1st Regiment, Connecticut Infantry: Difference between revisions

The 1st Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut and mustered in April 22, 1861.  The regiment was mustered out of service at New Haven, July 31, 1861. <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 1st Regiment Infantry and its history, see:  

*Regimental History - [http://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1351&q=270358 History of the First Connecticut Volunteers], (accessed 8 Mar 2011), Connecticut Military Department

*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unctinf1.htm#1stinf 1st Regiment Infantry], (accessed 11 April 2012).<br>

*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Regiment_Connecticut_Volunteer_Infantry_%283_months%29 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (3 months)], (accessed 11 June 2012).<br>

 

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:   

    [http://threemonthmen.blogspot.com/2010/10/first-connecticut-volunteer-regiment.html The Three Month Men], (accessed 8 Mar 2011), from the journal of Pvt. Horace Purdy.  

*''Trip of the First Regiment C.N.G., to Yorktown, Va. and Charleston, S.C., October 17-28, 1881.'' By Rathbun, Julius G. Hartford, Conn., : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1882. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/tripoffirstregim00rath/page/n9/mode/2up Internet Archive]

 

 

*Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, ''Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864'', (Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 10. Available Online at [https://www.archive.org/stream/enlistmentcasual00horarich#page/n10/mode/1up Internet Archive], (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the FamilySearch Library, {{FSC|221389|item|disp= FS Library US/CAN Book 974.6 M2a,}} or FS Library US/CAN Film 1550802.

 

*Adjutant General's Office, ''Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (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 : University Publications of America, c1991), page 12. Includes index.  Online at [https://www.archive.org/stream/connecticutvolorg00catarich#page/n12/mode/1up Internet Archives]. Also available at the FamilySearch Library, {{FSC|783975|item|disp= FS Library US/CAN Fiche 6082887.}} (10 fiche) or{{FSC|44904|item|disp= FS Library US/CAN Film 1033670 Item 1.}}

*[http://civilwarintheeast.com/USA/CT/1CT.php The Civil War in the East], (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Timeline of the 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment

*Connecticut 1st Regiment, [http://www.stamfordhistory.org/cw_1reg.htm Stamford Roster], (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  The Stamford Historical Society, Inc.

*[http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/waterbury_ct_cw1.htm Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven County, in the War For the Union], (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  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. Including: Field, Staff, Band and Company D.

*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), {{FSC|499078|item|disp=FS Library film 1488457}}.