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Title: History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers

Author: B. F. Blakeslee

Release Date: April 2, 2010 [EBook #31867]

Language: English

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HISTORY

OF THE

SIXTEENTH

CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS.

BY

B.F. BLAKESLEE,

LATE 2D LIEUT. CO. G. 16TH C.V.

HARTFORD:
THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD CO., PRINTERS.
1875.

INTRODUCTION.

It is to be regretted that a complete history of the 16th Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteers, has not been written. At this late day it
would require much time, labor, and expense, to prepare one, and
probably will never be done. Many volumes might be written which would
be of inestimable value hereafter. Their services in the War for the
Union cannot be placed upon a few pages. This volume is but a mere
outline history, mostly compiled from diaries written by me at a young
age, the importance of which was not then comprehended; with no
expectation of the future use they would be put to,--but little was
written, and that mostly concerned myself. It is the object of this
work to create a permanent record of some of the marches,