Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-30
BRINGING HOME MEN OF TIE 18th
Capt L. Gallup Entrusted with This Duty 1s63-Many Had Been Left Behind Trip from Port Hudson Funeral of Commodore G. w Rodgers in New London Attended by Distinguished Men

| When the 26th regiment came home ! from Port Hudson, many of it's men | sick or wounded, were unable to~travel and were left, at various points along the way where they could be given care. Efforts to bring these men home was started this week fifty years ago and Capt. Loren A. Gallup had been given authority to care for them ana assist them home this week fifty years ago. The following are extracts from the Bulletin of 1868;
 Policeman Captured Six. Aug. A, 1S63-On Saturday night about 12 o'clock the occupants of one of the tenement houses op West Main street became too noisy for public peace where upon officer Burton entered the house and suggested that a little more quiet would be preferable. Tie oc- cupantS immediately made a raid upon the officer who fell back for reinforce ments. Being reinforced he made a grand charge and captured the entire force of brawlers-six in number, three men and three women. They were escorted to the city hotel in which peaceful retreat they passed the Sab bath receiving numerous calls and att tentions from their friends.
 Winsted Cannot Borrow.
 The selectmen of Winsted cannot borrow the money necessary to pay the counties noted last week in aid of drafted men.
 Thomas M. Clark of the Winsted Herald, drafted the other day, has been exempted for loss of teeth"
 The Second Connecticut Battery ar rived in New York Saturday.
 Gen. Terry of this state is now the senior officer and has the actual com mand of the troops in the field. Funeral Sermon at Methodist Church.
 The funeral sermon of the late Geo rge Frederick Edgerton Co. c. 18th re giment, was preached Sunday at the Saclem Street church by Rev. Henry w. Conant. The deceased was buried at Port Hudson before the departure of the regiment.
 Aug. 25 1S63.-The annual Willi- mantle Camp meeting began yesterday.
 We are authorized to say that gov ernor Buckingham went to Washing ton a few days since for the purpose of making some arrangements with the war department which would at once relieve the several towns in this state from furnishing by draft a mum Der of men equal to the surplus of volunteers which some have already furnished
 The report is received from Fortress Monroe that the steamer Maple Leaf arrived from Charleston with news that when she left last Thursday the guns of Fort Sumter were S1lenced and several breaches made in it's walls. At the same time our monitors were close under the guns of Fort Wagner and by the aid of our sharpshooters had already .silenced the enemy. No doubt existed that the rebel would soon surrender Sumter.
 Layout of New Street.
 In the Norwich Common Council meeting last night the layout of the street running from Asylum street to East Great Plain was accepted. A committee was appointed to agree upon damages with Mr. Naples.
 Sickness at Yantic.
 Aug 26, 1863-For the past week a sort of cholera has been prevalent at Yantic. It has now somewhat ab- ated.
 The smack Manhattan. Capt Charles Davis, arrived at Noank with only captain Davis on board. He reported . that on South Nantucket Shoals last Sunday, big sea carried away his en- tire crew of three men. Jonathan Burrow of Noank and men named Lamphere and Bates from Westerly.
 Thirty negroes had reported at the draft rendezvous at New Haven on Sat urday. Gen. Hunt sent about twenty join the Light Battery in progress of formation there.
 Fort Sumter Battered.
 Richmond papers of the 24th an nounce the fall of Fort Sumter. The fort surrendered on the 23rd.
 A rebel dispatch from Charleston