Connecticut 2nd Battery Light Artillery

HISTORICAL NOTES: The First Connecticut Light Artillery lost 1 officer and 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 11 men wounded, 21 enlisted men died of disease, and 4 men discharged disabled during the War.

A history of this Battery is on line.
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ASSIGNMENTS: Attached to Sherman's expeditionary corps to April, 1862.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862.
District of Beaufort, S. C., Dept. of the South, to September, 1862.
District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South to June, 1863.
United States forces Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864.
Artillery, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to August, 1864.
Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps to December, 1864.
Artillery Brigade, 25th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia to June, 1865. SERVICE:
Duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D.C., until January, 1863, and near Wolf Run Shoals, Va., to June, 1863. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-4. Moved to Washington, D.C., and duty there until August 15. Moved to New York City August 15 and duty there and at various points in New York State until October 12. Moved to Washington October 12 and duty there until January, 1864. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Brashear City and duty there until June 17. At Algiers until July 31. Expedition to Mobile Bay July 31-September 8. Operations against Fort Gaines August 2-8 and against Fort Morgan August 9-23. Duty at Fort Gaines until September 8. Moved to Algiers September 8, thence to New Orleans September 19, and duty there until November 13. Moved to mouth of White River, Ark., November 13 and duty there until February, 1865. Moved to Kennerville, La., thence to Barrancas, Fla. Expedition to Fort Blakely, Mobile Bay, March 11-April 1. Occupation of Canoe Station March 27. Siege of Fort Blakely April 1-9. Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Duty at Mobile and Selma, Ala., until July. Moved to New Orleans, thence to New Haven, Conn., arriving there July 31. Mustered out August 9, 1865. OFFICERS: BATTLES:

Pocotaligo, S. C., May 28, 1862.
James Island, S. C., June 3, 4, 15, 16, 1862.
Fort Finnegan, Fla., Oct. 8, 1862.
Willtown, S. C., July 10, 1863.
James Island, S. C., July 16, 1863.
James Island, S. C; Feb. 10, 1864.
Chester Station, Va., May 10, 1864.
Richmond Turnpike, Va., May 12, 1864.
Proctor's Creek, Va., May 15, 1864.
Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.
Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17 to June 27, 1864.
Grover House, Va., May 27, 1864.
Wire Bottom Church, Va., June 16, 1864.
Strawberry Plains, Va., June 26, 1864.
Four Mile Creek, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 27, 1864.
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 25 to Sept. 25, 1864.
Chapin's Bluff, Va., Oct. 7, 1864.
Johnnon's Farm, Va., Oct. 13, 27, 28, 1864.
Richmond, Va., October, 1864, to April, 1865.

ROSTERS:
The roster of this regiment contains 388 names.
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REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
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