Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-10
FIFTEENTH CONN. VOLUNTEERS.

CONN. VOLUNTEERS. l The Veteran Association. Fifteenth | Connecticut Volunteers. Takes Ac- ton Regarding the History of the
 Regiment-Arrange Concern
 ing Their Trip to Washington and
 Some of the old Battlefields.
 At the meeting of the Veteran associa- tion, Fifteenth regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, held last evening in the par lors of the Veteran Firemen's association, room 22, Insurance building, the question of publishing the history of the regiment was considered at length.
 Abut two years ago it was determined to publish history and the late Colonel White was appointed historian. He had done considerable work on it in the way of collecting material and getting it in shape for publication and had already material for book of about 250 pages. By Colonel Whites death the work of get ting out the book has been con- | siderably delayed, but now it is l thought that much more complete his tory will be published, occupying 300 or pages.
 MT. Sheldon B. Thorpe of North Haven is the man appointed to take charge of the l completion of the work. He is man thoroughly qualified as Colonel Whites successor. Colonel Whites manuscripts | and documents will be turned over to him. and it is thought that it will be published sometime during the present year. The | feeling of the association was unanimous l not to abandon the idea of publishing a history and letters from William o. Good | rich of Philadelphia and D. Henry Miller, chaplin of the department of Connecticut, were received protesting against such an idea. The association voted to guarantee 5000 to the historian to cover the expenses of publication. Price, Lee & Adkins will probably be the publishers. A book of such interest regiment will doubtless have . large sale I outside the immediate limits of the Vet. 1 erans' association.
 Charles D. Barnes of Southington, Will | jam Beecher of Westville and James A.
 Church were appointed as publishing
 committee.
 They also considered what arrangements
 it would be desirable to make in regard tc
 their twenty-ffth annual reunion, whict
 will be held next September. This year
 the association as whole proposes to g |
 G. A. R. encampment, which occurs tn,
 week of September 20, and also visit sem'
 one of the battlefelds on the s'soil of Ol'
 Virginny" SO sacred to the memory O.
 many of their fallen comrades.
 l fredericksburg will probably be thu
 place chosen, where they will in all proba
 bility hold their annual dinner at the Ex
 change hotel on Calton Hill, one-half mil
 from the battlefield. The regular bushes
 meeting will be held previously at thei
 rendezvous in the 'white lot," where tn G. A. R. will be encamped. The greate , part of the association are members of tn G. A. R., which will make it particularl } pleasant for those who go.
 The association now comprises about 32 , members, scattered throughout the differ
 ent G. A. R. posts in New Haven and tn
 neighboring towns. The original regimen E was 1920, which was later increased t 1865. This will be their first trip as 8 , organization to the national encampmen 3 and yet it is thought that about 150 or 20 3 men will go. The reunion last year wa , | held at Sayin Rock