History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers

This regiment was formed for fighting in the American civil war. It now has a monument remembering its losses at Antietam in northwest Maryland. The regiment was formed in August 1862 and finally disbanded in June 1865. It suffered heavy losses partially because they were largely untrained volunteers. Blakeslee, the author, was a member of this regiment who kept a personal diary. The book is composed mainly of these memories since very little else was written about this regiment.