William Augustus Croffut; John Moses Morris

“ Our facts and incidents are ouly illustrative, not exhaustive. They may not always be the most noteworthy; but they are the best at our command. It is hoped that some compensation for any omissions of this kind may be found in the fact that we have maintained the local character of the work by introducing as much personal incident as conld be added without burdening the narrative. Few books arc ever published that are so full of individual achievement and experience. ”

“ It is impossible to estimate, even approximately, the number of men, much more tlic aggregate of power and character, which Connecticut con- tributed to the war. On every great battle-field her sons and grandsons lie. In the regiments of every State they bore muskets and held commis- sions. Tu erery pivotal lour of the war, leaders appeared among tlıc fore- most, wlio went back to her sterile but man-nourishing soil for clements of strength, skill, and valor. ”

“ Not only Winthrop, Ellswortlı, Lyon, Foote, Sedgwick, Mansfield, Wadsworth, McClellan, Mower, Wright, Turry, but William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant, sprang straiglt from the loius of our sturdy little Commonwealth.
"The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes," says a quaint proverb of the Talmud. It were an easy task to enumerate the illustrious officers, who were lifted up in the gaze of all the world ”

“ It is also proper to say that the portraits which appear in this volume have been selected with regard not only to the merits of the subjects, bat also to the desirableness of representing different regiments, erery rapk, and all sections of the State.
Instead of relying upon some officer of each regiment to write the history of its service, we have preferred to have the whole book grow up under our own hand ”

“ Many gentlemen have placed at our disposal sketches, letters, documents, and valuable material. Our acknowledgments are duly expressed in these pages. There are a few to whom we feel peculiarly indebted. ”