14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

Description

The service of the 14th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg is honored with several monuments on the battlefield.
The most prominent of the monuments honoring the regiment stands on Hancock Avenue, not far from the Angle, and marks the position from which the 14th helped repel Pickett’s Charge on the climactic third day of the battle.
The front face of the monument, dedicated in 1884, features a bronze plaque describing the regiment’s Civil War service and major battles, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and several others before Appomattox.
14th CT Volunteer Infantry, Hancock Ave.
The monument’s east face bears the simple inscription, “14 Conn.,” and the monument is topped with the Second Corps’ trefoil emblem.
The monument’s north face indicates the regiment’s affiliation in the Third Division, and the south face lists the division’s Second Brigade.
The west face of the monument features a plaque with a detailed description of the 14th’s actions during the battle of Gettysburg. The plaque reads, “The 14th C V reached the vicinity of Gettysburg at evening July 1, 1863, and held this position July 2-4.
“The regiment took part in the repulse of Longstreet’s grand charge on the 3rd, capturing in their immediate front more than 200 prisoners and five battle flags. They also, on the 3rd, captured from the enemy sharpshooters the Bliss buildings in their far front, and held them until ordered to burn them. Men in action, 160. Killed and wounded, 62.”
This book orginally published in 1906 and written by Charles D Page tells of their valiant struggle.
14th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
is a hard cover book published in 1987 by Ron R Van Sickle Military Books containing 509 pages with many photos. It is in like new condition a beautiful book, and comes from the smoke free home of a retired teacher who gladly combines postage the best way possible.