History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time (1901) (14576151790)

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Title: History of the First Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beecher, Herbert W De Morgan, John, ed
Subjects: United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Battery, 1st (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: New York, A. T. De La Mare Ptg. and Pub. Co., Ltd
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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the first patrol officer placed in chargeof the city, with a guard detailed from the Battery. He had orders toenter every house after lo p. m. and cause all lights to be extinguished,unless some of the occupants were sick. While patroling the city at first,the patrols were fired upon from windows; some of the guards on regularbeats were wounded, one or two killed, so the duty of patroling the citywas fraught with even more danger than being on the battlefield. It wasalso the duty of the patrol guard to close all liquor saloons; theaters wereopen and doing excellent business, for the soldiers welcomed the chance ofamusement. Many women asked for protection, for they were in deadlyfear of the negroes, so some of the guard were posted in houses, the officersoccupying different houses, only one in a house, by which means protectionwas given to a large number. The Jefferson Davis house, the White House of the Confederacy,was occupied by General Terry. He found the house a perfect gem as to
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FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, isci-iscr, y)!:^ interior arrangements, although tlie exterior was ahnost unattractive. Thefurniture was mostly of rosewood and magnificent in its design; large pierglasses were found in every room; the iloors were covered with splendidcarpets, so thick that the foot actually sank into their richness; and GeneralTerry and the other officers quartered witli him found it a pleasant changefrom the log houses and tents to which they had been accustomed forso long. A man of the name of Hall souglit out Lieutenant Upson and beggedhim to board at his house; he said he was a Union man, but his wife was arabid secessionist, and they were afraid of the negro troops, who would enterthe house and do damage unless a white officer boarded with them. TheHall family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Hall and two cliildren. ComradeUpson consented to board with the family and asked permission for anotherofficer to accompany him, a request which was cheerfully granted. Whenthe two officers