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Battle of Antietam

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Antietam, Library of Congress

On September 17, 1862, Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia clashed with George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac at Sharpsburg, Maryland. This twelve hour battle was the single bloodiest day in American history with 23,000 men killed, wounded or missing.

Union General Ambrose Burnsides ordered the IX Corp to take the lower bridge that spanned Antietam Creek. The Confederate forces were not numerically superior but took positions commanding the heights on the other side of the creek, on the bluffs and in a quarry.

The first assault at 9:00 A.M., by two companies of skirmishers of the 11th Ohio Volunteers was repulsed. Colonel Henry W. Kingsbury led an assault by the 11th Connecticut Volunteers at 10 A.M. In an extended front they moved forward to the rail fence and the stone wall near the South and North sides of the bridge. Captain John Griswold of A company plunged into the swift flowing creek with several men but were met by a volley of small arms fire. He was wounded and made it to the far side of the creek where he died. The remaining men had turned back and the regiment was finally forced to retire under the heavy fire of the well concealed Confederates. Colonel Kingsbury died after being wounded multiple times and the 11th Connecticut Volunteers suffered over 130 casualties, representing one third of their men. Two Mansfield soldiers from Co. K of the 11th Connecticut Volunteers were killed in the battle, William H. Hall and Asa W. Rouse.

Augustine W. Batty

Augustine W. Batty

Augustine W. Batty/Battey was a resident of Mansfield on November 20, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was transferred to Co. H of the 22nd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corp November 14, 1863 and was discharged for disability on January 28, 1864.

He was born December 22, 1846 in Rhode Island to Levi and Roxanna (Kelly) Batty/Battey.  In the 1860 U.S. census in Killingly, he is a 14 year old in the household of Levi Batty. Davis S. Battey, a brother living in the same household, enlisted in the same company and regiment from the Town of Plainfield; he was killed at Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862. After his Civil War service, Augustine moved back to Killingly and worked in a shoe factory, then as a brick mason and later as a farmer. Augustine Batty married Adelaide V. Jacques about 1866. Children include: Harry E. Batty, born about 1867; Winifred L. Batty, born about 1869; Maud E. Batty, born about 1873, Ethel May Batty, born about 1874, Grace Batty, born about September, 1879 and Alice G. Batty, born about January, 1882.

On December 12, 1879, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 327,064 that was granted under Certificate No. 211,505. According to the list of pensioners on the roll in 1883, he was receiving $8 per month for heart disease; the pension commenced in June, 1882. His widow applied for a pension on December 11, 1905. 

Augustine Batty died on October 30, 1905 and is buried at the Grove Street Cemetery in Putnam, Connecticut.

Charles Button

Charles Button

Charles Button was a resident of Colchester on December 3, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. K of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was discharged for disability June 1, 1863.

He was born about April, 1836 in Connecticut and in the 1860 U.S. census in East Haddam, Connecticut, he is a 23 year old laborer in the household of J. B. Emmons. After his Civil War service, he returned to East Haddam. Charles Button married Charlotte Banning between 1860 and 1870. She died on February 12, 1889 and he married, second, Mary A. _____ by 1900. There are no known children from either marriage. He was a farmer in East Haddam and by the date of the 1900 U.S. census, he was a candy peddler. Charles Button was a 74 year old inmate of Fitch’s Home for Soldiers in Darien in the 1910 U.S. census and is a widower.

On August 29, 1879, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 306,593 that was granted under certificate No. 955,835.

Charles Button died on October 1, 1917 at Fitch’s Home for Soldiers in Darien and he is buried at the New Mansfield Center Cemetery in Mansfield.

John Coleman

John Coleman

John Coleman was a resident of Mansfield on February 23, 1864 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. I of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was promoted to Corporal December 18, 1864 and mustered out December 21, 1865.

He was not living in Mansfield in the 1860 U.S. census; no further information is known.

William H. Hall

William H. Hall

William Harlow Hall was a resident of Mansfield on October 31, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was killed in action on September 17, 1862 at Antietam, Maryland. The regiment was ordered to take the lower stone bridge over Antietam Creek and the assault began at 10 A.M. Over one third of the regiment was killed, wounded or missing in that battle. Asa W. Rouse, another Mansfield soldier from Co. H was also killed in the assault.

William H. Hall was born about 1844 in Mansfield to Ambrose and Esther (Batten) Hall. In the 1860 U.S. census in Mansfield, he is a 15 year old farm laborer in the household of Ambrose Hall. His brother, Lorenzo Ambrose Hall, a 19 year old farm laborer in the same household, was also a Mansfield Civil War soldier.

On December 21, 1872, Ambrose Hall applied for a dependant Father’s pension, No. 202,499 that was granted under Certificate No. 286,763. 
William H. Hall is buried at the Bedlam Cemetery in Chaplin, Connecticut. His name is listed among the killed in action on the monument of the 11th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland.

Charles Munroe

Charles Munroe

Charles Munroe was a resident of Mansfield on October 31, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he died January 28, 1862, Hatteras Inlet.

He was not living in Mansfield in 1860, but he may be the Charles Monroe, age 23, residing in Hampton, Connecticut in the 1860 U.S. census. That individual was a farm laborer born in Connecticut and was married to Hortensia.

On February 27, 1864, his widow, Esther H. Munroe applied for a widow’s pension, No. 46,232 that was granted under Certificate No. 23,966.

The burial place of Charles Munroe is not known.

Asa W. Rouse

Asa W. Rouse

Asa W. Rouse was a resident of Mansfield on November 30, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was killed in action on September 17, 1862 at Antietam, Maryland. The regiment was ordered to take the lower stone bridge over Antietam Creek and the assault began at 10 A.M. Over one third of the regiment was killed, wounded or missing in that battle. William H. Hall, another Mansfield soldier from Co. H was also killed in the assault.

He was born about 1833 in Connecticut, probably to John and Thirza (Massby) Rouse of Groton. In the 1860 U.S. census in Norwich, he is a 27 year old stone cutter. 

On November 4, 1862, his widow, Ann J. Rouse applied for a widow’s pension, No. 5,729 that was granted under Certificate No. 1,846. In the pension file is certification of their marriage and the births of their children. Asa W. Rouse married Ann J. Parkerson at West Greenwich, Rhode Island on November 25, 1858. Their first child, Lovell N. Rouse was born in Norwich, Connecticut on November 19, 1859 and their second child, Mary E. Rouse was born in Windham, Connecticut on April 27, 1862.  The death of Asa Rouse left behind a widow, a three year old son and a 4 month old daughter. Both of the children died in 1863.

Asa W. Rouse was buried at the Yantic Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut. His name is listed among the killed in action on the monument of the 11th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland.

Orrin E. Squires

Orrin E. Squires

Orrin E. Squires was a resident of Eastford on November 11, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. F of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he was wounded September 17, 1862, Antietam, Maryland and discharged for disability, October 24, 1862. He reenlisted December 7, 1863 and was mustered out December 21, 1865.

He was born about 1825 in Ashford, Connecticut to Nathan and Anna (______) Squires. Orrin E. Squires married Cordelia E. Barrows on August 5, 1849 in Ashford. He married second, Abbie _____ between 1860 and 1865. Children from his second marriage include: Frank Squires, born about 1866, Eugene Squires, born about 1868 and an unnamed male Squires born about April, 1870. After the Civil War, he moved to Mansfield and worked as a farm laborer.

On November 30, 1869, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 153,092 that was granted under certificate No. 235,522. A pension application was filed for his minor children at a later date.

Orrin E. Squires died on February 26, 1879 in Mansfield and he is buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery in Mansfield.

William R. White

William R. White

William R. White was a resident of Putnam, Connecticut on October 24, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G of the 11th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.  On October 25, 1862, he was transferred to Co. E of the 2nd United States Cavalry.  He was discharged for disability on August 15, 1863.  William R. White was a resident of Mansfield on January 14, 1864 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. A of the 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery; he was discharged on June 18, 1865.

He was born about 1845, probably in Mansfield to Rand B. and Sarah (Fenton) White. William White married Anna C. Long about 1865; she was born in Maryland. Two children were born in Maryland and they had moved to Pawnee, Illinois by the date of the 1870 U.S. census. He moved to Douglas, Nebraska by 1878. Children include: Edward E. White, born about 1866; William Rand White, born about 1868; Sarah White, born about 1870; Olivia White, born about 1878 and Barton? White, born about 1879. William White was a farmer and moved back to Mansfield before the 1920 census. He married second, Mary L. _____, born in Indiana. 

On August 1, 1881, he applied from Nebraska for an invalid pension under No. 427,466 that was granted under certificate No. 422,635.

William R. White died on November 6, 1930, probably in Willimantic and he is buried at the New Mansfield Center Cemetery in Mansfield.

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