Connecticut in the Civil War

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Introduction
Connecticut provided 53,721 men to the Union army, organized into 1 regiment of cavalry, 2 regiments of heavy artillery, 3 batteries of light artillery, and 30 regiments of infantry. This number does not include the men from Connecticut who served in the regiments of other States. All the records of Connecticut men who served have been collected with great difficulty, but not all of the lists can be considered complete.


 * For more information, see the Wikipedia article, Connecticut in the American Civil War.

Connecticut Military Units
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.

Connecticut Units by Number or Type of Unit Union Units By Unit Number Infantry Cavalry Artillery Colored Troops Unassigned Units

Infantry Regiments

 * 1st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in April 22, 1861. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out July 31, 1861.


 * 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in May 7, 1861. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out August 7, 1861.


 * 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in May 14, 1861. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out August 12, 1861.


 * 4th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in May 21, 1861. Organized at Hartford. Designation of regiment changed to 1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery January 2, 1862.


 * 5th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in July 26, 1861. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out (old members July 22, 1864) July 19, 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 12, 1861. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out August 21, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 13, 1861. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Discharged at New Haven August 11, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 21, 1861. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out December, 1865.


 * 9th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 26, 1861. Organized at New Haven. Mustered in August 3, 1865. Mustered out at Savannah, Georgia.


 * 10th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in October 22, 1861. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out August 15, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in from October 24 to November 14, 1861. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out December 21, 1865.


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


 * 13th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in November 25, 1861, to January 7, 1862. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out April 25, 1866. Mustered out at Fort Pulaski, Georgia.


 * 14th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in August 23, 1862. Organized at Hartford. Veterans and recruits transferred to 2nd Conn. Heavy Artillery May 30, 1865. Old members mustered out May 21, 1865. The remaining enlisted men transferred to the 2d regiment Connecticut heavy artillery May 30, 1865.


 * 15th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - "The Lyon Regiment" Mustered in August 25, 1862. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out June 27, 1865. Discharged at New Haven July 12, 1865.


 * 16th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry - "The Plymouth Pilgrims" Mustered in August 24, 1862. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out June 24, 1865.


 * 17th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in August 28, 1862. Organized at Bridgeport. Mustered out July 19, 1865.


 * 18th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in August 22, 1862. Organized at Norwich. Mustered out June 27, 1865. Mustered out at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.


 * 19th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in July 25 - September 9, 1862. Organized at Litchfield. Regiment changed to 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery November 23, 1863.


 * 20th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 8, 1862. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out June 13, 1865.


 * 21st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 5, 1862. Organized at Norwich. Mustered out June 16, 1865.


 * 22nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in September 20, 1862. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out July 7, 1863.


 * 23rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in November 14, 1862. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out August 31, 1863.


 * 24th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in November 18, 1862. Organized at Middletown. Mustered out September 30, 1863.


 * 25th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in November 11, 1862. Organized at Hartford. Mustered out August 26, 1863.


 * 26th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in November 10, 1862. Organized at Norwich. Mustered out August 17, 1863.


 * 27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry Mustered in October, 1862. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out July 27, 1863.


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


 * 29th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry (Colored) Mustered in March 8, 1864. Organized at Fair Haven. Mustered out October 24, 1865. At New Orleans October 27-November 11. Honorably discharged at New Haven, Conn., November 25, 1865.


 * 30th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry (Colored) Mustered in March 1864. Organized at Fair Haven. 18 May 1864 - Moved to Annapolis, Md. and consolidated with 31st Regiment United States Colored Troops.

Cavalry and Artillery

 * 1st Squadron, Connecticut Cavalry Mustered in August 1861. Consolidated with the Second New York, otherwise known as the "Harris Light Cavalry.


 * 1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry Mustered in November 2, 1861. Organized at West Meriden as a battalion. Mustered out August 2, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery Mustered in January 2, 1862. Organized at Washington, D. C. Originally recruited as the 4th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. Mustered out September 25, 1865. Discharged October 1, 1865 in Hartford, Connecticut.


 * 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery Mustered in November 23, 1863. Organized at Washington D.C. Originally recruited as the 19th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. Mustered out August 18, 1865.


 * 1st Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery *Mustered in October 26, 1861. Organized at West Meriden. Mustered out June 11, 1865.


 * 2nd Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery Mustered in September 10, 1862. Organized at Bridgeport. Mustered out August 9, 1865.


 * 3rd Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery Mustered in August to October, 1864. Organized at New Haven. Mustered out June 23, 1865.

Muster Rolls

 * A published roster is Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion (Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood &amp; Brainard Co., 1889; Family History Library Book 974.6 M2c; film 982124). Item 2 on film 982124 is a supplement.


 * 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.


 * Civil War Rosters - Connecticut Links


 * Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - 4 microfilms for the State of Connecticut are located at the Salt Lake City Family History 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 similar information are included.


 * Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Connecticut at the Salt Lake City Family History Library.


 * 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.


 * 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.

Pensions

 * Noble Pension Database - Connecticut State Library
 * Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1917 - United States. Veterans Administration.  Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1949.  "The information provided here is virtually the same as that in the General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, T288. Unlike the alphabetical General Index, however, this index groups the applicants according to the units in which they served. The cards are arranged alphabetically by state, thereunder by arm of service (infantry, cavalry, artillery), thereunder numerically by regiment, and there- under alphabetically by veteran's surname"--Military Service Records, p. 263."  (Connecticut records are on 9 films at the FHL beginning with 1725501.)
 * Union Pension Records - The index to the Union pension records for all states is:

Pension Index File, Alphabetical - United States. Veterans Administration. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 Family History Library films beginning with 540757.)

The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. To order a copy of the original records, use NATF Form 80, which is available from the National Archives, at the nearest federal office building or online.

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.


 * Hale Collection, 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 FHL film #3076 (Surname index, Death and Inscriptions AA – ALB). - Salt Lake City Family History Library


 * 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, by Joseph Anderson. Or FHL Collection on FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082879 (2 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Film 1685377.


 * Stamford soldiers' memorial [includes soldiers from other states] by E. B. Huntington, 1869 - Online Book

Internet Sites

 * The Civil War Archive - Union Regimental Index - Connecticut


 * Civil War Manuscripts Project - K. Nolin, Civil War Manuscripts Project, The Connecticut Historical Society.


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * Connecticut Military Records - Connecticut Genealogy


 * Connecticut Regiments and Batteries - The Civil War in the East


 * Fitch's Home for Soldiers - Connecticut State Library Database


 * New England Civil War Museum - Honoring and Preserving the Memory of Connecticut's Civil War Soldiers


 * Research Guide to Civil War Materials at the Connecticut State Library.

Books

 * Civil War : volunteer sons of Connecticut, by Blaikie Hines at the Salt Lake City Family History Library


 * Connecticut men in War of Rebellion, corrected, amended or additional records. Salt Lake City Family History Library


 * Genealogical records on Connecticut in the Civil War, by Sherman Lee Pompey at the Salt Lake Family History 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 Or FHL Collection on FHL US/CAN Film 1698072 Item 2 and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082896 (10 fiche).


 * Record of Returns From Towns and Payments to Soldiers and Families During the Civil War, Vol. 1-2, 1861-1866, 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 Family History Library.


 * Reunions of Connecticut regiments for 1896 (including also reunion of 26th Regiment for 1895) compiled by B.B. Champlin at the Salt Lake City Family History Library. Includes historical information of the following Connecticut (Union) regiments: 5th-7th, 9th-11th, 14th-16th, 18th, 23rd, 25th-27th and Connecticut Cavalry.


 * Supplement to the Official records of the Union and Confederate armies edited by Janet B. Hewett. Part II,  v. 4. (serial no. 16) Connecticut troops (Union, 9th-28th Regiments) at the Salt Lake City Family History Library.