The First Connecticut Heavy Artillery band at Fort Darling, Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia, in April of 1965. The full-resolution image is available at the Library of Congress.
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The 29th Regiment, comprised primarily of African American volunteers, is pictured in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1864. The regiment is also honored with monuments in New Haven and Danbury. The original image is available at the Library of Congress.
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Near Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the Battle of Chancellorsville. The full image, in a variety of resolutions, can be viewed at the Library of Congress.
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This undated image detail shows the First Regiment Connecticut Heavy Artillery, at Fort Richardson in Arlington, Virginia. The First Heavy Artillery was formed in the spring of 1861 as the Fourth Volunteer Infantry. In January, 1862, the regiment was converted into a heavy artillery unit. At Fort Richardson, the regiment participated in the defense of […]
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In honor of Veterans’ Day, we’re going to run images of selected Connecticut Civil regiments from the Library of Congress this week. Our first image (which you can click to enlarge) depicts the Third Connecticut Regiment Infantry, which served for three months at the beginning of the Civil War. (Based on early (and overly optimistic) […]
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