Scouts brought in
many prisoners. All were obliged to report to the General at headquarters. I
very often heard the conversation. One question always asked. “Whose command do
you belong to?” While on duty at the General's headquarters we received a call from
two citizens from our home town, Norwich, Dr. Charles M. Carleton and Henry H.
Starkweather. Came to learn all the particulars about our regiment's part in
the three days’ battle at Winchester. There was much excitement at home over
the results. A full report had not been received. The casualties at this time
were not really known. We were questioned as to what we knew about the disaster
that had overtaken our regiment. Those of us who escaped received many letters
from home asking for information about members of the regiment. At this time
the regiment was well scattered, prisoners, a detachment reported at Hancock,
Md., and ours at Maryland Heights.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 23
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