Serious students of the Battle of Gettysburg know that what we now know as Barlow’s Knoll was once Blocher’s Knoll, named after the family that owned that land around it. Serious students of the 17th CVI know that the veterans…
Category: Biographies
Stories about the soldiers of the 17th
Roster changes…for the better
For the regular visitors to the site (and thanks for coming by again and again!) there are some updates on the roster pages. I’ve been hitting the old Connecticut Catalog of Volunteers to add extra information to the rosters – namely…
The Gettysburg Star (and Colonel Ira Wildman)
I found this article in the July 9, 1938 edition of the Gettysburg Star and Sentinel (published during the 75th reunion of the Blue and Gray): I suppose it still doesn’t answer the question of whether or not the star was…
A Railroading Man from the 17th
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…
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…
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. …