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To Capt. Jason Dickerman Thompson belongs the honor of being the first man from East Haven to enlist as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion in 1861, which he did just ten days after Fort Sumter was attacked. He enlisted in the 2d Regiment Infantry, Company G, April 22, 1861, for three months' service. He is credited to New Haven in this enlistment, prob- ably because his business was there. In October, Capt. Thompson again enlisted, this time in the cavalry, where he won his spurs and title.
Henry C. Burr of Forbes avenue was the second man from East Haven to shoulder his gun in defence of his country. The night before he enlisted, he and his wife were spending the evening at a neighbor's, when he remarked, "You, I, and every other Republi- can have voted Lincoln into this trouble, and it is our business to see him out of it, and I for one am going to do it." The next day, April 25, 1861, he enlisted
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in the 3d Regiment, Company B. He is reported from Meriden, as his business was there, and this whole company, without exception, were from that place. These were the only three-months' men from East Haven. September 18, 1861, Mr. Burr enlisted in the 8th Regiment. He lost a limb at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
The official records of the adjutant-general in Washington, D. C., credits East Haven with one hundred and twenty-four tried and true men who volunteered and served during the war. Of this num- ber, there were many who were not native born, who gave East Haven as their place of residence. At that time, forty-six years ago, farming was carried on far more extensively than at present, and every farmer employed more or less young men on the farm. Prob- ably East Haven was as much home to them as any other place. They gave honorable service to the country, and reflected credit upon the town. All true soldiers are of one brotherhood.
East Haven was afflicted with the genus "tramp" who are ever keen of scent where there is "bounty." No mention is made of these "jumpers," although a few served several months. The ban of desertion casts them out altogether; they have no part with the men who sealed their service with their lives, and many others with their blood. The East Haven soldiers were distributed among the regiments of the state as follows :
Men. Men.
First Reg. C. V. Cavalry
5 Second Heavy Artillery 4
First Light Battery
6 Fifth Reg. Infantry
6
First Heavy Artillery
17 Seventh Reg. Infantry
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Men. Mes.
Eighth Reg. Infantry
2 Thirteenth Bat. Infantry I
Tenth Reg. Infantry
13 Fifteenth Reg. Infantry 31
Eleventh Reg. Infantry
4 Twentieth Reg. Infantry 2
Twelfth Reg. Infantry
4 Twenty-seventh Reg. Inf. 25
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Total 125
First Regiment C. V. Cavalry.
Jason D. Thompson, East Haven, Co. B, Oct. 29, '61. Mus- tered in corporal; promoted sergeant Feb. 17, '62; first ser- geant Sept. 10, '62; first lieutenant Co. E, May 28, '63; captain Co. M, Jan. 29, '64. Mustered out Aug. 2, '65.
Charles Redfield Dayton, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 4, '62. Mustered in private; promoted March 1, '63; captured June 28, '64, Ream's Station, Va .; released Nov. 19, '64 Dis- charged June 3, 1865.
Giles W. Clark, East Haven, Co. B. Mustered in private, Oct. 15, '61; captured July 29, '62, Madison Court House, Va .; released Sept. 14, '62; promoted from private Co. B to corporal Co. E March 1, '63; sergeant Sept. 1, '63; pro- moted quartermaster-sergeant Nov. I. '63. Discharged Nov. 2, '64, term expired.
Michael Gagan, East Haven, Co. E, Nov. 14, '64. Mustered out Aug. 2, '65.
John Forress, East Haven, Co. H, Dec. 10, '63. Captured June 28, '64, Stony Creek, Va .; released Nov. 19, '64 Dis- charged July 8, '65.
First C. V. Light Battery.
Frederick Besley, East Haven, Feb. 1, '64 Wounded May 14, '64, Proctor's Creek, Va. Mustered out June II, '65.
James Burns, East Haven, Dec. 2, '64 Mustered out June II, '65.
William Johnson, East Haven, Dec. 2, '64. Mustered out June II, '65.
Frank La Billa, East Haven, Dec. 9, '64. Discharged June II, '65.
Edward McCormic, East Haven, Dec. 2, '64 Mustered out June 11, '65.
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Henry L. Wilmot, East Haven, Jan. 18, '64. Killed May 14, '64, Proctor's Creek.
First Regiment C. V. Heavy Artillery.
George W. Potter, East Haven, Co. A, Aug. 8, '64. Mus- tered out Sept. 25, '65.
Charles Boissier, East Haven, Co. B, Nov. 5, '64. Mus- tered out Sept. 25, '65.
John Burns, East Haven, Co. C, Aug. 16, '64. Discharged disabled June 23, '65.
Hiram Jehiel Forbes, East Haven, Co. C, March 17, '62. Discharged March 18, '65, term expired.
James H. Casey, East Haven, Co. E, Jan. 4, '64. Mustered in private; promoted corporal March 10, '64; sergeant May 24, '64; second lieutenant Co. K, Nov. 10, '64; brevetted first lieutenant March 28, '65. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Gilbert VanSickles, East Haven, Co. E, Jan. 4, '64. Mus- tered in private; promoted May 5, '64. Discharged disabled June 20, '65.
Thomas Honan, East Haven, Co. F, Dec. 7, '64 Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Frank Quinn, East Haven, Co. H, Jan. 18, '64. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Aner W. Brown, East Haven, Co. L, Nov. 30, '63. He first enlisted in Co. F, 6th Regiment Infantry, Aug. 26, '61. Discharged disabled Feb. 9, '63. Reenlisted as corporal; promoted May 25, '64. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Wilbur F. Brockett, East Haven, Co. L, Nov. 30, '63. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Edward J. Dailey, East Haven, Co. L, Feb. 1, '64. Mus- tered out Sept. 25, '65.
Alfred D. Fuller, East Haven, Co. L, Dec. 10, '63. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
George O. Higby, East Haven, Co. L, Nov. 30, '63. Mus- tered out Sept. 25, '65.
Michael Killoy, East Haven, Co. L, Feb. 2, '64. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Jesse W. Perkins, East Haven, Co. L, July 26, '64 Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
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Samuel R. Rose, East Haven, Co. L. Dec. 15, '64. Died March I, '65.
Charles E. Goodale, East Haven, Co. L, Feb. 24, '62. Reentered veteran Feb. 15, '64; promoted Apr. 21, '65. Mustered out Sept. 25, '65.
Second Regiment C. V. Heavy Artillery.
John Keefe, East Haven, Co. D, Dec. 20, '64. Transferred to Co. D from Co. M, July 20, '65. Mustered out Aug. 18, '65. John H. Bradley, East Haven, Co. G, Jan. 4, '64 Died March 18, '64-
George Parker, East Haven, Co. L. Sergeant Feb. I, '64. Discharged disabled Sept. 24, '64.
James Bishop, East Haven, Co. L, Feb. 1, '64. Captured Oct. 19, '64, Middletown, Va .; paroled Feb. 5, '65; fur- loughed Feb. 17, '65; failed to return. No further record, adjutant-general's office, Washington, D. C.
Fifth Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Andrew Brown, East Haven, Co. A, Aug. 17, '63. Mustered out July 19, '65.
George Carr, East Haven, Co. A, Aug. 1, '63. Reported on muster out as absent, sick in hospital since Apr. 30, '64. No further record adjutant-general's office.
Henry T. Baldwin, East Haven, Co. E, June 22, '61. Reenlisted veteran Dec. 21, '63. Mustered out July 19, '65.
Brayton Ives, East Haven, Co. F, June 21, '61. Mustered in as adjutant; promoted to Co. F, captain, Sept. 25, '61 ; appointed assistant adjutant-general U. S. Volunteers May 14, '62; commissioned lieutenant-colonel June 10, '63; declined Aug. 8, '63; resigned Aug. 5, '63. Reenlisted First Conn. Cavalry Feb. 4, '64; mustered in major; promoted lieutenant-colonel Nov. 1, '64; colonel Jan. 17, '65; brig- adier-general by brevet March 13, '65. Mustered out Aug. 2, '65.
John Lewis, East Haven, Co. I, Aug. 1, '63. Transferred from Co. H, 20th Connecticut Volunteers, June 13, '65. Mustered out July 19, '65.
John Spinks, East Haven, Co. H, Nov. 30, '64. Mustered out July 19, '65.
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Seventh Regiment C. V. Infantry.
William L. Knapp, East Haven, Co. E, Aug. 26, '61. Dis- charged disabled June 3, '64
William Brown, East Haven, Co. E, Nov. 8, '64. Mustered out July 20, '65. Arza Riggs, East Haven, Co. F, Feb. 2, '64 Mustered out July 20, '65.
Samuel Bennet, East Haven, Co. I, Dec. 21, '64. Mustered out July 20, '65.
Augustus R. Robinson, East Haven, Co. K, Aug. 27, '64- Mustered out July 20, '65.
Eighth Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Warren M. Parsons, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 18, '61. Promoted March 15, '62. Discharged disabled Dec. 24, '62.
Henry C. Burr, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 18, '61. Wounded Sept. 17, '62, Antietam, Md. Discharged disabled April 14, '63. (First service, see Private Rifle Co. B, 3d Connecticut Volunteers.)
Tenth Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Hendrick H. Bradley, East Haven, Co. K. Sergeant Sept. 25, '61; wounded Feb. 8, '62, Roanoke Island, N. C. Reen- listed veteran Jan. I, '64; promoted corporal Jan. 23, '64 Mustered out Aug. 25, '65.
George Thompson, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 26, '61. Reentered veteran Jan. 1, '64; wounded Oct. 27, '64, Darby- town Road, Va .; promoted corporal Nov. I, '64; sergeant Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out Aug. 25, '65.
Charles L. Talmadge, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 27, '61. Promoted Dec. 15, '61. Discharged Oct. 7, '64, term expired. Samuel C. Thompson, East Haven, corporal Co. K, Sept. 23, '61. Discharged disabled May 9, '63.
Walter J. French, East Haven, Co. K, Dec. 2, '61. Reentered veteran Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out Aug. 25, '65.
George L. Beach, East Haven, Co. K, Nov. 16, '63. Wounded May 16, '64, Fort Darling, Va. Mustered out Aug. 25, '65.
Edwin A. Brooks, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 26, '61. Wounded. Discharged disabled May 9, '63.
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John W. Grant, East Haven, Co. K, Oct. 30, '61. Wounded Dec. 14, '62, Kinston, N. C. Discharged Oct. 7, '64, term expired.
Theron B. Hotchkiss, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 23, '61. Dis- charged disabled March 5, '62. Reenlisted 15th Regiment, Co. B, Aug. 6, '62. Discharged March 13, '65.
Willis B. Perkins, East Haven, Co. K, Oct. 3, '61. Reentered veteran Jan. 1, '64; transferred to Co. G, 18th Regiment Vet- eran Reserve Corps, April 23, '65. Discharged Aug. 28, '65.
Morton Rood, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 23, '61. Died Apr. 6, '62.
John M. Tucker, East Haven, Co. K, Oct. 1, '61. Discharged disabled March 27, '63.
George R. Woodward, East Haven, Co. K, Sept. 5, '61. Discharged Oct. 7, '64, term expired.
CONNECTICUT TENTH REGIMENT. Principal Engagements.
Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, 1862.
Newbern, N. C., March 4, 1862.
Kinston, N. C., Dec. 14, 1862.
Whitehall, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862.
Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 18, 1862.
Seabrook Island, S. C., March 28, 1863.
Siege of Charleston, S. C., from July 28th to Oct. 25, 1863. St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 30, 1863. Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864
Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 13 to 17, inclusive, 1864
Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 16, 1864
Deep Bottom, Va., June 20, 1864
Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26 and 27, 1864
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 1, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14 and 16, 1864
Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Deep Gully, Fuzzell's Mills, Va., Aug. 28, 1864
Siege of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 28 to Sept. 29, 1864 Fort Harrison, Va., Sept. 27, 1864.
Laurel Hill Church, Va., Oct. 1, 1864.
New Market Road, Va., Oct. 7, 1864.
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Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864.
Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864. Johnson's Plantation, Va., Oct. 29, 1864 Hatcher's Run, Va., March 29 and 30, and April 1, 1865. Fort Gregg, Va., April 2, 1865.
Appomattox Court House, Va, April 9, 1865.
Charles Walter Benedict enlisted in the 10th Regiment from New Haven, Co. A, Sept. 12, '61. Wounded May 14, '64, Drewry's Bluff. Discharged Oct. 7, '64, term expired. After the war always resided in Fair Haven East side until his death on April 24, 1907.
Eleventh Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Charles Benoit, East Haven, Co. C, Feb. 1, '64. Wounded and captured May 16, '64, Drewry's Bluff, Va. Died July - '64, Andersonville, Ga.
James Murphy, East Haven, Co. D, March 24, '64. Cap- tured May 16, '64, Drewry's Bluff, Va .; transferred from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Ga. Reported died - '64, Florence, S. C.
Claudius Zemioz, East Haven, Feb. 1, '64. Killed Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 16, '64.
Edward Allen, Sept. 18, '61. Musician in the 9th Regiment. Discharged Sept. 17, '62. Reentered in the 11th Regiment. Mustered out May 26, '65.
Twelfth Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Edwin N. Crouch, East Haven, Co. B, Nov. 20, '61. Pro- moted Sept. 2, '62. Killed June 11, '63, Port Hudson, La.
Charles R. Burns, East Haven, Co. B, Apr. 7, '64. Captured Oct. 19, '64, Cedar Creek, Va .; transferred to Co. B, 12th Battalion, Connecticut Volunteers, Nov. 26, '64; paroled Feb. 22, '65. Mustered out Aug. 12, '65.
Henry E. Johnson, East Haven, Co. B, April 7, '64 Transferred to Co. B, 12th Battalion, Connecticut Volun- teers, Nov. 26, '64. Mustered out Aug. 12, '65.
George E. Smith, East Haven, Co. F, Oct. 20, '61. Died Feb. 26, '63.
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Thirteenth Battalion Infantry.
John H. Norman, East Haven, Co. C, Aug. 27, '64. Trans- ferred from Co. K, 13th Connecticut Volunteers, Dec. 29, '64. Mustered out April 25, '66.
Fifteenth Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Henry J. H. Thompson, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 9, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
William A. Allen, East Haven, Co. B, July 30, '62. Cap- tured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65. Mustered out June 27, '65.
John L. Bradley, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 9, '62. Captured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65. Mus- tered out June 27, '65.
William Brockett, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 5, '62. Mus- tered out June 27, '65.
Justus Brockett, East Haven, Co. B, July 28, '62. Discharged May 23, '65.
Leverett P. Clark, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 6, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
Ebenezer R. Davis, East Haven, Co. B, July 22, '62. Mus- tered out June 27, '65.
Samuel H. Doolittle, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 1, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
George B. Hills, East Haven, Co. B. Transferred to Co. A, 14th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, June 9, '63. Dis- charged Jan. 22, '65.
Egbert Jacobs, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 4, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
John O'Brien, East Haven, Co. B, Dec. 6, '64 Captured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65. Dis- charged June 21, '65.
Willard F. Pardee, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. 6, '62. Wounded Dec. 17, '62, Fredericksburg, Va. Mustered out June 27, '65.
Arza Riggs, East Haven, Co. B, July 28, '62. Discharged March 10, '63. (See Private Co. F, 7th Conn. Vol.)
Benjamin Street, East Haven, Co. B, Aug. I, '62. Trans- ferred to 159th Co. Second Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 14, '64. Discharged July 31, '65.
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Isaac B. Thompson, Co. B, Aug. 8, '62. Wounded Dec. 12, '62, Fredericksburg, Va. Died Dec. 15, '62.
Albert James, East Haven, Co. C, Sept. 1, '64 Transferred to Co. C, 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, June 23, '65. Mustered out July 20, '65.
Morris Lehan, East Haven, Co. C, Aug. 31, '64 Captured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65; trans- ferred to Co. C, 7th Regiment, June 23, '65. Mustered out July 20, '65.
John C. Mansfield, East Haven, Co. C, Sept. 1, '64. Cap- tured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65. Discharged disabled July 15, '65.
Martin Allen, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 11, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
George W Bunnell, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 9, '62. Pro- moted first lieutenant Co. C, 124th Regiment, U. S. Colored Infantry, Jan. 23, '65. Discharged Oct. 24, '65.
Samuel Dickenson, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 11, '62. Trans- ferred to Co. F, Veteran Reserve Corps, Aug. 13, '63. Discharged July 6, '65.
Henry E. Doolittle, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 12, '62. Died April 2, '63.
George H. Grannis, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 12, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
Daniel H. Granniss, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 12, '62. Transferred to Co. B, 7th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, Dec. 30, '64. Discharged June 29, '65.
Zadoc R. Morse, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 9, '62. Dis- charged May 22, '63.
Orrin Potter, East Haven, Co. E, Aug. 16, '62. Captured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65. Mus- tered out June 27, '65.
Frank Cardnell, East Haven, Co. G, Dec. 8, '64. Missing in action March 8, '65, at Kinston, N. C., probably killed. No further record at adjutant-general's office.
Samuel J. Pierce, East Haven, Co. G, Aug. 20, '62. Captured March 8, '65, Kinston, N. C .; paroled March 26, '65. Mustered out June 27, '65.
Lyman W. Button, East Haven, Co. K, Aug. 11, '62. Discharged April 27, '63.
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Augustus R. Robinson, East Haven, Co. K, Aug. 27, '64 Transferred to Co. K, 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, June 23, '65.
Henry T. Thompson, East Haven, Co. D, Aug. 13, '62. Mustered out June 27, '65.
Twentieth Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Baptiste Fallio, East Haven, Co. A, Aug. 1, '63. Transferred to Co. H, Fifth Connecticut Volunteers, June 14, '62. Mus- tered out July 19, '65.
John J. Dayton, East Haven, Co. G, Aug. 5, '62. Discharged disabled Jan. 28, '63.
Twenty-seventh Regiment C. V. Infantry.
Augustus B. Fairchild, East Haven, Co. A, Sept. 9, '62. Killed Dec. 13, '62, Fredericksburg, Va.
Joseph R. Bradley, East Haven, captain of Co. F, Aug. 18, '62. Wounded July 2, '63, Gettysburg, Penn. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Charles P. Prince, East Haven, second lieutenant Co. F, Aug. 18, '62. Promoted first lieutenant May 17, '63; wounded July 2, '63, Gettysburg, Penn. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Henry D. Russell, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 25, '62. Wounded Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62. Died Jan. 4, '63. Charles A. Tuttle, East Haven, sergeant Co. F. Reduced to rank, sick, June -. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Albert Bradley, East Haven, corporal Co. F, Aug. 20, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Alvin B. Rose, East Haven, corporal Co. F, Aug. 20, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Charles M. Barnes, East Haven, musician Co. F, Aug. 25, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Charles L. Rowe, East Haven, wagoner Co. F, Aug. 25, 2. Mustered out July 27, '63.
John Allen, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 23, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Rodney Bradley, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 22, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Lewis Brockett, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 21, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
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David Burrell, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 19, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Ai K. Burwell, East Haven, Co. F, Aug, 25, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Calvin Deming, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 31, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Edward B. Fowler, East Haven, Co. F, Sept. 29, '62. Wounded July 2, '63, Gettysburg, Penn. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Willis Edgar Hemingway, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 25, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Charles Higgins, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 20, '62. Wounded Dec. 13, '62, Fredericksburg, Va. Mustered out July 27, '63.
William A. Kelly, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 23, '62. Wounded Dec. 13, '62, Fredericksburg, Va. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Lina Mallory, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 18, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Lyman A. Mallory, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 22, '62. Mus- tered out July 27, '63.
Leverett Potter, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 25, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Charles E. Potter, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 25, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
William Prout, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 25, '62. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Leonard Russell, East Haven, Co. F, Aug. 21, '62. Wounded Dec. 13, '62, Fredericksburg, Va. Mustered out July 27, '63.
Out of this number, seventy-seven were mustered out; twenty-seven discharged for disability from wounds or sickness; nine died; five were killed; four term expired, and three died in Andersonville, Georgia. Whole number, one hundred and twenty- five.
The three infantry regiments which had the greatest number of East Haven men were the "old fighting Tenth," with thirteen; the Fifteenth with thirty-one,
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and the Twenty-seventh with twenty-five. The First Regiment Heavy Artillery had seventeen men. The Connecticut regiments which fought in the greatest number of engagements were : the Seventh in nineteen, the Eighteenth in twenty-all but one in 1864; the Fifth in twenty-three; the Fourteenth in twenty-four; the sixth in twenty-five, and the Tenth in twenty-seven. Five of the Tenth were fought in '62, three in '63, six- teen in the "battle summer" of '64, and three in '65 end- ing the war at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, '65. Brigader-General Otis says this of the Connecticut 10th Regiment : "For steady and soldiery behavior, under the most trying circumstances, they may have been equaled, but never surpassed." The Fifteenth Regiment did not do as much fighting as the Tenth, yet it was a greater loser in killed, wounded, and by fever and disability. It was first sent to guard Long Bridge, on the Potomac, below Wash- ington, and in that low, damp, foggy ground they suffered fearfully with malaria. Then its strength was exhausted by long fruitless marches in the hot July weather, which accomplished nothing in a mili- tary sense. All along during the whole term of ser- vice, at intervals, it did much camp duty, also, guard, picket and provost duty. Then while on provost duty at Newbern, North Carolina, that terrible scourge, yellow fever, broke out, and nearly a hun- dred men died, and more than half the regiment were down with it; before the frost in November put an end to the disease, there were few who had not suffered from its effects. The principal engagements were Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862; Edenton Road, Virginia, April 24, 1863; Providence
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Church Road, Virginia, May 3, 1863; siege of Suffolk, Virginia, April 12 to May 4, 1863; Kinston, North Carolina, March 8, 1865. Mustered out June 27, 1865. The Twenty-seventh Regiment was composed of nine-months' men, but they were engaged in as severe battles as any of the war, viz .: Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862; Chancellorsville, Vir- ginia, May 8, 1863, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2 and 3, 1863.
The morning after the last battle, Colonel Brooke, commander of the brigade, called General Hancock's notice to the gallant action of the Twenty-seventh in the Wheat Field charge; he had said, turning to the men: "Stand well to your duty now, and in a few days you will carry with you, to your homes, all the honors of this the greatest battle ever fought on this conti- nent." When the regiment severed its connection with the Army of the Potomac, Colonel Brooke, brigade commander, said: "You have won an enviable name and reputation, which may well in future years cause all who belong to it to feel a pardonable pride in say- ing they served in the Twenty-seventh Connecticut."
To the First Connecticut Cavalry belongs the palm of being in eighty-eight engagements. "On its muster out, it was allowed to return to its state mounted, a privilege granted to no other regiment in the whole service! It was detailed to escort General Grant when he went to receive Lee's surrender. A battalion of it was sent to Gettysburg at the laying of the corner stone for the soldiers' monument there, July 4th, 1865. It was discharged at New Haven, August 18th, 1865, almost three years and ten months from the date of its first encampment at West Meriden. Its record is a
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noble one, an honor to itself and to the State that sent it." The same can be said with truth of every regiment which went from the "Constitution State." They did not all see the same amount of fighting, but each discharged its duty wherever it was assigned.
CONNECTICUT MEN IN THE NAVY.
The descriptive lists of the naval records in the navy department are very incomplete. Inasmuch as the residence of the recruit is not given at the time of enlistment, by which he could be identified, as in the army records, "Connecticut" is placed against his name. Only in a few individual cases is the residence given. On this account there may be many more from East Haven than it is possible to locate.
OFFICERS.
Connecticut Men in the U. S. Navy.
. Edward M. Baldwin. Acting master, Connecticut, Oct. 1, '61 ; acting master's mate '61; acting master May 24, '62. Honorably discharged March 12, '66.
Theodore E. Baldwin, Connecticut. Acting master's mate Jan. 19, '62. Honorably discharged Dec. 27, '66.
Calvin C. Kirkham, East Haven. Enlisted Sept. 6, '61, at Brooklyn, N. Y., as landsman, was immediately promoted to paymaster's steward, in charge of paymaster's department on board U. S. S. "Satellite," under fleet paymaster Edward Foster, of U. S. S. "Wyandotte," was appointed master's mate Oct. 31, '62, by Gideon Wells, secretary of navy. Discharged Nov. 7, '62.
Marine Corps.
Clinton Rood. Private March 22, '61, East Haven. Dis- charged May 9, '65.
Lee's Army surrendered April 10, 1865. War ended.
Losses by War. 285
RECORD OF EAST HAVEN MEN IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Army-One hundred and twenty-five.
125
Navy-Four
4
Total
129
SPANISH WAR OF 1898.
There may have been some volunteers from East Haven in this war; if so, it is left for the next chron- icler to record.
CHAPTER XI.
GENERAL AFFAIRS.
AST HAVEN had now obtained the long contested and much coveted desire to be a separate town, and it now settled down to its industries and pursued the even tenor of its way, dispensing its routine business of town affairs without friction or controversy. The water bounds between New Haven and East Haven were settled in 1789. The line is in the middle of Quinnipiac river and along the channel of the harbor to the sea. In 1789 the town granted the owners of the salt meadows the privilege of build- ing a dam across the Stoney river at the lower narrows.
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