[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.

for additional training before joining General Burnside's North Carolina Expedition to blockade vital Confederate ports.

Major Edwin S. Greely 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.

[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.

[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] 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.

The Confederates had established a long line of impressive defensive fortifications manned by 7,000 soldiers and a large number of heavy artillery.

[14] 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.

They charged the Confederate positions, and, after half an hour of murderous, close-range, rifle-exchanges, the Tenth gained the upper hand.

In early July, the Tenth was ordered to join a large-scale assault on Fort Wagner, situated on nearby Morris Island.

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).

[18] This tactic eventually proved a successful strategy as the Confederate troops abandoned Fort Wagner in early September.

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.

[25] In their path stood Fort Darling, a strong defensive position on the James River, near Drewry's Bluff and just south of Richmond.

[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.

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.

[30] Lee withdrew from Richmond to Danville, Virginia and looked to link up with General Johnston's army in North Carolina.

[32] The war lost, Lee signed the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, just hours later, at Appomattox Court House.