2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment

2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment
2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment
Active	May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1861
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	First Battle of Bull Run

Last updated December 01, 2023

The 2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and mustered in for three-months service on May 7, 1861, under the command of Colonel Alfred Howe Terry.

The regiment was attached to Mansfield's command, Department of Washington, to June 1861. Key's 1st Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia to August 1861.

The 2nd Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service on August 7, 1861.

Detailed service

Left Connecticut for Washington, D.C., May 19. Duty at Fort Corcoran, defenses of Washington, D.C., until June 1. Advanced to Vienna and Falls Church, Virginia, June 1–3, and picket duty there until July 16. Advanced on Manassas, Virginia, July 16–21. Occupation of Fairfax Court House July 17. Battle of Bull Run July 21.

Commanders

Colonel Alfred Howe Terry

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References

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Lucke, Jerome B. History of the New Haven Grays from Sept. 13, 1816, to Sept. 13, 1876 (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers), 1876.
Tyler, Elnathan B. "Wooden Nutmegs" at Bull Run: A Humorous Account of Some of the Exploits and Experiences of the Three Months Connecticut Brigade, and the Part They Bore in the National Stampede (Hartford, CT: G. L. Coburn), 1872.

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This article contains text from a text now in the public domain : Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

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