The 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment-- Part 1: From 1,015 to 165 Men By Gettysburg

During the November 23, 2019, McHenry County Civil War Round Table Discussion Group I talked some about Private Oliver Dart of the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and how his face was mangled by a shell at that battle.

This was from an article in the February 2018 Civil War Times magazine.  He survived, but that wound haunted him the rest of his life.

The 14th Connecticut Infantry regiment was called "The Nutmeg Regiment" and organized in Hartford August 22, 1862 with 1,015 men.  Companies A and B were assigned Sharps rifles and the rest Springfields.

Major battles it participated in were Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Lee's Surrender.  hey were, to say the least, much involved.

At first, losses were not replaced and by the time they got to Gettysburg, the regiment was down to 165 officers and men present for duty.  After Gettysburg, they were down to just 100.  Later in July 1863, they started filling numbers from new volunteers.

--Old Secesh