1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery - Hartford, CT
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 41° 45.777 W 072° 40.894
18T E 692724 N 4626055
The 13' high monument honoring the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery is located at the entrance to the grounds of Connecticut State Capitol building.
Waymark Code: WMT5NZ
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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A seacoast mortar known as the Petersburg Express is mounted on top of a 6' high by rectangular granite pedestal with three bronze plaques. The monument honoring the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery was dedicated on September 25, 1902.

A 30" by 70" plaque on the east side is contains the dedication. It is inscribed:

ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS AND FRIENDS
OF THE REGIMENT AND THE VETERAN AND ACTIVE
COMPANIES HARTFORD CITY GUARD TO THE
FIRST VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT WAS
MUSTERED FOR THREE YEARS INTO THE SERVICE
OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR OF
1861-1865

A 30" by 42" plaque on the south side gives the history of the mortar. It is inscribed:

THIS 13 INCH SEA COAST
MORTAR WAS IN ACTUAL USE
BY THE REGIMENT DURING THE
CAMPAIGN IN FRONT OF
PETERSBURG 1864-1865
AND WIDELY KNOWN AS THE
"PETERSBURG EXPRESS"

A 30" by 70" plaque on the west side is contains the history of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. It is inscribed:

1ST CONN. HEAVY ARTILLERY
ORIGINALLY 4TH CONN. INFANTRY
MUSTERED IN MAY 22, 1861
MUSTERED OUT SEPT. 25, 1865
TOTAL ENROLLMENT OFFICERS AND MEN
3802

The back of the pedestal contains a bronze seal of the State of Connecticut.

The 4th Connecticut Infantry was organized at Hartford, Connecticut and mustered for a term of 6 months in on May 21, 1861. The regiment was attached to Abercrombie's 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of Pennsylvania, to August 1861, to the 2nd Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to December 1861, and to the Defenses of Washington to January 1862. On January 2, 1862 the 4th Connecticut Infantry ceased to exist when its designation was changed to 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery and mustered in for three years of service.

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Type of memorial: Monument

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