Nath. Clift. He went immediately to the battery, where he
helped to work the guns, and during the heat of the action, when the
match-rope proved unserviceable, volunteered to go out to procure a new
supply. While on this dangerous errand, he was struck by a shot from the
brig, or, as other accounts say, by a fragment scaled from a rock by a
passing ball. The wound was not considered dangerous, and if surgical
aid could have been promptly obtained, Mr. Denison's life might have
been spared.

In May, 1856, the Legislature of Connecticut made an appropriation for
a suitable monument to his memory, which was erected in Elm Grove
Cemetery, at Mystic.--F. D. [_Rev. Fred. Denison_,] in _Mystic Pioneer_,
Aug. 27th, 1859.

NOTE 7, page 13.

"The colors on the flag staff were shot through nine times. A fence near
by was pierced by _sixty-three_ balls."--_Mystic Pioneer._ The flag has
been carefully preserved, and was in the keeping of Francis Amy,
Esq.,--orderly sergeant of Capt. Potter's Company, at the time of the
attack,--until his death in 1863. Its future preservation should be
insured by depositing it with the Connecticut History Society.

NOTE 8, page 13.

Jirah Isham, Esq., commanding the 3d Brigade of the State Militia,--in
the 3d Division, (William Williams, Esq., Major General.)

NOTE 9, page 15.

"On Sunday [Aug. 7] a flag came up [to New London] from the frigate
_Forth_, Com. Hotham. The object was to obtain permission for James
Stewart, Esq., formerly consul here, to take off his family. Mr. Stewart
was on board. General Cushing, we understand, replied that the request
would be forwarded to Washington."--_Conn. Gazette_, Aug. 10th.

NOTE 10, page 17.

Mr. Gurdon Trumbull was the bearer of this flag, and was accompanied by
Dr. Wm. Lord. The boat was rowed to the _Ramillies_ by Noyes Brown and
Jabez Holmes. Gen. Isham's explanation of the firing on Lieut. Claxton,
under a flag of truce, had not been received by Com. Hardy when the boat
with this letter from the civil authority came along side. The bearer
of the letter was met, at the head of the gang-ladder by a lieutenant,
and informed that the Commodore was much incensed at the insult offered
to the flag, and would not receive any communication from the shore
until it should be explained. Mr. Trumbull replied that he came as a
messenger from the _civil_ and not the _military_ authorities, and was
not instructed to offer any explanation: but, as a