Stone Sentinels, battlefield monuments of the American Civil War

Connecticut at the Battle of Gettysburg

Connecticut sent over 50,000 men to the Union Army in the Civil War, organized into 30 regiments of infantry, 1 of cavalry, and 2 of heavy artillery, as well as 3 batteries of light artillery. Of these, there were five Connecticut infantry regiments and one light artillery battery at the Battle of Gettysburg, a total of over 1,250 men.

 

One of the army's eight corps commanders, Major General John Sedgwick, was from Connecticut.

2nd Connecticut 17th Connecticut
5th Connecticut 20th Connecticut
14th Connecticut 27th Connecticut