Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: SAMUEL KIMBALL ELLIS Rockville, Conn. Past Commander and Chaplain of Burpee Post, No. 71, G.A.R.] THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT Connecticut Volunteers IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster. PUBLISHED JUNE, 1913 PRESS OF THE ROCKVILLE JOURNAL ROCKVILLE, CONN. Brief History of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, from the pen of Colonel George P. Bissell. * * * * * Experiences and Reminiscences of Samuel K. Ellis of Rockville, who went out as a Private in Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment. * * * * * A Complete Account of the Battle of Irish Bend, Given by Major Thomas McManus. * * * * * How the Pay of a Regiment Was Carried to New Orleans by First Lieutenant Henry Hill Goodell. [Illustration: GEORGE P. BISSELL Deceased Colonel 25th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers.] BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, C. V. The Twenty-fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, (George P. Bissell, Colonel), was recruited in Hartford and Tolland Counties, in the fall of 1862. The regiment was composed of the very best material, being almost exclusively young men impelled by patriotic motives, and from the first they took a high stand for efficiency and good discipline. Later in its history, when the regiment had been tried in marches and battles, it was thus described by Adjutant-General Morse in his report to the Legislature for 1864: "This is one of the best of our nine months' regiments and bore a conspicuous part in the advance upon, and the campaign preceding, the fall of Port Hudson. By the bravery always displayed on the field of battle, and the patience and endurance manifested on many long and arduous marches, it has won for itself a high and lasting reputation."