Diary, muster-rolls and post-war reunion newspaper clippings kept by Frederick Richards of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Richards enlisted with the 10th Connecticut Infantry, Company E and was mustered-in a Private on 1 November 1861. He was promoted Corporal on 1 March 1862 and to Sergeant on 6 June 1862. He was discharged on 31 October 1864. His diary, 1862 January-October, was also used as a roll- and account book and would seem to have been used into 1863. The collection also contains: "The Tenth Regiment, C. V. : History of the Gallant Command and Roster of Surviving Members," a newspaper clipping from a New Haven newspaper dated 31 July 1898; "Survivors of the Tenth - Regimental Roster Prepared by Secretary Whittlesey -- Reunion held on Sept. 1 -- Interesting Exercises will take Place," newspaper clipping ca. 1910; "Tenth Regiment Holds Reunion at West Haven Shore," undated newspaper clipping of the 46th annual reunion; and a Sergeant's Roll Book for Company, Detail and Squad (100 Names for 6 months), which gives names and service history of various soldiers. Richards was presented this book in 1863 at Seabrook Island, SC, and he used it also as an account book.
