1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery

Connecticut in the Civil War

Brief History
The 1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery was organized at Washington, D.C., from the 4th Connecticut Infantry. They were mustered in January 2, 1862. It mustered out September 25, 1865 possibly in Washington, D.C., siince it was attached to the 3rd Brigade, Dept. of Washington there in August of 1865.

For more information about the 1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery, see:


 * Historical Sketch - First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Compiled by E. B. Bennett, East Berlin, CT
 * History of the First Regiment C.V. Heavy Artillery, Written by Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Henry L. Abbot, Late Colonel First C.V. Heavy Artillery - Online Book - This book contains rosters of the Field and Staff, Non-Commissioned Staff, the Band and each Company.

The regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns as follows:

Company A - Hartford, Hartford County -  Letters Home From the Civil War -

Company B - Ansonia and Derby, New Haven County -  History of Company "B" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment, 1862-1865 - Online Book, See Contents, page 214.

Company C - Suffield, Windsor Locks, and vicinity, Hartford County -  Company "C" photos -

Company D - New London County

Company E - New Haven County

Company F - New Haven County

Company G - Middletown, Middlesex County -  History of Company "G" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment 1862-1865 - Online Book, See page 216.

Company H - Middletown, Middlesex County

Company I - Wolcottville, now known as Torrington, Litchfield County - History of Company "I" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment 1862-1865 - Online Book, See page 217. - Letters Home From the Civil War -

Company K - Hartford, Hartford County

Company L - Hartford, Hartford County

Company M - Bridgeport, Fairfield County - History of Company "M" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment 1862-1865 - Online Book, See page 219

Source Material

 * 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
 * Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven County, in the War For the Union - 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.
 * Gravesites - Connecticut First Regiment Heavy Artillery - Roster by name