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Luman Wadhams first enlisted in the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in 1861. He participated in the Bull Run campaign and later re- enlisted in the 8th Connecticut for three years, serving as a lieutenant in Company E. The 8th Connecticut saw action in North Carolina during Gen. Burnside's expedition at Roanoke Island and Newbern, after which Wadhams resigned because of poor health. Wadhams later re-enlisted in the 19th Connecticut Volunteers, the "County Regiment" that trained at Camp Dutton, about two miles outside of Litchfield. The 19th consisted of farmers, machinists and laborers from towns surrounding Litchfield -- places such as Goshen, New Canaan, Barkhamsted, Winsted, and Torrington. Wadhams, commissioned a 1st lieutenant, was highly regarded by his men throughout his service, seldom punishing them. The 19th served mainly in the defenses of Washington, near Alexandria, Va., before being transferred to the artillery and becoming the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery. General Grant pulled the Connecticut troops out of the Washington defenses in May 1864, and they saw some action at North Anna River. But their first battle came June 1 at Cold Harbor. Wadhams, by now a captain in command of Company A, and 333 other soldiers from the 2nd Connecticut were killed at Cold Harbor. According to The Connecticut War Record: "In the moment of success [Wadhams] fell pierced through the body. His devoted men sprang to his assistance. In the absence of a stretcher they made a stretcher of their muskets, and carried him on their shoulders a mile and a half to the hospital." Wadhams lingered for two days and died in an ambulance on the way to White House, Va., on 3 June 1864. He was twenty-nine years old. Wadhams's funeral service, held at the Congregational Church opposite the Litchfield village green, was "crowded to its utmost capacity by sympathizing friends, and large numbers of strangers from out of town came to pay their respects to the lamented deceased."

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From the description of Luman Wadhams Civil War appointments and discharge, 1861-1863. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 780060602

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John M. Weeks papers, 1800-1858.

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Weeks, John M. (John Moseley), 1788-1858. John M. Weeks papers, 1800-1858.

Title: John M. Weeks papers, 1800-1858.

Collection consists of correspondence, ledgers, account books, business records, deeds, writs, estate records, manuscripts of a history of Salisbury and a history of the Iroquois, and other papers of Weeks, concerning his farm and produce; business travel; his business in bee hives, which he patented and sold through agents; his personal finances; the many estates he administered, including that of Afro-American Abraham Sowers; and his service as justice of the peace and grand juror in Salisbury, Vt., including cases involving an unwed mother, family violence, abuse of women, and a riot, as well as many involving money or property; the building of the railroad and workers boarding at the Weeks home; and music. Also including correspondence and a Sunday School book of his wife, Harriet (Prindle) Weeks (1792-1853), and a few papers of their daughter, Hannah Lucy (later Mrs. Hannah Lucy Clarke). Collection also contains several letters (1817) from Harriet Prindle before her marriage to Weeks; several (1818) from nephew Aaron Beach regarding his attempt to discipline a "girl" and the consequences; one (November 6, 1833) from sister Anna Robinson, noting "I once heard our father say he meant to take care for his boys and his girls must see to it that they got husbands to take care of them"; one (2/7/1855) from Rev. Edgar Wadhams contrasting French and English treatment of the Indians, and urging that Weeks encourage French Canadian hired laborers to practice their religion. Also letters (beginning 1818) from cousin Jane Ann Wadhams about her education and subsequent teaching experiences, and from her father, Luman Wadhams, about his forge and other business.

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Luman Wadhams Civil War appointments and discharge, 1861-1863.

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Wadhams, Luman, ca. 1835-1864. Luman Wadhams Civil War appointments and discharge, 1861-1863.

Title: Luman Wadhams Civil War appointments and discharge, 1861-1863.

Three appointments and one discharge of Luman Wadhams.

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Weeks, John M. (John Moseley), 1788-1858.
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Litchfield (Conn.)

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