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10TH CONNECTICUT
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HENRY WARD CAMP
Captured
SEABROOK ISLAND SC
.
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Henry Ward Camp was born in Hartford. After graduating with high honors from Yale in 1860, he studied law with John Hooker.
The Civil War
Camp enlisted in the Hartford City Guard in April 1861. Governor Buckingham commissioned him as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company I of the 10th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was later promoted to 1st Lieutenant in Company D of the 10th CVI and then to
Adjutant
of that Company in 1862.
In July 1863, following the assault on Fort Wagner, Confederates captured Camp and his good friend, Chaplain Trumbull. He was taken to Charleston then Columbia, South Carolina. He escaped, but was recaptured. He was released in April 1864.
Camp returned to his regiment and was promoted to Major in September of that year. A month later, he was killed in action at Darbytown Road outside of Richmond.
Following the battle, the enemy stripped Camp’s body and buried his remains. The next morning, Camp’s fellow soldiers sent a message to the Confederates asking for his remains.
Chaplain Trumbull accompanied Camp’s body home. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in north Hartford. He was reburied at Cedar Hill Cemetery after it opened in July 1866.
10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
Active
September 1861 – August 1865
Disbanded
August 25, 1865
Country
United States
Allegiance
Union
Branch
United States Army
Type
Infantry
Size
1,728
Engagements
Battle of Roanoke Island
Battle of New Bern
Battle of Kinston
Battle of Goldsborough Bridge
Battle of Fort Wagner
Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Battle of Deep Bottom
Siege of Petersburg
The 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was one of
Connecticut
's most successful
civil war
regiments, compiling an exemplary record of service in the
Union Army
.
[1]
The 10th Regiment saw action in the coastal campaign during the early years of the war, which culminated with the
siege of Charleston
. The 10th went on to fight the
trench battles
of
Richmond
, earning praise from Union generals and
Ulysses S. Grant
. The 10th was active at the war’s very end, when they blocked
Robert E. Lee
’s attempt to escape from
Virginia
. And, the 10th was present at
Appomattox Court House
when Lee surrendered to Grant. All told, the 10th regiment fought in twenty three
battles
and at least as many
skirmishes
.
[2]
Formation of the Regiment
The 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was originally formed from the 10th Connecticut Volunteers. After the Union loss at the
first Battle of Bull Run
, in the summer of 1861, volunteers poured into the Union army ranks. In September, members of the 10th regiment started arriving at Camp Buckingham in
Hartford
.
[3]
Members of the 10th regiment came from Connecticut towns large and small, including, Hartford,
New Haven
,
Derby
,
Manchester
,
Sprague
,
New London
,
Stamford
and
Greenwich
. After a few months at Camp Buckingham, the 10th regiment headed down to
Annapolis, M.D.
for additional training before joining
General Burnside’s
North Carolina Expedition to blockade vital
Confederate ports
.
Combat record
Battle of Roanoke Island (February 1862)
Main article:
Battle of Roanoke Island
Map of Roanoke Island, showing forts and fleet dispositions, February 7, 1862, on the left, and on the right, the battlefield where opposing armies met on February 8. Prepared by Lt. Andrews, 9th N.Y. Regiment.
One of the first objectives for Burnside’s expeditionary force was to capture
Roanoke Island
in
North Carolina
.
[4]
After a harrowing sea voyage through a violent
storm
, during which hundreds of Connecticut soldiers perished due to
illness
, the Tenth was put ashore on the North Carolina coast.
[5]
The two-day battle for Roanoke Island started with Union
gunboats
bombarding the Confederate positions. The Tenth faced a daunting task trying to dislodge the 3,000 enemy defenders.
[6]
Captain Pardee of the Tenth wrote, "They had three pieces of
artillery
fronting and commanding this clearing; and large numbers of
riflemen
perched in trees, behind the turfed walls and under all possible covers."
[7]
The Tenth along with the other Connecticut units made a determined advance and completely routed the Confederates.
[6]
After the victory, the Tenth was recognized for their bravery and excellent soldierly actions by commanding General
John G. Foster
. The Tenth also won praise from their comrades in the 8th Connecticut Volunteers, being written about as "the gallant Connecticut Tenth".
[8]
The Tenth sustained the heaviest losses in the
Battle of Roanoke Island
in North Carolina by any regiment engaged, with 56 soldiers killed or wounded.
[9]
Battle of Newbern (March 1862)
Main article:
Battle of New Bern (1862)
Battle of New Bern as illustrated in
Harper's Weekly
. 5 April 1862
After taking Roanoke Island, the next Union objective was to move up the
Neuse River
and attack a Confederate position at
Newbern, North Carolina
, a strategic coastal town, west of the Outer Banks.
[10]
On the morning of March 13, General Burnside ordered the entire brigade to advance on the Confederate position. The Confederates had established a long line of impressive defensive
fortifications
manned by 7,000 soldiers and a large number of heavy artillery.
[11]
Here, a heavy and sustained rifle fire from the Tenth Connecticut weakened parts of the Confederate line. This allowed the
8th Connecticut
and
4th Rhode Island
troops to charge and begin the rout of the enemy forces. Newbern was soon under Union control.
[12]
In his report, General Foster praised the men of the Tenth, writing, "...(the Tenth) advanced..., in line of battle, fired with the most remarkable steadiness,..., giving and taking the most severe fire."
[13]
Action at Rawls Mills (November 1862)
The Tenth remained in Newbern all throughout the summer of 1862. The next action for the Tenth came in November 1862, when the regiment was ordered to attack a rebel supply route near
Rawls Mills, N.C.
The Tenth was out in front of the Union troops, the first to take fire in leading the advance. Rebel troops were pushed back repeatedly as the Union troops marched through
Williamston
and continued on to capture Rainbow Fort on the
Roanoke River
. Two weeks later, the Tenth was back in Newbern having accomplished their mission.
[14]
Battle at Kinston (December 1862)
Main article:
Battle of Kinston
In December 1862, the Tenth moved out of Newbern to support
General McClellan’s
attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond and to cut off the Wilmington Railroad.
[15]
The first encounter with the Confederate forces was near the Kinston Bridge over the Neuse River.
The advance of the first two lines of Union troops was halted by the Confederate resistance and
swamp
terrain. Here, General Foster called on the Tenth to make a breakthrough. The Tenth pressed the attack through a hailstorm of bullets. They charged the Confederate positions, and, after half an hour of murderous, close-range, rifle-exchanges, the Tenth gained the upper hand.
[16]
The Confederate lines collapsed. As they retreated, the Confederate troops set fire to the strategic Kinston
bridge
. Undeterred, the Tenth managed to douse the flames, capture the bridge and drive off the enemy forces. In this battle, the Tenth captured 100 Confederate soldiers and all of the Confederate artillery.
[17]
This had been the most difficult fighting that the Tenth had experienced, thus far. The losses were large, both in officers and enlisted ranks. Of the three hundred and sixty officers and men sent into action, over a third were killed in action or died within four days of the battle.
[18]
General Foster again hailed the Tenth as the "bravest among the brave".
[17]
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge (December 1862)
Main article:
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge
The Tenth was given no time to rest. The regiment moved on toward the town of
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Again the Tenth was at the front of the Union force. At Goldsboro the regiment destroyed Confederate railroad tracks and a burned a
railroad bridge
. With the mission accomplished, the Tenth returned to Newbern, having absorbed one fourth of all Union losses in this expedition.
[19]
Assault on Fort Wagner (July 1863)
Main article:
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Plan of Fort Wagner, with overlay showing armament
During 1862, despite the Union Army advances along the Carolina coast, the Confederacy had largely succeeded in defending its territory, beating back the stronger Union forces with superior battlefield leadership. At the beginning of 1863, the Union Army was still in search of a major, morale-boosting
victory
.
The Tenth finally moved out of Newbern, North Carolina, in January 1863.
[20]
The regiment was ordered to
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
, near
Charleston
. The Union blockade of Charleston harbor was effective, but the city remained in Confederate hands.
In early July, the Tenth was ordered to join a large-scale assault on
Fort Wagner
, situated on nearby
Morris Island
.
[21]
This was part of the second Union attempt to capture Charleston. The Tenth’s main role in the assault was a successful diversionary action. The main attack force consisted of the
African American
troops of the
54th Massachusetts
and the
6th Connecticut
(as depicted in the motion picture
Glory
).
The attack on Fort Wagner did not initially succeed, although Union forces did breach the fort’s defenses. After the attack, Union soldiers spent months digging
trenches
parallel to the Confederate lines.
[18]
This tactic eventually proved a successful
strategy
as the Confederate troops abandoned Fort Wagner in early September.
Down the Atlantic coast to St. Augustine, Florida
In late October 1863, the Tenth was ordered down the Atlantic coast for rest and recuperation in
St. Augustine, Florida
. The men of the Tenth were able to regain their strength at St. Augustine, but the enemy was always nearby. In fact, twenty two soldiers of the regiment were captured and one soldier was killed during a Confederate
ambush
. The men of the 10th were escorting a
wood chopping
detail near the base when the Confederates attacked.
[22]
On the James River, City Point and Bermuda Hundred (May 1864)
As 1864 began, the Union Armies of the
Potomac
and the
James
were methodically pushing General Lee’s Army to the strong defenses of the Confederate capital of Richmond.
During February 1864, Connecticut veterans of the war were given
furloughs
. Veterans of the Tenth arrived in New Haven on February 19 and then travelled to Hartford. They were warmly received and praised by town and state leaders. Veterans of the Tenth re-enlisted for another three years and new recruits joined the regiment.
[23]
In May 1864, men of the Tenth Connecticut were back on the front line.
[24]
The regiment was assigned to the Tenth Corps in the
Army of the James
. Their first mission was to take the strategic
riverfronts
at
City Point
and
Bermuda Hundred
in Virginia. The 10th regiment and accompanying Union troops accomplished this mission by moving quickly up the James River, surprising the Confederate forces, and landing unopposed.
[23]
City Point, situated on the confluence of the James and
Appomattox Rivers
, would later become General Grant’s main headquarters and the Union’s staging area for the
siege of Petersburg
and Richmond.
Battle of Fort Darling (Drewry’s Bluff) (May 1864)
Confederate gun at Battery Dantzler, Drewry's Bluff.
The next objective of the Union force was a march toward Richmond to encircle the Confederate capital.
[25]
In their path stood
Fort Darling
, a strong defensive position on the James River, near Drewry’s Bluff and just south of Richmond.
The assault on Fort Darling did not succeed. However, the Tenth fought bravely, mainly in
rearguard
action, protecting other Union regiments. Despite this setback, Union troops continued on toward Richmond.
[26]
Repelling an attack on the march to Richmond
In early October, the advancing Union army was suddenly counterattacked by Confederate
cavalry
and
infantry
units.
[27]
The Tenth fended off the attack despite fighting with an exposed flank, as an adjacent
New York
regiment turned and ran when the Confederates charged.
General H.M. Plaisted, commander of the Tenth Army Corps, wrote of the Tenth Connecticut, "In my opinion, the conduct of the Tenth Regiment, when the troops on its right broke and fled, saved the Army of the James."
[28]
Battle for Fort Gregg (April 1865)
By early April 1865, Union forces were at the outer defenses of Petersburg. The Tenth was now poised to attack Fort Gregg, an intimidating defensive position, consisting of well constructed trenches and
earthworks
, backed up by many artillery pieces. On April 2 the Tenth, supported by the
100th New York Infantry
, advanced toward Fort Gregg, facing murderous
cannon
and
rifle
fire.
[29]
Many of the Tenth fell far short of their objective. But, the main body of the regiment reached the fort, and there began fierce hand-to-hand combat. The Connecticut flag was first to be placed on the parapet of the fort, and after the brutal struggle, the Tenth Connecticut emerged victorious.
[30]
Victory came at a high cost; half of the Tenth’s assault force were either killed or wounded. After the battle, Major General
John Gibbon
, presented to the Tenth Connecticut, an ornate bronze eagle, resting on a globe to place atop the Connecticut state flag. This distinction went to the men of the Tenth for "...for gallant conduct in the assault on Fort Gregg...".
[31]
Appomattox Court House (April 1865)
Federal soldiers at the courthouse, April 1865
The men of the Tenth were pressed into action once again in pursuit of the retreating Robert E. Lee.
[30]
Lee withdrew from Richmond to
Danville, Virginia
and looked to link up with General Johnston’s army in North Carolina. At dawn, on April 9, Lee tried to break through Union lines near Appomattox Station, 100 miles west of Richmond. After an initial surge forward by the Confederate troops, the Tenth and First Connecticut Cavalry blocked Lee’s escape.
[32]
The war lost, Lee signed the
surrender
of the
Army of Northern Virginia
, just hours later, at Appomattox Court House. The 10th Connecticut was present.
Record and legacy
The Tenth Connecticut was mustered out of the Union Army on August 25, 1865. During the four-year war, the Tenth Connecticut saw service from 2,124 men. These men fought in 23 battles and at least as many skirmishes. Fifty seven men were killed in action. Fifty nine died of wounds and one hundred fifty two died of
disease
.
[2]
The Tenth was one of the top 300 Union regiments in the Civil War (out of over 1,700), according to historian William F. Fox.
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