Thursday, April 30, 1863
The Twenty-Seventh Connecticut followed a long a winding route to United States Ford, where they crossed the Rappahannock River without opposition. By evening the Twenty-Seventh made camp near the Chancellor House situated at the intersection of the Orange and Gordonsville Plank roads.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 44-46.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Advancing toward Chancellorsville
Wednesday, April 29, 1863
After two weeks of heavy rain the weather cleared on Monday. After receiving orders to march on Tuesday evening the Twenty-Seventh broke camp at Falmouth this morning and began a march toward the river crossing at United States Ford.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 43-44.
After two weeks of heavy rain the weather cleared on Monday. After receiving orders to march on Tuesday evening the Twenty-Seventh broke camp at Falmouth this morning and began a march toward the river crossing at United States Ford.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 43-44.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Journey of the Captives - Officers Arrive at Annapolis
Monday, April 15, 2013
Preparation for Advance
Wednesday, April 15, 1863
The Twenty-Seventh received orders for eight days of rations in preparation for an advance. The men were inspected every day for the next eight days to ensure that they were prepared to move. Along with these orders the Twenty-Seventh Connecticut had been transferred to the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the Second Corps, under the command of Colonel John R. Brooke of the Fifty-Third Pennsylvania Regiment.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 43.
The Twenty-Seventh received orders for eight days of rations in preparation for an advance. The men were inspected every day for the next eight days to ensure that they were prepared to move. Along with these orders the Twenty-Seventh Connecticut had been transferred to the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the Second Corps, under the command of Colonel John R. Brooke of the Fifty-Third Pennsylvania Regiment.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 43.
Monday, April 8, 2013
President Lincoln Presides at Grand Review of Union Army
Wednesday, April 8, 1863
General Abraham Lincoln visited the Union camp at Falmouth and presided over a grand review of the Army of the Potomac, marking the opening of the Spring Campaign of 1863. Fifty to sixty-thousand men participated in the review, and many observed that the Union Army had never looked better.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 43.
General Abraham Lincoln visited the Union camp at Falmouth and presided over a grand review of the Army of the Potomac, marking the opening of the Spring Campaign of 1863. Fifty to sixty-thousand men participated in the review, and many observed that the Union Army had never looked better.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 43.
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