The 21st Connecticut Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 114 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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September 5 |
Organized at Norwich |
September 11 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
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Duty at Arlington Heights, Va., Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
November 7-19 |
March to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
January |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
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January 20-24 |
Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March" |
February 6-9 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
March 13 |
To Suffolk, Va. |
April 12-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk, assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
May 3 |
Chuckatuck and Reed's Ferry, Nansemond River |
May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk raised |
June 9-16 |
Reconnaissance to Chickahominy |
June 16 |
Moved to Portsmouth, Va. and assigned to 3rd Brigade, Getty's Division, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina for provost and guard duty at Portsmouth and Norfolk |
October |
Assigned to Heckman's Command, Newport News, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
November 10 |
Moved to Newport News |
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February |
Assigned to Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
January 24-25 |
Expedition up James River to Fort Powhatan |
February 1 |
Smithfield |
February 3 |
Moved to Morehead City, N. C. |
February 12 |
To New Berne and duty there, at Plymouth and at Washington, N. C. |
March |
Assigned to Sub-District of the Pamlico, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
April 5 |
Near Blount's Creek |
April 28 |
Moved to Portsmouth, Va. |
May 10-28 |
Butler's operations on South Side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina. |
May 10 |
Swift Creek, or Arrow field Church |
May 12-16 |
Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 |
Battle of Drewry's Bluff |
May 17-27 |
At Bermuda Hundred |
May 27-31 |
Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor |
June 15-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin |
June 24-28 |
Hare's Hill |
August 25-
September 27 |
In trenches at Bermuda Hundred |
September 28-30 |
Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights |
October 27-28 |
Fair Oaks |
December |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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March |
Duty in trenches before Richmond |
March 5-8 |
Expedition to Fredericksburg |
March 11-13 |
Expedition up the Potomac River |
March 13-18 |
Moved to White House |
March 24-26 |
To Signal Hilt, before Richmond |
April 3 |
Occupation of Richmond |
April 28 |
Moved to Columbia |
June 16 |
Mustered out |
