Charles Garlick (formerly MS 007)

Provenance unknown. The original collection contained 91 letters many of which went missing from the Archives in the early 1980s.

Charles D. Garlick was a member of the 8th Connecticut Infantry, "I" Company which was organized at Hartford in September of 1861. They were first attached to Parke's Third Brigade in Burnside's Corps.

Actions the unit participated in included: Burnside's expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, NC, January 7-February 8, 1862; the Battle of Roanoke Island, NC February 8. The Battle of Newberne, NC March 14; operations against Fort Macon, NC March 23-April 26; Turner's Gap, South Mountain, MD September 14; Battle of Antietam, MD September 16-17; Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, December 12-15; Siege of Suffolk, NC April 12-May 4, 1863; Fort Huger, NC April 19; Edenton Road April 24; Nansemond River May 3; Siege of Suffolk raised May 4; Bermuda Hundred, VA May 5, 1864. Port Walthal Junction, Chester Station, VA May 7; Swift Creek, or Arrow field Church, VA May 9-10; Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA May 14-16; Battles about Cold Harbor, VA June 1-12; Assaults on Petersburg, VA June 15-18; Battle of Petersburg and Richmond, VA June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865; New Market Heights, VA September 28-29, 1864; Chaffin's Farm, VA September 29-30, 1864; Battle of Fair Oaks VA, October 27-28, 1864. Occupation of Richmond, VA April 3, 1865. They were mustered out December, 1865.

Garlick was wounded in action at least twice and provides an articulate description of places and events. He was discharged on September 21, 1864 when his enlistment term expired. (Garlick is listed in some published records under the name Garlie.)

Sources: unknown, "History - Connecticut Infantry (8th-14th)." Civil War Archive. 16 Dec 2006. 24 Oct 2007 <http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unctinf2.htm>. Adjutant-General of Connecticut, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865. 1st ed.. Hartford: Brown & Gross, 1869.

One letter from Charles Garlick is in the collections at the University of North Carolina: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/f/Federal_Soldiers_Letters