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Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing and a Vision for Post-Emancipation America

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The 29th First to Enter Confederate Capital When It Surrenders – Today in History: April 3

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Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment

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Little Sorrel, Connecticut’s Confederate War Horse

They Also Served: Chinese, Southeast Asians, and Hawaiians in the American Civil War

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Evaporated Milk’s Connecticut Connection – Who Knew?

General Joseph R. Hawley Helps Commemorate Connecticut’s Civil War Soldiers

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Henry Deming: Mayor of Hartford and New Orleans

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Collections: Battle Flags

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John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism

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Connecticut’s Naval Contributions to the Civil War

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A Voice for Veterans: A Civil War era ‘Whistle-Blower’ – Who Knew?

Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey

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Franklin’s Ashbel Woodward was a Battlefield Surgeon and Historian

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Colonel Augustus G. Hazard, Gunpowder Manufacturer – Who Knew?

Powder Hollow in Hazardville – Who Knew?

From the State Historian: Connecticut’s Slow Steps Toward Emancipation

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The Complicated Realities of Connecticut and the Civil War

  • Writer:
    Matthew Warshauer

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Alfred Howe Terry Born in Hartford – Today in History: November 10

A Memorial to General Hawley at the State Capitol

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Unveiling of the Grant Memorial Tablet – Today in History: October 4

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A Monument Memorializes the Fallen

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William Eaton, a Peace Democrat and Civil War Opponent

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Remembering Civil War Prisoners of War

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch – Today in History: September 17

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Hall of Flags: Memorial to Connecticut’s Civil War Colors

  • Writer:
    Tara M. Cantore

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Death and Mourning in the Civil War Era

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Reading, Writing, and the Great Outdoors: Frederick Gunn’s School Transforms Victorian-era Education

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Henry Ward Beecher, a Preacher with Political Clout

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Memorial Day 1920 Brings a Changing of the Guard

Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers

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John Brown Born – Today in History: May 9

Crisis Management during the American Civil War: The Hartford Soldiers’ Aid Society

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Ironclad Commissioned – Today in History: April 21

Bridgeport Women Answer the Call – Today in History: April 15

Celebrating Civil War Men and Women – Today in History: April 9

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson at Touro Hall – Today in History: March 24

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The 29th Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

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Fighting Sons of Erin: Connecticut’s Irish Regiment in the Civil War

Connecticut Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home

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Gideon Welles, US Secretary of the Navy and Lincoln’s “Neptune”

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    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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The Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Legacy in Portland

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Mystic-built USS Galena Part of Plan to Strengthen Union Navy

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Reverend James Pennington: A Voice for Freedom

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“An Admirable Portrait” of Frederick Douglass

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The Great Remedy: Picturing the Emancipation Proclamation

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Sloop-of-War Ship’s Figurehead Lands at State Capitol

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New Haven: What Was Everyday Life Like During the Civil War?

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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tablet

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Connecticut’s Chickamauga Tree: An Investigation

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A Day of Celebration – Today in History: September 17

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Sanitary Fair – Today in History: July 25

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The First Battle of Bull Run: Connecticut Troops Stand Firm When the Battle Turns Against Them

Cornelius Bushnell and His Ironclad Ship

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Connecticut’s Capitol Building – Inside and Out

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The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Hartford

  • Writer:
    Amanda P. Roy

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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John Rogers was a 19th-Century Sculptor for the Common Man

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The Gettysburg Address and Heroic Fathers Bronze Tablets at the State Capitol

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Gideon Welles Appointed Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy – Today in History: March 7

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A Civil War Soldier Engineers an Iconic Career

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North and South: The Legacy of Eli Whitney

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Connecticut Arms the Union

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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry

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Disaster at Cold Harbor: Connecticut’s Second Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment

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Kensington Soldiers Monument Dedicated – Today in History: July 28

One of the Honored Dead: General J. K. F. Mansfield

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An Orderly & Decent Government: A Society in Ferment, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1819-1865

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865

Civil War Soldier Dies of Gangrene – Today in History: July 10

The Civil War Commences: Connecticut’s Involvement in the Civil War

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29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment

  • Writer:
    Todd Jones

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The Forlorn Soldier

From the State Historian: The Final Journey of Nathaniel Lyon

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Connecticut’s War Governor, William A. Buckingham

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Connecticut 29th Mustered into Service – Today in History: March 8

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Standing at Rest, at Last: The Story of the Forlorn Soldier

Civil War Monuments and Memorials in and Around the State Capitol

The Peace Movement in Litchfield

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The Old Brownstone Soldier

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Commemorating the USS Hartford at the Connecticut State Capitol

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The Forlorn Soldier Conservation Ceremony, July 2013

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Pomp and Circumstance: Civil War Commemoration

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Christopher Miner Spencer, 19th-century Arms Manufacturer

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What’s in a Number? Connecticut’s Thirteenth Regiment Goes Off to War

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A Shipping and Railroad Magnate Remembers His Connecticut Roots

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William Edgar Simonds: A Schoolteacher Turned Civil War Hero

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Gideon Welles’s Role in Lincoln’s Cabinet

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James G. Batterson, Stone Contractor

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The 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Flag and Display

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Nathaniel Lyon: Colorful Commander from Connecticut

  • Writer:
    John Potter

  • Town(s):
    Ashford

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