1st Lieut Co. C., 5th Reg., Conn. Volunteers, died at Cedar Mountain and is buried there during the Civil War aged 24 yrs. He was a graduate of Yale College.
"Hale Cemetery Inscriptions & Newspaper Notices (Grove Street Cemetery)"
This is a Cenotaph since he is not buried here.
___________________________
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, p. 105:
HENRY MELZAR DUTTON, only son of Judge Henry Dutton
(Y. C 1818) and Elizabeth (Joy) Dutton, fell in the battle of
Cedar Mountain, near Culpepper G. H., (Va.,) August 9,
1862, aged 24
After graduating, he taught school for a short time and
then began to study law in the Yale Law School. He was
admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession at
Middletown, Conn.. He subsequently removed to Litchfield.
When the President first called for 300,000 men, he enlisted
as a private in the Fifth Reg Conn Volunteers, but he
was soon promoted to be Orderly Sergeant, then 2d Lieut.,
and then 1st Lieut, in Company C. After arduous service in
the Shenandoah valley, his regiment was engaged in a desperate
encounter under Gen Banks, with the Confederate forces
under Gen. Jackson, at Cedar Mountain. In this hotly contested
battle he was pierced by a ball through the heart, and
was buried on the field.
Contributor:
Charles Corbin
"Hale Cemetery Inscriptions & Newspaper Notices (Grove Street Cemetery)"
This is a Cenotaph since he is not buried here.
___________________________
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, p. 105:
HENRY MELZAR DUTTON, only son of Judge Henry Dutton
(Y. C 1818) and Elizabeth (Joy) Dutton, fell in the battle of
Cedar Mountain, near Culpepper G. H., (Va.,) August 9,
1862, aged 24
After graduating, he taught school for a short time and
then began to study law in the Yale Law School. He was
admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession at
Middletown, Conn.. He subsequently removed to Litchfield.
When the President first called for 300,000 men, he enlisted
as a private in the Fifth Reg Conn Volunteers, but he
was soon promoted to be Orderly Sergeant, then 2d Lieut.,
and then 1st Lieut, in Company C. After arduous service in
the Shenandoah valley, his regiment was engaged in a desperate
encounter under Gen Banks, with the Confederate forces
under Gen. Jackson, at Cedar Mountain. In this hotly contested
battle he was pierced by a ball through the heart, and
was buried on the field.
Contributor:
Charles Corbin
1st Lieut Co. C., 5th Reg., Conn. Volunteers, died at Cedar Mountain and is buried there during the Civil War aged 24 yrs. He was a graduate of Yale College.
"Hale Cemetery Inscriptions & Newspaper Notices (Grove Street Cemetery)"
This is a Cenotaph since he is not buried here.
___________________________
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, p. 105:
HENRY MELZAR DUTTON, only son of Judge Henry Dutton
(Y. C 1818) and Elizabeth (Joy) Dutton, fell in the battle of
Cedar Mountain, near Culpepper G. H., (Va.,) August 9,
1862, aged 24
After graduating, he taught school for a short time and
then began to study law in the Yale Law School. He was
admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession at
Middletown, Conn.. He subsequently removed to Litchfield.
When the President first called for 300,000 men, he enlisted
as a private in the Fifth Reg Conn Volunteers, but he
was soon promoted to be Orderly Sergeant, then 2d Lieut.,
and then 1st Lieut, in Company C. After arduous service in
the Shenandoah valley, his regiment was engaged in a desperate
encounter under Gen Banks, with the Confederate forces
under Gen. Jackson, at Cedar Mountain. In this hotly contested
battle he was pierced by a ball through the heart, and
was buried on the field.
Contributor:
Charles Corbin
"Hale Cemetery Inscriptions & Newspaper Notices (Grove Street Cemetery)"
This is a Cenotaph since he is not buried here.
___________________________
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, p. 105:
HENRY MELZAR DUTTON, only son of Judge Henry Dutton
(Y. C 1818) and Elizabeth (Joy) Dutton, fell in the battle of
Cedar Mountain, near Culpepper G. H., (Va.,) August 9,
1862, aged 24
After graduating, he taught school for a short time and
then began to study law in the Yale Law School. He was
admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession at
Middletown, Conn.. He subsequently removed to Litchfield.
When the President first called for 300,000 men, he enlisted
as a private in the Fifth Reg Conn Volunteers, but he
was soon promoted to be Orderly Sergeant, then 2d Lieut.,
and then 1st Lieut, in Company C. After arduous service in
the Shenandoah valley, his regiment was engaged in a desperate
encounter under Gen Banks, with the Confederate forces
under Gen. Jackson, at Cedar Mountain. In this hotly contested
battle he was pierced by a ball through the heart, and
was buried on the field.
Contributor:
Charles Corbin
