Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-07
REUrror OF THE TENTH Q. V.

Their Twenty.frst Annual Meeting
 Held in NorvgaIk Kesterday-A Spirit
 ed AMafr-H HospItaB1e Norwa1kers-
 Speeches by General OHfs, General
 Greeley. Chaplain Trumbull, Com.
 mander Anderson and others.
 The twenty-first annual reunion of the
 Tenth Connecticut Volunteers was held in
 Norwalk yesterday.
 At an early hsur the veterans began to ar-
 rive and by Il o'clock in the neighborhood
 of one hundred and twenty were present.
 They went to the hall of Douglas Fowler post
 on Washington street where business meet
 ing was held President J. T. Gill presided.
 Committees were appointed to report list
 of officers for the ensuiug year and also a
 place of meeting for next year. The commit.
 tee reported the following names and they
 were unanimously elected: President, D. W.
 Boardman; vice president, J. B. Kellogg; sec
 retary and treasurer, D. l.. Durand; executive
 committee, D. L. Durand, H. M. Brown, Har-
 vey Chaffee, George 0. Peck, W. E. Whittle-
 sey. It was then voted to meet in Birning-
 ham next year with the Twentieth Connecti- cut Volunteers.
 The veterans met in front ofGrand Arny
 Hall and were photographed by George s.
 North.
 At o'clock, headed by GIover's band,
 they made short parade through the prin- cipal streets. The band played stirring marching music and the vets marched like the old soldiers that they are. Then they went to Germania Hall, where a fine colla- tion was served by the ladies. Speeches fol- lowed and the best of feeling prevailed. Among the speakers were the following: Gen. Otis of Massachusetts, Gen. Cree ley of New Haven, president of the Repub- lican league, Department Commander Ander- son of the G. A. R., Chaplain Henry Clay Trumbu1 of Philadelphia, Captain White of Hartford, of the old Twenty-seventh Massa- chusetts, Csytain Gill and others. l Among those present from this city and vicinity were: General B. s. Greeley, w. B. Whittelsey, T. Parsons Dickerman, George o. Peck and Walter French, also Gen. Good year of North Haven, Jerome Downs of Beth- any, David Durand of Birmingham. The New Haven veterans speak in terms of high praise for the spirited and rousiBg reception ! the NorWalkers gave the association and the \ fine dinner they served. The following in- | clude the members of the Tenth residing in Norwalk: Caleb Wood, w. P. Smallhorp, D.. P. Morrell, Henry Webb, John McPherson, Isaac Bowe, Cyrus Ruscoe and N. E. Camp ! bell.
 Considering the few living there the com | mittee having in charge the reunion deserve great credit.
 The Tenth Connecticut volunteers was re- \ cruited at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, and \ IefC for Annapolis, Md, October 31st 1861. 1 The regiment was attached to General Burn- sides command, and was engaged at the bat | tie of Ronoake Island on the 9th of Fsbru- l ary, 1862 Notwithstanding this was their \ first battle, both officers and men exhibited great coolness and hravery. Colonel Russell | was killed in this battle while gallantly lead | ing his men in charge Lieutenant-C Colonel l Drake then took command of the regiment, \ and was commissioned colonel on February 9th. 1862, but died of disease on June 9th, | 1869. Adjutant- General Williams in his | annual report dated April list, 1863, remarks s'that no regiment in the field has seen more | active service or better sustained the reputa- | tion of Connecticut troops, or met with | greater loss of men and officers than the | Tenth.
 ! At Newborn the 10th lost 23 killed and | wounded; at Kingston 8 loss of 106 officers ! and men killed. In the battle of St. Augus- | tine their loss was 22 men. At Drury' s Bluff, under raking fire, in which the 10th ! lost IS men in almost as many seconds, the regiment behaved most gallsntly. The regi- I ment was mustered out of service August 5, \ 1865, and it participated in no less than four- teen engagements between June 16, 1864, and the spring of 1865. The following is 6 partial list of it's engagements:
 Roanoke Island, Newborn, Kingston, \ Whitehall, Seabrook Island, siege of Charles | ton, near St. Augustine, Walthall Junction,
 Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Deep Bottom, from August 1, 1864, to the 14th; Deep Run, siege of Petersburg, Laurel Hill Church, New Market Road ,Darbytown Road, from October IS 1864, to the 27th; Johnston's E l Plantation, Hatcher's Run, Fort Gregg and Appomattox Court House. The following ! is the aggregate of the Tenth's casualties: Killed in action b7 Died of wounds .......... ................... 59 Died of diseases ........................ 152 Discharged prior to muster of regiment. 6o2