ENFIELD-- Col. Augustus Hazard (1802-1868) founded Hazard Powder Company in 1843. Gunpowder was a million dollar a year business in Enfield and reached a war-time capacity of 12,500 pounds of gunpowder a day being made in 125 buildings with work being done 24-hours-a-day.
The company produced 40% of the powder used by Union forces in the war. A few of the buildings still exist today in an area called Powder Hollow.
SUFFIELD-- Sent 348 soldiers to war out of an in-town population of 287. (Must have been some folks from outside of town who signed up.)
VERNON-- Sgt. Benjamin Hirst, Co. D, 14th Connecticut, was in 34 battles and skirmishes. His letters home were turned into a book "The Boys of Rockville."
TOLLAND-- Out of a population of 1,130, 134 went off to war. Today, 34 veterans are buried in three cemeteries.
Interesting Stuff. --Old B-Runner
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