Presenting the colors.

[Robert Gray]

Presenting the colors to the 19th Connecticut Infantry.

In 1863, Julia Tallmadge Noyes (Mrs. William Curtis Noyes) ordered the regimental flags from Tiffany's in New York City and presented the colors to the regiment from a band stand that was erected on the green for the occassion. Thousands of onlookers cheered the troops on as they then proceeded to the train station in East Litchfield to begin their service to the Union.

The 19th Connecticut Infantry was organized beginning July 25, 1862, and continued through September 9, 1862, at Litchfield, Connecticut, under the command of Colonel L. W. Wessells.

The 19th Connecticut Infantry ceased to exist on November 23, 1863, when it was redesignated as the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery.

Litchfield Historical Society

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Thank you for a background to one of these! We nearly never get one- little convinced most were for a reason, you know?

Wow. A flag, too? Noted an awful lot of Tiffany products hawked in magazines- swords, tobacco cases etc. It was a lot smaller than some of the big, sleezy opportunists in the North with their government contracts but still. Jumped on the war bandwagon.

 

[chubachus]

Sounds like a pretty good turnout for a town of 3,200 in 1860.

 

[AUG]

The 19th Connecticut Infantry ceased to exist on November 23, 1863, when it was redesignated as the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery.

As the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery they were one of the heavy arty regiments sent from garrison duty in the defenses at Washington to reinforce the AoP during the Overland Campaign.

Here's their monument on the Cold Harbor battlefield:
http://stonesentinels.com/cold-harbor/markers-monuments/2nd-connecticut-heavy-artillery/


Also found this photo of Corporal Thomas Fox, Co. B, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with the regimental colors. Possibly a different flag than the regiment was presented in 1863, though.

https://connecticuthistory.org/disa...ts-second-volunteer-heavy-artillery-regiment/

 

[JOHN42768]

Great story.

 

[mofederal]

I believe in those days Tiffany produced about every product under the sun. They also produced a variety of goods in WWI and WWII. I am sure just about every war in between. The items produced were of a high quality and finish.