Title

Battle of Charcoal Run, New Fairfield, CT

Date

1861-08-24

Description

5 clippings

Subject

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Protest movements

Danbury (Conn.)--History

Battle of Charcoal Run

Civil War

Clippings

Lovers Leap

Abstract

Articles documenting the "Battle of Charcoal Run in the Danbury News. In 1861 a group of 3 month volunteers assembled at a saloon and resolved to remove a "peace flag" flying from the top of a hill near Danbury. Additionally, there is a patriotic song sang at a picnic at the Oak College grove, and a period description of Lover's Leap (August 12, 1861).