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Note: England in 1633, and Settled In New Haven in 1639, With Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches; Also, Some account of the Descendants of John Tuttle of Dover, N.H.; Richard Tuttle of Boston; John Tuttle of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill of Hingham, Mass; To Which Are Appended Genealogical Notes of Several Alliled Families, By GEORGE FREDERICK TUTTLE, Printed and Published by Tuttle & Co., Official State Printers, Rutland, VT, 1883:
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"John Edson Tuttle, b. Jan. 23, 1841; enlisted in Co. E, 8th Conn. Vols., Sept. 25, 1861. At the battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, MD), Sept. 17, 1862, he was shot through the breast and killed. The circumstances are related by CHARLES S. BUELL, a fellow soldier of the same Co., who supported him as he fell. After a charge in three lines of battle the men were forced to fall back, and then to avoid a heavy fire were ordered to lie down; but it was soon found that the bullets of our own men in a piece of woods were striking near the head of the 8th regiment, which then got up and started to retreat. It was at this moment that Tuttle fell, so there is no doubt that the poor fellow was killed by the bullets of his own comrades. He did not die instantly and desired BUELL to stay, but the regt. was ordered forward and he had to be left with many others to die. The field where he lay was lost and won several times that day. The next morning when details were made to bury the dead and bring in the wounded, JOHN TUTTLE was found by BUELL stripped of his clothing, with his hands under his head, as if sleeping in repose and looking as natural as when alive. He was no doubt stripped before he died by the rebels. Forty of the 8th Conn., among whom was Tuttle were buried in a trench on the field of Antietam, near Sharpesburg. He was afterwards removed with the rest to the Antietam National Cemetery. "John Tuttle," continues his friend and comrade, CHARLES S. BUELL, "was killed by my side at the battle of Antietam nobly doing his duty. He was always a true and faithful soldier, never complaining. Many a sorry soldier has been compelled to cheer up fait heart by John's merry way. Not one that will count on the rolls of old Woodbury can show a fairer record than he in your history. We were together in many battles and I always found him brave to the uttermost. Before the battle in which he lost his life he was impressed with the idea of death, though never before, and yet he was in no wise daunted."--Cothren's History of Woodbury, Vol. 2, p.1339. For letter of John E. Tuttle to Mr. Cothren, see ibid. p.1143."
Note: The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, Who Came From Old to New
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