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Genealogy of Matthew Woodruff of Farmington Connecticut

NOTE-Regarding Woodruff’s of Wooley, England. Regarding the genealogy of the Woodruff Family, published in Volume III of the Colonial Families of the United States, will say that the circumstances surrounding the record of Matthew Woodruff in said book are as follows: Sometime in 1910 a party called on me stating that his name was Norris […]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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

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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.

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