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WAS A PLEASANT REUNION
THAT OF COMPANY F, FIRST CON-
NECTLCUT =. A.

Rock and Held n Meeting Followed b.
nn Enjoyable Dinner-IIistory by +
ii. Waldron.
was known as the Garibaldi rifles.
II, First c. V. A., was held yesterday a
WilcoX's dining rooms at Savtn Rock
and 1t was the general impression of al
those present that the gathering wa
one of the most successful ever held b.
members of the old company. Thirty
five sat down to the dinner at l o'clocl
and it was after 3 o'clock when tn
meeting adjourned. The dinner itsel
was an excellent one, and after it Their
was a meeting, followed by some infor
NAL addresses by a number of thos
present. At the business meeting thu
officers for the ensuing year were elect
ed as follows: President, John Nichols
of Huntington; vice president, George
II. Lyman of Willimantic; secretary ant
treasurer, Fred Fl. Waldron of this city
The following executive committee wa:
| also el6CteuI -. y. jules, w HIS oiiiitl
and Robert Langdale, all of this city
Reports were heard and matters Of in
terest to the members of the old com
pany were discussed. 1T was also votec
to hold a reunion next year, the place
to be decided upon by the executive
committee at later date.
The speaking at the close of the din
ner was very interesting, and during the
remarks many pleasant happenings
were recalled The interesting things
that took place and that are so pleas
antly referred to at an occasion like
that of yesterdays are enough to fill a
book and the old fighters readily recall
them as if they happened only last
week Mr. Waldron read a brief history
of the company which was very inter
esting.
The secretary reported that two men,
bers had died during the year, their
names being John P. Douglass and ].
p Hildrup Of Harrisburg, Pa. Some
of those who spoke at the conclusion Of
the dinner were Theron Hull, the retir-
ing president; Captain e. G. Dow, Mr..
Shepard Of West Haven. Mr.. Waldron,
Meriden.
Those present at the reunion were
Andrew J. Kennedy, M. l.. Church, j.
l.. Nichols, Joel Chapman Of Putnam
John b. Rudd of Elmhurst, L. T.; Rob-
ert Langdale, Captain and Mrs. f. c.
Dow, David Corey Charles Morse, ].
w. BOOTH, A. c. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. L.
Foote, George Dayton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Smith, Mr.. Waldron, son and
daughter z. L. Dibble Of West Hart
ford, Martin Kidder of Lansing, Mich;
DR.. Shepard, Mrs. CRANKY and Miss
Cranky, Miss Florence Hopper of New
ark, and Mrs. Charles Eaton. At the
conclusion of the meeting those present
enjoyed the many attractions of Savin
Rock and returned home after spending
a very pleasant day.
Mr. Waldron's history was as follows:
The company enlisted from New Ha-
ven under Captain N. S. Hallenbeck and
itary practice, and ON April 2. 1862, it
was attached to the Fourth Connecticut
volunteers, afterwards the First Con-
necticut volunteer artillery. They were
sworn into the United States service
May go. 1861 and left the state June 10,
1861, for the front. and were assigned to
General Patterson at Chambersbufg,
Pa, and on the 25th of July to General
Banks, department of Shenandoah. At
ter a stay at Hagerstown, participating
in the affair al Failing Waters, proceed
ed to Frederick City. Md, August II.
26 Colonel Bob" Tyler took
of the regiment, and it was
shortly after transferred from an infan-
try TO an artillery regiment, and in
creased to twelve companies of $50 men
each. During the winter of 81 and
81 the regiment perfected itself in mil |
Malvern HILL and all the battles of
for Fortress Monroe under |
General Mcclellan, this being the only |
Connecticut regiment under that gener-
II in the Pennsylvania campaign.
At Yorktown this regiment planted |
he heaviest siege guns ever known in
he world UP to that time, capable of |
hrowing lis tons of metal into York
own daily After the evacuation of
Yorktown this regiment participated in
he battle of Hanover Court House as
infantry, awaiting the transportation of
heir guns. After the arrival of their
.uns while before Richmond this regi-
nent practically opened the commence
lent of the seven days fighting, taking
art in the battles of Gains Mills, Gold
n Farm, White Oak swamps, Glendale,
une and July, 1862 suffering in loss of
une and July, 1862, sufferin gin loss of
illed, wounded and prisoners without
he loss of any of their heavy guns and
eceiving the commentator of the COM
general. who ordered the
ames of the battles to be emblazoned
II their colors.
A portion Of the regiment was with
burnside at fredericksburg, and march
later to Gettysburg, but arriving
acre too late to participate in this bat
Q and its absence was specially deplor-
L.
The entire regiment again returned to
le James river and landed at Bermuda
undred in 1864. and was with Grant
uring the campaigns of 1854 and 1865. !
lduring those long months In the
enches under fire almost continuously
efore Petersburg, it's service in prevent
g a disaster to the Army of the Poto-
ac from the Confederate rams on
,nuary 25, 1855, is worth of remem.
ance. The regiment was mustered out J
September 1865, having served four