7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 1861 to August 1865
CountryUnited StatesUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnited States Army
TypeInfantry
Size1,000
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Alfred H. Terry
Joseph R. Hawley
Benjamin A. Robinson, Civil War veteran, of Co. B, 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at James Island, South Carolina, Pocotaligo, South Carolina, and New Market Road, Virginia, and served as commander of Merriam Post No. 8 G.A.R. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Because it was in the same brigade as the 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, both regiments were often jointly called the '77th New England'.