6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment The 6th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 6th Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven , Connecticut and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on September 12 , 1861 under the command of Colonel John Lyman Chatfield . The regiment was attached to Wright ' s 3rd Brigade , Sherman ' s Expeditionary Corps , to April 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Department of the South , to July 1862 . District of Beaufort , South Carolina , Department of the South , to September 1862 . District of Beaufort , South Carolina , X Corps , Department of the South , to March 1863 . Jacksonville , Florida , to April 1863 . District Hilton Head , South Carolina , X Corps , April 1863 . Folly Island , South Carolina , X Corps to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , Folly Island , South Carolina , X Corps to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Morris Island , South Carolina , X Corps , July 1863 . 1st Brigade , Morris Island , South Carolina , X Corps , July 1863 . District of Hilton Head , South Carolina , X Corps to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , X Corps , Department of Virginia and North Carolina to May 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , X Corps , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to December 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIV Corps , to January 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Terry ' s Provisional Corps , Department of North Carolina , to March 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , X Corps , Department of North Carolina , to April 1865 . Abbott ' s Detached Brigade , Department of North Carolina , to July 1865 . The 6th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service August 21 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Connecticut for Washington , D . C . , September 17 , then moved to Annapolis , Md . , October 5 . Sherman ' s Expedition to Port Royal , S . C . , October 21 - November 7 , 1861 . Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard , Port Royal Harbor , November 7 . Reconnaissance on Hilton Head Island November 8 . Expedition to Braddock ' s Point November 10 – 11 . Duty at Hilton Head , S . C . , until January 20 . Expedition to Warsaw Sound January 20 - February 27 . Duty at Hilton Head Island until March 20 . Moved to Dafuskie Island and siege operations against Fort Pulaski , Ga . , March 20 - April 11 . Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski April 10 – 11 . Operations on James Island June 1 – 28 . Grimball ' s Plantation June 10 . Battle of Secessionville June 16 . Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head Island June 28 - July 7 . Duty there until October . Expedition to Pocotaligo , S . C . , October 21 – 23 . Action at Frampton ' s Plantation , Pocotaligo , October 22 . Duty at Beaufort , S . C . , until March 1863 , and at Jacksonville , Fla . , until April . Moved to Hilton Head Island , S . C . , and duty there until June . Occupation of Folly Island , S . C . , June 3 - July 10 . Attack on Morris Island , S . C . , July 10 . Assault on Fort Wagner , Morris Island , July 18 . Moved to Hilton Head Island , S . C . , July 25 , and duty there until April 1864 . Moved to Gloucester Point April 27 - May 1 . Butler ' s operations on the south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4 – 28 . Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9 – 10 . Chester Station May 10 . Operations against Fort Darling May 12 – 16 . Proctor ' s Creek May 13 . Battle of Drewry ' s Bluff May 14 – 16 . At Bermuda Hundred until August 13 . Ware Bottom Church May 20 . Petersburg June 9 . Port Walthal June 16 – 17 . Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 , 1864 to January 3 , 1865 . Ware Bottom Church June 20 , 1864 . Demonstration on the north side of the James River August 13 – 20 . Battle of Strawberry Plains , Deep Bottom , August 14 – 18 . Deep Run August 16 . In the trenches before Petersburg August 25 - September 27 . Moved to north side of the James River September 27 – 28 . Battle of Chaffin ' s Farm , New Market Heights , September 28 – 30 . Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7 . Darbytown Road October 13 . Battle of Fair Oaks October 27 – 28 . In front of Richmond October 31 - November 2 . Detached for duty at New York City during the Presidential election of 1864 , November 2 – 17 . Duty in the trenches before Richmond until January 3 , 1865 . Second expedition to Fort Fisher , N . C . , January 3 – 15 . Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15 . Half Moon Battery January 19 . Sugar Loaf Battery February 11 . Fort Anderson February 18 . Capture of Wilmington February 22 . North East Ferry February 22 . Duty at Wilmington , N . C . , until June and at Goldsboro until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 235 men during service ; 8 officers and 99 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 124 enlisted men died of disease .