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POURING THROUGH HISTORY: Connecticut Blood on the Louisiana Bayou, April 14, 1863
Wed, Apr 22
|Stafford Cidery
One of the "Nine Month" regiments raised in Connecticut during the summer of 1862, the 25th Connecticut was earmarked for the expeditions through the sugarcane fields of Louisiana. Their baptism of fire came in the swamps of west Louisiana, at a place named "Irish Bend".
Time & Location
Apr 22, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Stafford Cidery, 68 Main St, Stafford Springs, CT 06076, USA
About the event
Brought to you by the New England Civil War Museum and the Stafford Historical Society, join us for a night of history, drama, and immersive storytelling at the Stafford Cidery.
In April 1863, young men from Stafford, Somers, Ellington, and neighboring Connecticut towns found themselves far from home, deep in the unforgiving Louisiana bayou. Members of the 25th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, one of the “Nine Month” regiments raised in the summer of 1862, these boys would soon face the brutal reality of war for the very first time.
Their baptism of fire came at a place known as Irish Bend.
Advancing across exposed plantation fields, they were suddenly met with devastating Confederate resistance. Attacked from multiple directions and fighting in unfamiliar, unforgiving terrain, the air filled with smoke, chaos, and the relentless crack of musket fire. As blue met gray, the toll was immediate and terrible. Many young men from…
