Bloomfield and the Civil War
Contributors: Historian, Wintonbury Historical Society
Publisher: Wintonbury Historical Society
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomfield, Connecticut
Number of pages: 141
First sentence: The outbreak of hostilities between the North and the South took place when the town of bloomfield was less than 25 years old.  It was in April 1835 that 107 residents of Wntonbuty parish petitioned the General Assembly to become an independent town, seperate from Windsor
Description: Detailed description of reaction of citizens in a small New England town the nation's internal struggle and traces the involvement of 130 men who claimed Bloomfield residency when enlisting in the Army of the United States.
Notes: Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	                                                                                                                  II
FRONTISPIECE	                                                                                                                                      III
TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                                                                     VI
TABLE OF TABLES	                                                                                                                                   VIII
PREFACE	                                                                                                                                                           IX
FLAG HAD NEW MEANING                                                                                                                           IX
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE STRUGGLE	                                                                                             1
PRELUDE TO WAR	                                                                                                                                        1
PEACE MEETING IN BLOOMFIELD	                                                                                             6
GROWTH OF THE MILITARY  CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS	                                                 11
BOUNTIES AS INDUCEMENTS TO ENLIST	                                                                                            15
BLOOMFIELD PROVIDES 73 ENLISTEES IN 1862	                                                                       16
COMPANY D, 22ND INFANTRY – BLOOMFIELD’S COMPANY	                                                  19
THE COLORED INFANTRY	                                                                                                                  25
SIGNIFICANT BATTLES INVOLVING  BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES	                                                  41
ANTIETAM – SEPTEMBER 17, 1862	                                                                                            43
FREDERICKSBURG—DECEMBER 11 - 15, 1862	                                                                       63
GETTYSBURG, -- JULY 1 - 3, 1863	                                                                                            71
DREWRY'S BLUFF IN THE BERMUDA HUNDRED CAMPAIGN, MAY 12-16, 1864	       76
WERE ALL BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES BLOOMFIELD RESIDENTS?	                                                 81
BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES KILLED IN ACTION	                                                                       85
FREDERICK R. ENO	                                                                                                                                       86
EDMUND I. FIELD	                                                                                                                                       88
CHESTER U. WESTLAND	                                                                                                                  89
DANIEL SHEPPION, ALIAS DANIEL HANRAHAN	                                                                       90
THOMAS J. BRAINARD	                                                                                                                  91
BLOOMFIELD DEATHS FROM NON-COMBAT CAUSES	                                                                        93
JAMES B. ELLSWORTH	                                                                                                                  94
DAVID W. GOODWIN	                                                                                                                                       94
HEMAN PARSONS	                                                                                                                                       97
LEWIS SEYMOUR NEWBERRY	                                                                                                                  98
CORNELIUS READER	                                                                                                                                       99
HENRY GLAZIER, AND JAMES MICKEL	                                                                                          100
EDWARD D. HUBBARD	                                                                                                                101
BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES CAPTURED	                                                                                           103
BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES WOUNDED	                                                                                           107
BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES WHO DESERTED	                                                                                           109
BLOOMFIELD ENLISTEES – ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF RESIDENCY	                           111
BLOOMFIELD RECORD OF ELECTORS	                                                                                           117
CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED IN BLOOMFIELD.	                                                                     119
EVIDENCE OF BLOOMFIELD RESIDENCY	                                                                                          125
VICTORY TURNS TO ASHES  -- APRIL 12, 1865	                                                                     129
BIBLIOGRAPHY	                                                                                                                                     131
INDEX	                                                                                                                                                          137
THE BATTLE IS OVER	                                                                                                  Back Cover