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The Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery

It was in November, 1863, that the War Department orders were issued changing the Nineteenth Infantry to a regiment of heavy artillery, which Governor Buckingham denominated the Second Connecticut. Artillery drill had for some time been part of its work, and the general efficiency and good record of the regiment in all particulars was responsible for the change, which was a welcome one, as the artillery was considered a very desirable branch of the service, and the increase in size gave prospects of speedier promotions. Recruiting had been necessary almost all the time to keep the regiment up to the … Read more

Encampment in Virginia

Washington in September, 1862, while relatively secure from the easy capture which would have been possible in the summer of the previous year, was not in a situation of such safety as to preclude anxiety, for Pope had just been beaten at Bull Run and Lee’s army was north of the Potomac in the first of its memorable invasions of the loyal states. On the very day of his check at Antietam, September 17th, the Nineteenth Connecticut Volunteers reached the capital, and the next day moved into the hostile state of Virginia, bivouacking near Alexandria. In this vicinity the regiment … Read more

The Call to Arms for Litchfield County, CT

Presentation of colors, September 10th, 1862

In spite of the labors of unnumbered chroniclers, it is not easy, if indeed it is possible, for us of this later generation to realize adequately the great patriotic uprising of the war times. It began in the early days of 1861 with the assault on Fort Sumter, which, following a long and trying season of uncertainty, furnished the sudden shock that resolved the doubts of the wavering and changed the opinions of the incredulous. Immediately there swept over all the northern states a wave of intense national feeling, attended by scenes of patriotic and confident enthusiasm more noisy than … Read more

The First Battle of the County Regiment

Charge of the 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia.

The movements of both armies were bringing them steadily nearer to Richmond, and but one chance now remained to achieve the object of the campaign, the defeat of Lee’s army north of the Chickahominy and away from the strong defenses of the Confederate capital. The enemy, swinging southward to conform to Grant’s advance, finally reached the important point of Cold Harbor on May 31st. Cavalry was sent forward to dislodge him, and seized some of the entrenchments near that place, while both armies were hurried forward for the inevitable battle. The Sixth Corps, of which the Second Artillery was part, … Read more

Ranald S. Mackenzie Takes Command

Immediately after receiving news of the action of June 1st, Governor Buckingham had sent a commission as colonel to Lieutenant-Colonel James Hubbard. He, however, was unwilling to assume the responsibility of the command; this had been his first battle, and he “drew the hasty inference that all the fighting was likely to consist of a similar walking into the jaws of hell. He afterwards found that this was a mistake.” Upon General Upton’s advice, therefore, the officers recommended to the Governor the appointment of Ranald S. Mackenzie, then a captain of engineers on duty at headquarters, and this recommendation being … Read more

Assault on Fisher’s Hill and Battle of Cedar Creek

General Sheridan’s method of operation could hardly be held as dilatory. It would doubtless have commended itself more highly to his men if it had been somewhat more so, when at daylight on the morning after the splendid success of September 19th they were ordered in pursuit of Early’s army. The Confederate forces had taken position on Fisher’s Hill, considered the Gibraltar of the Valley, and according to Sheridan, almost impregnable to a direct assault. Two days were occupied in bringing up troops and making dispositions for the attack. The Second Connecticut reached its assigned position on the 21st near … Read more

Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia

Colonel Hubbard, though born in Salisbury, had lived in the West before the war, and first saw service with an Illinois regiment. Returning to Connecticut, he assisted in raising a company for the Nineteenth, and was mustered in as its captain. He was steadily promoted until the death of Colonel Kellogg brought him naturally to the command of the regiment; but, as has been said, his own modest estimate of his qualifications for this responsibility caused him to decline the appointment. When it came to him a second time he accepted, and proved by his subsequent handling of the regiment … Read more

Return to Litchfield County, CT

Immediately after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Sixth Corps was moved to Burkesville, some distance from Appomattox in the direction of Richmond, and there it remained for about ten days awaiting events. On April 22nd it was ordered southward to Danville, with a view to joining Sherman’s army then confronting Johnston in North Carolina, a movement which again necessitated some fatiguing marches, the one hundred and five miles being covered in less than five days. News was received, however, that Johnston had followed the example of Lee and surrendered, and the corps thereupon faced about once … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers

The Twenty-fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, (George P. Bissell, Colonel), was recruited in Hartford and Tolland Counties, in the fall of 1862. The regiment was composed of the very best material, being almost exclusively young men impelled by patriotic motives, and from the first they took a high stand for efficiency and good discipline. Later in its history, when the regiment had been tried in marches and battles, it was thus described by Adjutant-General Morse in his report to the Legislature for 1864: “This is one of the best of our nine months’ regiments and bore a conspicuous part in the … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company B

Roster of Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. Arthur T. Hinckley. First Lieutenant. Henry A. Darling. Second Lieutenants. Daniel V. Marshall, William A. Oliver, Frederick W. White. Sergeants. Henry W. Caye, Samuel W. Steele, William Sewart, William Taylor. Corporals. John Brown, William C. Bruce, William W. Chappell, Hiram Craw, James Jordon, Henry A. Spalding, Franklyn E. Wallace, William J. Warren, Andrew F. Williams. Musician. Elizuer S. Reed. Privates. William Anderson, Joseph Baily, Levi Baily, Steven T. Bartlett, Sylvester Bartram, Levi Benson, Joseph Barnard, William Blake, Austin Booth, Avery Brown, Thomas F. Bunce, James Burns, Albert Cady, Richard … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company D

Roster of Company D, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. George H. Foskit. First Lieutenant. Oscar W. Sanford. Second Lieutenants. George Brennan, Ephraim Taft. Sergeants. Michael Noland, Francis Patten, George Root, Franklyn D. Winters. Corporals. James D. Fenton, Alonzo L. Howard, Ralph Lull, Francis R. Munsell, Marvin A. Shearer, Daniel Webster, Albro Weir, Henry Whiton. Musicians. Emery Carpenter, Henry Hotchkiss. Privates. James H. Adams, John R. Aldrich, Francis A. Allen, Joseph Allen, Samuel Bartlett, David Belcher, James M. Blanchard, John Brennan, Abner S. Brooks, John Bumstead, James Clark, Paine Cleveland, Frederick A. Close, Timothy Collins, Aaron Converse, Andrew A. … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company C

Roster of Company C, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captains. Samuel S. Hayden, Richard W. Roberts. First Lieutenant. Alfred W. Converse. Second Lieutenants. Gurdon Trumburm, Benjamin F. Turner. Sergeants. Addison F. Lamphear, William C. Anderson, Levi G. Hayden, George H. Snow, Jacob A. Turner, Gardner Wilmarth. Corporals. Ira B. Addis, Joseph Fisher, Robert Morrison, Edward Newport, Cyrus Root, Elisha H. Skinner, George H. Smith, William W. Strickland, Benjamin F. Wilcox. Musicians. Norman Fassett, James E. Lacey. Privates. Jason Smith, William H. Baldwin, Daniel B. Barnard, Alfred Beers, Noble H. Bennett, John Brandley, Charles Burgess, Jerome K. Button, Leander W. … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company G

Roster of Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. Charles H. Talcott. First Lieutenant. Hezekiah Bissell. Second Lieutenant. Charles Avery. Sergeants. Benjamin F. Turner, Samuel C. Harding, Nathan Willey, Lemuel R. Lord, John C. Rockwell, Elijah Ward. Corporals. Charles H. Barber, Charles H. Bartholemew, John Brown, Erastus Cowles, Wm. H. Ellsworth, Edwin D. Farnham, John M. Lee, Walter T. Lord, John Roe, John H. Skillman. Musicians. Daniel L. Talcott, Elihu Wattress. Wagoner. Lucius Crane. Privates. Seth S. Allen, Henry Avery, George W. Ayers, Ransford Baker, Samuel Barrows, Elam Belknap, Joseph Belknap, Alfred M. Bissell, Carlos Bissell, Samuel T. … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company F

Roster of Company F, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. George H. Napheys. First Lieutenants. Henry Kimball, Henry H. Goodale. Sergeants. Jonas G. Holden, Henry R. Pease, William O. Bissell, Charles D. Grover, Augustus S. Lancaster, Carlos W. Thrall. Corporals. Charles K. Belknap, Orville F. Belknap, Arthur A. Hyde, Samuel A. Smith, Harlow Spencer, Wallace S. Talcott, John Thompson, Alva T. Thrall, Carlos Thumb. Musicians. Horton Pease, George Warner. Privates. Horatio R. Baker, Roger G. Beebe, William H. Bennet, Norton M. Braman, Patrick Brannen, Oliver Burke, Charles Cavanaugh, John A. Chism, Timothy Conner, Martin Connins, Patrick Duffy, William Finney, … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company E

Roster of Company E, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captains. Newton P. Johnson, Leander Waterman. First Lieutenants. Almon C. Banning, Robert T. Duncan. Second Lieutenant. Edward Pinney. Sergeants. George B. Thurston, Eugene C. Alderman, Miles H. Barnard, Miletus H. Carrier, Marcillus C. Clark, Henry W. Davis. Corporals. James Boyle, Wilbur B. Case, William W. Clark, Emery M. Griffin, Andrew N. Moore, Alexandria Patterson, Edward D. Prindle, Morton Sandford, Julius Weed, George L. Wells. Musicians. Ezra Smart, William H. Wallin. Privates. Owen Bacon, Elbert I. Barning, William Barton, Lyman J. Barden, Eugene Brown, Phelps Church, Franklyn Clark, George H. Clark, … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company K

Roster of Company K, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. William F. Silloway. Second Lieutenant. Senica Gorham. Sergeants. James E. Hamilton, Watson H. Bliss, Robert Buckley, Charles W. Clark, John Scantlin, George E. Terry. Corporals. Ezra C. Ayer, Frank Bolles, John W. Longdon, James E. Lusk, Robert Mason, Charles E. Puffer, Emerson B. Thomas, Stanley N. Wadsworth. Musicians. Charles Malona, Charles Stone. Privates. Eugene Adam, George W. Arnold, Henry W. Ball, Hudson W. Ball, Cyrus C. Barber, George W. Barren, John W. Beach, Abel P. Beers, Enos S. Belden, Walter J. Bliss, George D. Buck, Edgar W. Burnham, Wm. … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company I

Roster of Company I, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captains. Burritt Darcow, Hiram W. Harkness. First Lieutenant. Isaac W. Beach. Second Lieutenant. William E. Symonds. Sergeants. J. Fayette Douglas, Charles H. Allspress, Charles W. Brown, George H. Grant, John C. Mack. Corporals. Elbridge Belding, Wm. E. Bunnell, Henry W. Buys, Wm. Cocking, Charles S. Cook, John M. Francis, Viette D. Hills, Merritt Hubbell, Edgar A. Norton, George Schubert, Orrin Tuttle. Musicians. Andrew J. Davis, Cornelius A. Day, Oliver A. Hitchcock. Privates. Daniel S. Abbot, Henry Adams, Solomon Adkins, John F. Bacon, Wm. C. Bancroft, Samuel Barton, Amon L. Bradley, … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company H

Roster of Company H, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captain. William W. Abbey. First Lieutenant. Dwight Ensworth. Second Lieutenants. Bononi E. Buck, Charles Clapp, John M. Brown. Sergeants. Arthur W. Andross, Charles F. Bevins, Thomas A. Davis, William Holden, William M. Hollister, Aaron Kinne, Sumner Payne, Thomas H. Robins. Corporals. Daniel W. Dimock, George D. Fuller, Oliver Hale, John H. Hunt, Theron I. Neff, Willington C. Graves, Julius H. Smith, Justus R. Stevens. Musicians. William Hempstead, George Robinson. Privates. Burton P. Buell, Edward L. Barber, George E. Belden, George F. Belden, Lyman P. Bemont, Horace E. Brown, Egbert Chapman, … Read more

Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers – Company A

Roster of Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Civil War Captains. Macon C. Weld, Charles L. Norton. First Lieutenants. Leander Waterman, William H. Parmlee. Second Lieutenants. Daniel P. Dewey, George W. Hugg, Henry C. Ward, George H. Goodwin. Sergeants. Daniel Calahan, Aaron Cook, William S. Hubbell, Albert H. Olmsted, Samuel L. Otis, Harris B. Wildman. Corporals. George H. Forbes, James W. Gates, William H. Hawley, Edgar B. Hills, Martin B. Hillis, William B. Keyes, Joseph F. Lincoln, William H. Smith, Albert F. Thompson, Gurdon Trumbull, Jr., Charles L. Ulrich, Edwin A. Woodbridge. Musicians. Samuel S. Folwell, Henry Sipel, George D. … Read more

Biography of Hon. E. Hubbard

E. Hubbard is a native of Middlesex county, Connecticut, and was born April 7, 1818. His parents, Job and Hannah Hubbard, were both natives of Connecticut. He was educated in the common schools of his native State. In the fall of 1839 he left the Nutmeg State for the West in the interest of a book firm, but soon abandoned that and engaged in selling the Seth Thomas clocks, which business he was engaged in for sixteen years. He came to this county in the fall of 1834, and was engaged in selling clocks and farming until 1852, then he … Read more