US Merwin, Henry Czar

Henry Czar Merwin​

Born: September 17, 1839

Birthplace: Brookfield, Connecticut

Father: Samuel Edwin Merwin 1808 – 1886

(Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut)​

Mother: Ruby Nearing 1808 – 1886

(Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut)​

Civil War Career:

1861: Sergeant Company G, 2nd​ Connecticut Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Mustered out of Service on August 7th​ at New Haven​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 27th​ Connecticut Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Captured at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3rd​​

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1863: Prisoner of War until paroled on May 23rd​​

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1863: Regimental Commander at the Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863: Killed on the 2nd​ Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Wheatfield​

Died: July 2, 1863

Place of Death: Wheatfield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 23 years old

Burial Place: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut

 

[Luke Freet]

Most of the 27th had been captured at Chancellorsville, a small detachment remained at Gettysburg, which after the battle mustered out.

 

[observator]

Where he fell at Gettysburg..big Round top in Background

[Marker by fence reading "Here fell Henry C. Merwin, Lt. Col., 27th Conn. vols.," Gettysburg, Pa.]

1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph.

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