HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 4th Connecticut Infantry was organized at Hartford, Connecticut and mustered in on May 21, 1861.
It became the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery on January 2, 1862.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Robert O. Tyler
ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to Abercrombie's 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of Pennsylvania, to August 1861. 2nd Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to December 1861. Defenses of Washington to January 1862.
SERVICE:
Left Connecticut for Washington, D.C., June 10. Duty at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and at Hagerstown, Maryland, until July 4, 1861, and at Williamsport until August 16. At Frederick, Md., until September 5. Moved to Darnestown September 5, then to Fort Richardson. Service in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., and duty there until January 1862.
ROSTERS:
The roster of this regiment contains the names of 12 men.
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