Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-03

] ooiIfct tHe gehefai hhpieoo'"i 'n"' the band had one horn too many ;-- we considered the chord perfect. After lit ''e equestrian exercise, the troops halted in front of the Mansion House, the minstrelsy was hnshed and the intelligent looking ora tor "' the da' spoke his piece. He was ire quen'iy interrupted with applause and the clown. After the oration. the fellows pitched into the refreshments that were lying around loose m the tent. as though they had not eaten anything hefore since they galIantly sent substitutes to the war;
 The Fantastiques spent good deal of time ahd money in getting up this parade which constituted very interesting feature of the day to many of the lockers on.
 The department of portraits and relics. un der the charge of Riverius Marsh Esq.. was one of the most interesting features of the day The county court room. where they were upon exhibition was crowded all day by friends of the fallen, and mourners for the martyrs to rebellion. But few seemed 10 visit it from ''en eut feslty The most SerlOus luteIeSt was exhibited iD the numerous relics of the battle field and camp, and many tears were shed over the portraits of the brave men whose lives have been sacrificed upon their country's altar.
 The articles upon exhibition were arranged in excellent taste little W est of the judges desk, against the south wall, hung an excel lent portrait of our most honored and lamented Major General sedgwick. Upon the centre of the south walls was exhibited fine painting of Lieut. H. NJ. Dutton, who enlisted early in the wal, in the Fifth Regiment. and was killed at Cedar Mountain, Va, August 9th. 1862- In other conspicuous places were the portraits 1 of Col. Kellogg and Apollus c. Morse killed at Cold Harbor, and Lieut. Horace Hubbard, killed at Winchester, all of the old Nineteenth. Capt P Blackman, 2Oth U. s. C. T.: Lieut. Thos H McKinly, 29th (coloredl Regiment, killed at Chapin's Bluff; ;; and Lieut.. Buckley of the 12th Regiment. who was captured upon the Mississippi, held in captivity for fifteen months, and was afterwards killed in the first ohS hS1SCuleh1 diI0i hlo JolhAiS uiS ieSiM | Winchester. On the west side, in { single | frame, were the miniatures of five brothers :, who belonged to Co. E, Sth Regiment, and all but one of whom have been killed. On the south wall was not less sad group of the three Wadhams brothers Capt Luman Wad- hams, of our regiment, ,nortally wounded June 1st, 1884, Lieut. Henry W Wadhams. Co. K. 14th Reg't, killed in action, 26th May, 1864; and veteran sergt Edward wadhams, of Co E, 9th Regt, killed at Fort Darling, 18th May, 1864 The portraits of H M Miner, who died in Alexandria, F A Newcomb, Go E, 8th ; Regt, killed at Newborn, Corp James Beach of the 23l Regt, who died after months of suffering, from wounds received at Tourche Landing Corp c c Guernsey. Ebenezer Nor ton, Go K, who died 12th June, 1864, Benja- min Filley, taken prisoner on skirmish line before Petersburg on the 22d June, 1864, and died at Florence on the 31st Oct. Sergt W Reynolds, Co A, 7th Regiment. killed at Poca taligo, E Perkins, Co A, who died at Alex andria. Aug. l6th, were also hung about the room.
 In the centre of the room were several show cases, in which were exhibited the likenesses of the folio wing members of our County Regi- ment Major Rice and Capt Berry, killed at Winchester; Capt B F Hosford, killed at Cedar Creek Wm Nc K Rice Lieut. Mc Cabe, mortally wounded at Winchester; Lieut. c B Hat ;h, missed at Cold Harbor; It George B Hempsted, Sergt Major W s Watson. Sergt Major E Osborn, killed in front of Fort Fisher, 25th March, 'G5; D Galpin Co I, Pierce Robert Watt, A J. Brooker, Wm Ben ton, o Hitchcock, L Smith, ir., A Bradley, Charles Adams. G W Potter, Gall of Co. A, ) P A Fenn, Co D, all killed at Cold Harbor ;- Sergt Orton, Corp M Bunnell, Co A, and W J Beach Co c, killed at Winchester ;-- Corp G Cleveland, Go C, Corp Wilcox, Co A, and H Vaill, Co c, killed at Cedar Creek F Webster, Co D, Corp H S Thomas, H H Fox, Co I, Bell, Color Corporal, c s Thomas, Col, Henry Calhoun and G Merwin, Go H, J Sawyer, Co G, Corp H T Cable, Co A, (with the ball with which he was killed,) W John son, Co D, o N Miner. Go c, Sergt Huxley, Co c, A Barber, Go A, J Camp, Co K, (missing) D NJ Candee, Go A, (died in Ander- sonville prison,) J A Wilcox, Co A, N Bald win, Co. E. Sergt W 8 Watson. Co K, and A Luddington, Go A. These cases also con- tained the lkenesses of the following soldiers from this county who have been lost in other regiments Capt Allen and Adjutant c Barnum of the 1lth Regiment, both killed at Cold Rarbor It Chas N Irwin, Co Sth Regt, Sergt Major s F Plumb, sth Regt, killed Sept. 29th 1864, Corp M Clark, Co 8th Regt, died on Roanoke Island, Lewis Dayton, Co D, 1lth Regiment, killed at Shapsburg, Charles Patterson, Co I, Sth Regiment, killed at New bern Terrill, Co I, 18th, Peter McCabe, Co E. 11th, and Gesrge Booth, Co. E, 9th, killed at Antietam.
 We wish we had space for full iescrip- ton of the numerous and interesting trophies on exhibition, but we have not. Some ..of the most prominent ones were-The coat in which Gen. Sedgwick was killed, with silver to- bacco box found in the pocket; sword taken in the battle of Corinth by Capt Townsend; a Confederate corps flag captured at the battle of Ma shville; a sabre, captured from a rebel