Camp Tuttle

Monday, October 27, 1862

At noon the men of the Twenty-Seventh marched into Georgetown by the Aqueduct Bridge and continued along the course of the Left Bank of the Potomac River near Chain Bridge, where they formed a new camp, Camp Tuttle. Settling into camp the men began a regimen of drills as preparation for combat.¹

References:
¹Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 13.

Arrival at Camp Seward in Washinton, D.C.

Saturday, October 25, 1862

After a three day journey through New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, the men of the Twenty-Seventh Connecticut Regiment arrived in Washington, D.C. The regiment pitched tents in a steady drizzling rain at Camp Seward near Arlington House, the former home of Robert E. Lee.¹

References:
¹Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 11-12.

Mustering In and Heading to War

Wednesday, October 22, 1862

The Twenth-Seventh Connecticut Regiment was mustered into service today at Camp Terry in New Haven, with a count of eight-hundred and twenty-nine enlisted men and officers. Among the enlistees was Augustus Baldwin Fairchild, a twenty-five year old coach trimmer from New Haven. Augustus enlisted on September 9 and joined the regiment on October 3. Upon mustering in the Twenty-Seventh departed Camp Terry to embark on railroad cars headed south for war. Augustus would mark his twenty-sixth birthday on Friday, October 24, during the journey south.¹

References:
¹Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 10-11.