Connecticut western news., 1883-09-12
Seventh Connecticut Regiment Infantry.

OI IoOI, ana was composed 1afgoly or those who had served in the three months regiments.
 Col Alfred H. Terry of 2d regiment was transferred to the command of this regiment, and Lieut. Col Joseph R. Hawley, the second in command, was captain in the 3rd Ct
 The regiment left the State for Wash ington on the 18th of September, 1861, numbering ten hundred and eighteen (1018) men. It was the expedition to Port Royal, and was the first to land and plant their colors on the soil of South Carolina. Upon the receipt of the news the governor caused congratula- tory order to be issued from the adju- tant-general's office, announcing the fact, and ordered that it be read to each Connecticut regiment in the field.
 This regiment was engaged in the battle of Fort Pulaski, April 10 and Il, 1862. On the 18th of May following, Col Terry was promoted to be briga- dier general, and Lieut. Col Hawley was promoted to the colonelcy of the regi- ment,
 On the 14th of June the regiment participated in the battle of James Isss land, and suffered severely, being one of the first to enter the action and one of the last to leave the field. Its loss in this engagement was eighty-three (83) in killed, wounded and missing; among the former, two commissioned officers. In an official report dated June IA, 1862, Col Hawley speaks in the highest terms of the gallant and fearless conduct of both officers and men.
 October p, the regiment was again engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo, and met with the loss, in killed and wound ed, of twenty-nine (29) men. Subse- quently the regiment was divided, and on the 1st of April, 1863, five compa- \ nies were at Hilton Head under the command of Col Hawley, and the re- mainder with Lieut. Col Gardiner, at Fernandina, Fla.
 July 10 and Il, companies A, B, and K were present and took an active part in the battles of Morris Island and Fort Wagner; the aggregate loss in the two days fight was one hundred and eleven Q1D men. Capt Gray, in his official report of these battles, dated July 13, 1863, speaks in the highest terms of the bravery of the officers and men of the detachment The loss of the officers was terribly severe. Capt Grey mentions the fact that of eleven officers in his mess, but four were left. The Seventh Connecticut regiment was declared by General Strong ''to have covered itself with glory"
 From this time until May 4, 1864, il was engaged in active service, perform ing the arduous and laborious duties attendant upon life Gin the field" IT May 1t was transferred to Bermuda Hundred, Va, and on the 10th of that month participated in the battle o Chester Station, and from that time un til the 17th was engaged with the enemy near Bermuda Hundred, mourning ar aggregate loss of one hundred and nine ty-six Q96) officers and men. On the 2d and 17th of June it was again engag ed neari Bermuda Hundred, losing on, hundred and twenty-four Q24) men.
 August IA and 15 was fought the bat tie of Deep Bottom, Va, and on the 19tl that of Deep Run, Va, in both of whicl battles the Seventh bore a prominen part.
 On the 17th of September, 1864, Go Hawley was promoted to be brigadie general, and the command devolve, upon Lieut. Col Rodman. On the 29tl of September the regiment was engage, in the battle of Chapin's Farm, Va; o1 the 1st of October in the battle nea Richmond; on the 7th, New Marke Road on the 18th. Darbytown Road and on the 27th, the battle of Charle City Road, Va. After this brilliar record of battles in Virginia, the reg ment was called upon to do battle another department, and in Januar, 1865, it was engaged in the capture ( Fort Fisher, N c.
 The regiment having fought its la battle, and fully sustained its reput tion as fighting regiment, was mu tered out of the United States servit on the 2Oth of July. 1865.
 During It's service, three hundred ar thirty-three (333) of its original men bsrs re-enlisted as veterans, and seve hundred and thi rty-nine (739) recrui and substitutes joined its ranks ma an aggregate, with the original te hundred and eighteen qO1S), tv thousand and ninety (2090) men wi served in its ranks
 The regiment participated in u following engagements:
 FoRT PULASKI, GA, April 10 and II, 196 JAMES ISLAND, s. C., June Is, 1862.
 PocoTALIGo, $. O., October p, 1862. MORRIS ISLAND, s. O., July 10, 1863. FoRr WAGNER, s. C., July II, 1863,
 OLUsTEE, FLA, February 24, 1864.
 CHESTER STATION, Va, May 10, 1864. NEAR BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA, fro1
 May 10 to May IT, 1864.
 NEAR BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA, June
 1864.
 NEAR BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA, June I
 1864.
 DEEP BOTTOM, VA, Aug IA and 15, 186. DEEP RUN, VA, August IS, 1864.
 CHAPN's FARM, VA, September 29, 1864 NEAR RICHMOND, VA, October 1, 1864 NEW MARKET ROAD, VA. Oct '. 1884