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Military records

 Subject
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Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Moses Lyman militia records

00-2009-153-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2009-153-0
Scope and Contents

Records of Moses Lyman of Goshen (Conn.) with the 17th regiment of Connecticut Militia.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1784-1790

Capt. Mackenzie message to the Confederates

00-2010-284-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-284-0
Scope and Contents

Message to the Confederates, Norfolk, Va., in answer to to our terms of surrender, signed Capt. Mackenzie. The message could be a copy of an original, and "Capt. Mackenzie" could be Capt. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, who commanded the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery in 1864.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: [1864?]; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/2011

Starr family papers

2010-97-0

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-97-0
Scope and Contents The papers of the Starr family of Litchfield, Conn., primarily centering on Henry Starr (1785-1817) and his parents, Daniel (1759-1809) and Rachel Buell Starr (1761-1813), which include correspondence, a notebook, financial records, and documents related to the estates of Daniel and Rachel Buell Starr. Both father and son were tailors. There is a large group of military records created during the War of 1812 when Henry Starr was a lieutenant serving as paymaster in 37th Regiment U.S....
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1806-1816; Other: Date acquired: 09/04/2010

United States. Continental Army

00-2010-54-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-54-0
Scope and Contents A list of names who have not yet received a bounty for service in the Continental Army from Captain Moses Martin & Lieut. Ebenezer Hills. It is dated Fort George, Sept. 9 & 11th, 1776. On the back, dated Saratoga, Nov. 21, 1776 is a receipt from Moses Martin, Capt. and Ebenezer Hills, Lieut. that they received a bounty of 31 pounds four shillings from Major Ebenezer Curtis. This appears to be from the New York line, 1st Regiment. Included in the list of names are Cash Africa and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1776-1778

Luman Wadhams Civil War appointments and discharge

00-1924-28-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1924-28-0
Scope and Contents

Three appointments and one discharge of Luman Wadhams.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-1863; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1924

Samuel Waugh payroll

00-2010-84-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-84-0
Abstract

Payroll of a company of Connecticut State troops in the service of the United States, commanded by Capt. Samuel Waugh.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1813 Sep 16

World War I draft lottery numbers

00-1922-38-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1922-38-0
Scope and Contents

Three numbers used in the three draft lotteries held during World War I attached to an illustrated, explanatory brochure created by Capt. Charles R. Morris. Also includes correspondence from Elbert B. Hamlin, who procured the numbers from Morris and donated them to the Litchfield Historical Society, and from Morris in response to Hamlin's request.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922; Other: Date acquired: 04/04/1924

Samuel Wright papers

1953-26-0

 Collection
Identifier: 1953-26-0
Scope and Contents The papers of Samuel Wright (1789-1875) of Litchfield, Conn., including correspondence, deeds, financial records, legal documents, records related to the militia, and tax collection documents. Samuel Wright was the son of Jonathan Wright (1745/46-1836) and his third wife, Thankful Landon (1757?-1831), who was the widow of Benjamin Gibbs. Jonathan's first wife was Leah Bissell (1747?-1782). Many of the deeds in the papers relate to land transactions involving his wives' families. Samuel...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1767-1877; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1953