titus moss - The Cheshire Historical Society

The Cheshire Historic District Commission 

and 

The Cheshire Historical Society present 

SCRIPT FOR 

A WALK BACK IN TIME: 

TITUS MOSS: CHESHIRE FARMER 

AND CIVIL WAR SOLDIER 

A PRESERVATION MONTH ACTIVITY 

Performance Date: SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 

THE WALK BEGINS 2:00 PM AT THE CHESHIRE TOWN HALL, 

CONTINUES ALONG THE CHESHIRE TOWN GREEN AND 

THE HITCHCOCK-PHILLIPS HOUSE (The Cheshire Historical Society) 

FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION WITH 

CIVIL WAR PERIOD FOOD AND DRINK 

AT THE CHESHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

Version Date: January 5, 2006 

Titus Moss – Walk Back In Time – May 7, 2006 – SCRIPT Page 1

LIST OF SCENES 

Scene 1. Back of Cheshire Town Hall 

Scene 2. Keeler’s House 

Scene 3. Beach House 

Scene 4. Foote House 

Scene 5. Cornwall House 

Scene 6. Brennan House 

Scene 7. SW corner of T h e T o w n Green 

Scene 8. The Town Green, looking at the Congregational Church 

Scene 9. Herb Garden 

Scene 10. Front of Hitchcock-Phillips House 

Scene 11. Civil War Monument 

Character of Titus Moss develops from scene to scene. His decision is arrived at after much 

thought, revealed in conversations as the scenes play out. The other characters are shown pretty 

much as unchanging entities over the course of the play. They interact with him and what they 

say may play a role in his decision. 

He is in every scene, talks and is talked about when not there. He is the character in search of 

something, himself, his reason for being. 

His script will probably be modified, tinkered with, more than any other character’s. He needs to 

be revealed slowly, slowing, as unfolding bit by bit until his decision then comes as a natural 

progression. 

RECEPTION FOLLOWS IN THE MEETING ROOM 

AT THE HITCHCOCK-PHILLIPS HOUSE 

Note: In the event of rain, a truncated version of the script will be presented inside t h e 

Hitchcock -Phillips House. No rain date will be extended. 


HISTORICAL NOTES 

TITUS MOSS AND HIS CIVIL WAR LETTERS 

In 1969, Miss Helen Moss of New Haven gave the Cheshire Historical Society the 

original copies of 30 letters written by her grandfather, Corporal Titus Moss, to her 

grandmother, Jennette, in 1862-63. Also included were two letters written by Captain 

Timothy Guilford describing Moss's death at the Battle of Chancellorsville, May3, 1863, 

and a copy of letter of condolence to Jennette on the death of their daughter, Emma, in 

1864. At the bottom of this letter, Jennette has written a heart -breaking note about Little 

Emma's death. After nearly 35 years in our files, the letters were transcribed last year by 

Society member, and now curator, Marshall Robinson. 

It is evident that these letters are only a portion of the original Titus Moss 

correspondence. Although he wrote almost daily after leaving Cheshire in September 

1862, there is nothing from Christmas and only one letter from the critical last three 

months of his life. The collection must have been divided among family members, 

possibly among his three granddaughters. Nonetheless, the letters we do have give a 

special picture of a very kind and decent Cheshire man struggling to adapt to the 

challenges of Union Army life and vitally concerned with the welfare of his little family 

a t h o m e . 

The Moss family figured prominently in Cheshire history from its early settlement, 

especially in area i n t he west of town along Ten Mile River known as Moss Farms. The 

first Moss to come to Cheshire, John Moss, was 

granted approximately 100 acres of land 

alongside the Ten Mile River in 1694 for 

services to the Crown in settling disputes 

between the Indians and farmers who were 

moving to Cheshire from Wallingford. 

According to a hand-written note in Society's 

copy of Old Historic Homes of Cheshire, 1895, 

the Titus Moss Family lived at 859 Moss Farms 

Road, a one-and-a -half-story structure built by 

his grandfather, Joel Moss, in 1795. The house also is pictured in Landmarks of Old 

Cheshire, 1976, but has since been demolished. 

Titus was born on February 8, 1828, the second of seven children of Joel Moss II and 

Nancy (Upson) Moss. In June 1851, age 23, Titus married Jennette Beecher of Cheshire. 

They had two children: Howard, born July 19, 1856, and Emma, born June 22, 1859. 

Another member of Titus's household was his ward, Carrie, who is often mentioned in his 

letters. We have no further identification for her. The Moss family were communicants of 

St. Peter's Episcopal Church. In 1857, Titus was elected junior warden of the church, a 

position he held when he left for military service with the 20th Connecticut Regiment 

Volunteers in 1862. 


After the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, the first call for troops by President 

Lincoln asked for only one regiment from Connecticut. The response was so enthusiastic, 

that three regiments were formed and sent. According to a paper on "Cheshire in the Civil 

War," written by Society member Mrs. E.I. Pardee, it was at this time that a group of 

young men in Cheshire formed a military company called the Home Guards. Their 

captain was Timothy Guilford, who had previously held office in a militia company in 

Waterbury. 

In July 1862, when President Lincoln issued the second call for "three hundred thousand 

volunteers for three years," Cheshire's Home Guards resolved to enlist, calling 

themselves the Russell Rifles, but later becoming Company A of the 20th Connecticut 

Volunteers. In August 1862, a special Cheshire Town Meeting authorized payment of a 

$100 bounty to each volunteer with a family ($50 for single volunteers). Company A left 

New Haven for Washington, D.C. on September 11, 1862 packed in common boxcars. It 

included 63 men and boys from Cheshire, including Titus and his brother Samuel, and 20 

from Prospect. They were kept in Washington until September 29, then ordered to 

Frederick, Maryland. By some blunder, the company was told to leave their knapsacks in 

Washington. They waited all night at the depot for transportation and made their bivouac 

near Frederick without tents or blankets, and with scanty rations. When letters telling of 

deprivation and hunger reached Cheshire, mothers, wives and sisters rushed to pack 

boxes of provisions and forward them as soon as possible. 

On October 2, the Twentieth was again under marching orders for Harper's Ferry. On 

November 9, they crossed the mountain into Loudon Valley where they were ordered to 

build huts and go into winter quarters. While some of the old regiments were provided 

with comfortable houses with floors, the Twentieth did not get along so well. The 

privations the men endured are told first -hand in Titus's letters. His close companions 

were his younger brother Samuel and another Moss, Frank Moss. Both became seriously 

ill. We know from The Twentieth Connecticut, A Regimental History, that Samuel Moss 

was discharged for disability on January 27, 1863 and that Frank Moss died at Stafford 

Count House, March 17, 1863. According to Mrs. Pardee's paper, during the first winter, 

Company A was visited at different times by at least nine men from Cheshire. "They 

usually found the company enjoying a snow storm," she writes. In his letter of November 

8, Titus describes the arrival of "Mrs. Mos s & Mr. Beedles" (Amos Moss and Benajah 

Beadle ). We know from the letter of January 29 that another visitor was Titus's other 

brother, 

Julius. 

The spring campaign of 1863 opened with the Union Army numbering 124,000 men on 

the north side of the Rappahannock River. General Lee, with an army of 63,000 was 

entrenched south of the river. It was now only a little over seven months since Titus had 

left New Haven. Aside from some skirmishes, the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-3, 

was the first real battle for Company A. It ended disastrously, with the regiment under 

Colonel William B. Wooster in full retreat. Over 12,000 Union soldiers were killed and 

another 5,000 missing and wounded. Titus was killed on May 3, the final day of the 

battle. 

(Source: Cheshire Historical Society, www.cheshirehistory.org/titus.htm) 


CAST LIST 

HISTORIC CHARACTER (AGE) 

Titus Moss (34) 

Captain Joel Moss II (65), Father of Titus Moss 

Emma Moss (3), Son of Titus Moss 

Howard Moss (6), Daughter of Titus Moss 

Jennette Beecher Moss (35), Wife of Titus Moss 

Nancy Upson Moss (~50), Mother of Titus Moss 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark (~50) 

George Keeler (~35 ) 

President Abraham Lincoln (or his representative) 

Sarah Moon (~40) 

Captain Timothy Guilford (35) 

Adm. Foote Daughter (~25) 

Adm. Andrew Hull Foote (56) 

Edward Cornwall (60) 

Eldad Keeler (52) 

Joseph Beach (34) 

Martin Brennan (42) 

Servant of the Peter Clark Household (20) 

Huntley, the Telegraph Operator 

Narrator 


CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS 

In order of appearance. 

Titus Moss (1828-1863) Age in 1862: 34. Titus was born on February 8, 1828, the second 

of seven children of Joel Moss II and Nancy (Upson) Moss. In June 1851, age 23, Titus 

married Jennette Beecher of Cheshire. They had two children: Howard, born July 19, 1856, 

and Emma, born June 22, 1859. The Moss family were communicants of St. Peter’s 

Episcopal Church. In 1857, Titus was elected junior warden of the church, a position he held 

when he left for military service with the 20t hConnecticut Regiment Volunteers in 1862. 

Aside from some skirmishes, the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1 -3, was the first real battle 

for Company A. Titus was killed on May 3, the final day of the battle. 

Captain Joel (II) Moss ( 1797-1890) Age in 1862: 65. Captain Moss was the father of 

Titus Moss (Titus was the second of seven children of Joel Moss II and Nancy Upson 

Moss). The Moss Family first arrived in Cheshire in 1694. The Moss men were known 

for their diligence and enterprise. About 1830 Captain Joel Moss started the manufacture 

of hubs for oxcarts, wagons and carriages. 

George Keeler (birth date unknown) Owner of stove shop and coffin manufacturer 

located at 166 South Main Street wi th residence next door at 168 South Main Street. 

Joseph P. Beach (1828-1911) Age in 1862: 34. A wealthy publisher. He wrote History of 

Cheshire, Connecticut (1604 -1840) 

Adm. Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863) Age in 1862: 56. His father was Samuel Agustus 

Fo ote (Governor, United States Senator and Congressman). Foote became an admiral, but 

was severely wounded in the campaign to capture Fort Donelson on the Cumberland 

River in February 1862. Said of his family’s property, 219 South Main Street, “No 

homestead in our country has a grander record, none has given to the State and Nation 

more illustrious sons” (Brown and Paddock, Old Historic Homes, 1895). 

Edward A. Cornwall (1802-1889) Age in 1862: 60. One of nine children, his parents 

were Dr. Thomas Cornwall and the precocious Lucinda Foote. His grandson was Dr. 

Edward T. Cornwall. Edward Cornwall lived at the Dr. Thomas Tyron Cornwall House 

193 South Main Street (Built: 1807). Edward Cornwall built a shop to make coffee 

grinders. The shop was located at Lockport, or Locks 10 and 11, just south of Beachport. 

Martin Brennan (1820-) Age in 1862: 42. He married Adeline L. Parke r in 1840. In 

1852, purchased the Abija Beach Tavern located at 137 South Main Street. Rather than 

maintain this as a hotel or tavern or dance hall, Brennan used this as a private home. He 

did open the top floor ballroom from 1856 to 1859 for Catholic Church services. 

Capt Timothy Guilford (born 1827) Age in 1862: 35. “Micah Guilford … had three sons 

who grew to manhood: Ralph H., Timothy, and William O. Timothy Guilford was educated 

in the common schools and academy at Waterbury and served an apprenticeship at tool 

making for the manufacture of cloth buttons. He came to Cheshire in 1859 and engaged with 


the Cheshire Manufacturing Company; was foreman of the cloth button department, making 

tools for the manufacture of the same. He introduced an improved method for the 

manufacture of these buttons. In 1862, he assisted in enrolling a military company in 

Cheshire, and was elected captain of the same. The company was assigned to the Twentieth 

Connecticut Regiment, which participated in the great battles of Virginia. He lead his 

company in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburgh. This regiment was transferred to 

the army of the Cumberland in the fall of 1863. He served until the spring of 1864, when he 

was discharged on account of ill health. He was next employed by the Waterbury Button 

Company to add the manufacturing of cloth buttons to their business. He was manager there 

for five years. In 1878, he engaged in the manufacture of a button made from pressed hoof. 

The company was located in Leominster, Mass. Under his management the business was a 

success, and in 1880 was removed to Babylon, Long Island, that it might be nearer to New 

York City. He married in 1856 to Harriet J., daughter of Samuel Taylor of Waterbury. 

Timothy Guilford is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury. 

Eldad Keeler (1810-) Age in 1862: 52. Married Eunice Hill in 1828. He was a natural 

athelete and something of a showoff. Keeler worked on The Congregational Church. 

When Beachport was named in about 1824, Keeler (now about 14 years old) stood on the 

top of the chimney of Richard Beach’s store swinging a bottle around his head. At the 

proper time he threw it into t h e c a nal and shouted BEACHPORT and the crow d roared 

back at him BEACHPORT a nd the deed was done – Beachport was named. 

Nancy Upson Moss (birth date unknown). Wife to Captain Joel Moss II. Had seven 

children. Titus Moss was her second child 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark (birth date unknown). Lived at the Hitchcock-Phillips House. 

Lucretia Hitchcock married the Reverend Peter Clark, a naval chaplain. For the purpose 

of this Walk Back In Time, Lucretia Clark has been bestowed with a vast knowledge of 

herb 

lore. 

Emma Jennette Moss (1 8 5 9 -1864) Age in 1862: 3. This is the sweet daughter of Titus 

Moss and Jennette Beecher Moss. Her brother is Howard Moss. 

Jennette Beecher Moss (1828-) Age in 1862: 34. This is the wife of Titus Moss and 

mother of Howard and Emma. 

Sarah Moon (birth date unknown) 

Howard Moss (1856-1923 ) Age in 1862: 6. This is the first born son of Titus Moss and 

J ennette Beecher Moss. His younger sister is Emma Moss. 


A WALK BACK IN TIME: 

TITUS MOSS: CHESHIRE FARMER 

AND CIVIL WAR SOLDIER 

Eleven Scenes from July 1862, Cheshire, Connecticut 

SCENE 1. 

Cheshire Town Hall 

Narrator: Welcome everyone to 1862. Cheshire is a small farming town of about 2000 

people. We are standing right in the middle of town. Look around you. Many 

of the buildings here today are not yet built, for example this town hall. 

Wallingford Road is here with Deacon Brown’s big house right on the 

corner. And these houses over there were built for copper miners. (one 

sentence about mines) 

The annual yearly income is ___ (add other facts). 

The Civil War has begun. (ADD more facts about the war thus far) 

During our walk this afternoon you will meet and get to know a bit about the 

people who were alive then and many of whom lived in these nearby houses 

and --- 

(seemingly interrupted by someone who bustles through the crowd handing out 

invitations to an Independence Day party at the Hitchcock House) 

Servant of Mrs. Peter Clark (Lucretia Hitchcock Clark) (or other character) circulates 

through the crowd and hands out invitations to a party 

______ Capt. and Mrs. Clark are having a party and you’re all invited. Today, this 

very afternoon. At their house on the Green. Refreshments will be served. 

You there, Titus Moss , did you know your wife is over there now, at the Clarks 

Titus Moss (age 34): (a bit startled) Yes, yes, thank you kindly. My daughter Emma is 

sick so my good wife Jennette has taken her to Mrs. Clark’s herb garden in 

hopes of a cure. 


Servant (or): Well, Mrs. Clark told me to ask if you would go about to some of the 

neighbors and make sure they are coming to the party. 

(She goes off toward the house without waiting for an answer.) 

[The following information on Titus Moss can appear in the program or can be 

introduced through dialogue. 

Notes on Titus Moss: Born on February 8, 1828, the second of seven children of Joel 

Moss II and Nancy (Upson) Moss. In June 1851, age 23, Titus Moss married Jennette 

Beecher of Cheshire. They had two children: Howard, born July 19, 1856, and Emma, 

born June 22, 1859. The Moss family were communicants of St. Peter's Episcopal 

Church. In 1857, Titus Moss was elected junior warden of the church, a position he held 

when he left for military service with the 20th Connecticut Regiment Volunteers in 1862.] 

Titus Moss: briefly introduces himself a bit (and his father as well) 

(few lines needed here) 

Titus Moss: Since Mrs. Clark has requested that I go find the neighbors and see that 

they get to the party I will attend to that. But my thoughts are not of a party 

today. Emma’s sickness is weighing on my mind. My youngest child, my dear 

daughter Emma, has a sickness in the chest. I believe it is not serious. 

And I have a serious decision to make. 

My family needs me, but President Lincoln may need me as well if this war is 

to be won. I have heard some good speeches using the strongest language 

possible. The point was that slavery was the cause of the rebellion and the 

way to put down the rebellion was to destroy the cause. Every man must to 

do his duty and if he met with anything that needed to be crushed he should 

do it if possible… 

Joel Moss: Come, my son, do not dwell on this just now. Let’s go to the neighbors 

and then quickly get back to the garden to see if Emma is feeling better. 

(They start walking up the street towards South Main, with the Narrator asking everyone 

to follow. ) 


SCENE 2 

In Front of the Keeler House 

168 South Main Street 

(Everyone stops in front of the Keeler house, where George Keeler is standing out in his 

front yard. Titus Moss and George Keeler shake hands.) 

Titus Moss: Mr. Keeler, I took note of your house while you were building it. and 

admire it as I often pass by here. 

Keeler: Thank you, yes the house was finished two years ago. And… 

(gesturing to the white building just north of the house , a vacant space in 1862) 

...right here, next door, I plan to put up a simple building, one where I can 

build stoves and sell them, maybe have an undertaking business in the back. 

There’ll always be a need for that business, am I right 

(smiles at the crowd, Titus Moss nods unsmilingly) 


SCENE 3. 

Squire Beach House (now Downey’s Restaurant) 


(Joseph Beach, age 32, is outside smoking his pipe or pacing up and down in thought) 

Joel Moss: Good day, Squire Beach. I am Joel Moss, and this is my son Titus, my 

second oldest. 

Joseph 

Beach: How delighted I am to meet you Mr. Moss and you Titus. Do you 

know I am working on a history of Cheshire I am very interested in the 

Moss family since they were among the first to come from Wallingford and 

settle here – up on the Ten Mile River right 

Titus Moss or his father: Yes, exactly so. In the year 1694, John Moss Jr. was granted 

100 acres of land, more or less, on 'Ye Tenn Mile River alongside an 

irremovable hill.' I will say to you now, this land in its entirety is Moss 

Farms. In those early years when our family first came to this land, they 

encamped near a large flat rock where they had erected a lean-to shelter. 

Every Saturday night they returned to Wallingford in order to attend the 

Church services on Sunday. And the following day they traveled back to 

Cheshire to clear more land for the farm. The rock where my family 

sheltered can still be seen today, several hundred yards to the north at the 

corner of Moss Farms Road and Jarvis Street. 

Joseph Beach: Most interesting. And then after that, they built a house 

Titus Moss: My grandfather Joel built a one and a half story house in 1795. That’s 

where I live now. 

Joseph Beach: I would enjoy talking with you at length. But that will have to wait bit. 

I understand we’re all to be at a party soon. Let me get my hat and I will 

walk with you to the Footes. 


SCENE 4 

The Foote House (now the Wachovia Bank) 


(Andrew Hull Foote’s daughter appears in the doorway. . 

_________ lines (She doesn’t want him to go out, recuperating from a wound he received 

in battle of Fort Donelson in Feb. 1862.) 

Admiral Hull Foote appears at door. 

Titus Moss : Congratulations, Admiral! I read that President Lincoln asked 

Congress to vote a thank you for your service in the war so far. 

Admiral Hull Foote: I am most appreciative of that, thank you, but this war is far 

from over. 

Titus Moss: Sir, I admire so much your efforts to rid us of the evil practice of 

slavery. 

Admiral Hull Foote: Have you read my book. __________________. The ship I 

commanded off the coast of Africa was on a mission to stop the shipment of 

slaves. 

Moss: I will look for your book. I have listened to much news and speechifying about 

the Rebellion including denunciations of slavery. Three lusty cheers were 

given for that speech. I liked what the speechifier said but did not feel like 

cheering and I kept still. 

Foote 

daughter: Come father, let’s be on our way, but slowly, Let the others go on 

ahead. 


SCENE 5 

The Cornwall House 


(Beach and Moss and Walkers arrive at house) 

Edward Cornwall: opens door to house, in response to Beach’s knock. 

Joseph Beach: Good day to you Edward. We are all going to the party, are you 

Edward Cornwall: By all means, I would not miss it. 

Joseph Beach: May I ask for a few details about your family and this house 

Edward Cornwall: Well Joseph, as you know, my father Thomas was a doctor. I 

myself was born in 1802 and this house was built five years later. This was 

my father’s house, Dr. Thomas Tryon Cornwall. My father and mother were 

extraordinary people. Perhaps you’ve heard of my mother The former 

Lucinda Foote She was a brilliant woman. She passed the Yale entrance 

examination at the age of 12! She was Andrew Foote’s aunt. Let me tell you 

about my home. My father tore down an 18 th c. house to make way for this 

new home. And he also moved another building on the property. (Gestures 

toward the red house on Cornwall Avenue) See the red building there – 

that’s it. (add more here) My father was, known for his treatment of cancer. 

He added a wing in 1816 as a sanatorium for his patients. 

(And a matching wing----- when) 

Edward now comes out and notices Foote coming along: Cousin Andrew , you seem to 

be coming along well. Is this your first time out Well those parties at the 

Hitchcocks have a way of bringing everyone together. 

What are your impressions of the war -- will the North prevail 

Admiral Hull Foote: It is going to be a long hard fight. We’ll need many more 

soldiers and very soon. 

Edward 

Cornwall: I’ve heard a rumor that the President will call for more troops any 

day now. With quotas for each state. CT has already sent how many 

Admiral Hull Foote: When our Connecticut Governor Buckingham first called for 

troops, 1560 men formed two regiments within the first week! I would say 

over 50,000 men from Connecticut will join the Union Army. 


Titus Moss : – Your courage, Captain Foote -- I am in awe of you, I wish I knew 

what I should do. Enlist or tend to my family here at home. 

Admiral Hull Foote: You’re a good lad. You’ll make the right decision. 

Cornwall to Titus Moss: Not everyone is cut out to be a solder. 

(All walk towards the Brennans) 

Narrator: And now we are passing by the Fields residence, well known for its 

attractive gardens. 

[The following information can go in the program notes. 

The RUSSELL COOKE HOUSE (1801), 163 S. Main St. This narrow home was built as a 

residence on a 1 ½ acre lot, with a store in the rear. In 1850, William Horton converted 

t he store to a tavern. Later the house became a hotel. It is now the law offices of Robert 

Sweeney, who also recently purchased the Cornwall House next door. 


SCENE 6. 

Abijah Beach Tavern, Residence of Martin Brennan in 1862 


Cornwall (seeing Brennan appear at door) “Come along Martin – Can you leave your 

grand huge house, five fireplaces, and a ballroom -- and come along to a 

party 

Martin Brennan: – I can always be tempted away by a party at the Hitchcocks (or 

other lines) 


SCENE 7. 

Southwest corner of the Cheshire Town Green 

Martin Brennan: Gentlemen, what do you say we stop off at the Munson Hotel before 

going to the Hitchcocks Anyone for that George Munson might be about. 

(No one actually takes him up on this, but the Narrator can jump in here and briefly give 

a little information on the hotel. Unless this interrupts the dialogue too much. If someone 

wants to play George Munson, a mini-scene could be added here. I don’t know how 

lively the hotel would be on a Sunday afternoon…) 

Narrator (optional) give following information and point out the photo on easel. 

[Hotel location marked with a photo on easel and historical facts 1796 – Dr. 

Cornwall built a house here, later occupied by Dr. Shelton’s medical office and 

tavern 

1850-92 - Munson/Wallace Hotel (burned to the ground in 1892) 

1907 – trolley barns 

1912 -13 – present Federal Revival parsonage of Congregational Church, 85 Church 

Dr.] 

(The following are all in reply to Brennan’s suggestion to stop at the hotel.) 

T itus Moss : “I’ve got to see how my little Emma is doing. 

Foote’s daughter: “: Pa, you need to get to the Hitchcocks and sit down for a bit.” 

Edward Cornwall: I’d like to show off the church a bit, Martin. Let’s all meet at the 

Hitchcock House in a few minutes. 


Scene 8 

On the Cheshire Town Green, 

Looking at the Congregational Church 

Edward Cornwall: Ladies and gentlemen, if you would please let me take you 

forward. 

The walkers follow Cornwall and stop in front of the church, as Titus Moss and his father 

head across the green and toward the herb garden: Foote is headed for the Hitchcock 

House. 

Edward 

Cornwall: It happens that I am a deacon of this church and can tell you bit 

about the building. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (built in 1826) 

Federal, designed by architect David Hoadley. The building has had many 

additions and renovations. The church was founded in 1724 in a small 

building at the corner of Lanyon Drive and South Main Street. A second, 

larger church was built in 1736 on the east side of the green, close to South 

Main Street. Erected in 1826, this is the congregation’s third meeting house. 

Someone: Is it true that there is a pew where slaves sat 

Edward Cornwall: Yes, I am sad to say that some of our parishioners kept slaves in 

the past, but those days are gone here in the North. Now some homes in 

Cheshire are part of the Underground Railroad where escaping slaves are 

helped. (more) 

[Maybe the Mosses could still be here, and be able to tell about some house out near them 

which has a hiding place in the chimney ] 

[Put in program notes. ] 

The Town Clock: Julia Humiston donated the money to the town for a handsome, Seth 

Thomas clock. Because there was no place for it in the town hall, the clock was placed in 

the steeple of the Congrega tional Church. Winding and repairs to the clock are paid from 

a fund left by Miss Humiston, managed by three trustees. ] 

Eldad Keeler appears (in some bizarre way and gets teased by Cornwall about his 

antics on the steeple) 

Edward Cornwall: Eldad, what are you doing, walking around on the ground, you 

should be up dangling from the steeple like you did a few years back! You 

were supposed to be working up there, not doing circus tricks! 


Eldad Keeler (related to George): I was an apprentice to one of the builders of the 

meeting house. Many said I was an athlete. For a year I kept the nerves of 

many Cheshire people in the state of an over wound watch. At one moment I 

would be at the foot of the lightening rod and the next lying extended on the 

vane of the meeting house or standing tip-toe on the golden ball. Then I 

would descend by a rope with my head downward - one leg around the rope 

and the other pointing towards the southeast and before people could wipe 

the perspiration from their brows I would suddenly appear walking toward 

the sun! 

Joseph Beach: (breaking in with a question) Eldad, I need some humorous stories for 

my book. History can be dull without something to laugh at-- -- What did I 

hear about you and the christening of Beachport 

Eldad Keeler: Well, Mr. Beach, I’m 52 now, married since 1828. But as you’ve heard 

no doubt when I was younger I was bit of a daredevel. When I was about 14 

and the canal was just finished, there was to be a canal stop at West Main. 

People were celebrating the opening of the canal. so I stood up on the top of 

the chimney of Richard Beach’s store. I was swinging a bottle around my 

head--- you know a bottle like they use for christenings. At just the right 

moment I let loose of the bottle, threw it into the canal and hollered out 

BEACHPORT! The crowd roared right back BEACHPORT! And that’s 

how Beachport was named. Boats stopped there for all the years the canal 

was working. Now that the train is there, I think they still have a stop there, 

called Beachport. 

Joseph 

Beach: That is a dandy story. I hope to talk with you again and hear more. 

Titus Moss has proceeded to the herb garden behind the Hitchcock House where the 

women and children are gathered) 

At the instruction of the Narrator, the walkers now proceed to the herb garden. Cornwall 

goes to the front of the Hitchcock House where there are chairs and where Foote is 

already 

seated. 


SCENE 9. 

Herb Garden Behind the Hitchcock-Phillips House 

43 Church Drive 

Herb Garden scene; Largely a women’s scene with conversation about herbs and other 

cures, sewing, recipes, clothing. etc. Many possibilities. 

Suggestions for Conversation. 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark: Mrs. Moss, this child is most delightful. She is very sweet 

and has wonderful manners, regardless of her current health. 

N a n c y Mos s: Thank you for your kind words and your care of my young Emma. 

What shall we do for her 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark; There are many ways to work against the progress of a 

nose cold and a chest or lung infection. There is flax and iris, gumplant and 

hyssop, and horehound, linden, milkweed, mullein, oak, white pine, skunk 

cabbage, slippery elm, bilberry, cinquefoil, bistort, wild cherry, columbine, 

honeysuckle, and spearmint. There is daisies, onions, poppies, roses, 

strawberries, vervain and nettles, parsnips, purslane, and sarsaparilla. I can 

take the leaves of the everlastings in decoction and this mixture can be drunk 

for pulmonary and catarrhal infections. I can make a decoction of mugwort 

leaves for bronchitis. But for a child, I would recommend the use of a tea 

from the blue gilia. If that is not effective, we will try elderberry syrup, sage 

tea, or a tea made from the roots of the wild rose. Another remedy to try is 

the juice of pounded primrose roots sniffed to clear the head or, for one that 

is not a child, dried catnip leaves to be smoked. But most of all, there is 

onion. For influenza, the body is to be covered in ground onions and 

wrapped in blankets. An onion gruel should be administered 

_______My granny always said, “A shawl around the shoulders, mutton tallow on 

the chest, and a large bowl of onion gruel.” 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark: I can also make an excellent cough syrup for the child from 

strong red clover syrup mixed with the juice of roasted onions and strained 

honey. My first rate remedy for a chest cold is to ground a few tobacco 

leaves, mix these with a little fat, and put this on the chest and cover with a 

piece of wool. 

Jennette 

Moss: So then, my daughter is well You can provide a concoction to cure 

her cold and bring her restful sleep 


Lucretia Hitchcock Clark: Young Emma is strong and willing. I will make her a syrup 

and a poultice and her health will soon be restored to full. 

J ennette Moss: My sincere thanks and appreciation to you Mrs. Clark. 

(Titus Moss appears beside his wife) 

Titus Moss: My dear wife, I need a moment to speak with you. 

Titus Moss and Jennette Moss turn away from the crowd. Titus Moss speaks softly to 

Jennette and she bows her head and her shoulders shake. They and their children go off to 

front of house. 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark Oh my, my. I see the signs of melancholia and strife. I can 

prepare a mixture to help! I can make a tea of the giant hyssop which will 

cheer the most tired or despondent! Hyssop is recommended to comfort and 

strengthen. Or perhaps a sage tea. 

Nancy Moss: I think, dear Lucy, that there are times of heartbreak when nothing 

seems to help. 

(Mrs. Moon has appeared at the side of the garden shortly before 

Titus Moss and Jennette go with children to front of Hitchcock House.) 

Lucretia Hitchcock Clark: (calling out) Mrs. Moon – we didn’t want to ask in front of 

the Mosses. How is your son doing He enlisted last year, right 

Sarah Moon: Yes, William Jr. is fine. He enlisted in the (15th) Regiment. (the Irish 

regiment ) He was at the battle of New Orleans. So, thank God, he survives 

thus far. Thank you for asking. And, I must tell you, that the money he got 

when he enlisted has made it possible for us to buy our house. When we first 

came here from England -- for my husband to work in the mine – we rented 

a house that Mr. Cornwall had had built. Now we are the owners – with a 

mortgage to Mr. Cornwall. And my son is out of the mine, for which I am 

thankful. 

Mrs. Moss: The waiting is hard, isn’t it. I know Titus, my son, is thinking that he 

should enlist, but he’s also needed here at home. A hard decision. He was 

always a thoughtful boy, maybe even a bit too serious. 

(Comments from women, more conversation). (someone Are we ready for the party) 

Lucretia Hitchcoc k Clark: Are we ready for the party I have gathered this nosegay 

for you, Nancy. ) 


SCENE 10 

Front of Hitchcock-Phillips House 

(At the Narrator’s request, all head around to front of the H i t c h c o c k -Phillips House.) 

Narrator: If you could please find a seat. Thank you. 

Narrator: For those of you joining us now, I’d like to welcome you to the Town of 

Cheshire in the year of 1862. We are at the Cheshire Historical Society. This 

is the HITCHCOCK-PHILLIPS HOUSE (built in 1785), 43 Church Dr. 

Classical Georgian. Built by merchant Rufus Hitchcock. Passed down to his 

daughter and then to his granddaughter, who married Andrew W. Phillips, a 

teacher at the Academy. Family occupied the house until 1903. In the 1930s, 

the house was bought by Cheshire Academy for a boys’ dormitory. Since 

1972, it has been owned by the town and home to the Cheshire Historical 

Society. 

Guests are seated there – maybe told there would be some entertainment of some kind. 

Right at this moment, as everyone is seated, a noise is heard (someone points and 

shouts)-- A man is running, running (or galloping, galloping on a horse), waving a piece 

of paper. Everyone stops talking – silence -- to look at this man.--- 

A man: It’s Huntly, the telegraph operator 

Another man: This can’t be good news. 

Huntly comes to a stop near the Hitchcock House, goes up on front step and announces – 

News bulletin, just in over the telegraph –President Lincoln calls for more 

300,000 troops. Connecticut must send (x number of) units. 

Reads 

aloud: 

“I have made a decision to call for 300,000 more troops, chiefly infantry; that 

I hope will be raised without delay, and that an order fixing the quota 

required from each State will be issued by the War Department at once.” 

S i l e n c e – then cheers from the Home Guard members clustered around Tim Guilford.) 

Capt. Guilford: This is what we’ve been waiting for men! We’ll be the first to enlist-- 

.Hurrah for our Russell Rifles! 

(Admiral Hull Foote:) ___ Things must not be going well for the Union 


Huntly: $$$___Money for soldiers…. and Cheshire has voted to allot another $100 in 

addition for soldiers with families. $50 for single men. 

Titus Moss : Its not a matter of money. It’s a matter of conscience 

(Noisy discussion breaks out among the men – women standing/sitting silently by.) 

Joseph 

Beach: We have listened to the President’s call for soldiers. I have heard that 

Prospect has contributed the larger proportion of soldiers to the Union cause 

than any other Connecticut town. Indeed, the number is greater than that of 

the registered voters. 

Andrew Hull Admiral Hull Foote: You have heard of what the Southern people say 

A man in Richmond said after the Seven Days’ that “The fatal blow has been 

dealt this ‘grand army’ of the North. Lee has turned the tide, and I shall not 

be surprised if we have a long career of successes.” Lee has become the hero 

of the hour! No more do we hear of him as the “King of Spades” or 

“Evacuating Lee”! This is the darkest day we have had since Bull Run! 

Joseph Beach: Men are needed! Men must join up to fight for the old flag, for our 

country, Union, and Liberty! 

(Note: Beach is in his thirties. He’s not enlisting – is he the person to be flag waving) 

Eldad Keeler: Men are needed here in Cheshire! It is the busy summer season on the 

farms! The peaches and apples ripen on the trees. Grain grows lush in our 

fields! There is plenty to be done here at home! Never mind this business of 

the South. 

Joseph Beach: There is the militia law, Eldad. All able bodied men between ages 18 

and 45 are now called upon to service for up to nine months. The War 

Department has authorized a bounty to be paid: $25 in advance of the 

traditional $100 bounty. 

Edward Cornwall: There are riots to protest this draft! They say “The Constitution 

As it Is, The Union As It Was.” You have heard of the “copperhead” faction 

of the northern Democratic party They say this is a total war – a war to 

destroy the old South instead of to restore the old Union. [HIS VOICE 

TRAILS OFF] 

(Titus Moss steps forward – discussion ceases, all eyes are upon him-- and makes his 

announcement) 

Titus Moss: I must enlist. 


Capt Guilford gives him a a big hearty welcome to the regiment as the women look on. 

(Titus Moss hugs Emma, gestures for his son Howard to come near.) 

Titus Moss: Son, come to me. Howard, while I am gone, you go to school. Be a good 

boy and try do just as Miss Minor wishes you to when at school. At home you 

must mind mother and do all you can to help her for mother has so much to 

do and Emma is not big enough to help mother much yet and father will be 

so far from home that I cannot help at home so that you must help and be as 

good as you can. You must kiss mother and Emma and be just as kind and 

good as you can so you will grow up a good and useful boy. 

Howard 

Moss: Father, I will try. I will try to be a good boy. But must you go 

Titus Moss: It is my aim and prayer that I may act as it becomes a soldier. I have 

been blessed beyond what I have right to expect with health and friends, and 

endeavor to be thankful for them. 

Silence. Then a murmuring through the crowd. 

(More lines and comments needed here) 

Hitchcock appears and shouts: This is a party. Let’s not forget, everyone needs some 

fun. Especially at a time like this. We have food and drink for one and all. 

Narrator interrupts: Wait, Mr. Hitchcock, not so fast, all our guests from the 21 st 

century want to know – what will happen to Titus Moss how about Capt 

Foote, and all those they have met today. Come, everyone, over to the Civil 

War Monument. 


SCENE 11. 

Civil War Monument on the Green 

(At the Monument: filling in details of the formation of the 20 th and a look into the 

future some years later)….. 

Narrator: (section needs shortening) After the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, the 

first call for troops by President Lincoln asked for only one regiment from 

Connecticut. The response was enthusiastic. A, group of young men in 

Cheshire formed a military company called the Home Guards. Their captain 

was Timothy Guilford. 

In July 1862, when President Lincoln issued the second call for "three 

hundred thousand volunteers for three years," Cheshire's Home Guards 

resolved to enlist, calling themselves the Russell Rifles, but later becoming 

Company A of the 20th Connecticut Volunteers. In August 1862, a special 

Cheshire Town Meeting authorized payment of a $100 bounty to each 

volunteer with a family ($50 for single volunteers). 

Company A left New Haven for Washington, D.C. on September 11, 1862 

packed in common boxcars. Sixty-three men and boys from Cheshire, 

including Titus Moss and his brother Samuel, and 20 from Prospect, were 

kept in Washington until then ordered to Frederick, Maryland. By some 

blunder, the company was told to leave their knapsacks in Washington. They 

waited all night at the depot for transportation and made their bivouac near 

Frederick without tents or blankets, and with scanty rations. When letters 

telling of deprivation and hunger reached Cheshire, mothers, wives and 

sisters rushed to pack boxes of provisions and forward them as soon as 

possible. 

In October, the Twentieth was again under marching orders for Harper's 

Ferry. In November , they crossed the mountain into Loudon Valley where 

they were ordered to build huts and go into winter quarters. While some of 

the old regiments were provided with comfortable houses with floors, the 

Twentieth did not get along so well. The privations the men endured are told 

first-hand in Titus's letters. 

The spring campaign of 1863 opened with the Union Army numbering 

124,000 men on the north side of the Rappahannock River. General Lee, with 

an army of 63,000 was entrenched south of the river. It was now only a little 

over seven months since Titus Moss had left New Haven. Aside from some 

skirmishes, the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-3, was the first real battle 


for Company A. It ended disastrously, with the regiment under Colonel 

William B. Wooster in full retreat. Over 12,000 Union soldiers were killed 

with nearly half as many missing and wounded. 

Connecticut sent over 54,000 men to the Civil War. Over 5000 died, many 

from diseases. From Cheshire 126 men enlisted; their names are here on this 

monument which was put in place in 1865 shortly after the war was over. In 

our stories today, we have met a number of people. You may wonder what 

became of them. Let’s find out. 

Narrator calls out the names – characters step forward and tell what happened to them. 

Captain Guilford What became of you 

Captain Guilford: (suggestions for wording here) Before 1862 I held office in a militia 

company in Waterbury. In July 1862, when President Lincoln issued the 

second call for “three hundred thousand volunteers for three years,” 

Cheshire’s Home Guards resolved to enlist, calling themselves the Russell 

Rifles, but later becoming Company A of the 20 th Regiment. I enlisted in the 

CT 20 th Regiment – formed up in New Haven – (date) -- I served during the 

whole war, survived and came home to live in Cheshire for many years and 

worked as a supervisor at the button factory. 

Narrator: About the Mosses…The house where Titus Moss lived, 850 Moss Farms 

Road, Titus Moss Family lived at 859 Moss Farms Road, is pictured in the 

1976 book, Landmarks of Old Cheshire, but has since been demolished. As 

for Titus… 

Titus Moss : I died on the battlefield at Chancellorsville the last day of the battle, in 

the spring of 1863. I was struck and wounded, and did not think it was 

serious at first. As I lay there, my final thoughts were of Jennette and my 

beloved children. Capt Guilford had the onerous task of writing the news of 

my death to my family. 

Jennette Moss: I’ll never forget. The letter arrived on my 36th birthday, the 15th day 

of June in the year of 1863. 

Reads aloud portions (to be selected) of the following letter 

Jennette Moss: (reading from a well worn letter) “I must perform an unpleasant duty 

today, unpleasant under any circumstances, but doubly so in the present 

case. Col. Wooster returned to Camp yesterday and gave me some 

information in regard to our missing men. He says he knew Titus Moss who 

was near me for through most of the time we lay behind the Breastworks. It 

was on the highest ground which the Company occupied in its entire line (the 

ground was very uneven) and was the best place from which to watch the 

movements of the enemy and also was more exposed to the enemy’s artillery 


fire than the hollows. The last conversation I had with Titus Moss was during 

one of the enemy’s most rapid bursts of shell canister and grape upon us 

preparatory to a charge of their infantry. I noticed blood on his face and 

asked him if he was wounded He said he “thought twas a scratch from a 

splinter knocked off the works” – he did not know it until he felt the blood 

trickle down. We were at this time all lying as close to the ground as we could 

and keep the use of our arms and a keen lookout for the enemy infantry. 

Immediately after this, one of the enemy’s guns had obtained so close a range 

on us – right on the knoll – that I ordered the men to move to the right & left 

a little out of range. The infantry soon charged upon us and I moved toward 

the left of the Company, the better to see them and do not recollect seeing 

Titus Moss again. Col. Wooster was on the field as a prisoner a few hours 

afterward. He saw Titus Moss lying he thinks just as he fell, not directly in 

the rear of the Company’s position in the works but to the right and on the 

ascent of the next rise of ground or knoll to the spot we occupied in the 

works. That was the direction the Company first took in the retreat. He was 

lying nearly on his back his “feet to the foe” and the Col. thinks he received a 

mortal wound and died very soon after. The Col. was under a guard of the 

enemy who hurried him through as fast as possible and he gave most of his 

time to the wounded of whom there were not a few, but he knows he saw 

Titus Moss as his face was in full view and he had often seen him in camp at 

Fairfax and remembered him as coming to see Mr. Sanford who messed with 

the Col. at that place. Yet he did not remember his name and put id down as 

Joel Brooks, whom Capt. William C. Doolittle told him he saw killed, 

Doolittle not knowing that Titus Moss was also killed. The news from the 

South is of a cheering character and we indulge the belief that when 

Charleston is ours the Rebellion is virtually crushed. Some feel the real 

brutality and horrors of war more than the soldiers whose moral sense is not 

entirely obliterated, and I can assure you none feel more anxious to have this 

terribly destructive war brought to a close – still feeling that our cause is just, 

we cannot think submitting to any peace which is not honorable to our 

country and just to the men who have fallen by tens of thousands in defense 

of the same great principles we are still fighting for. I think myself perfectly 

safe in saying that not a single man of the many thousands who have 

thronged together to form this great army have left the comforts and luxuries 

of a happy home for their Country’s service out of more pure high and noble 

influences than he to whom this is but an imperfect tribute. Always helpful 

toward others and never wanting help himself always considerate of others 

and forbearing and maintaining a truly Christian spirit and conversation 

amid the demoralizing influences of the Camp he won the respect of and 

endeared himself to the whole company.” 

Narrator: And what of Emma --- 

Jennette tells of Emma…. (portions of the following to be selected) 

From The 1862 Calendar of the Episcopal Church. 


DIED, IN Cheshire, Nov. 26th, EMMA JENNETTE, only daughter of the 

late Titus Moss and Jennette Moss, in the 6th year of her age. The father of 

the deceased, a brave and Christian soldier, fell at the battle of 

Chancellorville, and she and a little brother were alone left to the widowed 

mother, and such amiable qualities of character were exhibited by her, she 

promised to be a great solace to her afflicted parent. But death as destroyed 

all hopes connected with her, and added another affliction to that already 

heavy and severe. During her very painful illness she exhibited great 

patience, and without fear was conscious of the approach of death. She was a 

member of the Sunday school, and took such delight in its exercises and in 

the services of the Church, as gave evidence of a religious spirit which 

doubtless would have developed into a lovely Christian character. In an 

affliction so great we can only say, trusting God’s goodness, which never 

fails: “The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be thename of 

the Lord.” 

The occurrences of the last few weeks seem like a frightful dream. But alas it 

is no dream but a sad reality. Little Emma is gone. Gone to heaven. An angel 

came and took her away. She was a lovely child – gentle and loving; the pet 

of our family, the youngest. But she could not stay with us any longer. Now 

that she has gone I do not feel that I have sinned in loving her too well. If I 

went from home she claimed it as her right to be the first to welcome me on 

my return. But all this has changed now. Death has set his seal on my 

beautiful one and I am bereaved indeed. Seven sad and gloomy weeks have 

passed since I saw her in her last untroubled sleep. O much as I had always 

loved her, I never looked upon her with such pride and tenderness as when I 

saw her wrestling with disease and death. Her sufferings were terrible but 

she bore up against them with a brave fortitude that seemed wonderful in 

one of her tender years. 

Narrator: Capt. Foote He steps forward, points at his name on the monument, As you 

can see I became an Admiral in the Navy. Even though I was 56 at the time, I 

went back to serve after I got over my wounds. (summarizes his service at 

various battles) and was killed at _____________ in 1863. 

President Lincoln Someone speaks for Lincoln, maybe Narrator. 

Narrator: William Moon 

Sarah Moon: (Sarah steps forward and tells of her son) William Jr. was mustered out in 

1865 at the end of the war and came home to Cheshire. In a few years he got 

married at the Congregational Church to a nice young woman (Sophie -----_ 

and moved to Southington where she was from. We sold the house on Elm 

Street in ____ and moved to Southington as well. 

Narrator: Edward Cornwall 


Edward Cornwall: lines to be written, there is a huge amount of material on this 

prominent citizen—after his death Elm Street was changed to Cornwall 

Avenue. He was even more prominent in public affairs than his father the 

doctor. He served both church and town, holding nearly every position, as 

Deacon Brown would say, "within the gift of his fellow townsmen." He was 

justice of the peace, selectman, judge of probate, town clerk, and served in 

the General Assembly seven times. 

Narrator: Joseph Beach 

Joseph Beach: lines to be written—his history of Cheshire, etc. etc. 

Narrator: George Keeler 

George Keeler ( lines if anything is known about his later life) 

[Notes: Commodore. Robert Hitchcock – was he a relative of these Hitchcocks] 

Hitchcock (Lucy’s father – is he alive in 1862): and now that we all know one another 

– let’s go back in time to this day in 1862 – welcome to my house. There is 

ginger beer (I’ve been told you call it ginger ale these days) There is pumpkin 

bread. and many other treats for you. Please, please come in. 

My daughter has on display many fine needle works and other items for your 

interest. 

The herb garden is open for your interest. 

Come in , come in. Enjoy yourselves. 

Let’s not dally in the future. The present is what we have. Let’s enjoy it. 

Let’s drink to 1862 and the better times that lie ahead. (Here’s to Cheshire – 

Hitchcock proposes some kind of toast, as the drinks are passed around.) 

And to the Union! 

All: The Union! The Union! All join in the shout!!! 

(Someone waves a Union flag!) 

(All go in house, get refreshments…) 

END 


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