1st Squadron, Connecticut Cavalry

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Brief History

 * Mustered in August 1861. The squadron was almost immediately consolidated with the Second New York, otherwise known as the "Harris Light Cavalry."  No muster-rolls or reports from these companies were forwarded to the Adjutant-General of Connecticut during all their term of service, consequently no records are now in possession of the State from which an adequate account of their service can be obtained.

For more information about the 1st Squadron, Connecticut Cavalry and its history, see:


 * History of the First Squadron Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry - Connecticut Military Department

Companies in this Squadron

 * Companies of the 1st Squadron, Connecticut Cavalry

The Squadron was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but the majority was from Hartford County.

Company A - known as Company C, New York 2d Cavalry

Company B - known as Company D, New York 2d Cavalry

Company Rosters

 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Compiled From Records in the Adjutant General's Office and Published by Order of the Legislature, by Horace J. Morse - Adjutant General - Online Book. Or FHL Collection on FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082886 (9 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Book 974.6 M2a.


 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations: (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries (1869) by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904 - Online Book or FHL Collection FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082887 (10 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Film 1033670 Item 1.

Source Material

 * The Connecticut Cavalry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 : containing the history and complete rosters of the First Squadron and of the First Regiment, C.C.V. "Reprinted by permission of the Adjutant-General from The record of Connecticut men in the army and navy in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865, published by order of the state in 1889".  FHL Collection FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082892 (1 fiche).