Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-28

esASF> " t4 " y+eey As8 VII = lstin Brought the News-How Bor < ough Patriots Answered LincoIn's caiI-Roster of Two cempaniss.-
 Visitation of Anxious Friends to Camp at Norwich Fair Ground. Tn these days the fftieth anniyer- sary of the outbreak sof the civil war, 1t is interesting to note what was go- ing on in DanielsOn fifty years ago. During the war times the Norwich Morning Bulletin. which was started paper received here and had a wide circulation in the borough.
 Mas Msstinss Hold.
 After the taking of Fort Sumter war meetings and public addresses were held On, April 22 mass meeting was held at Brooklyn in the open, near the south side of the old Mai principal speaker; Gov. civilian A. Buckingham of Norwich was present and made a short address.
 Town war meetings were held on April 27 and May 2 at Union hall, for the purpose of making some provision for raising and equipping troops. A small company was raised and equip ped and were quartered in this hall. They wore provided with grey uni- forms made by the ladies of the bor- ough. After drilling and IounEing around for while. they dishanded. the services of all of them not be- ing required to fill the quota. These |. left behind re-enlisted and joined sother regiments.
 Ovation for Volunteers. During this time many train loads of soldiers from1 points on northern New England passed through here, and were greeted by the villagers at the r.fz ks .J7 14- 1,o to take on water and wood, the loco motives at this time all using wood for fuel A number of men from here enlisted in the Fourteenth Connecti- cut infantry. but no other regiment contained as many men from Kill iIgly and Brooklyn, as did the Eight eenth. Many were mill and shop em- ployes, but heads of families and ia : liners served in this regiment. Recruiting Station Opened. During July and August room in Union hall was used as a recruiting 1 office in charge of Wilkinson, al re- cruiting officer. Companies B and K were recruited at this place. During l the middle of August the volunteers who had enlisted for the war took 8 train for Norwich one day after
 much speaking oni Railroad square In Camp at Norwich. z l At Norwich the regiment went into l camp at the Fair ground. On August 1 20 an excursion train carried down to l this camp from all points south .Df l Thompson relatives and friends who 1 wished to have one more day to visit l the soldiers before their final leaving 1 for the war.
 l Soon after that the regiment was I ordered to Fort McHenry, near Bal i timore, for garrison duty. Later the 1 regiment was ordered to join General
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 Shenandoah valley, and consequently
 took part in the battle of Winchester
 The Eighteenth was composed oi
 ten companies, five from Windham E county and five from New LoNaon l ThsIe were not many casualties in the regiment but it lost heavily in prison 1 CTS and the two weeks following the battle was time of anxiety and sus- ], pense to many home here
 Tidinss from tho Front.
 l On Saturday, June 20, Edward L cundall, Major Reach and Loren Bates left here for the purpose of finding ou' l all they could in relation to the mem bers of the Eighteenth What they 1 could find out was reported to the waiting friends and relatives here, and 1 thus many anxious doubts were dis | peTed
 Tn July number of the paroled mer l we're some and took part in funera l RHS611t dcc0Tded corp. Alltou A l Young. He was son of Jeremiah Young and losing an arm at Gettys- burg he came home and died from l blood poisoning at his fathers home 1 At this time Capt. Thomas K Bates l of Company B tEighteenth regiment i was home. having received a bulle1 l through the left forearm.
 During the wal time the custom o1 ringing the mill bells at nine o'clock 1 started.
 1 Roster of the Companies.
 A list of the men from Killingly 1T 1 the two companies (B and k) follows;
 Company B-Capt. Thomas K. Bates w. l.. Sparkling and I. N. Kibbe; l Lieut. Horatio Blanchard; Sergt. Ed
 son Bemis Caleb Blanchard, Laurens ! Card; Corp. ". H. Austin, Eranci: Burroughs, Samuel. Davis. Edmunf 1 Franklin. Fred Freeman. Edwin Jos lin Stephen Lee, Charles OIney. JohI
 Randall, s. H. Randall. C. H, Rich. ] Brown. H. B Fuller, w. A. Hanley Privates-William Adams. Olney Ad- I ans, Charles. Joseph and Samuel Ar. mington, A. K, Bacon, c. F. Blan-
 chard, D. A. Bolles. H. F. Brown, e H. Burroughs, George H. Burroughs
 George chesbro. Allen Clarke, Georg' Clemens, Martin cragaH James Dag gett Danielson Danielson, John Don l ahue, John A. Fox. Richard Frazier l Joseph Gochfe, Elias Gordon, Davis
 Greene, Amasa Houghton, Norman
 Kelly, Patrick Kilfcyle. Nathan Kin
 ney, A. K Mathews, William McIn 1 tyre, W. F. Olney. ": H. Pollock I Thomas Simmons. l. w. Smith, c. W Smith, Elisha Smith, John K. Smith, E w. Spau1ding. J. F. Stewart, James A
 Taylor.
 l Company Ks Honor List.
 1 The members of Company K were Capt. Ephrain Keech, Ezra J. Ma