Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; (1904) (14802110413)

Identifier: connecticutascol03morga (find matches)
Title: Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Morgan, Forrest, 1852- ed Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919, joint ed Holmes, Frank R., joint ed Bartlett, Ellen Strong, joint ed
Subjects: Connecticut -- History
Publisher: Hartford, The Publishing Society of Connecticut
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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raining, and energyof the American seamen and gunners which won the victory.But, as said, in one respect the South did the reverse ofwhat it meant. The whole vitality of the navy was predom-inantly of the North. The embargo had been an attemptedcrushing of the commercial section for the sake of the agri-cultural, of New England and New York for the South andWest. The war was against New Englands wish, and wasto glorify the Southern land forces. In fact nearly all theglory was won by the arm which they disliked, and largelythe section which opposed the war; and the war would haveended in irreparable loss but for the work of the very Stateswhose political magnates were fighting it tooth and nail. A hardy son of Connecticut, Captain Israel Chauncey, whohad spent his early life in the merchant service, became thepioneer in the defense of the Great Lakes, By the gallantryof the force under his command, the Americans were enabledto retard the enemys progress on Lake Ontario, also to cap- 74
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CONNECTICUT AS A STATE ture a schooner having on board twelve thousand dollarsin specie. The serenity and peace of Connecticut was undisturbedat the opening of the second year of the war. The territorywithin her boundaries had not been ravaged by the enemy,nor had any damage been done on her seacoast. Her com-mercial intercourse with foreign nations had suffered, how-ever; there was also an accumulated surplus of her manu-factured products. In accordance with the act passed by her General Assembly,a State corps was organized, under the command of Na-thaniel Terry as brigadier-general. In consisted of two reg-iments of infantry, with ten companies each, the colonels ofwhich were Timothy Shepard and Elihu Sanford; one regi-ment of cavalry with four companies, under Major DavidDeming; and four companies of artillery, of which MajorWilliam Stanley was the ranking officer. The State militia, besides the two independent compa-nies of the Governors foot-guards, was composed of fourdivisions.