Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-26

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 u.-,sord pre... with the Connecticut Cavalry .,.te. that the Rebel Gen. Ashby, was killed b. ! < Connecticut boy. He says; "Just out of liar risonburg on Saturday afternoon, we. had an other brush with the rear guard of tho enemy and at that time Gen. Ashby, once Col Ashby was killed. do not consider hat there is an, doubt of this, and that bullet from Connec ticut pistol did the work. Prisoners that VI have taken confirm the fact, and I was told a headquarters that Gen. Fremont and a membe of his staff had an interview with him before h. died. He was in our possession forty-eigh hours, and died at house two miles out of liar risonburg.' .'' --e,~..-,---rs
 | -.Gen. E. Kirby Smith, the leader of the reb
 els in East Tennessee, has some Litchfeld blood lin him, His father was Colonel in the U. s
 Army and married daughter of fEphraim Kirb. of this place. He moved to Florida, where tn, present General was born, and where he go lmost of his bad qualities. .,...-,..,
 IA son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
 formerly of this town, is now Lieutenant i,
 the regular army. 4th artillery, us.
 l. = The 14th Reg't, now recruiting at Hartford is said to have now about 200 men in camp. Thil ifs gain of hardly hundred in week. Tn,
 Regiment should be filled faster, as more mer are wanted, and wanted immsdiately.
 I "A private letter to the Waterbury Amer;ean says that Col. Chatfeld of the Sixth is in com nand of the brigade at stono Inlet, near Charles. ton. 5 o. nE.sa7f ea7-7a5 - .i V The following promotions were made OF Friday in the Seventh regiment, the commissions dating from May l9:-Lieut. Colonel Joseph R. Hawley to be Colonel, vice Col. Terry promoted to be Brigadier General, Major Geo. F. Gardi. ner to be Lieut. Colonel, and Capt. Daniel c. Rodman to be Major. .af
 -- Lieut. Chas. W. Cornwall of the Twelfth, died on the 7th inst. of typhoid fever, At the time of his death, he was on Gen. Phelps staff
 Calvin s. Magoon, sick soldier of the Massachusetts 23d regiment, died in the cars near Norwalk, on Thursday, while within few hours ride of the home to which he was return ing. ,,.I
 THa CoNxHcrIcur FirrH.-A private letter from member of the Fifth Regiment, written on the 18th, on the battle ground of Col. Kenly'a command, near Front Royal, says:
 Going through Winchester we had guard of cavalry to prevent us from destroying the town. We hooted and missed the citizens all the way through and they looked sour enough. The Av fhAk T. n1. h~ >~l. B. q. days. think we are going down the Laura vallsy.' ..t a.a s <; ;,:.sls@er,.,, is s.
 = THn CoNxscTIcur SrvxxrH-A private letter from . member of the Seventh regiment, written on the 1lth. makes the following com mont. 54.5 =s a6; J
 2" Oar rssinsnt vent cut last Sunday and drove back the snsny's picksss, firing on them as they run for the woods. They fired . vollsy at tus and eAms very near killing our Colonel Hawley. but hs escaped uninjured. We killed four, wounded four. and took seven prisoners" = Lieut.. Henry P. Goddard, of Norwich, late ly of the New York Harris Light Cavalry, has been appointed Sergeant Major of the Four. .ssnth Connecticut Volunteers. s. .
 = letter from Captain |. W. Middlebrook, Company D. Connecticut Cavalry, to the Bridge port Siandasd says that the only loss of our cay airy in the operations against Jackson, were Sergeant John B.. Warehouse, of Fairfield; E. A. Wood, of Bridgeport; James Wheeler, of Trumbull; Joha L. Farnum, of Birmingham ; and George M. Evans, of Torrington, (all of Co. D.l who were sent out on the night of the 9th instant on scout. and who were undoubtedly taken prisoners. Arebel prisoner reports that they gre uninjured. .'s.'7