35
Regiments raised
65,049
Men in the records
34
Union
1
US Colored Troops
8
Pinned to a town
Civil War regiments were raised locally: each was recruited from the eligible men of one or more nearby counties, organized at a rendezvous camp, and sent to the front. In Connecticut, 8 of the 35 regiments below are pinned to the specific town where they formed; the rest are recorded honestly at the state level. The largest single unit raised in Connecticut was the 1 Connecticut H. Art'y., with 5,250 men in the records.
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Union regiments raised in Connecticut
34 recorded, largest first. Raising town shown where documented.
- 1 Connecticut H. Art'y. · Raised in Connecticut · 5,250 men
- 2 Connecticut H. Art'y. · Raised in Connecticut · 4,178 men
- 1 Connecticut Cav. · Raised in Connecticut · 4,096 men
- 11 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 3,900 men
- 14 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 3,513 menFought at: Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Mine Run
- 7 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 2,976 men
- 5 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 2,969 men
- 6 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised at Hartford · 2,785 men
- 10 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 2,781 men
- 8 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 2,674 men
- 13 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 2,635 men
- 15 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 2,453 men
- 12 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised at Hartford · 2,167 men
- 9 Connecticut Inf. · Raised at New Haven · 2,161 men
- 20 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 1,860 men
- 18 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 1,763 men
- 17 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 1,572 men
- 16 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised at Hartford · 1,556 men
- 21 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised at Norwich · 1,549 men
- 22 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised at Hartford · 1,179 men
- 27 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 1,066 men
- 23 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 1,023 men
- 1 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 972 men
- 25 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 965 men
- 26 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 958 men
- 2 Connecticut Inf. · Raised in Connecticut · 904 men
- 3 Connecticut Inf. · Raised at New Haven · 874 men
- 24 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 850 men
- 28 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised in Connecticut · 830 men
- 1 Battery, Connecticut Light Art'y. · Raised in Connecticut · 388 men
- 2 Battery, Connecticut Light Art'y. · Raised in Connecticut · 319 men
- 3 Battery, Connecticut Light Art'y. · Raised in Connecticut · 201 men
- Garrison Guards, Connecticut Inf. · Raised in Connecticut · 66 men
- 4 Connecticut Infantry. · Raised at Hartford · 7 men
United States Colored Troops raised in Connecticut
1 recorded, largest first. Raising town shown where documented.
- 29 Conn. Inf. (Col'd). · Raised in Connecticut · 1,609 men
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