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| ====== The Civil War ====== | ====== The Civil War ====== |
| * **Charles W. Abbott, Class of 1849** Paymaster, U.S. Navy | * **Charles W. Abbott, Class of 1849** Paymaster, U.S. Navy |
| * **John P. Abbott, Class of 1849** U.S. Navy | * **John P. Abbott, Class of 1849** U.S. Navy |
| * **Logan Brandt, Class of 1849** Private //Died 1863// | * **Logan Brandt, Class of 1849 (Died 1863)** Private |
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| ==== Classes of the 1850s ==== | ==== Classes of the 1850s ==== |
| * **J. Ewing Mears, Class of 1858** Quarter-master, Volunteers | * **J. Ewing Mears, Class of 1858** Quarter-master, Volunteers |
| * **Henry H. Pierce, Class of 1858** Major, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, later captain of United States Infantry, First Company | * **Henry H. Pierce, Class of 1858** Major, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, later captain of United States Infantry, First Company |
| * **Strong Vincent, Class of 1858 (Died July 7, 1863)** Major general, Pennsylvania Vols. \\ Vincent was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania, son of iron foundryman B. B. Vincent and Sarah Ann (née) Strong. He attended Trinity College and Harvard University, graduating in 1859. He practiced law in Erie, Pennsylvania. At the start of the Civil War, Vincent joined the Pennsylvania Militia as an adjutant and first lieutenant of the Erie Regiment. On September 14, 1861, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry and was promoted to colonel the following June. After the death of his regimental commander in the Seven Days Battles (at the Battle of Gaines's Mill), Vincent assumed command of the regiment. He developed malaria on the Virginia Peninsula and was on medical leave until the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. On May 20, 1863, he assumed command of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, replacing his brigade commander, who resigned after the Battle of Chancellorsville. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles of the III Corps had deviated from his orders, moving his corps to a position that left undefended a significant terrain feature: Little Round Top. Vincent, without consulting his superior officers, decided that his brigade was in the ideal position to defend Little Round Top, saying "I will take the responsibility to take my brigade there." While defending the hill, Vincent shouted to his men "Don't give an inch!" A bullet struck him through the thigh and the groin and he fell. Due to the determination of the 20th Maine, the 44th New York, the 140th New York Infantry Regiment, the 83rd Pennsylvania and the 16th Michigan Infantry, the Union line held against the Confederate onslaught. Vincent was carried from the hill to a nearby farm, where he lay dying for the next five days, unable to be transported home due to the severity of his injury. Vincent died on July 7, and either on his deathbed or posthumously was promoted to brigadier-general. | * **Strong Vincent, Class of 1858 (Died July 7, 1863)** Major general, Pennsylvania Vols. \\ Vincent was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania, son of iron foundryman B. B. Vincent and Sarah Ann (née) Strong. He attended Trinity College and Harvard University, graduating in 1859. He practiced law in Erie, Pennsylvania. At the start of the Civil War, Vincent joined the Pennsylvania Militia as an adjutant and first lieutenant of the Erie Regiment. On September 14, 1861, he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry and was promoted to colonel the following June. After the death of his regimental commander in the Seven Days Battles (at the Battle of Gaines' Mill), Vincent assumed command of the regiment. He developed malaria on the Virginia Peninsula and was on medical leave until the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. On May 20, 1863, he assumed command of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, replacing his brigade commander, who resigned after the Battle of Chancellorsville. Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles of the III Corps had deviated from his orders, moving his corps to a position that left undefended a significant terrain feature: Little Round Top. Vincent, without consulting his superior officers, decided that his brigade was in the ideal position to defend Little Round Top, saying "I will take the responsibility to take my brigade there." While defending the hill, Vincent shouted to his men "Don't give an inch!" A bullet struck him through the thigh and the groin and he fell. Due to the determination of the 20th Maine, the 44th New York, the 140th New York Infantry Regiment, the 83rd Pennsylvania and the 16th Michigan Infantry, the Union line held against the Confederate onslaught. Vincent was carried from the hill to a nearby farm, where he lay dying for the next five days, unable to be transported home due to the severity of his injury. Vincent died on July 7, and either on his deathbed or posthumously was promoted to brigadier-general. |
| * **Charles M. Conyngham, Class of 1859** Major of 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, later lieutenant-colonel | * **Charles M. Conyngham, Class of 1859** Major of 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, later lieutenant-colonel |
| * **Griffin Alexander Stedman, Class of 1859 (Died Aug. 6, 1864)** Colonel of 11th Conn. Infantry, later brigadier-general \\ Stedman was born in Hartford, Connecticut on January 6, 1838, to Griffin Alexander and Mary (Shields) Stedman. He graduated from Hartford High School and from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1859. After graduation, he practiced law in Philadelphia. When the Civil War began he joined the Washington Greys in Philadelphia. He returned to Hartford and joined the First Regiment Colt's Revolving Rifles formed by gunmaker, Samuel Colt. The First Regiment reformed and became the 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment with Stedman commissioned as captain of company I. Stedman and the 5th Regiment were mustered into service on July 22, 1861. On November 27, 1861, he was commissioned major in the 11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. On June 11, 1862, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and returned with the regiment to the Army of the Potomac and fought in the Battle of Antietam. At Antietam, he had command of the right wing of the regiment in the attack on the stone bridge and was wounded in the leg. He became Colonel on September 25, 1862, and was in command during the Battle of Fredericksburg. In January 1864, the regiment re-enlisted and on its return to the front was assigned to the Eighteenth Corps. On May 9, his troops were engaged at the Battle of Swift Creek and on May 16 at the Battle of Drewery's Bluff where he lost almost 200 men. In late May, he commanded the brigade and fought at Cold Harbor. He was mortally wounded by a bullet in his side during the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia, on August 5, 1864, and died on August 6, 1864. Major General Edward Ord attempted to have Stedman promoted to brevet brigadier general before his death but instead it was awarded posthumously. He was originally interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London, Connecticut and was re-interred in the family plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut on May 20, 1875. The sarcophagus is carved with his ornamental sword, cap and belt, inscribed with the battles he fought in and the words "Brave, just, generous and pure, without fear and reproach." There is also a statue of him in the Barry Square area of Hartford. A statue in his likeness can be found at the Campfield Memorial Grounds on Campfield avenue in Hartford. | * **Griffin Alexander Stedman, Class of 1859 (Died Aug. 6, 1864)** Colonel of 11th Conn. Infantry, later brigadier-general \\ Stedman was born in Hartford, Connecticut on January 6, 1838, to Griffin Alexander and Mary (Shields) Stedman. He graduated from Hartford High School and from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1859. After graduation, he practiced law in Philadelphia. When the Civil War began he joined the Washington Greys in Philadelphia. He returned to Hartford and joined the First Regiment Colt's Revolving Rifles formed by gunmaker, Samuel Colt. The First Regiment reformed and became the 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment with Stedman commissioned as captain of company I. Stedman and the 5th Regiment were mustered into service on July 22, 1861. On November 27, 1861, he was commissioned major in the 11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. On June 11, 1862, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and returned with the regiment to the Army of the Potomac and fought in the Battle of Antietam. At Antietam, he had command of the right wing of the regiment in the attack on the stone bridge and was wounded in the leg. He became Colonel on September 25, 1862, and was in command during the Battle of Fredericksburg. In January 1864, the regiment re-enlisted and on its return to the front was assigned to the Eighteenth Corps. On May 9, his troops were engaged at the Battle of Swift Creek and on May 16 at the Battle of Drewery's Bluff where he lost almost 200 men. In late May, he commanded the brigade and fought at Cold Harbor. He was mortally wounded by a bullet in his side during the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia, on August 5, 1864, and died on August 6, 1864. Major General Edward Ord attempted to have Stedman promoted to brevet brigadier general before his death but instead it was awarded posthumously. He was originally interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London, Connecticut and was re-interred in the family plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut on May 20, 1875. The sarcophagus is carved with his ornamental sword, cap and belt, inscribed with the battles he fought in and the words "Brave, just, generous and pure, without fear and reproach." There is also a statue of him in the Barry Square area of Hartford. A statue in his likeness can be found at the Campfield Memorial Grounds on Campfield avenue in Hartford. |
| * **Francis M. Hawley, Class of 1861** | * **Francis M. Hawley, Class of 1861** |
| * **Coley James, Class of 1861** 1st lieutenant of Company H, 1st Conn. Cavalry | * **Coley James, Class of 1861** 1st lieutenant of Company H, 1st Conn. Cavalry |
| * **Frederick A. Miller, Class of 1861** Acting master, United States Navy | * **Frederick A. Miller, Class of 1861** Acting master, U.S. Navy |
| * **Bankson T. Morgan, Class of 1861** Captain, U.S. Sharpshooters, lieutenant-colonel, 54th New York Infantry | * **Bankson T. Morgan, Class of 1861** Captain, U.S. Sharpshooters, lieutenant-colonel, 54th New York Infantry |
| * **Augustus Morse, Jr., Class of 1861** Private | * **Augustus Morse, Jr., Class of 1861** Private |
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| * **Rev. Lucius Henry Jones, Class of 1852, M.A. 1855 (Died October 10, 1863)** //Cavalry, Chaplain// \\ Born in 1828 in Claremont, New Hampshire, Jones graduated from Trinity in 1852 and then pursued theological studies at Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown. Receiving his theology degree in 1855, he was soon ordained deacon and served parishes in Texas. Jones was ordained priest in 1859 by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana and later a Confederate Army general, and on the outbreak of war in 1861 became chaplain of the 1st Regiment of Sibley’s Cavalry Brigade in Texas. The regiment became depleted save for a few men, and in 1863, Jones became chaplain of the 4th Texas Cavalry. He died October 10, 1863 in Washington, Louisiana as a result of wounds previously received but only partly healed. | * **Rev. Lucius Henry Jones, Class of 1852, M.A. 1855 (Died October 10, 1863)** //Cavalry, Chaplain// \\ Born in 1828 in Claremont, New Hampshire, Jones graduated from Trinity in 1852 and then pursued theological studies at Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown. Receiving his theology degree in 1855, he was soon ordained deacon and served parishes in Texas. Jones was ordained priest in 1859 by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana and later a Confederate Army general, and on the outbreak of war in 1861 became chaplain of the 1st Regiment of Sibley’s Cavalry Brigade in Texas. The regiment became depleted save for a few men, and in 1863, Jones became chaplain of the 4th Texas Cavalry. He died October 10, 1863 in Washington, Louisiana as a result of wounds previously received but only partly healed. |
| * **Graham Daves, Class of 1857** //Infantry// \\ Graham Daves was born in New Bern, North Carolina on July 16th 1836, the fifth of six children of John Pugh Daves, a planter in that town. Graham Daves received his general education at the New Bern Academy. In 1851, he became a cadet at the Maryland Military Academy at Oxford, and entered Trinity College in Hartford CT in 1853, where his older brother, [[graham_guard|Edward Graham Daves]], was Professor of Greek. On July 16th, 1861 Graham Daves joined the Confederacy in the 12th NC Volunteers/22nd Infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Captain and stationed at Wilmington, NC. In July of 1862, Graham Daves was promoted to the rank of Major and ordered to VA. In the Summer of 1863, Major Graham Daves was sent to Mississippi and became the Assistant Adjutant General of a division in the Army of Gen. Joseph E Johnston. Graham Daves was the among the troops of Gen. Johnston who surrendered near Greensboro NC; he was paroled in 1863. After the Civil War, in 1865, Graham Daves became a member of the large commission Arm of DeRosset & Co.-general commission merchants, and was general agent of the W. & W. Railroad Company at Charleston. On account of his health and for other causes, Graham Daves left the railroad service and returned to New Bern, N.C., devoting the remainder of his life mainly to literary pursuits and preserving North Carolina history, the study of the colonial, Revolutionary, and the Confederate history of his native state. He died in 1902 from heart | * **Graham Daves, Class of 1857** //Infantry// \\ Graham Daves was born in New Bern, North Carolina on July 16th 1836, the fifth of six children of John Pugh Daves, a planter in that town. Graham Daves received his general education at the New Bern Academy. In 1851, he became a cadet at the Maryland Military Academy at Oxford, and entered Trinity College in Hartford CT in 1853, where his older brother, [[graham_guard|Edward Graham Daves]], was Professor of Greek. On July 16th, 1861 Graham Daves joined the Confederacy in the 12th NC Volunteers/22nd Infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Captain and stationed at Wilmington, NC. In July of 1862, Graham Daves was promoted to the rank of Major and ordered to VA. In the Summer of 1863, Major Graham Daves was sent to Mississippi and became the Assistant Adjutant General of a division in the Army of Gen. Joseph E Johnston. Graham Daves was the among the troops of Gen. Johnston who surrendered near Greensboro NC; he was paroled in 1863. After the Civil War, in 1865, Graham Daves became a member of the large commission Arm of DeRosset & Co.-general commission merchants, and was general agent of the W. & W. Railroad Company at Charleston. On account of his health and for other causes, Graham Daves left the railroad service and returned to New Bern, N.C., devoting the remainder of his life mainly to literary pursuits and preserving North Carolina history, the study of the colonial, Revolutionary, and the Confederate history of his native state. He died in 1902 from a tubercular heart condition. |
| * **William McNeill Whistler, Class of 1857** //Non-graduate, MD// \\ Born in 1836 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the brother of the artist James McNeill Whistler, William Whistler left Trinity to become a medical apprentice for a year before studying medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical School from 1858 to 1860. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 as assistant surgeon in the Richmond area and then served for the remainder of the war with Orr’s (South Carolina) Rifles. He saw action during the prolonged Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia (May 1864) where he was cited for bravery. Toward the end of the war he was detached to carry dispatches to London and was overseas when the war came to a close. Whistler pursued further medical studies in Paris and London, and by 1868 was a member of the College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, specializing in diseases of the throat and nose. He died in London in 1900. | * **William McNeill Whistler, Class of 1857** //Non-graduate, MD// \\ Born in 1836 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the brother of the artist James McNeill Whistler, William Whistler left Trinity to become a medical apprentice for a year before studying medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical School from 1858 to 1860. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 as assistant surgeon in the Richmond area and then served for the remainder of the war with Orr’s (South Carolina) Rifles. He saw action during the prolonged Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia (May 1864) where he was cited for bravery. Toward the end of the war he was detached to carry dispatches to London and was overseas when the war came to a close. Whistler pursued further medical studies in Paris and London, and by 1868 was a member of the College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, specializing in diseases of the throat and nose. He died in London in 1900. |
| * **Hamilton Claverhouse Graham, Class of 1861** //Non-graduate, Infantry// \\ Born in 1840 in Littleton, North Carolina, Graham transferred from Trinity to the University of North Carolina from which he graduated in 1861. At the commencement of hostilities he enlisted as a private in the North Carolina State Artillery. He entered Confederate service in July 1861 when he mustered in as Sergeant-Major of Company I, 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to lieutenant and severely wounded at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia, part of the Seven Days’ Battle, on June 27, 1862. He then received promotion to captain of Company E, 7th North Carolina Infantry in February 1863, but the severity of his wound prevented him from undertaking further battlefield service. He was briefly Judge Advocate of General Court Marshall and then resigned his commission in December 1863. After the war Graham was a planter for several years in Alabama and then relocated to Selma where he was a newspaper editor until his death in 1900. | * **Hamilton Claverhouse Graham, Class of 1861** //Non-graduate, Infantry// \\ Born in 1840 in Littleton, North Carolina, Graham transferred from Trinity to the University of North Carolina from which he graduated in 1861. At the commencement of hostilities he enlisted as a private in the North Carolina State Artillery. He entered Confederate service in July 1861 when he mustered in as Sergeant-Major of Company I, 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to lieutenant and severely wounded at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia, part of the Seven Days’ Battle, on June 27, 1862. He then received promotion to captain of Company E, 7th North Carolina Infantry in February 1863, but the severity of his wound prevented him from undertaking further battlefield service. He was briefly Judge Advocate of General Court Marshall and then resigned his commission in December 1863. After the war Graham was a planter for several years in Alabama and then relocated to Selma where he was a newspaper editor until his death in 1900. |
