Author : Bernard F. Blakeslee
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 15,11 MB
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 338536194X
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Lesley J. Gordon
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,72 MB
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0807169242
The product of over a decade of research, Lesley J. Gordon’s A Broken Regiment recounts the tragic history of one of the Civil War’s most ill-fated Union military units. Organized in the late summer of 1862, the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was unprepared for battle a month later, when it entered the fight at Antietam. The results were catastrophic: nearly a quarter of the men were killed or wounded, and Connecticut’s 16th panicked and fled the field. After years of fighting, the regiment surrendered en masse in 1864. This unit’s complex history amid the interplay of various, and often competing, perspectives results in a fascinating and heartrending story.
Author : John Banks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1614239835
Stories of New England soldiers who perished in this bloody battle, based on their diaries and letters. The Battle of Antietam, in September 1862, was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. In the intense conflict and its aftermath across the farm fields and woodlots near Sharpsburg, Maryland, more than two hundred men from Connecticut died. Their grave sites are scattered throughout the Nutmeg State, from Willington to Madison and Brooklyn to Bristol. Here, author John Banks chronicles their mostly forgotten stories using diaries, pension records, and soldiers’ letters. Learn of Henry Adams, a twenty-two-year-old private from East Windsor who lay incapacitated in a cornfield for nearly two days before he was found; Private Horace Lay of Hartford, who died with his wife by his side in a small church that served as a hospital after the battle; and Captain Frederick Barber of Manchester, who survived a field operation only to die days later. This book tells the stories of these and many more brave Yankees who fought in the fields of Antietam. Includes photos
Author : John C. Rigdon
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1387960601
The 16th Connecticut was formed in Hartford County, Connecticut, in July and August 1862. It was mustered into service August 24, 1862 and became part of Mr. Lincoln's Army of the Potomac. Three weeks later the regiment first saw action at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland as part of Burnside's Ninth Army Corps. Having loaded muskets for the first time only the day before the battle, the regiment suffered significant casualties at Antietam. It next saw action at Fredericksburg, Virginia in December 1862, then at the Siege of Suffolk, Virginia in April/May 1863. In 1864, the 16th Connecticut, then with the 18th Army Corps, was part of the Union garrison at Plymouth, North Carolina, and vigorously defended Plymouth against a Confederate combined land and naval attack April 17-20, 1864 led by General Robert F. Hoke, C.S.A. Outnumbered more than 5 to 1, with no means of escape or opportunity for reinforcements, the Union garrison at Plymouth was surrendered on April 20, 1864 by Brigadier General Henry W. Wessells.
Author : B F (Bernard F ) Blakeslee
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781019559819
This book provides detailed accounts of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers during the Civil War. The book catalogs their journeys, battles, and victories in great detail. An essential read for anyone interested in the Civil War and the history of American soldiers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Banks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 39,5 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 162619792X
Over fifty thousand Connecticut soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War, yet their stories are nearly forgotten today. Among the regiments that served, at least forty sets of brothers perished from battlefield wounds or disease. Little known is the 16th Connecticut chaplain who, as prisoner of war, boldly disregarded a Rebel commander's order forbidding him to pray aloud for President Lincoln. Then there is the story of the 7th Connecticut private who murdered a fellow soldier in the heat of battle and believed the man's ghost returned to torment him. Seven soldiers from Connecticut tragically drowned two weeks after the war officially ended when their ship collided with another vessel on the Potomac. Join author John Banks as he shines a light on many of these forgotten Connecticut Yankees.
Author : James Hammond Trumbull
Publisher :
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Hartford County (Conn.)
ISBN :
Author : Dwight Loomis
Publisher :
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 43,2 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Connecticut
ISBN :
Author : Charles Folsom Walcott
Publisher :
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Massachusetts
ISBN :
Author : Blaikie Hines
Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Connecticut
ISBN : 9780970988874
