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George P. (George Perkins) Bissell
1820–1891
A Civil War colonel, Hartford banker, and businessman, he left behind a vivid regimental history rooted in firsthand experience. His writing offers a direct window into the service of Connecticut volunteers and the wider world of 19th-century public life.
1 Audiobook
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion : history, reminiscences, description of battle of Irish Bend, carrying of pay roll, roster
by George P. (George Perkins) Bissell, Samuel K. (Samuel Kimball) Ellis, Henry Hill Goodell, Thomas McManus
About the author
George Perkins Bissell was a 19th-century American soldier, banker, and writer associated with Hartford, Connecticut. During the Civil War he served as colonel of the Twenty-fifth Connecticut Volunteers, and he later wrote an account of the regiment that drew on wartime service and memory.
Beyond his military work, he was active in business and finance. Contemporary records connect him with the banking house of George P. Bissell & Co., and numismatic reference material describes him as a Hartford banker as well as the publisher of a coin book.
Today he is chiefly remembered as the author linked to The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, a valuable memoir-history of soldiers from Hartford and Tolland Counties. For listeners interested in Civil War firsthand writing, his work combines military narrative, local history, and personal recollection in a clear, documentary spirit.