The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-17

Carolina. During the four years it par ticipated in more than thirty engage ments and affairs in five different states, the more important of which were the bombardment and capture of Hilton Head, s. C.; Fort Pulaski, Ga.; charge on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S. C.; actions near Bermuda Hundred, Va; siege of Petersburg, Va; actions near Richmond, Va, 1864; assault and capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., and Will nlington, N. C., and was with General Sherman in North Carolina when the war was practically closed by the sur render of the last great Confederate army under Johnston.
 It had as regimental commanders the brave and gallant Chatfield, Redfield A. Duryea, a careful and conscientious of- ffcsr, and Alfred P. Rockwell, who was the last colonel, and who possessed all the attributes of a good officer, and was highly respected for his bravery, high character, integrity and devotion to the interests of his command. It served consecutively under those great commanders, Generals T. W. Sherman, Gilmore, Butler, Grant, our own gallant Terry, and General Wm. T. Sherman. During all it's years of service it's gall lant men never shrank from any call of duty, no matter how dangerous or hazardous the task; no commanding of- ficer ever criticised it's conduct under fire, and it never hesitated or wavered in the performance of the duty which at times of awful carnage and death devolved upon it. It proudly carried its colors, state and national, to the front in 1861, and as proudly returned them to the state in 1865, battle-scarred and beaten, baptised by the blood of their bearers, of whom seven were kill ed in one engagement, never lowering or surrendering to the enemy the stand ards of their regiment.
 Thus briefly, and more briefly and less eloquently than I could wish, do I relate the history and services of the Sixth Connecticut volunteers.
 Captain Beers at this point in elo- quent words, ringing with patriotic ar dor said:
 And now, Governor Roberts, 1t is my pleasing duty. in behalf of the First Connecticut Light battery, the Sixth. Sevsnth and Tenth Connecticut Vol unteer Infantry association, to deliver to the state of Connecticut, represented by your excellency as the honored chief magistrate of the state. this monument erected by the joint contributions of the state and the association to com memorate the valor, patriotism, and he roic services of the officers and men of the organizations named thereon.
 In closing Captain Beers added a splendid tribute to the patriotism, loy- alty, bravery and self-sacrifice of the men who once marched and fought un- der the banners of those organizations.
 Governor Roberts, in accepting the monument on behalf of the state and in then presenting it to the city, spoke, in part, as follows:
 . The record of the battery and regi- ments in whose commemoration we are dedicating this memorial to-day is re- plete with acts of bravery, patriotism and distinguished service. It fell to the lot of these troops, with the excep- tion of the battery, to be associated for the most part during the civil war in the same engagements, and they continued loyal and active in the fed- eral cause until the close of the war,
 The battles in which they fought in- cluded Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Charlottesville, Gettysburg, for the battery, and Port Royal, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburgh, Appomattox and Richmond, for the regiments-and other engagements which I will not note-in all of which they bore their full share of hard fighting and were commended for their courage and en- durance. The roll listed such distin- guished names as Chatfield, Terry, Hawley, Rodman, Russell, Drake, Greeley, Camp, Colt and others in rank and file equally brave and courageous.
 Of the action of the men of the Sev- enth in the engagement at Fort Wag- ner the general commanding announc- ed, "The Seventh Connecticut has eov- cred itself with glory" and of the Sixth in the same siege one has writ ten:
 Friend and foe, alike now as then, must honor and salute them as the bravest> of the brave"
 ''The history of the war, rife with desperate conflicts, can show no more terrific strife than this. It was in more than one particular battle of giants"
 And of the service of the Tenth it was said:
 For steady and soldierly behavior they may have been equalled, but nev- CT surpassed. Under galling fire not man spoke word or moved heel from the alignment
 Of the battery General Terry spoke as follows:
 T will not say it was the best bat tery in the service, but will say 1t was the best have ever seen."
 Such, my fellow citizens, were some of the encomiums bestowed upon the brave and loyal men of these conn., mands, and such the legacy which they hand down to us of their fidelity and herosim; and to them and the thou sands of their associates we are fn- debted to-day for safeguarding our lib- critics, for the rescue from thralldom of a million slaves, for the preserva- tion of our Union, for a now united country, for our progress as a nation, for inspiring patriotic and loyal pur- poses in our youth-so that every nor- mai child born under the Stars and Stripes is taught from their example