Booth Lattin was a resident of Brookfield, Connecticut when he enlisted as a Private on October 10, 1861. He was mustered into Company I on the same day. Lattin would serve with the 8th Connecticut throughout the North Carolina campaign, at Frederick, Maryland, at South Mountain and then at Antietam. During the Battle of Antietam, during the advance on the Harper's Ferry Road, Lattin was severly wounded in the arm.What really isn't clear is what happened to Lattin next. It is not known if he ever returned to his company after his wounding. He did however complete his three year term of service. He would be discharged on October 10, 1864.
During the later part of his life he did spend time at the Fitch Home for Disabled Soldiers in Darien, Connecticut. When he died on December 13, 1904, he would be buried in the section of Spring Grove Cemetery in Darien, where other residents of the Soldier's Home were buried.
