Civil War Soldier Letter A Jones 19th CT Camp near Alexandria Sept 23, 1862

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Civil War Soldier Letter A Jones 19th CT Camp near Alexandria Sept 23, 1862:
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Civil War soldier letter (Albert) A Jones, Co A 19th Reg CV (Connecticut Volunteers), In Camp Near Alexandria, 4 pages in bold and easy to read pencil, we left Litchfield Station, got to Philadelphia and marched to Soldiers Relief and had breakfast and dinner in one meat and coffee, got to Baltimore, went to B (altimore) Sol (dier) Relioef and dhad supplier and slept in the Depot, marched to Washington and marched into a building that smelled worse than our ?Hag Jsen? ever did, were so hungry that we managed to swallow their greasy ditch water that they called coffee and some of their bread and meat.
The next morning it was too much for us so most of us straggled into the city and bought breakfast, some went without, regiment left but left 37 behind and picked up and sent on 2 days later, forgot to tell you of an accident when we were going on the boat at New York, our man from Woblaraville fell down and they thought he was dead, later it was said he had a fit and was left behind at Jersey City.
At a stopping place one of the regiment fell from the cards and broke his leg, was with Comwall Co, he was left behind, we are not guarding the city of Alexandria, on guard all night and then relieved by a Mass regiment, on hill in back of camp, in any direction you look you see a camp of a fort it seems as though there is no end to the men here, always stragglers
Albert A. Jones
Residence Litchfield CT; Enlisted on 8/7/1862 as a Private.On 9/11/1862 he mustered into \"A\" Co. CT 2nd Heavy Artillery He was Killed on 6/1/1864 at Cold Harbor, VAPromotions:* Corpl 2/13/1864

19th Regiment Infantry

Organized at Litchfield July 25 to September 9, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 15. Attached to Slough\'s Brigade, District of Alexandria, Defenses of Washington, to January, 1863. Tyler\'s Command, Arery, District of Alexandria, Military District of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy\'s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to November, 1863.

SERVICE.--Guard and patrol duty at Alexandria, Va., January 12, 1863. Garrison duty at Fort Worth May, and at redoubts near Fort Lyon November. (Cos. \"B,\" \"F\" and \"G\" at Fort Ellsworth.) Designation of Regiment changed to 2nd Connecticut Heavy Arery November 23, 1863. (See 2nd Heavy Artillery.)

The 19th Connecticut Infantry was mustered in on July 25, 1862. L.W. Wessells wascoloneland Elisha S. Kellogglieutenant colonel. It was sent toWashington, D.C.a few weeks later. In September, Wessells resigned due to ill health and Kellogg was promoted to colonel in his place. The regiment was reorganized as a heavy artillery regiment on November 23, 1863, although it fought as infantry throughout the war.

Monument at Cold Harbor battlefield

In May 1864, the 2nd was sent to theArmy of the Potomac, where it was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division,VI Corps. It suffered its first loss during skirmish duty along theNorth Anna River. The 2nd Connecticut\'s first battle was atCold Harboron June 1, 1864, where it suffered 323 men killed or wounded, including Kellogg dead with two bullets to the head. It managed to capture 300 prisoners and it briefly reached the Confederate breastworks, but Confederate fire was too heavy for the regiment to maintain its position. Major James Hubbard declined promotion to command of the regiment, soRanald S. Mackenziewas transferred from the engineers to take command. The regiment participated in the beginning stages of theSiege of Petersburg.

It was transferred to theVI Corpsto participate in the1864 Shenandoah Campaign, during which it suffered heavy losses. In December, the regiment was sent back to the Army of the Potomac. Mackenzie was promoted tobrigadier generalon December 28, and Hubbard was promoted to colonel a week later. It fought in thebreakthrough at Petersburgand theAppomattox Campaign. After the surrender atAppomattox Court House, the 2nd was sent to North Carolina to assist Maj. Gen.William T. Shermanin forcing the surrender of theArmy of Tennessee. In May, the remaining members of the14th Connecticut Infantrywere assigned to the regiment. After participating in the Grand Review, the regiment garrisoned several forts around Washington. The 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery was mustered out on September 5, 1865, with only 183 original men who served with the 19th Connecticut remaining.

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