Historically Speaking

The Norwich Historical Society is engaging in some long-range planning. On October l0th, a historic re-enactment of sort will take place in the Yantic Cemetery to honor the graves of seven of the nine men whose remains were returned to Norwich from the terrible Andersonville Prison.

Andersonville was a southern prison camp that held 30 Norwich prisoners. Fifteen of them dies, and Norwich was the first city to retrieve retrieve the remains after the war. Only nine could be identified, and seven of those are buried in a circle iat Yantic Cemetery where the flag flies day and night, and a cannon is the centerpiece of the circle.

Fran Archambeault, Civil War Chairman and David Oat, Cemetery Chairman of the Norwich Historical Society, will conduct walk through the Yantic Cemetery which will be culminated by seven re - enactors standing in a circle at the graves of the fallen Civil War victims. It will be on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock and be part of the walking weekend which will be celebrated on October 9th and l0th.

The re - enactment will be under the direction of Don Hamel, Chairman of the 27th Connecticut Volunteers, a New Haven regiment. It is Hamel's hope that there will be many Civil War re-enactors in uniform to give special meaning to the Civil War graves. There will be a Civil War flags and the firing of weapons, and it should be a source of great interest to students and those interested in Norwich's contribution to the Civil War.

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