1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery

Connecticut in the Civil War


 * 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.
 * 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


 * 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