Saturday, May 16, 1863
On Wednesday afternoon the enlisted men of the Twenty-Seventh Connecticut regiment began their thirty-five mile march from Richmond to City Point for exchange. Crossing the James River into Manchester they advanced along the main turnpike road to Petersburg. After a grueling and exhausting march led by Confederate cavalry the Twenty-Seventh arrived at City Point on Thursday, where they boarded a steamer boat bound for Annapolis. They stopped for the evening at Harrison’s Landing and proceded past Hampton and Newport News, arriving at Annapolis this morning.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 64-66.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Journey of the Captives - Arrival at Crew and Pemberton Prison in Richmond
Saturday, May 9, 1863
After departing from Guinea Station on Thursday the Twenty Seventh Connecticut reached Richmond. Upon arrival the Twenty Seventh was directed to the Crew and Pemberton tobacco factory which the Confederates had converted into a prison for captured Union soldiers. Crew and Pemberton was directly across the road from the infamous Libby Prison.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 57.
After departing from Guinea Station on Thursday the Twenty Seventh Connecticut reached Richmond. Upon arrival the Twenty Seventh was directed to the Crew and Pemberton tobacco factory which the Confederates had converted into a prison for captured Union soldiers. Crew and Pemberton was directly across the road from the infamous Libby Prison.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 57.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Journey of the Captives - Arrival at Guinea Station
Tuesday, May 5, 1863
The Twenty Seventh Connecticut reached Guinea Station on route to Richmond. They camped not far from the house where Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson lay wounded from "friendly fire" encountered at Chancellorsville on May 2. They encountered severe weather at Guinea Station which delayed their progress for two days.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 57.
The Twenty Seventh Connecticut reached Guinea Station on route to Richmond. They camped not far from the house where Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson lay wounded from "friendly fire" encountered at Chancellorsville on May 2. They encountered severe weather at Guinea Station which delayed their progress for two days.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 57.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Journey of the Captives - On Route to Richmond
Monday, May 4, 1863
On their first day as prisoners of the Confederate Army the Twenty Seventh Connecticut marched passed Spottsylvania Court House on route to Richmond.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 51-56.
On their first day as prisoners of the Confederate Army the Twenty Seventh Connecticut marched passed Spottsylvania Court House on route to Richmond.1
References:
1Winthrop Dudley Sheldon The "Twenty-Seventh," : A Regimental History (New Haven, Connecticut: Morris and Benham, 1866), 51-56.
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