GREAT DUG ID BADGE FOR AN OFFICER IN THE 14TH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS

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Brass badge consists of a 6-pointed star with each arm of the star being divided in half by linear decoration. One side of each arm is plain while the opposite side has a delicate linear pattern giving the star an overall sunburst effect.

At center of the star is a small 2nd Corps badge with the number “14” in the top leaf and the letters “CV” in the two lower leaves. Separating the two letters is an even smaller 2nd Corps badge.

Surrounding this central device is a riband that reads “FRED N. FOX, CO. H.” At bottom center of the riband is the word “VOLS.”

Reverse of the badge has the complete “T” bar pin and catch.

Badge was dug in the greater Richmond area. It has darkened from ground action but it is in superb complete condition with no cracks, chips or missing pieces and is completely readable.

The 14th Connecticut Volunteers is the only regiment from that state to remain with the Army of the Potomac from Antietam to Appomattox. The regiment took part in 88 battles and skirmishes. It assaulted the famous “BLOODY LANE” at Antietam and was in “THE ANGLE” at Gettysburg during the height of Pickett’s Charge. The regiment continued to serve during the difficult bloody fighting of Grant’s Overland Campaign, through the Petersburg siege and was present for the end at Appomattox.  While with the Army of the Potomac the 14th served in the 3rd and then the 2nd Divisions of the 2nd Corps. The regiment suffered the loss of 18 officer’s killed and died of wounds and disease while 379 enlisted men suffered the same fate not counting hundreds wounded and captured. The proud unit has a place as one of Fox’s (no relation to the badge owner) “300 Fighting Regiments.”

Frederick N. Fox was born in Lyme, Connecticut on June 14, 1833. In June of 1858 Fred was married to Emma Chapman of Greenport, New York. The couple would have five children.

On August 11, 1862 Fox enlisted as a Private for three years in Company H, 14th Connecticut Volunteers. At the time of his enlistment he was described as being 29 years old, 5 ‘ 7” inches tall with blue eyes, light hair and a light complexion. By profession he was a farmer.

After seeing action at Antietam Fox was promoted to Corporal on September 28, 1862. He became sick in November and was left at a hospital in Warrenton, Virginia and was eventually sent to York, Pennsylvania.

At this point the records get confusing. The muster rolls for May and June 1863 show Fox present with his company yet at the same time the records show him present at Patterson Park Hospital in Baltimore. The regimental rolls show him absent for July and August of 1863 and entering the hospital on July 28, 1863. All this makes Fox’s participation in the battle of Gettysburg questionable. He may have left the hospital in June and returned to his regiment only to re-enter the hospital in late July. More research is needed.

By the time of the beginning of Grant’s Overland Campaign in April of 1864 Fox was back with his company and was promoted to Sergeant on April 27, 1864. He was present throughout the summer of heavy fighting being detached sometime in May or June to serve with his Brigades sharpshooters and returning to his company on July 28, 1864 to be promoted to 1st Sergeant.

With the new year of 1865 came a commission for Fox to 2nd Lieutenant in Company G.  The promotion took place on January 13, 1865 and a little more than a month later another promotion to 1st Lieutenant came along. Fox was mustered out on May 31, 1865.

After the war he returned to his family in East Lyme where he remained till 1880. In that year Fox moved to the Norwich area where he worked as a fisherman.

Frederick N. Fox died on January 24, 1910 and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut.

Full military and pension records accompany the badge.  [ad]

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