a short street parade was had, the
City Guard and Colt's band furnishing escort. Arms were then stacked
in the armory of the Guard, and the regiment was dismissed, the men
being allowed to go to their homes as most of them live in this
vicinity, and fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and wives were
waiting to extend _their_ welcome. Before leaving the armory Colonel
Burnham read the following farewell order:

HEADQUARTERS 16TH CONN. VOLS., INFANTRY,
Hartford, Conn., 29th June, 1865.

General Orders No. 10.

_Soldiers of the Sixteenth Connecticut_--Glad as I am that the
war is over and we are all to rejoin our families and friends
again, I cannot repress a feeling of sadness at the thought of
severing, perhaps forever, the ties that have bound us together
for the last three years. Although a less amount of glory in the
field has fallen to our lot than to some others, no regiment
from the State has been subjected to so much suffering. Whatever
you have been ordered to do, you have done promptly, cheerfully,
and well; and whenever in future I am asked of what in all my
life I am proudest, I shall always answer "that I belonged to
the 16th Connecticut, in the Union army." Placed in charge of
the regiment under circumstances that might have made my task a
difficult one, it will always be a source of the highest
gratification to me to remember that I received the generous
support of all, and to the effective co-operation of every
officer and the high character of the men, belongs entirely the
credit of the fine soldierly appearance and superior military
condition in every respect you so soon acquired, and have not
failed to maintain to this day. For those gallant comrades who
have laid down their lives on the battle-field and in the
hospital, and for those heroic men who have endured so much more
than death in Southern prisons, let us shed a silent tear and
ever cherish their memories tenderly in our hearts.

You are about to go to your homes to enjoy in peace the
blessings of the great and good government you have done your
share to defend and preserve to our magnificent country, and I
desire that each one of you should take with him my sincere
thanks, for the cordial and hearty support you have given me,
and the cheerful manner in which you