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Connecticut Volunteers Memorial

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1. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

Inscription.

Connecticut Volunteers Memorial. . [ inscription on the column ] Erected by The Joint Contributions of The State of Connecticut and The Veteran Associations of the Conn. Light Battery and 6th, 7th and 10th Conn. Vols. As a Sacred and Perpetual Memorial to Men Who Suffered And Died that The Republic Might Live 1861 – 1865 Dedicated June 16, 1905. [ east plaque ] Seventh Conn. Vols. Hawley's Brigade Terry's Division, Tenth Corps. Took Part in Capture of Ft. Pulaski Capture of Ft. Wagner Demolition of Ft. Sumter Capture of Ft. Fisher And Thirteen Other Engagements Department of the South and Army of the James.. [ south plaque ] 10th Conn. Volunteers In grateful memory of the services and sacrifices of our heroic dead who offered their lives on the altar of constitutional government and human liberty. This tablet is lovingly inscribed by their surviving comrades of the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers Total Number Enrolled 1879 Total Casualties 1011 Number of Engagements 51 Term of Service, September 30, 1861 to September 2, 1865 Safe and Happy the Republic Whose Sons Gladly Die In Her Defense. [ west plaque ] First Connecticut Light Battery Known as Rockwell's Battery Mustered in October 26th, 1861 Mustered out June 11th, 1865 Participated in the Seige of Charleston And Other Battles in South Carolina Ft. Finnegan, Florida Jan. 1862 to May 1864 And Engagements of Richmond and Petersburg Campaigns May 1864 to Lee's Surrender in 1865 The Tenth and Twenty Fifth Army Corps. [ north plaque ] 6th Conn. Volunteers Organized Sept. 1861. Mustered Out Aug. 21st 1865 Total Number of Men Who Served in the Regt. 1608 Casualties 877 Engagements. Port Royal, S.C. . Fort Pulaski, Gary. . James Island, S.C. . Pocotaligo, S.C. . Morris Island, S.C. . Fort Wagner, S.C. . Chester Station, Va. . Drewrys Bluff, Va. . Siege of Petersburg . Deep Bottom, Va. . Deep Run, Va. . Chapins Farms, Va. . Fort Fisher, N.C. . Wilmington, N.C. And More Than Twenty Other Minor Engagements and Affairs. Service Army Corps 10th And 24th Departments Dept. of the South . Army of the James . Dept. of North Carolina . Army of the Potomac.

[ inscription on the column ]
Erected by
The Joint Contributions of
The State of Connecticut
and
The Veteran Associations
of the
Conn. Light Battery and
6th, 7th and 10th Conn. Vols.
As a Sacred and Perpetual
Memorial to Men Who Suffered
And Died that The Republic
Might Live 1861 – 1865
Dedicated June 16, 1905
[ east plaque ]
Seventh Conn. Vols.
Hawley's Brigade
Terry's Division, Tenth Corps.
Took Part in Capture of Ft. Pulaski
Capture of Ft. Wagner
Demolition of Ft. Sumter
Capture of Ft. Fisher
And Thirteen Other Engagements
Department of the South and Army of the James.
[ south plaque ]
10th Conn. Volunteers
In grateful memory of the services
and sacrifices of our heroic dead
who offered their lives on the altar
of constitutional government and human
liberty. This tablet is lovingly
inscribed by their surviving comrades
of the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers
Total Number Enrolled 1879
Total Casualties 1011
Number of Engagements 51
Term of Service, September 30, 1861 to September 2, 1865
Safe and Happy the Republic Whose
Sons Gladly Die In Her Defense
[ west
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First Connecticut Light Battery
Known as Rockwell's Battery
Mustered in October 26th, 1861
Mustered out June 11th, 1865
Participated in the Seige of Charleston
And Other Battles in South Carolina
Ft. Finnegan, Fla. Jan. 1862 to May 1864
And Engagements of Richmond and
Petersburg Campaigns
May 1864 to Lee's Surrender in 1865
The Tenth and Twenty Fifth Army Corps
[ north plaque ]
6th Conn. Volunteers
Organized Sept. 1861. Mustered Out Aug. 21st 1865
Total Number of Men Who Served in the Regt. 1608
Casualties 877
Engagements Port Royal, S.C. • Fort Pulaski, Gary. • James Island, S.C. • Pocotaligo, S.C. • Morris Island, S.C. • Fort Wagner, S.C. • Chester Station, Va. • Drewrys Bluff, Va. • Siege of Petersburg • Deep Bottom, Va. • Deep Run, Va. • Chapins Farms, Va. • Fort Fisher, N.C. • Wilmington, N.C.
And More Than Twenty Other Minor Engagements
and Affairs.
Service
Army Corps 10th And 24th
Departments
Dept. of the South • Army of the James • Dept. of North Carolina • Army of the Potomac

Erected 1905 by The State of Connecticut and the Veteran Associations of the Connecticut Light Battery and 6th, 7th and 10th Connecticut Volunteers.

Topics. This historical

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2. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

east plaque

marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1864.

Location. 41° 18.68′ N, 72° 55.877′ W. Marker is in New Haven, Connecticut, in New Haven County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of Elm Street and Broadway, on the left when traveling east on Elm Street. Located on the Broadway Triangle. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Haven CT 06511, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Jacob Heminway (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Abrahamus Pierson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jedidiah Morse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Benjamin Silliman (approx. 0.2 miles away); Col. Decius Wadsworth (approx. 0.2 miles away); David Humphreys (approx. 0.2 miles away); Amos Beebe Eaton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Nathaniel William Taylor (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Haven.

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3. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

south plaque

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4. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

west plaque

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5. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

north plaque

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6. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

The Infantryman on the east side

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7. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

The Artilleryman on the west side

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8. Conn. Volunteers Memorial

Conn. Volunteers Memorial on the Broadway Green image. Click for full size.

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9. Conn. Volunteers Memorial on the Broadway Green

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 978 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 25, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.