The Stamford Historical Society Presents
Stamford's
Civil War: At Home and in the Field
a 2003 Exhibit and more
Online Links, Genealogy, etc.
Civil War in Connecticut/Stamford Online
The
Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
Civil
War Pension Index at
Ancestry.com
Citizens
of Color, 1863-1890: Military and Political Participation,
from: A
Struggle from the Start, The
Hartford Black History Project
Research
Guide to Civil War Materials at the Connecticut State Library
Regimental Histories
Connecticut
Regimental Histories
Union Regimental Index
Regiments & Muster
Rolls
2nd
Connecticut Volunteer Regiment
16th
Connecticut Volunteer Regiment
17th
Connecticut Volunteer Regiment
…The
delegation of visiting dignitaries was led by Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley.
In the parade the position of honor was accorded to veterans of the 2nd
Connecticut Heavy Artillery, "The Old Litchfield County," 450
strong. Other participants in the line of march included eight G.A.R.
posts, military units, bands, guests, town officials, and 100 carriages.
The principal
oration at the dedication ceremony was delivered by the Honorable Samuel
Fessenden of Stamford, Civil War veteran, lawyer, and politician, who
discoursed at length on the debt due those who fought in the holy cause
against the
slave-holders' rebellion that sought to destroy the Union. The final
third of the dedication ceremony had to be cancelled because of rain…
Westover Cemetery,
Stamford, CT…Collection of Headstone Inscriptions resides at the
Connecticut State Library...of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil
War…
Contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.
