The 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the Union Army during the

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Service

The 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at

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, on August 24, 1862. The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,

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, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,

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, to July 1863. 2nd Brigade, Getty's Division, Portsmouth, Virginia,

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, to June 1865. The 16th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service June 24, 1865.

Detailed service

Left Connecticut for Washington, D.C., August 29–31. Maryland Campaign September–October 1862. Battle of Antietam, September 16–17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Virginia, October 27 – November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12–15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. Moved to Newport News February 6–9, then to Suffolk March 13. Siege of Suffolk April 12 – May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Providence Church Road and Nansemond River May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy June 9–17. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24 – July 7. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1–7. Moved to Portsmouth, Virginia. Duty there and at Norfolk, January 1864. Skirmish at Harrellsville, January 20 (detachment). Moved to Morehead City, then to New Bern and Plymouth January 24–28. Skirmish at Windsor January 30. Duty at New Bern February 2 to March 20, and at Plymouth, North Carolina, April. Siege of Plymouth April 17–20. Captured April 20, and prisoners of war March 1865. Those not captured on duty at New Bern and Roanoke Island, North Carolina, June 1865.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 325 men during service; 6 officers and 76 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 240 enlisted men died of disease, including 154 who died as prisoners of war in Confederate hands.Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 473.

Commanders

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Francis Beach *

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Charles L. Upham - commanded at the Battle of Fredericksburg

References

External links

16th Connecticut Infantry monument at Antietam National Battlefield
Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Military in Connecticut 1862 establishments in Connecticut