1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry

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Brief History
The 1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry was originally organized as a battalion of four companies at West Meriden. They were mustered in November 2, 1861. The regiment was mustered out at Washington, D.C., August 2, 1865, and left that city August 3 for New Haven, Connecticut where they were discharged.

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


 * Regimental History - History of the First Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Connecticut Military Department
 * Men of the First Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Of the twelve Congressional Medals of Honor awarded to Connecticut troops from all branches of the service four went to men of the 1st Connecticut Cavalry.

Companies in the 1st Regiment, Cavalry
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. This regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but most of the men in each unit resided in the following counties.

Company A

Company B was largely formed by men from New Haven County.

Company C was largely formed by men from New London County.

Company D was largely formed by men from Fairfield County.

Company E was largely formed by men from New Haven County.

Company 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 70. 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 67. 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 Cavalry
 * Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven County, in the War For the Union, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). 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.  Including:  Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M and Unassigned Recruits of the 1st Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry.
 * Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, and United States. Army. Connecticut Cavalry Squadron, Battalion and Regiment, 1st (1863-1864),  The Connecticut Cavalry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 containing the history and complete rosters of the First Squadron and of the First Regiment, C.C.V., (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991).  "Reprinted by permission of the Adjutant-General from The record of Connecticut men in the army and navy in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865, published by order of the state in 1889".    Available at the Family History Library,