Company C
Private
Richard Carroll, born circa 1846, born Collon, Louth, Ireland. Enlisted from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 1861. Discharged 1865. Died, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 1911.
Union service · connecticut
1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
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Company C
Lieutenant
My GGG Grandfather. Served throughout the entire war, starting as a private and working his way up to Lieutenant by the war's end. Don't have alot on him, would like to discuss with any kin!
Company D
Private
William Beebe (my g-g-g-grandfather) hailed from Waterford and enlisted on 1/4/64, at which time he was 34 years old and a father of five. He served as a cook and was wounded in the leg at Petersburg on 8/18/64. He was mustered out on 9/25/65 at Washington, DC.
Company G
Private
Found two of my relatives who served, there may be at least one more relative who served but in what was known as the Reserved Volunteers.
Company G
Rank unknown
US, Civil War "Widows' Pensions", 1861-1910
Connecticut • Heavy Artillery • Regiment 1 • Company G • Heimer, John (WC147502)
Company I
Captain
No family notes have been added.
Company I
Corporal
No family notes have been added.
Company L
1st Lieutenant
My great-great grandfather. Enlisted as private in Co. C; he was also a sergeant in Co. G. Mustered out after the war; promoted to Brevet Captain for actions at Petersburg.
Company M
Private
My great-great-granduncle. His sister Mary married my great-great-grandfather, Robert Lewis after the War. My great-grandfather was named John Patrick Lewis after him, I believe.
Company M
Private
Enlisted April 1862. Died of typhoid fever July 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign.