1st Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery

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Brief History
The 1st Connecticut Light Battery was organized at West Meriden and was mustered in October 26, 1861. It was mustered out June 11, 1865. This battery was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut.

For more information about the 1st Connecticut Light Battery and its history, see:


 * Regimental History - History of the First Connecticut Volunteer Light Battery, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Connecticut Military Department


 * Beecher, Herbert W. and United States. Army. Connecticut Light Artillery Battery, 1st (1861-1865), History of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers, 1861-1865. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991). Personal records and reminiscences. The story of the battery from its organization to the present time.  Available online at Library Archive, (accessed 9 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,

Rosters

 * Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864, (Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 107. Available Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1550802.


 * Adjutant General's Office, 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, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), page 114. Includes index.  Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or

Source Material

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 2 Apr 2011), can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book,Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat, (accessed 2 Apr 2011).


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 2 Apr 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * The Civil War in the East, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Timeline of the 1st Connecticut Light Artillery