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17 TH CONNECTICUT ENLISTMENT AND MUSTER AUGUST 18, 1862- SEPTEMBER 3, 1862

17 TH CONNECTICUT ENLISTMENT AND MUSTER AUGUST 18, 1862- SEPTEMBER 3, 1862. ON JULY 1 ST , PRESIDENT LINCOLN CALLED FOR 300,000 SOLDIERS TO SERVE FOR 3 YEARS GOVERNOR WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM OF CONNECTICUT RESPONDED BY CALLING FOR TROOPS.

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17 TH CONNECTICUT ENLISTMENT AND MUSTER AUGUST 18, 1862- SEPTEMBER 3, 1862

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  1. 17TH CONNECTICUTENLISTMENTAND MUSTERAUGUST 18, 1862-SEPTEMBER 3, 1862

  2. ON JULY 1ST, PRESIDENT LINCOLN CALLED FOR 300,000 SOLDIERS TO SERVE FOR 3 YEARSGOVERNOR WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM OF CONNECTICUT RESPONDED BY CALLING FOR TROOPS

  3. ON JULY 23RD WILLIAM NOBLE OF BRIDGEPORT, A LAWYER AND PARTNER OF P.T. BARNUM, WAS COMMISSIONED AS COLONEL OF THE 17TH CT VOLUNTEERS

  4. WITHIN 30 DAYS, COLONEL NOBLE COULD HAVE MARCHED A THOUSAND MEN TO THE FRONT

  5. WHY DID THEY ENLIST? • PATRIOTISM • ADVENTURE • THE DRAFT WAS IMMINENT • BUSINESS WAS DEPRESSED • THERE WERE FEW JOBS AVAILABLE • THEY WERE CAUGHT UP IN • “ENLISTMENT FEVER” • ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS WERE GOING • OFF TO WAR AND THEY DID NOT WANT • TO BE LEFT BEHIND OR TO MISS THE • EXCITEMENT!

  6. DOUGLAS FOWLER • HIS 23 YEAR OLD WIFE, MELISSA, DIED IN • CHILDBIRTH IN 1855. THEIR BABY GIRL DIED 3 • WEEKS LATER- BOTH ARE BURIED IN PINE • ISLAND CEMETERY, NORWALK • LOCKSMITH WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM • GUILFORD, CT, BUT HAD MOVED TO NORWALK • SERVED WITH THE 3RD CT AND FOUGHT IN THE • BATTLE OF BULL RUN • HELPED TO RECRUIT SOLDIERS AND RAISE THE • 8TH CT REGIMENT • WAS SO POPULAR THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RAISE • TWO COMPANIES (A AND F) FOR THE 17TH WITHIN • A FEW DAYS. ALL OF THE MEN WANTED TO • SERVE WITH HIM! • BECAME CAPTAIN OF COMPANY A AND WAS • LATER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

  7. CAPT. DOUGLAS FOWLERCOMPANY A

  8. COMPANIES OF THE 17TH:CO. A - NORWALK – CAPT. DOUG FOWLERTHE FOWLER GUARDCO. B – STAMFORD/DARIEN CAPT. ALLAN G. BRADY- CO. C – DANBURY/BETHEL CAPT. JAMES E. MOORETHE WILDMAN GUARDCOMPANY D – BRIDGEPORT CAPT. W.H. LACEYTHE HOWE RIFLES

  9. COMPANIES OF THE 17THCO. E – WESTPORT- CAPT. H.T. BURRCO. F – NORWALK – CAPT. ENOCH WOODTHE LOCKWOOD GUARDCO. G – RIDGEFIELD/REDDING CAPT. JAMES E. DUNHAMCO. H – NEW CANAAN CAPT. ENOS KELLOGG

  10. COMPANIES OF THE 17THCO. I – GREENWICH- CAPT. D.O. BENSONCO. K – FAIRFIELD/BRIDGEPORT CAPT. J.J. MCCARTYTHE ROUGH AND READY GUARD

  11. SOME SOLDIERS FROM COMPANY H

  12. INTO CAMP CAMP WAS ESTABLISHED AT WHAT IS NOWSEASIDE PARKIN BRIDGEPORT. THIS WAS PROPERTY THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY COLONEL NOBLE AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER, SHOWMAN P.T. BARNUM. IT WAS CALLED “CAMP AIKEN.” THE MEN REMAINED IN CAMP UNTIL THEY RECEIVED ORDERS TO SET OUT FOR BALTIMORE ON SEPT. 3, 1862. THEY HAD BEEN ASKED TO JOIN THE 11TH CORPS UNDER MAJOR-GENERAL FRANZ SIGEL.

  13. AND THEN…. IT WAS OFF TO WAR!

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