2nd Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery
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- Mustered in November 23, 1863.
- Mustered out August 18, 1865.
- Organized at Washington, D. C., from 19th Conn. Infantry.
- Originally recruited as the 19th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry.
- 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
- Stamford Roster -
- 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment Descendants Association
The regiment was composed of men from Litchfield County, Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns 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
Also see Connecticut in the Civil War