Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-04
From :. The Boys.,,

From two very interesting letters received by Mr. Henry B. BisselL of this tssn. from his son in Co. 4. 2nd Conn. H. d.. we con. dense the following. The letters were written shortly af;er the surrender of Lee:
 We have had the most tiresome marching this time, of any that I have been through. The men stand the marching much better than l expected. though some of the time We have been saort of rations.
 We have fought the last battle for the Army of the Potomac It was at Sailors Creek. Our brigade captured four thousand prisoners, also Generals Ewell Kersliaw and Lee, Jr. The troops that we fought were the Marine Brigade of Capt. Simms They fought desperately, but our troops were too mueh for them. Now we think our fighting is over and we feel relieved. Saw Gen. Grant the day before Lees surrender. On the day of tke surrender Maj. Gen. Meade, Getty, Rickets and Wheaton rode along the lines the boys cheer ed them long and loud, flags waived, drums beat, bands played, hats and caps flew up in the air; the Generals rode among the men who gave the cheer after cheer. Pen cannot des- cribe the scene; it was the most joyful and happy day have seen in my life. None could feel more joyful over it than the army, whe are the most interested of any. for it is not pleas ant to run the risk of battle so often as we have done of late. Report says that when Lee surrendered it was to Gen. Wright and Lee said it was the 9th Corps that drove his men in confusion be- fore them he could not make them stand be fore the meE that Gen. Sedgwick had faught to light. Ipresume before this reaches you. you will hear Of our fight at Sailors Greek. The road for two miles was filled with .maskets many of them broken. We could hardly step without stepping on some of them. The Ma jor of the 18th N. Y. was morially wounded by a musket exploding that lay in the road One man had his foot shot of by a horse stepping on and exploding another.
 "Our Regt. had seven men wounded one mortally. Gen. Wheaton said of the fight that the 2d Heavies, after they are formed in line, don't look back to see good place to I'd treat to, but a good place to shelter themselves for moment, or weak place in the rebel lines. Gen. Hamblin says: once get them on the charge, they will dodge around and crawl along up, then rally, give yell and volley then over the rebel works they go, just like SC many blood-hounds every man on the track o a rebel"
 
 In another letter, written previously, ir speaking of the old flag of the regiment he says:
 The old flag presented to the Reg't by Mrs EaRm. Curtiss Moves is most worn oat aud pre-. ssnts bsasttle ssYtll E stained appearances The old Reg't will take # home with them' Zen mus. tered ou. of the aeryise, The spears lead has been shot of, and a shell has made quite a rip in one corner of it. Two color bearers have been hit while carrying it; one slightly, the other mortaliy wounded. It was the first flag planted iu front of our division at Fisher, g Hill.' It has attracted the attention of many Generals snd their troops.
 "The boys of other Regts say when they see the colors of the 2d Heavies retreating it is time for them to be gstting back but so long as they go ahead there is ns use of running to the rear.'