First Sergeant Richard H Lee (1863)
12 January 2022
Richard Henry Lee, who probably went by Henry, was 2nd Sergeant of Company E, 16th Connecticut Infantry when he saw his first combat in farmer Otto’s cornfield at Antietam on 17 September 1862, where his
boys held their own first rate. Our Granby boys behaved particularly well. It was an easy matter for me to keep the ranks closed up, for every one was bound to do his duty.
Here he is a few months later after he was promoted to First Sergeant in March 1863.
This lovely photograph kindly provided by great-great-grandson James Silliman, from his collection.
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