Company H

Captains

KELLOGG, Enos. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 11, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

1st Lieutenants

BENEDICT, J. Irving. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 11, 1862. Resigned Dec. 23,’62.

AYRES, James H. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 21, 1862. Mustered 2nd Lt. Promoted Dec. 23,’62; Captain Company A, Mar. 5,’64.

CAVE, Thomas P. Residence: Darien, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant Mar. 1,’63; 1st Lt. Sept. 22,’64. Mustered out July 19,’65.

2nd Lieutenant

BLISS, Francis M. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered 1st Sergeant; promoted Dec. 23,’62. Resigned Oct. 27,’63.  

1st Sergeant

WHITNEY, Horace. Residence: Darien, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Mustered Corporal; promoted Sergeant May 15,’63. Captured July 2,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Promoted 1st Sergeant Aug. 28,’64; 2nd Lt. July 15,’64 (not must.). Mustered out July 19,’65.

Sergeants

BOSSA, Norbert. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Mustered Corporal.. Captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Promoted Sergeant Sept. 27,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

BROWN, Isaac B. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 25, 1862. Mustered Corporal; promoted Feb. 1,’64. Mustered out July 19,’65.

COMSTOCK, Samuel 2nd. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 23, 1862. Wounded  July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Died Sept. 27,’63 (Fractured left thigh – Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, PA).

CRIESEY, Isaac N. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Wounded May 2,’63, Chancellorsville, Va. Transferred to 21st Company, 2nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corps Aug. 10,’63.

DeFORREST, Samuel E. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Private. Promoted Corporal Aug. 28,’62; Sergeant Mar. 1,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

NORTH, Joseph W. Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Feb. 10, 1865. Mustered Private. Promoted Sergeant Mar. 13,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

PALMER, Warren S.  Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged disability Apr. 23,’63.

Corporals

BANZHOF, John G. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Mustered Private. Promoted July 1,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

BENNETT, Peter. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged disability Feb. 23,’63.

BENEDICT, Andrew B. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered Private; promoted Jan. 10,’63. Transferred to Company F, 3rd Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps July 17,’63.

COMSTOCK, Stephen. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Private; promoted Mar. 3,’63. Transferred to Company F, 3rd Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps July 20,’63.

CRABB, Andrus. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862. Mustered Private; promoted July 1,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

MATHER, William H. Jr. Residence: Norwalk, enlisted Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered Private. Captured May 2,’63, Chancellorsville,Va. Paroled May 15,’63. Promoted Mar. 1,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RAYMOND, Arza. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Mustered Private; promoted Feb. 1,’64. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RICHARDS, Edward. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Private; promoted Mar. 1,’63. Died May 7,’63 (Typhoid fever – Regimental Hospital).

REMINGTON, Seth. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Private. Wounded and captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Promoted Sept. 27,’63. Wounded and captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’sLake, Fla. Released Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 8,’65.

RUSCO, Floyd T. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 24, 1862. Mustered Private. Captured May 2,’63, Chancellorsville,Va. Paroled May 15,’63. Promoted Feb. 1,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RUSCO, DeWitt C. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Private. Wounded May 2,’63, Chancellorsville, Va. Captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Promoted July 1,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

SEELEY, Joseph F. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 11, 1862. Discharged disability Feb. 7,’63.

STEVENS, George J. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 31, 1862. Reduced to ranks at own request. Mustered out July 19,’65.

WEED, Levi St. John. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862. Reduced to ranks at own request Aug. 28,’62. Captured July 2,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Promoted July 1,’64. Mustered out July 19,’65.

WEED, Charles A. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 25, 1862. Reduced to ranks (sick) Feb. 5,’65. Died Feb. 12,’65 (Secondary syphilis – General Hospital, New Haven, CT) .

WEED, George W. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered Private; promoted May 15,’63. Captured July 2,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.  

Musicians

INNIS, Patrick. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Jan. 7, 1864. Mustered Private. Detailed Musician. Mustered out July 19,’65.

JONES, Miles O. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 28, 1862. Transferred to ranks; transferred to 48th Company, 2nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corps Dec. 1,’63.

SCOFIELD, Franklin H. Residence: Darien, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Transferred to ranks; transferred to Company E, 22nd Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps Nov. 8,’63.

Wagoner

HODGES, James L. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Muster rolls report him absent (sick), Dec. 14,’62; supposed deserted. No further record A.G.O.  

Privates

ACKER, John Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

ALBIN, Henry Residence: Wilton, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Captured Feb. 5,’65,  Dunn’s Lake,Fla. Discharged June 8,’65. Mustered out July 19,’65.

AVERY, David M. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Wounded May 2,’63, Chancellorsville, Va. Mustered out July 19,’65.

BALL, William C. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 23, 1862. Captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

BARR, Ira T. Residence: Wilton, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Discharged disability Mar. 24,’63.

BARTON, Charles L. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Dec. 29, 1863. Captured Feb. 5,’65,  Dunn’s Lake, Fla. Paroled Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 8,’65.

BENEDICT, Enoch B. Residence: Sharon, enlisted Mar. 1, 1864. Captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’s Lake, Fla. Paroled Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 3,’65.

BENEDICT, Lewis B. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Discharged disability Oct. 12,’63.

BIRDSALL, John. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Feb. 9, 1864. Died Jan. 2,’65.

BISHOP, Robert. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 21, 1862. Discharged disability Nov. 20,’63.

BRITTO, Frank. Residence:New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Discharged disability Nov. 26,’63.

BRITTO, Loren W. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

BROWN, William L. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged disability Oct. 12,’63.

BRODHURST, Alfred Z. Residence: Stamford, enlisted July 29, 1862. Wounded and captured May 2,’63, Chancellorsville,Va. Paroled May 15,’63. Captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’s Lake, Fla. Paroled Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 23,’65.

BRYAN, Nathaniel. Residence: Brooklyn, N.Y., enlisted Sept. 22, 1864. Enlisted for 40th Regiment NY Vols., assigned to Company H, 17th C.V. by error. Transferred to 40th Regiment NY Vols. June 30,’65.

BURTIS, Warren J. Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 30, 1862. Wounded July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’s Lake,Fla. Released Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 8,’65.

BYINGTON, Aaron. Residence: Wilton, enlisted July 23, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 9,’63.

BYINGTON, John L. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 19, 1862. Captured May 3,’63, Chancellorsville,Va. Paroled May 15,’63. Transferred to Company D, 6th Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps Oct 21,’63.

COMSTOCK, Anthony. Residence: Norwalk, enlisted Dec. 30, 1863. Mustered out July 19,’65.

COMSTOCK, David C. Jr. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Appointed Hospital Steward U.S.A. Jan. 27,’64.

CRABB, Lynus W. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

CROFOOT, Charles. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Mustered out July 19,’65.

DeFORREST, William H. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 12,’63.

DeFISHEUR, Maximillian. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Discharged disability Feb 27,’63.

DIXON, Levi. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Wounded July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa (right leg amputated Oct 5, ’63 – Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, PA). Discharged disability Oct. 8,’64.

DRISCOLL, Thomas. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 19,’63.

FABER, Christian. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Wounded and captured May 2,’63, Chancellorsville, Va. Released May 15,’63. Discharged disability Oct. 21,’63.

FITCH, William S. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Jan. 20, 1864. Mustered out July 19,’65.

FOOTE, Gaius St. John. Residence: Ridgefield, enlisted Aug. 16, 1862. Died Nov. 17,’63 (Remittent fever – Regimental Hospital).

FOX, Samuel W. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

GANNING, Augustus. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Discharged disability Mar. 27,’63.

GRAY, Samuel. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

GREENWOLD, John. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

HAAS, John T. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Transferred to Company B, 24th Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps Dec. 4,’63.

HALL, Charles W. Residence: Warren, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 29,’63.

HARRISON, Orrin. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 28, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

HARTUNG, William. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Died Mar. 29,’63 (Typhoid fever, 1st Division, XI Corps hospital).

JONES, David R. Residence: Wilton, enlisted Sept. 20, 1864 (substitute or drafted). Captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’s Lake,Fla. Paroled Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 10,’65.

JONES, Henry. Residence: North Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Deserted Sept. 1,’62.

KAISER, John. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

MALLETT, Charles S. Residence: Easton, enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Wounded and captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 2,’63. Transferred to Company F, 1st Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps Oct. 28,’63. Re-transferred Oct. 25,’64. Captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’s Lake,Fla. Released Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 8,’65.

MARLTON, Charles E. Residence: Monroe, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

McNALLY, Francis. Residence: Norwalk, enlistedAug. 25, 1862. Wounded and captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 25,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

MEAD, Eliphalet. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 28, 1862. Killed July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa.

MONROE, Alanson T. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 28, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 28,’63.

OGDEN, Orson C. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 9,’63.

OLMSTED, Christopher S. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Died Nov. 10,’62 (Typhoid fever – Emory General Hospital, Washington, DC).

OSBORN, Samuel S. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged disability Apr. 30,’63.

PATTENDEN, Ebenezer J. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 18, 1862. Wounded and captured July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Sept. 29,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

PATTERSON, George. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Wounded May 2,’63, Chancellorsville, Va. Died May 14,’63.

PEATT, Henry. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 23,’63.

POTTS, George H. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Discharged disability Nov. 28,’63.

PURDY, George E. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Transferred to Company D, 20th Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps Oct. 7,’63.

RANDLE, Lewis. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Died June 19,’64 (Typhoid fever – Regimental Hospital, St. Augustine, FL).

RAYMOND, Chauncey. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RAYMOND, Cyrus. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Captured July 2,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Paroled Aug. 21,’63. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RAYMOND, Cyrus J. Residence: Stamford, enlisted Feb. 10, 1865. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RAYMOND, C. Edward. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged disability Jan. 20,’63.

RAYMOND, John W. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged disability Oct. 26,’62.

RUSCO, George. Residence: Wilton, enlisted July 23, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

RUSCO, Sands R. Residence: Norwalk, enlisted Dec. 30, 1863. Discharged disability July 11,’65.

SEELEY, Charles E. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

SELLECK, Benjamin. Residence: Darien, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Wounded July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Mustered out July 19,’65.

SILLIMAN, Justus M. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862. Wounded July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Mustered out July 19,’65.

SMALLHORN, James A. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Captured Feb. 5,’65, Dunn’s Lake, Fla. Paroled Apr. 21,’65. Discharged June 8, ’65.

SMEDLEY, William. Residence: Norwalk, enlisted Aug. 27, 1862. Captured May 2,’63, Chancellorsville,Va. Paroled May 15,’63. Died June 20,’65 (Ruptured blood vessel caused by fall from open window – Jacksonville, FL).

SMITH, Edwin Residence: Bridgeport, enlisted Aug. 19, 1862. Wounded Nov. 14,’62, Antioch,Va. Discharged disability Jan. 26,’63.

STRONG, Francis M. Residence: Weston, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Discharged disability Apr. 30,’63.

THOMPSON, Albert F. Residence: Norwalk, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 10,’62.

THOMPSON, Henry. Residence: Huntington, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Wounded July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Transferred to 173rd Company, 2nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corps Sept. 19’64.

VITTENHEIMER, Charles. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Feb. 9, 1864. Mustered out July 19,’65.

WASSING, Martin. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Discharged disability Mar. 16,’63.

WATERBURY, George E. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 23, 1862. Transferred to 58th Company, 2nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corps Oct. 9,’63.

WATERBURY, Squire A. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged disability Dec. 23,’62.

WATERBURY, Henry. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered out July 19,’65.

WEINBERG, Francis. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted Aug. 19, 1862. Wounded May 2,’63, Chancellorsville, Va. Wounded July 1,’63, Gettysburg, Pa. Mustered out July 19,’65.

WILSON, William. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 21, 1862. Transferred to 49th Company, 2nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corps Dec. 30,’63.

WOOD, George H. Residence: New Canaan, enlisted July 19, 1862. Died Oct. 12,’63.

YOUNGS, George B. Residence: Westport, enlisted July 24, 1862. Transferred to Company E, 3rd Regiment Veterans Reserve Corps Aug. 17,’63.