Griffin A. Stedman
Griffin A. Stedman
Typical Volunteer Soldier
Of the Civil War
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Brigadier General
Born at Hartford Conn., January 6, 1838
Killed at Petersburg, Va. August 5, 1864
[ south side ]
This Monument
marks the field extending
from this point sixty rods east
and one-hundred rods south
on which seven regiments
of Connecticut Volunteers
encamped and were mustered
into the service of the United
States during the Civil War
1861 – 1865
Erected by the Veteran
survivors of the war
[ north side]
Regiments Encamped on this Field
5th Conn. Vols. Orris S. Ferry, Colonel
8th Conn. Vols. Edward Harland, Colonel
10th Conn. Vols. Charles L. Russell, Colonel
14th Conn. Vols. Dwight Morris, Colonel
16th Conn. Vols. Frank Beach, Colonel
22nd Conn. Vols. George S. Burnham, Colonel
25th Conn. Vols. George P. Bissell, Colonel
Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Campfield Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Maple Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
