3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

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3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

Brief History

The 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven for three months service. They mustered in May 14, 1861. On the 12th day of August 1861 this regiment was mustered out of service at Hartford.

For more information about the 3rd Connecticut Regiment Infantry and its history, see:

• History of the Third (Three Months) Connecticut Volunteers at Connecticut Military Department
• 3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment at Wikipedia
• 3rd Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive

Companies in this Regiment

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived, though not always. This regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut.

Infantry Company A was largely formed by men from Fairfield County.

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

Infantry Company C was largely formed by men from Fairfield County.

Infantry Company D was largely formed by men from Fairfield County.

Rifle Company A was largely formed by men from Hartford County.

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

Rifle Company C was largely formed by men from New Haven County.

Rifle Company D was largely formed by men from New London County.

Rifle Company E was largely formed by men from Hartford County.

Rifle Company F was largely formed by men from Fairfield County. For more information about Rifle Company F, see Stamford Roster at The Stamford Historical Society, Inc.

Regimental History and Roster

• Catalogue of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th regiments, Connecticut volunteers, 1861. Adjutant General's Office, United States Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5th. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991. FS Catalog film 6082888(*).
• Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office. Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864; page 45. FS Catalog film 1550802. Online at: Internet Archive.
• Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &c., &c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries. Adjutant General's Office. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991; page 43. Includes index. FS Catalog film 6082887(*), FS Catalog film 1033670, item 1. Online at: Internet Archive.
• The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 874 men on its roster for this unit.

Other Sources

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Connecticut in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Connecticut in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Connecticut, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• Timeline of the 3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment at The Civil War in the East

• Shaw, William H. A diary as kept by Wm. H. Shaw, during the great Civil War, from April, 1861 to July, 1865. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), FS Catalog film 6082914(*).

• Tyler, Elnathan B. "Wooden nutmegs" at Bull Run : a humorous account of some of the exploits and experiences of the three months Connecticut brigade, and the part they bore in the national stampede. (Washington [District of Columbia] : Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, 1977), FS Catalog film 1550300, item 24. Also Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991. FS Catalog film 6082915(*).

• United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office. Connecticut 1st Cavalry 1st Heavy Artillery 2nd Heavy Artillery 1st-3rd Independent Battery, Light Artillery 1st Infantry, 3 months, 1861-3rd Infantry 5th Infantry 6th Infantry. (Washington, District of Columbia : The National Archives, 1964), FS Catalog film 1488457.