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= Connecticut in the Civil War =

1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery

 * Mustered in January 2, 1862.
 * Mustered out September 25, 1865.
 * Organized at Washington, D. C., from 4th Conn. Infantry.
 * Originally recruited as the 4th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry.
 * Mustered out September 25, 1865.

1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry

 * Mustered in November 2, 1861
 * Mustered out August 2, 1865.
 * Organized at West Meriden as a battalion.

1st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in April 22, 1861.
 * Mustered out July 31, 1861.
 * Organized at Hartford.

1st Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery

 * Mustered in October 26, 1861.
 * Mustered out June 11, 1865.
 * Organized at West Meriden.

2nd Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery

 * Mustered in November 23, 1863.
 * Mustered out August 18, 1865.
 * Organized at Washington, D. C., from 19th Conn. Infantry.
 * Originally recruited as the 19th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry.

2nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in May 7, 1861.
 * Mustered out August 7, 1861.
 * Organized at New Haven.

2nd Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery

 * Mustered in September 10, 1862.
 * Mustered out August 9, 1865.
 * Organized at Bridgeport.

3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in May 14, 1861.
 * Mustered out August 12, 1861.
 * Organized at New Haven.

3rd Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery

 * Mustered in August to October, 1864.
 * Mustered out June 23, 1865.
 * Organized at New Haven.

4th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in May 21, 1861.
 * Designation of regiment changed to 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery January 2, 1862. (See 1st Heavy Artillery.)
 * Organized at Hartford.

5th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in July 26, 1861.
 * Mustered out (old members July 22, 1864) July 19, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.

6th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 12, 1861.
 * Mustered out August 21, 1865.
 * Organized at New Haven.

7th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 13, 1861.
 * Mustered out July 20, 1865.
 * Organized at New Haven.
 * Discharged at New Haven August 11, 1865.

8th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 21, 1861.
 * Mustered out December, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.

9th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 26, 1861.
 * Mustered in August 3, 1865.
 * Organized at New Haven.
 * Mustered out at Savannah, Georgia.

10th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in October 22, 1861.
 * Mustered out August 15, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.

11th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in from October 24 to November 14, 1861.
 * Mustered out December 21, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.

12th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 19 to December 3, 1861.
 * Mustered out August 12, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.

13th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 25, 1861, to January 7, 1862.
 * Mustered out April 25, 1866.
 * Organized at New Haven.
 * Mustered out at Fort Pulaski, Georgia.

14th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in August 23, 1862.
 * Old members mustered out May 21, 1865. The remaining enlisted men transferred to the 2d regiment Connecticut heavy artillery May 30, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.
 * Veterans and recruits transferred to 2nd Conn. Heavy Artillery May 30, 1865.

15th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - "The Lyon Regiment"

 * Mustered in August 25, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 27, 1865.
 * Organized at New Haven.
 * Discharged at New Haven July 12, 1865.

16th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in August 24, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 24, 1865.
 * Organized at Hartford.

17th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in August 28, 1862.
 * Mustered out July 19, 1865.
 * Organized at Bridgeport.

18th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in August 22, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 27, 1865.
 * Organized at Norwich.
 * Mustered out at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.
 * Regimental History -, by William C. Walker at the Salt Lake City, FamilySearch Library

19th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

 * Mustered in July 25 - September 9, 1862
 * Organized at Litchfield.
 * Regiment changed to 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery November 23, 1863. (See 2nd Heavy Artillery.)

20th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 8, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 13, 1865.
 * Organized at New Haven.
 * Regimental History - The Twentieth Connecticut : a regimental history, by John W. Storrs - Online book
 * Twentieth Connecticut Infantry Volunteers

21st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 5, 1862.
 * Mustered out June 16, 1865.
 * Organized at Norwich.
 * Regimental History - The Story of the Twenty-First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, 1861-1865, by members of the regiment - Online book

22nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in September 20, 1862.
 * Mustered out July 7, 1863.
 * Organized at Hartford.
 * History of the Twenty-Second Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1863, by the United States Army, Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 22 (1862-1863). This book can be found at www.worldcat.org.

23rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 14, 1862.
 * Mustered out August 31, 1863.
 * Organized at New Haven.

24th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 18, 1862.
 * Mustered out September 30, 1863.
 * Organized at Middletown.
 * Connecticut Civil War Grave Sites - 24th Regiment - Interment.net Cemetery Records Online.

25th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 11, 1862.
 * Mustered out August 26, 1863.
 * Organized at Hartford.
 * Regimental History - The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion - by George P. Bissell and Samuel K. Ellis and Thomas McManus and Henry Hill Goodell.

26th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 10, 1862.
 * Mustered out August 17, 1863.
 * Organized at Norwich.
 * Regimental History - Soldiers of the 26th - American Civil War
 * 26th Regiment Volunteer Infantry Monument, Norwich - CT Monuments.net - Connecticut History in Granite and Bronze

27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in October, 1862.
 * Mustered out July 27, 1863.
 * Organized at New Haven.
 * Regimental History - The Twenty-Seventh, by Winthrop D. Sheldon - Online Book

28th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

 * Mustered in November 15, 1862.
 * Mustered out August 28, 1863.
 * Organized at New Haven.

29th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry (Colored)

 * Mustered in March 8, 1864.
 * Mustered out October 24, 1865. At New Orleans October 27-November 11.
 * Organized at Fair Haven.
 * Honorably discharged at New Haven, Conn., November 25, 1865.
 * Regimental History - The Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment C.V. Infantry, Inc. - This website contains a history of the regiment, soldier stories and more.
 * Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: Military and Political Participation - (The Hartford Black History Project)
 * A sketch of the 29th regiment of Connecticut colored troops - Written by Isaac J. Hill - Online Book

Garrison Guards, Connecticut Infantry

 * No history for this unit.

Unassigned Connecticut

 * No history for this unit.

Muster Rolls

 * 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
 * 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
 * Civil War Rosters - Connecticut Links
 * - 225 microfilms located at the Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library. The compiled records are card abstracts containing information relating to the stations, movements, or activities of each unit or a part of it, and frequently to its organization or composition, strength and losses, and disbandment. Sometimes the names of commanding officers, the dates the unit was called into service and mustered out, the terms of service, and similiar information are included.
 * at the Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library.

Pensions

 * Noble Pension Database - Connecticut State Library

Military Cemeteries and Memorials

 * Dedication of the monument at Andersonville, Georgia, October 23, 1907 : in memory of the men of Connecticut who suffered in Southern military prisons, 1861-1865- Online Book - Our Military Heritage, Honoring Our Heroes. List of Connecticut soldiers buried in Andersonville Cemetery.
 * Enfield War Graves - Photographic documentation of the Civil War graves in Enfield, Connecticut and more.
 * , includes many records from the Civil War era, including vital records (newspaper notices and cemetery inscriptions) with surname index to cemetery inscriptions referring to places and newspapers; index to death notices from newspapers (not included above); index, marriages by newspapers; general index to marriage notices arranged alphabetically; cemeteries by localities; newspapers. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949-1950, 360 rolls, beginning with FS Library film #3076 (Surname index, Death and Inscriptions AA – ALB). - Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library
 * Stamford soldiers' memorial [includes soldiers from other states] by E. B. Huntington, 1869 - Online Book

Internet Links and Websites

 * Civil War Manuscripts Project - Connecticut Historical Society
 * , by Blaikie Hines at the Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library
 * . Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library
 * Connecticut Military Records - Connecticut Genealogy
 * Connecticut Regiments and Batteries - The Civil War in the East
 * Fitch's Home for Soldiers - Connecticut State Library Database
 * , by Sherman Lee Pompey at the Salt Lake FamilySearch Library.
 * The military and civil history of Connecticut during the war of 1861-65 : comprising a detailed account of the various regiments and batteries, through march, encampment, bivouac, and battle, also instances of distinguished personal gallantry, and biographical sketches of many heroic soldiers, together with a record of the patriotic action of citizens at home, and of the liberal support furnished by the state in its executive and legislative departments (1868). Written by Croffut, W. A. (William Augustus), 1835-1915; Morris, John M. - Online Book
 * New England Civil War Museum - Honoring and Preserving the Memory of Connecticut's Civil War Soldiers
 * Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. Part One (New England States), Published by order of the Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office.
 * , microfilm of original records at the Connecticut State Archives, Hartford. CT. Includes index arranged alphabetically by name of town. Contains name of each soldier, name of wife, names and ages of children, regiment and company, rank, date of muster, term of enlistment, changes in service, and payments made. Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library.
 * Record of service of Connecticut men in the Army and Navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion, compiled by authority of the General Assembly under the direction of the Adjutant-General. Online book at Family History Archives, includes index.
 * Research Guide to Civil War Materials at the Connecticut State Library.
 * compiled by B.B. Champlin at the Salt Lake City Famiy History Library. Includes historical information of the following Connecticut (Union) regiments: 5th-7th, 9th-11th, 14th-16th, 18th, 23rd, 25th-27th and Connecticut Cavalry.
 * Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut in the War of the Union - from: History of the Soldier's Monument in Waterbury, Conn.:  to which is added a list of the soldiers and sailors who went from Waterbury to fight in the war for the Union.
 * edited by Janet B. Hewett. Part II,  v. 4. (serial no. 16) Connecticut troops (Union, 9th-28th Regiments) at the Salt Lake City FamilySearch Library.