Civil War Attractions in Connecticut
The New England Civil War Museum is housed in the Memorial Building in Rockville. It includes the old headquarters of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The museum includes the Hirst brothers' collection (14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry), the Thomas F. Burpee collection (colonel, 21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry), and the Weston collection (musician, 5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry). The museum and library (along with the hall and its rooms) are the property of the Alden Skinner Camp #45 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. In addition, the Museum contains the O'Connell-Chapman Library, which has more than a thousand volumes of Civil War literature.
Fort Trumbull now serves as a state park with exhibits detailing its history.
Read more about this topic: Connecticut In The American Civil War
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