TWO HUNDRED NINETY soldiers from Connecticut died within the stockade walls of Andersonville Prison, also known as Camp Sumter. Of these, forty were members of the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. They had been captured anytime from Chancellorsville in May 1863 until the siege at Petersburg. Some had already survived long months of imprisonment at Belle Isle in Richmond, while for others, Andersonville would be their only and final prison experience. Below is a list of the names of those forty men that I culled from Dorence Atwater’s A List Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville. Each entry is arranged as follows:

Last name, First name or initials, Rank, Company, Death Date (1864), Cause of Death, Grave number. Lowercase “a” denotes acute and lowercase “c” denotes chronic, and it makes this writer wonder how this was determined. A few of the less familiar causes of death were scorbutus (scurvy), cerebritus (inflammation of the brain or lead poisoning), and anasarca (edema or dropsy).

1. Anderson, A, Pvt, Co K, June 23, diarrhea c., 2380
2. Besannon, Peter, Pvt, Co B, June 2, diarrhea, 1493
3. Brennon, M, Pvt, Co B, July 3, dysentery c., 2833
4. Brunkissell, H, Pvt, Co D, Aug 30, dysentery, 7306
5. Burnham F, Cpl, Co I, Oct 11, dysentery c., 10682
6. Bushnell, Wm. Pvt, Co D, Aug 19, cerebritis, 6184
7. Cain, Thomas, Pvt, Co G, Sept 4, diarrhea, 7780
8. Crawford, James, Pvt, Co A, April 28, diarrhea c., 775
9. Easterly, Thomas, Pvt, Co G, July 31, diarrhea c., 4437
10. Filby, A, Pvt, Co C, Sept 18, diarrhea c., 9089
11. Fluit, C W, Pvt, Co G, March 27, diarrhea, 186
12. Gordon, John. Pvt, Co G, July 7, diarrhea, 3028
13. Hancock, W, Pvt, Co G, Nov 22, dysentery, 12117
14. Hilenthal, Jas, Pvt, Co C, May 25, diarrhea, 1350
15. Holcomb, D, Pvt, Co D, July 18, diarrhea, 3559
16. Hughes, Ed, Pvt, Co D, June 22, diarrhea, 2330
17. Kelley, F, Pvt, Co I, Aug 25, rheumatism, 6748
18. Kingsbury, C, Pvt, Co K, June 3, pneumonia, 1590
19. Leonard, W, Pvt, Co H, Aug 19, diarrhea a., 6124
20. McCaulley, Jas, Pvt, Co D, March 20, diarrhea, 119
21. Miller, A, Pvt, Co D, July 19, scorbutus, 3644
22. Miller, Charles, Pvt, Co I, June 21, diarrhea a., 2295
23. Milor, W, Sgt, Co F, Sept 20, diarrhea, 9321
24. McCreieth, A, Pvt, Co H, Oct 10, scorbutus, 10595
25. Orr, A, Pvt, Co H, Sept 14, scorbutus, 8276
26. Pendalton, W, Pvt, Co C, July 6, scorbutus, 2960,
27. Pompey, C, Pvt, Co B, July 24, diarrhea, 3868
28. Ringwood, R, Pvt, Co J, Aug 25, diarrhea, 6798
29. Scott W, Pvt, Co D, July 7, scorbutus, 3010
30. Seward, G H. Pvt, Co A, June 24, dysentery c., 2406
31. Shults, C T, Pvt, Co I, Aug 12, dysentery, 5385
32. Smith, J, Pvt, Co I, July 18, diarrhea c., 3522
33. Steele, Sam, Pvt, Co C, Aug 6, diarrhea c., 4892
34. Stephens, B 11, Pvt, Aug 28, diarrhea, 7070
35. Taylor, J, Pvt, Co I, Oct 1, scorbutus, 10142
36. Taylor, Moses, Pvt, Co E, April 14, bronchitis, 541
37. Thompson, Wm T, Pvt, Co I, Aug 1, diarrhea, 4443
38. Thompson, F, Pvt, Co A, Aug 12, diarrhea c., 5427
39. Valter, H, Pvt, Co A, July 10, anasarca, 3107
40. Wikert, Henry, Pvt, Co C, Aug 13, dysentery, 5543

Here is a photo of the Connecticut memorial at Andersonville National Cemetery. It depicts a young Connecticut soldier looking straight ahead holding his hat in his left hand. The dedication on the bronze plaque reads:

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CONNECTICUT WHO SUFFERED IN SOUTHERN MILITARY PRISONS 1861-1865