The 14th Connecticut at Gettysburg

The 14th Connecticut arrived at the Battle of Gettysburg late on the night of July 2, after the fighting had stopped.    The regiment by then was down to 160 men and were positioned in the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, right where the brunt of Pickett's charge was to strike on the 3rd.

There they fought the 13th Alabama, 14th Tennessee and 26th North Carolina infantry regiments and lost about 60 more men (10 killed, 52 wounded and 4 missing), now down to 100 in strength.  They have a monument at the site which gives them credit for capturing 200 prisoners and five battle flags.

--Old Secesh