New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-28
THIRD BRIGADE.



| THIRD BRIGADE.
GEN. WRIGHT AND Stay
Cen. 1To,s,;o &. WRIGHT. commanding this Bngade'
i; d;s,,guisbed military engineer, and fully comle-
tom, % Tho drt;ss with which he has been inirusted
in the exnedi,iou. lie graduated at West Point IN
1907 cd ras snno;nted Second Lieutenant OF Enei-
neers in 1871. From 1871 to lo44 ne "as Ae'ne'
Assistant Professor and AssiStant-Proiessor OF Eng
peerinr in the Military Academy, and In February,
I8ls. he received bis First Lieutenaney. Gen.
WrQht's staff officers are;
Assistant Adu,au General Capt c. w. Foster Assistant
o'~,s,,s,.sI CAPT n Goodrich; Assistant COmuissary
~ snh.istcrce Cart A. Keith; Acting Camp, Lieut.
j. stoer of6th Regiment Connecticut volunteers surgeon
( Dr. Crane.
Hamilton's Light Battery of Fix pieces, mostly
Parrot liied-cannon formerly Shermans Battery,
also goes with the expedition. 1t If on board the
steamship Ericsson. The following regiments com
prise Gen. Wright's Brigade:
TIE FOURTH NEw-HAMPsHIRE VOLUNTEERS
This regiment numbers 600 men, all armed with
The Enfield rife and dressed in the regulation uni
form. The regiment has y baggage wagons. one
ambulance and one hos, 1t wagon. The following
is list % the stat officers:
Colonel. Thomas Whipple; Lieueuant-Coorel James
James >. Keely; Sarscon. - Dixon Chaplain, Wills
The SINH CONNEcTICUT NOLUHTEEKs.-lhls
.
Chatfeld of Waterbury, CT. The staff and line
officers are:
Colonel john /. ch,tded, Of .ws,:Ibury Lieg.Hant
Colonel Edward HHrard, OF Norwich; Major John Spedc
Of bridgeport: Adjusnt Redheld Dury,e OF WsieIbury
QuerteIfusseT. '. Is Williams Of Norwich; OueteTuhs
tefseIsesnt Levi Gilbert; sergeau Msjor Jay p Wilcox
Compay A. Of Putnsm-Caps Thomas X. Bales let Le1t
Arnold Leach "a Lieut BoIsto Bs chud. Company d o.
HsItiordC benjamin r. Prouty Let Lieut.. Hoatlo
H. Fstop, RI fical Andrrw Marshall Company ofNcw;
Haven Captain Daniel klen ist Lieut. Robert Hoppe "a
renso eter let Lieut. & H. Nichols I'd Lieut. John SOFT
a- Company L, ofNserbuty-C Captain kdward Pliusson
HsvsC span Levi C. Allen; lit Lieut. ss@ueC Peekjr
"a Lieut. Hruy soddsro. Company g. Of Nov brltain.5
Lisrt W ihaun @. kinlock. Company Of Bddsepor-
Captain Henry Bebel. lei Lieut.. George LOUIS 20 Lieut.
BouSren ~ Lieut. Bs1is j. Vest "a Lieut. stephen $
stevens Con 9any X Of new. Haven't altain Henry o.
6cri-h; Let Lieut. Frederick d. Osborne 20 Lieut. frcaeneE
THE SEVENTH CONNECTICUT VoLUNTErRs.-Tls
regiment numbers over goo strong, and IL composed
OF 6ne class Of men. They are armed with the
Enfield life, with the exception Of two companies,
who have the improved Sbarps rIhe. The stan ana
Colonel Aired H. Terry New Haven; Iieueltu Colonel
Newsyen; Aoj1tant GTosvenoi sisrr New Haven Sur
geon, In. Bacon Ne~-Havtu
Comuany A. Haniord--Captsn. Daniel @. Francis; ls
Leuiensni Thomas L. Hayden I'd Lieutcpsnt Valentine
VoSssn; 1T Iieaiesnt ievolelt light Lieutenant
Samuel j. Corey. Company c. Meritcn-CaPtsn. ohyeE ;
sanford: Let Lieutenant Ossu L. Latch, % Lieutenant
Sesser $ Aveil Compssy D. Danbury-Cap'sin berjsmn
Lieutenant, Joseph =. DuDttuEs "a itAiN
ant. Thomas Hootou company II Niueieu uil @
Captain Charles l.. Palmer; lot Lieutelsut Jss buIn'
Csnt.in Theod9re Bacon l., Lieutenant Wu. Chsnley
"a Lieutenant ChsLnoey h. hceler. Conpsny y, sew Ia
Csptsin Edvin s Hitchcock Let Leutensni, Char,ss
q Mia q iisuiensnt, Jel, alb Townsend COMPANY H.
Nors ich Captain. John b. Deniis; II Lieuten1nt lhe2
doIe Brfdiek. 20 Lieutenant, Oohsm beolt OoinIsn!
HIdsspou-Csp,sin, Sylvester ID Sny COMPANY H. P i
sou,ile and yicuiiy-Capisin CLailes burton ~ Ley
tenant Jerome Tour.elottei I'd LieD'en'nN "iAiA'H
TIA" Taf NIsrH MAINE voIUSrFrRs.-Thisireg regiment
numbers 100 men, ard the respective companies
were recruited in Calais, Canton linton, Cornls1i
and AroOetCOk Counties, nearly every part d the
State being represented 10 the command. Inc ram
AMI Gle are composed OF lumbermeo, laTIners, ana
,radeemeu al sturdy and e.bOdied The men
wear the regular Uuiied STATES uniform. a Dana Of
. pieces accompanies the regiment besme I'VE COD
missariat wagons, and camp equipse sulheelh' 10
accommodate the men WHEREVER they lnay be -ta-
toned TIE men are armed with Enfield miles. The
following j. d ist Of the officers:
Colonel RuheroIdC ich OF Portland; LisgtenantCo io-
me- Co.elan HsiJing Goshsln Msor Sabine EmeC sur
econ Joel Ricbsesot Assistant surgeon, Cyus c Tuck
QuueImss'cr JOIN ~ Lowell Do1L'Py a. O'y 1851 S
paay ID, Capt Wedswood; COMPANY T. iat BebeI 'oii
sry p apt Bisoy Company g. Capt. Hind Comply H.
Cent Cumming Company l. Capt; oha'ei Company a. 'apl
WentW oTth.
THE NAVAL EXPEDITION.
As in the Hatteras Inlet affair, great part Of The
active service falls upon the naval force accompany
ING the expedition. The hagoiiicer Of the fleet Is
Con-. S. r. DuPoST, who was recently promoted
from a Captaincy 10 the command Of our South At
aptic souadron. The whole sea-board- il will be
recoTec,ed, has been divided into three parts TO each
Of which a division Of the navy has been ordered on
bIockading duiy, under command Of Commodore.
The division Of Com. Dupont extends from Hatteras
Inlet TO the coast Of Florida. Dupont ia native Of
New-Jersey, but was appointed from Delaware, Of
which Saie be is a citizen. lie entered the navy in
1915. and has consequently served his country for
over 46 years. Ia 1859, Capt. Dupont was appointed
Coumandant Of the Philadelphia Navy YaFd-a po-
sition that he has held until recently. The Commo-
dore staff officers are Fleet Captain, c. II. Davis;
Flac.Iieuienapt, S. w. Preston. His flag ship, the
Wabash, arrived at this port on the sth Of October
from Charleston Bar, where sbe had been on block
ade duty for time previously. In the Hateriss
Inlet affair, she received several sbos below the
ygster-line, and returned for repairs. She called
from here on the 18th for Fortress Monroe. Her
armament consists of twenty-eight u-ineh Dahlgren
guns one lO-inch DahlTeni one SOpound nfed
Dahlgren, one 3O.pound Parrot fourteen e.ineh
shell guns, and three boat bowtzers. The crew in
Guide about go men and marines.
Among the men-of. war on the South Atlantic Eta
ton, which Join the expedition, the Sabine (5Ol
Capt Riuggoldi the Susquehannah lJ), Capt. Lard
ner; the Flag Commander Rodgers; the Savannah
l2l, Commander Missroom, oil Savannah the ST.
Lawrence ,5O), Capt. Purvisnce, Oh Simon's; the
Dale 40, Commander Ymd, oil FenandiDa; the
Vandalis t2O), Commander Haggerty, recently of
Beale's Bay, S. c., but just returned 70 Hampton
Roads; and the Governor transport, Capt G. l..
Li,cb6eld, with Major Reynolds battalion Of ma
rines.
The convoy il rendered complete by feet Of six
teen eunboa,s, part of which are new, and portion