Federal Regiment

14th Connecticut Infantry

Organized: Hartford, CT; mustered in 8/23/1862

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Sanford H. Perkins

Issued to Companies A and B about 28 August 1862
at Washington, DC.

US Model of 1861 pattern rifle-muskets, probably manufactured
by the Whitney Arms Company, New Haven, were issued
to Companies C-K on 29 August 1862 at Washington, DC.

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

Unit history

Formed less than a month before the battle, this Regiment was initially commanded by Col Dwight Morris.

On the Antietam Campaign

LCol Perkins had command of the Regiment after Col Morris took command of the Brigade. They were engaged in the furious combat on the Roulette Farm and at the Sunken Road between about 9 am and 1 pm on September 17th.

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road (9-10 am)
Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)
Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #40: French's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #42: Morris' Brigade, French's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

References & Notes

Thanks to Jim Naumec for the information above about the regiment's issued weapons. His sources are Page's History 1 and Howard Michael Madaus' The Percussion Martial Longarms of Eli Whitney, Jr (1988).

We have 200 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Alix, Joseph	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Batchelor, Henry E.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Bradley, Joel N.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brown, Alfred	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Campbell, Leverett	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Colter, Jr., John	AWOL 09/19
A	Pvt	Craig, William E.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Curtis, Francis Richard	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Curtis, Hanford	Died (d) 12/17
A	Corp	Doten, Frederick Bartlett
A	Lt	Galpin, Charles W.
A	Sgt	Hawley, William Henry
A	Pvt	Hill, Edward	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hincks, William Bliss
A	Mus	Hubbard, Lucian Wells
A	Pvt	Humiston, Edward L.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Larkins, William	AWOL 09/09
A	Pvt	Lewis, Thaddeus W.	KIA 09/17
A	Lt	Lucas, Walter M.
A	Pvt	Maddigan, Michael	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Norton, William H.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Platt, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Skidmore, Stephen D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Tatro, Frederick	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Taylor, Frederick	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Whitcomb, Abner S.	AWOL 09/27
A	Pvt	Wilcox, Edwin A.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Beebe, Frederick R.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Brain, Hugh	WIA 09/17
B	Lt	Broatch, John C.
B	Pvt	Brown, George	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Camp, Samuel Guernsey	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Crittenden, Albert R.
B	Pvt	Fox, Hiram H.
B	Pvt	Galpin, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Gibbons, Elijah Williams
B	Pvt	Hubbard, Robert	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Lloyd, Henry A.
B	Corp	Maitland, David	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McBrayne, Hugh	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McClusky, Joseph	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Murdock, William	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Pelton, John G.
B	Pvt	Wilcox, Benjamin C.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Brown, Jeremiah Upham	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Byington, Theodore D.	WIA 09/17
C	Capt	Carpenter, Samuel W.
C	Corp	Curtis, Lucius	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gibbud, Manfred M.	AWOL 09/17
C	Pvt	Goodrich, William C.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hamilton, Charles T.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hill, Thomas M.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Jones, John	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Keegan, Michael	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Keeler, Henry	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Mix, David	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Patrick, William	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Percy, Frank J.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Percy, Seth W.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Robbins, James F.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Russell, Dwight F.	AWOL 09/17
C	Pvt	Smith, John H.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Tobin, James	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Abby, John	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Bowers, Abner S.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Colburn, George W.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Corbit, George W.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Corbit, William H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Crombie, David B.	AWOL 09/19
D	Corp	Edwards, Charles C.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Griswold, Loren S.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Griswold, Russell	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gross, August	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Henderson, James	MWIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Hirst, Benjamin
D	Pvt	Hirst, John
D	Pvt	Hirst, Jr., Joseph
D	Pvt	Hospodsky, Henry F.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Newell, Ansel D.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Orcutt, Henry W.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Ramsdell, William P.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sloane, George F.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Stafford, Joseph	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Stoughton, Frank E.
D	Pvt	Taft, Alfred A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Talcott, Henry	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Talcott, Samuel L.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Tiley, Henry	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Waldo, Christopher	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Wilkie, Thomas	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bassett, George K.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Cavarly, Henry	AWOL 09/10
E	Pvt	Healey, Edward	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Lovejoy, William F.	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Miller, Henry C.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Smith, Edmund	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	West, Richard	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Alcott, Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Allen, Edward O.	AWOL 10/01
F	Pvt	Ashwell, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Baker, E.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Barker, H. H.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bartholomew, John L.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Beach, Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Capt	Blinn, Jarvis E.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Cavanaugh, Francis	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Cooley, Henry	AWOL 10/02
F	Pvt	Cowles, Martin D.	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Eno, Frederick R.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Frazer, Peter	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Gilbert, Edmund D.	AWOL 10/02
F	Pvt	Holcomb, Victor	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	King, Alfred J.	AWOL 09/14
F	Pvt	Lewis, George Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Moore, Samuel A.
F	Pvt	Packard, Eliphalet	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Parker, Hiland H.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Pierce, Joseph
F	Sgt	Post, John W.
F	Pvt	Smith, J. Frank	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Stanley, Theodore Augustus
F	Pvt	Wadsworth, Lucius	Died (d) 09/13
G	Pvt	Dibble, Augustus L.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Doane, George H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Foster, Sanford	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Goddard, Henry Perkins
G	Lt	Hart, William W.
G	Pvt	Hurd, John A.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Parks, John W.	MWIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Pendleton, Henry A.	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Sherman, William J.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Stannard, Ezra D.	Died (d) 12/22
G	Pvt	Stevens, Horace B.	KIA 09/17
G	Capt	Willard, Samuel F.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ames, Thomas M.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Archer, Robert	AWOL 09/13
H	Pvt	Botsford, Samuel	AWOL 09/17
H	Pvt	Brown, Christopher	AWOL 09/17
H	Pvt	Chapman, Abel T.	AWOL 09/10
H	Lt	Comstock, James E.
H	Capt	Davis, Samuel H.
H	Pvt	Fox, Silas S.	WIA 09/17
H	Capt	Gillette, Robert
H	Pvt	Latour, Lewis G.	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	Lee, Henry
H	Pvt	Lunger, John	AWOL 09/17
H	Sgt	Mills, Thomas J.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Miner, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Rogers, Henry A.	AWOL 09/10
H	Pvt	Russell, Michael	AWOL 09/21
H	Pvt	Sisson, Joshua F.	AWOL 09/20
H	Sgt	Tibbits, John A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Arendholtz, Valentine	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Benton, Raphael Ward	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Betts, Gilbert S.	AWOL 09/13
I	Pvt	Couch, Hiram	AWOL 09/23
I	Pvt	Field, Edmund L.	MWIA 09/17
I	Lt	Fiske, Samuel Wheelock
I	Pvt	Flower, Augustus	AWOL 09/23
I	Sgt	Foote, Jr., George Augustus
I	Corp	Hull, Richard L.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Killough, Lawrence	AWOL 09/15
I	Pvt	Muller, Luis	AWOL 09/15
I	Pvt	Rossiter, Henry M.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ryan, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Scranton, Thomas M.
I	Pvt	Sperry, Elbert H.	AWOL 09/23
K	Pvt	Allyn, Stephen D.	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Austin, Charles M.
K	Pvt	Babcock, George W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bayhan, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bemont, Nelson J.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bolles, Stephen G.	AWOL 09/22
K	Pvt	Brainerd, Horatio H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Carroll, William N.	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Coit, James Bolles	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Crosby, George H. D.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cunningham, John	Died (d) 12/03
K	Pvt	Divine, Peter	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Dyetch, Jacob	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Farrell, Thomas	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Fuller, Benjamin R.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Fuller, Selden	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Harren, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hollister, Francis
K	Pvt	Hollister, Frederick J.
K	Pvt	Maynard, Erastus A.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McVay, Francis
K	Pvt	McVay, James	Died (d) 09/09
K	Pvt	McVay, Michael
K	Pvt	Risley, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Symonds, Alfred T.	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Webster, John R.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Yerrington, Henry P.	MWIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Clark, Cyrus Curtis
F&S	Sgt	Comes, William A.
F&S	Lt	Ellis, Theodore G.
F&S	Sgt	Knowlton, Julius William
F&S	LCol	Perkins, Sanford Harvey
F&S	Chpl	Stevens, Henry S.

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