My Family Tree - Chatfield, Henry Whitney

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Following the death of their son, Lt. Chatfield's parents brought his body back home to Bridgeport, CT for burial. The grave is located in Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, his monument carved with a cape, kepi, sword and sash. 'Chancellorsville' and 'Gettysburg' are inscribed at the base. The monument is one of the more poignant in the cemetery.
Dale E. Call
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Adjutant Henry Whitney Chatfield of Bridgeport, went out as a private in the Seventeenth at the age of eighteen. Being a young man of education, he was detached for service under Adjutant Wilcoxson, and afterwards at the headquarters of Adjutant-Gen. Meisenburg, At Gettysburg, Lieut-Col. Fowler was shot dead by his side: Chatfield's horse was killed, his haversack torn in pieces, and a Revolutionary sword at his side broken into fragments; yet he was unharmed. While on Morris Island, he volunteered with the other officers of the brigade to storm Fort Sumter, when its defenders were bewildered under the first crash of Gilmore's batteries. In Florida, he was adjutant of the brigade. Gen. Noble writes of him, "The loss of young Chatfield was sadly felt by a large circle of friends in and out of the army. He was a true man and a brave soldier, who served from convictions of duty and patriotic devotion. With a heart true as steel, and brave as the bravest, there was a charm of genial gentleness which attracted all, and made him friends wherever he went."
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Source: The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861-65, by William Augustus Croffut, John Moses Morris, published by Ledyard Bill, 1869
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Tomb Inscription:
(FRONT) Lieut. Chatfield killed Feb. 5, 1865 - Aged 21 Years - 6 Months
(REAR) Henry Whitney Chatfield - Adjt. 17th Reg. Conn. Vol. - Son of Henry W. & Susan M. Chatfield - Born Aug. 2, 1843 Killed by guerillas at Volusia, Florida

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Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth	2 August 1843	Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Death	5 February 1865	Volusia Co., Florida, USA

Burial		Mountain Grove Cmtry., Bridgeport,Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Census	1860	Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Chatfield, Henry William	4 September 1819	19 May 1915
Mother	Kippen, Susan Meeker	1 October 1821	24 February 1851
	Chatfield, Henry Whitney	2 August 1843	5 February 1865
Brother	Chatfield, William Kippen	20 October 1846	8 August 1849
Sister	Chatfield, ?	1848
Brother	Chatfield, Charles Nichols	16 May 1849	3 August 1884
Sister	Chatfield, ?	1851