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 1st Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers - Hartford, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 45.859 W 072° 40.971
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A gun wheel that was struck by Confederate artillery is inscribed with the engagements of the 1st Light Battery Connecticut Volunteers. It is on display in the Hall of Flags of the Connecticut State House in Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WM10T89
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2019
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During the Battle of Proctor’s Creek, VA Confederate artillery struck and damaged a cannon's gun wheel belonging to the 1st Light Battery of the Connecticut Volunteers. The gun wheel was sent back to Connecticut where someone painted the names and dates of 1st Light Battery's engagements along the rim of the wheel.
The gun wheel on display at the Connecticut State House in honor of the 1st Light Battery of the Connecticut Volunteers.
The gun wheel is inscribed (clockwise):
1st Lt. Battery, Conn. Vols.
STRUCK IN ACTION
AT PROCTOR'S CREEK, Va.
MAY 15 1864
Before Richmond, Va.
Oct. 1864, to
April, 1865
Johnson's Farm, Va.
Oct. 13-27-28
*1864*
Chapin's Bluff, Va.
Oct. 7
*1864*
Before Petersburg, Va.
Aug. 25 to Sept. 25
*1864*
Deep Bottom Va.
Aug. 27
*1864*
Four Mile Creek, Va.
Aug. 14
*1864*
Grover House Va.
May 27
*1864*
Strawberry Plains, Va.
June 26
*1864*
Wire Bottom Church, Va.
June 16
*1864*
Bermuda Hundred, Va.
May 17 to June 27
*1864*
Drewry's Bluff, Va.
May 16
*1864*
Richmond Turnpike, Va.
May 12
*1864*
Chester Station, Va.
May 10
*1864*
Johns Island S. C.
Feb. 10
*1864*
James Island, S. C.,
July 16
*1863*
Willtown, S. C.
July 10
*1863*
Fort Finnegan, Fla.
Oct. 3
*1862*
James Island, S. C.
June 3-4-15-16
*1862*
Pocotaligo, S. C.
May 28
*1862*
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Visitors can tour the Connecticut Capitol Building by entering the west entrance. The building is open for visitors Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Guided tours are available at quarter past the hour until 13:15. Self-guided booklets are available on the first floor.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 12/01/1883
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Unknown
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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