The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-06
GALLANT TENTH REGIMENT
ANNUAL REUNION AT LIGHTHOUsE POINT THIS YEAR.


 Roster o tIicers of Veteran Association List of officers Who win Attend the Reunion. The thirtieth annual reunion of the Tenth regiment, Connecticut Volun- teers, will be held at Lighthouse Point on Thursday, September ?. The officers for this year are: Pres ident silas F. Mead of Greenwich; first vice president, Joseph Tyler of Bridgeport; second vice president, w. IL. Norton of Forestville; secretary and treasurer, w. E. Whittlesey of New Haven; executive committee, Walter Trench of New Haven, Hiram Peck of New Haven, and Jerome Downs of Bethany. The business meeting will be called to order at 12 o'clock.
 General E. $. Greeley of New Haven and General E. D. s. Goodyear of North Haven are expected to be pres- ent.
 Chaplain Henry Clay Trumbull, who is In impaired health hopes once more to meet with the boys he fought with. I-TeSluGHl 1. w. AluSllOlA ol oto|S college, Pa, will be present if he can so arrange.
 The reunion of last year here in New Haven was the largest for several years New interest seems to have been awakened, and hopes are entertained that the one this year will be as full of interest.
 Prof. F. A. Fowler, Miss Bena Barnes, ,tr,ih a few selections in music.
 The Tenth regiment was mustered early in the fall of 1861 at Hartford. Three of the companies, A, K ana C' were largely recruited from New Ha- ven, number of As recruits coming from Derby and Guilford. Company B was recruited at Manchester, D at Dan bury, E at Hartford, at Norwich, G at Stamford H at New London and l at Greenwich.
 After leaving Hartford the regiment joined the Burnside expedition at An napolis and took part in the battles Of Roanoke Island and New Berne, these being the two first battles participated in by the Tenth. Tn the battle of Roanoke the colonel, Charles L. Rus sell of Derby, was killed, and his place
 
 Windsor. Colonel Drake was of a weak constitution and died of lung trouble soon after taking command He was young and brilliant officer. Major k. w. Pettibone was next promoted to the colonelcy, but resigned early in 1862. When the regiment was mustered out its colonel was now General Greeley of New Haven.
 !, o,,tf ni1,ot tnd in Gilmore's campaign about Charlestown, and was at Petersburg. It was one of the four regiments which made the last figh with Lee The regiment was many times commended for meritorious ser vice and was looked upon as a regt- ment to be relied upon for hazardous undertakings.
 Gen. Plaisted of Maine says: When the Tenth was in service it was in my brigade and I got very we'll acquainted with them. never saw a better off, cered or better drilled body of men in the service than these fellows were. They never said very much but when it came to good, sturdy fighting they were always ready for it. The Eleventh Maine and Tenth Connecticut were in my brigade, and there was great rival ry between the two regiments.
 "The Tenth's wonderful charge at Petersburg, when they were the first to plant the flag on the parapets of the enemy was one of the finest I ever heard of. They lost eighty men in that charge"
 On the Sth of February '62, it's first battle was Roanoke Island; on the 14th of March, 62, the regiment was at New Berne; 14th of December, battle of Kinston; 18th of December, battle of Whitehall; March 20, 63, battle of Sea- brook Island, s. G.; siege of Charles ton, S. C., from July 26 to October 25, '63. In December it went to St. Au- gustine, Fla; on April IS, '64, proceeded to Fortress Monroe, and disembarked at Gloucester Point; on the 7th of May at Newhall Junction; from the 18th to the 17th, inclusive, battle of Drury's Bluff.
 LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS
 Roanoke Island, N. e., February 9,'62. New Berne, N. C., March IA, '62.
 Whitehall, N C.. March 2S, '63.
 Siege of Charleston, z. C., July 2S to October 25, '63
 Walthall Junction. Va, May ', '64.
 Drury's Bluff, Va, May 13-17, '64.
 Bermuda Hundred Va, June 16 '64
 Strawberry Plains, Va, July 26-27, '64. Deep Bottom, Va, August 1, '64, and August IA, '64.
 Siege of Petersburg, Va, August 2S to September 29, GA, Laurel Hill Church, Va, October ], GA. New Market Road, Va, October 7, 'G4 Darbytown Road, Va., October 13 and 27. '64.
 Johnson's Plantation, Va., October 29, '64
 Hotchldss' Run, Va, March 29, 30 and April 1. '65.
 Fort Gregg. Va, April ?, '65.
 Appomattox Court House, Va, April 3, 'S5.
 The veterans of the Tenth from New Haven and vicinity are: Charles A. Atkins, Martin c. Bonner, Charles W. Benedict, Anton c. Bird, William Bird, Hendrick H. Bradley, Lewis B. Brown, D. G. Burt, Timothy Bradley, Henry S. Chandler, Charles P DeForest, Parson T. Diclkerman, William Knoth Hiram