled for business that much better
results could be obtained if the encampment began Sat
urday afternoon. But unfortunately the men who devised
the change neglected to ask for the necessary increase
in appropriation. Adjt. Gen, Embler called on the brig
ade in 1890 to vote by companies whether they would
go without the extra two days' pay (including Sunday)
but each man to have his allowance of 30 cents for ra
tions. The officers of the Second voted unanimously for
the plan but company votes in other regiments decided
the matter in the negative. It is worthy of note so far
as the religious side of the question is concerned that
the chaplains as well as the officers stated it as their
emphatic opinion that, with light camp routine, Sunday
would be observed by all the men as strictly as at home
and by some of them more strictly.

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In the years immediately following the war, the regi
ments held their encampments at various places in their
districts. Later the State leased a ground near the How
ard house at Niantic and then the present grounds to
the north of them, where the regiments went by twos
each year. Under Gov. Waller in 1883, the State pur
chased those grounds and has been improving them
ever since until they are unexcelled in the United States.
The location on a low bluff near the Sound at the mouth
of the Niantic river is delightful while the well-sodded
and level earth with its sandy top soil is always dry.
Since that time the whole brigade has gone into camp
at the same time each year with results that have been
most beneficial.
The centennial year of 1876 will long be remembered by
the Waterbury soldiers who were in camp with the Second
at Philadelphia a full week, September 1-8. Chaplain A,
N, Lewis held services Sunday; Companies G and C went
into the city to church. Throughout it was a highly cred
itable encampment.
The first regular local rifle range was established in Wa-
terville the next year but not much attention was paid to
practice until in later years when Maj, F. A. Spencer was in
spector and the present range in the meadows southeast
of the city became a reality. Since then Waterbury soldiers
have stood high in marksmanship, in 1888 Company A
winning more badges than any company in the brigade
and previous to that its company team having covered it
self with glory in many a regimental tournament. It is
only within three years that Company G has given much
attention to this branch of the service, but it is rapidly
overtaking some of the veterans at it. Then there were
the excursions to Newark in 1872, to Boston and Provi
dence June 17, 1878, of Company A to New Haven July 4,
1879, of both to Wolcottville to the dedication of the sol
diers' monument September 10, 1879, of Company A to the
centennial celebration in Watertown June 17, 1880, of Com
pany G to Atlanta, Ga., to be present at the laying of the
corner stone of Memorial hall, October 16, 1880, of Company

72 THE MILITABY HISTOEY

A to Boston July 4, 1883, of both to New York on Evacuation
day, November 26 of the same year, to the dedication of
the soldiers' monument in Naugatuck May 30, 1885, to New
Haven on Founders' day, April 25, 1888, and to Providence
and Newport in June 1889, These with the entertainment
given to guests at home are some of the more important
events which, with the numerous balls and festivals,
made an interest for the men. And on great occasions of
state, like the funeral of Gen. Grant and again the funeral
of Gen. Smith in New Haven, Waterbury was almost always
represented. In 1875 the companies chose Booth's hall at the corner of
Phoenix avenue and East Main streets for their armory.
January 8, 1877, Company A was surprised by the resig
nation of its efficient commander,. A. I. Goodrich. Fred
erick A. Spencer, who, since he was a sergeant of old Com
pany H, had served in the war, had been first lieutenant of
the Second Colorado cavalry and at this time was paymas
ter of the Second C. N. G., was elected to succeed him. In
1878 he offered the Spencer badge to be shot for by mem
bers of the company each year. July 25,1877, at the time of
the railroad riots, originating in Pittsburg, a detail of men
from both companies was appointed to remain at the armory
in readiness to summon the others if the governor should
call for them. Realizing more forcibly than ever the pur
pose for which the militia was maintained, it was ordered
that thereafter fifteen quick strokes on the fire bell should
call out both companies. At the time of the hatters' strike
in Danbury in 1883, though no regular guard was main
tained, the commanders of the companies were ordered to
hold their men in readiness.
The old Military hall having been refitted. Company A
returned to it, giving a dedication ball April 23, 1879. In
December Company G took up quarters again in Irving
hall, formerly Hotchkiss hall.
That year the Fifth battalion, colored troops, was at
tached to the C. N. G.; in 1890 the remaining companies
of the battalion became the Separate companies. Water
bury never had a colored company.

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In 1 88 1, Waterbury was called upon to furnish another
major for the Second and on August 28, P, F. Bannon
was elected captain of Company G vice C, R, Bannon
promoted, A splendid set of horse equipments attested
to the company's appreciation of Maj., Bannon's services.
Then in April 188.2, Company A lost Capt. Spencer, who
was appointed brigade inspector of rifle practice, with
rank of major. Under his command, in 1880, the com
pany had received from the inspecting officer of the
First and Second regiments, Lieut. Col. Lewis L, Mor
gan of New Haven, brigade adjutant, this compliment :
" Company A was in all respects the finest appearing
company I saw in either regiment; there was nothing to
criticise; it was in every way complete," The company pre
sented a very handsome badge to their late captain. About
the same time they adopted a company pin. F, R. White
sticceeded Capt. Spencer,
No halls in the city had been large enough for drill
rooms and none was well adapted for the purposes of mili
tary companies. Petition had frequently been made, that
a special armory be provided by the State, In due course
of time- Architect R, W, Hill, who designed the similar
buildings about the State, received the commission to make
plans for a brick building for armory purposes alone in this
city. The lot chosen by the State was at the south-east
corner of Phoenix and Abbott avenues, so situated that the
grade of the latter avenue was considerably above the
foundation on that side. On December 20, 1883, this build
ing was dedicated with lavish ceremony. Among the
guests were Gov. Thomas M. Waller, Adj, Gen, D. N. Couch,
Brig. Gen, S. R. Smith and Col. C. P. Graham, On the
committees were Maj. Spencer, Maj. E. S. Hayden, pay
master on the brigade staff, Maj. Bannon, Lieut. C. H.
French, assistant surgeon on the colonel's staff, Capt. P. F.
Bannon, Capt. J. B. Doherty who had succeeded Capt.
White in command of Company A; Lieuts, James Horrigan
and M. T. Bradley and First Sergt, T. F, Meara of Com
pany G, and Lieuts. C. E, Hall and F. K. Woolworth and
First Sergt. F. J, Manville of Company A,

74 THE MILITARY HISTORY

At the time of Col, Chatfield's death in 1863, "a former
resident " had broached the subject of a soldiers' monu
ment. Many times in later years the matter had been
brought up until at last, largely through the influence of
the Rev, Dr, Joseph Anderson of the First Congregational
church, it had taken definite shape. By private subscrip
tions, by donations from the companies, by a Grand Army
fair and in one way and another the money had been
raised. After a competition, the order for the design for
the monument — to cost $35,000 — had been awarded to
Sculptor George E, Bissell of Poughkeepsie, N. Y,, himself,
as it happened, a volunteer from Waterbury and a pay
master in the navy. The monument, declared the hand
somest of its class it the United States, was erected near
the west end of the green and was dedicated October 23,
1884, the entire Second regiment participating in the exer
cises. September 13, three years later, the companies
paraded on the occasion of the dedication of the Chatfield
monument, also the work of Mr. Bissell, in Riverside ceme
tery. The year 1886 saw one more change in the uniform. It
had been decreed that the entire brigade should be clothed
alike, the serviceable costume of the regular army to be
closely followed. The men of the Second discarded their
old gray suits and gaudy belts for dark blue, single breasted
coats and light blue trousers, all with white trimmings and
a careful avoidance of anything of the tinsel nature.
Feb. 19, 1885, the regiment claimed still another major
from Waterbury and this time it was Capt. Doherty of
Company A, whose place was taken March 2 by C. E. Hall.
Under Capt. Doherty the company had led the entire
brigade in percentage of attendance at drills during several
seasons. A fine set of horse equipments was the com
pany's token to him of their esteem,
December 13, 1887, the officers of Company A, Capt. L, F.
Burpee and Lieuts. C. L. Stocking and F. M, Bronson,
offered a handsome gold badge to be awarded to the best
drilled man at annual contests at the close of the drill sea-

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son. Both companies now had finely furnished equipment
rooms and parlors in the armory.
Maj. Doherty became colonel July i, 1889, thus bringing
the headquarters to Waterbury. F. T. Lee of New Haven
was lieutenant colonel. Col. Doherty's staff was selected
as follows: A. M. Dickinson, Waterbury, adjutant and cap-
tain ; George G. Blakeslee, Waterbury, quartermaster and
first lieutenant; William H. Newton, Wallingford, pay
master and first lieutenant; Dr. John M. Benedict, Water
bury, surgeon and major; William G, Daggett, of New
Haven, assistant surgeon and first lieutenant; Charles C.
Ford, of New Haven, inspector of rifie practice and captain;
the Rev. Justin E, Twitchell, D,D,, of New Haven, chaplain.
Fred W, Miller of Waterbury was drum major.
And then still another major was chosen from Water
bury in the person of Capt. Lucien F. Burpee whose succes
sor in .Company A was C. L. Stocking, Maj. Burpee's com
mission dated from February 3, 1890.
By the character of the officers and their positions in
civil life, Waterbury easily demonstrated its ability to pre
serve the prestige of a regiment which, dating from 1639,
proudly lays claim to the honor of being the oldest mili
tary organization in America, and the people were not
slow in showing their appreciation of the distinction which
these men had won for the town. Their first public oppor
tunity was splendidly improved on the occasion of the ball
given by the Second Regiment Officers' Association in City
hall on the evening of February 6, 1890, a social event
which has never been surpassed in this city.
January 10, 1890, Gov. Morgan G. Bulkeley appointed
Capt. A. H. Embler of Company D, Second regiment, New
Haven, adjutant general vice Barbour whose resignation
had resulted from a contest between the First regiment on
the one side and Gov. Bulkeley and polo players who
wanted the use of the armory on the other. March i, Col.
T. L. Watson of the Fourth was appointed to succeed
Charles P. Graham as brigadier general and John P. Kel
logg, with rank of captain, was appointed an aid on his

76 THE MILITARY HISTORY
staff. May 12. Gen, Graham has brought his case before
the Senate, now Democratic in complexion, and it is gener
ally considered a lamentable possibility that Gen. Watson's
appointment may not be confirmed as a result of the polit
ical spite aroused by the recent elections. The Democrats
claim that Luzon B. Morris is elected Governor by a nar
row majority ; the Republicans hold that ballots were
thrown out illegally and that there is no choice by the peo
ple. The Senate has sworn in Judge Morris and will have
nothing to do with the Republican House, thus leaving Mr.
Bulkeley as acting governor but putting a stay to all pro
ceedings, including the making of appropriations. If there
is no appropriation there can be no camp.
May 28, 1890, the Waterbury companies participated in
the field day maneuvers of the Second which took the form
of an attack upon Meriden by the New Haven battalion
with the Catling gun platoon of the regiment under Lieut.
Col, Lee and the defense of the city by the Meriden, Mid
dletown, Wallingford and Waterbury companies under
Maj, Burpee, Col, Doherty acting as referee. It was the
finest and most successful piece of practical work ever
undertaken in the Connecticut militia.
A brief word as to the present system of drilling may be
of interest to anyone who, years hence, may be looking up
the military history and customs of these times. Enlist
ment is for five years. The drill season is from November
I to June I, each company being required to drill each week
long enough to make a total of five hours for the month.
Special attention is bestowed upon guard duty and skirmish
drill. Particular instruction is given to line officers and
also to non-commissioned officers who meet regularly for
that purpose. After January i each year, there is at least
one battalion drill a month. In the spring each company in
the State is required to devote one day to out-of-door drill
and one day in the fall is likewise set apart for target
practice. There is also one annual muster and inspection.
Late in the summer, the whole brigade, four regiments.

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goes into camp on the State's grounds at Niantic for a six
days' tour of duty. For this duty, as for field day, the State
allows $2 a day to each soldier; one "ration" (30 cents) a
day for each enlisted man, four rations for line officers,
and six rations for colonel, five for lieutenant-colonel and
four for major and the commissioned staff. In addition, the
colonel has an allowance of $60 a year toward expenses.
The State also luakes proper allowance for horses and their
forage, for mounted officers. On the other hand the State
exacts from the soldiers a fine of $5 for each unexcused
absence from any of the three roll-calls a day. The uniform
worn by the men is furnished by the State ; the officers are
allowed $10 a year toward theirs. It consists of a dark blue
frock coat, with a single row of buttons for the men and a
double row for the officers, lighter blue trousers with white
stripe and black helmet with brass ornaments and spike.
Then there is a plain blue fatigue coat and a forage cap with
vizor. In full dress uniform, the officers wear shoulder
knots. The guns are of the old style Springfield breech-
loading, 45 calibre, extremely antiquated and useless, hav
ing been issued in 1870.
The companies also have a civil or club organization,
controlled by regularly elected officers. As such organ
ization, they debate all matters relating to the welfare of
the company, elect into the body as many members as they
see fit and arrange balls and entertainments to keep up the
company fund. The entire militia is governed by the State
Regulations. The military poll tax in round numbers amounts to
$110,000 a year and, with all its liberality, the State man
ages to get an average surplus of about $10,000 out of this
after paying all the military expenses. In return for its
expenditures, the government has at hand, ready at a
moment's warning, a body of men whose skill, discipline
and equipment are said by the national authorities to be
second to those of no volunteers in the Union and to be
equalled by but few.

78 THE MILITARY HISTORY

Record in Indian and French Wars.

Clark, Timothy, 3d Lieut., 1759.
PuLPORD, Gersho.m, 3d Lieut., 1755.
Hickcox, Samuel, Capt., 1745.
Judd, Samuel, 1st Lieut., 1763.
Lewis, Eldad, Capt., 1768.
Holmes, Reuben, Col. Illinois Regt. Black Hawk war, 1853; aid to Gen.
Dodge. [Grad. West Point, '33; 3d Lieut. 6th Inf. ; Capt. of Dra
goons, '53; died '53.]

Revolutionary Record.
[It is to be remain'ierod that nearly all trie militia served more or less in tlie field.]
B.\ldwin, Jonatii.^n, Lieut.-Col. 10th Mil., '75-'78.
Baldwin, Isaac, Surgeon (10th ?) some time during war.
Baldwin, Samuel, (?) 1st Lieut. 2d Co. 5th Bat., '76.
Barnes, Amos, Ca,pt. in Hooker's Regt., Apr. 5-30, '77.
Barnes, Nathaniel, Capt. 10th Mil., '77.
Beach, Joseph, Ens. 4th Co., 5th Bat., '76; Ens. in Hooker's Regt. Apr.
5-20, '77.
Beebe Ira, Lieut. 10th Mil., '77; Capt. 27th Mil., '78.
Benedict, Aaron, Lieut. 3rd Wat. Co., '76.
Benham, Isaac, Lieut, com'd'g in 10th Mil., '76.
BiiONSON, Isaac, I'd Lieut., Sth Co., 1st Regt., '75; Capt. 3d Wat. Co., '76;
Capt. 27tii Mil., '78.
Bronson, Isaac Jr., 1st Lieut., 3nd Bat., '76.
Bronson, Isaac, Sargeon, Sheldon's Dragoons, Nov. 14, '79, to end of war.
Bronson, Michai.l, 2ud Lieut., 4th Co., 5th Bat., '76; Acting Adjt., '77.
Bronson, Ozais, Eas. in Hooker's Regt,, April 9, May 30, '77.
Bronson, Samuel, Ens. 2nd Co. 10th MIL, '76.
Camp, Samuel, E is. 2d Co., 10th Mil., '75; Capt. in Hooker's Regt., March
29, '77.
Castle, Phineas, Capt. 1st Wat. Co., 10th Mil., '76.
Collins, Augustus, Maj, 38th Mil., May, '83.
Conant, Roqer, Eas. 18th Co., 10th Mil., '75.
Cortis, Jesse, Capt. 10th Mil., '75; 1st Lieut. 5th Co., 1st Regt., May 1-
Dec, 10, To; Capt. in Hooker's Regt, , Nov. 5-May 21, '77; Maj.
28th Mil., Jan. '80; Res., '83.

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CoRTis, Jotham, Capt, 4th Wat. Co., '76; Capt, in 10th Mil., '77
Curtis, Giles (?) Ens. in 6th line, Jan. 1, '77; Lieut. May 10 '80- Res
Sept. 12, '80.
Curtis, Eli, Sergt.-Maj., Sth line, April 10, '77; Ens., Nov. 17, •77- Lieut
April 31, '78; Res., Deo, 4, '79.
DoTTON, Titus, Lieut, in Corps Artidcers, Feb. 23, '79,
DgTTON, Thomas, Lieut, 2nd Wat, Co,, '76,
Edwards, Nathaniel, 2d Lieut, 13th Co., 10th Mil,, '75; 2d Lieut, Sth Co, ,
1st Regt. May 1-Dec. 10. '75; 1st Lieut, in Bradley's Bat. '76^
Capt. in Hooker's Regt, .'77; Capt, in Provisional Regt. '81.
Fenn, Benjamin, Jr., Ens. 3d Bat., '76.
Fenn, Thomas, Capt. 10th Mil., '77.
Fowler, Noah, Lieut.-Col. Com'd'g 38th Mil., May '82.
Foot, Moses, Lieut. 15th Co. 10th Mil., '75; Capt. 27th Mil., '78.
Garnsey, Joseph, Capt. 10th Mil., '75, '77; Capt, 27th Mil.,' '78.
Grannis, Enos, Sergt. Sept. 13, '77; Lieut, Corps Artificers, Nov. 13, 79.
Hart, Samuel, Ens, Sth Co. 10th Mil., '76.
Hecock, Amos, Jr., 3d Lieut. 4th Co., Swift's Bat, '76,
Hickox, Amos, Jr., Ens. 19th Co. 10th Mil. '76.
Hickox, Joseph, Capt. Sth Co. 10th Mil. , '76.
Hopkins, Stephen, Lieut. 6th Wat. Co. 10th Mil,, '76.
Ives, Lazarus, Lieut, in Hooker's Regt. Apr. 5-30, '77.
Law, William, 2d Lieut. 2d Bat., '76.
LB.AVENW0RTH, Nathan, Stirgeou's Mate, Mass. Line, Feb. '80 to eud of
war.
Lewis, John, Jr., Capt. 4th Co. 5th Bat., '76; Capt. 10th Mil., '77.
Mathews, Stephen, 1st Lieut, Sth Co. 1st Regt., '75; Capt. 4th Co.
Swift's Bat., 76.
Merriams, Isaac, Ens. in Hooker's Regt. Apr. 5-20, '77.
Osborne, Lott, Ens. 13th Co. 10th Mil., '76.
Parsons, Simons, Lieut, in Hooker's Regt. March 29-Apr. 23, '77.
Pendleton, Daniel, Capt. Corps Artificers, Aug. 26, '77 to end of war.
Pond, Timothy, Lieut. 4th Wat. Co., '76.
Porter, Ashbel, Lieut, 1st Wat. Co. 10th Mil., '76.
Porter, Jambs, Ens. in Canfleld's Regt., West Point., Sept., '81.
Porter, Phineas, Capt.' Sth Co. 1st Regt., '75; Maj. 10th Mil., '75; Maj.
Sth Bat., June 20, '76; CoL 10th Mil., '77; Col. 28th Mil., Jan. '80.
Potter, Stephen, 3d Lieut. 2d Co. 5th Bat., '76.
Rice, Nehemiah, 1st Lieut, in Elmore's Regt., Apr. 15, '76; Adjt. Sth
line, Jan. 1, '77; Capt. Sth and Sth line, Nov, 15, '77; continued,
'81,
Richards, Benjamin, Ens. 19th Co, 10th Mil., '75; Lieut. 19th Co, 10th
Mil., '76; Capt. 2d Bat,, '76; Capt, 10th, '77; Lieut, Col., 2Sth
Mil., Jan. '80; Res. in '82, (?)

80 THE MILITARY HISTORY
Roberts, Jonathan, Lieut. 19th Co., 10th Mil., '75.
Sanford, Daniel, Lieut. Sth Wat. Co., 10th Mil., '76.
Scott, Ezekiel, Capt. 2d Co. 2d Regt., May 1-Dec, 10, '7S; Capt. 23d
Continental, '76.
Scovill, Samuel, Ens. Wat. Co., '76.
Seymour, Stephen, Capt, Sth Wat. Co. lOfch Mil.,, 76; Capt. 37th Mil,,
'78,
Seymour, Joshua, Capt. 37th Mil., '78.
Smith, David, Ens. Sth Co., list Regt. '75; Capt. in Elmore's Regt, Apr.
IS, '76; Capt. Sth Regt. '77; Maj. Sth line, Mar. 13, '78; Sub-In
spector Varnum's 1st Conn. Brig., Mar. 39, '7S-'81; Brig. Maj. 3d
Conn. Brig., May 13, '79; subsequently Maj. Gen, Conn. Militia.
Smith, Matthew, Lieut, in Hooker's Regt., Apr. 12-May 30, '77.
Stanley, Abraham, Lieut, in Hooker's Regt., Apr. 1-32, '77.
Strickland, Samuel, (?) Capt. 37th Mil., '78.
Terrill, Israel, Ens, ISth Co,, 10th Mil,, '75,
Terrill, Josiah, Capt, 6th Wat, Co., 10th Mil., '76.
Tuttle, Lucius, Bus. 10th Mil., '77,
Tdttlb, Timothy. Sergt. Sth line. May 34, '77; Ens. June 16, '78; Res.,
May 12, '79.
Warner, James, 1st Lieut.,4th Co., 5th Bat., '76; Capt. 27th Mil., '78.
Woodruff, John, Capt. 2d Wat. Co., lOfch Mil., '76; Capt, 27th Mil., '78.

Record in War of 1812.

Bellamy, Joseph, 1st Lieut., Aug. 3, '13 (?); Sept, Sth, '14; Disc. Oct 20
'14.
Buckingham, John, Capt., Aug. 3, '13; Sept. Sth, '14; Disc. Oct. 20, '14.
Hotchkiss, Sheldon, 2nd Lieut., Sept. 29th, '14; Disc. Oct. 20, '14.
Scovill, James M. L., 2nd Lieut., Aug 30, '13; Disc. Sept. 16, '13.

Bradley, Aner, Lieut. Col. "Vol. Exempts."

Mexican War.

Bell, A. N., Surg. Gulf Squadron.
Kingsbury, JuHus J. Backus, Brvt. Maj, 1st Inf, U. S. A,, Aug, '48; Maj.
May 7, '49; Dism. Jan. 27, '53. [Grad. West Point '23; 2ud Lieut
2nd Inf, ; Capt, Feb. 13, '37].

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Record in the Rebelhon.

Abbott, Charles S., Capt, Co, H, 20th; Sept, 8, '62; Disc, Nov, 10, '62,
Bannon, Charles R,, 2nd Lieut, Co, C, 1st H, A,, March 13, '62; 1st
Lieut, Co, B, Sept, 23, '62; Capt, Co, B, Nov, 19, '64; M. o,, Sept.
25, '65; Brvt. Maj,, Apr, 9, '65,
BmsELL, James M., 1st Lieut. Co, H, 23d, Nov, 14, '62; Res, Apr, 6, '63,
Bissell, George E,, Priv. Co. A, 23d, Aug, 20, '62; Disc. Aug. 31, '63; As
sistant Paymaster South Atlantic Squadron to close of war.
Bronson, Nelson, 1st Sergt. Co. E, Sth, Sept. 25th, '61; 1st Lieut. Co.
E, March 18, '62; Disc. Jan. 17, '63; 1st Lieut, Vet. Res. Corps,
Aug. 19, '63; Disc. Oct, 15, '66; 2nd Lieut. 42nd IT. S, Infantry,
July 2Sth, '66; 1st Lieut. June S, '74.
Bronson, John T., Sergt. Co. E, Sth, Sept. 35, '61; 3nd Lieut. April Sth,
'62, Res. Oct. 2, '62.
Bronson, McKendeie W., Sergt. Co. A, 23d, Nov. 14, '63; 1st Sergt.
Nov. 3Sth, '63; Lieut. Co. C, Apr. 9, '63; M. o., Aug. 31, '63.
Carpenter, S.4.muel W., 1st Lieut. Co. D, 1st, April 23, '61; Capt. Co.
C, 14th, Aug. 4, '62; Disc. Nov. 29, '67.
Carroll, William, 2nd Lieut. Co. F, 9th, Oct. 30, '61; Res. Dec. 20, '62.
Chatfield, John L., Maj. 1st., April 22, '61; Lieut.-Col., May 10, '61;
Col. 3d, May 31, '61; Col. 6th, Aug. 22, '61. Died of wounds
Aug. 9, '63.
Chaffee, Patrick T., Priv. Co. D, 1st, April 22, '61. Sergt.-Maj, 9th,
Sept. 9, '61; 3d Lieut. Co. C, Feb, 25, '63; 1st Lieut, May 18, '63;
Died Oct, 5, '62.
COLTON, Joseph, Hosp, Steward, 1st., May 28, '61; Qaart.-Mast. 6ch,
June 25, '63; Disc. Sept. 13, '64.
CoON, Marcus, Capt. Co. D, 1st, April 33, '61 ; 1st Lieut. Co. B, 1st Squad.
Cav. (Co. D, 3d N. Y. Cav.), Aug. 29, '61; Capt. Jan. 15, '63;
Dism. Oct. '63,
Cummings, Joseph H., 1st Sergt. Co. I, 1st H. A., May 23, '61; 2d Lieut.
Co. B, Nov. 6, '61; 1st Lieut., March 1, '63. Died Aug. 38, '64.
Darrow, Wi^-liam T., Sergt, Co. D, Sth, Jnly 23, '61; 3d Lieut. Co. D,
Nov, 7, '61. Res. May 2, '62,
Downs, Levi B,, Priv, Co, I, 1st H, A., May 23, '61; 2d Lieut. Co. C, 107th
U. S. Col'd Infantry, July 9, '64; 1st Lieut. Co. B, Dec. 6, '64.
Disc. Nov. 22, '63.
DUKYBB, Redfield, Priv. Co, D, 6th, April 33, '63; Adj. 3d, Sept. 31, '63;
Col., Dec. 10, '63. Res. May 39, '64.
Elliott, Jambs P., Priv. Co. I, 1st H, A., June 8, '61; Corp., March 9, '62;
1st Sergt., May 23, '64; 2d Lieut. Co. D, 1st H. A., Dee, 10, '64.
M, o. Sept, 25, '65.
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83 THE MILITARY HISTORY

Foley, John, Capt. Co. F, 9th, Oct. 30, '61. Res. Dec. 30, '63.
Hamilton, David B., 1st Lieut. Co. D, Sth, July 33, '61; Capt. Co, K,
Sept. 13, '63. Disc. Jan. 10, '63.
Hamilton. WiLLiAM,lst Lieut. Co. K, Sth, July 33, '61; Res. Nov. 24, '62.
Hitchcock, Arthur, Priv. Co. D, ist, April 33, '61; 2d Lieut, Co. D, 35th
U. S. Col'd Infantry, June 5, '65; Disc. Dec, 6, '65,
Holmes, Charles E. L., Col. 33d, Nov. 14, '63; Disc. June IS, '63.
Hudson, Edward P., 1st Sergt. Co. D, 1st, Apr. '23, '61; Capt. Co. E, 6th,
Aug, 23, '61; Res. Feb, 19, '64,
Hurlburt, Charles D., 3d Lieut, Co. H, 33d, Aug. 14, '63; 1st Lieut,
April 16, '63; Disc. Aug. 9, '64.
Larkin, George P., Priv. Co. C, 1st H. A., March 11, '63; Corp., April
16, '63; Sergt., May 10, '64; 3d Lieut. Co. H, June 15, '65. M. o.,
Sept. 35, '65.
Leavenworth, Mel. C, Asst. Surg., 13th, Dec. 31, '61. Died Nov. 16, '62.
Martinson, Augustus, Priv. Co. D, 6th, April 22, '63; 2d Lieut. Co. M, 2d
N. Y. Cav., Dec. 10, '63. Killed June 17, '63.
Mintie, Alexander E., Sergt. Co. H, 30th, Sept. Sth, '63; 3d Lieut. Co.
I, Nov. 1,'63; 1st Lieut. Co. C, March 17, '64. Disc. May 3, '65.
Morris, William E., 3d Lieut. Co. D, 1st, April 33, '61; 1st Lieut. Co. D,
1st Cav., Oct. 8, '61; Capt., Oct. 5, '63; Dism. June 16, '64.
Neville, Edwin M., 3d Lieut. Co. D, 1st Cav., Feb. 1, '64; 1st Lieut. Co.
H, 1st Cav., Feb. 16, '65. Awarded national medal of honor for cap
ture of flag. M. o. Aug. 3, '65.
Peck, Henry B., Capt. Co. H, 15th, Aug, 35, '62, Died Jan, 30, '63.
Place, Henry N., 1st Lieut. Co. E, Sth, Sept. 25, '61. Res. March 18, '62.
Pratt, Henry A. , Q. M. Sergt. Co. A, 1st H. A, March 19, '62; 2d Lieut. Co.
G, March 24, '62; 1st Lieut. Co. H, Feb. 18, '63; Disc. March 1S,'65.
Pritchard, William L. G., Priv. Co. C, 14th, Aug. 1, '62; Corp. Jan. 14,
'64; Sergt., March 1, '64; 1st Sergt,, Sept, 30, '64; 2d Lieut. Co.
B, Feb, 15, '65. M, o. May 31, '65,
Rice, Edward J,, 2d Lieut, Co, D, Sth, July 23, '61; 1st Lieut. Co. I, Nov. 7,
'61; Capt. Co. G, Oct. 14, '63. Res. July 23, '63.
Rockwell, Philo G., Surg. 14th, Aug. 23, '62. Disc. March 8, '63.
Seward, Samuel H., Corp, Co, I, 14th, Aug, 23, '63; 1st Sergt., Feb. 11,
'63; 2d Lieut,, June 5, '63; 1st Lieut, Co, H, Oct, 20, '63. Disc.
July 8, '64,
Seymour, Frederick J., 1st Lieut., Co. C, 14th, Aug. 33, '63; Capt. Co.
G, Nov. 13, '62; Disc, Dec, 24, '62.
Simpson, James P,, 2d Lieut, Co, C, 14th, Aug, 33, '62; 1st Lieut. Co. D,
Feb, 4, '63; Capt, Co, C, Oct, 20, '63; Disc, Nov, 16, '64.
Skidmore, John R,, Priv. Co. D, 1st Cav., Oct. 14, '61; Corp. Nov, 9, '63;
Sergt. Jan. 18, '64; Capt. Co. B, Dec, 10, '64; M. o. Aug, 2, '65,
Smith, Martin B., Capt. Co. E, Sth, Sept. 6, '61; Lieut. Col. May 1, '63;
Disc. Jan.l3, '65. a

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Snagg, Henry L., Corp. Co. D, 1st, April 22, '61; Sergt. Co. C, 14th, Aug. 4,
'62; Sergt. Maj. AprU 15, '63; 1st Lieut. Co. H, Sept. 1, '63; Capt.
Oct, 20, '63; Disc. May 5, '64,
Spencer, Fred, A,, 1st Lieut, 3d Colorado cavalry. May 15, '62; M. u.
Sept. 23, '65,
Spruce, James, 1st Lieut. Co. I, 20th, Sept. S, '62; Capt. Co. B, April 8, '65;
M,o, JunelS, '65,
Stocking, George A„ 1st Sergt, Co, C, 14th, Aug. 23, '63; 3d Lieut. Co.
D, Nov. 13, '63; 1st Lieut. Co. I, Nov. 18, '64; M. o. May 31, '65.
Titus, George, Sergt. Co, C, Sth, July 22, '61; Sergt. Maj. Jan, '63; 2d
Lieut. Co. E, Sth, Oct. 16, '63; res. Aug. 4, '64.
Tucker, George W,, 1st Sergt. Co. A,.33d, Nov. 14, '62; 3d Lieut. Nov.
25, '63; M. o. Aug 13, '63.
Wadhams, Henry W., Sergt. Co. C, 14th, Aug. 30, '62; 2d Lieut. Co. D,
March 3, '63; 1st Lieut, Co. K, Nov. 13, '63; killed May 26, '64.
Wadhams, Luman W., Sergt, Co, D, 1st, April 22, '61; 2d Lieut, Co. E,
Sth, Sept. 6, '61; res. March 18, '63; 1st Lieut. 2dH. A,, Aug, 18,
'62; Capt. Aug, 24, '63; died of wounds June 3, '64,
Wells, Alfred, 2d Lieut, Co, A, 23d, Sept, 1, '62; 1st Lieut. Nov. 14,
'62; Capt. Nov, 25, '62; Disc, Aug, 9, '64,
WmTXNG, Jambs H„ Priv, Co, A, 23d, Nov, 14, '63; Adj! April 9, '63; M.
o. Aug, 31, '63,
Wilcox, Jay P., Corp. Co. D, 1st, April 22, '61; Sergt. Maj. 6, 'Sept, 21,
'61; 2d Lieut, Co, A, 6th, Jan. '63; 1st Lieut, Mar, '62; Capt, Co.
B, 'eth, Feb. 21, '64; kiUed May 10, '64,
Willey, Junius M., Chaplain 3d, June 14, '61; M. o. Aug, 12, '61,
Wooster, William H, H., Priv. Co. E, 6th, Feb. 28, '64; 2d Lieut. Co.
E, April S, '64; Q. M. Oct. 31, '64; M. o. Aug. 21, '65.

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THE MILITARY HISTORY

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Colonial Commanders.

1682 Thomas Judd, Sr,, Sergt.
1689 John Stanley, Lieut.
1695 Thomas Judd, Lieut,
1703 Timothy Stanley, Lieut.

Captains.

Lieutenants.

Ensigns.

1715 (Dea.) Thos. Judd,

1716 John Hopkins,

1689 Thomas Judd,

1723 Ephraim Warner,

1722 William Hickcox,

1695 Timothy Stanley,

1737 William Hickcox,

1727 John Bronson,

1715 John Hopkins,

1730 William Judd.

1730 Timothy Hopkins,

. 1722 John Bronsonj
1737 William Judd,
1730 Samuel Hickcox.

FIRST COMPANY.

Captains.

Lieutenants.

Ensigns.

1730 William Judd,

1732 Sam'l Hickcox,

1733 John Scovill,

1746 Thomas Heacock,

1740 Thomas Richards,

1740 David Scott,

1754 Thomas Porter,

1746 William ScovUl,

1746 Nath'l Arnold,

1757 Timothy Judd,

1754 Obadiah Richards,

1754 John Lewis,

1760 Gideon Hotchkiss

, 1756 John Lewis,

1756 Gideon Hotchkiss,

(3nd Co, ?)

1761 Amos Hitchcock,

1757 Edward Scovill,

1761 Edward ScoviU,

1763 John Nettleton,

1759 James Smith,

1763 Thomas Richard,

1764 Jonathan Baldwin,

1763 Abel Woodward,

1764 Stephen Upson,

1766 Abel Woodward,

1763 Sam'l Hickcox, Jr.,

1767 Jonathan Baldwin

, 1769 Samuel Porter,

1764 Andrew Bronson,

1769 Abel Woodward

1769 Peter Weltou

1766 Peter Welton,

(West),

(West)!

1767 Sam'l Porter,

1770 Ezra Bronson,

1769 BartholomewPond,

1769 Thos. Cole,

1771 Thomas Cole

1770 Ashbel Porter,

1770 Stephen Miles,

(West).

1771 Samuel Curtis,

1771 Benj. Richards,

1774 Phineas Porter,

1771 Nath'l Barnes, Jr.,
1772 Phineas Porter,
1774 Reuben Blakeslee.

OF WATERBURY.

SECOND COMPANY.

Captains.
1733 Timothy Hopkins,
1743 Stephen Upson,
17S1 Dan'l Southmayd,
1759 Geo. Nichols,
1765 Jos. Brownson,
1766 John Welton,
1769 Sam'l Hickcox,
1770 Abr'm Hickcox,
1774 Mich'l Dayton.

1732 Thos. Bronson,
1741 Stephen Upson,
1743 John Judd,
1759 Josiah Bronson,
1763 Joseph Bronson,
1765 Wm. Hickcox,
1766 Sam'l Hickcox,
1766 JesseLeavenworth
1769 Rich'd Seymour,
1770 Hezekiah Brown,
1772 Sam'l Brown,
1774 Stephen Mathews,

Ensigns.
1732 Stephen Upson,
1741 John Judd,
1743 Dan'l Southmayd,
1759 Bben'z'r Warner,
1763 Wm. Hickcox,
1765 Aaron Harrison,
1766 Stephen Welton,
1766 Abrah'ra Hickcox,
1770 Sam'l Brown,
1770 Joseph Warner,
1773 Nath'l Richardson,
1773 Mich'l Dayton,
1774 Amos Bronson,
1774 Isaac Brownson, Jr,

THIRD COMPANY.

Ca(ptains.
1740 Thos. Blachley,
1751 John Bronson,
1754 Phineas Royce,
1770 John Lewis,
1773 Sam'l Porter.

1740 John Bronson,
1744 Dan'l Curtis,
1751 Jacob Blakely,
1754 John Sutlief,
1770 Sam'l Porter,
1772 Thos. Kincaid,
1778 Amos Osborn.

1740 Dan'l Curtis,
1744 John Warner,
1749 Phineas Royce,
1754 Zachariah Sanford,
1770 Amos Osborn,
1773 John Lewis, Jr,

NORTHBURY COMPANIES,

Captains.
1765 John SutUef,
1766 Aaron Harrison,
1767 Dan'l Potter,
1769 Randall Evans,

Lieutenants.
176S Stephen Seymour,
1765 Benj, Upson,
1766 Heman Hall,
1769 Eliphalet Harts
horn,
1769 Josiah Rogers,
1769 Bartholomew Pond

1764 Stephen Seymour,
1765 David Blacksley,
1765 Sam'l Curtis, Jr.,
1766 Josiah Rogers,
1769 Jude Blakesley,
1769 John AUcock.

[For Revolutionary period— see Eevolutioaary Eecord.]

THE MILITARY HISTORY

Twenty-Sixth Regiment,
4tli Div., Sth Brig.*

Lieutenant Colonels com'd't.
1787-93 David Smith, 1807-09 Micah Blakeslee,
1793-96 Aner Bradley, 1809-13 Garrett Smith,
1796-99 Daniel Potter, 1813-15 Daniel Mills,
1799-03 William Leavenworth, 1815 Lemuel Porter,
1803-05 Street Richards, 
1805-07 Eleazer Judd, 1790-95 Samuel Camp (10th Regt.)
[The Majors and First Majors here given won no higher rank.l
First Majors.
1803 Caleb Hickox, 1808-13 Isaac Upson,
1815-16 AUen Runnel.

1803-07 Preserve Carter,

1796-1800 Noah Baldwin,
1812-15 Cyrus Clai'k,
1790-95 Samuel Royce,
1795-97 Jesse Hopkins,
1797-01 Linus Penn,
1803-08 Timothy Richards,
1795-03 Uriel Gridley,
1803-06 Israel B, Woodward,
1793-94 (?) Wait Smith,
1794-97 Luke Potter,
1797-03 Noah M. Bronson,
1803-06 Jesse 'AUcox, Jr.,
1886-10 Hector Smith,
1792-95 Isaac Bronson,
1795-96 John Kmgsbury,
1796-98 (?) Daniel Stone,
1798-03 Josiah Smith,
1808-05 Joseph Leavenworth,

Second Majws.
1816 Ira Hotchkiss,

1808-11 MUes Dunbar,
1811-13 John Buckingham,
1814 Aaron Benedict,
1815-16 Lyman Potter.
'•ains.
1806-14 Russell Wheeler.
1814-16 Roger Searle,

1810-12 H. A, Hylegan,
1813-13 Orlando Porter,
1813-15 Lyman Potter,
1815-16 Chester Hurd,

1805-08 Ebenezer French,
1808-10 Isaac Doolittle,
1810-12 John Buckingham,
1812-14 Aner Bradley,
1S14-15 Chester Hurd.

*See page 20.

OF WATERBURY.

1795- (?) Isaac Baldwin,
1801-03 John Elton,
1803-05 Samuel Elton,

Surgeons. 1805-11 John Potter,
1811-14 Anson Tuttle,
1814-16 Ambrose Ives.

Surgeon'i

! Mates (not prom).

1801-06 Frederick Leavenworth,

1816 John B. Johnson.

1806-07 Ed. Field.

Captains.

1788 Benjamin Upson,

ISOO Preserve Carter,

1788 David Buckingham,

1803 Amzi Tallmadge,

1788 Aaron Fenn,

1803 Richard Penn,

1788 Ebenezer Porter,

1803 Micah Blakeslee,

1788 Jacob Fenn,

1803 John Lewis,

1788 Charles Upson,

1803 Joseph Twitchell,

1788 WUliam Leavenworth,

1803 Lemuel Harrison,

1788 Josiah Seymour,

1802 Joseph Bronson,

1790 Timothy Gibbud,

1802 Josiah Tyler,

1793 Justus Dayton,

1803 Allen Wells,

1792 Joel Dunbar,

1803 Garrett Smith,

1793 Uri Doolittle,

1804 Asael Merriam,

1793 OUver Stoughton, i

1804 Isaac Upson,

1793 Eben Smith, Jr.,

1805 Joseph Leavenworth

1792 Eben Hoadley,

1805 James Skilton,

1798 Noah Baldwin,

1805 Moses Hall,

1795 Titus Darrow,

1805 Eleazer Scovill,

1795 Herman Munson,

180S S. J. Hickox,

1795 Elisha Frost,

1805 Harvey Upson,

1795 Street Richards,

1806 Daniel Mills,

1795 Caleb Hickox,

1806 Philo Bronson,

1795 Samuel Fenn,

1807 Calvin Hoadley,

1795 Jared Terrill,

1807 Landon Loveland,

1795 Daniel Smith,

1808 Lemuel Porter,

1795 Isaac Judd,

1808 Joseph Woodruff,

1796 Levi Bronson,

1808 Harmon Bronson,

1796 Amos Seymour,

1808 David Royce,

1797 John Kingsbury,

1808 Jesse AUcock,

1797 Jesse Hopkins,

1808 Daniel EeUs,

1797 Stiles Hotchkiss,

1809 Cyrus Clark,

1798 Walter Judd,

1809 Silas Porter,

1799 Enos Hickox,

1810 Allyn Buunel,

1799 Ephraim Tuttle,

1810 Samuel Hickox,

1800 Jared Prichard,

1810 Benjamin DeForest,

1800 Eleazer Judd,

1810 Luther Hotchkiss,

THE MILITABY HISTORY

Ca/ptains — continued.
1810 Hezekiah C, Peck, 1813 Asa Fenn, ¦
1811 Titus Seymour, 1813 James Tuttle,
1811 Ira Hotchkiss, 1S14 Bela Welton,
1812 James Brown, 1814 Samuel Camp, Jr.,
1812 Silas Grilley, 1814 Sedley Woodward,
1813 Lyman Baldwin, 1815 Levi Hall,
1812 David Woodward, 1815 Miles Hotchkiss,
1813 Gates Upson, 1815 Ebenezer Abbott.

Lieutenants (not appearing later as Captains).
Ard Welton, Charles Frisbie, Timothy Pond, Jr., Elisha Stephens and
Demas Judd, '88; Benjamin Baldwin, '88; David Lewis and Arba Cook,'90;
John Adams, J. S. Merriman, Stephen Turner, Elihu Spencer and
Ethel Bronson, '93; Jacob Hemingsey, Asa Darrow, Mark Warner,
Amos Titus and Ephraim Tuttle, '95; Josiah Terrill, '97; Joseph B. Candee,
'98; Japhet Benham, '99; Elijah Nettleton, John Merriman, Richard War
ner and Daniel Tyler, 1801; D. R. Merriman, Samuel Pardee, Abraham
Hickox and , Ebenezer Richardson, '02; H. Bronson, S. J. Thompson and
John Norton, '05; Thomas Welton, Eli Beardsley and Selden Shelton, '08;
Hezekiah C. Peck, '09; Apollos Warner, '10; Edmond Austin, '12; Gideon
Piatt, Benjamin Fenn, S. B. Scovill, John O'Brien, Levi Hart and Levi
Wooster, '13; Pliny Sheldon, '14; Archibald Miner, Elihu Moulthrop
and Stephen Stone, 'IS.

Ensigns {not appearing later in higher rank.)
Sylvanus Adams, '88 ; Elnathan Thrasher, '90; MUes Newton, Elijah
Brown, Ezra Lockwood, Jr., Titus Welton, Samuel Buckingham and
Philo Hoadley, '93 ; James Scovill, John Hickox, Titus Hotchkiss and
James Merriman, '95; Sheldon Scovill, '96; Daniel Clark, '97; Asahel
Lane and Andrew Osborn, '98; Josiah Tyler, '99 ; Joseph AUcox, '01 ; Sey
mour Weltou, Richard Welton, Jr., Eli Hine and David Tyler, '03; Na
thaniel Woodruff and Joel AUcock, '04; Eli Beardslee, Ebenezer Frisbie,
Ammi Darrow and Isaac Hopkins, '05; Marcus Bronson, '06 ; Reuben Chat
field, Roderick Stanley, Royce Lewis and Wyllys Terrill, '08; Samuel Hor-
tou, '09; Samuel Root. Ansel Porter, John Seymour, Eliel Maun, Harvey
Stoddard, Archibald Minor and Archibald Stevens, '13; David Warner, '14;
Lyman Dunbar, Riley AUcock, Eh Welton, Jr., John Partree, Jr., Moses
Pond, Jr. , Lewis Parker and Lamberton Munson, '15. Edward S. Merri
man, major of band, '10; J. M. L. ScoviU, sergeant-major, '11; Chauncey
Garnsey, Jr., drum major, '11.

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Twenty-Second Reoiment,
1st DIV., 2nd BRIG.

Colonels. Lieut. -Colonels. Majors.
1816-17 Lemuel Porter, 1817-18 James Brown, 1817-18 Bela Welton,
1832-34 Chauncey Root, 1818-25 Bela Welton, 1824-25 OrrinHotchkiss,
1838-39 David B. Hurd, 1835-26 Marcus Bronson 1828-32 Chauncey Root,
1839-44 Stephen Payne, 1835-38 D. B, Hurd, 1833-88 EnochW, Frost,
 1838-39 Stephen Payne, 1841-43 Ozro CoUins,
1844^46 RichardWelton, 1839-41 E. J, Porter, 1844-47 0, Ives Martin.
1816-18 John Bucking- 1841-42 Levi Bolster,
ham, (2d rifle- 1842-44 Ozro CoUins,
* men). Adjutants.
1825-27 David Hayden (junior)
1888-43 A, P, Judd,
1844^47 Lucius P, Bryan.
Surgeons.
1817-19 Ambrose Ives, 1831-39 Daniel Porter,
Paymasters.
1817-18 G, M, Hotchkiss, 1843-44 Samuel Pritchard,
1838-39 Graham Hurd, 1844-47 A, H, Martin,
1889-40 Ozro CoUins,

1836-38 Jared Prichard, 1888-39 H. A. Smith.
Chaplains.
1838-44; 4S-47 Jacob L. Clark,

90

THE MILITABY HISTORY

FIRST FLANK COMPANY.

Captains.

1816 James Brown,
1818 Samuel Root,
1819 Anson Sperry,
1832 E, P, Root,
1824 Chauncey Root,
1829 Lauren Frisbie,
1831 Enoch W. Frost,
1883 Leonard Prichard,
1884 David B. Hurd,
1836 Merit Tompkins,
1837 A. P. Judd,
1888 J. W. Finch,
1889 Levi Bolster,
1839 E. J. Porter,
1840 Robert Johnson.

Lieutenants.
1816 Gideon Piatt, Jr.,
1818 Anson Sperry,
1819 Enos Warner,
1831 E. P, Root,
1833 Chauncey Root,
1824 Israel Holmes,
1838 Lauren Frisbie,
1839 Enoch W. Frost,
1833 L. Prichard,
1833 D. B. Hurd,
1835 Merit Tompkins,
1886 A, P, Judd,
1837 Gabriel Post,
1838 E, J. Porter,
1839 W, H. Eaves,
1839 Lucius Beach;
1840 Geo. Prichard.

1816 Samuel Root,
1817 Anson Sperry,
1818 Nath'l R, Morris,
1819 Enos P, Root,
1831 Chauncey Root,
1822 Israel Holmes,
1824 Lauren Frisbie,
1825 Sam'l J. Holmes,
1827 Enoch W. Frost,
1829 Carlos Hungerford,
1830 L. Prichard,
1832 D, B, Hurd.
1833 Merit Tompkins,
183S Abijah P. Judd,
1836 J, R. Benham,
1837 J. W, Finch,
1838 Levi Bolster,
1839 L, S. Beach.
1839 John Southard,
1840 John Sandland,
1840 Ralph H. GuUford.

FIRST BATTALION COMPANY.

Captains.
1816 Bela Welton, 1816
1818 PUny Sheldon, 1818
1831 Ransom ScovUl, 1831
1833 Marcus Bronson, 1823
1826 Edward Welton (?), 1826
1827 John S. Kingsbury, 1827
1830 C, C. Judd, 1880
1831 S, A. Hickox,
1836 Jas. C. Wheeler, 1881
1888 J. M. Grannis, 1838
1839 J. S. Welton, 1838
1840 Lucius Curtis, 1839
1843 Richard Welton, 1841
1845 WiUiam Umber- 1843
field, 1847
[1848 Henry Smith].

Lieutenants.
Pliny Sheldon,
Ransom Scovill,
Edward ScoviU,
Edward Welton,
J, S. Kingsbury,
Hiram Upson,
Sherman A. Hic
kox,
David A. Sprague,
Julius J. Bronson,
John S, Welton,
Arthur Hunt,
Richard Welton,
Henry Merriman,
Daniel Judd.

Ensigns.

1816 Ransom ScoviU,
1818 JuUus J. B. Kings
bury (one year),
1821 Isaac Brown,
1828 John S. Kings-
burj',
1826 Hiram Upson,
1827 Charles C. Judd,
1880 PhUo Brown,
1831 S. M. Morris,
1882 EUas Beebe,
1886 J. M. Grannis,
1838 George Jones,
1840 Geo, Merriman,
1841 Henry Merriman,
1847 Chas. T. GriUey.
1847 Henry Smith,

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91

CAPT. PAYNE'S COMPANY.

Captains.
1835 Stephen Payne,
1838 Geo. Payne,
1839 EUzur KimbaU,
1844 Ives O, Lewis,
1845 Daniel H. Holt,

Lieutenants.
1835 George Payne,
1838 Henry Hotchkiss,
1840 J, Hitchcock,
1844 Daniel H, Holt,
1845 Jason Hotchkiss.

Ensigns.
1835 Henry Hotchkiss,
1838 BUzur KimbaU,
1839 Daniel Hitchcock,
1841 JohnWaUace,
1844 Jason Hotchkiss,
1845 Orrin Hotchkiss.

92 THE MILITARY HISTORY

Second Regiment,
C. S. M,, C. N. G.

Colonels. Lieut.-Colonels.
1863-66 Stephen W.Kel- 1887-89 John B. Doh^r- 1863 S. W. Kellogg,
logg, ty. 1866-68 E, J. Rice,
1889— John B. Doherty. 1869-75 G. W. Tucker,
1881-84 C. B, Bannon,
1885-87 J. B. Doherty,
1890— Lucien F, Bur
pee.
Adjutant.
1889— Arthur M. Dickinson,

1889- George G. Blakeslee.

1855-61 S. W. Kellogg,
1877 Fred A. Spencer,
1878-83 Edward S. Hayden,
Surgeons.
1865-66 Philo G, RockweU, 1888 Carl E. Munger, asst,
1888-87 Charles H, French, asst,, 1889— John M. Benedict.
CTiaplain.
1865-68 J, Eaton Smith,

COMPANY H, SECOND C. S. M.

1854 Richard Hunting, 1857 John L. Chatfield.
Mrst Lieutenants.
1854 John L, Chatfield, 1859 Timothy GuUford,
1857 Aner Bradley, Jr., I860 Marcus Coon.
Second Lieutenants.
18S4 Aner Bradley, Jr., 1859 Marcus Coon,
1857 Timothy GuUford, ^ I860 Henry N, Place.
Third Lieutenants.
1854 Rufus Leonard, 1855 James E. Wright,
1857 Martin B, Smith.

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98

UNION GUARD, CO. A, SECOND C, S. M.

1861 C, E, L. Holmes, Captain. — S, W, Kellogg, First Lieutenant;— Or. B.
Thomas, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY A, SECOND C. S. M., 0. N. (J.

Captains.

First Lieutenants.

Second Lieutenants.

1863 E.

J, Rice,

1868 F. L. Mintie,

1863 C. F. Church,

1866 G.

W. Tucker,

1864 G. W. Tucker,

1864 M. W. Bronson,

1869 A.

I, Goodrich,

1866 G. A. Stocking,

1865 Carlos Smith,

1877 P.

A. Spencer,

1868 A. I. Goodi-ioh,

M. L. Scudder,

1882 F.

R. White,

1869 D. L Dickinson,

1866 H. M. Stocking,

1883 J.

B, Doherty,

1871 G. H. CoweU,

1868 L. S. Davis,

1885 C.

E. Hall,

1876 C, L. Stocking,

1869 C. B. VaiU,

1886 P.

K. Woolworth,

F, H. SmUh,

E. B. Harper,

F.

L. Blakeley,

1880 F. R. White,

1871 W, WUson,

1887 L,

F, Burpee,

1882 J. B. Doherty,

1874 C, L. Stocking,

1890 C,

L, Stocking.

1883 C. E. HaU,

1876 F, H, Smith,

1885 P. K. Woolworth,

P, R, White,

1886 F, L, Blakeley,
1880 J. B, Doherty,
L, F, Burpee,
1883 C, E, HaU,
1887 C. L, Stocking,
1883 F. K. Woolworth,
1890 W, E, Moses.
1885 F. J, ManvUle,
P. L. Blakeley,
1886 L. P, Burpee,
P. M. Bronson,
1888 W. E. Moses,
1890 C. W. Burpee.
COMPANY D, SECOND 0. N. O.
Captains. First Lieutenants.
1866 James F. Simpson, 1866 W. L. G. Pritchard,
1867 B, L, Cook, J. M. BirreU,
1869 James J. GUbert, 1867 James J. Gilbert,
1870 John L, Saxe, 1868 J, B. Perkins,
1869 W, S, Wilson.
Second Lieutenants.
1866 James M, Birrell,
E. L, Cook,
1867 J, J. Gilbert,
WiUiam WUson,
B. P. Bronson,
1869 A. Mosier.
94

THE MILITARY HISTORY

COMPANY G, SECOND 0. N. G.

Captains.
1871 C. R. Bannon,
1881 P. F. Bannon,
1884 C. R. Bannon,
1886 A. J. Wolff.

Mrst Lieutenants.
1871 W. S. WUson,
1874 D. A. McGraw,
1879 T. H. White,
1880 James Horrigan,
1881 J. H. Reid,
1884 T. F, Meara,
1886 K. J. FarreU,
1887 D. E. Fitzpatrick.

Second Lieutenants.
' 1871 D. A. McGraw,
1874 M. F. Maher,
1879 T. F. White,
James Horrigan,
1881 J. H. Reid,
1883 M. T. Bradley,
1884 T. F. Meara,
A. J. Wolff,
1886 K. J. Farrell,
M. Cooney,
D. E. Fitzpatrick,
1887 P. Halpin.

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Other Companies.

PHCENIX GUARD.

1861 S. W. Kellogg, Captain;— B.. N. Place, First Lieutenant;—^. J. Rice,
Second Lieutenant.

"WATERBURY ZOUAVES, CO. D, LIGHT INFANTRY.

1862 James E. Coer, Captain; A, B, Crook, Mrst Lieutenant; G. A. Stock
ing, Second Lieutenant.
1863 James F. Simpson, Captain; James M. BirreU, Mrst Lieutenant; C.
D. Hurlburt, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY C, SECOND BATTALION.

1883 S. H. Perkins, Captain; S. W. Kellogg, First Lieutenant; C. S. Ab
bott, Second Lieutenant.

LIGHT ABTILIiEBY, Snd SECTION, BATTERY 0, C. N, G.

1865 A, B. Wilson, First Lieutenant;— U. L. B. Pond, Second Lieutenant.

THE MILITARY HISTORY

Generals and General Staff Officers.

1793-95 David Smith, Brig.-Gen. Sth Brig.
1795-1800 David Smith, Maj. -Gen. 4th Div.
1800-02 Daniel Potter, Brig.-Gen. Sth Brig,
1839-40 David B. Hurd, Brig.-Gen. 2d Brig,
1866-71 Stephen W, KeUogg, Brig.-Gen. 3d Brig.
1800-02 John Kingsbury, Brig. -Maj. Sth Brig.
1866-67 PhUo G. Hurd, Surgeon-Gen.
1866-71 George E. Terry, Asst. Adjt.Gen. 2d Brig.
1877-79 Guerns3y S. Parsons, Aid Gov. Hubbard's Staff.
1883 Fred A. Spencer, Brig, Insp. Rifle Practice.
1884-90 Edward S. Hayden, Brig.-Quart.-Mast.
1890 John P. Kellogg, Aid Brig. Staff.

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97

Roster of Company A, February, 1891

Oa/ptain, Charles L, Stocking, Mrst Lieutenant, William E. Moses.
Second Lieutenant, Charles W, Burpee,
Mrst sergeant, Henry B. Carter; * quartermaster sergeant, E. J. Schuyler;
sergeants, W, H. Claxton, J, W, Fitzpatrick, W, L, Munson, W. A. Gold
smith. Corporals, E. R. Heebner, J. S. Whiteman, F. H. Spencer, James Geddes,
Edwin Hart, W. R. Keaveney, H. C. Cady, E. 0, Goss,
Muddans : C, A, Lathrop, W. W. Webster, F, E, Webster.

R, E, Bailey,
H, P. Baker,
C. E. Baker,
W. G. Barton,
W, A, Bigelow,
G. A, Blanchard,
F, C, Boden,
G. W. Brown,
O. H, Burr,
W, G, Christian,
A, Chadwick,
T, Chadwick,
E. S. Carter,
F. B. Daniels,
H. L. Daniels,
E. E. Dewitt,
John H. Goss,

Privates.
T. E. Guest,
C. M. Germann,
Charles Herman,
B. M. Hulsart,
E. N. Humphrey,
C. H. Humphrey,
Clinton Hart,
J, M. Henderson,
W, H, Haines,
F, W, Ingraham,
R. Kiersted,
J. E. Marsh,
B. W. McDonald,
John McKeever,
W. H. J. McNeU,
David Miller,

W. T. McCleUand,
E. L, NorveU,
G. E. Pettitjean,
George Proudman,
P. Reynolds,
C. H. Ross,
W. J. Snow,
N. H. Schwartz,
H. S. ScoviUe,
C, W, Smith,
A. N. Trott,
Charles J, TerreU,
Robert Walker,
J, W. Ward,
Prank Welton,,
H. A. West.

' Appointed sergeant major March 9, 1891.

98

THE MILITARY HISTORY OF WATERBURY.

Roster of Company G, February, 1891.

Captain, Alfred J. Wolff. Mrst Lieutenant, Daniel E. Fitzpatrick.
Second Lieutenant, Patrick Halpin.
First sergeant, WUliam T, Keaveney; quartermaster sergeant, Thomas F.
Bolger; sergeants, Edward A. Butler, Richard F, Dunne, Thomas F. Halli-
man, Bartholomew J. ColUns,
Corporals, Thomas Magner, Peter W, Phelan, Edward L. Maloney,
Edward Luddy, John Linehan, John Massey, WUliam darken, Patrick
H. Danaher.
Musicians: Joseph Hayden, (trumpeter) John F, Flaherty, Christopher
Nolan, Privates.

John R, Arrol,
W, H. Beauchamp,
D. M. Casey,
W. H. CarroU,
John J. CuUen,
D. F, Connor,
M. J. Crane,
H, J. Crane,
Thos. R. Oonlan,
John Dillan,
Thos. DUlan,
Jeremiah Dillan,
WiUiam Evans,
J. M. Fitzgerald,
W. J, Fitzgerald,
J, W. Garde,

John Holihan,
F, J, Hudner,
J. P. Hanlon,
Thos. Kirk,
P. W. Lawlor,
T. P. Lawlor,
W. H. Lynehan,
Jas. McAvoy,
F. W, MUler,
Edward Monaghan,
M. J. McEvoy,
Timothy McEnerney,
Jas. Magner,
C. B. Overton,
J. T. O'DonneU,

P. H. Phelan,
Jos. Phelan,
P. J. Phelan,
P. P. Quinn,
C. P. Roper,
C. C. RusseU,
John SuUivan,
M. SuUivan,
E. J. Shanahan,
T. J, Shannahan,
J, T, Sherman,
D, P. SuUivan,
J. J. Shea,
W. J, Vance,
T, T. Whelahan.

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