Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-17
AT THE FRONT DURING
 BLOODY SUMMER OF '64.
Sixth, Seventh and Twenty First Con necticut Reeiments-CaPt. A. P- Rockwell Took Charge Forty Six Years Ago Saturday.


 Years Ago Saturday.
 The battle summer of 1864 was in- augurated by a long series of engage m nents under Gen. Benjamin F. But Ter in the vicinity Of the James flNer. The series included Drewry's Bluff on the Proctor and the battle on the Ber- muda Hundred front The regiments from this state which engaged In the hOstilities were the Sixth, Seventh and Twenty first. The Sixth was trans ferred to Virginia in April. 1864, and had it's first important battle at Drew rvs Bluff May 16. It was commanded by Col. RedfieId Duryee of Waterbury, He had been adjutant and was the sue cessor of Col. John l.. Chatfield, who was mortally wounded at Fort Wagner: Colonel Duryee resigned May 29 ana was succeeded by Capt Alfred r. Rockwell of Norwich June IS. 1864, forty-six years ago Saturday. Captain Rockwell was at the head Of the Flrst Connecticut Light battery at the time of his promotion. Lorenzo Meeker of Stamford was the lieutenant colonel. He was wounded at Drewry's Bluff May 16. The total losses of the Sixth during the months of May and June were 1s4 officers and men, and in cluded First Sergt. c. w. Payne. Jr., of New London.
 Bermuda Hundred Losses.
 The losses in the different engage ments at Bermuda Hundred were heavy. Halsey Bartlett of Killingly was killed June IT. Wolcott Weather died Feb. 12, 1865. Joseph Meeker of New Haven was wounded June IT and died Aug. 8. Christopher Belchman of Danbury was killed May 20. DetIef Beick of East Haddam was wounded May 20 and died from his wounds. George Henniger of Waterbury was killed June IT. First Lieut.. c. F. Hammond of Killingly. Comps D. lad nd .7i iEd fGFT days afterwards. Joseph Jones of New Canaan was killed June g. James l.. Lockwood of Stamford captured June IT, died in the prison at Florence, $. C., Oct. 2. First Lieut. William T. Brad ley of Madison was wounded May 20 and survived only one day. Henry P. Daley of Prospect was wounded while on picket Aug g and died Sept 6. tally wounded May 2o- George Will naIns of Bethlehem died June 21 from the effects of a wound received June IT. George s. Barnes of New Haven was wounded June r and died June p. Charles M. Hodge of Sherman was wounded while on picket May 30 and died July p.
 Capt. J. P. Wilcox of Waterbury. Company B, was killed May 10 at Chester Station. Theodore Phillips of New Haven was wounded at Chester Station May 16 and died May 27.
 The Sixth was one of the best regi-
 
 and reflected great honor on Connec- ticut. It was one of the first organ nations from the union lines that en- tered Richmond. being at the downfall of the confederacy in April, 1865.
 The Seventh in Active Work.
 The Seventh Connecticut left Glou- cester Point May 5 for the scene of General Buffers campaign on the James. On May 6 it was assigned to a position on the Bermuda Hundred T Station May 10. Maj. Oliver s. San ford of Meriden, who was in command of the regiment. was captured June at Bermuda Hundred. The Eleventh 205 men killed, wounded and prisoners of war, 94 of the number at Bermuda Hundred June g. The loss June r at Bermuda Hundred was 30.
 In Company C. Second Lieut.. Charles A. Wood of Windham was killed at Drewry's Bluff, May A.
 In Company H, Charles H. Ripley of Windham. Drewry's Bluff, May IA: Jared A. AbeH of Bozrah, Bermuda Hundred. June IT.
 Second Lieut.. Byron Bradford of Woodstock was wounded at Bermuda Hundred June 2; Henry Allen of Chaplin was wounded at Bermuda Hundred, June IT. and died June 23
 Died in Rebel Prisons
 The members of the Seventh who were captured ana dled Tn southern prisons incIuded:
 Daniel Jones, Jr., of Mansfield. Flor ence, January IS. 1865.
 Joel L. Smith of Somers. Charleston, December IS.
 George H. Louis of New London. AndersonvilIe, September 19
 Edward Sharp of MontviIle Flor ence, February 12. 1865.
 Samuel Burdick of Griswold, December 3.
 Henry H. Kinball of MontvilIe An derSonville, September '.
 This roll shows a total of thirty -four who died in imprisonment, from the Seventh Connecticut.
 Twenty first at Drewry's Bluff. The Twenty first Connecticut. under command of Col. Arthur H. Dutton of Wallingford. was assigned an i'm portant position at Drewry's Bluff. May IS. The duty of holding in check the massed forces of the enemy de- volved upon this regiment and was discharged at cost of 107 officers and men in killed wounded and miss ing. Colonel Dutton, who was brevet- ed brigadier general on the day of the | battle. was mOrtally wounded May 26 while directing a reconnaissance on ! the right of the rebel position at Der | nuda Hundred. and died June 5. while | being removed to Baltimore Thomas l ?. Burpee of Vernon was made colonel June 9. succeeding Colonel Dutton and | commanded the regiment until the | time of his death at Cold Harbor. | June 5. The officers of the Twenty | 1rst. whe were wounded at Drewry's | Bluff. were Capt Jeremiah M Shep- | arA of PIainfieId Con1uanv K. (sont I