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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:active_years
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1861-1865
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gptkbp:activities
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Post-war activities
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Connecticut_National_Guard
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 300
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gptkbp:combat_role
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Infantry combat
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gptkbp:command_structure
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Regimental structure
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Colonel_John_A._Chatfield
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:defeated
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April 1865
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gptkbp:descendant
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6th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:historical_context
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:historical_event
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gptkb:Library
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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Contributed to Union victory
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Fought in major Civil War battles
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
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gptkbp:is_organized_by
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Volunteer infantry regiment
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gptkbp:legacy
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Memorials in Connecticut
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gptkbp:military_branch
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Survived the war
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gptkbp:military_rank
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Private to Colonel
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gptkbp:motto
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“ The Sixth is the Best”
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gptkbp:nickname
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“ The Sixth”
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Blue
Regimental flag
Part of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
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gptkbp:notable_members
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Major General Joseph R. Hawley
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gptkbp:organizes
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gptkb:Hartford,_Connecticut
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:military_officer
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gptkbp:recruitment
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gptkb:Connecticut
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gptkbp:released
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Returned to Connecticut after the war
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gptkbp:reunion
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Annual reunions after the war
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gptkbp:service_branch
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gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:military_officer
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gptkbp:service_years
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gptkb:battle
3 years
Voluntary enlistment
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 1,000 soldiers
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gptkbp:state
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gptkb:Connecticut
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gptkbp:training
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Camp Tyler
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gptkbp:uniform
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Union blue uniform
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Capture_of_Fort_Wagner
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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