Litchfield enquirer., 1870-06-02
CORNWALL

F Decoration Day, more or less extensively, from the frst..and have been stirred in their memoEies aAd purposes to honor the graves of their dead soldiers and show the
 living ones their appreciation of their sac- rifces in behalf of our imperiled govern
 ment.s This year. more than the usual preparations were made to celebrate the day and occasion, and the result was Q complete success. The exercises commenc-
 ed at o'clock a. m., by forming, process sion, at Cornwall Bridge consisting of the Cornwall Cornet Band, all the living sol
 diers of the town, the. wives and children of the living and the dead, and citizens generally. Thence they proceeded to the to the cemetery near. strewing the graves with flowers and joining in other appropri- ate services. The graves of George Beach, Lewis Sawyer, Horace Sickman, Harmon Bouney, Albert Robinson, and Charley Weston (colored). are here. Thence they
 went to Cornwall, where was provided a bountiful repast, enough and to spare, for all who were disposed to partake, number ing from AGO to 500. Thence the proces.
 ion moved to the cemetery half mile east preceded by twenty little girls dressed in white. Here lie buried Rev. Jacob Eaton, Henry L. VailI, Wm. R. Payne. Thomas Sherman, Philo l.. Cole, JohH Hawver, Gearge Pendleton, Wm. B. North The ceremonies were the same as at Cornwall Bridge, l. e., .,strewing the graves with flow CTS. remarks by Rev. MT. Sandford, closing with prayer. Thence the line of march was north to Cornwall Hollow, where lie the remains of Maj. Gen. Sedgwick, Har- Ford, and Henry Freeman, (colored). Here an address was made by T. s. Gold, Esq, copy of which was kindly furnished for publication. Leaving here. the processian wended it's way over the hills to North Cornwall where the graves of Capt. Amos Allen, Lieut.. W. S. Coggswell, Sergt. Crawford, Hart Nodine, Chas. Mccormick, Myron Hubbell and Edward P. Barnum were severally decorated, while the solemn dirge and tolling bell added to the effect of the interesting ceremony. They gathered around the monument erected last Satur- day to the memory of Lieut.. Coggswell, short address was made by Capt: Gold. and suitable allusions were made in simple ded- icatory services to the monument. Then followed reading the scripture and prayer by Rev. MT. Sandford, closing with music, the band and the assembled crowd joining in the Doxology, to the tune of Old Hund- red "Praise God from whom all blessings fow' and the benediction. Altogether it was day we'll spent and greatly enjoyed by perhaps 800 or 1000 of our people, each locality filling up the numbers that fell out as the procession moved from place to place. Some of the scenes were very touch ing, stirring up old memories, recalling scenes almost forgotten. There was not an untoward occurrence to mar the propri- ety of the ceremonies.
 This place gave of her best blood and treasure to its country in her time of need, and she will not forget the honored graves of those who fell, CT her duty to those who live.
 There were 41 survivors in the procession as follows: 1st Conn, Francis Blissard, B. c. Sterling; 2d Conn.,, Col. Cad N. Smith, Capt. E. F. Gold. Lieut. Milton Gregory, Swift B. Smith, z. D. Hotchkiss, George Palmer, John Curtiss, Geo. Studley, John Pulley, Chas. Swift, Chas. Smith, Josiah Corbin, Rufus Frink, Frederick Butler, Albert Bailey, Frank Bierce, Wm. Palmer, Elisha Peck, Frederick Holmes, Charles Kane, Edward Hawyer; 5th Conn. Lieut.. Henry Hart, Henry Haller, Wm. Morgan; 8th Conn.,, Nelson Hart, Henry Root; 11th Conn. Birdsey Decker. Henry Nickerson; 18th Conn, George Dibble, Eugene David son, George Roraback; 17th Conn, Martin Costello; 9th Mass, Dwight Collins; 14th N. Y. Edgar Hart; 29th Conn. (colored), Lyman Watson, Joseph Starr, Lewis Starr. Nelson Bush, Jeremiah May, John Weston George Van Alstyre.
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