-Residence: Thompson, CT
-Enlisted as Private on Sept 9, 1861
-Enlisted in Co.K,7th Inf. Regt, Connecticut Sept 12, 1861
-Mustered out Sept 12, 1864, at end of 3-year enlistment period
Regimental History (Partial) 7th REGIMENT CONNECTICUT C. V. INFANTRY.(Three Years.)
The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized at New Haven in August, 1861, under the first call for three years men, and contained a large percentage of the lately discharged three months volunteers. The regiment, one thousand and eighteen strong, was mustered into the United States service at New Haven, September 17, 1861, and started next day for Washington, D. C., where it was brigaded with the Sixth Connecticut and Third and Seventh New Hampshire regiments, under command of Brigadier-General Horatio G. Wright.
Leaving Fortress Monroe October 29th,and encountering a
series of heavy gales which wrecked some vessels and scattered the fleet, the regiment arrived off Port Royal, S. C., November 4th. At the bombardment of Port Royal and the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard on the 7th of November, the Seventh was the first regiment ashore and into the rebel fortifications,and its colors the first to float over the soil of South Carolina since her secession.
Offensive operations at various points in the Department
of the South kept the Seventh constantly employed, though with slight losses, until October 22, 1862, when they were engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., sustaining a loss of twenty-nine killed and wounded.
-Enlisted as Private on Sept 9, 1861
-Enlisted in Co.K,7th Inf. Regt, Connecticut Sept 12, 1861
-Mustered out Sept 12, 1864, at end of 3-year enlistment period
Regimental History (Partial) 7th REGIMENT CONNECTICUT C. V. INFANTRY.(Three Years.)
The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized at New Haven in August, 1861, under the first call for three years men, and contained a large percentage of the lately discharged three months volunteers. The regiment, one thousand and eighteen strong, was mustered into the United States service at New Haven, September 17, 1861, and started next day for Washington, D. C., where it was brigaded with the Sixth Connecticut and Third and Seventh New Hampshire regiments, under command of Brigadier-General Horatio G. Wright.
Leaving Fortress Monroe October 29th,and encountering a
series of heavy gales which wrecked some vessels and scattered the fleet, the regiment arrived off Port Royal, S. C., November 4th. At the bombardment of Port Royal and the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard on the 7th of November, the Seventh was the first regiment ashore and into the rebel fortifications,and its colors the first to float over the soil of South Carolina since her secession.
Offensive operations at various points in the Department
of the South kept the Seventh constantly employed, though with slight losses, until October 22, 1862, when they were engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., sustaining a loss of twenty-nine killed and wounded.
-Residence: Thompson, CT
-Enlisted as Private on Sept 9, 1861
-Enlisted in Co.K,7th Inf. Regt, Connecticut Sept 12, 1861
-Mustered out Sept 12, 1864, at end of 3-year enlistment period
Regimental History (Partial) 7th REGIMENT CONNECTICUT C. V. INFANTRY.(Three Years.)
The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized at New Haven in August, 1861, under the first call for three years men, and contained a large percentage of the lately discharged three months volunteers. The regiment, one thousand and eighteen strong, was mustered into the United States service at New Haven, September 17, 1861, and started next day for Washington, D. C., where it was brigaded with the Sixth Connecticut and Third and Seventh New Hampshire regiments, under command of Brigadier-General Horatio G. Wright.
Leaving Fortress Monroe October 29th,and encountering a
series of heavy gales which wrecked some vessels and scattered the fleet, the regiment arrived off Port Royal, S. C., November 4th. At the bombardment of Port Royal and the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard on the 7th of November, the Seventh was the first regiment ashore and into the rebel fortifications,and its colors the first to float over the soil of South Carolina since her secession.
Offensive operations at various points in the Department
of the South kept the Seventh constantly employed, though with slight losses, until October 22, 1862, when they were engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., sustaining a loss of twenty-nine killed and wounded.
-Enlisted as Private on Sept 9, 1861
-Enlisted in Co.K,7th Inf. Regt, Connecticut Sept 12, 1861
-Mustered out Sept 12, 1864, at end of 3-year enlistment period
Regimental History (Partial) 7th REGIMENT CONNECTICUT C. V. INFANTRY.(Three Years.)
The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized at New Haven in August, 1861, under the first call for three years men, and contained a large percentage of the lately discharged three months volunteers. The regiment, one thousand and eighteen strong, was mustered into the United States service at New Haven, September 17, 1861, and started next day for Washington, D. C., where it was brigaded with the Sixth Connecticut and Third and Seventh New Hampshire regiments, under command of Brigadier-General Horatio G. Wright.
Leaving Fortress Monroe October 29th,and encountering a
series of heavy gales which wrecked some vessels and scattered the fleet, the regiment arrived off Port Royal, S. C., November 4th. At the bombardment of Port Royal and the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard on the 7th of November, the Seventh was the first regiment ashore and into the rebel fortifications,and its colors the first to float over the soil of South Carolina since her secession.
Offensive operations at various points in the Department
of the South kept the Seventh constantly employed, though with slight losses, until October 22, 1862, when they were engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., sustaining a loss of twenty-nine killed and wounded.
Inscription
" Co.K 7Conn. Vols"
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