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Before the Civil War, Connecticut residents such as Leonard Bacon, Simeon Baldwin, Horace Bushnell, Prudence Crandall, Jonathan Edwards (the younger) and Harriet Beecher Stowe, were active in the abolitionist movement, [1] and towns such as Farmington [2] and Middletown were stops along the Underground Railroad. [3]
30th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (African Descent) - four companies organized in March 1864; consolidated with the 31st United States Colored Infantry on May 18, 1864 Cavalry [ edit ]
The 11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, beginning October 24, 1861, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on November 14, 1861.
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Hill, Isaac J. A Sketch of the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Colored Troops (Baltimore: Printed by Daughtery, Maguire), 1867. McCain, Diana Ross. Connecticut's African American Soldiers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Commission), 2000.
The 1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment was organized at West Meriden, Connecticut, on November 2, 1861, initially as the 1st Battalion Connecticut Cavalry under the command of Major Judson M. Lyon. The regiment was attached to Railroad District, Mountain Department, to April 1862. Schenck's Brigade, Mountain Department, to June 1862.
The 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, also known as the Nutmeg Regiment, was an infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It participated in the Battle of Gettysburg , helping to repulse the Confederate attack on the third day known as Pickett's Charge .
The 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment, officially designated the 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Men were recruited under the calls of President Lincoln on 15 April 1861 and Governor Buckingham the following day [1] [2]
Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Adjutants-General Smith, Camp, Barbour, and White. Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Co, 1889 ; The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry In The Civil War. William A. Liska and Kim L .Perlotto. McFarland & Co., Inc., Jefferson, NC, 2022.