From the April 15th Tolland Patch, by Chris Dehnel.
WINDSOR/MANCHESTER-- Christopher M. Spencer was born in Hartford, but grew up in Manchester and invented the Spencer Repeating Rifle, which gave the user seven shots in the time it would take to fire off one round on regular rifles used at the time.
President Lincoln tried it himself and Spencer kept that target. It is now at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield. He founded the Spencer Repeating Rifle Company in 1862.
SOMERS-- Stonewall Jackson's favorite horse, Little Sorrel was foaled on Collins Farm on Prink Street, now Springfield Road. It was formerly a Union officer's mount acquired by Jackson at Harper's Ferry. Little Sorrel was so small that Jackson's feet almost dragged. He was riding her when he was mortally wounded.
Stuff I Didn't Know. --Old B-R'er
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