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, and batteries.

The information in the lists of Connecticut Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. This web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

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

Service Records

 * An index to compiled military service records is at the National Archives and the Family History Library (Family History Library films ).


 * The service and pension records have not been microfilmed and are only at the National Archives.


 * 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 ). Item 2 on film  is a supplement.

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 ). Item 2 on film 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 US/CAN Fiche 6082887 (10 fiche) or FHL US/CAN Film 1033670 Item 1.


 * Civil War Rosters - Connecticut Links


 * - 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.


 * 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

 * Civil War Pension Index Cards - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch Record Search. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.


 * 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.


 * , 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  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

 * , by Blaikie Hines at the Salt Lake City Family History Library


 * . Salt Lake City Family History Library


 * , 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  on FHL US/CAN Film 1698072 Item 2 and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082896 (10 fiche).


 * , 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.