Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-10
The Reception.

reception. This letter was read by Rev. Geo. Richards at the reception and was listened to with the marked attention that it deserved.
 NEW HAVEN. July 31st, 1865 Soldiers cf the Nineteenth Regiment Connecticut
 By that designation alone I wish to remem- ber you. It was as members of that noble reg iment that you became entitled to my grati- tude. When you named your first camp after my lamented son, you conferred honor not only on him but upon me. He by sacrificing his young life. and you by commemorating the sac fifice, have rendered the name of Dutton, which otherwise might have soon passed into oblivion, as enduring as wonder green hill where you first pitched your tents. tlf4f . Soldiers, let me assure you that he deserved such memorial from the hands of his military cOmpatriotS. He was one of the first among you to tender his life to the cause of his coun- try. Although an affectionate and obedient son. he waited not for the approbation of father or mother, but promptly yielded o bedience to higher auth 0rity. He loved them much, but loved his country more. He bore every priva- ton with cheerfulness. He needed not expo sure to the cold blasts of winter, or the buln- ing heats of summer. He relieved many limiting soldier of the "marching" regiment, by carrying for him his knapsack and his mus ket. He cheered his comrades on in their tedi- ous journeyings by his wit and his jokes, and by using his clear sweet voice in singiug the songs of Yale and the battle cry of freedom. Unsolicited, he tramped on foot, in the dead of winter four miles and back to make sure to an invalid soldier, furlough. that he might visit his loved ones at home. When the hour of peril came, he charged through tempest of iron hail, equalled only by that which you en- countered at Cold Harbor, but after his captain was disabled by wound, with waving sword A., k.1 t.r his brave spirit to join another army aDove. There his triumphant notes were soon mingled with the angelic strains of another voice, creat ing harmony scarcely sweeter than that with which they filled your churches, and delighted your firesides. ,tH.
 Soldiers, congratulate you on your safe re- turn to your families and friends. You have fought the good fight, you have finished your course, you have kept the faith. Henceforth which your grateful countrymen will give you in that day when they make up their jewels. You have done honor to the county in which l am proud to have been born. Heroes sprung from that soil when our independence was se- cured. It retained its fertility and strength when it became necessary tc preserve it. Your neighbors welcome you back, and receive you with open arms and grateful hearts. You have protected their homes, and not one of you shall  poverty. You have watched by your sick, wounded and dying comrades, who had no couch but the cold earth, and no canopy but the open sky. You shall never want a soft bed to stretch your limbs upon, and gentle hands to minister to your necessities. You have in danger and suffering dug shallow graves on rebel soil, in which you have deposi ted the dead wao fell in battle. When you die. tears of gratitude shall keep green your rc0caf11 and ~ui1l;pr bo pdo roioo au- soleum to perpetuate your names.
 { uf3 Accept my thanks, sa-
 HENRY BUTTON.
 When our County regiment left for the front, a roll of it's members was published m the Enquirer. We print below list of those who have lived to return, and who attended our Reception on Tuesday week. There were ! several of the members of the regiment pres ent who did not register their names, besides a large number who belonged to other regi ments, making total of undoubtedly nearly five hundred. 3.a e. :, ,.a5a.s ~ FIELD AND STAFF.
 i. Col L W Vessels, It Col N Smith, Major W B Els, Adjt c J Deming.
 Capt wm Bisseli, Capt A B shumwayy H | Bray; L o Bradley, A c Buell., Lewis Bissell,( ( @ Belcher, J Bishop, J D Bradley, H N Catlin c s Barber, E Fenton, Samuel Gum, c < Hinsdale, W Hall, s Hempstead, Georg N Hannahs, A W Healy, Myron E Kilbourn 2 Lyons, Chas A Merriman, L. Cakes, s Pond, E W Pond, E Parker, N Perkins Ferris Pond, H s Spencer, St John, Gar , 4 wood T Sanford, W s Smith, H Scovill, F Williams, 8 Whiting, Horace N Williams, W watrous, c P Wedge.
 Co. B. f
 Capt Wm H Lewis, It Cook, A Adams H Burgess, Cooper, D Clark, E Dwy, 4 L Frink, E Graves, Halleck, Jame Parks, c North, c L Sterry, Joel Snyder 6 ra Co. c.
 WI Adams, c. r Blakeslee, f Barbour,J N Benton, R Bissell, D Beach, G c Bently Beach, c W Curtiss, A Cleveland, FL dridge, Philo Cleveland, H A Hotchkiss, N Judd, Hunter, H Johnson, c E Morse. if Miner, D Murphy, T A Pendleton, s Rich .a Soudant, G c Stewart, G c Thompson, G V I Newcomb, James Jukes, R Blakeslee, E Dunbar, H Waiting, l. N Whiting, W Water st,j3. j.., a., Co. D. rag :, ,le It. o P Loomis, A E Afford, G E Atwood, ag H Bates, N W Barnes, H Munger, B Brown c Bryan. Bradley, Barnum, ! Bushnell, bradley, J bo0cn, U brOWn, Benjamin, J c Chase, G D Cook, J A Mo Cormick, J Cooley, z Granniss, c Hall, A fIotchkiss, s M Hunter, J Munger. H Nun ger, D T Purcell, H Pond, F Reed, l Stoughton, R Terrell. W Oates, Il Tolles, B Taylor, CIV Talcott, A J Tweed, War ner. laetatol .st5 7-a~
 =g7 i.-d '5 Co. B.
 FL Beecher, A Bunnell, G Billings, P Birmingham. P D Carroll, J Christina, Can field, A Hart, c Mason, D Miller, H Pine H J Reynolds, W H Seymour. E Sage. Simmer, s W Sage, Wilson White, W Wood ruff, W M Wood.
 .12ts -sssss Go. K.
 It. N M Rust, H c Butler, E Burr. o Bll lings, E G Decker, E Dayton, A N Dowd W. H Deming, W c Gardiner, s F Harkins, 4 Henderson, I Jones, A St John, Homer ] St John, E R Mitchell. M E Munger, H Mer Till, Mundry.lC H Mitchell, Owens, ] Rodemeyer, E Royce. E Roberts, T B Spen csr. H Tucker, N Tyler, W. H Tiffany,
 Turner, E Tucker, G W Warren, L Merrill. *i Co. G.
 Capt E Gold, Lieut. George Hyde, Bierce, F Butler, c w Baldwin, N Clark. W Capron, B Corbin, W W Coggswell, M Dean, A Glover, Holmes, N T Jennings s D Kimball, King, R Northrup, c H Smith Lewis Smith, " s Shepard, H schadt W ' Whitlock,
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