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civil war - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Nathaniel Lyon: First US General to Die During the Civil War


  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Eastford

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Collections: Battle Flags


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The Complicated Realities of Connecticut and the Civil War


  • Writer:
    Matthew Warshauer

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


  • Writer:
    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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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


  • Town(s):
    New Canaan

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Connecticut Arms the Union


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29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment


  • Writer:
    Todd Jones

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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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The Old Brownstone Soldier


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