The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-08-25

William H. Dougal, who was chosen
unanimously president of the Sixth
Connecticut Veteran association at
it's 38th annual reunion at Savin Rock,
is Of Scotch descent, was born in Nau-
gatuck, April %, 1874. He attended
the district and high schools of that
place and Ames college, Syracuse, New
York. He enlisted in Company E. a
Waterbury company, of the Sixth in
August, 1861, under Captain Edward
P. Hudson, Colonel John L. Chatfeld
Of Waterbury being its colonel. Mr.
Dougal went through the various ex-
periences Of his company and regi-
ment at Port Royal and islands ada
cent to Charleston, S. c., being fire.
quently commended by his superiors
for his workmanship and GOODNESS un-
der fire, especially in the capture of
the batteries on the outer end of Nor
ris Island, S. c., on the morning of
July 10, 1868. In the memorable as
sault upon Fort Wagner in the even
ing of the 18th of July, 1868, he was
o1OU WA1lC OCIOuuluS UAC SOlOlO anu
encouraging Others in that terrible
battle. 1t was in this battle that the
brave Colonel Shaw of the 54th Massa-
chuSettS, cOlOred regiment, which was
supporting the 9th G. V. to the left,
was killed, and after the battle was
buried in the moat by the confederates
under the bodies of Is of his brave boys,
a more glorious burial than which he
would never have chosen. General
Strong and Colonel Chatfeld were
mortally wounded in this battle. The
Sixth felt the loss of their colonel,
than whom no Drawer, more patriotic,
self-sacritcing officer or soldier ever
gave his life TOR his country or suffered
in it's cauSe-each true heart that fol
lowed his lead on that field of carnage
would have gladly ceased to beat that
he might live, so great was their love
for'him. 1t was nearly month after
the battle that Mr. Douglas right arm
was amputated as result of the Sc
we're wound. He Immediately set him
self to master penmanship, bookkeep-
ing, also telegraphy, and with such
good success by close application that
within year from the time Of his dis
charge from the service in November,
1868, he re-entered the service as
United States military telegraph op-
orator and constructor near Nash
vile, Tenn, and before the close of
the war was in charge of military
line leading out into Robinson county,
a guerilla infested district. Since the
close Of the war he has been called up
on to fill various important offices and
occupations, is a past commander of
the G.. A. r., and for IA years past was
trial magistrate in the town of Wash
inptOn, being highly esteemed by the
good people Of that town. He was in
command Of the battalion of the Sixth
Conn. Veterans, which received such
unstinted praise for their alignment
and marching, June Is, Monument
day, in New Haven. The Sixth Con-
necticut Volunteers was the three
year regiment organized in the State
of Connecticut for the war for
the Union. Its first colonel
was John L. Chatteld of Waterbury,
who was commissioned August %, 1861.
He was unusually we'll versed in mill.
tary affairs, superior tactician; a
kind but firm disciplinarian; d brave
and gallant officer, who always led in
stead of followed his command If
action, and who was more jealous ir
the preservation Of the rights of his
soldiers than Of his own rights as ar
officer. He was twice wounded in &C
tion, the last time at Fort Wagner
South Carolina, on July IS, 1868, where
he gave up the command of brigade
to lead his regiment in what proved to
be fOrlorn hope, and in which en-
gagement he received fatal wounc
and died beloved and mourned by al
who knew him. The regiment wa
practically city regiment, havin&
among it's l,00S officers and men three
companies from New Haven, two from
Bridgeport, one from Hartford, on
from Waterbury, one from Stamford
Putnam. The term of it's state an
national service extended from Au
gust, 1861, to August, 1865, cOverin
substantially four years, during which
time it received 600 recruits, whicl
added to the zoos officers and me
with which it left the state in Ser
TENDER, 1861, made total Of so
men who saw service in it's ranks dun
ing the war. Its casualties during it
four years OF service numbered 81
being more than "a per cent of it
mem bership. Its operations covere
wide stretch Of territory, EN- bracin
the District of Columbia, Maryland
Virginia, North Carolina, South Care
lima, Georgia and Florida. 1t partic
pated in the first expedition and er
gagement of consequence after Blu
Run, namely, the Sherman expcditiO
of 1861, and the bOmbardment an
capture of Hilton Head, South Care
lima, and jointly with the Sevent
Connecticut volunteers, was the frs
| foroo fn land or, tho shores r