Very early this fine June morning our fife and drum corps
went to the uppermost deck and beat the reveille, and played at all the river
landings as the boat proceeded on up the river. It made good time, landing at
Hartford about 7 o'clock, after a very pleasant journey from Martinsburg, West
Virginia.
After we landed people began to come to the dock. After a
time a detachment of the Hartford City Guard came to the dock as an escort. The
regiment formed and with the escort, marched up State Street, thence up Main,
countermarching to the State Capitol on Central Row, where Governor Buckingham,
members of the legislature, and a few leading citizens, welcomed us home, and
extended the thanks of the state for our patriotism and service. After the
welcome and the addresses, breakfast was served at the hotels, our company
going to the City Hotel. In the afternoon, regiment formed, marched out Park
Street to a camp. Late in the afternoon we were allowed to go to our homes and
remain over July 4th. Report back on the 6th for final discharge. Norwich. Home
again.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 159-60
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