Not only do I spend time studying the 17th CVI but I also like railroad history (coming from a railroading family back in the day). I found this short autobiography by Charles S. Mallett in a 1920 volume of the…
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Sometimes a name is not just a name…
I spent some time going through the The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion and came across this case history: Case 280. — Private William H. Hawkhurst, company G, 17th Connecticut volunteers; age 30; admitted April…
Here today and gone tomorrow
We made a quick stop in Gettysburg today – really just an overnight stop – but enough time to spend a while on my favorite place on the battlefield, which is East Cemetery Hill. I always wonder what it looked…
A Wartime Wedding in the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
It always seems to be a staple of movies set during any war – the last minute wedding of soldier before his unit goes off to war. The Civil War would be no different, I would guess, but it isn’t…
Lt. Colonel Henry Allen, 17th CVI
contributed by Jack Bates Henry Allen was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut on August 23, 1842. His father was Captain William Allen, born in Castine, Maine ca. 1790, a well-known ship master engaged in the New York and Liverpool packet service. …
Website update
Frequent visitors to this site have seen many changes since it first started sometime in 1996. It started as a one or two page history with a promise to be “the best” source of information on the 17th CVI on…
First Bull Run and the 17th CVI
No, the 17th did not fight at Bull Run (first or second). But for many soldiers in the 17th CVI the war began much earlier than 1862. With the 150th anniversary of First Bull Run (or First Manassas if you…
Welcome (finally!)
It has to start someplace…so why not here? It’s taken a while but the time has come to start posting on the 17th CVI blog. Like it says, this is primarily a history site. With that out of the way…