Inspection and Picket Duty along the Rappahannock River

Wednesday, December 10, 1862

At noon the General Samuel Zook inspected the newly-assigned Twenty-Seventh Connecticut regiment and declared that their rifles were unfit for use. The rifles had been issued to the Twenty-Seventh before leaving New Haven. A member of General Zook's staff proclaimed, "Boys, if you can't discharge them, you can use the bayonet."¹

During the afternoon two hundred and fifty men from the Twenty-Seventh deployed for picket duty along the Rappahannock River.²

References:
¹Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 20.
²Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 21.

Arrival at Falmouth

Tuesday, December 9, 1862

The Twenty-Seventh Connecticut arrived at Falmouth at noon and immediately reported to the headquarters of General Darius Couch, commander of the Second Corps. The Twenty-Seventh Connecticut officially joined the Army of the Potomac, assigned to General Samuel Zook's Third Brigade of General Winfield S. Hancock's First Division of the Second Corps of General Edwin "Bull" Sumner's Right Grand Division.¹

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