1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery


 * Mustered in January 2, 1862.
 * Mustered out September 25, 1865.
 * Organized at Washington, D. C., from 4th Conn. Infantry.
 * Originally recruited as the 4th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry.
 * Mustered out September 25, 1865.
 * Historical Sketch - First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Compiled by E. B. Bennett, East Berlin, CT
 * History of the First Regiment C.V. Heavy Artillery, Written by Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Henry L. Abbot, Late Colonel First C.V. Heavy Artillery - Online Book - This book contains rosters of the Field and Staff, Non-Commissioned Staff, the Band and each Company.

The regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but the companies were credited to towns as follows:

Company A - Hartford

Letters Home From the Civil War -

Company B - Ansonia and Derby

History of Company "B" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment, 1862-1865 - Online Book, See Contents, page 214.

Company C - Suffield, Windsor Locks, and vicinity

Company "C" photos -

Company D - New London

Company E - New Haven

Company F - New Haven

Company G - Middletown

History of Company "G" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment 1862-1865 - Online Book, See page 216.

Company H - Middletown

Company I - Wolcottville

History of Company "I" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment 1862-1865 - Online Book, See page 217.

Letters Home From the Civil War -

Company K - Hartford

Company L - Hartford

Company M - Bridgeport


 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Compiled From Records in the Adjutant General's Office and Published by Order of the Legislature, by Horace J. Morse - Adjutant General - Online Book


 * Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations: (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries (1869) by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904 - Online Book

History of Company "M" - History of the First Connecticut Artillery: and of the Siege Trains of the Armies Operating Against Richmond, by Connecticut Artillery First Regiment 1862-1865 - Online Book, See page 219


 * Soldiers of Waterbury, New Haven County, in the War For the Union - History of the Soldier's Monument in Waterbury, Conn.: to which is added a list of the soldiers and sailors who went from Waterbury to fight in the war for the Union.
 * Gravesites - Connecticut First Regiment Heavy Artillery - Roster by name
 * Also see Connecticut in the Civil War.