United States Regiments & Batteries > Connecticut
The 21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 114 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| September 5 | Organized at Norwich under the command of Colonel Arthur H. Dutton |
| September 11 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| Duty at Arlington Heights, Va., Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac | |
| November 7-19 | March to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| January | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March” |
| February 6-9 | Moved to Newport News, Va. |
| March 13 | To Suffolk, Va. |
| April 12-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk, assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| May 3 | Chuckatuck and Reed’s Ferry, Nansemond River |
| May 4 | Siege of Suffolk raised |
| June 9-16 | Reconnaissance to Chickahominy |
| June 16 | Moved to Portsmouth, Va. and assigned to 3rd Brigade, Getty’s Division, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina for provost and guard duty at Portsmouth and Norfolk |
| October | Assigned to Heckman’s Command, Newport News, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| November 10 | Moved to Newport News |
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1864
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| February | Assigned to Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| January 24-25 | Expedition up James River to Fort Powhatan |
| February 1 | Smithfield |
| February 3 | Moved to Morehead City, N. C. |
| February 12 | To New Berne and duty there, at Plymouth and at Washington, N. C. |
| March | Assigned to Sub-District of the Pamlico, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| April 5 | Near Blount’s Creek |
| April 28 | Moved to Portsmouth, Va. |
| May 10-28 | Butler’s operations on South Side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina. |
| May 10 | Swift Creek, or Arrow field Church |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 | Battle of Drewry’s Bluff |
| May 17-27 | At Bermuda Hundred |
| May 27-31 | Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
| June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor |
| June 15-18 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 18 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin |
| June 24-28 | Hare’s Hill |
| August 25- September 27 |
In trenches at Bermuda Hundred |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| December | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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1865
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| March | Duty in trenches before Richmond |
| March 5-8 | Expedition to Fredericksburg |
| March 11-13 | Expedition up the Potomac River |
| March 13-18 | Moved to White House |
| March 24-26 | To Signal Hill, before Richmond |
| April 3 | Occupation of Richmond |
| April 28 | Moved to Columbia |
| June 16 | Mustered out |