14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment The 14th Connecticut Infantry ( Nutmeg Regiment ) was an infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War . It participated in the Battle of Gettysburg , helping to repulse the Confederate attack on the third day known as Pickett ' s Charge . The 14th Connecticut was organized at Hartford , Connecticut , on August 23 , 1862 , and mustered into the volunteer army . The organization of the Fourteenth Regiment began under the order promulgated May 22 , 1862 , to furnish Connecticut ' s contingent of the fifty thousand men called for by the War Department at Washington to go into " Camp of Instruction " at Annapolis , Md . Recruiting for the regiment began at once , but progressed slowly until , in July , after the Union reverses on the peninsula , the President called for three hundred thousand volunteers for three years or the war , when it received a tremendous impulse and the regiment filled up rapidly , being the first one to complete its organization under that call . It was recruited from the state at large , having its rendezvous , named " Camp Foote , " at Hartford . Initially , 1 , 015 men were mustered under the command of Colonel Dwight Morris . As an example , over the course of the war , 181 men served in Company G , including replacements , and , of these , 61 were from the Clinton / Guilford / Madison area . Major battles of the 14th Connecticut included : Antietam Md . , Fredericksburg Va . , Chancellorsville Va . , Gettysburg Pa . , Falling Waters Va . , Auburn Va . , Bristoe Station Va . , Blackburn ' s Ford Va . , Mine Run Va . , Morton ' s Ford , Va . , Wilderness Va . , Laurel Hill Va . , Spotsylvania Va . , North Anna River , Va . , Tolopotomy Va . , Cold Harbor Va . , Cold Harbor Va . ( three days later ) , Petersburg Va . , Deep Bottom Va . , Ream ' s Station Va . , Boydton Plank Road Va . , Hatchers Run Va . Feb 5 . 1865 , Hatchers Run Va . March 25 , 1865 , Highbridge , Farmville Va . and Surrender of Lee ' s Army March 30 to April 10 , 1865 . Initially , the regiment did not augment its ranks by replacing the dead or wounded with fresh troops . When it arrived at Gettysburg on July 2 , 1863 , the regiment was reduced to 165 officers and men . After the Battle of Gettysburg , they were down to 100 . Common practice in other units also was not to replace personnel ; the 14th became one of the first exceptions to this rule in late July 1863 following Gettysburg , when scores of men were recruited in New Haven County to bolster the heavily depleted ranks . Sgt . George Augustus Foote of Guilford was wounded in the foot during the Battle of Fredricksburg . He was a grandson of General Andrew Ward of the Revolutionary War . He died in 1868 from his wounds , which never healed correctly . He is buried near the famed general in the same cemetery , off Bearhouse Hill Road in Guilford . Formation of the Regiment . In 1861 , in response to Abraham Lincoln ' s call for five hundred thousand men , Connecticut was filled its quota of 13 , 037 men with 13 regiments . On May 21 , the War Department would accept an additional regiment for a " Camp of Instruction " and announced the formation the following day . It had the same requirements as the other regiments , with members to serve three years or until the war ' s end . It would rally at Camp Foote in Hartford , Connecticut , under the command of Colonel Dwight Morris . Volunteers were slow to enlist ; with the prospect of an indefinite " Camp of Instruction " and the quota having been initially met . As the war continued , three hundred thousand more men were requested , with Connecticut ' s quota was listed as 7 , 145 being divided into six regiments . On July 1 , 1862 , Governor Buckingham announced the need for more men and by August 22 the quota was filled . It was mustered by Colonel Webb the following day . Companies . Numbering 1 , 015 men , Company A and B were assigned Sharp ' s rifle and the rest of regiment was assigned the Springfield rifle . Moving out . On August 25 , 1862 , the 14th Regiment broke camp and headed towards Washington . The first non - fatal casualty of was not during action , but of accident when Frederick Shalk lost his footing and fell 30 feet in Easton Pennsylvania . The regiment was assigned to the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Division , Second Army Corps under Dwight Morris ; with Lieutenant Colonel S . H . Perkins in charge of the regiment . On September 7 , it was ordered to move out with the army , passing through Rockville , Maryland to the Rockville Camp . The first casualty , James McVay , died of exhaustion from the march as the regiment approached the camp . On September 11 , the regiment marched to Clarksburg , Maryland and reached Frederick City , Maryland on September 13 . It marched to South Mountain and arrived just after Battle of South Mountain ' s end on September 14 . Battle of Antietam . On September 17 , 1862 , the regiment ' s first action was at the Battle of Antietam . The regiment traveled along the flank and entered the East Woods , passing through Mumma ' s orchard and cornfield toward the confederate line . The green troops performed well , but casualties came from confederate fire and accident ; including a case of an exploding shell of Company D which killed 3 and wounded 4 . In total , 21 men were killed and 88 wounded and 28 missing . The death of Company F ' s captain Blinn was filled by Samuel Moore . Battle of Fredericksburg . On September 22 , the regiment started to march towards Harper ' s Ferry . Crossing the Shenandoah on October 30 , the regiment marched on to Warrenton , Virginia , arriving on November 7 . On November 15 , the regiment moved out again , making camp at Belle Plain before marching to Fredericksburg on December 10 . In the course of battle , 10 men were killed , 92 were wounded and 20 were listed as missing , among the dead was Lieutenant Canfield and Captain Gibbons of Company B and the Lieutenant - Colonel Perkins was wounded .