DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CT, Compiled byVirginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996,, Family History Libruary, page 246.
Oscar W. Hewitt died during the Battle of Antietam, Civil War atSharpsburg, Md, Sept. 17, 1862. He was a corporal in Co. G., 8th Regt.,Conn. Vols. Residence, Stonington, Conn. Date of muster Sept. 21, 1861.This was taken from catalogue of Conn. Vols. organization to July 1,1864. Compiled from records in the Adj.-General's Office, and publishedby order of Legislature in 1864.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907, by CyrusHenry Brown, page 80.