Title

Battery at Railroad Station

Description

Civil war veterans and honored guests, Roger Davis, Mr. Wheatley, Connie Shea, Coxie Sullivan, A.G. Somers, William Hull, and Capt. Charles R. Griswold see off the Battery Boys at the railroad station.

The festivities leading up to the send-off was one of the largest gatherings of residents in the late 19th century, with more than 1,500 of Guilford's 2,500 citizens in attendance. A parade took the Battery Boys from the Guilford Green to the railroad station where they boarded for Niantic in preparation for the Spanish-American War.

Source

Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Collection

Publisher

Guilford Free Library

Date

1898

Identifier

Call Number: 16A

Rights

Digital image © Guilford Free Library. All rights reserved. Image may be used for personal research or educational uses without prior permission. For requests or exhibits, see Guilford Free Library.

Format

b/w photo