New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
CONNECTICUT IN THREE WARS.

TIE-I Wai Of the Reycn'ic', ea5'eo rI y Mey
lean War. Quario PIP. o76. Published oy Inc .ne
Adiutant General under authority Oh uc "o"'''
Assembly. Hartford Conn, l-oo.
VIII ,hs nphiication Of this volume companion 10
the volume on the Civil War; issued earlier III ,'o
wear the state Of Connecticut now possesses !" P''
a measurably complete record of the military sc''i..
NJ her citizens in the four wars since l''o. III ''
regard the state puts herself one or two steps III ~
.a,ce ~ the other states few Of which, We Dehe'o
,o,o nrintcd any rolls beyond those of the soldiers
NJ 1s6l-G5 AT first thought one might ne s'ep"'"
or curious as TO the nature o. the services '0"O''N
nv Connecticut men in the Isl. bru'h pu' d" "a
animation OF the lists shows the names vi oNoi 'i
mibtiamen who turned ont on sundry alarms ior
pe,iods Of from three to three weeks TO ucenu
the sound coast especially In the summer ana ia'
OF 1913 and Iel4. This proved To be military uu'
with readiness 10 fight. but without the "pPo''"i'
Az these lists are compiled from rosters on HE III o
Aautant Generals once. Washington the service wa
evidently recognized by the General Government a.
4, continues 10 recognize it IN the pensions pilo ~
s,rvving Connecticut "ls12' widows. separate
roster follows inclusive of the 100 or more ohccrs
and some 200 men representing the e'a'c il, '"o
regular army Of that period. The absence Oh Navy
list Is not explained. for more than one ea'l"nV "'
from the Connecticut ports must have iouno Ms way
IA the decks of the Constitution Constellation wasp
C.. and other famous craft or TO the profitable
turkers Of privateers. Doubtless the records src
wanting o,,,. oc,o.~.
The Mexican War record includes about MY o"'oe's
and 600 men who belonged to the regular army ING
list of casualties indicates that they serVeu az N""
Crz Chapultcpec. Cerro Gorio, Molno del Key
Kesaca dc la Palma. ChurnbuSco ana o'her "o"S
Several generals who distinguished themselves III ''o
civil War such "a Horatio q. Wright John sedg"lcR
Joseph &. Tottcn, Henry W. Wessei~' J"'hes w.
Ripcy Joseph X. F. Mansfield. Nathahel iNo"' az
pear on this list young regimental om'erS "n"so
service enabled them 10 store up experience when
Aflp IL.
put TO good advantage in the greater struggle TO come
Altogether the most important part OF the volume
however is that relating 10 the Revolutionary Var
Nearly 900 pages devoted TO lis rec"n' anu sun
more space would have been required had inc orE'""
documents. represented. been prescrVH III 'o"Po'0
form As it is the lists include the names oil aI"n'
80 900 men who took part IN THAI struggle from 'o"-
,ec,icut ar rs estimated In the Introductory stat
uent some 900 or 10000 less than the State Is 70
be credited with. That many names nave oecn
rescued from the musty and decayng lies i d mater
of surprise. The rolls have been arranged CHROME
logically with explanatory notes. and az intervals "'o
inserted several pages Of text bearing
upon groups OF rolls or PERIODS VI
service which add materially TO tie value
OF the work. These pages. compact with quotations
from unpublished documents. will interest students Vi
the Revolutionary period. and especially those ION
Ing into the history and organization VI
the "Continentals- and other portions OF the
dependence. Extracts from ordcrbook the arrange
ment, of WashlngtOns army In different years, ana
references to camp and military life III general are
freely inerspersed some OF the rolls IN TINS DIVISION
OF the volume have unique charscter-instAce Inc
"Lexlngton Alarm List which contains the names
Of the 200 men who marched 70 the relief OF Boston
in April. 1873. They hailed from forty eight towns.
mainly In the eastern and central sections Of the
State (the lists being arranged by towns. and con
stituted, as the editor observes. "a representative
body largely descendants Of original settlers, includ
ing all elements in the different cOmmuniies-ludees,
pastors, lawyers, physicians, farmers. mechanics,
sailors, laboers7 further interest attaches to the
list embracing respectable number OF the male
inhabitants Of the State in 1873, which may be
utilized In historical and genealogical researches
The pertinence Of this remark appears upon close
examination of the names, among which may be
found many Of the immediate ancestors Of prominent
actors in Civil War The East Windsor roll con
tains the Of Captain Matthew Grant, the great
grandfather Of the lustrious general of the Union
Army. Woodstock sent out Colonel Samuel Nc
Cellsn. ancestor of General George 3. Mcclellan.
Through the lists may be noticed also the names OF
Sherman. sedgwick. Terry. Barnard. Meigs, ingalls,
Lyon Bissell Webb. Wadsworth. Reyes, stedman, and
many others we'll known. all suggestive Of the close
tie of knship between the generations that fought
In the to found the Union and in the other
to preserve it, The rolls Of the "Continental7 rcgi-
ments from Connecticut appear 70 be complete The
militia and state troops, with a heavy list. follow.
but with unfortunate gaps, due TO the loss unknown
whereabouts Of portions Of the original records There
Interesting lists also II the Connecticut company
that formed part Of ArnOd's expedition against
Quebec in 1915; Of the officers and casualties in
Meg's Light Regiment at the stOrming Of stony Point
Of the Connecticut light infantry companies In the
Yorktown campaign; Of the Wyoming Valley com
panes, and what would seem 10 be the first com
pletc or nearly complete list Of the Connecticut Gin
cinnati Society In view OF certain criticisms which
the Revolutionary record Of General Samuel Holden
Parsons, who long commanded the Connecticut Line
has recently provoked, the following farewell order
OF that officer 10 his command printed for the first
time In this volume, will be read with interest:
Division Orders April 3, 1892.
II IS with regret that Mai .-Gcucral Parsons finds
mnisen Obliged 10 inform the Division Of the ARM
under his command that his health is so impaired he
reels himself totally unable 70 continue his connection
with them any longer. DUTY and inclination would
have led him 10 have accompanied them with his ser
vice 10 the end of the war had not state Of his
health been such a, to put 1t out OF his Power. He
10 tlc interest d welfare Of the army general. &
Of this Division in particular. The Intimacy and
friendship with which he has spent years with
many officers the harmony which sub,iscd with all
renders II afcconatcy painful separate from them
has ccncntcd union which nothing but neccs-
sity should have interrupted-the feelings a pleas
obterate. The Patience under dieappoiniments 4
dlstres>es, the obedience S attention TO Duty BY
which the Soldiers of the Connecticut Line have been
distinguished will rebound to their lasting honor
endears them 70 every friend TO the liberties of our
country.
The General begs the officers to accept his most
hearty thanks for the many & repeated proofs he
has received Of their friendship thinks ID his duty
TO give his testimony to the fidelity, fortitudc per
- sss had the honor 10 command and tho he feels
deprived Of The Pleasure any longer 10 unite his per