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HISTORY OF THE 27th CONNECTICUT INFANTRY

History of the 27th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

Written By General Frank D. Sloat, Late Captain of Company A, 27th Connecticut Volunteers

The Twenty-seventh Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, was organized under a call made by President Lincoln early in July, 1862, for 300,000 men. After several weeks spent in perfecting the organization and equipment, the regiment was mustered into the United States service October 22, 1862, and started for the field in the evening of that day. The numerical strength of the regiment at the time of muster was 829, rank and file, and under the command of Colonel Richard S. Bostwick of New Haven. Its members were recruited from the City of New Haven, with considerable numbers from Madison, Milford, Meriden, Wallingford, Branford, Clinton, and Guilford, and smaller quotas from other neighboring towns.

The regiment was ordered to report at Washington, D. C., without delay. Reaching its destination on the morning of October 25th, it went into camp on Arlington Heights, in a peach orchard owned by General Robert E. Lee. On the 27th of October the regiment was ordered to move a few miles up the Potomac, to join the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth New Jersey and the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania. These four regiments constituted a brigade of General Abercrombie's Division of the army for the defense of Washington.

Marching orders were received on the 30th of November, and the day following the Twenty-seventh crossed Chain Bridge, passed through Georgetown and Washington, and, after, five days' march on Maryland soil, reached Aquia Creek. The landing from Liverpool Point was effected during a driving snow-storm, the natural discomforts of which were greatly augmented by a serious shortage of supplies, and by the fact that night had set in before the place of bivouac had been reached.

The regiment left Aquia Creek for Falmouth on the 8th of December, arriving at the latter place the following day, and reporting at once to General D. N. Couch, who at that time commanded the Second Army Corps. General Couch assigned the Twenty-seventh to the Third Brigade of the First Division. The First Division was then commanded by General W . S. Hancock. Colonel (afterward General) S. K. Zook was in command of the Third Brigade.

At this time the Army of the Potomac was divided into three Grand Divisions — Right, Left, and Center. The Twenty-seventh, having been attached to the Second Corps, became a part of the Right Grand Division, commanded by General Edwin V. Sumner. The character and previous history of the Second Corps, and notably of General Hancock's Division, for desperate encounters and gallant leadership, was ample notice to the Twenty-seventh that it must calculate upon the severest of campaign service.

At this point the fact should be carefully noted that the Twenty-seventh, with the exception of the flank companies, was furnished with Austrian rifles of such an inferior order that no competent inspector would have passed them. Scarcely one of these weapons was without defects in the most essential particulars. Colonel Zook, in passing upon their unfitness, said : " Boys, if you cannot discharge them, you can use the bayonet."

On the 10th of December General Burnside entered upon his plan of attacking the enemy and the attempt to carry the strong defense on the Fredericksburg side of the Rappahannock. Early on the morning of the 12th, 375 men of the Twenty-seventh (the remainder having been detached for picket service along the river), moving from a point near the Phillips House, crossed into Fredericksburg.

On the morning of December 13th the Twenty-seventh, with other regiments of General Hancock's Division, formed on Caroline Street. Directly, the shell from the enemy's works crashed among the houses and plowed through the streets. The division being called to attention, preparatory to entering upon its perilous work of charging across the plain and assaulting the fortifications on Marye's Heights, General Hancock rode up to the Twenty-seventh, and leaning forward, with his right arm upraised, said: " You are the only Connecticut regiment in my division. Bring no dishonor upon the State you represent."

The order was given to advance. The division filed out of Caroline Street, and then went into line of battle on the open plain lying between the city and Marye's Heights, exposed to a murderous enfilading fire from the enemy's batteries. Those who survived the exposure to this concentrated fire of shot, shell, and pieces of railroad iron, were ushered into the whirlpool of still greater carnage when once within rifle-range of the forces massed in the sunken road at the base of the Heights, and protected by a stone-wall. A board fence, running parallel with the line of battle at this point, and less than a hundred yards from the stone-wall, served to arrest the advance of the few commands that could be induced or urged to face the enemy's terrific and deadly fire. Here the dead soon formed windrows across the fields, and among them were many of the Twenty-seventh. The utter hopelessness of dislodging the enemy was soon, apparent to all, and in view of this fact the moral courage of the troops making this charge was tested to the utmost degree. When night set in one-third of the Twenty-seventh thus engaged lay dead or wounded on the field or in hospital.

On the night of December 14th General Burnside withdrew from the enemy's side of the river, and soon thereafter the Twenty-seventh went into winter quarters, during which time General Hooker succeeded General Burnside, and the Twenty-seventh was transferred to the Fourth Brigade, under command of Colonel John R. Brooke.

Another temporary forward movement by the Army of the Potomac began about the 15th of April, 1863, culminating in the battle of Chancellorsville. This battle began May 1st, and five days thereafter General Hooker recrossed the river, the army returning t'o its old camp ground. From the opening of the battle until about eleven o'clock on Sunday, May 3d, the Twenty-seventh was actively engaged, getting little time for sleeping or eating. On Sunday morning the regiment, with the exception of Companies D and F, was ordered to occupy the entrenchments which it had thrown up the previous Friday evening. These works now formed a part of the picket line of the army, and from the nature of the position and its relation to the movements of the enemy, a large force was required in order to hold it. The fact that the regimental colors were not allowed to accompany the column was suggestive of the kind of work demanded. .

As the regiment advanced at double time down the hill into a ravine, it was met by a heavy fire of musketry. Several were shot in the head and a number of others wounded, as they were entering the works. It was soon noticed that the charge to " maintain the position at all hazards" devolved upon the Twenty-seventh and small detachments of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania and the Second Delaware — less than 400 men in all — and at the same time a large body of the enemy's infantry was observed making a wide circuit to the right, seemingly intent upon forcing the line at a point somewhat remote from that held by the Twenty-seventh. Immediately following this, a similar movement was made to the left. Suddenly unseen batteries in the rear opened fire, and shells shrieked through the trees and burst near the rifle-pits. Messengers were dispatched to the rear to find the commanding officer of the line and apprise him of the situation. Meanwhile Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Merwin, realizing the necessity of prompt action, made a personal investigation, only to find that the little band, upon whom rested the responsibility of holding the line, were virtually surrounded. Messengers were again dispatched to the rear to search for the officer presumably in command of the line, and report to him the situation. Meanwhile Colonel Bostwick dispatched Major Coburn to General Hancock for re-enforcement. The Major soon fell into the hands of the enemy.

Soon the shelling ceased, and in the front a Confederate officer appeared, waving a flag of truce and slowly advancing, waiting for recognition. At this point the firing ceased, while for a short time the musketry was more brisk on the left flank. When the flag of truce had nearly reached the works, it was halted to await the presence of the officer commanding the entire line. As this officer could not be found, the responsibility of receiving the bearer of the flag of truce devolved upon Colonel Bostwick of the Twenty-seventh. The Confederate officer announced himself as Lieutenant Bailey of the—Georgia Regiment, and stated that he had been directed to inform the commanding officer of the Union picket-line that his forces were entirely surrounded, and that there was no possibility of escape; and therefore he summoned a surrender, to avoid the loss of life which would inevitably follow any resistance to the overwhelming force in the front and rear. Colonel Bostwick was at first disinclined to regard the situation as so precarious as Lieutenant Bailey seemed to indicate. Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin also questioned the necessity of surrender, and in order to better satisfy himself of the actual state of affairs, promptly decided upon a personal investigation. He went through the woods to the rear, only to find it too true that the enemy were posted there in strong force. Soon the enemy came pouring in on both flanks, and the desperate position of the little band of Union troops was then made apparent. The first impulse among the officers was to attempt to force their way through. A moment's reflection forced the conviction that such a course would result in great loss of life, while the survivors would inevitably fall into the hands of the enemy. After a hurried consultation among the officers, a surrender was agreed upon, the formalities of which were barely completed when a heavy line of the enemy's skirmishers swept out of the wood in the rear.

History has established the fact that the reverses of Saturday and subsequent operations of Sunday morning compelled the formation of a new line of battle. The surging conflict had gradually crowded Hooker back, and late in the afternoon the army retired, by his order, to a position some distance in the rear of Chancellor House. The situation of the Twenty-seventh, in a ravine surrounded by dense woods, rendered it impossible to observe the movements going on in other parts of the extended field. The enemy, aware of Hooker's withdrawal, and knowing the situation of the little band thus left exposed, immediately formed a skirmish line, and were crowding forward with all possible speed, certain of their prey. General Hancock subsequently stated that orders were sent to the Twenty-seventh to fall back when Hooker established the new line of battle, but such an order was never received; hence the regiment still remained at the extreme front of the old line, entirely unconscious of this change of position.

As soon as the surrender was consummated, the captured troops were ordered to fall in, and the Twenty-seventh were marched up the road to General Lee's headquarters, where they were relieved of knapsacks, rubber blankets, shelter-tents, and canteens, and individually registered by name. Under a strong guard, they were marched off in the direction of Spottsylvania Court House.* The roads were full of Confederate wounded, moving to the rear. A portion of the Twenty-seventh captives reached Spottsylvania that evening, and slept in the Court House yard, while the remainder slept in the vicinity of the battle-field that night, and in the Court House yard the night following.

Guinea's Station was reached the following evening. The stay there was prolonged until Thursday, May 7th —three, days of misery hardly paralleled in any of the exposures of the entire campaign. Tuesday, May 5th, was intensely hot. The broiling rays of the sun seemed centered upon the large open lot occupied by the Union prisoners, unrelieved even by a solitary tree. A terrific thunder-storm in the evening was followed by a settled storm, bitterly raw and cold, continuing all night and the next day. Through all this the prisoners had no shelter whatever. The only ration served was three pints of flour per man, which, minus salt, was mixed with water, and dried before the fire.

The onward march of the regiment was resumed Thursday morning, May 7th. In consequence of the recent heavy rains, the roads were almost impassable. After a tiresome march over muddy roads and through a succession of vile swamps, and exhausted through want of food, the prisoners reached Richmond in the evening of May 9th, and were ushered into a tobacco factory opposite Libby Prison. The commissioned officers of the regiment had been sent by rail from Guinea's Station, and were already quartered in Libby. After several days of rebel prison life, the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Twenty-seventh were paroled and sent to Convalescent Camp at Annapolis, Md. The commissioned officers were detained in Libby several days after the departure of the others, and were frequently regaled with what to the prison officials seemed sweet morsels of information, to the effect that retaliation was to be had for the execution of two spies by General Burnside's order, and that two officers of the Twenty-seventh were to be selected by lot for a similar fate. The suspense thus created was removed a few days later by the announcement that the lot had fallen upon two officers from Tennessee. This matter having been arranged satisfactorily to the Confederate authorities, the officers of the Twenty-seventh received their parole Saturday, May 23d, and in the afternoon of that day began a forced march for City Point, at which place they boarded a United States transport, and arrived at Annapolis on the 25th of May.

Companies D and F still remained with Hooker's army, having escaped the fate which befell the other companies. These two companies had been detached for duty elsewhere, and did not accompany the regiment when it was ordered to the point where it was finally captured. From the remnants of the captured companies which still remained with the army, being in hospital or. detailed for special service, another company was formed, and placed under command of Captain Jedediah Chapman. The three companies were under command of Captain Joseph R. Bradley of Company F, as senior officer, until the exchange and return of Lieutenant Colonel Merwin. Colonel Bostwick returned to the front at the earliest moment possible after his exchange, but, in consequence of his severe and protracted sickness, the Lieutenant Colonel took command of the battalion, which now consisted of three companies, numbering in all about seventy-five men. Companies A, B, C, E, G, H, I, and K were yet subject to their parole, not having been exchanged.

Thus the Twenty-seventh continued to maintain an active position with the Army of the Potomac until the battle of Gettysburg had been fought and won. Moving with the Second Corps, which was the last to leave the line of the Rappahannock, the regiment crossed the Potomac at Edward's Ferry at midnight on the 26th of June, and after a forced march with the army in its maneuvers to cover Washington and Baltimore, it reached Gettysburg during the evening of July 1 st. At early dawn on the 2d the regiment moved forward to take its place in the line of battle. It was stationed about a mile and a half south of Cemetery Hill, in the line occupied by the Second Corps. In the afternoon the Third Corps advanced from its position on the left of the Second, moving toward the Emmittsburg Road, and was soon engaged. Its thin line faltering under the force of the enemy's terrific attack, the Twenty-seventh, with the rest of the First Division, was hurried forward to its support. When the Twenty-seventh entered the Wheat Field, the broken and disordered columns of the Third Corps were slowly retiring to the rear, closely followed by the enemy. As the Twenty-seventh, with the other regiments of the Fourth Brigade, moved toward the advancing foe, now within close rifle-range, the men became exposed to a sweeping fire. Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin soon fell, mortally wounded, while leading the command with his accustomed bravery. The command of the Twenty-seventh then devolved upon Major Coburn.

The line pressed forward at double time, forcing the enemy from the Wheat Field and into the woods beyond. A ravine, rising into a precipitous ledge on its further side, checked the advancing line. The men with much difficulty clambered up the rocky steep, but as they appeared on the crest of the ledge, the enemy, drawn up in readiness just beyond, within pistol-range, delivered a withering fire. The contest at this point continued for some time. Planting the colors upon the crest, the men loaded their rifles under shelter of the brow of the hill, and then rose up and delivered their fire. Colonel Brooke soon discovered that his brigade had no support on either flank, and that the enemy was advancing a body of troops toward the right, with the evident purpose of flanking him.* He then ordered the shattered line to fall back, which was accomplished under a destructive fire.

The Twenty-seventh went into this action with seventy-five men, which were all that could be mustered for duty after an active service of not quite nine months. At five o'clock p. m. that little band formed for the charge at the edge of the Wheat Field, and at dark eleven had been killed and missing, and twenty-seven wounded. Among the killed were Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin and Captain Jedediah Chapman.

The following morning General Hancock visited the brigade, and its commander, Colonel Brooke, called the General's, attention to the little remnant of the Twenty-seventh, and alluded, in strong terms of commendation, to the conduct of the regiment in the Wheat Field charge. Turning to the men, General Hancock said : " Stand well to your duty now, and in a few days you will carry with you to your homes all the honors of this, the greatest battle ever fought upon this Continent."

The position held by the Twenty-seventh on the 3d of July was in the main line, and a few yards to the left of the point attacked by the Confederates in the last charge made by them in that great battle. On the 5th of July the Twenty-seventh moved from Cemetery Ridge, and leaving Gettysburg by the Taneytown Road returned through Frederick City, and crossed the Blue Ridge by way of Crampton's Gap. Being once more in the vicinity of the enemy, who were in position at Williamsport pre- paring to recross the Potomac, the regiment, with others of the brigade, was ordered to Falling Waters, a short distance below Williamsport, arriving there in time to participate in the closing scenes of an engagement resulting in the capture of the enemy's rear guard, more than one thousand strong. Leaving Falling Waters, the regiment moved with the Second Corps down the Potomac to Harper's Ferry.

On the morning of July 18th the Twenty-seventh severed its connection with the Army of the Potomac. In announcing this event, Colonel Brooke, the Brigade Commander, issued the following order:

HEADQUARTERS F O U R T H BRIGADE, F I R S T DIVISION, SECOND CORPS, CAMP IN PLEASANT VALLEY, MARYLAND, July 17, 1863. G E N E R A L ORDERS N O . 9 :

The term of service of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Volunteers having nearly expired, it has been relieved from further duty and ordered to report at its place of enrollment. The Colonel commanding the brigade desires, in parting with the officers and men of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut, to convey to them his sincere feelings of regret at losing their services, while at the same, time he thanks them for the obedience and faithfulness which have been a marked feature of the regiment. Knowing it intimately for so m a n y m o n t h s of active and arduous service — having been an eyewitness of its many deeds of gallantry and of the noble devotion displayed by it on many a memorable day during the time in which he has had the honor to command its services — he feels it a duty which he owes not only to the living heroes but to the memory of those who have fallen in the field in battling in our righteous cause, to bear testimony to the valor and gallantry which it has always displayed.

Side by side with the veterans of the Army of the Potomac it has fought, and by the gallantry of its conduct won for itself an enviable name and reputation, which may well, in future years, cause all who belong to it to feel a pardonable pride in having to say that they served with the Twenty-seventh Connecticut.

By order of COLONEL BROOKE. LIEUTENANT CHARLES P . H A T C H , A. A. A. G

That portion of the regiment from Annapolis and Camp Convalescent who were yet paroled prisoners of war joined the detachment of the Army of the Potomac at Baltimore, and on the 22d of July, 1863, the survivors of the Twenty-seventh — now mustering about half the original number—arrived at its "place of enrollment," and were greeted by every token ' of enthusiastic and hospitable welcome that the military companies, municipal authorities, and loyal populace of New Haven could bestow.

• Since the battle it has been discovered that in making this gallant charge Brooke's Brigade advanced several hundred yards beyond the division line of battle, and therefore was unsupported while engaging the enemy on the crest of the ledge.

ENGAGEMENTS

• https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/connecticut/27th-connecticut/

Fredericksburg, Va.., Dec. 13, 1862. Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Charles P. Hamblen and Walter L. Powell, ed., Connecticut Yankees at Gettysburg, (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1993), 45.
• Favill, Josiah Marshall. The Diary of a Young Officer Serving with the Armies of the United States during the War of the Rebellion. Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1909.
• Longley, Dione., and Buck Zaidel. Heroes for All Time Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories. 1st ed. Middleton, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2014.
• Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion, (Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Company, 1889), 829.
• Sheldon, Winthrop Dudley. The "Twenty-seventh.": A Regimental History. United States: Morris & Benham, 1866. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Twenty_seventh/VrpEAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

GETTYSBURG ORDER OF BATTLE

Battle of Gettysburg, Union Order of Battle

ROSTER

II Corps, First Division, 4th Brigade

Commanding: Col John Rutter Brooke (1838-1926) (w) Gettysburg

27th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

Field and Staff

Colonel

Commanding: Col. Richard S. Bostwick (1831-1906)

Lieutenant-Colonel

Commanding: Ltc Henry C. Merwin (1839-1863) (k) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Majors

Maj. Theodore Byxbee (1833-1913) Discharged 28 Mar 1863

Maj James H. Coburn (1836-1899) Gettysburg

Adjutant

Cpl. George F. Peterson Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Quartermasters

Hart Lynde Harrison (1837-1906) Resigned 20 Jan 1863

Cpt. Ruell Pardee Cowles (1829-1891) Appointment from Capt. Co. H, 13 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863

Surgeon

William O. McDonald Discharged 23 May 1863

Asst. Surgeons

Frederick S. Treadway Discharged 24 Mar 1863

Dr. Thomas M. Hills (1839-1909) Dismissed 2 Feb 1863

Chaplain

John W. Leek (1828-1877) Discharged 25 Mar 1863

Non-Commissioned Staff

Sergeant-Majors

Sgt. Maj. Edmund B. Cross

Sgt. Maj. Francis A. Foster

Q.M.-Sergeant

QM Sgt. Charles A. Baldwin

Com.-Sergeant

Com. Sgt. John H. Steadman (1833-1895) Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Hospital Steward

Jesse W. Henry (1830-1913) Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Company A

Captains

Maj James H. Coburn (1836-1899) Promoted Major 1 May 1863; Gettysburg

Cpt. Frank D. Sloat (1835-1922) Captured 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville

Corporals

Cpl. William Clark Tyler (1838-1907) Discharged 28 Feb 1863

Privates

Pvt. Joseph Wright Cowan (1841-1919) ?

Company B

Captains

Cpt. Calvin Luther Ely (1828-1905) Gettysburg? Mustered out 28 Jul 1863

Privates

Pvt. Joseph Cusher Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Charles Paden Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Company C

Captains

Cpt. Addison C. Taylor (1842-1863) Mortally Wounded at Fredericksburg 13 Dec 1862; Died 13 Mar 1863

Cpt. Ira Sherman Beers (1837-1900) Promoted from 1St Lt. Company G 1 May 1863; Captured at Chancellorsville 3 May 1863; Paroled 23 May 1863; Mustered Out 17 Jul 1863

Corporals

Cpl. Charles E. Cornwall (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Cpl. Gilbert A.W. Ford Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Privates

Pvt. William Levi Bodwell (1838-1863) Mortally wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863; Died II Corps Hospital 5 Jul 1863

Pvt. Joseph Stevens (Unknown-1863) Missing in action, probably killed at Gettysburg

Pvt. Henry E. Wing (1839-1925) Wounded at Fredericksburg 13 Dec 1862; Discharged 3 Feb 1863

Company D

Captains

Cpt. Cornelius J. DuBois (Unknown-Unknown) Wounded at Gettysburg

1st Lieutenants

1st Lt. Frank H. Smith (See Privates Co. C, 2d Connecticut Volunteers); Wounded 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg VA; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

2nd Lieutenants

2nd Lt. Ellsworth A. Smith (1843-1912) Wounded 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, VA; Discharged 16 Apr 1863.

Sergeants

Sgt. Henry Belden Hill (1847-1863) Died from wounds received at Fredericksburg January 14, 1863

Sgt. George T. Swank Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Corporals

Cpl. William E. Wilson (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Privates

Pvt. Dwight T. Brockett (1814-1866) Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Patrick Dunn (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 July 1863

Pvt. John Goodwin (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. John Hogan Wounded and Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Marcus O. Judson (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg

Pvt. Thomas M. Kilcullen Wounded and Captured at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863; Died Richmond 17 Sep 1863

Pvt. William Lee Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Charles H. Nichols Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. John Phillips Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. William O. Scott (1840-1863) Killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Richard A. Tenner (Unknown-1898) Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. John E. Williamson Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Thomas G. Yale (Unknown-1863) Mortally Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863 Died 28 Aug 1863

Company E

Captains

Cpt. George F. Hotchkiss Discharged 20 Apr 1863

Cpt. David S. Thomas Mustered 1st Lt.; Promoted 1May 1863; Captured 3May 1863, Chancellorsville, VA; Paroled 23 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Sergeants

Sgt. Almarine Hayward (1829-1900) Captured at Chancellorsville

Privates

Pvt. Charles H. Henderson Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Company F

Captains

Cpt. Joseph R. Bradley (1827-1891) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

1st Lieutenants

DeWitt C. Sprague (1846-1908) (See Private Co. C, 2nd Connecticut Volunteers); Wounded 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, VA; Discharged 17 May 1863.

1st Lt. Charles P. Prince (1832-1879) Mustered 2nd Lt.; Promoted 17 May 1863; Wounded 2 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, PA; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

2nd Lieutenants

2nd Lt. Daniel Worcester (1833-1915) Mustered in Sgt.; Promoted 17 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Sergeants

Sgt. Stiles L. Beach (Abt. 1840-1886) Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Sgt. Henry D. Russell (1844-1863) Wounded 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, VA; Died 4 Jan 1863.

Corporals

Cpl. Henry William Clark (1834-1919) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Pvt. Michael Confrey (unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Privates

Pvt. Edward B. Farr Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Edward B. Fowler Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Daniel O'Neal Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

1st Lt. Charles P. Prince Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Sgt. Thomas Ward Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Company G

Captains

Cpt. Samuel T. Birdsell Captured 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville, VA; Paroled 23 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Corporals

Cpl. William H. Stannis Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Privates

Pvt. John Griffin Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Martin Merrill Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Company H

Captains

Cpt. Ruell Pardee Cowles (1829-1891) Resigned 13 May 1863, to accept appointment as

Cpt. Jedediah Chapman (1839-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Privates

Pvt. Samuel Hine Captured at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Company I

Captains

Cpt. Charles Morrison Wilcox (1832-1899) Wounded 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Company K

Captains

Cpt. Bernard E. Schweizer (-1862) Killed 13 Dec. 1862, Fredericksburg, VA

Cpt. Oswald Eschrich Mustered in as 1st Lt.; Promoted 12 Mar 1863; Captured 3 May 1863 Chancellorsville, VA; Paroled 23 May 1863; Dismissed 17 Jun 1863

1st Lieutenants

1st Lt. Christian Weiler (1824-1910) Mustered in 2d Lt.; Promoted 1 Mar 1863; Captured 3 May 1863 Chancellorsville, VA; Paroled 23 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

2nd Lieutenants

2nd Lt. William Muhlner (See Pvt. Co. H, 6th Connecticut Volunteers) Mustered in 1st Sgt. Promoted 1 Mar 1863; Captured 3 May 1863 Chancellorsville, VA; Paroled 23 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

1st Sergeants

1st Sgt. Louis Oppertshauser Mustered in Sgt.; Promoted 1 Mar 1863; Captured 3 May 1863, Chancellorsville, VA; Paroled 14 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Corporals

Cpl. Peter Schmidt (Unknown-1912) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG

Cpt. Samuel T. Birdsall Gettysburg

William Levi Bodwell (1838-1863) Killed at Gettysburg

Cpt. Joseph R. Bradley (1827-1891) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Dwight T. Brockett (1814-1866) Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Col John Rutter Brooke (1838-1926) Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Cpt. Jedediah Chapman (1839-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Cpl. Henry William Clark (1834-1919) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Pvt. Edward B. Fowler Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Maj James H. Coburn (1836-1899) Gettysburg

Pvt. Michael Confrey (unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Cpl. Charles E. Cornwall (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg

Pvt. Joseph Cusher Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Cpt. Cornelius J. DuBois (Unknown-Unknown) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Patrick Dunn (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg 2 July 1863

Pvt. Edward B. Farr Killed at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Cpl. Gilbert A.W. Ford Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. John Goodwin (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. John Griffin Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Charles H. Henderson Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Samuel Hine Captured at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. John Hogan Wounded and Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Marcus O. Judson (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg

Pvt. Thomas M. Kilcullen Wounded and Captured at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863; Died Richmond 17 Sep 1863

Pvt. William Lee Captured at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Martin Merrill Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Ltc Henry C. Merwin (1839-1863) (k) Killed at Gettysburg

Pvt. Charles H. Nichols Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Daniel O'Neal Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Charles Paden Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Adjutant Cpl. George F. Peterson Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. John Phillips Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

1st Lt. Charles P. Prince (1832-1879) Mustered 2nd Lt.; Promoted 17 May 1863; Wounded 2 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, PA; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Cpl. Peter Schmidt (Unknown-1912) Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. William O. Scott (1840-1863) Killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Cpl. William H. Stannis Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Pvt. Joseph Stevens (Unknown-1863) Missing in action, probably killed at Gettysburg

Sgt. Stiles L. Beach (Abt. 1840-1886) Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Sgt. George T. Swank Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. Richard A. Tenner (Unknown-1898) Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Sgt. Thomas Ward Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863

Cpl. William E. Wilson (Unknown-1863) Killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

Pvt. John E. Williamson Wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863

2nd Lt. Daniel Worcester (1833-1915) Mustered in Sgt.; Promoted 17 May 1863; Mustered out 27 Jul 1863.

Pvt. Thomas G. Yale (Unknown-1863) Mortally Wounded at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863 Died 28 Aug 1863

Captains

First Lieutenants

Second Lieutenants

First Sergeants

Sergeants

Corporals

Drummer

Fifer

Wagoner

Privates