Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-11
MONUMENT TO GENERAL SEDGWlCK
For Whom Local Grand Army Post Name6-Prom
nent Leader at Eattle of Gettysburg.

The part that was taken by Connec-
ticut troops in the battle of Gettysburg
in 1868 will be a topic of great inter-
est through the year on account of the
| equestrian statue that Is to be erected
on the battlefield in honor of Gen. John
Sedgwick by order of the general as
sembly. There will be particular inter-
est here in this movement. inasmuch
as the first Grand Army post in the
state was organized here and named
after General Sedgwick Connecticut
had five infantry regiments and one
light battery in the battle. The in
fantry organizations were the Fifth,
Fourteenth Seventeenth, Twentieth
AMI Twenty seventh regiments and the
artillery was the Second light battery.
The light battery reached Gettysburg
Friday. July 2. the second day of the
engagement, and was ordered into po-
sition as General Sickles was being
carried from the field. 1t belonged to
the artillery reserve, Army of the
Potomac. under command Of Gen. Rob-
ert o. Tyler It was in position at
Gettysburg 6fty-six hours, but with
wounded. The Second light battery
was a Fairfield county organization,
being raised principally in Bridge
port.
The Fifth in the Fight.
The Fifth Connecticut reached Get
tysburg July 1, and was Stationed on
the right of Culps Hill during the
night of Jolly 2. It constructed strong
earthworks Its first important as
signment was with the support needed
by General Sickles. This involved
the abandonment of the line of earth
works. When General Sickles fell
back, the Fifth was ordered back to
the line of works which it had con-
structed. but found the enemy in pos
session. In the effort to regain the
earthworlxs, a number of men were
wounded or captured Chaplain
Moses c. WEIGH was captured; Ed
ward Fowler of Groton. Company G.
and John w. Donelson of New Brit
ain, Company K. were wounded. On
July the Fifth was assigned to the
support of a cavalry force. The Fifth
had won imperishable distinction at
Cedar Mountain August 9, 1862, and
was relied on at Gettysburg for the
discharge of every duty that was en-
countered.
Rebaptism of Blood.
The Fourteenth Connecticut, which
had passed through one of the most
sanguinary ordeals of the war at
Fredericksburg. reached Gettysburg
July l. and the next day was sta
toned on the ridge at the center of
the Second corps, where it assisted in
repulsing Longstreets charge on the
afternoon of. July 8, capturing five
battleflags and 200 prisoners of war.
Eight companies Of the Fourteenth
on the day of Longstreet's charge cap
tured the brick barn and dwelling
house of William Bliss from the en-
emey's sharpshooters. These buildings
were half a mile in front of the
union lines and the capture and burn
ing OF them was a brilliant feat OF
arms. The casualties of the Four
teenth at Gettysburg, from this part Of
the state. were:.
Company E-Walter F. Standish
of Sprague, killed: Second Lieut.. Fred
erick E. Shaik of Norwich, Isaac C. !
Barrows of Vernon. Frank Bebo of
Putnam. Michael McDermott of Kill
>ingly and James Riley of Middletown,
wounded.
Company F-Second Lieut. John A.
Tibbits of New London, wounded.
Company H-Second Lieut. Frank
E. Stoughton of Vernon, Thomas W.