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The 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery was originally recruited as the 19th Regiment Connecticut Infantry.&nbsp; On the 23rd of&nbsp;November 1863 the regiment was changed from an infantry to an artillery organization.&nbsp; The regiment was finally mustered out of service on August 18, 1865, at Washington, D.C. <ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010.</ref>  

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], (accessed 9 Mar 2011). &nbsp;Connecticut Military Department

 

*Vaill, Theodore F., ''The History of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Connecticut Volunteers'', (Winsted, Conn.&nbsp;: Winsted Printing Co., 1868).&nbsp;&nbsp;Online at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofsecondc00vail Internet Library], (accessed 9 Mar 2011).&nbsp; Also available at the Family&nbsp;History Library, {{FHL|552999|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082910.}}

 

*Vaill, Dudley Landon, ''The county regiment; a sketch of the Second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth volunteer infantry, in the civil war'', (Bethesda, Maryland&nbsp;: University Publications of America, c1991).&nbsp; Online at [http://www.archive.org/details/countyregimentsk01vail Internet Library], (accessed 9 Mar 2011).&nbsp; Also available at the Family History Library, {{FHL|739943|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082909.}} or {{FHL|1024430|item|disp= Computer US/CAN Desktop CD-ROM no. 2630 v. 2.}}

*The Civil War&nbsp;Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unctarty.htm#2ndhvy 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery], (accessed 11 April 2012).<br>

*The Wikipedia Article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Connecticut_Heavy_Artillery 2nd Connecticut Regiment Heavy Artillery], (accessed 28 November 2012).<br>

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.

 

The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 4178 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UCT0002RAH Roster].  

This regiment was composed of men from Litchfield County,&nbsp;Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns in [[Litchfield County, Connecticut Genealogy|Litchfield County]]&nbsp;as follows:  

Company C - Goshen &nbsp;

=== Company Rosters ===

 

*Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, ''Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864'', (Hartford, Connecticut&nbsp;: Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 175.&nbsp;&nbsp;Available&nbsp;Online at [http://www.archive.org/stream/enlistmentcasual00horarich#page/175/mode/1up Internet Archive], (accessed 8 Mar 2011).&nbsp; Also available at the Family History Library, {{FHL|221389|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Book 974.6 M2a,}} or FHL US/CAN Film 1550802.

 

*Adjutant General's Office, ''Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations&nbsp;: (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries, ''(Bethesda, Maryland&nbsp;: University Publications of America, c1991), page 197. Includes index.&nbsp; Online at [http://www.archive.org/stream/connecticutvolorg00catarich#page/197/mode/1up Internet Archive], (accessed 8 Mar 2011). &nbsp;Also available at the Family History Library, {{FHL|783975|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Fiche 6082887.}} or {{FHL|44904|item|disp= FHL US/CAN Film 1033670 Item 1.}}

*[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://civilwarintheeast.com/USA/CT/2CTha.php The Civil War in the East], (accessed 9 Mar 2011).&nbsp; Timeline of the&nbsp;2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment

 

*[http://www.stamfordhistory.org/cw_2reg.htm Stamford Roster], (accessed 9 Mar 2011).&nbsp;

*[http://www.petersburgbreakthrough.org/2ndCHA.htm 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment Descendants Association], (accessed 9 Mar 2011).&nbsp;

*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&nbsp;: The National Archives, 1964), {{FHL|499078|item|disp=FHL film 1488457}}.

*Vaill, Theodore Frelinghuysen. ''History of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, originally the nineteenth Connecticut vols.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), {{FHL|552999|item|disp=FHL fiche 6082910}}.

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[[Category:Connecticut_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]