Charles W. Smith Diary

Book excerpt: Civil War diary kept by Charles W. Smith. Smith, of Torrington, Connecticut, enlisted and was mustered in a Private with the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery (originally formed as the Fourth Connecticut Infantry). He was promoted Corporal on 15 October 1861 and Sergeant on 16 March 1863. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, Company E, on 8 November 1864 and was breveted First Lieutenant on 9 April 1865. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, Company H, on 24 April 1865 and was mustered-out on 25 September 1865. The diary becomes very sporadic after early July 1862.