Excerpt from History of the Eighteenth Regiment Conn, Vol. 6: Volunteers in the War for the Union After due consideration it was Cleeided to accept as the substance of the pro posed work the author's narrative as originally published; but revised and corrected as the facts demanded. Necessarily the work has progressed slowly, as it has been done with the utmost care, and great credit is due the committee for their patient toil and perseverance to make the history as complete as possible as to facts, names and dates. This task has been a laborious one, attended with many awl even with some unexpected difficulties, as it was found that even the adjutant general's reports were not wholly reliable, and thus much labor and investigation was required to secure accuracy of statement. After all, we fear that the work is far from perfect; mistakes will undoubtedly appear. If, however, it is found that some names are omitted of which honorable mentioned should have been made, or some prominent fact withheld that was especially creditable to those interested and deserving, no one will more deeply regret such a defect than the committee themselves, To have noted all the praise-worthy acts done by this regiment, individually and collectively, would have been an impossibility. With charity for all and malice toward none, the work is now submitted to the favorable regards of worthy comrades who served and suffered in a just and holy cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.