1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Difference between revisions

[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|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).<br>  

National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ 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. <br>  

[[Connecticut in the Civil War|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. <br>  

[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|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. <br>  

Abbott, Henry L., ''Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond'', (Bethesda, Maryland&nbsp;: University Publications of America, c1991).&nbsp; Available at the Family History Library, {{FHL|780223|item| disp= FHL US/CAN Microfiche 6082904.}}  

[http://www.footnote.com Footnote.com], (accessed 2&nbsp;Apr&nbsp;2011).&nbsp;&nbsp;(A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).

[http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/waterbury_ct_cw1.htm Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven County, in the War For the Union], (accessed 9 Mar 2011). &nbsp;History of the Soldier's Monument in Waterbury, Conn.: to which is added a list of the soldiers and sailors who went from Waterbury to fight in the war for the Union.&nbsp; Author:&nbsp; Joseph Anderson.&nbsp; Also available at the Family History Library, {{FHL|783966|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082879.}} or {{FHL|488789|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Film 1685377.}}  

Walker, Edward Ashley and United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865), ''Our first year of army life&nbsp;: an anniversary address, delivered to the First Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, at their camp near Gaines' Mills, Va., June, 1862'', (Bethesda, Maryland&nbsp;: University Publications of America, c1991). Written by the chaplain of the regiment. Available at the Family History Library, {{FHL|780315|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082907.}}  

United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865), ''The First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865'', (Washington [District of Columbia]&nbsp;: Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, 1988). {{FHL|552782|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Film 1486466.}}