SEVENTY PERCENT OF WASHINGTON, CONNECTICUT MEN WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR ENLISTED IN SIX CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING MAJOR BATTLES :
1. 2ND REGIMENT HEAVY ATILLERY CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS
(KNOWN AS THE 19TH INFANTRY REGIMENT UNTIL 23 NOV 1863) – 37% of the Washington Men who enlisted for Civil War service.
The Litchfield County Regiment first met in mass convention in Litchfield, Connecticut on 23 July 1862 in response to Connecticut Governor Buckingham’s appeal for volunteers, which had followed President Lincoln’s 1 July 1862 call for 300,000 volunteers for three years
service. Nine companies reported to CampDutton in Litchfield on 26 Aug 1862. The regiment was joined by a 10th company, Company K, on 31 Aug 1862. The regiment was formerly mustered into service on 11 Sept 1862 as the 19th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.
After being sent to Washington, DC the regiment served at several forts protecting Washington. The regiment became the 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery on 23 Nov 1863. On 17 May 1864 the regiment, totaling 1,800, became part of the Army of the Potomac. The regiment was transferred in Aug 1864 to General Phil Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign. The regiment then returned to the siege of Petersburg, Virginia and was involved with the pursuit of General Lee’s Army. The regiment was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia for the surrender of General Lee’s army. At the time the regiment mustered out of service on 5 Sept 1865 only 183 of the original men who first enlisted in the regiment in 1862 were listed in the regiment.
Washington men served in the following companies of this regiment:
Company A – 14
Company E – 2
Company G – 8
Company H – 22
Company I – 1
Company K – 2
Company M – 1
Major battles the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Connecticut Volunteers were involved in, with casualties if known:
COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, 1 June 1864- Three hundred twenty three men killed or wounded.
OPEQUON/3RDBATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, 19 Sept 1864 - One hundred thirty six killed or wounded.
FISHER’S HILL, VIRGINIA
CEDAR CREEK, VIRGINIA, 19 Oct 1864 – 138 killed and 96 wounded
BATTLES AT PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA – 25 March and 2 April 1865
SAYLOR’S CREEK, VIRGINIA, 6 April 1865
2. 28th INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 12% of the Washington men who enlisted for Civil War service
The 28th Infantry Regiment was the last Connecticut Volunteer regiment organized under the August 1862 call for nine month volunteers and was made up of men from the Fourth Congressional District. Of the eight companies in the regiment three (D, E, and F) were mostly made up of LitchfieldCounty men. Company D of the regiment had 15 Washington men. The regiment rendezvoused in New Haven, Connecticut on 15 Sept 1862 and was mustered into service on 15 Nov 1862. The regiment spent 10 days in November 1862 in Centerville, Long Island, New York. The regiment arrived in Pensacola, Florida on 23 Dec 1862 and was in Florida until May 1863. The regiment was next sent to Louisiana, arriving at Brusher City in Louisiana on 12 May 1863. From 26 May until 7 Aug 1863 the regiment was at Port Hudson, Louisiana, which is about 35 miles north of Baton Rouge on the east side of the Mississippi river. The regiment left Louisiana for Connecticut on 7 Aug 1863 and mustered out of service on 28 Aug 1863 in New Haven, Connecticut.
The major military engagements of the regiment were:
SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA, 27 May to 9 July 1863
ASSULT ON PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA, 14 June 1863
3. 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 10% of the
Washington men who enlisted for military service in the Civil War
The 8thinfantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized at CampBuckingham in Hartford, Connecticutin Sept 1861. The regiment was mustered into service on 17 Oct 1861. The regiment was then at a camp of instruction on Long Island,New York and then traveled to Annapolis, Maryland. The regiment joined the General Burnside expedition to North Carolina in Jan 1862. The regiment then served with the Army of the Potomac from 1862 into 1863. Three
hundred ten veteran members of the regiment reenlisted for service in December 1863. The regiment was transferred to the Army of the James in 1864 and was involved with the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. The regiment mustered out of service on 12 Dec 1865.
Major battles the 8th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers were involved in:
NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 Mar 1862
SEIGE OF FORT MACON, NORTH CAROLINA, April 1862
ANTIETAM, MARYLAND, 17 Sept 1862
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, 13 Dec 1862
FORT HAGER, VIRGINIA, 19 Apr 1863
WALTHALL JUNCTION, VIRGINIA, 7 May 1864
FORT DARLING, VIRGINIA, 16 May 1864
COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, 3 June 1864
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. 25 Aug 1864
FORT HARRISON, VIRGINIA, 29 Sept 1864
4. 10th INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 5% of the Washington men who enlisted for service in the Civil War
The 10th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was recruited in the summer of 1861 and mustered into service on 30 Sept 1861 at CampBuckingham, Hartford, Connecticut. The regiment then went to Annapolis, Maryland for more training. The regiment joined the General Burnside expedition to North Carolina in January 1862. The regiment then saw action from July through late Oct 1863 at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. In October 1863 the regiment was in St. Augustine, Florida. The regiment then served in Virginiain 1864. The three year terms of enlistment for the regiment expired at the end of Sept 1864, with remaining members of the regiment reenlisting. During November and December 1864 the regiment recruited, with substitutes, up to 800 men. The regiment was at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865 for the surrender of General Lee’s army. The regiment was mustered out of service on 25 Aug 1865.
Major battles the 10th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was involved in, with causalities if know:
ROANOKE ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, 8 Feb 1862 – 56 killed and wounded
NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 Mar 1862
KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 Dec 1862 – 106 killed and wounded
SIEGE OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 28 July – 25 Oct 1863
FORT DARLING/DRURY’S BLUFF, VIRGINIA, 16 May 1864
BERMUDA HUNDRED, VIRGINIA, 16 June 1864
DEEP BOTTOM, VIRGINIA- 1, 14, and 16 Aug 1864
SEIGE OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 28 Aug – 29 Sept 1864
FORT GREGG, VIRGINIA, 2 April 1865 – 8 officers and 118 men killed
5. 14TH INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 5% of the Washinton men who enlisted for service in the Civil War. *Note that most of these Washingon men are recorded as substitutes and drafted
The 14thInfantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was recruited in response to President Lincoln’s 1 July 1862 call up for 300,000 volunteers for three years service. The regiment was organized at Camp Foote in Hartford, Connecticut and mustered into service on 23 Aug 1862. This regiment sustained the largest percentage of losses of any Connecticutregiment during the Civil War. The regiment was at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865 for the surrender of Lee’s army. The veterans and recruits of the regiment were transferred to the 2ndHeavy Artillery
Regiment Connecticut Volunteers on 30 May 1865. The regiment was mustered out of service on 31 May 1865.
Major battles the 14th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Regiment was involved in, with casualties if known:
ANTIETAM, MARYLAND, 17 Sept 1862 – 20 killed, 88 wounded, and 48 missing
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, 13 Dec 1862 – 11 killed, 87 wounded, and 22 missing
CHANCELLORSVILLE, VIRGINIA, 1-3 May 1863
GETTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 1-3 July 1863 – 10 killed, 52, wounded, 19 missing
WILDERNESS, VIRGINIA, 5 and 6 May 1864
SPOTTSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA - 2, 13, 14, 18, and 22 May 1864
COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, 3 June 1864
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 11 Jun – Aug 1864
DEEP BOTTOM, VIRGINIA, 15 and 16 Aug 1864
SEIGE OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, Oct 1864-Mar 1865
HATCHER’S RUN, VIRGINIA, 25-29 Oct 1864 and 2 Feb 1865
1. 2ND REGIMENT HEAVY ATILLERY CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS
(KNOWN AS THE 19TH INFANTRY REGIMENT UNTIL 23 NOV 1863) – 37% of the Washington Men who enlisted for Civil War service.
The Litchfield County Regiment first met in mass convention in Litchfield, Connecticut on 23 July 1862 in response to Connecticut Governor Buckingham’s appeal for volunteers, which had followed President Lincoln’s 1 July 1862 call for 300,000 volunteers for three years
service. Nine companies reported to CampDutton in Litchfield on 26 Aug 1862. The regiment was joined by a 10th company, Company K, on 31 Aug 1862. The regiment was formerly mustered into service on 11 Sept 1862 as the 19th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.
After being sent to Washington, DC the regiment served at several forts protecting Washington. The regiment became the 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery on 23 Nov 1863. On 17 May 1864 the regiment, totaling 1,800, became part of the Army of the Potomac. The regiment was transferred in Aug 1864 to General Phil Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign. The regiment then returned to the siege of Petersburg, Virginia and was involved with the pursuit of General Lee’s Army. The regiment was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia for the surrender of General Lee’s army. At the time the regiment mustered out of service on 5 Sept 1865 only 183 of the original men who first enlisted in the regiment in 1862 were listed in the regiment.
Washington men served in the following companies of this regiment:
Company A – 14
Company E – 2
Company G – 8
Company H – 22
Company I – 1
Company K – 2
Company M – 1
Major battles the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Connecticut Volunteers were involved in, with casualties if known:
COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, 1 June 1864- Three hundred twenty three men killed or wounded.
OPEQUON/3RDBATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, 19 Sept 1864 - One hundred thirty six killed or wounded.
FISHER’S HILL, VIRGINIA
CEDAR CREEK, VIRGINIA, 19 Oct 1864 – 138 killed and 96 wounded
BATTLES AT PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA – 25 March and 2 April 1865
SAYLOR’S CREEK, VIRGINIA, 6 April 1865
2. 28th INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 12% of the Washington men who enlisted for Civil War service
The 28th Infantry Regiment was the last Connecticut Volunteer regiment organized under the August 1862 call for nine month volunteers and was made up of men from the Fourth Congressional District. Of the eight companies in the regiment three (D, E, and F) were mostly made up of LitchfieldCounty men. Company D of the regiment had 15 Washington men. The regiment rendezvoused in New Haven, Connecticut on 15 Sept 1862 and was mustered into service on 15 Nov 1862. The regiment spent 10 days in November 1862 in Centerville, Long Island, New York. The regiment arrived in Pensacola, Florida on 23 Dec 1862 and was in Florida until May 1863. The regiment was next sent to Louisiana, arriving at Brusher City in Louisiana on 12 May 1863. From 26 May until 7 Aug 1863 the regiment was at Port Hudson, Louisiana, which is about 35 miles north of Baton Rouge on the east side of the Mississippi river. The regiment left Louisiana for Connecticut on 7 Aug 1863 and mustered out of service on 28 Aug 1863 in New Haven, Connecticut.
The major military engagements of the regiment were:
SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA, 27 May to 9 July 1863
ASSULT ON PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA, 14 June 1863
3. 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 10% of the
Washington men who enlisted for military service in the Civil War
The 8thinfantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized at CampBuckingham in Hartford, Connecticutin Sept 1861. The regiment was mustered into service on 17 Oct 1861. The regiment was then at a camp of instruction on Long Island,New York and then traveled to Annapolis, Maryland. The regiment joined the General Burnside expedition to North Carolina in Jan 1862. The regiment then served with the Army of the Potomac from 1862 into 1863. Three
hundred ten veteran members of the regiment reenlisted for service in December 1863. The regiment was transferred to the Army of the James in 1864 and was involved with the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. The regiment mustered out of service on 12 Dec 1865.
Major battles the 8th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers were involved in:
NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 Mar 1862
SEIGE OF FORT MACON, NORTH CAROLINA, April 1862
ANTIETAM, MARYLAND, 17 Sept 1862
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, 13 Dec 1862
FORT HAGER, VIRGINIA, 19 Apr 1863
WALTHALL JUNCTION, VIRGINIA, 7 May 1864
FORT DARLING, VIRGINIA, 16 May 1864
COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, 3 June 1864
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. 25 Aug 1864
FORT HARRISON, VIRGINIA, 29 Sept 1864
4. 10th INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 5% of the Washington men who enlisted for service in the Civil War
The 10th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was recruited in the summer of 1861 and mustered into service on 30 Sept 1861 at CampBuckingham, Hartford, Connecticut. The regiment then went to Annapolis, Maryland for more training. The regiment joined the General Burnside expedition to North Carolina in January 1862. The regiment then saw action from July through late Oct 1863 at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. In October 1863 the regiment was in St. Augustine, Florida. The regiment then served in Virginiain 1864. The three year terms of enlistment for the regiment expired at the end of Sept 1864, with remaining members of the regiment reenlisting. During November and December 1864 the regiment recruited, with substitutes, up to 800 men. The regiment was at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865 for the surrender of General Lee’s army. The regiment was mustered out of service on 25 Aug 1865.
Major battles the 10th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was involved in, with causalities if know:
ROANOKE ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, 8 Feb 1862 – 56 killed and wounded
NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 Mar 1862
KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 Dec 1862 – 106 killed and wounded
SIEGE OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 28 July – 25 Oct 1863
FORT DARLING/DRURY’S BLUFF, VIRGINIA, 16 May 1864
BERMUDA HUNDRED, VIRGINIA, 16 June 1864
DEEP BOTTOM, VIRGINIA- 1, 14, and 16 Aug 1864
SEIGE OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 28 Aug – 29 Sept 1864
FORT GREGG, VIRGINIA, 2 April 1865 – 8 officers and 118 men killed
5. 14TH INFANTRY REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS – 5% of the Washinton men who enlisted for service in the Civil War. *Note that most of these Washingon men are recorded as substitutes and drafted
The 14thInfantry Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was recruited in response to President Lincoln’s 1 July 1862 call up for 300,000 volunteers for three years service. The regiment was organized at Camp Foote in Hartford, Connecticut and mustered into service on 23 Aug 1862. This regiment sustained the largest percentage of losses of any Connecticutregiment during the Civil War. The regiment was at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865 for the surrender of Lee’s army. The veterans and recruits of the regiment were transferred to the 2ndHeavy Artillery
Regiment Connecticut Volunteers on 30 May 1865. The regiment was mustered out of service on 31 May 1865.
Major battles the 14th Infantry Regiment Connecticut Regiment was involved in, with casualties if known:
ANTIETAM, MARYLAND, 17 Sept 1862 – 20 killed, 88 wounded, and 48 missing
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, 13 Dec 1862 – 11 killed, 87 wounded, and 22 missing
CHANCELLORSVILLE, VIRGINIA, 1-3 May 1863
GETTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 1-3 July 1863 – 10 killed, 52, wounded, 19 missing
WILDERNESS, VIRGINIA, 5 and 6 May 1864
SPOTTSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA - 2, 13, 14, 18, and 22 May 1864
COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, 3 June 1864
PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 11 Jun – Aug 1864
DEEP BOTTOM, VIRGINIA, 15 and 16 Aug 1864
SEIGE OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, Oct 1864-Mar 1865
HATCHER’S RUN, VIRGINIA, 25-29 Oct 1864 and 2 Feb 1865