BY WINTHROP D. SHELDON, A.M., LATE LIEUTENANT COMPANY H. NEW-HAVEN: MORRIS & BENHAM. 1866. TO THE OFFICERS AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT CONN. VOLUNTEERS, THIS MEMORIAL OF PATRIOTIC SERVICE IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED....

“As by the west wind driven, the ocean waves Dash forward on the far-resounding shore, Wave upon wave: first curls the ruffled sea, With whit’ning crests; anon with thundering roar It breaks upon the beach, and, from the crags Recoiling, flings in giant curves its head Aloft, and tosses high the wild sea-spray, Column on column—so the hosts of Greece Poured ceaseless to the war.” Homer. The campaign of the Twenty-seventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteers began in the most critical and anxious peri

The soldier who is untried in the fearful ordeal of war looks forward with a kind of adventurous excitement to the time when he shall cross swords with the enemy; and especially if his heart is bound up in the cause, and his motives lie deeper than mere love of adventure, he desires to stand at the post of duty, though it be in the deadly charge, and at the cannon’s mouth. At length the last day of November, a beautiful Sabbath, came, and with it marching orders. All attention was now concentrat

In the afternoon of the tenth, two hundred and fifty men of the Twenty-seventh were detailed to picket along the Rappahannock above Falmouth. During all the following night might be heard an unusual rumbling of cars, bringing up subsistence from Acquia Creek, and the rattling of ammunition wagons and pontoon trains, slowly moving to their respective destinations. At half-past four, on the morning of the eleventh, the Colonel passed around to the officers’ quarters, giving orders to have their co

The failure at Fredericksburg, considered in itself, and especially in connection with its causes, was well calculated to produce much discouragement throughout the entire army. On the eleventh of December the troops streamed forth from their camps, confident in their ability to drive the foe from Marye’s Heights, and hurl him back to Richmond. On the sixteenth they returned, baffled and dispirited, having lost twelve thousand men in fruitless efforts to overcome the natural and artificial advan

April eighth, the Twenty-seventh participated in the grand review of the Army of the Potomac by President Lincoln, preparatory to opening the spring campaign. Fifty or sixty thousand men were in line, and probably the army was never in better condition than at that time. One week later, orders were received to supply the men with eight days’ rations, five to be carried in their knapsacks, and three in their haversacks. Overcoats, dress coats, and everything which could possibly be dispensed with

Let us now return to the little band of prisoners in that woody ravine. As soon as the surrender had been consummated the men threw away their guns, many of them with the cartridges, into a rivulet near the intrenchments, and some cut up their equipments, determined to afford as little aid and comfort to the rebels as possible. Our newly-made acquaintances exhibited a most remarkable penchant for cutlery and other conveniences Yankees are always supposed to have in their possession. One of the r

The result of the battle of Chancellorsville determined General Lee to carry out his cherished plan of invading the North. Hooker’s position in front of Fredericksburg being unfavorable for attack, the rebel chief early in June began a series of movements with the view of drawing him away from the river. Leaving Hill’s corps in the works at Fredericksburg, to keep up appearances, he concentrated Ewell’s, Longstreet’s, and Hood’s forces at Culpepper Court-House, near the upper waters of the Rappa

The necrology of the Twenty-seventh, during the whole term of service, includes seventy-five officers and men, and embraces much that was noblest in the regiment. Of this number thirty-three fell amid the strife and turmoil of battle; eighteen, after a more or less lingering period of patient agony, finally succumbed to their wounds; and twenty-four others slowly yielded to the inroads of disease, and died among the more quiet scenes of the hospital. Were it possible, we would gladly dwell upon

FIELD AND STAFF. KILLED. At Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Merwin. WOUNDED. At Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Chaplain John W. Leek. At Gettysburg. Adjutant George F. Peterson. COMPANY A. At Fredericksburg. Corporal William A. Goodwin, Jr. Private Augustus B. Fairchild. WOUNDED. First Sergeant Richard H. Fowler. Sergeant Nelson S. Wilmot. Sergeant James B. Blair. Corporal William H. Cornwall. Private Thomas H. Wallace. DIED OF WOUNDS. First Sergeant Richard H. Fowler,

Army of the Potomac. Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside, Major-General Joseph Hooker, Major-General George G. Meade. Right Grand Division. Major-General Edwin V. Sumner. Second Army Corps. Major-General Darius N. Couch, Major-General Winfield S. Hancock. First Division. Major-General Winfield S. Hancock, Major-General John C. Caldwell. Third Brigade. Brigadier-General Samuel R. Zook. Fourth Brigade. Brigadier-General John R. Brooke. FIELD AND STAFF. NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. [B] Taken prisoner at C

COMPANY A. Third Sergeant Adelbert P. Munson to be First Sergeant and Second Lieutenant. Corporal Henry C. Shelton to be First Sergeant. Corporal George Ashdown to be Sergeant. Privates William H. Cornwall, Miles A. Goodrich, Samuel J. Hilliard, Sherwood S. Thompson, Samuel L. Stevens, to be Corporals. COMPANY B. Privates Walter E. Fowler, Henry W. Hubbard, John K. Wilder, to be Corporals. COMPANY C. Corporal Charles S. Beatty to be Sergeant. Private James Mulligan to be Corporal. COMPANY D. Fir

INFANTRY COMPANY A. Mustered into United States Service October 3d, 1862. [B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. INFANTRY COMPANY B. Mustered into United States Service October 3d, 1862. [B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. [C] Taken prisoner at Gettysburg. INFANTRY COMPANY C. Mustered into United States Service October 4th, 1862. [B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. INFANTRY COMPANY D. Mustered into United States Service October 22d, 1862. [B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. [C] Take