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Federal Regiment

14th Connecticut Infantry

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

 

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

 

Arms:
   Sharps Rifle

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

   Springfield Rifle-Musket
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.

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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).

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APvtAlix, Joseph WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtBatchelor, Henry E.WIA   09/17
APvtBradley, Joel N.WIA   09/17
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APvtColter, Jr., John AWOL   09/19
APvtCraig, William E.WIA   09/17
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ALtLucas, Walter M.   
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APvtNorton, William H.KIA   09/17
APvtPlatt, Charles H.WIA   09/17
APvtSkidmore, Stephen D.WIA   09/17
APvtTatro, Frederick WIA   09/17
APvtTaylor, Frederick WIA   09/17
APvtWhitcomb, Abner S.AWOL   09/27
APvtWilcox, Edwin A.WIA   09/17
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EPvtLovejoy, William F.KIA   09/17
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ECorpSmith, Edmund WIA   09/17
EPvtWest, Richard WIA   09/17
FPvtAlcott, Henry WIA   09/17
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HPvtRussell, Michael AWOL   09/21
HPvtSisson, Joshua F.AWOL   09/20
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IPvtScranton, Thomas M.   
IPvtSperry, Elbert H.AWOL   09/23
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KSgtAustin, Charles M.   
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Notes

1   Page, Charles D., History of the Fourteenth Regiment, Connecticut Vol. Infantry, Meriden (CT): The Horton Printing Co., 1906, pg. 24  [AotW citation 27728]