The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-20
IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY
MONUMENT OF THE TWELFTH c. Y.
 DEDICATED AT WINCHESTER.


 necticut Volunteers unveiled a monu- ment in the Union Soldiers cemetery in Winchester, Va, yesterday. About 15o visitors, mostly from Connecticut, were present at the ceremony. The program was as follows:
 Air. Invocation-J. H. Bradford, chaplain of
 the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteers. Welcome-Mayor John I. Williams of
 Winchester, Va. Response and Historical Address-A. c.
 Hendrick, captain of the Twelfth
 Connecticut Volunteers.
 Unveiling.
 Music-Dirge. Address-Frederick M. Grant, sergeant
 of the Twelfth Connecticut Volun-
 teers.
 Voluntary remarks.
 
 Decoration of the graves of the Twelfth
 located near the monument. Music-"Old Hundred"
 nediction-"Lights Out"
 Mayor A. c. Hendrick of New Haven, who gave the historical address, spoke, in part, as follows:
 Comrades and Friends-Our regi- ment was only one similar to large number of others, sworn into the ser vice of our country as soldiers, to obey orders and perform our duty in a loyal manner under all circumstances It was first mustered November 21, 1861, and after receiving it's outfit of cloth ing and equipment, and recruiting to the maximum, one thousand and eighty officers and enlisted men, we left out rendezvous at Camp Lyon, West Hart ford, Conn.,, February 24, 1862. for New York, there embarking on transport and sailing under sealed orders On board the steamship Fulton on the 27th, reaching Ship Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, after an uneventful voyage of eight days.
 The regiment witnessed the great na- val battles below New Orleans, and was the second military organization to land and occupy the metropolis of the south.
 "The regiment was quartered in and around New Orleans for some time, suf- fering great havoc from the deadly ty- phoid and malarial levers.
 ~In October welcome marching orders were received, which was gratifying news to all, and the expedition to Donaldsonville was followed by active service in the field. Our first baptism of blood was at Georgia Landing on the La Fourche, an encounter fruitful with te fDJN Htrtth campaigning during part of the winter of 'e2 and '63.
 "The regiment took part in the at tack on Port Hudson, several of its members being in the forlorn hope. Af ter being in camp for some time active campaigning was again commenced in the fall of '63 in western Louisiana. Under liberal inducements from both the state and United States govern ments, most of the regiment re-enlisted for the war
 After enjoying the freedom of a fur tough our regiment again reported for duty and was assigned to the Nine teenth Army corps in Virginia and it formed part of the gallant Sheridans army in the Shenandoah
 
 we met foes worthy of our steel, and the last battle of Winchester (Ope- auan) was contested September 19, 1864 The victory here of the Union arms was soon followed by further active work at Fishers Hill, and later at Ce- dar Creek (Chapin's Farm), when the forces under the Confederate general, Jubal Early, very early on the morn ing of October 19, surprised and nearly overwhelmed our army which met with serious loss, only to be rallied lat CT in the day by a Sheridan, turning defeat into a glorious victory.
 "The regiment was engaged in the battle of Cedar Creek. The losses of the Twelfth in the battle were terrible for the number engaged (315), no less than twenty-three killed outright, fifty five wounded (seven dying in a few days). and ninety-t two made prisoners. a total of 170-a loss of over fifty per cent
 "As a result of many occupations and engagements throughout this fertile and beautiful valley, these mounds, and these grave marks in this national, and in wonder Confederate cemetery bear of but a few of many silent witnesses of the contending forces. These grave marks bear inscriptions of names familiar to those who touched elbows with us, and who once sang their favorite songs of war and peace, and who nobly performed their duty in the smoke and rain of battle and freely gave their lives for the perpetua- tion of one country and one flag.
 "If to-day, we fail to recognize other names of those known to have shared the same honored glory and yet remain unaccounted for, may we rest assured that they slumber among those marked unknown
 "We are but few of the survivors of a regiment that for good discipline, ex- in drill, and it's enduring quali- ties. whether upon the march, during the fatigues and exposures of the field, or when facing the greatest danger in the heat of battle, cool and brave, were of a composition which must have been of good soldierly qualities,
 eve could not have selected a more beautiful site for the location of this memorial than in this magnificent valley, made memorable so many times and on so many occasions by the tread of mighty hosts amid the bursting bombs and rain of bullets and the clashing of the cavalry sabre of earnest and battle scared veterans.