Source: Adjutant-General's Office. Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &c., &c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries
Ingersoll, Colin M., 1869 p. 376
Eighth Regiment Infantry Connecticut Volunteers
: Infantry Company E
: Corporal William G Benham Residence Waterbury: Mustered September 25, 1861: Disch, disability May 31, 1863: Hartford, Ct.
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