BRIDGEPORT/VERNON, CT — We’re sticking with a Civil War theme for another week in the Picture Connecticut series because this one really hits home.
This week’s image was taken on Memorial Day during a tour of several new features at the New England Civil War Museum and Research Center.
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The exhibit serves as a lesson in what prisoners of war faced and tells the heartbreaking story of Lucien Hubbard.
Hubbard left his hometown of Bridgeport and enlisted as a drummer in the 14th Connecticut Regiment at age 14. On October 14, 1863, he was captured by the Confederate Cavalry at the Battle of Bristoe Station in Virginia and sent to the Belle Isle prison camp. on the James River in Richmond.
He wrote to his mother, Calista, telling her he was fine.
Six months later, things weren’t so good. After spending a cold, wet winter in the open camp, Hubbard died of illness on April 16, 1864.
The POW exhibit at the New England Civil War Museum and Research Center. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)
The New England Civil War Museum and Research Center is located on the second floor of Vernon City Hall in a completely preserved Grand Army of the Republic Hall, where veterans gathered after the war. See more about several new displays here.
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Picture Connecticut is a weekly series featuring images of the state, past and present. Here are past images: 2024
The Circus, Hartford
Amerbelle Spillway, Rockville
The ECSU Gallery, Willimantic
Great Captain’s Island, Greenwich
Bobblehead Madness, Storrs
Bobby Sands/Hunger Strike Memorial, Hartford
Mr. Jonathan goes to Hartford, Hartford
The latest discount airline, New Haven
State groundhog arrested, Manchester
Historical wartime sutures, Willington
Big Business Week in CT, Statewide
The Market at Guilford Food Center Guilford
Main Street at night, Middletown
The Bear of Hide and Seek, Tolland
The MLK mural, Manchester
The summit of Mount Southington, Southington
2023
All religions meet in Town Park, Vernon
Riverside Igloos, Milford
The TPC Pro Shop, Cromwell
Santa’s House, North Pole, uh, Northern Connecticut
Mile 4 Funnel, Manchester Road Race, Manchester
UConn Lacrosse Giving Back, Connecticut River Valley
Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 3, Hartford
Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 2, Hartford
Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 1, Hartford
The Doughboy, East Hartford
Walt Whitman’s Stone, West Hartford
The Covered Plane, Hartford County
The Big Pink Chair, Ellington
The Notch, Granby
The CT 9/11 Memorial, Westport
Vintage petrol pump, Somers
Tobacco harvest, East Windsor
Late afternoon by the lake, Coventry
Fogarea, New Haven County
Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot
Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill
The first dentist, Windsor.
The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
The runway at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks
The Underground Railroad, Unionville
The Cow Carousel, Ellington
Charles Island, Milford
State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
The old county jail, Tolland
- And more
The Sunken Garden, Farmington
Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
Bob’s Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester
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