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War and defense - 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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“Legalized Piracy”: Connecticut’s Revolutionary War Privateers

  • Writer:
    Bryna O’Sullivan

  • Town(s):
    New Haven, New London, Norwich, Wethersfield

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Jonathan Trumbull’s Lebanon War Office: The “Pentagon of the Revolution”

  • Writer:
    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Lebanon

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Battle of Goshen Point

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Ridgefield’s Keeler Tavern

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Connecticut’s Valley Forge: The Redding Encampment and Putnam Memorial State Park

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Abigail Hinman: Heroine of the American Revolution or Legend?

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Electric Boat: From Innovation Trials to WWII Submarine Leadership

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Army-Navy “E” Award Honors Connecticut for Support Against the Axis Powers

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Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White: “No Picture Was Unimportant to Her”

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Connecticut and the Armenian Genocide

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

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A New Source of Farm Labor Crops Up in Wartime

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Food Needed to Win the War Comes from Washington

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Connecticut’s Black Civil War Regiment

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Bradley Airport’s Military Origins

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The Debate Over Who Could Occupy World War II Public Housing in West Hartford

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The Hartford Convention – Today in History: December 15

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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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Jack Brutus, Connecticut War Dog – Who Knew?

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Colonel Ruth A. Lucas: Literary Advocate

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

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The Ebenezer Avery House – Who Knew?

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Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London

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Fame and Infamy for the Hulls of Derby

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Maritime History: The Founding of the United States Coast Guard Academy

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Oldest Cavalry Unit – Who Knew?

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Collections: Battle Flags

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The Incident of the Stonington Schooner ‘Breakwater’: A View from Indian Country

  • Writer:
    Jason Mancini

  • Town(s):
    Stonington

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

Benedict Arnold: America’s Most Famous Traitor

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Samuel Colt: From Yankee Peddler to American Tycoon

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Powder Hollow in Hazardville – Who Knew?

Norwich’s “Volcanic” Past

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Ethan Allen Born – Today in History: January 10

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The Complicated Realities of Connecticut and the Civil War

  • Writer:
    Matthew Warshauer

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The Early Years of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company

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Reporting News of Pearl Harbor – Today in History: December 7

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A True Dog of War: Sergeant Stubby

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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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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Canterbury

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The Whitney Armory Helps Progress in Hamden

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A Monument Memorializes the Fallen

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Nathan Hale Hanged in New York – Today in History: September 22

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Connecticut Servicemen in the “Bloody Bucket” Division

Defending Connecticut: Fortifying New London Against the British in 1812

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Washington’s Sister Susie Society

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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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Orville Platt Helps Define International Relations after the Spanish-American War

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Did You Know a Connecticut Governor Was a US Spy?

British Burn Fairfield – Today in History: July 7

Stamford’s Three-Gun Armada

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The Platt Amendment – Today in History: June 12

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USS George Washington Launched – Today in History: June 9

Memorial Day 1920 Brings a Changing of the Guard

Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers

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The Burning of Danbury

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Ironclad Commissioned – Today in History: April 21

Colt’s Submarine Battery – Today in History: April 13

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From Bombs to Bras: World War I Conservation Measures Transform the Lives of Women

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

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

  • Writer:
    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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

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A Connecticut Slave in George Washington’s Army

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Site Lines: The Mysterious Blue Lights

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Leroy Anderson Composed Iconic Music in Woodbury

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USS Confederacy: The Life and Service of Connecticut’s Continental Frigate

Women and Defense: World War II on the Connecticut Home Front

Slavery and the Pequot War

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Lion Gardiner Helps to Fortify Early Old Saybrook

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Connecticut Lawyer Prosecutes Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg

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Connecticut’s “Yankee Watch” Squadron Protects the Skies Here and Abroad

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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tablet

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Thomas Knowlton: A Small Town’s National Hero

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The Colvocoresses Oak

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A Patriotic Legacy in Print

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Fort Griswold Attacked – Today in History: September 6

The Stonington Battle Flag

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USS Nautilus Passes Under North Pole – Today in History: August 3

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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Hammonasset State Park Serves the State and its Residents

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Oliver Cromwell Launched – Today in History: June 13

Stealth Attack from Guilford Launched – Today in History: May 23

The First Yale Unit: How U.S. Navy Aviation Began

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Connecticut Declares War Against the Pequot – Today in History: May 1

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USS Tullibee – Today in History: April 27

War and the Fear of Enemy Aliens – Who Knew?

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World War I Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery

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Freighter Worcester Launched – Today in History: April 5

Connecticut Arms the Union

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A Woman Who Developed Tolerance: Leila T. Alexander

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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry

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The British Raid on Essex

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The Bazooka Changes War – Today in History: June 14

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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An Overview of Connecticut’s Outdoor Sculpture

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A Special Place to Honor Military Veterans in Plainville

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Middletown’s Nathan Starr Supplied Cutlasses for the War of 1812

  • Town(s):
    Middletown

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New London’s Sound Defense

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The War Connecticut Hated

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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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Connecticut in the French and Indian War

  • Writer:
    David Drury

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The Turtle Submarine – Today in History: September 6

America’s Most Devastating Conflict: King Philip’s War

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Commemorating the USS Hartford at the Connecticut State Capitol

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D-Day – Today in History: June 6

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

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Battle at Ridgefield – Today in History: April 27

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The British Attack Danbury – Today in History: April 25

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Benedict Arnold Demands the Key – Today in History: April 22

The 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

  • Writer:
    Cornel Garfman

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Gideon Welles’s Role in Lincoln’s Cabinet

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The Battle of Groton Heights at Fort Griswold

  • Town(s):
    Groton

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The USS Nautilus: The World’s First Nuclear Submarine

  • Town(s):
    Groton, New London

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The 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Flag and Display

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Danbury

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Danbury

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at East Hartford

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    East Hartford

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Voluntown

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Voluntown

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Farmington

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Farmington

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Map – Rochambeau’s Camp at Windham

  • Writer:
    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Windham

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Site Lines: Silas Deane

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Causes of the Pequot War

  • Writer:
    Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

  • Town(s):
    Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, North Stonington, Preston, Stonington

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Fitch Soldiers’ Home Closes – Today in History: August 28

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