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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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. | 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: | For more information about the 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery and its history, see: | ||
*Regimental History - [http://www.the2dconn.com/history.htm The 2d Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery] - Connecticut Military Department | *Regimental History - [http://www.the2dconn.com/history.htm The 2d Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery] - Connecticut Military Department | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofsecondc00vail The History of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Connecticut Volunteers], by Theodore F. Vaill - Online Book | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofsecondc00vail The History of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Connecticut Volunteers], by Theodore F. 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 | *[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 | ||
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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:
- Regimental History - The 2d Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery - Connecticut Military Department
- The History of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Connecticut Volunteers, by Theodore F. Vaill - Online Book
- 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[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]
- Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Compiled From Records in the Adjutant General's Office and Published by Order of the Legislature, by Horace J. Morse - Adjutant General - Online Book
- 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 (1869) by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904 - Online Book
- The Civil War in the East - Timeline of the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment
- Stamford Roster -
- 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment Descendants Association