Fairfield County CT Archives Obituaries.....Hoyt, Henry W. October 30, 1862

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Stamford Soldiers' Memorial 1869
  HENRY W. HOYT, son of John M. Hoyt, Co. D., 6th Conn., for more than a year
served as a faithful soldier. In the sharp engagement at Pocotaligo, Oct. 22,
1862, he was wounded by a grape shot which shattered his ankle badly. He had
been one of the foremost in the fight, cheerful, courageous, and more thoughtful
for others than himself. On receiving the wound which was to prove mortal, he
was taken on to a litter and carried back from the front. Though in intense
agony, as he passed his company with their faces still set against the enemy,
his zeal for the cause for which he had been struck down overcame his agony, and
with a hero's benediction in his looks of mortal paleness he left with them,
also, the benediction of his prayer, "God be with you, boys." His limb was taken
off, though too late to save his life. He was taken to Hilton Head. After
lingering in great pain he died October 30th, and was buried in the lot selected
for the soldiers' cemetery.

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