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Muster In: Organized at Norwich and mustered in September 5, 1862.1,2
Muster Out: Mustered out June 16, 1865.3,4
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel James F. Brown
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Major William Spittle
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army5,6
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)7
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army8,9
- Commander: Captain James F. Brown (June 30, 1864)10
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army12,13
- Commander: Captain James F. Brown (July 31, 1864)14
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army15
- Commander: Captain James F. Brown (August 31, 1864)16
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army17,18,19
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)20
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army21,22
- Commander: Major James F. Brown (October 31, 1864)23
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864)24
Third Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-31, 1864)25
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James F. Brown (December 31, 1864)26
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- Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army27,28
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army31,32
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles35:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Hare’s Hill June 24-28, 1864.
- In trenches at Bermuda Hundred August 25-September 27, 1864.
- Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30.
- Fair Oaks October 27-28.
- Duty in trenches before Richmond March, 1865.
- Expedition to Fredericksburg March 5-8, and up the Potomac River March 11-13.
- Moved to White House March 13-18, thence to Signal Hilt, before Richmond, March 24-26.
- Occupation of Richmond April 3.
- Moved to Columbia April 28, and duty there June.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 150 Years Ago Today: Christmas at the Siege of Petersburg: December 25, 1864
- CT AG 64-65: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Brown, 21st Connecticut, of operations September 3, 1864 to April 10, 1865
- NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
- NT: October 28, 1886 National Tribune: The Capture of Fort Harrison, Sept. 29
- NT: March 22, 1888 National Tribune: Fort Harrison, How It Was Taken, Sept. 29
- OR XL P1 #271: Report of Captain James F. Brown, 21st CT, June 13-August 26, 1864
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1866 (Hartford, CT: A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers, 1866), p. 227 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1866 (Hartford, CT: A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers, 1866), p. 227 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 235 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 554 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 21st Connecticut Entry, Page 13; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 235 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 554 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 554 ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1304. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 135: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 1864)” ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1865 (New Haven: Carrington, Hotchkiss & Co., State Printers, 1865), pp. 401-405 ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 21st Connecticut Entry, Page 12; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1125: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 335: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 749: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 335: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 749: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 578: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 578: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1865 (New Haven: Carrington, Hotchkiss & Co., State Printers, 1865), pp. 401-405 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩