Thursday, December 6, 2012

Camped in the Snow at Acquia Landing

Saturday, December 6, 1862

The men of the Twenty-Seventh Connecticut regiment arose to a cold, clear morning. The storm ceased during the night, dropping six inches of snow. The regiment did not march today.1

References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 19-20.

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