1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment, officially designated the 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment
Active	22 April – 31 July 1861
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	First Battle of Bull Run

Service

The 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and mustered in for three-months service on April 22, 1861, under the command of Colonel Daniel Tyler. John Speidel was elected lieutenant colonel. It left for Washington on 18 May, and served at Camp Corcoran as part of the capitol garrison, attached to Mansfield's command, Department of Washington, until 1 June. The regiment was assigned to Key's 1st Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia on 1 June and advanced to Vienna and Falls Church in northern Virginia between 1 and 8 June. They served on picket duty there until 16 July, then participated in the advance on Manassas, occupying Fairfax Court House on 17 July. The regiment fought in the First Battle of Bull Run on 21 July and was mustered out of service on 31 July.[1]

See also

• Connecticut in the American Civil War
• List of Connecticut Civil War units

References

Citations

1. Dyer 1908, p. 1008.

Bibliography

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company. OCLC 8697590.
• 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.

Attribution

• 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.