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*[http://www.archive.org/details/countyregimentsk01vail The county regiment; a sketch of the Second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth volunteer infantry, in the civil war], by Dudley Landon Vaill - Online Book
*[http://www.archive.org/details/countyregimentsk01vail The county regiment; a sketch of the Second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth volunteer infantry, in the civil war], by Dudley Landon Vaill - Online Book


=== Companies in this regiment ===
=== Companies in this regiment ===


The regiment was composed of men from Litchfield County, Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns in [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield County]] as follows:  
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded.  This regiment was composed of men from Litchfield County, Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns in [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield County]] as follows:  


Company A - Litchfield  
Company A - Litchfield  
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Company I - Woodbury  
Company I - Woodbury  


Company K - Made up from recruits from 25 different towns  
Company K - Made up from recruits from 25 different towns


=== Source Material ===
=== Source Material ===

Revision as of 19:42, 9 November 2010

Connecticut in the Civil War

Brief History[edit | edit source]

The 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery was originally recruited as the 19th Regiment Connecticut Infantry.  On the 23rd of November 1863 the regiment was changed from an infantry to an artillery organization.  The regiment was finally mustered out of service on August 18, 1865, at Washington, D.C.

For more information about the 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery and its history, see:

Companies in this regiment[edit | edit source]

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded.  This regiment was composed of men from Litchfield County, Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns in Litchfield County as follows:

Company A - Litchfield

Company B - Salisbury

Company C - Goshen  

Company D - Plymouth

Company E - Winsted

Company F - New Hartford

Company G - Cornwall

Company H - New Milford

Company I - Woodbury

Company K - Made up from recruits from 25 different towns

Source Material[edit | edit source]