On the Road to Fredericksburg

Friday, December 5, 1862

On their final day on Maryland soil the Twenty-Seventh Connecticut arrived at Liverpool Point in a blinding rainstorm that turned to heavy snow in the early afternoon. They waited several hours for boats to ferry them across the Potomac River to Acquia Landing in Virginia. Disembarking at Acquia Landing they marched several miles in the snow to their evening camp. To their dismay their tents afforded poor shelter from the snowstorm. They also found their store of supplies very low, and although the supply warehouse at Acquia Landing was well-stocked, they could not procure additional supplies due to bureaucratic delays. Many of the men went hungry for the evening.¹

References:
¹Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 18-19.