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 1st CT Light Battery, the 6th, 7th and 10th CT Volunteers - New Haven, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 18.677 W 072° 55.877
18T E 673166 N 4575377
A monument at the intersection of Elm St and Broadway is dedicated to the soldier of the 1st CT Light Battery, the 6th, 7th and 10th CT Volunteers who fought in the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM10CHP
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2019
Views: 1
A 30' high granite monument with a cylindrical shaft and an octagonal base has a bronze sculpture of an eagle with wings outspread on top and the life-size figures of a Union artillery soldier and an infantry soldier on the base. The monument is dedicated to four units from Connecticut that served during the Civil War.
The south side of the shaft contains a dado with the dedication. It is inscribed:
ERECTED BY
THE JOINT CONTRIBUTIONS OF
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
AND
THE VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS
OF THE/1ST CONN. LIGHT BATTERY AND
6TH, 7TH AND 10TH CONN. VOLS.
AS A SACRED AND PERPETUAL
MEMORIAL TO THE MEN WHO SUFFERED
AND DIED THAT THE REPUBLIC
MIGHT LIVE: 1861-1865
DEDICATED JUNE 16, 1905
On the octagonal base are four bronze plaques, one for each of the units being honored.
FIRST CONNECTICUT LIGHT BATTERY
KNOWN AS ROCKWELL'S BATTERY
MUSTERED IN OCTOBER 26TH, 1861
MUSTERED OUT JUNE 11TH, 1865
PARTICIPATED IN THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON
AND OTHER BATTLES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
FT. FINNEGAN, FLA. JAN. 1862 TO MAY 1864
AND ENGAGEMENTS OF RICHMOND AND
PETERSBURG CAMPAIGNS
MAY 1864 TO LEE'S SURRENDER IN 1865
THE TENTH AND TWENTY FIFTH ARMY CORPS
6TH CONN. VOLUNTEERS
ORGANIZED SEPT. 1861. MUSTERED OUT AUG. 21st, 1865
TOTAL NUMBER OF MEN WHO SERVED IN THE REGT. 1608
CASUALTIES 877
ENGAGEMENTS
PORT ROYAL, S.C., MORRIS ISLAND, S.C., SIEGE OF PETERSBURG
PORT PULASKI, GA., FORT WAGNER, S.C., DEEP BOTTOM, VA.
JAMES ISLAND, S.C., CHESTER STATION, VA., DEEP RUN, VA.
POCOTALIGO, S.C., DREWRYS BLUFF, VA., CHAPINS FARMS, VA.
FORT FISHER, N.C. WILMINGTON, N.C.
AND MORE THAN TWENTY OTHER MINOR ENGAGEMENTS
AND AFFAIRS.
SERVICE
ARMY CORPS 10TH AND 24TH
DEPARTMENTS
DEPT. OF THE SOUTH. DEPT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ARMY OF THE JAMES ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
SEVENTH CONN. VOLS.
HAWLEY'S BRIGADE,
TERRY'S DIVISION, TENTH CORPS.
TOOK PART IN CAPTURE OF FT. PULASKI,
CAPTURE OF FT. WAGNER,
DEMOLITION OF FT. SUMTER,
CAPTURE OF FT. FISHER
AND THIRTEEN OTHER ENGAGEMENTS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH AND ARMY OF THE JAMES.
l0TH CONN. VOLUNTEERS
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE SERVICES
AND SACRIFICES OF OUR HEROIC DEAD,
WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES ON THE ALTAR
OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT AND HUMAN
LIBERTY, THIS TABLET IS LOVINGLY
INSCRIBED BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES
OF THE TENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS.
TOTAL NUMBER ENROLLED 1879
TOTAL CASUALTIES 1011
NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENTS 51
TERM OF SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 30, 1861, TO SEPTEMBER 2, 1865
SAFE AND HAPPY THE REPUBLIC WHOSE
SONS GLADLY DIE IN HER DEFENSE
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Type of memorial: Monument
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