1st of 5 children of HENRY WILLIAM CHATFIELD & SUSAN MEEKER KIPPEN
Military: Civil War, Union Army, Lieut in the 17th Connecticut Vol. Army
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"Following the death of their son, Lt. Chatfield's parents brought his body back home to Bridgeport, CT for burial. The grave is located in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, his monument carved with a cape, kepi, sword and sash. 'Chancellorsville' and 'Gettysburg' are inscribed at the base. The monument is one of the more poignant in the cemetery."
Dale E. Call
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Adjutant Henry Whitney Chatfield of Bridgeport, went out as a private in the Seventeenth at the age of eighteen. Being a young man of education, he was detached for service under Adjutant Wilcoxson, and afterwards at the headquarters of Adjutant-Gen. Meisenburg, At Gettysburg, Lieut-Col. Fowler was shot dead by his side: Chatfield's horse was killed, his haversack torn in pieces, and a Revolutionary sword at his side broken into fragments; yet he was unharmed. While on Morris Island, he volunteered with the other officers of the brigade to storm Fort Sumter, when its defenders were bewildered under the first crash of Gilmore's batteries. In Florida, he was adjutant of the brigade. Gen. Noble writes of him, "The loss of young Chatfield was sadly felt by a large circle of friends in and out of the army. He was a true man and a brave soldier, who served from convictions of duty and patriotic devotion. With a heart true as steel, and brave as the bravest, there was a charm of genial gentleness which attracted all, and made him friends wherever he went."
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Source: The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65, by William Augustus Croffut, John Moses Morris, published by Ledyard Bill, 1869
Military: Civil War, Union Army, Lieut in the 17th Connecticut Vol. Army
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"Following the death of their son, Lt. Chatfield's parents brought his body back home to Bridgeport, CT for burial. The grave is located in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, his monument carved with a cape, kepi, sword and sash. 'Chancellorsville' and 'Gettysburg' are inscribed at the base. The monument is one of the more poignant in the cemetery."
Dale E. Call
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Adjutant Henry Whitney Chatfield of Bridgeport, went out as a private in the Seventeenth at the age of eighteen. Being a young man of education, he was detached for service under Adjutant Wilcoxson, and afterwards at the headquarters of Adjutant-Gen. Meisenburg, At Gettysburg, Lieut-Col. Fowler was shot dead by his side: Chatfield's horse was killed, his haversack torn in pieces, and a Revolutionary sword at his side broken into fragments; yet he was unharmed. While on Morris Island, he volunteered with the other officers of the brigade to storm Fort Sumter, when its defenders were bewildered under the first crash of Gilmore's batteries. In Florida, he was adjutant of the brigade. Gen. Noble writes of him, "The loss of young Chatfield was sadly felt by a large circle of friends in and out of the army. He was a true man and a brave soldier, who served from convictions of duty and patriotic devotion. With a heart true as steel, and brave as the bravest, there was a charm of genial gentleness which attracted all, and made him friends wherever he went."
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Source: The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65, by William Augustus Croffut, John Moses Morris, published by Ledyard Bill, 1869
1st of 5 children of HENRY WILLIAM CHATFIELD & SUSAN MEEKER KIPPEN
Military: Civil War, Union Army, Lieut in the 17th Connecticut Vol. Army
===========
"Following the death of their son, Lt. Chatfield's parents brought his body back home to Bridgeport, CT for burial. The grave is located in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, his monument carved with a cape, kepi, sword and sash. 'Chancellorsville' and 'Gettysburg' are inscribed at the base. The monument is one of the more poignant in the cemetery."
Dale E. Call
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Adjutant Henry Whitney Chatfield of Bridgeport, went out as a private in the Seventeenth at the age of eighteen. Being a young man of education, he was detached for service under Adjutant Wilcoxson, and afterwards at the headquarters of Adjutant-Gen. Meisenburg, At Gettysburg, Lieut-Col. Fowler was shot dead by his side: Chatfield's horse was killed, his haversack torn in pieces, and a Revolutionary sword at his side broken into fragments; yet he was unharmed. While on Morris Island, he volunteered with the other officers of the brigade to storm Fort Sumter, when its defenders were bewildered under the first crash of Gilmore's batteries. In Florida, he was adjutant of the brigade. Gen. Noble writes of him, "The loss of young Chatfield was sadly felt by a large circle of friends in and out of the army. He was a true man and a brave soldier, who served from convictions of duty and patriotic devotion. With a heart true as steel, and brave as the bravest, there was a charm of genial gentleness which attracted all, and made him friends wherever he went."
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Source: The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65, by William Augustus Croffut, John Moses Morris, published by Ledyard Bill, 1869
Military: Civil War, Union Army, Lieut in the 17th Connecticut Vol. Army
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"Following the death of their son, Lt. Chatfield's parents brought his body back home to Bridgeport, CT for burial. The grave is located in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, his monument carved with a cape, kepi, sword and sash. 'Chancellorsville' and 'Gettysburg' are inscribed at the base. The monument is one of the more poignant in the cemetery."
Dale E. Call
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Adjutant Henry Whitney Chatfield of Bridgeport, went out as a private in the Seventeenth at the age of eighteen. Being a young man of education, he was detached for service under Adjutant Wilcoxson, and afterwards at the headquarters of Adjutant-Gen. Meisenburg, At Gettysburg, Lieut-Col. Fowler was shot dead by his side: Chatfield's horse was killed, his haversack torn in pieces, and a Revolutionary sword at his side broken into fragments; yet he was unharmed. While on Morris Island, he volunteered with the other officers of the brigade to storm Fort Sumter, when its defenders were bewildered under the first crash of Gilmore's batteries. In Florida, he was adjutant of the brigade. Gen. Noble writes of him, "The loss of young Chatfield was sadly felt by a large circle of friends in and out of the army. He was a true man and a brave soldier, who served from convictions of duty and patriotic devotion. With a heart true as steel, and brave as the bravest, there was a charm of genial gentleness which attracted all, and made him friends wherever he went."
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Source: The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65, by William Augustus Croffut, John Moses Morris, published by Ledyard Bill, 1869
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(FRONT) Lieut. Chatfield killed Feb. 5, 1865 - Aged 21 Years - 6 Months
(REAR) Henry Whitney Chatfield - Adjt. 17th Reg. Conn. Vol. - Son of Henry W. & Susan M. Chatfield - Born Aug. 2, 1843 Killed by guerillas at Volusia, Florida
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