A Union Army camp during the Civil War
A Union Army camp during the Civil WarLibrary of Congress · LC-DIG-cwpb-02637
The Civil War, 1861 to 1865

Connecticut in the Civil War

Connecticut was raised entirely for the Union. Of the 35 regiments recorded in Connecticut, 34 served the United States, and none the Confederacy. 1 were regiments of the United States Colored Troops.

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, Sharpsburg, Skirmishes near Falmouth and occupation of Fredericksburg, Skirmish, Chancellorsville, Skirmish, Hazel 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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