GETTYSBURG - CIVIL WAR - 14th CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS Co. G - 1865 MUSTER ROLL

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GETTYSBURG - CIVIL WAR - 14th CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS Co. G - 1865 MUSTER ROLL NO RESERVE!!! Up for auction is an original Muster Roll of the 14th Connecticut Volunteers Company G. It is from the end of the Civil War, dated April 30, 1865. Major battles of the 14th Connecticut included: Antietam, Md.Fredericksburg, Va.Chancellorsville, Va. Gettysburg, Pa. Falling Waters, Va.Auburn, Va.Bristoe Station, Va.Blackburn's Ford, Va.Mine Run, Va.Morton's Ford, Va.Wilderness, Va.Laurel Hill, Va.Spotsylvania, Va.North Anna River, Va.Tolopotomy, Va.Cold Harbor, Va.Cold Harbor, Va. (three days later)Petersburg, Va.Deep Bottom, Va.Ream's Station, Va.Boydton Plank Road, Va.Hatchers Run, Va. Feb 5. 1865Hatchers Run, Va. March 25, 1865Highbridge, Farmville, Va. and Surrender of Lee's Army March 30 to April 10, 1865. It is in excellent shape considering it's age. It is signed by Captain J. Frank Morgan and Lieut. Fred N. Fox. Approximate dimensions: 31" x 21" Condition: There are typical folds and creases and some splitting at the corners of the creases. Please see photos for additional details and the most accurate description of its condition. The 14th Connecticut Infantry (Nutmeg Regiment) was an infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, helping to repulse the Confederate attack on the third day known as Pickett's Charge. The 14th Connecticut was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, on August 23, 1862, and mustered into the volunteer army. The organization of the Fourteenth Regiment began under the order promulgated May 22, 1862, to furnish Connecticut's contingent of the fifty thousand men called for by the War Department at Washington to go into "Camp of Instruction" at Annapolis, Md. Recruiting for the regiment began at once, but progressed slowly until, in July, after the Union reverses on the peninsula, the President called for three hundred thousand volunteers for three years or the war, when it received a tremendous impulse and the regiment filled up rapidly, being the first one to complete its organization under that call. It was recruited from the state at large, having its rendezvous, named "Camp Foote," at Hartford. Initially, 1,015 men were mustered under the command of Colonel Dwight Morris. As an example, over the course of the war, 181 men served in Company G, including replacements, and, of these, 61 were from the Clinton/Guilford/Madison area. Major battles of the 14th Connecticut included: Antietam Md., Fredericksburg Va., Chancellorsville Va., Gettysburg Pa., Falling Waters Va., Auburn Va., Bristoe Station Va., Blackburn's Ford Va., Mine Run Va., Morton's Ford, Va., Wilderness Va., Laurel Hill Va., Spotsylvania Va., North Anna River, Va., Tolopotomy Va., Cold Harbor Va., Cold Harbor Va. (three days later), Petersburg Va., Deep Bottom Va., Ream's Station Va., Boydton Plank Road Va., Hatchers Run Va. Feb 5. 1865, Hatchers Run Va. March 25, 1865, Highbridge, Farmville Va. and Surrender of Lee's Army March 30 to April 10, 1865. Initially, the regiment did not augment its ranks by replacing the dead or wounded with fresh troops. When it arrived at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, the regiment was reduced to 165 officers and men. After the Battle of Gettysburg, they were down to 100.[2] Common practice in other units also was not to replace personnel; the 14th became one of the first exceptions to this rule in late July 1863 following Gettysburg, when scores of men were recruited in New Haven County to bolster the heavily depleted ranks. Sgt. George Augustus Foote of Guilford was wounded in the foot during the Battle of Fredricksburg. He was a grandson of General Andrew Ward of the Revolutionary War. He died in 1868 from his wounds, which never healed correctly. He is buried near the ... read more

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