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Union, Tolland County. - Incorporated, 1734. Population, 539. Grand list, $148,433. Principal industry, agriculture.
Vernon, Tolland County. - Incorporated, October, 1808; taken from Bolton. Population, 6,915. Grand list, $2,744,966. Principal industries, manufacture of woollen, silk, and cotton goods, and agri -. culture. The village of Rockville, with its fine water-privileges, is in this town.
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Voluntown, New-London County. - Named, May, 1708. Popula- tion, 1,186. Grand list, $216,148. Principal industries, agriculture, and the manufacture of cotton goods.
Wallingford, New-Haven County. - Named, May, 1670 (borough incorporated 1853). Population, 4,686. Grand list, $2,584,234. Prin- cipal industries, manufacture of silver and plated goods, wheels, etc., and agriculture.
Warren, Litchfield County. - Incorporated, May, 1786; taken from Kent. Population, 639. Grand list, $234,345. Principal industry, agriculture.
Washington, Litchfield County. - Incorporated, January, 1779; taken from Woodbury, Litchfield, Kent, and New Milford. Popula- tion, 1,590. Grand list, $974,630. Principal industry, agriculture. It is quite a summer resort.
Waterbury, New-Haven County. - Named, May, 1686. Popula- tion, town, 20,270; city (incorporated 1853), 17,806. Grand list, $9,- 520,386. Principal industries, manufacture of rolled and cast brass and copper, and German-silver goods, lamp-trimmings, boilers, but- tons, percussion-caps and cartridges, clocks, watches, plated ware, pins, eyelets and buckles, electric-light and telephone wire, machinery, etc., and agriculture. The city is the centre of the brass-industry in this country.
Waterford, New-London County. - Incorporated, October, 1801; taken from New London. Population, 2,701. Grand list, $1,057,720. Principal industries, agriculture, quarrying, and manufacture of paper.
Watertown, Litchfield County. - Incorporated, May, 1780; taken from Waterbury. Population, 1,897. Grand list, $1,443,967. Prin- cipal industries, agriculture, and manufacture of silk thread, umbrella- trimmings, mouse-traps, and general hardware.
Westbrook, Middlesex County. - Incorporated, May, 1840; taken from Saybrook. Population, 878. Grand list, $504,255. Principal industries, agriculture and fishing. It is a favorite seaside resort.
West Hartford, Hartford County. - Incorporated, May, 1854; taken from Hartford. Population, 1,828. Grand list, $2,474,497. Principal industry, agriculture.
Weston, Fairfield County. - Incorporated, October, 1787; taken from Fairfield. Population, 918. Grand list, $409,719. Principal industry, agriculture.
Westport, Fairfield County. - Incorporated, May, 1835; taken from Fairfield, Norwalk, and Weston. Population, 3,477. Grand list, $2,106,753. Principal industries, agriculture, and the manufac- ture of morocco, cotton twine, satchels, planes, buttons, etc.
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Wethersfield, Hartford County. - Settled, 1635; named, 1637. Population, 2,173. Grand list, $1,209,988. Principal industry, agri- culture; garden-seeds a specialty. There is one mattress-manufac- tory, and shoes are made at the State Prison located here.
Willington, Tolland County. - Incorporated, May, 1727. Popula- tion, 1,086. Grand list, $233,929. Principal industries, agriculture, and the manufacture of cotton and woollen goods.
Wilton, Fairfield County. - Incorporated, May, 1802; taken from Norwalk. Population, 1,864. Grand list, $703,913. Principal indus- tries, agriculture and wire-drawing.
Winchester, Litchfield County. - Incorporated, May, 1771. Pop- ulation, 5,142. Grand list, $2,953,294. Winsted (borough incorpo- rated 1858) is the centre of its varied manufacturing interests. Principal industries, manufacture of coffin-trimmings, clocks, scythes, cutlery, leather, and a variety of small articles.
Windham, Windham County. - Incorporated, May, 1692. Popu- lation, 8,264. Grand list, $4,259,494. Principal industries, the manu- facture of spool-cotton, silk twist, cotton fabrics, machinery, carriages, etc., and agriculture. The manufacturing is chiefly at Willimantic, a borough incorporated 1833.
Windsor, Hartford County. - Settled, 1635; named, February, 1637. Population, 3,058. Grand list, $1,422,204. Principal industry, agriculture.
Windsor Locks, Hartford County. - Incorporated, May, 1854; taken from Windsor. Population, 2,332. Grand list, $718,174. Prin- cipal industries, manufacture of paper, cotton warp, machinery, silk goods, hosiery, steel, school-apparatus, etc., and agriculture.
Wolcott, New-Haven County. - Incorporated, May, 1796; taken from Waterbury and Southington. Population, 493. Grand list, $226,092. Principal industry, agriculture.
Woodbridge, New-Haven County. - Incorporated, January, 1784; taken from New Haven and Milford. Population, 829. Grand list, $413,114. Principal industry, agriculture.
Woodbury, Litchfield County. - Named, May, 1674. Population, 2,149. Grand list, $1,006,888. Principal industries, agriculture, and the manufacture of woollens, shears and other cutlery, powder- flasks, etc.
Woodstock, Windham County. - Incorporated, March, 1690, by Massachusetts; annexed to Connecticut, May, 1749. Population, 2,639. Grand list, $951,047. Principal industries, agriculture, and manufacture of cotton twine.
GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT.
Term of office.
JOHN HAYNES
1639-1640
1 year.
EDWARD HOPKINS
1640-1641
1
JOHN HAYNES
1641-1642
1
66
GEORGE WYLLYS
1642-1643
1
JOHN HAYNES
1643-1644
1
EDWARD HOPKINS
1644-1645
1
JOHN HAYNES
1645-1646
1
66
EDWARD HOPKINS .
1646-1647
1
JOHN HAYNES
1647-1648
1
66
EDWARD HOPKINS
1648-1649
1
JOHN HAYNES
1649-1650
1
EDWARD HOPKINS .
1650-1651
1
JOHN HAYNES
1651-1652
1
66
EDWARD HOPKINS
1652-1653
1
66
JOHN HAYNES
1653-1654
1
EDWARD HOPKINS
1654-1655
1
66
THOMAS WELLS
1655-1656
1
66
JOHN WEBSTER .
1656-1657
1
66
JOHN WINTHROP
1657-1658
1
66
THOMAS WELLS
1658-1659
1
JOHN WINTHROP
1659-1665
6 years.
JOHN WINTHROP
1665-1676
11
WILLIAM LEET
1676-1680
4
ROBERT TREAT
1680-1687
7
SIR EDMUND ANDROS 1
1687-1689
2
ROBERT TREAT .
1689-1696
7
66
FITZ-JOHN WINTHROP
1696-1707
11
GURDON SALTONSTALL
1707-1724
17
JOSEPH TALCOTT
1724-1741
17
66
JONATHAN LAW
1741-1751
10
66
ROGER WOLCOTT
1751-1754
3
THOMAS FITCH
.
1754-1766
12
1 Sir Edmund Andros was appointed by James II. governor of New England. It was to him that the charter was to be surrendered. All other governors were elected.
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GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT.
Term of office.
WILLIAM PITKIN
1766-1769
3 years.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL
1769-1784
15
MATTHEW GRISWOLD
1784-1785
1 year.
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
1785-1796
OLIVER WOLCOTT
1796-1798
11 years. 2
JONATHAN TRUMBULL
1798-1809
11
66
JOHN TREADWELL
1809-1811
2
ROGER GRISWOLD
1811-1813
2
66
JOHN COTTON SMITH
1813-1817
4
66
OLIVER WOLCOTT
1817-1827
10
GIDEON TOMLINSON
1827-1831
4
2
HENRY W. EDWARDS
1833-1834
1 year.
SAMUEL S. FOOTE .
1834-1835
1
HENRY W. EDWARDS
1835-1838
3 years.
WILLIAM W. ELLSWORTH
1838-1842
4
CHAUNCEY F. CLEVELAND
1842-1844
2
ROGER S. BALDWIN
1844-1846
2
ISAAC TOUCEY
1846-1847
1 year.
CLARK BISSELL
1847-1849
2 years.
JOSEPH TRUMBULL
1849-1850
1 year.
THOMAS H. SEYMOUR
1850-June, 1853
3 yrs. 1 m.
CHARLES H. POND,1 June
1853-1854
11 mos.
HENRY DUTTON
1854-1855
1 year.
WILLIAM T. MINOR
1855-1857
2 years.
ALEXANDER H. HOLLEY
1857-1858
1 year.
WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM
1858-1866
9 years. -
JOSEPH R. HAWLEY
1866-1867
1 year.
JAMES E. ENGLISH
1867-1869
2 years.
MARSHALL JEWELL
1869-1870
1 year.
JAMES E. ENGLISH
1870-1871
1 "
MARSHALL JEWELL
1871-1873
2 years.
CHARLES R. INGERSOLL
1873-Jan., 1877
3 yrs. 9 m.
RICHARD D. HUBBARD
1877-1879
2 years.
CHARLES B. ANDREWS
1879-1881
2
6
HOBART B. BIGELOW
1881-1883
2
THOMAS M. WALLER
1883-1885
2
HENRY B. HARRISON
1885-1887
2
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PHINEAS C. LOUNSBURY
1887-
1 Governor Pond was elected lieutenant-governor in April, 1853, and became governor by the resignation of Governor Seymour in June, 1853, when he was appointed minister to Russia.
JOHN S. PETERS
1831-1833
SENATORS FROM CONNECTICUT IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OLIVER ELLSWORTH 1789-96.
WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON . 1789-91.
ROGER SHERMAN . 1791-93.
STEPHEN MIX MITCHELL 1793-95.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL .
1795-96.
URIAH TRACY
1796-1807.
JAMES HILLHOUSE
1796-1810.
CHAUNCEY GOODRICH
1807-13.
SAMUEL WHITTLESEY DANA
1810-21.
JAMES LANMAN
1819-25.
ELIJAH BOARDMAN
1821-23.
HENRY W. EDWARDS
1823-27.
CALVIN WILLEY
1825-31.
SAMUEL H. FOOT .
1827-33.
GIDEON TOMLINSON
1831-37.
NATHAN SMITH
1833-35. .
JOHN MILTON NILES
1835-39, 1843-49.
PERRY SMITH 1837-43.
THADDEUS BETTS .
1839-40.
JABEZ W. HUNTINGTON 1840-47.
ROGER SHERMAN BALDWIN 1847-51.
TRUMAN SMITH 1849-54.
ISAAC TOUCEY .
1852-57.
FRANCIS GILLETTE
1854-55.
LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER
1855-67.
JAMES DIXON
1857-69.
ORRIS S. FERRY
1867-75.
WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM
1869-75.
JAMES E. ENGLISH
1875-76.
WILLIAM W. EATON
1875-81.
WILLIAM H. BARNUM
1876-79.
ORVILLE H. PLATT
1879-
JOSEPH R. HAWLEY .
1881-
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DAVID DAGGETT
1813-19.
BRIEF SKETCHES OF CONNECTICUT REGI- MENTS AND THEIR SERVICES IN THE CIVIL WAR.
THREE-MONTHS' MEN.
The First Infantry numbered seven hundred and eighty men when it left New Haven, May 9, 1861, for Washington. It was com- manded by Col. Daniel Tyler, a graduate of West Point, who had served in the regular army. He was soon promoted to be brigadier- general, and was succeeded by Lieut .- Col. George S. Burnham. The regiment was under fire at Bull Run, and after the expiration of its term of service was mustered out at New Haven, July 31, 1861. A large proportion of the men and officers re-enlisted for three years.
The Second Infantry left New Haven, May 10, 1861, in com- mand of Col. Alfred H. Terry. The regiment participated in the battle of Bull Run, and lost two killed and five wounded. It was mustered out, Aug. 7, 1861.
The Third Infantry was recruited at Hartford. In command of Col. John L. Chatfield, it reached Washington in time to take part in the battle of Bull Run. The regiment was mustered out at Hartford, Aug. 12, 1861.
THREE-YEARS' MEN.
First Squadron Connecticut Cavalry. - This body of Connec- ticut cavalry was recruited in the autumn of 1861 to compose a part of a volunteer regiment to be raised in different States. The squadron known as Companies C-W. H. Mallory, captain - and D-T. B. Thomett, captain - was eventually attached to the Second New-York Cavalry. It did excellent service; but it was counted to the quota of New York, and Connecticut received no credit from the General Government for bounties paid the enlisted men. The two companies lost thirteen killed in battle, and eight of their number died at Andersonville.
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First Cavalry. - This was originally a battalion of four companies. It left West Meriden in February, 1862, for Wheeling, W. Va., under the command of Major Judson W. Lyon, with three hundred and forty-six officers and men. In the following May, as a part of Gen. Schenck's brigade, it took part in a fight with Stonewall Jackson's troops. In June the battalion was under Gen. Frémont in his march into the Shenandoah Valley to relieve Gen. Banks. It was afterwards attached to Gen. Sigel's command, and was engaged in active service during the campaign in charge of Gen. Pope. The battalion was then called to do provost-duty at Baltimore, and, while here, was re- cruited to a full regiment of twelve companies. In the spring of 1863 it joined the army of the Potomac, and in August, 1864, was trans- ferred to the army of the Shenandoah. During these eventful months the regiment saw constant battle-service, and made a proud record. The regiment was in command of Major Erastus Blakeslee, who was wounded at Ashland, and soon after received his commission as colonel. He resigned at the end of three years of service, and Lieut .- Col. Brayton Ives became colonel. The regiment was mustered out at Washington, Aug. 2, 1865.
The First Light Battery was organized in October, 1861, and sailed for Port Royal, S.C., Jan. 13, 1862, with a hundred and fifty-six men. It was connected with the Department of the South until April, 1864, when it was sent to Virginia, and became a part of Gen. Terry's command. The battery was engaged in the battle of Chester Station and at Proctor's Creek. After hard service it was transferred to the Twenty-fifth Corps, and assigned a position near the James River, in the rear of Fort Burnham, remaining in the vicinity of Richmond until mustered out in June, 1865.
The Second Light Battery was organized at Bridgeport in Au- gust, 1862. It left the State, Oct. 15, in command of Capt. J. W. Sterling, and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. As a part of the "artillery reserve," in command of Gen. Robert O. Tyler, it was engaged at Gettysburg. In August, 1863, it was sent to New York during the draft-troubles, and returned to Washington in October. It was transferred to the Department of the Gulf in February, 1864, and stationed at different points in Louisiana. Aug. 6, the battery was engaged at Fort Gaines, and on the 19th at Fort Morgan. It was sent to Florida, and afterwards took part in the assault and reduction of the Confederate works near Blakely, Ala. The battery was mus- tered out at New Haven, Aug. 9, 1865.
The Third Light Battery, organized October, 1864, for one-year's service, left the State in November under the command of Capt.
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Thomas S. Gilbert. It was attached to Gen. Henry L. Abbott's artillery brigade, and occupied four redoubts at City Point, Va. Later a section of the battery was stationed in front of Gen. Grant's head-quarters. It did good service, and, after the surrender of the rebel army, was employed in dismantling fortifications about Rich- mond, north of the James River. It was mustered out, July 3, 1865.
The Fourth Infantry (First Heavy Artillery) left Hartford, June 10, 1861, commanded by Col. Levi Woodhouse. In January, 1862, it was changed to an artillery organization, and thereafter was known as the FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY. After service in the for- tifications around Washington, it entered the Peninsular campaign with seventy-one guns in a siege-train, in command of Col. Robert O. Tyler. Col. Tyler was promoted to be brigadier-general, Novem- ber, 1862, and he was succeeded by Capt. Henry L. Abbott of the regular army. The regiment was in active service four years and four months. The principal engagements were, Siege of Yorktown, Hanover Court-House, Gaines's Mills, Malvern Hill, Siege of Fred- ericksburg (December, 1862), before Fredericksburg (April, May, and June, 1863), Kelley's Ford, Orange Court-House, Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, Fort Fisher. The regiment went out with about twelve hundred officers and men, and received over eighteen hundred recruits at different times. It was in the service four years and four months.
The Fifth Infantry left the State, July 29, 1861, in command of Orris S. Ferry, with orders to report to Gen. Banks at Harper's Ferry. March 1, 1862, the regiment crossed the Potomac, and, driving out the enemy from Winchester, occupied that place. While here, Col. Ferry was promoted to be brigadier-general, and Col. George D. Chapman was appointed to succeed him. In May the regiment was with the army that recrossed the river; and in the battle that followed, its loss was eighty-eight men, killed, wounded, and captured. Early in Au- gust the regiment was in the battle of Cedar Mountain, and fought bravely. With three exceptions, every commissioned officer was either killed, wounded, or captured. In May, 1863, it was in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and in July took an active part in the battle of Gettysburg. The following winter the regiment was transferred to Sherman's command in the Department of the Cumberland. From May, 1864, to April, 1865, when Johnson surrendered in North Caro- lina, it was engaged in several severe skirmishes. From first to last, two thousand and sixty-one men served in the regiment, which was mustered out, July 19, 1865.
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Sixth Infantry. - Organized by Col. John L. Chatfield of Water- bury, this regiment left New Haven, Sept. 17, 1861, for Washington. It was assigned to the Department of the South, and took part in the battles at James Island, June, 1862, and Pocotaligo, October, 1862. In 1863 the regiment was engaged in the operations against Charles- ton, and was in the assault on Morris Island in July. Col. Chatfield was wounded at the time the second attack was made on Fort Wag- ner, and died at his home in Waterbury the following month. Hav- ing returned to Fortress Monroe, the regiment was engaged in active and arduous duties at various points. During the months of May and June (1864), it lost a hundred and fifty-seven men. After taking part in the engagements before Petersburg and Richmond, the regiment was ordered early in 1865 to North Carolina, and participated in the capture of Fort Fisher. The names of eighteen hundred and thirteen men were on the rolls of the regiment at different times. It was mus- tered out, Aug. 21, 1865, at New Haven.
Seventh Infantry. - This regiment was to a large extent made up of three-months' men, who re-enlisted on their return home in the summer of 1861. Col. A. H. Terry of the Second was transferred to the command of the Seventh, and Capt. Joseph R. Hawley of the First was made lieutenant-colonel. In the Port-Royal expedition this regiment was the first to land and unfurl the Union flag on the soil of South Carolina. After the four-months' siege of Fort Pulaski and its final surrender, the fort was garrisoned by this regiment. Col. Terry was promoted to be brigadier-general in May, 1862, and Lieut .- Col. Hawley was appointed colonel. At the battle of James Island, in June, the regiment lost eighty-three men, and, in October, twenty-nine at Pocotaligo. Early in 1863 the Seventh was ordered to Fernandina, where Col. Hawley commanded the post. Four companies under Lieut .- Col. Rodman were ordered to Hilton Head, and in June Col. Hawley with the remaining six was put in command of St. Augus- tine. Rodman's detachment was the first to land at Morris Island, and on the 10th of July led the forlorn hope against Fort Wagner, losing a hundred and eleven men out of a hundred and eighty. Col. Hawley with his companies came up to Morris Island, and the regiment united in the arduous service that ended in the surrender of the entire island, including Forts Wagner and Gregg. The regiment was in the battle of Olustee, February, 1864, where Col. Hawley led a brigade. Recalled to Virginia in May, 1864, the regiment was connected with the Army of the James, in the brigade (2d) commanded by Hawley, and the division (3d) in charge of Gen. Terry. It was engaged at Chester Station, Drury's Bluff, and other battles and skirmishes near Peters-
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burg, and suffered heavy losses in killed and wounded. Upon the promotion of Hawley as brigadier-general, Lieut .- Col. Rodman was offered the colonelcy. The wound received by him at Fort Wagner still disabled him, and he was compelled to resign; and S. S. Atwell became colonel. In September and October the regiment fought at Chapin's Farm, Darbytown Road, Charles-City Road, and New Market. Early in November it was in New York as part of a picked brigade in command of Gen. Hawley, sent to keep in check any possible disturbance during the Presidential election. In Jan- uary, 1865, the regiment was engaged in the capture of Fort Fisher. Upon the surrender of Wilmington, Feb. 22, it served in the bri- gade under Hawley, which occupied the city and adjacent country as a base of supplies for Sherman. It was mustered out, July 20, 1865.
Eighth Infantry. - This regiment, when it left Hartford, Oct. 17, 1861, for Annapolis, Md., numbered over one thousand men. It was in command of Col. Edward Harland of Norwich, who was a captain in the Third. As a part of Burnside's corps, its first service was at the battle of Newbern, N.C., March 14, 1862, and the siege of Fort Macon a few weeks later. When Gen. Burnside was ordered to return to the Army of the Potomac, the Eighth accompanied him, and went with his corps into Maryland. At Antietam, September, 1862, one officer and thirty-three men of the regiment were killed, and ten officers and one hundred and twenty-nine men wounded. At Fredericksburg, in December, the Eighth escaped with slight loss; and in February, 1863, it was sent to south-east Virginia. The regiment remained in Virginia until January, 1864, when it returned to Connec- ticut on veteran-furlough, three hundred and ten men having re-en- listed. In March it was back again at its old camp near Portsmouth, Va .; and after picket-duty at Deep Creek and vicinity, it took part in the battle at Walthall Junction, May 9, and lost eighty men. Col. Harland had been appointed a brigadier-general; and the regi- ment was in command of Col. John E. Ward, who was severely wounded in this battle. A few days later the regiment was in the engagement at Fort Darling. During eight days the Eighth was con- stantly under arms, and in this brief time lost one-third of its fighting- strength. It was in the battle of Cold Harbor; and from the middle of June to the last of August it took part in a large number of skir- mishes near Petersburg, and lost heavily. The last general engage- ment in which the Eighth took part, was in the storming of Fort Harrison on the 29th of September. It was mustered out of service, Dec. 12, 1865.
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Ninth Infantry. - The Ninth was organized in September, 1861, as an "Irish" regiment. In command of Col. Cahill, it was sent to Lowell, Mass., in November, and, before the close of the month, sailed from Boston for Ship Island. It bore an honorable part at Pass Christian and the battle of Baton Rouge. In the spring of 1864 the Ninth returned to Connecticut on veteran-furlough, three hundred of the men having re-enlisted. In July the regiment was ordered to Bermuda Hundred. Within a month they were called to Washing- ton, and by the middle of August they joined Gen. Sheridan in his campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. The regiment took part in the battle of Cedar Creek (Oct. 19), losing thirty-one men. The term of service of the non-veterans having expired, the remaining men were formed into a battalion of four companies. This battalion, in January, 1865, was taken by transport to Savannah, Ga., where it was engaged in guard-duty until mustered out, Aug. 3, 1865.
Tenth Infantry. - This regiment left Hartford in October, 1861, and after reaching Annapolis, Md., was assigned to Burnside's com- mand. It was in the battle of Roanoke Island, N.C., February, 1862. Col. Charles L. Russell was killed while gallantly leading the regi- ment in a charge. At the battle of Newbern, a few weeks later, the Tenth lost twenty-three killed and wounded. Dec. 14 it lost one hundred and six officers and men in the battle at Kinston, N.C .; and two days after, it was in the skirmish at Whitehall. March 28, 1863, the regiment was in the battle of Seabrook Island, S.C., and remained in the neighborhood of Charleston until late in the fall. Having removed to Florida, the Tenth, in December, met with severe losses in the fight at St. Augustine. In the spring of 1864 the regi- ment was ordered to Virginia, and at once took an active part in the closing campaign of the war. It was in the engagements at Walthall Junction, Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Deep Run, Siege of Petersburg, Laurel-Hill Church, New- Market Road, Darbytown Road, and at Hatcher's Run, and Appo- mattox Court-House in 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 25, 1865.
Eleventh Infantry. - This regiment, under command of Col. Thomas H. C. Kingsbury of Franklin, went to Annapolis in Decem- ber, 1861, and was the third Connecticut regiment assigned to Burn- side's division. While off Cape Hatteras, the steamer that conveyed them was caught in a severe gale, and came near going to pieces. It was engaged in the battle at Newbern, N.C. In the summer of 1862 the Eleventh was transferred to the Army of the Potomac, and was in the thick of the terrible campaign of that year. Three days after being engaged in the battle of South Mountain, it was at Antietam.
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In this memorable battle, Col. Kingsbury was killed, and the regi- ment lost one hundred and eighty-one of its number. It spent the following year in Virginia, but did not take part in any important engagements. In the spring of 1864 the regiment was in the vicinity of Richmond. It took part in the battle of Drury's Bluff, May 16, where it was placed in an exposed position, and suffered heavy loss. It aided in the building of fortifications at Bermuda Hundred. June 3 the regiment took part in the battle of Cold Harbor, losing ninety- one officers and men. In a skirmish near Petersburg, in August, Col. Steadman of Hartford, then in command of a brigade, was struck by a shot, and died the next morning. From June to Septem- ber, 1864, the regiment lost eighty-five men. Mustered out, Dec. 21, 1865.
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