Two years later, young men from Morris were serving in the Union Army, mostly in the 19th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry — later the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment — organized in Litchfield. By the end of the Civil War, at least 33 Morris men had fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the conflict, from Cold Harbor to Atlanta to Petersburg. Five had died. Resident Mary Stockbridge said that when "one after another of the flower of our town was laid in our yard, our hearts were nearly broken."