History Of The Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery

Excerpt from History of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery: Originally the Nineteenth Connecticut Vols An effort has been made to procure the portraits of all the deceased officers of the regiment, (fourteen in number) for insertion; but without success. The four contained in the book are considered very correct likenesses, - especially those of Hosford, Berry and Knight. To mention the names of all to whom the author is indebted for assistance in the collection of materials for this work would swell it beyond its prescribed limits. He can only spare a line to thank them for favors which merit a thousand. He desires, however, to express his great obligations to General C. M. Ingersoll, Adjutant General of Connecticut, and Captain James B. Coit, A. A. G., for various courtesies; and to Chaplain Winthrop H. Phelps, Assistant Surgeon Judson B. Andrews, Lieutenant Homer S. Curtis, Lieu tenant Salmon A. Granger, and Quartermaster Sergeant Henry P. Milford for special acts of kindness appertaining to the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A history of the 2nd Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery during the American Civil War. Includes Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Cold Harbor and more.

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