The Stamford Historical Society Presents

Stamford's Civil War: At Home and in the Field
a 2003 Exhibit and more

The Civil War in The Field: Stamford's Irish Volunteers

The Civil War provided an opportunity for recent Irish immigrants to demonstrate their love for their adopted country by volunteering to serve. Virtually all of the Irishmen who joined Connecticut Volunteer Regiments from Stamford were mustered in as Privates and few rose above that rank. Others served as substitutes for wealthy individuals who could afford to pay another to go in their places. A small number of Irishmen, such as William Fagan of the 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery rose to the rank of Corporal.

Roughly 10% of all the men from Stamford to enlist were Irish.

Irish surnames that figure on the rolls of the volunteer soldiers include
Bohan (6th) Boyd (28th) Burke (1st Heavy Art.) Burns (17th) Burns (6th) Carey (6th) Carroll (10th) Carroll (1st Heavy Art.) Collins (17th) Collins (5th) Collins (9th) Conlan (3rd) Conly (28th) Connelly (9th) Corris (10th) Delaney (3rd) Egan (17th) Fagan (1st Heavy Art.) Farrell (11th) Farrell (17th)	Fitzpatrick (17th) Foley (11th) Gagan (28th) Gillepsie (17th) Grady (8th) Graham (17th) Hennessey (17th) Hoovey (6th) Kelley (11th) Kelley (3rd) Kelly (17th) Kennedy (17th) Lowney (28th) Macrea (17th) Mahan (17th) McCabe (12th) McCue (11th) McNamara (11th) Meran (6th) Morrell (17th)	Morris (8th) Mulholland (1st Heavy Art.) Murphey (3rd) O’Brien (28th) O’Brien (2nd) O’Brien (6th) O’Reilly (1st Heavy Art.) Paight (3rd) Quigley (17th) Rairden (2nd) Ross (14th) Runey (3rd) Sullivan (1st Heavy Art.) Tearney (14th) Welsh (20th) Welsh (5th) Whaley (10th) Whaley (17th)

THE IRISH VOLUNTEER – SONGS OF THE IRISH UNION SOLDIER 1861-65

Introduction to Exhibition A Virtual Tour through the Exhibit Reenactors at the Opening Civil War Timeline Maps from the Exhibit Picturesque Stamford, 1892 – Chapter on Civil War Regimental Histories Casualties and Causes of Death Casualties, All Regiments Soldiers' Biographies Stamford Irish Volunteers The Home Front: Biographies of Citizens

The Diaries of Noah W. Hoyt (Record Group 16) The Diaries of Noah W. Hoyt: Timeline The Diaries of Noah W. Hoyt: Excerpts The Sanitary Commission The Stamford Ladies Soldiers' Aid Society Letters The Civil War changed funeral custom Bibliography and Recommended Readings Civil War in Connecticut/Stamford on the Internet Civil War Books Civil War Roundtable of Fairfield County