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7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
Branch
  
Allegiance
  
Active
  
September 1861 to August 1865

Engagements
  
Battle of OlusteeSiege of Fort PulaskiBattle of James IslandBattery WagnerBattle of Drewry's BluffSiege of PetersburgBattle of Chaffin's FarmSecond Battle of Fort Fisher

The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Because it was in the same brigade as the 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, both regiments were often jointly called the '77th New England'.

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Service

The regiment was organized at New Haven, Connecticut on September 13, 1861. It mustered out on July 20, 1865, and discharged at New Haven, Connecticut on August 11, 1865.

In October and November 1863, the regiment's status changed. It was equipped as a "boat infantry" for the specific purpose of leading an amphibious night assault on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Although the 7th trained at Folly Island, South Carolina, the project was ultimately ended because it was deemed impractical.

Total strength and casualties

The Regiment, which numbered 1000 men, lost during service 11 Officers and 157 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by disease. Total 364.

Officers

  • Alfred Terry, Major General, raised and led the regiment
  • Joseph Roswell Hawley, Lieutenant Colonel
  • Benjamin F. Skinner, Captain and company commander
  • Thomas T. Minor, Surgeon of the regiment
  • Seagar S. Atwell, Colonel

    Enlisted men

  • Frederick H. Dyer, drummer boy
  • Pvt. Jerome Dupoy of Redding, Connecticut
  • Pvt. John Rowley of Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was found guilty of the murder of Pvt. Jerome Dupoy by General Court Martial and hung on September 3, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia.
  • Pvt. William Norton, Company C
  • Pvt. Stephen Walkley, Company A of Southington, Connecticut
  • Corporal Edward D. Phelps of New Haven, Ct, Company F, 7th Regiment Ct Volunteer Infantry, Captured at Drury's Bluff, 16 May 1864. POW at Andersonville-survived ref: Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site; Andersonville Prisoners of War [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
  • Principal engagements

  • Battle of Olustee
  • Siege of Fort Pulaski
  • Battle of James Island
  • Battery Wagner
  • Battle of Drewry's Bluff
  • Siege of Petersburg
  • Battle of Chaffin's Farm
  • Second Battle of Fort Fisher
  • References

    7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Wikipedia


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