18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
The 18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 67 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 80 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment is honored by a monument in the National Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia.
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Organized at Norwich |
August 22 |
Left State for Baltimore, Md. |
August |
Duty at Forts McHenry and Marshall, Defenses of Baltimore attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Dept. |
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January |
Attached to 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps |
February |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps |
May 22 |
Moved to Winchester, Va., and Joined Milroy's Command |
June |
Assigned to Scammon's Division, Dept. West Virginia |
June 13-15 |
Battle of Winchester |
June 15 |
Mostly of the regiment was captured |
July 2 |
Regiment was paroled |
September 30 |
Non-captured part of regiment on Provost duty at Hagerstown, Md., |
October 1 |
Regiment exchanged. Moved to Martinsburg, Va., to join those not captured. |
December |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia |
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March |
At Martinsburg |
March 7-28 |
At Bolivar Heights |
March 16-18 |
Reconnaissance toward Snicker's Gap |
March 28-April 9 |
On furlough |
April 29-May 17 |
Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia. |
May 15 |
Battle of New Market |
May 26-July 1 |
Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg |
May 26-June 5 |
Advance on Staunton |
June 5 |
Action at Piedmont, Mount Crawford |
June 6 |
Occupation of Staunton |
June 17-18 |
Lynchburg |
July 1-18 |
Moved to Camp Piatt, then to Parkersburg, Cumberland, Md., Martinsburg, Harper's Ferry and Snicker's Ford. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia |
July 18 |
Snicker's Ferry |
July 24 |
Battle of Kernstown, Winchester |
July 25 |
Martinsburg |
August-September |
At Charlestown, W. Va. |
October 1-29 |
At Martinsburg |
November 11 |
Moved to New Haven, Conn., and duty at Conscript Camp |
November 11-13 |
Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia |
November 23 |
To Halltown |
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April |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
June |
At Martinsburg |
June 27 |
Mustered out at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
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