Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Maj. Theodore G. Ellis (1829-1883).
Numbers: 200; 10 killed, 52 wounded, 4 missing.
Raised: New London, Tolland, Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, and Fairfield.
Dedicated: July 3, 1884.
Location: North Hancock Avenue.
Description: Erected by the regimental survivors. Square tiered monument with rough-hewn base and topped at the apex with a trefoil form. Monument is a two part Gettysburg battlefield granite shaft with a pyramidal cap with trefoil and set on a 5.7 foot square base. The first part of the shaft contains an incised inscription and the second part has a bronze tablet front and rear. Overall height is 7.9 feet. Flanking marker is 1×10.5 foot and 2.7 foot high. Position markers are 3.1×1.6 foot and four foot high. In 1908, the monument was reset into the ground after being lifted out by frost.
The Fourteenth sustained the largest percentage of loss of any regiment from the State of Connecticut.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN217.
Sculptor: Flaherty, John, sculptor.
Tipton Image of Monument, Circa 1887
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Bliss Barn Site | Bliss House Site
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