What's New
Recent changes to this site will be added here...making it easier to see if anything has been added since your last visit.
All companies have now been updated...unassigned recruits have not been shown as of yet, since most deserted before reporting to the regiment, or were discharged for medical reasons
before reporting. Since there are only about twenty names, I have decided that they can wait for now.
Also, the old style roster has been removed. Soon, the no frames version may also be taken down, as it receives very little activity, and I could
utilize the space better for posting images, etc.
3 new photos have been added to the images page...Lt. Colonel Henry Allen, Lt. Colonel Douglas Fowler, and Captain Charles Hobby (shown as HOBBIE on rolls). These photos were supplied by Bobby Dobbins and used with his permission. Other images are forthcoming, so check back later!
More photo's added! Also, the Gettysburg page is back up, although it only contains Major Allen Brady's report on the battle at this point in time. Due to additional features being planned, I may have to scroll the menu frame...we'll see.
Added new links section - XI Corps links - with three new regimental website links. If you know other XI Corps websites, let me know so I can include them as well.
Added post war image of Robert Hubbard, Surgeon of the 17th Connecticut.
Added link to the "Friends of the Florence Stockade" site. Three soldiers from the Seventeenth died at Florence, SC while held as POW's. Check this site out - its is a worthwhile preservation project.
After many years of searching, an image of Lt. Colonel Charles Walter, KIA at Chancellorsville. Many thanks to Paul Loane for his kind permission to use this image here!
Added a new biography site - Who They Were - to the menu. If anyone has an ancestor or soldier they would like to spotlight, then write a short biography of that soldier and e-mail it to me. I'll include it in this section. Here's YOUR chance to remember those who gave so much!
Added images of Captain James Ayres, Chaplain William Hall, and Corporal Andrew Couch. Once again I am indebted to Bobby Dobbins for the use of these images!
Updated the appearance of the title page -- no more frames, easier to navigate!
The roster is being indexed to allow for checking by surname. So far, entries up through the letter "K" are complete.
The roster index is complete...you can now search by surname as well as by company.
Added an image of Captain James Moore - Company C and KIA at Gettysburg. Not a great image, but the only one I've seen yet.
Added an image of Private Albert Allen - Company A. Thanks to Mike Fisher for supplying this great image!
Added an image of civil war vets in Greenwich, CT 1910 Memorial Day parade. Thanks to Bridget Carroll for this image.
Work has begun on a page devoted to letters written by and to the soldiers of the Seventeenth. If you have any you wish to share, contact me!
Added an image of Sgt. Joseph North, Company H. Thanks to Chris Edy for this image.
Added a new section featuring letters from the soldiers of the Seventeenth. It is a small sampling thus far...please contribute! In addition, I added the missing section of the Noble history...the "Notices of Individual Officers". Each staff officer and company commander is named.
Added an image of Captain Henry Burr and Private Michael Ryan, both of Company E. Thanks to Jim Joyce for these images!
Began work on a section devoted to the 17th in Florida. Added an article about Braddock's Farm, written by Jeff Grzelak, who also submitted several images yet to be added. Thanks, Jeff!
Added two new images - Pvt. Timothy Donovan and Quartermaster Hanford Hayes. Thanks to Brian Donovan and Jeff Grzelak for contributing them. Also, began to add William Warren's serial history of the 17th, contributed by Dr. Walter Powell. Also added some interesting background info on Warren's work, contributed by Lt.Col. Art House (USA, Retired). Thanks to all for making this site that much better!
A major re-design is in progress. New information, plus more of the Warren articles posted.
Two new images posted. an image of James Bailey of Company C, courtesy Robert Young. A better copy of the James Moore image, also from Bob. Finally, an image of George Gregory of Company D was added.
Added an account of the Seventeenth CVI's Christmas at Folly Island, SC in 1863. Copies provided by Robert Young. Thanks, Bob!
Consolidated the "History" sections into one introduction page, with appropriate links. Hopefully, more Warren history articles to come soon!
Added 4 new articles to the William Warren history - complete through Chancellorsville...Gettysburg will be posted soon!
Added an image believed to be Albert Seeley, Company B. Thank you Scott Hann, for contributing this image! Also, added a new front page to the images section, with a terrific original image of the officers of the Seventeenth, contributed by Jeff Grzelak.
Added a piece written by Jeff Grzelak to the biography section...this one is about the courtmartial of Lt. Hanford Hayes, regimental Quartermaster. Interesting!
Added the letters of Sgt. Augustus Bronson of Company C from the Danbury Times, 1862/1863.
Added more articles to the Warren history - all of Gettysburg history now on-line, through February 1864.
Warren history is now completely posted on-line.
2 images of Selah G. Blakeman, Company D added. Thanks to Ann Wardman for contributing them! Letter from J. Henry Blakeman added, donated by Paul Fine. Thank you, Paul! Updated the "Letters" section as well.
Added an image of Sgt. Patrick Wade, Company K, that I recently bought.
Updated the "Biography" section, and added bios on the Hubbell's who served in the Seventeenth.
Casualties of the Seventeenth at Gettysburg have been added, listed by company.
Added a new section to the Gettysburg pages...J. Montgomery Bailey's account of the battle from the Danbury Times.
Added several letters from Sgt. James Bosworth, Company D. Thank you, Jeff Grzelak for one of them. Also added a letter from Pvt. James Hurlbutt, Company A. If you were the donor,please let me know...I lost your name!!
Added the obituary for Pvt. Timothy Donovan, Company A, contributed by Brian Donovan.
Added a photo of Musician Henry Huss, Company D, contributed by Sue McCabe. Watch for a bio entry and two other images from Sue to be posted soon!
Added a biographical sketch of Musician Henry Huss, Company D, contributed by Sue McCabe.
Added a post-war image of Sgt. Isaac Criesey, Company H, contributed by Jael Raymond. Also, added 2 more photos of Musician Henry Huss, Company D, contributed by Sue McCabe. These are post-war reunion photo's. Can you identify any other veterans?
Added a new image I recently acquired of Pvt. Stephen Lewis, Company D.
Added 3 letters written by Pvt. (later Corporal) Stephen Wilcox, Co. F, including 1 from Gettysburg. Thanks to Lane Wilcox Cheney for providing the transcriptions!
Added a post-war image of Anthony Comstock, a controversial veteran of Company H, a public domain image found in several places. Also, added a new page to the Chancellorsville section with photo's of Captain William Lacey's pistol. The photo's are courtesy of Larry Stewart, current owner of the gun.
Added a biography of Sgt. Isaac Crissy (aka Crissey), which was contributed by his descendent Jael Raymond.Also added to the "Letters" section are some poems written home by Sgt. Crissy to his family.
Added a new sketch by Musician Henry Huss, contributed by Gayle Sullivan. This shows the fireplace and cooking utensils used by Huss and his tent mates. A key in Henry's own words is included.
Added 4 new images - Capt. Marcus Waterbury, Capt. Theodore Gray, 1st Sergeant N. Raymond Griffith and Lt. David Bartram. Lt. Bartram is used courtesy of Shelia Hislop. The first 3 are all recent acquisitions of mine.
Added images of John and Thomas Hearn, Principal Musicians of the 17th CVI. The images were contributed by Kathleen McGarry, G-G Granddaughter of their brother.
Added biographical information for George S. Ferry, Company G. Information supplied by John Ferry.
A lot of extras and some cleanup in the past few months. Images of George Scofield, Edgar Hoyt and John Harvey were added courtesy of the Stamford Historical Society. The Gettysburg Reunion section now includes the 1889 reunion, transcribed once more by Ginny Gage. Thanks again, Ginny! In the next few months additional information should come online, once it is categorized and coded.
No new material, but the site was just given a 5 star review by CW Interactive Premium - thanks to all who have helped make the 17th CVI site what it is today!
Added a biography for Robert Hubbard, Surgeon of the 17th CVI. Also added a short biography of Chaplain William K. Hall. Both are from "The Standard's History of Bridgeport", published in 1897.
Corrected the text of the James Hurlbutt letter and gave proper credit to Charlene Henderson, the contributor of the letter (whose name I lost but is now found!)
Added a biography of Francis (Frank) H. Ferry, Company C, brother of George S. Ferry. Thanks to John Ferry for sending it in!
Added a letter written by "John", a soldier on Company D, courtesy of the collection of Stephen Altic. Thanks, Steve!