Jarvis Blinn
Captain Jarvis E. Blinn was Captain of 14th Connecticut Regiment Infantrys B Company. He was the first officer of the regiment to die in the war shot through the heart.
Jarvis Blinn was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticut on July 28, 1836. In 1853, Blinn moved to New Haven, Connecticut and found work in rulemaking. In July 1862, Connecticut received its second quota for enlisted men to fight in the Civil War. Blinn responded to the call on August 8, enlisting into the 14th Connecticut Regiment Infantrys Company B as it was organizing in New Britain. He was chosen and commissioned Captain on August 15. The 14th Regiment gathered at Camp Foote in Hartford, Connecticut and was mustered into service by Colonel Webb on August 23. On August 25, 1862, the 14th Regiment broke camp and set out for Washington. After marching through the town with fanfare, the regiment departed for New York by steamship, with Company B on either the Dudley Buck and City of Hartford. The steamship traveled down the Connecticut River and into Long Island Sound, arriving in the morning of August 26. After a meal, the regiment boarded the transport ship, Kill von Kull, which took them u
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