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The 28th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was an
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that served in the
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during the
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for nine months service.


Service

The 28th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at
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,
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, on November 15, 1862, under the command of
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Samuel P. Ferris. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XIX Corps,
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, to July 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XIX Corps, to August 1863. The 28th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service August 28, 1863.


Detailed service

Left Connecticut for eastern New York November 17, then sailed for Ship Island, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana, December 3, arriving there December 17. Duty at Camp Parapet, Carrollton, Louisiana, until February, and at Fort Barrancas, Florida, until May. Moved to Brashear City, Louisiana, May 10–12, then to Port Hudson, Louisiana, May 23–26. Siege of Port Hudson, May 26-July 9, 1863. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Duty at Port Hudson until August 7.


Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 113 men during service; 2 officers and 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 94 enlisted men died of disease.


Commanders

* Colonel Samuel P. Ferris


Notable members

* Private
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, Company H -
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recipient for action during the Siege of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863


See also

*
Connecticut in the American Civil War The New England state of Connecticut played an important role in the American Civil War, providing arms, equipment, technology, money, supplies, and manpower for the Union Army, as well as the Union Navy. Several Connecticut politicians played sig ...
*
List of Connecticut Civil War units {{Main, Connecticut in the American Civil War Infantry * 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (3 months) * 2nd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (3 months) * 3rd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (3 months) * 4th Regiment Con ...


References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Hoyt, Noah Webster. ''The Civil War Diaries of Noah Webster Hoyt: 28th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers'' (Stamford, CT: Stamford Historical Society), 1996. * ''Roster of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, 1862-1897'' (Winsted, CT: Dowd Print. Co.), 1897. * Schofield, Loomis. ''History of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers'' (New Canaan, CT: New Canaan Advertiser), 1915. ;Attribution * {{CWR Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1863 28th Connecticut Infantry Regiment 1862 establishments in Connecticut