Robert Ogden Tyler
Born in New York, Robert Ogden Tyler moved to Hartford when he was seven years old. As a teenager, the state of Connecticut appointed him to the United States Military…
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Joseph Twichell graduated from Yale University in 1859. He moved to New York to attend Union Theological Seminary. Before being ordained, the Civil War broke out. Twichell felt a calling…
Read MoreGeneral Griffin A. Stedman
Griffin A. Stedman was born in Hartford and attended Trinity College. When he graduated in 1859, he moved to Philadelphia to read the law. The Civil War Following the attack…
Read MoreHenry P. Stearns
Henry P. Stearns received undergraduate and medical degrees from Yale before studying at the celebrated medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland. He served as house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary in…
Read MoreJohn S. Jameson
A native of Hartford, John S. Jameson was a talented musician and artist. Organist The son of an organist and singer, Jameson studied with several New York City music teachers.…
Read MoreJoseph Hawley
The Hartford Courant A graduate of Hamilton College, Joseph Hawley practiced law in Hartford. He later worked in the newspaper business, eventually purchasing the Hartford Courant, which he co-edited with…
Read MoreHarriet Foote Hawley
Harriet Foote met Joseph Hawley in the spring of 1854. They married the following year. The Civil War Joseph, Hartford’s first Civil War volunteer, enlisted shortly after the April 1861…
Read MoreHenry Green
Henry Green was born in Virginia in the early 1830s. Having spent his life as a slave, he was either freed or escaped in the early 1860s after the commencement of…
Read MoreEmily Parmely Collins
Emily Parmely Collins was born in South Bristol, New York. She was an industrious reader of history and poetry. In her teens she became a school teacher. She was very…
Read MoreHenry Ward Camp
Henry Ward Camp was born in Hartford. After graduating with high honors from Yale in 1860, he studied law with John Hooker. The Civil War Camp enlisted in the Hartford…
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