"The materiel of this regiment was of a character among the privates fit to have officered a dozen regiments. Wherever stationed they were commended for the morale and soldierly characteristics."
Colonel William H. Noble

 

 

Introduction

Field and Staff

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

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Company E

 Captains

BURR, Henry P. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862. Cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 15,'63. Resigned May 28,'64.

HUBBELL, James E. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Must. 1st Sergt. Pro. 2nd Lt. Sept. 1,'63; 1st Lt. Mar. 5,'64; Capt. Aug. 15,'64. M.O. July 19,'65.

 

1st Lieutenants

 

JOHNSON, William C. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862. Resigned Oct. 3,'62.

CLANCEY, John F. Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862. Must. 2nd Lt. Pro. Oct. 3,'62. Dismissed June 20,'63.

GRAY, Theodore Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted July 22, 1862. Pro. from Sergt.-Maj. to 2nd Lt. Oct. 3,'62; 1st Lt. June 20,'63; Capt. Co. K, Mar. 5,'65.

McDONOUGH, Henry Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Must. Sergt. Wd. July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Pro. 1st Sergt. Sept. 1,'63. Appointed Sergt.-Maj. Dec. 13,'63. Pro. from Sergt.-Maj. to 2nd Lt. Mar. 19,'64; 1st Lt. Mar. 5,'65. M.O. July 19,'65.

 

1st Sergeant

 

LEES, George C. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Must. Sergt. Pro. Jan. 1,'64; 2nd Lt. July 15,'64 (not must.); 1st Lt. June 29,'65 (not must.). M.O. July 19,'65.

 

Sergeants

 

CARRODUS, Charles H. Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Must. Corp. Pro. Feb. 1,'65. M.O. July 19,'65.

GLOVER, Martin V.B. Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Died May 1,'63.

GORDON, James Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Must. Corp. Pro. May 1,'63. Killed July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa.

HALE, George Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Must. Corp. Wd. July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Pro. Sergt. Sept. 1,'63; 2nd Lt. June 19,'65 (not must.). M.O. July 19,'65.

MURRAY, Charles Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

PERRY, James A. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Must. Corp. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. Pro. Sergt. Jan. 1,'64. M.O. July 19,'65.

 

Corporals

BAKER, Joseph H. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Must. Priv. Pro. Jan. 30,'64. Redc. to ranks Feb. 18,'64. Pro. June 6,'64. M.O. July 19,'65. 

BENNETT, Aaron Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Transferred to Co. C, 3rd Regt. VRC July 1,'63.

CHIPMAN, Charles C. Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Must. Priv. Cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 14,'63. Pro. Mar. 7,'65. M.O. July 19,'65.

CRAPO, Beroth B. Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Must. Priv. Wd. and cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 14,'63. Pro.Jan. 30,'64. M.O. July 19,'65.

HAYES, Dennis Residence: Newtownt, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Must. Priv. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. Pro. Jan. 1,'64. M.O. July 19,'65.

LEES, Edward M. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862. Pro. 2nd Lt. Co. K, Feb. 23,'63.

McBRIDE, George Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged disability June 9,'63.

NORTHROP, Alpheus Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Must. Priv. Wd. May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Wd. and cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. Pro. Feb. 1,'65. M.O. July 19,'65.

PERRY, Roscoe Residence: Westport, enlisted July 11, 1862. Must. Priv. Pro. Apr. 17,'63. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

PERRY, Aaron B. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 10,'62.

SPENCER, George H. Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Must. Priv. Appointed Hospital Steward Apr. 4,'63. Transferred as Priv. from Hosp. Steward Nov. 19,'63. Pro. Corp. Jan. 1,'64. Redc. to ranks Mar. 7,'65. M.O. July 19,'65.

TAYLOR, Orrin Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Must. Priv. Pro. Sept. 7,'63. Redc. to ranks Feb. 18,'64. M.O. July 19,'65.

TILBE, Rufus Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Must. Priv. Pro. Apr. 17,'63. Wd. Aug. 20,'63, Fort Wagner, S.C. Transferred to 128th Co., 2nd Batt. VRC Dec. 31,'63.

WAKEMAN, Rufus Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Must. Priv. Pro. May 1,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

WESTERFIELD, William C. Residence: Norwalk, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Must. Priv. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. Pro. Jun. 6,'64. M.O. July 19,'65.

 

Musicians

BECK, John Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Must. Priv. Detailed Musician. M.O. July 19,'65.

STRATTON, Charles S. Residence: Trumbull, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

TURNEY, George R. Residence: Trumbull, enlisted Aug. 5, 1862. Transferred to ranks. Discharged disability June 7,'64.

 

Wagoners

BACON, Charles A. Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862. Must. Priv. Detailed Wagoner. M.O. July 19,'65.

HADLEY, William Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Transferred to ranks. Discharged disability Apr. 1,'63.

SWEETEN, David Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Must. Priv. Detailed Wagoner Oct. 17,'62. Returned to ranks. Discharged disability Aug. 19,'63.

 

Privates

AHEARN, Patrick Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Discharged disability Apr. 15,'63.

ALLEN, Elnathan Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

ALLEN, Theodore Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

BAGGS, Edmund Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted July 28, 1862. Transferred to 12th Co., 2nd Batt. VRC July 28,'63.

BANKS, Horace O. Residence: Weston, enlisted Dec. 30, 1863. M.O. July 19,'65.

BANKS, Wesley O. Residence: Weston, enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. M.O. July 19,'65.

BARNES, James H. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Transferred to Co. G, 9th Regt. VRC Aug. 14,'63.

BIGELOW, Henry B. Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

BIRMINGHAM, James Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

BLOOMER, John H. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 14,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

BOTHWELL, David Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged disability Apr. 15,'63.

BRADLEY, Thomas Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Cap'd Feb. 5,'65, Dunn's Lake, Fla. Par. Apr. 28,'65. Discharged July 10,'65.

BROWN, John Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

BROTHERTON, Benjamin Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Wd. May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. M.O. July 19,'65.

BUCKLEY, Thomas Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

BURR, John T. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

CHASE, Dennis O. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

CLARKSON, Charles H. Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 15,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

COLGAN, Matthew Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Wd. and cap'd July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 2,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

CONNELLY, John Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

DARROW, Francis Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 23,'62.

DIXON, Samuel Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Discharged disability Apr. 1,'63.

DORAN, Peter Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Transferred to Co. D, 12th Regt. VRC Aug. 13,'63.

DOWNS, Oliver Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged disability June 23,'65.

DUNN, John Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

EGAN, James Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 5, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 22,'63.

EGAN, Michael Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 134, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 5,'62.

ELLWELL, Herman Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

ELLWOOD, Francis H. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 14,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

FANTON, David W. Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged disability Aug. 12,'63.

FLYNN, James Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Wd. July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Died July 14,'63.

FOOT, Francis Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Supposed killed July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. No further record A.G.O.

GORDON, William A. Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Wd. and cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 15,'63. Transferred to Co. H, 1st Regt. VRC Dec. 8,'63.

GUERNSEY, George H. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Wd. July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Died Aug. 9,'63.

HENDRICKS, Lewis B. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Discharged disability June 23,'65.

HICKEY, John Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Died May 9,'63.

HOYT, Charles G. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

HUGH, James Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

KEYSER, William R. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 17,'63.

LEAHY, Jeremiah Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted July 29, 1862. Deserted Sept. 10,'62.

LOCKWOOD, Samuel Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Transferred to Co. F, 3rd Regt. VRC July 13,'63.

McMAHON, Michael Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 17,'63.

MONTEITH, James Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Wd. July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. M.O. July 19,'65.

MOREHOUSE, CALVIN Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Deserted Mar. 22,'63.

NASH, Francis Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862. Supposed killed July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. No further record A.G.O.

NASH, Joseph B. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

NEWTON, James Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Wd. July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Discharged disability Dec. 31,'63.

OAKLEY, William Residence: Weston, enlisted Dec. 21, 1863. M.O. July 19,'65.

O'HALLORAN, Michael T. Residence: Newtown, enlisted July 11, 1862. Wd. Dec.--,'62, Chantilly, Va. Discharged disability Sept. 15,'63.

OLMSTED, Charles Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Transferred to 173rd Co., 2nd Batt. VRC Sept. 19,'64.

O'NEIL, Michael Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted July 29, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

PEET, Henry A.S. Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Deserted Mar. 19,'63.

PORTER, Frederick M. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

ROACHE, James Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Died Jan. 6,'65.

ROCHE, Lewis Residence: Roxbury, enlisted Dec. 30, 1863. Died Jan. 26,'65.

RYAN, Michael Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

SCHRIVER, Andrew Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

SCOFIELD, Orlando F. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Died May 1,'63.

SEERY, John Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 5,'62.

SHAUGHNESS, Lawrence Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 25,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

SMITH, Nelson Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Cap'd July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. Par. Aug. 2,'63. Transferred to Morris Island, S.C., Oct. 6,'63; failed to report. No further record A.G.O.

SMITH, Pearl Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 5,'63.

STOCKTON, John W. Residence: Stamford, enlisted Mar. 5, 1864. M.O. July 19,'65.

TAYLOR, Augustus Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. M.O. July 19,'65.

TURNEY, Rice Residence: Trumbull, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 10,'62.

WAKEMAN, Frederick Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Cap'd May 2,'63, Chancellorsville, Va. Par. May 15,'63. M.O. July 19,'65.

WARREN, Eugene Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Wd. July 1,'63, Gettysburg, Pa. M.O. July 19,'65.

WALSH, John Residence: Newtown, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Missing in action July 2,'63, Gettysburg, Pa.; probably killed. No further record A.G.O.

WILLIAMS, William Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 1,'63.

WILBUR, Henry U. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 13th Regt. VRC July 6,'63.

WOLFE, John W. Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Deserted Feb. 19,'63.

WORDEN, Amos Residence: Westport, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 22,'63.

 

 

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