The following was written in December, 1863 by “Manton” for the Danbury Times. “Manton” wrote a letter for virtually every edition of the paper while the Seventeenth was in the field. “High Private Manton”, “H.P. Manton” and “Manton” were all…
Category: Soldier Life
An 1863 Thanksgiving for the 17th Connecticut
Since we’ve just finished up yet another Thanksgiving and the insanity of “Black Friday”, I thought it might be a good time to take a look at a different time in our history…in this case, Thanksgiving 1863. President Lincoln proclaimed…