14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

The 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry left Connecticut on August 25, 1862, was assigned to the Army of the Potomac on September 7, 1862, and was mustered out on May 31, 1865. The regiment fought in 34 great battles and severe skirmishes, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottyslvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Appomattox. Its losses in killed and died in the service totaled 366, with many hundreds more wounded and disabled; its original muster was 1015, with 697 recruits, and the final muster of original members, present and absent, was 234. The regiment reached the vicinity of Gettysburg on the evening of July 1st 1863 and held this position on July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. On July 3rd it took part in repulsing Longstreet's grand charge, capturing in its immediate front more than 200 prisoners and five battle-flags. That same day it also captured the Bliss buildings from the enemy's sharp-shooters in its far front and held them until ordered to burn them. Men in action numbered 160, and 62 were killed and wounded.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States