The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-02
YALUAn1E VAR RELICS.

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 A systematic effort Is being made by the veterans of the war at Hartford toward the preservation of authentic relics of the war. There are many ou- riosities and memorials in individual hands that can be secured and placed in a war museum, to be built there in the future, preserving them thereby for posterity.
 The division Headquarters flag which belonged to Gen. James Shields, the Irish patriot, being used by him in the Army of the Shenandoah, is now owned by Major b. V. Preston of that city. It fell into the possession of Major Preston during the war and has been preserved by him with great care. He was an aide de camp on the staff of General o. s. Ferry, who was Unit ed States senator from Connecticut af- ter the war. General Ferry succeeded General Shields in the service, and the headquarters flag passed into the own enship and control of Major Preston. It is not likely that any of the survlv- ors of General Shields division are now aware of the existence of their old commanders headquarters colors, They are in good state of preserva- tion thirty years after the war.
 The sword that was worn by Captain Charles E. Bulkeley, Yale graduate of distinction, who lost his life in the service, Is now the property of ex- Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley.
 A sword captured by Captain Bulke- ley while he was private in General Joseph H. Hawley's rifle company in the First Connecticut regiment has de- seconded to Colonel William E. A. Bulk eley, one of Trinity's best known grad uates. The sword was captured at Falls Church before the battle of Bull Run.
 Lieutenant Samuel H. Thompson, who was engaged to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps at the outbreak of the war, lost his life in a regiment from this state. He made a gallant record at Antietam, and the sword which he wore in that battle was returned to his father, President William Thompson of the Hartford theological seminary. For years President Thompson guard ed the weapon as a sacred memorial. It is still among the family heirlooms
 The sword and hat of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed at Wilson's Creek in 1S62( were presented to the state and deposited, by vote of the legislature, in the Connecticut Histor- ical society rooms.
 The battle sword of Major Gen. John Sedgwick, who was killed at Spottsyl- vania May 19, 1864, is also deposited with this historical society.
 The swords of Gen. Robert o. Tyler and of Commander George w. Rodgers of the United States navy are guarded by the same society. Commander Rod gers was killed in the attack on Fort Sumter August F, 1863.
 The first naval officer from Connecti- cut who was killed during the war was Capt. James H. Ward of Hartford. He lost his life at Matthias Point, Va, June 27, 1861. The coat and hat he wore in the engag cement are still pre- served. The costly battle sword that was given to Col Thomas H. Seymour by the state legislature as testi- monia1 for gallant services in the Mex ican war has been placed in Hartford by the sole surviving members of the Seymour family, now living in New Orleans.
 There are half a dozen or more weapons in the city that were carried 'by Revolutionary heroes.
 Edward T. Mcclellan of New York city has turned over to Hartford guardianship a pair of pistols that were carried in the Revolution by Gen. Samuel Mcclellan of Woodstock, who was the great-grandfather of General George B. Mcclellan.
 The battle swords of Gen Israel Put nam, Gov Jonathan Trumbull, and Gen. Ichabod Wadsworth are pre- served in the Connecticut. Historical so- ciety.
 The sword that belonged to Jonathan Trumbull, jr., while he was secretary to Washington, has place by the side of the senior Trumbulrs.
 The oldest curiosity in the way of swords goes back to the period of the Pequot war, It belonged to Sergt Will liam Hayden of Windsor. It was used by him in saving the life of Capt. John Mason from an Indian warrior, the savage's bowstring being cut by Hay den as he aimed at Mason.
 There are numerous diaries that were kept by the Connecticut soldiers in the civil war which will be of great interest generation from now. One of the most important of the series gives the inside history of Anderson ville It is now owned by Capt. Robert H. Kellogg of Cincinnati.
 Col William H. Tubbs of New Lon don, who served in the Fourteenth Con- necticut Volunteers, also has a diary of much value, which he kept in the Army of the Potomac.
 There is diary in Yale college that was kept in Andersonville by private soldier from Hartford, and 1t gives full account of the prison life during the summer of 1864.
 These relics are of so much interest that the Grand Army has inaugurated the task of collecting and preserving so far as possible whatever may be found and secured.
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