Military

There is a great range of military biographical information. Regimen­tal and company histories are likely to be simple lists of names, perhaps with birth and death dates, while military leaders often get full biographi­cal treatment. Here is a selection of some of the Connecticut materials:

Connecticut Adjutant General. Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the I. War of the Revolution. II. War of 1812. III. Mexican War. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1889.

Connecticut Medical Society. Military Biographies of Members of the Connecticut State Medical Society Who Served in the Armed Forces of the U.S., W.W. II. New Haven: Connecticut Medical Society, 1950.

Hinman, R. R. Historical Collections From Official Records, Files etc. of the Part Sustained by Connecticut During the War of the Revolution. Hartford, 1842. See the index to locate a full annotation of this work.

Jacobus, Donald L. List of Officials, Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical of Connecticut Col­ony from March 1636 through 11 October 1677 and of New Haven Colony throughout its Separate Existence; also Soldiers in the Pequot War who then or Subsequently Resided within the Present Bounds of Connecticut. New Haven: Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1935.

Leddy, E. The Connecticut Civil War Centennial; Connecticut Military and Naval Leaders in the Civil War. Hartford: n. pub., 1961

Military Order of Foreign Wars in the United States, Connecticut Commandery. Register. 2 vols. New Britain: n. pub., 1899-1902.

Thayer, J. B. History of Company K, First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry During the

Spanish-American War. Hartford, 1899.

 

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