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On 1 January 1781 the regiment was merged with 9th Connecticut Regiment, re-organized and re-designated as the 3rd Connecticut Regiment of the 1st Connecticut Brigade. The regiment would saw action in the New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was furloughed 15 June 1783 at West ...
The 2nd Connecticut's first battle was at Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864, where it suffered 323 men killed or wounded, including Kellogg dead with two bullets to the head. It managed to capture 300 prisoners and it briefly reached the Confederate breastworks, but Confederate fire was too heavy for the regiment to maintain its position.
The regiment was attached to Mansfield's command, Department of Washington, to June 1861. Key's 1st Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia to August 1861. They fought at the Battle of Bull Run before returning to Connecticut. [3] The 2nd Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service on August 7, 1861.
The Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777 pitted a 9,000-man British army under General William Howe against an 11,000 ... 2nd Connecticut Regiment; 4th Connecticut ...
2nd Regiment of Connecticut Militia Lt. Colonel Jabez Thompson 350 13th Regiment of Connecticut Militia Colonel Benjamin Hinman: 350 18th Regiment of Connecticut Militia Colonel Jonathan Pettibone 350 16th Regiment of Connecticut Militia Colonel Joseph Platt Cooke [71] 350 23rd Regiment of Connecticut Militia Colonel Matthew Talcott [72] 350
The 2nd Dragoons also guarded British Major John André during his incarceration, trial and subsequent execution in Nyack, New York. The regiment's main patrol areas during the war were in Southern Connecticut and New York, where they intercepted British supplies and fought off bands of Loyalist partisans who preyed on local citizens.
At the start of the 7 Years War, Whiting was appointed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Provincial Regiment. During the Battle of Lake George on September 8, 1755, the 2nd Regiment and the Massachusetts regiment of Col. Ephraim Williams were marching between Lake George and Fort Edward 14 miles away, when their column was ambushed ...
4th Connecticut Regiment (1775). Colonel Benjamin Hinman. 5th Connecticut Regiment (1775). Colonel David Waterbury. 1st New York Regiment (1775–1776). Colonel Alexander McDougall (McDougall appointed brigadier general, Continental Army, August 9, 1776). 2nd New York Regiment (1775). Colonel Goose Van Schaick.