Son of HIRAM O'KANE & THIRZA TREAT
Military: Civil Union Army, Pvt.
August 9, 1862: enlisted as a Private, residence Woodbury, CT
Sep 11, 1862: enlisted in Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg, CT
Jun 1, 1864 : killed, Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg CT, Cold Harbor, VA.
Married: EMMA J. ___
Note: Applied for pension Jul 16, 1864
App #54343, Cert #34402
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Cold Harbor, Va., 12th June, 1864.
"Friend Trowbridge: — I received your letter day before yesterday, and I was happy to hear from you. Time has made several changes since I last wrote to you. Our regiment marched day and night, commencing May 18th, up to June 1st. We marched all night of May 30, and up to June 1st, at 10 o'clock, and about 5 o'clock of the same day made a charge on the rebel rifle-pits, taking three, but owing to the want of support could not hold but two of them. Our Colonel was killed, after receiving four wounds. He led the charge. Our loss is 380, killed, wounded and missing. Old soldiers say that our regiment was whipped three difterent times, but our men did not know it, and continued to fight. Our regiment took between 5 and 600 rebel prisoners. They came in fast, for a while. Almond D. Galpin was killed, also Friend F. Kane, at the commencement of the charge — Galpin by a shell, and Kane by a ball. Briggs was wounded two days after in his tent, by a ball from the rebels striking him on the foot, I think that is all of the old men. L.H. Hotchkiss is wounded in the hand; some eleven of the men were slightly wounded. I have forgotten Corporal Wellman, he was wounded in the face, also in the arm. Several of our boys are sick with the summer complaint. We have communication opened to the James river, and we shall get our supplies from there. Balls and shell whistle all of the time. Our company are out on picket. My duty does not take me away from camp. The rebels that I have talked with say, this is the last campaign. They also say that that Ewel, Beauregard and Lee make speeches to the men every night. Some think we are sure to win. They admit that they cannot tell anything about Grant's movements. Well, I must close, as my duty will not permit me to longer indulge in writing to my friends.
Yours fraternally,
[Sergt] W.J. Orton." [fellow soldier of Friend Kane]
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, William Cothren
Military: Civil Union Army, Pvt.
August 9, 1862: enlisted as a Private, residence Woodbury, CT
Sep 11, 1862: enlisted in Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg, CT
Jun 1, 1864 : killed, Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg CT, Cold Harbor, VA.
Married: EMMA J. ___
Note: Applied for pension Jul 16, 1864
App #54343, Cert #34402
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Cold Harbor, Va., 12th June, 1864.
"Friend Trowbridge: — I received your letter day before yesterday, and I was happy to hear from you. Time has made several changes since I last wrote to you. Our regiment marched day and night, commencing May 18th, up to June 1st. We marched all night of May 30, and up to June 1st, at 10 o'clock, and about 5 o'clock of the same day made a charge on the rebel rifle-pits, taking three, but owing to the want of support could not hold but two of them. Our Colonel was killed, after receiving four wounds. He led the charge. Our loss is 380, killed, wounded and missing. Old soldiers say that our regiment was whipped three difterent times, but our men did not know it, and continued to fight. Our regiment took between 5 and 600 rebel prisoners. They came in fast, for a while. Almond D. Galpin was killed, also Friend F. Kane, at the commencement of the charge — Galpin by a shell, and Kane by a ball. Briggs was wounded two days after in his tent, by a ball from the rebels striking him on the foot, I think that is all of the old men. L.H. Hotchkiss is wounded in the hand; some eleven of the men were slightly wounded. I have forgotten Corporal Wellman, he was wounded in the face, also in the arm. Several of our boys are sick with the summer complaint. We have communication opened to the James river, and we shall get our supplies from there. Balls and shell whistle all of the time. Our company are out on picket. My duty does not take me away from camp. The rebels that I have talked with say, this is the last campaign. They also say that that Ewel, Beauregard and Lee make speeches to the men every night. Some think we are sure to win. They admit that they cannot tell anything about Grant's movements. Well, I must close, as my duty will not permit me to longer indulge in writing to my friends.
Yours fraternally,
[Sergt] W.J. Orton." [fellow soldier of Friend Kane]
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, William Cothren
Son of HIRAM O'KANE & THIRZA TREAT
Military: Civil Union Army, Pvt.
August 9, 1862: enlisted as a Private, residence Woodbury, CT
Sep 11, 1862: enlisted in Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg, CT
Jun 1, 1864 : killed, Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg CT, Cold Harbor, VA.
Married: EMMA J. ___
Note: Applied for pension Jul 16, 1864
App #54343, Cert #34402
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Cold Harbor, Va., 12th June, 1864.
"Friend Trowbridge: — I received your letter day before yesterday, and I was happy to hear from you. Time has made several changes since I last wrote to you. Our regiment marched day and night, commencing May 18th, up to June 1st. We marched all night of May 30, and up to June 1st, at 10 o'clock, and about 5 o'clock of the same day made a charge on the rebel rifle-pits, taking three, but owing to the want of support could not hold but two of them. Our Colonel was killed, after receiving four wounds. He led the charge. Our loss is 380, killed, wounded and missing. Old soldiers say that our regiment was whipped three difterent times, but our men did not know it, and continued to fight. Our regiment took between 5 and 600 rebel prisoners. They came in fast, for a while. Almond D. Galpin was killed, also Friend F. Kane, at the commencement of the charge — Galpin by a shell, and Kane by a ball. Briggs was wounded two days after in his tent, by a ball from the rebels striking him on the foot, I think that is all of the old men. L.H. Hotchkiss is wounded in the hand; some eleven of the men were slightly wounded. I have forgotten Corporal Wellman, he was wounded in the face, also in the arm. Several of our boys are sick with the summer complaint. We have communication opened to the James river, and we shall get our supplies from there. Balls and shell whistle all of the time. Our company are out on picket. My duty does not take me away from camp. The rebels that I have talked with say, this is the last campaign. They also say that that Ewel, Beauregard and Lee make speeches to the men every night. Some think we are sure to win. They admit that they cannot tell anything about Grant's movements. Well, I must close, as my duty will not permit me to longer indulge in writing to my friends.
Yours fraternally,
[Sergt] W.J. Orton." [fellow soldier of Friend Kane]
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, William Cothren
Military: Civil Union Army, Pvt.
August 9, 1862: enlisted as a Private, residence Woodbury, CT
Sep 11, 1862: enlisted in Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg, CT
Jun 1, 1864 : killed, Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg CT, Cold Harbor, VA.
Married: EMMA J. ___
Note: Applied for pension Jul 16, 1864
App #54343, Cert #34402
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Cold Harbor, Va., 12th June, 1864.
"Friend Trowbridge: — I received your letter day before yesterday, and I was happy to hear from you. Time has made several changes since I last wrote to you. Our regiment marched day and night, commencing May 18th, up to June 1st. We marched all night of May 30, and up to June 1st, at 10 o'clock, and about 5 o'clock of the same day made a charge on the rebel rifle-pits, taking three, but owing to the want of support could not hold but two of them. Our Colonel was killed, after receiving four wounds. He led the charge. Our loss is 380, killed, wounded and missing. Old soldiers say that our regiment was whipped three difterent times, but our men did not know it, and continued to fight. Our regiment took between 5 and 600 rebel prisoners. They came in fast, for a while. Almond D. Galpin was killed, also Friend F. Kane, at the commencement of the charge — Galpin by a shell, and Kane by a ball. Briggs was wounded two days after in his tent, by a ball from the rebels striking him on the foot, I think that is all of the old men. L.H. Hotchkiss is wounded in the hand; some eleven of the men were slightly wounded. I have forgotten Corporal Wellman, he was wounded in the face, also in the arm. Several of our boys are sick with the summer complaint. We have communication opened to the James river, and we shall get our supplies from there. Balls and shell whistle all of the time. Our company are out on picket. My duty does not take me away from camp. The rebels that I have talked with say, this is the last campaign. They also say that that Ewel, Beauregard and Lee make speeches to the men every night. Some think we are sure to win. They admit that they cannot tell anything about Grant's movements. Well, I must close, as my duty will not permit me to longer indulge in writing to my friends.
Yours fraternally,
[Sergt] W.J. Orton." [fellow soldier of Friend Kane]
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HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, William Cothren
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