"I do not regret having done as I have done, for I with many thousands was honest and enlisted for our country. If I was home and knew as much as I do now I would enlist at the first opportunity."

Corporal Andrew D. Couch - January 1863
Killed May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia

Corp. Albert O. Seeley - Co.B

Sgt. Cyrus T. Bachelder - Co. D

Captured at Gettysburg, Pa. on July 1st, 1863. Seeley was also captured on May 19, 1864 at Welaka, Florida. He was imprisoned at Andersonville before being paroled in December, 1865. He died shortly after his release, on January 9, 1865.

Captured at Gettysburg, Pa.

photo courtesy of Scott Hann. Also in collection of Dale Call

from D. Scott Hartzell Collection/USAMHI

1st Sgt. Charles Loomis - Co. F

Corp. Frank S. Middlebrook - Co. F

A post-war image

A post-war image. Promoted to Sgt.-Major Aug. 28, '64.

photo from collection of Dale Call

photo from collection of Dale Call

Corp. Andrew Couch - Co. G

Sgt. Joseph North - Co. H

Killed at Chancellorsville, Va.

A post-war image. Originally a musician with the 5th CVI, he enlisted in the 17th CVI in February 1865. From his letters home, he continued as a musician with the regiment's band. Joseph's brother--1st Lt. Henry North of Company A and D--also served with the 17th from it's muster-in in 1862.

photo courtesy of Bobby Dobbins

photo courtesy of Chris Edy

Sgt. Selah G. Blakeman - Co. D

Sgt. Selah G. Blakeman - post war view (c.1886)

Blakeman fought through the war unhurt. He is shown in his GAR uniform on the right. The medal over his left breast (your right) is the regimental badge of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, commissioned after the war.

Both images used courtesy of Ann Wardman

Corp. Charles Chipman - Co. E

Sgt. Patrick Wade - Co. K

Enlisted at the age of 14. He was captured at Chancellorsville, Va. on May 2, 1863. He was paroled on May 14, 1863. Family history says that he was also captured on July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, although there is no official record of this. Chipman was promoted to Corporal on March 7, 1865, dating this photo to that period.

A post-war image. Promoted Sergeant at Gettysburg and was 2nd in Command of a Squad of 12 men who recaptured the town of Gettysburg on morning of July 4th, 1863. After the war, he was Stockholder Director and Superintendent of the mechanical printing dept. for the Bridgeport, CT Republican Standard.

photo courtesy of Chip Belyea

photo from collection of Dale Call

Sgt. Isaac Crissey - Co. H

Sgt. Isaac Crissey - postwar

Crissey was wounded on May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA. He was transferred to the 21st Company, 2nd Battalion of the Veterans Reserve Corps in August 1863. The wartime image is a hand-tinted tintype. The postwar image clearly shows his GAR badge.

Both images used courtesy of Jael Raymond

1st Sgt. N. Raymond Griffith - Co. F

1st Sgt. George Scofield - Co. B

Image probably taken while in camp at Bridgeport - the "17" is visible on his kepi. Griffith was mustered in as Sergeant of Company F, and promoted to 1st Sergeant in March 1863. He was discharged by reason of disability in July 1864.

One of four brothers who fought for the Union, Scofield first served with the 3rd CT Volunteer Infantry as a Private. He reenlisted on July 24, 1862 into Co. B of the 17th CVI as a Sergeant. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant in September 1863. Scofield was captured along with a large part of Co. B at Welaka, Florida on May 19, 1864. He was paroled in November 1864 and mustered out in July 1865.

photo from collection of Dale Call

photo used with permission of The Stamford Historical Society

Corp. Phineas Lounsberry - Co. C

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A post war image. Discharged due to disability in December 1862. Lounsberry would serve as Governor of the State of Connecticut (as did his brother) from 1887 to 1889. Several post-war reunions were held at his estate in Ridgefield.

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photo from collection of Dale Call

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