"They showered Godspeeds and blessings on their sons, and braced their hearts to the parting by pledges to keep all right and bright at the firesides of the county."

Colonel William H. Noble

Contents

Introduction

The Early Years

Army of the Potomac

South Carolina

Florida

Return Home

News From The Front

Letters from the Seventeenth Connecticut

Army of the Potomac

• Private J. Henry Blakeman, Company D - January 6, 1863

• "John", Company D - April 13, 1863

• Private George W. Keeler, Company D - April 20, 1863

• Quartermaster Sgt. William H. Keeler, Company D - Early 1863

• Private Stephen Wilcox, Company F - August 1, 1863