Historic Preservation

It is our turn and our responsibility.

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM

Preservation Video Clip

In addition to participating in battle reenactments and living history programs, Company G is involved with various historic preservation projects such as the Adopt-a-Position Program at Gettysburg National Military Park, as well as Connecticut monument restorations at Antietam Battlefield.  From 1998  through the present time our organization has raised funds for Antietam Battlefield preservation projects, and multiple Civil War Preservation Trust sponsored battlefield land acquisitions. Company G, 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Inc is very proud of our record in battlefield preservation. A list of projects we have participated in are listed at the bottom of this page.

Sometime during the twentieth century, an individual removed the bronze State Seal of Connecticut plaque from the General Mansfield monument. Erected in 1900 near the Smoketown Road in the East Woods on the Antietam Battlefield, (Sharpsburg, Maryland), it became the focus of the not-for-profit reenactment and historic preservation organization, Company G, 14^th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865, Inc. Since October 1, 1999 the group successfully raised the necessary $3,700 to reproduce the bas-relief bronze plaque. Mr. Bruce Papitto of Westerly, Rhode Island sculpted the work. The preservation committee chose him based on his earlier, excellent, production of the 16^th CVI monument plaque and as you may judge, he produced yet another work of art.

To accomplish the task, the following organizations participated in the project by generously donating resources toward the fundraising goal. They are: DiSanto Bertoline & Co., P.C., Enterprise Systems Groups, the Antietam National Battlefield Preservation Fund, the 8^th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Co. A, Inc., Company G, 14^th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865, Inc., MOLLUS (Military Order of The Loyal Legion of The United States), individual donors too numerous to mention and an anonymous donor.

Due to the lack of any documentation regarding the original plaque, the 11.25" x 15.75" piece replicates the one on the Major General Sedgwick equestrian monument at Gettysburg. The Connecticut-born Mansfield, a major general of the Twelfth Corps during the Battle of Antietam, sustained a mortal wound in the chest during the early hours of the conflict on September 17^th, 1862. He is buried in Middletown, Connecticut. We are extremely excited about the image found on the Sedgwick monument given its late nineteenth-century stylistic qualities and the fact that it appears on a major general’s monument. Moreover, Sedgwick was a native son of Connecticut. We are very proud to afford the means necessary to make the Mansfield monument whole again and now that the plaque has been replaced, all the Connecticut monuments [at Antietam] have been cleaned, restored or stabilized within the past five years. No other Civil War battlefield ‘hosted’ more Connecticut troops so we have the responsibility of preserving the monuments dedicated to commemorate their efforts and ultimate sacrifices to preserve the Union and abolish slavery.

Company G, 14^th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865, Inc., is a 501 (c) 3, educational and historic preservation organization.

16^th Connecticut Monument at Antietam Battlefield

In 1998, the 14^th CVI, Co. G along with the Connecticut Historical Society, replaced the stolen 16^th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers’ monument bronze plaque at Antietam Battlefield.  The obelisk is near Burnside's Bridge.

The thumbnails to the right are of the replica 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry plaque reproduced by Mr. Papitto from a period photograph of the original plaque found in the Connecticut State Library Archives.

1998

16^th Connecticut Monument on the Antietam Battlefield

Replaced missing bronze plaque.

2000

Mansfield Monument on the Antietam Battlefield

2002

Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF)

2003

16^th Connecticut Monument on the Antietam Battlefield

2005

CWPT Appomattox Court House Acre

CWPT Chancellorsville Battlefield Acre

CWPT Daniel Lady Farm on the Gettysburg Battlefield

New England Civil War Museum in Rockville

2006

CWPT Frasier’s Farm on the Glendale Battlefield

CWPT Slaughter Pen Farm on the Fredericksburg Battlefield

Winsted CT Civil War Tower Restoration Fund

Remembrance Day Luminaries at the Gettysburg National Cemetery

2007

11^th & 16^th CVI Tiffany Windows, Christ Reform UCC, Sharpsburg, MD

CWPT Cedar Creek Battlefield Preservation

CWPT Slaughter Pen Farm on the Fredericksburg Battlefield

CWPT Franklin Battlefield Preservation

CWPT Glendale Battlefield Preservation

CWPT In Memory of Ilene Downes

CWPT Chancellorsville Battlefield Land in Honor of Nancy Eddins

Lawrence Civil War Memorial Guard, Sumner Needham Monument Restoration

Remembrance Day Luminaries at Gettysburg National Cemetery

2008

CWPT Averasboro, NC; Fisher’s Hill, VA; The Crater, VA and

Brice Cross Roads, MS Battlefields

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Move mouse over above box to view preservation projects that Co. G, 14th CVI have worked on at the Gettysburg and Antietam National Battlefields.

The Mansfield monument, with  new plaque installed, was rededicated during a ceremony, occurring on September 13th, 2002 near the East Woods on the Smoketown Road, Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Thanks to all who contributed and participated in this project to restore the monument!

The finished product!
Please click on the photo to see a larger image of the finished plaque.

General Mansfield Monument Rededication Color Guard

16th CVI Plaque

16th CVI Plaque Detail

16th CVI monument with replica plaque installed