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Sheldon - -Release Date: February 3, 2020 [EBook #61312] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE "TWENTY-SEVENTH" *** - - - - -Produced by John Campbell and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - The three footnotes in the Catalogues (Chapters IX to XII) have - multiple anchors denoted by [A], [B] and [C]. These footnotes have - been left at the end of each relevant section, as in the original - text. The footnotes are listed here for easy reference: - [A] Taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. - [B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - [C] Taken prisoner at Gettysburg. - - Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. - - - - - THE - - “TWENTY-SEVENTH.” - - _A REGIMENTAL HISTORY._ - - - BY - WINTHROP D. SHELDON, A.M., - LATE LIEUTENANT COMPANY H. - - - [Illustration: (Publisher colophon)] - - - 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. - - - - -CONTENTS. - - - PAGE - - I. CAMP NEAR WASHINGTON, 9 - - II. TO THE FRONT, 17 - - III. FREDERICKSBURG, 22 - - IV. CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, 33 - - V. CHANCELLORSVILLE, 43 - - VI. ON TO RICHMOND, 56 - - VII. GETTYSBURG, 71 - - VIII. IN MEMORIAM, 89 - - IX. RECORD OF CASUALTIES, 100 - - X. CATALOGUE OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, 115 - - XI. PROMOTIONS, 119 - - XII. CATALOGUE OF ENLISTED MEN, 123 - - - - -FREDERICKSBURG, - -December 13th, 1862. - - -CHANCELLORSVILLE, - -May 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863. - - -GETTYSBURG, - -July 2d, 3d, and 4th, 1863. - - - - -THE - -“TWENTY-SEVENTH” - -CONN. VOLS. - - - - -CHAPTER I. - -CAMP NEAR WASHINGTON. - - “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 period of the war against -the rebellion--the year 1862. After long months of diligent -preparation, the Army of the Potomac opened the year with its -first memorable advance against the rebel capital. The inspiring -faith of all loyal hearts followed every step of its progress up -the Peninsula, toward the stronghold of treason; and when the -shattered but undaunted remnants retreated down the James river, -and hurried to the defence of the national capital, menaced by -an exultant foe, deep was the disappointment which filled the -whole North. Every ear was strained to catch the result of the -conflict before Washington, only to hear that the rebels had been -partially successful, and were crossing the Potomac into Maryland -and Pennsylvania. Those were days of profound anxiety, but not of -weak irresolution. Each new disaster seemed to bring the people -nearer to a realization of the magnitude of the struggle, and nerve -them to fulfil the imperative duties of the hour. The President, -early in July, issued his Proclamation, calling for three hundred -thousand men, to serve for three years; and on the fourth of August -following summoned to the field three hundred thousand more, to -serve for nine months. The Twenty-seventh Regiment was organized -under this latter call. Its members were recruited from New-Haven -county, and mainly from the city of New-Haven, with considerable -numbers from Madison, Milford, Meriden, Wallingford, Branford, -Clinton, and Guilford, and still smaller quotas from other -neighboring towns. - -The character and material of the regiment well illustrated -the heartiness with which all classes responded to the earnest -call of the President in those dark days of the Republic. Every -variety of condition and employment found representatives in the -Twenty-seventh. The agricultural population of the county responded -with a goodly number of the votaries of Ceres. Many of the most -respected and enterprising mechanics and business men of the -community laid aside for a season the implements of their labor to -join its ranks. Members of the press exchanged pen and type for -sword and bayonet. There were also several accomplished engineers -in the regiment, one of whom was detailed in that department, on -the staff of General W. S. Hancock, and had charge of the General’s -topographical maps and plans of battles. The public schools of the -city contributed one of their most esteemed teachers, who gave -his life on the field of Fredericksburg; and in the room where of -yore he so successfully led on his pupils from step to step in -knowledge, hangs his portrait, to them a daily-recurring lesson of -noble patriotism and self-devotion. Also the various professions -furnished of their members; and old Yale, never faithless to the -patriotic instincts of her Revolutionary sons, was represented -by several of her graduates and students, one of whom was a -color-bearer of the regiment at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, -and Gettysburg. - -The first company went into camp at Camp Terry, New-Haven, in the -latter part of August, and by the middle of September the whole -number of companies were on the ground, with nearly a full quota -of men. Being technically a militia regiment, the choice of field -officers was vested in those of the line. Richard S. Bostwick, of -New-Haven, was elected Colonel; Henry C. Merwin, of the same place, -Lieutenant-Colonel; and Theodore Byxbee, of Meriden, Major; all of -whom, with a number of the company officers, had been connected -with the three-months volunteers at the beginning of the war. After -several weeks spent in perfecting the organization and equipment, -the regiment was mustered into the United States service, October -twenty-second, 1862, for the term of nine months, and started for -the field in the evening of that day, numbering eight hundred and -twenty-nine, rank and file. - -Without stopping to dwell upon the passage to New-York, to Port -Monmouth, or upon the generous hospitality of the Quaker City, and -passing by the night journey to Baltimore, succeeded by a day’s -rest on the pavements of that city, the morning of the twenty-fifth -found us in Washington. Camp Seward, on Arlington Heights, is soon -reached, and quickly long rows of tents rear their white roofs -in General Lee’s peach orchard. Possibly in other days we should -have been summarily ejected by a grand charge of that gentleman’s -dusky retainers, or perhaps indicted in the courts for presuming -to trespass upon the domain of an F. F. V., and have paid dearly -to appease his injured feelings. But now the crowd of slaves is -dispersed, and “Massa Lee” is not there to dispute our right to -possession. - -Our introduction to the Old Dominion would be incomplete unless the -foreground of the picture presented to view that bugbear, Virginia -mud, which has made and unmade so many Generals, and stopped the -wheels of the Army of the Potomac with periodical regularity. We -had hardly arrived at Camp Seward when the clouds began to marshal -their forces for an illustration of their power to change the -sacred soil into a sea of mud; and as if to show the minutiæ of the -forming process, it began to drizzle slowly; the mist gradually -enlarged into drops, and the soil grew softer and softer. As we -floundered about, we began to realize that the aforesaid mud was -not altogether a myth, conjured up by inefficient commanders to -excuse inaction. The storm continued at intervals during the -twenty-sixth, and, as night approached, a strong wind, superadded -to the pelting rain, swept howling over the ridge, tearing many -of our tents from their uncertain moorings. All, however, were -disposed to view philosophically this somewhat unceremonious -welcome to the soil of Virginia, and the hardships of a soldier’s -life. - -At noon of the twenty-seventh the order came to strike tents, -preparatory to moving our camp a few miles up the Potomac. Late -in the day the march began. Crossing over into Georgetown, by the -Aqueduct Bridge, and following the picturesque course of the river -up to Chain Bridge, we return to the left bank, and bivouack for -the rest of the night around huge fires. The next morning Camp -Tuttle assumes a veritable existence, and here the Twenty-seventh -settle down to a month’s routine and drill, preliminary to the -rough experience of an actual campaign. Our camp was situated upon -a rising ground, from which could be seen the majestic dome of the -Capitol. Some distance in front of the parade, and on the left, -were thick woods, while the right was skirted by a road, across -which were encamped the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth New-Jersey, -and the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania, which, with -our own regiment, constituted a brigade of Abercrombie’s division -of the army, for the defence of Washington. As soon as the camp was -established in its new location, the Colonel issued a regimental -order, setting forth the programme of daily duty as follows: -Reveille at six A.M.; guard mounting at eight; company drill from -nine to eleven, and again from one to two; battalion drill from -three to four, and dress parade at five P.M.; tattoo at nine, taps -at half-past nine. All this was varied by an occasional season of -picket duty, a few miles up the Leesburg turnpike. - -Our first Sabbath at Camp Tuttle forms, in most respects, a sample -of all the rest. Sunday is to the soldier the most anomalous day -of the calendar, especially if situated, as we were, without a -chaplain. The weekly inspection and freedom from drill are the -chief points which distinguish it from other days. In the present -instance, however, an unexpected cause of excitement appeared. -After dress parade, it was announced that in consequence of certain -rumored movements of the enemy in the direction of Leesburg, it -might be necessary to beat the long roll, to call the regiment -under arms at any moment during the night. Of course, the very -thought of a rebel added new zest to our military existence. Every -one was on the _qui vive_, and made his arrangements to respond -to the call with the utmost promptness. But the apprehended raid -did not take place, and our rest was therefore undisturbed by the -soul-stirring notes of the long roll. - -Every few days a company was detailed to go on picket--an event -not altogether unwelcome, as a relief to the monotonous round of -camp duties, and as an introduction to a new phase of experience. -To obtain some idea of this portion of our regimental life around -Washington, let us “fall in,” fully armed and equipped, and follow -one of these parties to the picket-line. On the present occasion, -Company H, with detachments from other regiments, started out -one morning, and, after marching several miles on the Leesburg -Turnpike, arrived about ten o’clock at the village of Langley. -The line of pickets extended along the main road a short distance -beyond the centre of the place, and also along a cross-road, which, -coming up from the south, connects with the turnpike just before we -reach the village. Houses, favorably situated at different points, -were occupied as headquarters of the various squads, or, if such -conveniences were not at hand, brush huts supplied their place. At -that time Langley consisted of about a dozen houses, and one small -church, and had once been favored with two regular taverns, whose -sphere was now filled by two boarding-houses of minor importance, -one of which indicated its character to the public by the sign: - - +---------------+ - | | - | RESTER | - | ANT | - | | - +---------------+ - -The dinner hour having arrived, the pickets unanimously conclude -to set aside Uncle Sam’s homely fare, and take advantage of the -enlarged facilities of entertainment afforded by the village. -Accordingly they adjourn to one of the boarding-houses, kept by -a man of secession proclivities, whose principles, however, do -not interfere with his untiring efforts to please. Such houses of -refreshment, where a civilized meal could be obtained, situated -as they were here and there along the picket-line, added much to -the enjoyment of these brief excursions from camp. Our duties were -not very onerous, requiring the attention of each man two hours -out of every six, and consisted in seeing that no one passed along -the road, or appeared in the vicinity, without proper authority. -In good weather, the two days of picket duty, occurring once a -fortnight, were quite agreeable; but if stormy, they afforded good -material for the grumbling fraternity. - -In view of the approach of winter, and the probability of remaining -in our present location for some time, it was thought best to make -corresponding preparations. Pine logs, with considerable labor, -were cut and brought in from the neighboring forest, and soon Camp -Tuttle began to present an air of comfort positively inviting. -But after only a brief enjoyment of our improved quarters, and as -if to remind us of the uncertainty always attending the soldier’s -life, orders came, November eighteenth, for Company H to strike -tents, pack up, and march over to Hall’s Hill, there to clear up -a place for the regimental encampment. Arriving on the hill in a -pelting rain, huge fires were built of the brush and stumps which -covered the ground, and by evening our tents were up, and we were -as comfortable as circumstances would allow. Hearing of several -deserted encampments about a mile distant, on Miner’s and Upton’s -Hills, many parties went out the next morning to secure anything -which might add to their convenience. A large barren plain was -covered far and wide with the huts and _débris_ of a portion of -McClellan’s army, which encamped here in the winter of 1862. The -whole presented a very curious and suggestive sight. Meanwhile, -orders came to strike tents and rejoin the regiment. It appeared -that all the regiments in the vicinity were ordered to prepare for -a rapid march. The Army of the Potomac had but recently crossed -the river, after the battle of Antietam, in pursuit of Lee, and -the enemy were said to be threatening General Sigel, in command -at Centreville. In view of this state of affairs, the reserve, in -the defences of Washington, was called upon to be ready for any -emergency. Returning to camp, we found the men earnestly canvassing -the nature of the contemplated march. The orders, however, were -countermanded in the evening, perhaps in consequence of a severe -storm, which continued for several days. - - - - -CHAPTER II. - -TO THE FRONT. - - -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 concentrated -upon the movement to take place the next day, at nine o’clock. -The cooks were busy preparing rations for the march; the men were -arranging their traps in the most portable form, and all looked -forward with eager interest to the new scenes before us. At the -appointed time, on the following morning, the Twenty-seventh, with -the other regiments in the brigade, began the march for Washington, -leaving our comparatively commodious A tents standing. Henceforth, -shelter-tents, and for much of the time no tents at all, were to be -our covering. Our final destination was all a mystery, until, as -the days advanced, conjecture was enabled, with some probability, -to fix upon Fredericksburg. The march across Chain Bridge, through -Georgetown and Washington, and down the Potomac, fifteen miles, -consumed the first day, and that night a tired set slept beneath -their shelter-tents, nestling in the woods by the road-side. - -By eight o’clock, December second, we were again in motion, and -before sundown accomplished the appointed distance of twenty miles, -through a pleasant country, divided into large and apparently -well-cultivated plantations. Sambo’s glittering ivory and staring -eyes gleamed from many gateways, greeting us half suspiciously. One -young colored boy concluded he had been beaten quite long enough by -his master, and not liking the prospect before him if he remained -in slavery, thought best to join the column, and march to freedom. -In anticipation of some such proceedings on the part of the colored -population, the planters of that region patrolled the roads on -horseback, watching our ranks as we filed past, to see if some -luckless contraband were not harbored therein. - -The third day brought us within three miles of Port Tobacco, and -without standing on ceremony, we encamped for the night on the -grounds of a secessionist planter, and availed ourselves of his -abundant store of hay and straw. December fourth, we passed through -the town--a very ordinary, shabby-looking place, whose secession -population hardly deigned to glance at us, except from behind -closed shutters. - -Thus far the weather had been delightful, but the fifth day of our -march, and the last on the Maryland side of the Potomac, opened -rather inauspiciously, and by the time we reached the river bank -at Liverpool Point, a cold rain-storm had set in, in which we -were obliged to stand a couple of hours awaiting our turn to be -ferried across to Acquia Landing. At length the rain changed into -driving snow, and when we arrived at the Landing, the surrounding -hills were white with the generous deposit. The village at Acquia -Creek, after being evacuated sundry times, had risen again from -the ashes of several burnings to become the base of supplies for -Burnside’s army before Fredericksburg. Busy carpenters were rearing -storehouses, eventually to take their turn at conflagration, and -the offing was full of vessels of every description, loaded with -stores to be transferred by rail to Falmouth. - -In the snow we disembarked, and after many delays reached our -camping ground, on a hill-side, a mile or more up the railroad. It -was now evening, and the prospect seemed anything but encouraging, -in view of the fact that the storm continued with even augmented -fury. We pitched our shelter-tents and made our beds in the -snow, and built fires, under difficulties which can hardly be -exaggerated. To add to the discomfort of the case, our supplies -were entirely exhausted, and although the wharves and storehouses -at the Landing fairly groaned with pork and hard-tack, we could -not obtain these articles, owing to inflexible red tape, and in -part to the fact that the railroad was monopolized in carrying -subsistence for the army at Falmouth. A very limited supply of -sawdust ginger-cakes constituted the universal bill of fare until -the evening of the next day. - -December sixth dawned upon us, cold and frosty, but clear--just -such weather as graces the month in the latitude of New-England. -The discomforts of the preceding day were soon forgotten in the -cheerful sunshine. At this time our worthy chaplain, Rev. J. W. -Leek, joined the regiment. Though separated from us in one short -week, by reason of an almost fatal wound, yet in that brief period -he had gained the hearty respect and esteem of all, and connected -his name most honorably with the history of the Twenty-seventh. - -After a rest of two days, we bade adieu to Acquia Creek on the -morning of December eighth, and resumed our march to Falmouth. -Having lost our way, the journey, which properly required but -one day, occupied until noon of the next, when we arrived at the -headquarters of General D. N. Couch, at that time in command of -the Second Army Corps. By him the Twenty-seventh was assigned to -the Third Brigade, General S. K. Zook’s, of the First Division, -commanded by General W. S. Hancock. At this time the Army of the -Potomac was divided into three grand divisions--the right, left, -and centre--the first, of which our corps formed a part, under the -command of General Edwin V. Sumner. - -We were now marched off to our camping ground, a short distance -from the Rappahannock river. Henceforth the fortunes of the -Twenty-seventh are linked with the Army of the Potomac. The -regiment belonged to a corps whose thinned ranks eloquently -testified to the hard-fought contests of the Peninsula, where -it had borne the brunt, always in the fore-front of battle, and -the last to retire when retreat became necessary. The history of -the Second proved it to be one of the most reliable corps in the -service--always ready for any desperate encounter under its brave -and fighting leaders. The famous Irish Brigade formed a part of -our division. Such being the character and history of the corps, -it was evident that the Twenty-seventh must now make up its mind -to the severest of campaign service. Scarcely were our tents up, -when the Colonel received orders to have the company cooks prepare -four days’ rations, to be ready by the next morning--the inevitable -preliminary to more important events. - -The forenoon of December tenth was occupied in cleaning our arms -and preparing for an inspection, to take place at twelve o’clock, -before General Zook and staff. Perhaps at this point it might -be well to speak of the weapons the General was called upon to -inspect, and which he declared unfit for service. One of his staff, -a day or two later, remarked: “Boys, if you can’t discharge them, -you can use the bayonet.” That certainly was the most serviceable -part of the gun. At the outset, the Twenty-seventh, with the -exception of the flank companies, was furnished with Austrian -rifles of such an inferior order that no regular inspector would -have passed them. Scarcely one of these weapons was without defects -in the most essential particulars. These facts are not mentioned -to bring discredit upon any of the authorities cognizant of such -matters, but simply as a matter of justice to the regiment. -Doubtless the best of reasons could have been given to justify -the temporary distribution of such arms. Early, however, in the -following January, the regiment was supplied with the Whitney -rifled musket, a weapon in the highest degree satisfactory to all. - - - - -CHAPTER III. - -FREDERICKSBURG. - - -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 companies supplied -with three days’ rations, and fall in by half-past six, in light -marching order. Let us leave the scene of busy preparation in camp, -and for a few moments view the events transpiring on the river. -Three points had been carefully selected by General Burnside where -bridges were to be thrown across--one a short distance above the -Lacey House, another a few rods below the railroad bridge, and the -third about two miles below the city. Boat after boat is anchored -in its place; plank after plank is laid in quick succession, and -the river is well-nigh spanned by the trembling structure, when -suddenly two signal guns break on the still night air, and a sheet -of flame bursts from houses on the opposite bank, where hundreds -of sharp-shooters lie concealed. The defenceless bridge builders -are temporarily driven from their work, while the cannon from the -bluffs behind belch forth a defiant response to the rebel challenge. - -To return to the Twenty-seventh. Promptly at half-past six the -regiment fell in and joined the rest of the brigade, a short -distance from camp. Silently, through woods and across fields, -we marched to the corps rendezvous, in a deep hollow near the -Phillips House, where General Sumner had his headquarters. On the -way we passed long lines of troops moving rapidly to the river, or -resting behind rows of musket stacks. Here we were to remain until -a crossing could be effected. - -Meanwhile, the frequency of cannon discharges increases. Every -moment another adds its voice to the swelling volume, until from -twenty batteries, comprising more than a hundred guns, arranged -along the banks of the river, bursts a tempest of shot and shell -over the rebel city. This continues, with little cessation, until -noon. For three hours following, only occasionally a gun disturbs -the comparative quiet. Then the ball opens again with renewed -violence. A visit to the top of the hill, overlooking the city, -reveals columns of smoke, with now and then a flash of flame, -testifying to the effectiveness of the bombardment. At the river, -all attempts to complete the pontoon bridge had hitherto failed. - -With particular interest we gazed upon a regiment of the corps, as, -tired, dusty, and powder smeared, it rejoined us after a protracted -effort at the bridge. History records but few parallels to the more -than heroic valor which crowned that day’s work. A trusty weapon -supports the soldier’s courage, but to stand, unarmed, the target -of unerring sharp-shooters, unable to respond to their attacks, and -in view of almost inevitable death, is the highest test of courage. -It became evident that the bridge could be completed only by -driving the sharp-shooters from the houses on the opposite side, by -a sudden dash across the river. This hazardous duty was intrusted -to the Seventh Michigan and detachments from several other -regiments, and nobly was it performed. The rebels were driven from -their hiding-places, the bridge touched the opposite shore, and the -first act in this fearful drama closed. This success was received -with universal joy, and all attention now concentrated in what the -future should unfold. General Howard’s division of the Second Corps -crossed over into the city, while Hancock’s and French’s bivouacked -for the night in a strip of woods near the Phillips House. - -Early the next morning, December twelfth, we crossed into -Fredericksburg, over the bridge which had cost so much blood and -labor the preceding day. Evidences of the bombardment everywhere -presented themselves, in the houses perforated with shot and -shell, and in the miscellaneous rubbish which hindered our -progress through the street. Mattresses, pitchers, chairs, kitchen -utensils, and other furniture, scattered about in grotesque -confusion, testified that those who had passed the night in the -town had availed themselves of all the comforts within reach. We -moved down Water street, and halted at the first pontoon bridge, -a few rods below the railroad, where we encamped that day and -night. The Twenty-seventh spent the day in bridging gullies and -mud-holes with boards and planks from neighboring fences, so that -the artillery could pass. Company B was detailed to lay pontoons -across a stream uniting with the Rappahannock just below the town. -About the middle of the afternoon the rebel batteries attempted to -annoy the men engaged in these preparations, and for a time a very -brisk artillery duel was maintained between the opposing forces. -Sheltered as we were by the steep bank, the rebels could not obtain -accurate range, and most of the shells shrieked harmlessly over our -heads, and fell into the river or struck on the opposite side. - -At length the eventful thirteenth arrived--a day full of scenes -and experiences which will never fade from the memory of those -who participated in them. Immediately after breakfast we were -marched up to Caroline street, the principal street of the town, -parallel with the river. Here the division was formed in line of -battle, and stacked arms, while arrangements were being completed -to storm the heights back of the city. Staff officers were riding -in hot haste to and fro, carrying orders, or disposing the forces, -and occasionally our division general, Hancock, rode slowly and -proudly up and down the line, surveying the ranks, his countenance -wearing an aspect of quiet and cool determination. At length the -sound of cannonading comes to our ears from below, indicating -that General Franklin has entered upon the task assigned him, of -seizing the railroad and turning the enemy’s flank. Like banks -of keys in a great organ, the rebel works rise behind the town, -and gradually the chorus of notes bursts forth directly in front -of us. The rebel shell crash among the houses or strike in the -street, while the batteries of the Second Corps, on the north bank -of the Rappahannock, send their shrieking replies over the city. -“Attention!” rings out loud and long above the din. Every man is in -his place, his musket at a shoulder. “Right face!” “Right shoulder -shift arms!” follow in quick succession. At this moment General -Hancock rides up to the Twenty-seventh, and leaning forward in -his saddle, with his right arm upraised, briefly addresses them: -“You are the only Connecticut regiment in my division. Bring -no dishonor upon the State you represent.” The order is given, -“Forward! March!” reëchoed by commanders of brigades, regiments, -and companies, and we move in quick time down the street to the -railroad. - -While the column is moving on, let us briefly survey the position -of the battle-field. Fredericksburg is situated in a large -amphitheatre, admirably adapted for defence. Directly in the rear -of the town is a smooth field with a slightly ascending grade, -extending back a little less than half a mile to the telegraph -road, which is flanked by a stone wall, beyond which rises a ridge -somewhat abruptly from a hundred to a hundred and fifty feet high. -This range of high ground extends as far as Hazel Run, a little -stream emptying into the Rappahannock just below the lower edge of -the town, and in the other direction bends toward the river, which -it very nearly touches just above Falmouth, about a mile above -Fredericksburg. Rebel batteries were strongly posted along this -eminence, so that a front and enfilading fire could be secured upon -any force advancing across the level plateau. General Longstreet -was in command of these lines of fortifications, while Stonewall -Jackson commanded the rebel right, opposite General Franklin, the -whole under the supreme direction of General Lee. Bearing in mind -that the task before us was to capture these formidable heights, -let us return to the storming column. - -Sheltered in a measure by the houses, it passes down Caroline -street with little interruption; but as soon as we arrived at the -railroad dépôt, several rebel guns, trained upon the spot with -fatal accuracy, welcome us to the encounter. Very near this point -fell Captain Schweizer, the first of the long list of casualties -which at nightfall told how fearfully the conflict had decimated -the ranks of the Twenty-seventh. Several were knocked down, one of -whom, leaping up, exclaimed earnestly, “I’ll have pay for that!” -then springing to his place, rushed on to death, for no one ever -saw or heard of him afterward. The division now advanced at a -double-quick into the open field; then, after resting a few moments -on the ground, at the order, “Charge!” moved by the left flank -with fixed bayonets, passing French’s division, which had been -obliged to fall back. A second brief rest, then on again, while -shot and shell plow the ground in front, burst over our heads, or -make fearful gaps in the line. Yet on we rush. The wounded are -left where they fall. Not a word is spoken, not a gun fired. As we -approach nearer the rebel lines, all the elements of destruction -ingenuity can devise or position afford, are concentrated upon -the narrow space. From rows of rifle-pits, protected by a heavy -stone wall, bursts a continuous roll of musketry; from neighboring -houses flashes the deadly fire of sharp-shooters, while batteries -posted on the heights behind strong field-works, and supported -by infantry, sweep the field with shot and shell and grape and -canister. Enfilading batteries on the right and left of the rebel -semicircle pour in their swift discharges, and behind us, the -batteries of the Second Corps, on the other side of the river, -shell the enemy’s works with little effect at the distance of -nearly three thousand yards, but with so much danger to the -storming party, that General Couch orders them to cease firing. -The line now begins to waver, and, with some disorder, presses -forward to a brick house, from which a brisk musketry fire is kept -up in the direction of the stone wall. At this time the various -regiments became mingled together, and, unfortunately, at the order -to deploy into line to renew the charge, the Twenty-seventh, in -consequence of the confusion, separated into several fragments, -advancing to the right and left of the house. The time for a -sudden dash had passed, and unable longer to stem the avalanche -of fire, which seemed to gather intensity as we proceeded, the -charge was continued only as far as a board fence, all full of -bullet holes and torn with shot, less than a hundred yards from the -famous stone wall, as estimated by an officer of the regiment who -afterward visited the spot under flag of truce. With the exception -of a partially successful attempt to approach still nearer the -rebel rifle-pits, the men remained at this point the rest of -the afternoon, loading their guns on the ground, then rising -sufficiently to deliver their fire. - -The rebel musketry continued with almost uninterrupted violence -until night overshadowed the scene, never entirely ceasing in our -front. At times it surged off to another part of the line, with -only a scattering fire opposite our position; then rolled back -again with redoubled power, the peculiar rattling of separate -discharges being fused into one prolonged sound. Lines of rebel -troops could be seen marching along the ridge, and running down -to aid their comrades in the rifle-pits below. But for a weary -two hours no reënforcement advanced to the support of the Union -forces. At one time appearances seemed to indicate that the rebels -were about to charge upon our feeble line, but a few well-directed -volleys admonished them to remain behind their stone walls. - -The Union artillery had thus far accomplished comparatively little, -owing to its distance from the rebel works, and to the absence -of all favorable positions where guns could be posted, on the -Fredericksburg side of the river. Late in the afternoon, however, -several guns took position in the upper streets of the city. -The battle-field shook with their combined discharge. Meanwhile -Hancock’s division had been mostly withdrawn, to give place to the -other division of the Second Corps. But many of the Twenty-seventh -and other regiments remained at their posts, their safety being -still more endangered if they attempted to leave the field. - -At three o’clock in the afternoon, Howard’s division advanced to -the attack, to be hurled back before the overwhelming fire of -the rebels. Only a brief time is now left before darkness will -cover the scene. A final, desperate effort must be made to take -the heights. Supported by the batteries in the streets, a fresh -division advances into the field. How splendidly they charge! with -what a perfect line! We can look into the faces of the men as they -come on. Nothing apparently can withstand their onset. They come -steadily to within a few paces of where we lie. Then bursts forth -from the rebel works an iron tempest which had scarcely a parallel -even on that day. Showers of bullets went whistling by or struck -the ground in every direction, while pieces of shell, bits of old -iron, grape and canister, rained down with a dull sound as they -hit the earth. Arrested in its course, the line wavers, fires a -few volleys, then scatters like chaff. It was now about dusk, and -many of the Twenty-seventh who had remained on the field after the -withdrawal of our division, retired into the city. At the edge of -the plateau, where a battery was stationed, mounted officers were -endeavoring to rally into some sort of order the shattered remnants -of the division, whose magnificent charge we have just described. - -The aspect of Fredericksburg that night cannot be adequately -described. Lines of troops were under arms in the streets, ready to -meet the enemy should they attempt to follow up their advantage and -drive the army across the river. Crowds of soldiers, all excited -by the events of the day, moved rapidly along the sidewalks. -Processions of stretcher bearers tenderly conveyed their mangled -freight to the hospitals. The eloquent red flag waved from almost -every house, suggesting that the surgeons were diligently at work, -while the glare of candles from the windows added to the wildness -of the scene without. - -The next day was the Sabbath, bright and clear overhead, but -inexpressibly sad to us; for one third of the three hundred and -seventy-five who followed the colors of the Twenty-seventh into -battle, lay dead on the field, or wounded in the hospital. That -forenoon was spent in cleaning our guns, in anticipation of further -fighting. The Connecticut Brigade, under General Harland, was -drawn up in line of battle on the main street, under orders to be -ready at any moment to charge up the heights. As will subsequently -appear, they were spared this perilous duty. Occasionally a -resident of the town came timidly forth from his hiding-place, or -a family, loaded down with bundles of household effects, slowly -wended their way across the pontoon bridge, to escape the terrors -surrounding them. A disagreeable uncertainty hung over every moment -of the day, and when we awoke on the morning of the fifteenth, -nothing had transpired to diminish our suspense. It was plain that -something must be done, and that very soon. Delay only added to the -difficulties of the situation. The army must fight, or evacuate the -city. Every few minutes during the day we were ordered to fall in. -The expectation was universal that we were again to be led to the -attack. Hour after hour processions of ambulances moved across the -pontoon bridge, and up the opposite bank, so that by evening the -town was nearly empty of the wounded. General Burnside rode by and -received a hearty welcome. Evidently a movement of some kind was -soon to be made. A short time after dark the division was ordered -under arms, and all, except the Twenty-seventh Connecticut, marched -down Water street toward the railway bridge. Our little band stood -waiting thus during the evening, in momentary expectation of being -led out to support the pickets. At length orders were received to -advance a few hundred yards below the railroad. As we arrived, the -rest of the brigade silently arose from the ground where they had -been sleeping, and like spectres vanished in the darkness. Here we -remained until near midnight, obtaining what sleep was possible, -then noiselessly fell in, and without a word spoken above a -whisper, retired rapidly down the street to the pontoon bridge. The -streets were as silent as death. A few soldiers were preparing to -loosen the moorings which held the pontoons to the banks. After a -brief halt, the Twenty-seventh, carrying a few boxes of ammunition, -re-crossed the river by the same bridge on which they had entered -the city four days before. On the road to Falmouth we met General -Hancock, who asked, “What regiment is this?” and being informed, -the Twenty-seventh Connecticut, expressed his great satisfaction -with the conduct of the regiment in the events of the last few -days. After losing our way in the darkness, and experiencing a -heavy rain-storm, we arrived at our old camp ground on the morning -of the sixteenth. - -All unconscious of the night’s events, the rebels threw a few -shells into the town, and meeting no response, crept cautiously -down from their fortifications, expecting to find our forces -concealed under the banks of the river. But no pickets challenged -their advance: the Union army had slipped from their grasp, the -pontoons were up, and thus was accomplished one of the most skilful -movements recorded in military history. - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - -CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH. - - -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 advantages of the rebel -position. The fearful scenes of a battle may well impress the -veteran of many conflicts; but when, for the first time, a regiment -meets the enemy with every advantage in favor of the latter, and -when the list of killed and wounded swells to unusual proportions, -and nothing is accomplished by this expense of life and energy, -it is no sign of weakness that despondency and gloom for a time -prevail. Such a feeling, resulting from failure in the campaign, -and from the loss of a large number of our most esteemed officers -and men, pervaded the Twenty-seventh in common with the rest of -the army. The loss of such men as Captains Schweizer and Taylor, -Sergeants Barrett and Fowler, Corporals Mimmac and Alling, and -many others, men of high character, who went to the field purely -from a sense of duty--such men in their death could not fail to -leave behind, among their fellow soldiers, a universal sorrow, -reaching to the very depths of the heart. The memory of those who -fell on the thirteenth of December, and many of whom lie in unknown -graves back of Fredericksburg, will never lose its freshness, -but rather grow in strength as the history of future years adds -significance to the conflicts of the present. - -Fortunately for the success of Burnside’s plan of evacuation, -his operations were concealed in the darkness of a severe storm, -which had not terminated when we arrived in our former camp on -the morning of the sixteenth. In the afternoon the two hundred -and fifty men of the Twenty-seventh who had been picketing along -the Rappahannock for the previous six days, rejoined us, many of -them much exhausted by their unusually prolonged duties. Expecting -to be absent from the regiment only a day, the ordinary limit of -picket duty at one time, the party took with them only one day’s -rations, and in the confusion attending the movement of troops and -the battle, rations for the additional time could be procured but -irregularly and in insufficient quantities. - -According to orders, the camp was now moved to a strip of pine -woods skirting the west side of the division parade-ground. But -this was not to be our permanent location; and after manœuvring -for several days from one place to another, we at length encamped -in the edge of a forest, only a few rods from where we first -pitched our tents, on the line of the Rappahannock. An elevated -plain stretched away between us and the river, and above a slight -depression the clustered spires of Fredericksburg rose to view, -from whose belfreys, on a Sabbath morning, we could sometimes hear -the summons to the house of God. A walk of a few rods brought us in -full view of the city, sitting in calm quiet among the hills, while -long red lines told where the rebel earthworks lay, and little -specks of white in the background disclosed the enemy’s camps. -Just under the edge of the bluff to our right, and concealed from -view, was the village of Falmouth, a mongrel collection of houses -arranged along dirty, unpaved streets. - -Although intimations were thrown out that the army would now go -into winter quarters, yet it was nearly two weeks before our men -could dispossess themselves of the idea that some fine morning the -old stereotyped order, “Strike tents and pack knapsacks!” would -scatter to the winds their plans of personal comfort. - -As soon as it was evident that no further movements would be made, -the men vigorously applied themselves to the work of building -huts, devoting the mornings to this labor, while brigade drill -occupied the afternoon. In the hundred and thirty log houses of -our little regimental village was embraced an amount of comfort -wholly inconceivable by those who know nothing of the numerous -contrivances a soldier’s ingenuity can suggest to supply the place -of ordinary conveniences. Generally, four congenial minds would -unite their mechanical resources. A pine forest within reasonable -distance, an axe and a shovel, one of Uncle Sam’s mule teams, -and a moderate degree of ingenuity, constitute the only capital -of these camp carpenters. Having secured a favorable site, ten -by seven, these comrades in bunk sally forth to the neighboring -grove, and before their sturdy blows the old pines come crashing -down, are split into slabs of the required length, and in due time -reach their destination in camp. After smoothing the ground, and -carefully removing stumps, the logs are hewn out and placed one -above another, with the ends dove-tailed together, or set upright -side by side in trenches, and soon the huts assume their full -proportions--seven feet by ten. Every man now becomes a mason. The -surrounding region is ransacked for stone and brick, with which to -construct a fire-place at the front end. While this important work -is going on, another is vigorously plying his wooden trowel, in -plastering up the fissures with clay, on the principle that nothing -is without its use, even Virginia mud. The roof is made of thin -shelter-tents, buttoned together. As regards internal arrangements, -at the further end are two bunks, one above the other; and as the -upholsterer has not performed his part, and very likely never -will, the occupants must content themselves with the soft side of -pine slabs. On one side of the hut is a rack for the reception of -guns and equipments, while at the other a cracker-box cover on -stilts does duty as a table. In respect to seats, the ingenuity -of different individuals showed itself in rudely constructed -benches, or square boards, elevated on three-pronged crotchets, -obtained in the woods, or was satisfied with the trunk of a tree -cut into suitable lengths. Over the fire-place a mantle was -generally located, containing a confused collection of tin plates -and cups, knives and forks, and an endless variety of rubbish. In -winter quarters it is very desirable to have a liberal supply of -culinary furniture. The man whose fire-place is adorned with an -iron frying-pan, is an object of envy to all his comrades, and is -universally agreed to have reached the acme of comfort. However, -the halves of old canteens, fitted with handles, answer very well -in its place. In many of the huts, telegraph wire might be found -doing service in the shape of a gridiron, upon which an occasional -steak is broiled. Very likely, in its appropriate place is a -coffee-pot, perhaps of the plantation style, two feet high, and -large in proportion, which some argus-eyed soldier has observed and -quietly confiscated. - -Our huts were now nearly completed, and with no little satisfaction -we surveyed their rough architecture, pork-barrel chimneys, and -cracker-box doors, feeling that though the winds might blow, and -the rainy season pour down its floods, we were prepared to endure -it patiently. When the army has just completed its preparations -for a comfortable time, it is safe to prophesy marching orders -within three days thereafter. So it proved in the present instance. -At dress parade, on the sixteenth of January, an order was read -for the regiment to be ready to march on the next day with three -days’ rations. Details were dispatched at midnight to the Brigade -Commissary’s, after rations, and in good season on the seventeenth -we were ready to start; but no final orders came, and it was -bruited about that General J. E. B. Stuart, while roving around -Dumfries and Alexandria with his rebel cavalry, in the absence of -General Burnside in Washington, had telegraphed an order, as if -from him, for the army to be ready to move. This is of a piece with -a joke Stuart perpetrated on another occasion, when in the name of -a Union General he telegraphed to Washington for certain stores, -and is reported to have received them in good order. - -On the eighteenth, Generals Burnside and Sumner reviewed our -Army Corps. In the afternoon of the twentieth, an order was read, -announcing that the army was “about to meet the enemy once more. -The auspicious moment had arrived to strike a great and mortal blow -at the rebellion, and to gain that decisive victory due to the -country.” The plan was for Hooker and Franklin to cross at Banks’s -Ford, six miles above Falmouth, and capture Taylor’s Hill, the -key of the position, from which they could advance in the rear of -Fredericksburg, and turn the enemy’s flank. This being done, Sumner -with his grand division, to which the Twenty-seventh belonged, -was to cross directly in front of the city at the old place, and -take the batteries which had baffled our efforts in the battle of -December thirteenth. The plan was substantially the same as the -previous one, except that the flank movement was to be made upon -the rebel left wing instead of his right. The failure of December -resulted from the inefficiency of Franklin’s flank demonstration, -which allowed the enemy to mass his forces in front of Sumner. But -now it was proposed to use two corps in the preliminary movement, -and, provided they were successful in taking Taylor’s Hill, -Sumner’s success would be assured, notwithstanding the rebels had -been engaged for a month previous in strengthening and extending -their works. Hooker and Franklin were in motion on the twentieth, -while impetuous Sumner waited in his camps to hear the signal which -should summon his veteran legions to the conflict. For several -days, artillery and pontoons had been passing camp _en route_ for -Banks’s Ford. If the weather continues favorable, the morrow will -bring to our ears the boom of a hundred and fifty cannon. - -But one of those strange events beyond man’s power to avert -disconcerts the whole plan. Instead of the roar of artillery, the -unwelcome sound of rain salutes our ears the next morning, and -continues for several days. Impassable roads, guns and pontoons -fast in the mud, men toiling slowly along, or pulling at the boats, -add a new page to the chapter of misfortune which had followed -the noble Army of the Potomac. The rebels briefly summed up this -last advance in these laconic words, “Burnside stuck in the mud!” -which they impudently displayed from their picket-line, derisively -inquiring when the “auspicious moment” would arrive. The rainy -season had now set in in good earnest, and the wearied troops -returned to their camps to await the advent of spring. - -The progress of events had already foreshadowed a change of -commanders, and on the twenty-ninth of January general orders -were read announcing that General Burnside had been relieved, and -the accession of Joe Hooker. The brief two months of Burnside’s -command had secured for him the sincere respect of the whole -army. His honesty of purpose could not be impeached, and none -felt more keenly than himself the ill success which had attended -him. History, in summing up his campaign, will assign no small -significance to the fact that Burnside did not receive the hearty -coöperation of his subordinate commanders. He possessed an -excessive self-distrust, and it was creditable to his candor to -confess it; yet it is a question whether this distrust did not -reäct unfavorably upon the officers and men of his command. Condemn -it as we may, the boastful self-confidence of Hooker had no little -influence in reïnspiring the army with that self-reliance which -forms an important item in the calculations of success. - -The advent of General Hooker was signalized by the abolition of -the grand divisions, and a return to the simpler organization of -_Corps d’Armée_. And what was of more consequence to the soldiers, -an order was published directing the issue of four rations of fresh -bread and fresh beef, and two rations of potatoes per week, with an -occasional supply of other vegetables. This measure went right to -the hearts of the army, for it must be confessed, and it is nothing -to their disgrace, that the hearts of soldiers are very near, if -not actually in, their stomachs. For an army is a great physical -machine, expending a vast amount of animal power, and requiring -careful attention to its animal wants to secure the highest moral -efficiency. - -From the battle of Fredericksburg to Hooker’s move in the spring -of 1863, the Twenty-seventh was engaged in picket duty along the -Rappahannock, whose banks are as familiar to the men almost as -the walks of childhood. Every other day, at seven in the morning, -our quota of the division picket, equipped with blankets and one -day’s rations, formed in front of the Colonel’s tent, and, after -inspection, marched a mile to General Hancock’s headquarters to -undergo another inspection, after which a march of two or three -miles brought them to the line of the river. The fact that three -fourths of the time it was either rainy, or snowing, or cold -and blustering, will give some idea of the arduous character of -picket duty. By mutual agreement, the custom of picket firing, so -annoying and useless, was discontinued, and friendly intercourse -was no uncommon event; which latter practice, though harmless in -itself, was yet so liable to make trouble that it was prohibited -by special order. Frequently the rebels launched out on the river -their diminutive craft, laden with tobacco and the latest Richmond -papers, and bearing a note to “Gentlemen of the United States,” -requesting an interchange of commodities. - -February twenty-second, we experienced the severest snow-storm of -the season. At noon, through the thick mist of snow-flakes, came -the deep boom of cannon, swelling into a loud chorus, from the -adjacent batteries, answered by the low, muffled murmur of the -distant discharge. In every direction salutes were being fired in -honor of Washington’s birthday. The time and place gave additional -interest to this demonstration of respect for the Father of his -Country, for this region is intimately connected with his history. -Here he lived, and here are his descendants to this day, while on -the other side of the Rappahannock a simple tomb marks his mother’s -resting-place. - -March fifth, General Hooker reviewed the Second Army Corps, on a -large plain, near Hancock’s headquarters. The corps was drawn up in -nine lines by brigade, in all nearly fifteen thousand men. General -Hooker and General Couch, the then corps commander, with their -brilliant and numerous staffs, rode rapidly up and down the several -lines, while the men presented arms. Then taking position in front, -the brigades marched by in column by company. Nothing was more -impressive than the sight of the many regiments reduced to a mere -fragment of their former strength--a silently eloquent commentary -upon the inscriptions on their banners. - -The rapid advance of spring, and Hooker’s known determination to -move on the enemy at the earliest possible moment, led to much -speculation as to the plan of the new campaign. Before the close of -March, intimations were thrown out that the army must expect soon -to take the field. Daily balloon ascensions were made at several -points on the river, in order to ascertain the position of the -rebels. As an illustration of “Fighting Joe’s” cool assurance, it -was currently reported that one day he sent his balloon directly -over the city of Fredericksburg, having previously notified the -commandant that any molestation would meet with condign punishment -from his batteries. The comparative nearness of our camp to the -river afforded good opportunities for observing any change on the -rebel side, and the probability that we should have to cross in -front of the city in any future movement, whetted our curiosity. -The rebels had been actively engaged all winter in strengthening -their position, and now dark lines of rifle-pits and earthworks -frowned from the bluffs for miles up and down the banks, commanding -every available crossing. As may well be imagined, the prospect was -by no means inviting. - - - - -CHAPTER V. - -CHANCELLORSVILLE. - - -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, were to be turned in to the -Quartermaster. Each day company inspections were held, to see that -the men were prepared as the orders directed. About this time the -regiment was transferred to the Fourth Brigade, under the command -of Colonel J. R. Brooke, of the Fifty-third Pennsylvania. A storm -of two days’ duration postponed the forward movement a short -time, but by the twenty-seventh of the month the weather became -tolerably settled, and now began a campaign which it was fondly -hoped would result in the capture of Richmond. In the morning we -sent out an additional picket of over three hundred men, leaving -hardly a corporal’s guard in camp. All day artillery and cavalry, -pack-mules and wagon-trains, were passing camp, on their way to the -right. Late in the evening, orders came to strike tents, pack up as -quietly as possible, and report on the division parade at daybreak. -Our pickets returned at two o’clock the next morning. The camp was -now full of bustling preparation. The huts all illuminated; the -eager hum of voices; men hurrying to and fro; the decided tones of -command, combined to form a scene of excitement nowhere found but -in the army. At daybreak the regiment fell in, and bade farewell -to the dismantled camp, to enter upon an experience none of us had -ever contemplated as likely to fall to our lot. - -Camp near Falmouth will linger vividly in memory, when other more -startling scenes of army life have faded into oblivion. Our four -months’ residence witnessed a complete change in the face of the -country. A few stumps, or a solitary tree, were all that was left -of the forests which, four months before, waved over a hundred -square miles of territory. Here and there a house, tenantless, -fenceless, and dingy, or a blackened ruin, with only a bare chimney -standing, loomed above the naked landscape, a picture of complete -desolation. - -The division having assembled near General Hancock’s headquarters, -began the march for United States Ford, at seven in the morning. -We passed many deserted encampments, whose late occupants, like -ourselves, were on the move. Instead of following the direct -course of the river up to the Ford, which was only ten miles above -Falmouth, we pursued a very circuitous route, and, after an easy -march, halted in a strip of woods, where we encamped for the night. -The next day, at evening, we had just pitched our tents and built -fires, and were in the act of making coffee, and frying a bit of -pork or beef, when the order came for the Twenty-seventh to fall in -with all possible dispatch. Suppers were thrust into haversacks, -without much regard to order, and in a few moments the regiment -marched off about a mile, to picket in the woods. This duty -occupied us until the next afternoon, when we were relieved, and -hastened on to overtake the rest of the brigade, which had already -broken camp. During the night previous a light fall of rain took -place, just enough, however, to put the roads in bad condition. All -along the route, pioneers were thrown out in advance, to corduroy -the worst places for the passage of the trains. As far as the eye -could reach, a continuous line of army wagons filled the road, -urging their way forward with the greatest difficulty. The woods on -either hand rang with the sharp crack of the teamsters’ whips, and -simultaneously a chorus of wild shouts burst from the driver and -the men pushing at the wheels, while high above the din rose shrill -cries, resembling the notes of the screech-owl. Then, with a quick, -jerking jump, the nimble mules landed the team in the next rut, to -await the reception of the same magical sounds. - -Advancing to within a short distance of the Ford, the corps halted -to await the completion of the preparations for crossing. The sun -now burst forth from the canopy of clouds as if in glad sympathy -with the exhilaration which pervaded all hearts in consequence of -the encouraging news from the front. A dispatch from General Hooker -announced that the success of the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth -Corps was all that could be desired, and that the rebels were -retiring. These corps broke camp early on Monday morning, April -twenty-seventh, and took the route to Kelly’s Ford, twenty-five -miles above Fredericksburg. The pontoons were laid and a crossing -effected on the following day, with very little opposition, and the -troops pushed forward rapidly to Germania Ford, on the Rapidan, -for the purpose of concentrating at Chancellorsville. General -Stoneman, with his cavalry, crossed on Wednesday, to enter upon -the grand raid which the _Richmond Examiner_ characterized as -the “most audacious enterprise of the war.” The diversion from -Germania caused the rebels to evacuate their works in front of -the United States Ford, so that no molestation was offered when -the pontoons were laid for the passage of the Second Corps. Late -in the afternoon of April thirtieth, we moved rapidly down the -abrupt, woody bank, and once more, set foot on the south side of -the Rappahannock. A line of well-constructed rifle-pits, with -more elaborate works for cannon, at intervals of several hundred -yards, commanded the crossing. In their hasty retreat the rebels -left behind two pieces of artillery spiked. Only a few miles now -separated us from the scene of operations, and after marching -through woods, and over muddy roads, rendered infinitely worse -by the constant passage of troops, we bivouacked for the night a -short distance from the Chancellor House, a large brick mansion, -so called from its occupant, V. Chancellor. This residence was -situated about five miles from United States Ford, and about ten -miles southwest of Fredericksburg, at the junction of the plank -road to Gordonsville and the Orange County turnpike. A shapeless -mass of ruins is all that now remains of what gave name to one of -the most remarkable battles of the war. - -Save an occasional discharge of cannon, the forenoon of May first -was spent in comparative quiet, neither party seeming disposed to -inaugurate the conflict. Movements, however, were in progress with -a view to ascertain the enemy’s position. In the afternoon the -Twenty-seventh participated in a reconnoissance for this purpose, -which came very near proving an affair of no little importance. -Leaving our bivouack in the woods, we advanced down the road by the -Chancellor House, and ascending a gentle elevation, turned aside -into an open lot on the left, near a small dwelling, afterward -occupied by General Lee as his headquarters. Here a section of -artillery was exchanging compliments in a lively manner with a -rebel battery, a short distance up the road. Several companies -were immediately deployed as skirmishers, with the remainder as -a support, and advanced through the woods to feel the enemy’s -position, and develop his strength. Suddenly the artillery limbered -up, the skirmishers were called in, and the reconnoitering force -retired to the rear at double-quick. This movement was rendered -necessary by an advance of the enemy, seriously threatening -our right flank; but they were foiled in the attempt, and fell -back before a stubborn fire of musketry and artillery. For a -few moments we remained in line of battle in the open ground -near the Chancellor House, then, moving down the road a short -distance, deployed through the thick and tangled woods on the left. -Appearances indicated that the rebels were about to charge down -from the ridge from which we had just retired, but they contented -themselves with shelling us furiously with their batteries. Long -before the cannonade ceased, the mellow twilight of a May evening -had passed into the darkness of night, adding to the fearful -sublimity of the scene, as the rebel guns woke the sleeping forest -echoes, and shells careered wildly through the air, and crashed -among the trees. Quietly resting on the ground, we wait for the -iron storm to pass. No sooner has the last shell swept over our -heads and burst into numberless fragments, than we enter upon the -night’s work, of intrenching our position against the anticipated -attack of the morrow. The rebels were apparently engaged in similar -work just across the ravine. It was a busy and exciting scene along -the lines of the army that night. The rapid strokes of axemen, -followed by the dull sound of falling trees, rang through the woods -in every direction. Details of men were at hand to put the logs in -position, while others dug a trench in the rear, and heaped the -soil upon them. For some distance in front of the breastworks, -trees were cut down for the purpose of obstructing the enemy’s -advance. After the completion of our intrenchments, we rested under -arms, and at daybreak, May second, as silently as possible, marched -out into the road, and past the Chancellor House, and took a new -position in Hooker’s line of battle. The rebels soon entered the -place we had just left, which, however, was of very little value to -them, and could easily be reöccupied when circumstances required. -We spent the forenoon in building breastworks, while on the other -parts of the line there was much skirmishing, and several sharp -fights. At intervals during the day the enemy opened upon us with -shot and shell, discovering our position by the smoke curling above -the trees from the camp fires. At noon, when rations were being -dealt out to the companies, the rebel gunners, doubtless tantalized -by the display, seemed determined to involve commissaries and -rations in one common ruin. - -Several days had now passed in the usual preliminaries to a battle. -Hooker had succeeded in drawing the main force of the rebels -from their works in the rear of Fredericksburg, and was himself -well intrenched in the dense woods skirting the plank road, and -most appropriately called the Wilderness. The line of battle of -the Union forces formed a broad wedge, whose base rested on the -Rappahannock, the apex terminating at the extreme front beyond the -Chancellor House. The Eleventh Corps held the extreme right, and -next in order were the Third, Twelfth, and Second, while the Fifth -occupied the left. - -Lee is said to have issued orders to his troops to break this line, -at all hazards. A brief calm followed the desultory movements of -the day. The men stood in their places behind the breastworks, -gazing into the woods in front, eagerly listening to hear the first -sound which should tell where the rebel blow would strike. At four -o’clock in the afternoon, the enemy advanced in heavy force down -the plank road, and began the attack in the neighborhood of the -intrenchments we had thrown up the night before. The rapid fire -of musketry on our right indicated a serious attempt to pierce -the centre of the Union line. Under cover of this movement, the -indomitable Jackson advanced his hordes through the woods, and -hurled their solid array on Hooker’s right wing, directly in rear -of our present position. Let the Eleventh Corps stand firm, and -victory will rest on our banners ere the close of day. The current -history of the hour tells us how the crisis was met. But more -expressive than history itself was the wild shout of triumph that -burst from one end of the rebel line to the other, as it swept -over the earthworks, and saw the panic-stricken corps dashing -madly to the rear. Who can describe the almost breathless interest -with which we listened to the fluctuations of the conflict? Now -the avalanche of the enemy is stayed a moment in its course; then -nearer and nearer approaches the sound of battle, and it seems -as if the next instant the foe will dash in upon our rear. A -portion of the Second Corps hurries away to the scene of strife, -and General Hancock, every nerve strung to the highest pitch -of excitement, rides up to inform the Colonel that probably we -should not be called into action, but were to hold our position, -and that in case of necessity we could fight on either side of -our breastworks, plainly pointing to the possibility that the -enemy may attack in the rear. Through the woods behind us we can -see batteries of artillery rushing into position near Hooker’s -headquarters, and in a few moments the forest trembles with the -terrific cannonade, vying with the thunders of heaven in the -compass of its sound. In the distance the deep, prolonged boom of a -hundred-pounder swells the bass notes of the chorus. Double-shotted -with grape and canister, the field-pieces sweep the rebel line with -murderous effect. At length darkness put an end to this sublime -exhibition of human power. The frightened whippoorwills ceased -their plaintive cries; the quiet moon rose over the bloody field, -and Nature sank into a silence fairly oppressive. We remained under -arms most of the night, frequently changing our position as the -emergency required. - -At eleven o’clock occurred one of those episodes of warfare which, -in startling grandeur and terrible magnificence, well-nigh border -on the supernatural. The forces of Hooker and Lee were resting -on their arms, renewing their energies with an hour of broken -slumber, and ready to rush to battle at the first flash of dawn. -The air was perfectly still and serene, transmitting the rays of -the moon with unusual brilliancy. Scarcely a sound disturbed the -painful silence of the almost interminable woods. All at once the -artillery, massed on the ridge hardly half a mile behind us, with -one tremendous crash poured in its fire upon the enemy’s position, -covering the charge of a division of infantry. The thunder of -musketry and artillery reverberated through the forest with an -effect inconceivably grand. - -At the earliest moment on Sabbath morning, May third, the battle -was renewed, but apparently with less vigor than on the preceding -day, and yet, as brigade after brigade became engaged, and the -almost unexampled roar of musketry rolled along the line, it -was evident that the enemy were about to follow up, with even -greater desperation, the advantage already gained. Immediately -after breakfast, the Twenty-seventh, with the exception of two -companies--D and F, engaged in other duty--was ordered down into -the intrenchments we had thrown up, near the apex of the wedge, -the Friday night previous. These works now formed a part of the -picket-line of the army, and from the nature of the position and -its relation to the movements of the enemy, a large force was -required in order to hold it. As is usual in such cases, when -a picket in force is ordered, the colors did not accompany the -column. As the regiment advanced, at double-quick, down the hill -into the ravine, it was met by a heavy fire of musketry. A number -were wounded, and several shot through the head, just as they -entered the breastworks. One or two regiments whose ammunition -was exhausted, were gradually drawn off in small squads. Not -succeeding in their first attempt, the rebels made no further -attack in force upon our part of the line, but, concealed in the -thick woods, continually annoyed us with a scattering fire. The men -replied as they had opportunity, and with considerable effect, as -the rebels themselves afterward acknowledged. Colonel Bostwick was -particularly noticeable for the almost reckless exposure of himself -to the enemy’s fire, while attending to his duties at different -points in the line. Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin reminded him several -times of the great danger he incurred, as he stood on a slightly -rising ground to the rear of the rifle-pits, a conspicuous object -for some rebel bullet. - -While the conflict was culminating in other parts of the field, -the enemy in our immediate front were not so idle as appearances -indicated. Looking through the woods, we could indistinctly see -a large body of infantry making a wide circuit to the right, -seemingly with a view to attack some remote part of the line. A -similar movement took place also to the left. “Look out on the -right!” “Look out on the left!” passed up and down the line, and -every man was on the alert, ready to meet them should they attempt -to carry our intrenchments. - -Suddenly, from unseen batteries behind us, comes a deep roar, -and the next moment shell after shell shrieks through the trees -and bursts almost in the rifle-pits. The thought flashes upon -us that the rebels are in our rear, but is dismissed with the -reflection that it is only a Union battery firing too low, and -will soon correct its false range. Meanwhile our little band had -been reduced to less than four hundred men, embracing two hundred -and seventy of the Twenty-seventh, with small portions of the -One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania and Second Delaware; and -this force being entirely inadequate to hold the extended line, -Colonel Bostwick dispatched Major Coburn to General Hancock for -reënforcements. In a few moments the shelling ceased, and far up -the road in front appeared a rebel officer waving a flag of truce, -and slowly advancing, waiting for a recognition. The men stopped -firing in the immediate vicinity of the road, while for a moment -the musketry became more brisk on the left flank. At length the -rebel officer arrived within a few paces of the works, where he was -halted, to await the presence of Colonel Morris, of the Sixty-sixth -New-York, commanding the whole line. This officer was not to be -found, and the responsibility of receiving the communication -from the flag of truce devolved upon Colonel Bostwick, of the -Twenty-seventh. The rebel--a tall, rough specimen, and yet with -the manner of a gentleman--announced himself as Lieutenant Bailey, -of a Georgia regiment; that he had been sent to inform us that we -were entirely surrounded; that there was no possible avenue of -escape, and therefore he summoned us to surrender, and thus avoid -the loss of life which would inevitably follow any resistance to -the overwhelming force in front and rear. The Colonel replied that -he did not “see” it, and proceeded to investigate the actual state -of affairs. Meanwhile Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin went up through the -woods in the rear only to find it too true that the rebels were -posted in strong force, to bar any escape in that direction. Masses -of the enemy pouring in on the right and left, revealed at once -the desperate position in which we were placed, while the singing -bullets from the woods behind as well as in front, indicated that -the foe were closing in upon us. The first impulse among officers -and men was to attempt to force our way through. But it was evident -that such a course would result in the destruction of more than -half our number, while the remainder would inevitably fall into -the hands of the enemy. After a hurried consultation among the -officers, a surrender was agreed upon, and the formality had hardly -been completed, when a heavy line of rebel skirmishers swept out -of the woods behind. Only five minutes before, the men stood at -their posts undisturbed by even a doubt of their security; now, -astonished at the sudden _denouement_, we found ourselves about to -enter upon the terrible uncertainties of rebel captivity. And this -surprise and mortification was increased by the conviction that -serious disaster must have overtaken the Union army. The history of -the day establishes the fact, that Saturday’s misfortune, and the -subsequent operations of Sunday morning, compelled the formation of -a new line of battle. The surging conflict had gradually crowded -Hooker back, and late in the afternoon the army retired, by his -order, to a position some distance in rear of the Chancellor House. -As General Hancock afterward stated, orders were sent down to the -Twenty-seventh to fall back at the same time, but they failed to -reach us; and while the rest of the army had retreated to the new -line, the Twenty-seventh still remained at the extreme front of the -old, entirely unconscious of this change of position. Our situation -in a ravine, surrounded by dense woods, rendered it impossible -to observe the movements going on in other parts of the extended -field. The enemy, already aware of Hooker’s withdrawal, immediately -planted a battery behind us, supported, as one of the rebels -afterward said, by two brigades of infantry. - -The experience of Major Coburn immediately after the shelling, -while _en route_ to deliver the Colonel’s request to General -Hancock, more than confirms this statement. On his way to the rear -he was accompanied by one of our sergeants, severely wounded in -the early part of the action. They had passed hardly half a mile -through the woods when they were taken prisoners, and the Major was -conducted into the road, where he found a large part of Stonewall -Jackson’s corps, under command of Major-General Anderson. Already -they had formed their skirmish line and were crowding forward with -all possible speed, certain of their prey. Outnumbered on every -hand, and with batteries in front and rear, it would have been -madness to have attempted to force our way through in the face of -such odds. The gallant Brooke, with characteristic bravery, when -he heard the firing, volunteered to charge down with his brigade -to our relief, but General Hancock refused permission, for fear of -bringing on a general engagement while the army was changing its -position. - - - - -CHAPTER VI. - -ON TO RICHMOND. - - -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 rebel skirmishers -had hardly lowered his gun from an aim, when he walked up to one -of our men and said: “Have you got a knife to sell?” “No;” and -somewhat abashed, he went off to try his luck in a more promising -field. We were now ordered to fall in, and a part were marched up -the road to General Lee’s headquarters, where the rebels took away -our knapsacks, rubber blankets, shelter-tents, and canteens, and -registered our names. Quite a crowd of butternuts assembled to view -the “Yanks” and prosecute their schemes of trade. - -While we were near headquarters, a General of high rank rode up, -unattended by his staff, and was received among his soldiers with -a style of cheering or yelling peculiar to themselves. The rebel -chief seemed lost in deep thought, scarcely noticing the squad of -prisoners or the cheers of his men. The signs of care were strongly -marked upon his iron countenance. Clad in simple garb, with no -prominent badge of distinction, calm and determined in demeanor, -stood before us the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, -the military pillar of the rebellion. The General hurriedly -retired into his quarters, and our attention was attracted by a -motley array of rebel soldiery marching up the road. Could we have -forgotten the stern realities of our situation, we might well -have regarded the display as a military burlesque. On a closer -inspection, we found the butternut phalanx to be composed of tall, -lank specimens of “poor white trash,” with hats slouched in the -most approved style, and knapsacks of every conceivable variety. -The officers were, many of them, equipped with swords of a most -ancient description, which had already filled a term of service in -the olden time. Here is a man with a very good blanket, and we soon -see the letters U.S. displayed under the folds, while on another -back is strapped an old piece of carpet. A more dirty, seedy, -ill-favored, border-ruffian, ignorant set of men we had never -met before, and this is just the material for an efficient army, -marshalled in defence of treason and slavery. - -The preparations were now completed, and under a strong guard we -started off for Spottsylvania Court-House. The roads were full -of Confederate wounded, moving to the rear. Our route crossed a -section of the battle-field, but all was now quiet; only splintered -trees and lines of breastworks told of the fierce conflicts of -the last few days. At dusk we entered the now historic town of -Spottsylvania, and passed the night within the inclosure of the -Court-House. A portion of the regiment remained in the vicinity -of the battle ground, and did not reach the village until the -following afternoon. On the morning of May fourth we resumed our -march for Guinea’s Station, a small hamlet on the Richmond and -Fredericksburg railroad, important as a dépôt of supplies for Lee’s -army. Here seemed to be the general rendezvous of prisoners, and -fifteen hundred had already been assembled previous to our arrival. -Near the station was the house where Stonewall Jackson lay wounded -and afterward died, an event which clothed the whole Confederacy -in mourning. Our stay at Guinea’s Station was prolonged until -Thursday, May seventh--three days of misery, hardly paralleled -in any of the experiences of the whole nine months’ campaign. -Tuesday dawned upon us intensely hot. The broiling rays of the -sun seemed to concentrate upon the large open lot occupied by -the Union prisoners, unrelieved even by a solitary tree. Later -in the day a terrific thunder shower burst upon us, passing at -length into a settled storm, bitterly raw and cold, continuing -all night and the next day at short intervals. The rain poured in -torrents, flowing in streams across the lot. A ludicrous sight, -indeed, were the nearly two thousand shelterless men, emphatically -squatter sovereigns, scattered about over the field in speechless -resignation, drenched through and through in the pelting storm. - -Thus far we had subsisted on the scanty remains of Uncle Sam’s -rations. “What a fall was there!” when we descended from Joe -Hooker’s generous hospitality to the frugal fare doled out to us by -the rebel commissary. A brief residence at one of Jeff.’s hotels -is an infallible remedy for all who are disposed to grumble at -army food. The order is given, “Fall in for rations!” We had almost -concluded that this order would never again greet our ears until we -should once more stand under the flag of the Union. Immediately our -thoughts recurred to camp near Falmouth, and in imagination floated -visions of beef, pork, hard-tack, fresh bread--in fact, Uncle Sam’s -army ration loomed up in bolder relief than ever before. In silent -suspense we advance and receive--three pints of flour apiece. The -inquiry arose, What shall we do with it? Our extremely limited -culinary facilities soon settled that question. There was but -one alternative, and the men immediately built little fires and -were busily engaged in cooking up a bill of fare for the march to -Richmond, said bill of fare consisting simply of flour and water -mixed together and dried before the fire. A New-England farmer -would regard it as a personal insult if one should offer such stuff -to his hogs. Even a swill-carrier would indignantly protest. - -Many suggestive sights fed our curiosity. Processions of trains -were constantly coming and going from the station, transporting -supplies for Lee’s army. Shabby army wagons--regular Noah’s -arks mounted on wheels--horses and mules reduced to mere skin -and bone--every thing foreshadowed the ruin of the Confederacy. -Thursday morning, May seventh, we began the march for Richmond, -escorted by the Twelfth South Carolina. The roads were in an awful -condition, in consequence of recent rains. On the route we passed -through Bowling Green, a few miles east of the railroad, and by -evening reached Milford Station. Just beyond the village we were -obliged to wade the Mattapony river, and halted for the night in a -forest near by. After a toilsome march, we bivouacked, on Friday -evening, a short distance beyond Hanover Station. At this place -each man received five medium-sized crackers and an ounce of bacon. -Our guards were very incommunicative, but occasionally sung out, -“Git in yer groups of fours dar!” or ventured an “I reckon,” or a -“right smart.” - -May ninth seemed to concentrate and intensify all previous -discomforts. The day was exceedingly hot, and our route lay -through a succession of vile swamps, skirting the Pamunkey and -Chickahominy rivers, and extending to within four or five miles -of Richmond. Here the ground is somewhat higher, and pleasant -villas nestle among the trees, now just assuming the verdure of -spring. As we passed one of these residences, the proprietor--an -old gentleman--and the women turned out _en masse_ to view the -procession. No doubt we did present a rather sorry plight; at any -rate, these high-bred F. F. V.’s laughed exultingly, and were loud -and profuse in their remarks, complimentary to Yankees in general -and us in particular. “Oh! well, you have got to Richmond now!” -screeched out one of them with all the impotent ire she could -muster. “Next time we are coming with guns,” was the reply. “Yes, -yes,” chimed in the old man, “we saw a lot of you fellows last -summer over there,” pointing with his cane in the direction of -McClellan’s achievements in the Chickahominy swamps. Thus a running -fire of words was kept up all along the line. - -We could now see in the distance the spires of the rebel capital. -Just outside the city, lines of earthworks, with here and there a -frowning cannon, commanded the road. Our flattering reception thus -far in the villages along the route from Guinea’s Station led us to -expect even greater demonstrations from the Richmond populace. As -we entered the city, it seemed as if all Richmond had turned out -to view the Yankee parade. The streets in the suburbs were full of -people--men, women, and children, whites, negroes, mulattoes--all -in one confused crowd, and swayed for the most part with clamorous -exultation; while “her beauty and her chivalry,” arm in arm, -gloated over the scene with a kind of fiendish delight. One old -woman, raising her arms in blank astonishment, screamed out: “Why, -all Hooker’s army is coming!” We thought to ourselves, she is about -right; Hooker’s army will be here one of these days, and with guns -too. “What have you come down here for?” demanded one, whose very -countenance flashed vengeance. “Oh! we are only Hooker’s advance -guard, come down to act as pall-bearers at Stonewall Jackson’s -funeral,” some one quietly replied. In his rage he answered: “If -you were not a prisoner, I’d shoot you down.” “You’ve got to -Richmond in a way you didn’t expect.” “See these Yanks; there’s -hardly an honest face among ’em all.” “What a hang-dog look!” -These, and many other expressions, of all degrees of refinement, -were launched at us. It really seemed as if the chivalry had -studied for this very occasion some vocabulary of Billingsgate, and -practiced it beforehand, so as to get it off in the most approved -style of grimace and tone. Although Richmond was the Sodom and -Gomorrah of treason, and the concentrated essence of rebel villainy -and venom, we were not left entirely to this dark view of the -picture. While we stood in the street, just before entering Jeff.’s -hotel, a German woman, in the kindness and, I believe, loyalty -of her heart, came hurriedly out from a neighboring house with a -large loaf of cake, and divided it up among the eager men. She then -went back, but soon returned, laden with a lot of bread, which -she distributed in like manner. Several other instances of similar -character occurred, like flashes of golden sunlight in a dark and -lowering sky. - -Wearied by the day’s march and its exciting scenes, and exhausted -through want of food, most of the men were now ushered into a -tobacco factory belonging to Crew and Pemberton, and situated on -Carey street, opposite the infamous Libby prison, of which it is a -counterpart. More than a thousand men were stowed away in Crew and -Pemberton’s factory, an average of nearly three hundred in each -story. Two hundred and eighty-nine, including the larger part of -the Twenty-seventh, occupied the upper loft, and when all reclined -upon the floor almost every square foot was covered. Many were so -thoroughly exhausted as to be unable to drag themselves up-stairs -without assistance from their comrades. Also, Belle Island welcomed -a small number to its sands and wild onions. Forty or fifty of the -men were assigned to Libby prison, where were already quartered the -commissioned officers of the Twenty-seventh. The latter had arrived -in Richmond a day or two previous, after a journey in crowded cars -from Guinea’s Station. The people residing in the vicinity of the -route seemed in a perfect ferment of vindictive excitement, and -gathered here and there in boisterous groups to gaze at the unusual -pageant. The Virginia women were especially spiteful, in word and -demeanor. Some of them, perched in conspicuous places, waved little -Confederate flags, as if to attract the more attention, and shouted -out, “That’s what’s the matter!” “Come on, you cursed rascals!” -“Have you got Old Abe with you?” “Ain’t you a sweet-looking party?” -The usual miscellaneous assemblage greeted them as they alighted -in Broad street, and seemed very eager to remind them of their -advent in the rebel capital. “Well, you’ve got here, have you?” -“How do you like the place?” “You’re a sweet-looking crowd of -thieves, aren’t you?” Thus they were escorted to Libby, and handed -over to the tender mercies of Captain Turner and his assistants, -who searched the prisoners, and appropriated all contraband -articles. - -The day following the arrival of the main body of the regiment -was the Sabbath, just one week since we fell into rebel hands. -During this week all the rations each man received from the rebel -authorities amounted to three pints of flour, five medium-sized -crackers, and an ounce or two of bacon. All day Sunday the men were -clamorous for something to eat. The guards about the prison were -under strict orders to prevent the people from selling any thing to -the prisoners, but, notwithstanding this, some articles did pass -the blockade. At evening, the rebels distributed to every four men -what purported to be a four-pound loaf of bread, and a pound of -pork. Less than three pounds of bread would be nearer the truth, -making about ten or twelve ounces for each man, and this with three -ounces of pork formed the daily ration for one person. As far as -it went, it was very good. Every morning the prison director, with -the rank of major, and his clerk, a renegade New-Yorker--precious -scoundrels both of them--came into the prison to count us over, and -see if we were all there. - -Thus affairs continued for several days--the same dull routine of -prison life, varied by nothing except the contraband reading of -Richmond papers, with accounts of Stonewall Jackson’s funeral, -at which there was great joy in Libby. At length, on Wednesday -morning, came the glad announcement that the United States -transports were at City Point, awaiting our arrival. The rebel -officers administered to us the following paroling oath: “We, the -undersigned, do solemnly swear and pledge our sacred word, that we -will not, during the existing hostilities between the United States -and the Confederate States of America, aid or abet the enemies of -said Confederate States, by arms or otherwise, until regularly and -legally exchanged, or otherwise released. So help me God. And we -do acknowledge our names appended to the same, as though signed -by ourselves.” At half-past three in the afternoon, with gladness -indescribable, we left those prison walls, to enter upon the march -to City Point, a place about thirty-five miles from Richmond. -Crossing the James river into Manchester, we took the turnpike road -to Petersburg, under the escort chiefly of cavalry. The rebels -hurried us forward for miles almost at double-quick, without any -halt. As Major Turner rode by, the men called to him for a rest. He -shouted out, “There is no rest for the wicked!” and passed on. - -It was the purpose of our escort to continue the march all night, -but a thunder-storm of surpassing violence seriously interfered. -A darkness, so intense that we could not see a foot before us, -enveloped the road. Slowly, through mud, and rain, and darkness, -we straggled along, until near midnight. It was impossible to go -further. Scattered along the roadside for miles were hundreds too -much exhausted to keep up with the column, and finally we all -dragged ourselves into the marshy woods, and, lulled to sleep by -the babbling brooks flowing around us in every direction, forgot -awhile the fatigue of the march. At an early hour the next day -the weary column again moves on, each man sustaining his waning -strength by frequent halts. Petersburg is passed, and ten miles -more of mud. At length the waters of the James river glimmer in -the distance; the old flag, floating proudly at the masthead of -the Union transports, beckons onward. The men attempt to cheer, -but it dies on their lips; nature is too much exhausted to utter -the feelings which swell all hearts. With renewed energy we press -forward, and soon enter the deserted village of City Point, whose -shattered roofs tell of a former bombardment. That march from -Richmond to City Point stands almost unexampled in the whole -experience of the Twenty-seventh. Many were ready to drop on the -ground from utter inability to go further. Behind them frowned the -grim, historic walls of Libby; dreary months of incarceration moved -by in slow procession, crowded full with the records of cruelty, -and starvation, and disease; while forward to freedom and humanity, -forward to generous care and protection, written on every fold of -the old flag, fired them with new determination to toil on. Once -more they stand on a Union deck, resolved to strike a heavier blow -for their country when again they advance to meet her barbarous -foes. As soon as the men were aboard the transports, a supply of -food was distributed to meet their pressing wants. The steamers -quietly dropped down the beautiful James river, bordered with high -banks, rich in the fresh verdure of spring, with here and there a -handsome villa peering above the trees. We anchored for the night -at Harrison’s Landing, an important point in the history of the -Peninsular campaign. The next forenoon our transports steamed into -Hampton Roads. Hampton, once the summer resort of the Virginia -chivalry, Newport News, the distant spires of Norfolk, the topmast -of the Cumberland still pointing skyward, the little monitors, and -the Rip-Raps, and that grand old sentinel, Fortress Monroe, all -crowd on the view as we round to at Old Point Comfort. A brief -stop, and we are off again for Annapolis, where we arrive on the -morning of May sixteenth, and are quartered in barracks in the rear -of the town. After three days of rest, we start for Alexandria, by -way of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac, and on May twenty-first are -introduced within the narrow precincts of Convalescent Camp. - -The majority of the officers were detained in Richmond several days -after the departure of the privates. Meanwhile, the rebels had been -threatening retaliation for General Burnside’s execution of two -spies, in Kentucky; and the officials in charge of Libby took great -delight in telling our officers that they were to have tickets -in the lottery, which would determine the victims of the _lex -talionis_. A few days later, they were relieved of their suspense -by the announcement that the lot had fallen upon two officers -from Tennessee. This affair having been arranged satisfactorily -to the rebel authorities, the officers of the Twenty-seventh -received their parole early Saturday morning, May twenty-third, -and started in freight cars for City Point, and from that place -were transported, _via_ Fortress Monroe, to Annapolis, where they -arrived on the morning of the twenty-fifth. - -Leaving the paroled prisoners of the Twenty-seventh to endure as -best they can the idleness and discontent of Convalescent Camp, let -us return in thought to the wilds of Chancellorsville, and from -those scenes of the third of May follow the little band which still -remains at the front, to bear our flag to victory on the heights -of Gettysburg. Eight companies were captured on that memorable May -morning; but D and F, having been detached for duty elsewhere, -escaped this unexpected misfortune, and fell back with the main -army, when General Hooker retired to his new line of battle. -Meanwhile, the duties of these remnants of the regiment were -somewhat disconnected. During Saturday night following the disaster -of the Eleventh Corps, Company A had been out on picket duty, and -were relieved by Company D, at an early hour the next morning, in -time to accompany the main body of the regiment to the place where -they were captured. Company F had been previously detached to -fill up a gap in the line between the Fifty-third and One Hundred -and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania, and were soon after ordered up to -the Chancellor House to support the famous Pettit’s battery. Here -they remained until Sunday afternoon, under a severe fire. Twice -the rebels charged up in solid masses, but were repulsed before -Pettit’s rapid and irresistible volleys. In the evening of that -day Company F went out on picket, and continued in this duty until -the following Monday night. It was on this part of the line that -Stonewall Jackson received his mortal wound. - -It will be remembered that when the regiment went down to the -picket-line that Sabbath morning, the colors remained behind -by order of General Brooke. Although the rifle-pits were now -entirely deserted, the color-guard, having no orders to leave, -maintained their position until ten A.M., much of the time under -a severe shelling. At that hour they were ordered to the rear, -and soon after joined Company D, which was the last to leave the -old picket-line of the army, as stated by the staff officer who -brought to them the orders to fall back. The various remnants of -the Twenty-seventh were not reünited until a late hour on Monday. - -The conflict of Sabbath morning, May third, terminated at eleven -o’clock, and, with the exception of a feeble demonstration by -Jackson’s forces in the afternoon, the remainder of the day -passed in comparative quiet. Meanwhile, Hooker had contracted his -lines, and the army was now massed within a nearly equilateral -triangle, its base resting upon the Rappahannock. The Eleventh -and Twelfth Corps occupied the side facing Fredericksburg. On the -side looking toward the Rapidan were the First, Third, and Fifth, -while our Second corps was formed in four compact lines at the -angle, which was open ground about a two-story white house, on the -Ely’s Ford road, near the junction with that leading to United -States Ford. This was a strong position, favorable for artillery, -and justly regarded as the most important in the whole line. The -Twenty-seventh held a position to the left of the white house, -where General Hooker now had his headquarters. Such continued to be -the situation of the army during the succeeding two days. The enemy -seemed disinclined to venture a general attack, but occasionally -shelled our intrenchments, as if to reassure themselves that -Hooker was still there. Affairs could not remain long in this -doubtful state. The golden opportunity to crush the rebels, when -the thunder of Sedgwick’s cannon, advancing from Fredericksburg, -filled the breezes with the murmuring notes of success, had passed, -and now every hour of delay added to the swelling torrent of the -Rappahannock, threatening to sweep away the feeble threads which -connected the army with its supplies. - -Monday evening, May fourth, General Hooker held a council of war, -which decided that it was best to withdraw the army the following -night. Accordingly, eight o’clock, Tuesday evening, was the hour -fixed upon; but the troops did not begin to move until after -midnight, in consequence of a heavy storm, which carried away some -of the bridges. The Twenty-seventh remained under arms all night, -in the rain, with orders to be ready to start at any moment. At -length, at four in the morning of May sixth, the regiment fell back -with the rest of the brigade, re-crossed at United States Ford, -and, after a march of twelve hours, arrived at the old camp, near -Falmouth. The Sixty-fourth New-York were found quietly ensconced in -the few huts which the scavengers of Falmouth had left standing, -and demurred somewhat at leaving their grateful shelter, but -finally recognized the prior claim of the Twenty-seventh. After a -few days, the regiment changed its camp to a more healthy location -two miles further back from the river. The losses of Hooker’s -campaign had reduced our numbers from nearly four hundred men to -one hundred and sixty, embracing D and F, and small squads of other -companies, the whole under command of the senior officer, Captain -Joseph R. Bradley, of Company F. Dress parades took place as usual, -and duty at the old picket-line on the Rappahannock was resumed, -bearing very heavily upon our diminished ranks. Occasionally -the rebel pickets shouted across the river to know where the -Twenty-seventh Connecticut had gone, and in the same breath gave -the answer, “To picket around Richmond.” On the thirteenth of May, -several of our wounded men came over from Fredericksburg, having -been nine days in the rebel hospitals. - -After the battle of Chancellorsville, General D. N. Couch, -the corps commander, was relieved at his own request, and our -division general, W. S. Hancock, justly characterized as the -very impersonation of war, succeeded to the command. As soon as -possible, after the return of our commissioned officers from -Richmond, a part were exchanged, and at the earliest moment Colonel -Bostwick returned to the front, followed by Lieutenant-Colonel -Merwin, Major Coburn, and Lieutenants Frank Chapman, Burdict, Rice, -Muhlner, and Cross, who rejoined the regiment on the eleventh -of June. Colonel Bostwick, being prevented from remaining with -his men, in consequence of a severe and protracted sickness, -the Lieutenant-Colonel took command of the battalion, which now -consisted of three companies, an additional one having been formed -from the remnants of the captured companies, and placed under -command of Captain Jedediah Chapman. - - - - -CHAPTER VII. - -GETTYSBURG. - - -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 Rappahannock, and about -the middle of June pushed forward rapidly into the Shenandoah -Valley, and either captured or defeated the feeble Union force -opposing his march. Meanwhile, Hooker’s watchful eye was upon him, -and the Sixth Corps crossed the river just below Fredericksburg -to determine the strength and intentions of the rebels. A few -days later, several army corps broke camp, and started off in -the direction of Warrenton, for the purpose of watching the -movements of the enemy, and covering the approaches to Washington; -while on the ninth the cavalry inflicted a severe blow upon Jeb. -Stuart’s troopers, who were gathering in strong force at Kelly’s -Ford, twenty-five miles above Falmouth, intending to sweep with -destruction the fertile fields of Pennsylvania. - -The Second Corps was the last to leave the line of the -Rappahannock. On the eighth of June, the Twenty-seventh Connecticut -received orders to be ready to march at any time, with three days’ -rations, and continued in this waiting posture until the fourteenth -instant, when the final orders came, and at three P.M. the -regiment, with the rest of the brigade acting as rear-guard to the -corps, moved up the river to Banks’s Ford, relieved our pickets, -reconnoitered the enemy, and retired toward Stafford Court-House. -This little hamlet was left behind in flames. For several days -the corps followed the roads near the Potomac, passing through -Dumfries, Occoquan, and Fairfax Station, halting here two days, and -arriving at Centreville on the nineteenth. The route now turned -still farther to the left, crossing the old Bull Run battle-field, -which had witnessed the decision of two campaigns. Time had not -effaced the evidences of those disastrous days. Silently the troops -moved over the field, and the thoughts of many a one among the -older regiments, and of some in our own, hurried back to those -scenes with impressive distinctness, as the bleached bones of the -fallen, or the rubbish of battle, lay scattered along the roadside. -After a severe march of twenty miles in the rain, the regiment -arrived, at ten in the evening of June twentieth, at Thoroughfare -Gap, a wild gorge in the Blue Ridge. The intensely exhausting march -from Falmouth made the four days of comparative rest at the Gap -exceedingly welcome. Here the troops were occupied in picketing the -pass, in order to prevent the enemy from crossing the mountains. -Meanwhile, to the north, Stuart and Pleasanton were once more on -the charge at Aldie, Upperville, and Middleburg, and their muffled -cannonade echoed among these hills and pleasant valleys, surely -not unused to the sound, repeating itself again and again, as if -from as many different directions. - -June twenty-fifth, the regiment fell in at an early hour, ready to -fight or march, as circumstances might require, for the rebels were -approaching with malicious intent to capture the corps’ beef cattle -and supply train, and sharp picket firing indicated the possible -necessity of adopting the former alternative. But after remaining -in line of battle, with no serious demonstration on the part of the -enemy, the corps advanced through Haymarket, toward the Potomac. -The rebel cavalry followed vigorously, and attempted to come in on -our flanks, but skirmishers were thrown out, and the troops marched -in hollow squares, prepared to repel any attack. At Haymarket, the -batteries turned on the enemy, and drove them back. The column -pushed forward to Gum Springs, and without pitching tents rested -that night on their arms, drawn up in a hollow square, ready at a -moment’s warning to meet any assault of rebel cavalry. At midnight -of June twenty-sixth, the regiment crossed the Potomac at Edward’s -Ferry. The next three days passed in continuous marching up the -valley of the Monocacy river, through many quiet Maryland villages, -among them Poolesville, Frederick City, Liberty, Johnsville, -and Uniontown. Each day’s march was very protracted--that from -Frederick City to Uniontown embracing a distance of thirty-six -miles, and the manner in which it was performed elicited high -compliments from Colonel Brooke, commanding the brigade. - -Thus far the army had been manœuvred so as to cover Washington -and Baltimore, and now, as the rebel plans became more apparent, -General Meade, who had recently superseded General Hooker, -directed a concentration of his forces in the vicinity of -Gettysburg. The First Corps held the advance, followed by the -Eleventh, and on Wednesday morning, July first, drove the enemy’s -skirmishers through the town. General Reynolds, in command of the -corps, without hesitation moved forward to the attack, and met -death while bravely posting his troops on the heights beyond. The -rebels fell back slowly, in order to give time for Ewell’s men to -come to their aid, and this being accomplished, they were more than -a match for the combined First and Eleventh, with whose now united -columns rested the decision of the day. At three in the afternoon, -the enemy, thus reënforced, took the offensive, and compelled -General Howard, now in command, to withdraw his troops to the south -of the town, and the close of the day left him securely intrenched -on Cemetery Hill. - -While these scenes were taking place around Gettysburg, the -Twenty-seventh Connecticut, with its corps, leisurely moved up -to Taneytown, just below the Pennsylvania State line. Here the -troops rested a few hours, unconscious that the first of a trio of -glorious battle days was already in progress. But soon the ominous -notes of Howard’s and Ewell’s cannon strike on the ear, and add new -emphasis to the call from the front for reënforcements. Preceded -by General Hancock, the corps advanced rapidly to within three -miles of Gettysburg, and were occupied until midnight in throwing -up intrenchments. At early dawn, July second, the brigades moved -forward to take the places assigned them in the line of battle. -Already the fitful fire of opposing pickets and skirmishers can be -heard in the distance, with the occasional boom of heavy ordnance. -The shock of battle, which is to determine the fate of the rebel -invasion, will at the farthest be postponed but a few hours. Just -before coming into position, and while the troops were resting -under arms, the commander of our brigade assembled the officers, -and briefly reminded them of the desperate character of the -emergency, and urged the importance and necessity of devoting every -energy to insure the successful issue of the conflict. - -In order to understand the various positions of the Twenty-seventh -during the action, let us briefly sketch the line of battle, as -adopted by General Hancock, and along which the several corps were -arranged, as they arrived on the field. Three important roads, -the Emmettsburg, Taneytown, and Baltimore turnpike, converge in -Gettysburg from the south. At their junction, just below the town, -is the natural key of the position, the now historic Cemetery Hill. -This elevation forms the northern end of a ridge prolonged about -four miles, almost exactly due south, near to and parallel with the -Taneytown road, gradually diminishing in altitude until it almost -loses itself in the surrounding level, then rises again into the -forest-crowned Little Round Top, or Weed’s Hill, and terminates in -the yet higher ascent of Rocky Round Top itself. Beginning on the -left at Round Top, the Union line extends northward in nearly a -straight course along Cemetery Ridge, and at Cemetery Hill bends -back to the east in the general form of a half circle, with a -radius of three fourths of a mile--Culp’s Hill, and several minor -eminences, lying in the circumference; and the extreme right, -crossing Rock Creek, which flows at the base of these heights, -rests upon the woody summit of Wolf’s Hill. The rebel forces -occupied a series of heights corresponding to these, with an -intervening belt of comparatively level and open country from one -to two miles in width. - -The forenoon of Thursday, July second, passed with no demonstration -on either side. The hostile forces are rapidly marshalling on the -opposite ridges. In the Union line the Twelfth Corps holds the -eminences near Rock Creek, on the right; next is the First, on -Culp’s Hill; then the Eleventh, at the centre, on Cemetery Hill, -while along Cemetery Ridge are successively drawn up the Second, -Third, and Fifth, with the Sixth in reserve near the Taneytown -road. The Twenty-seventh Connecticut was stationed about a mile and -a half south of Cemetery Hill, in the line occupied by our Second -Corps on the left centre. Here the regiment remained nearly all -day in quiet preparation for the conflict, which threatened at any -moment to mar that peaceful landscape of thrifty farm-houses and -waving grain. - -Early in the afternoon, the Third Corps, on the left of the Second, -advanced down the western slope of Cemetery Ridge, through woods -and an extensive wheat-field, almost to the Emmettsburg road, -which winds through the narrow valley, separating the hostile -forces. Just beyond, Longstreet is forming his brigades, and at -four o’clock, preceded by a brief cannonade, their gray ranks sweep -out from woods and ravines, and once more is heard that strange, -wild yell, as they throw themselves forward upon the thin line of -the Third Corps. But before the storm of grape and canister from -Cemetery Ridge they quickly fall back to organize anew their broken -columns. Meanwhile reënforcements from the Fifth and Second Corps -moved rapidly to the scene of action. Once more in still heavier -masses the enemy advanced to the charge. The Twenty-seventh, with -the rest of the First Division, was hurried forward through fields -and by-roads, to support the faltering line. As the regiment -enters the wheat-field, already referred to, the broken remains -of the Third Corps are slowly retiring to the rear. A few steps -more bring the men under the full sweep of the enemy’s fire. -Lieutenant-Colonel Merwin falls while leading the command with his -accustomed bravery. Under Major Coburn, the line still presses -forward at double-quick, through the wheat-field and woods beyond, -driving the rebels a quarter of a mile, across a ravine, which -on the further side rises into a precipitous ledge. The men with -much difficulty clambered up the rocky steep, but as they appeared -upon the crest of the hill, the enemy, drawn up in readiness just -beyond, within pistol-range, opened upon them a withering fire. The -contest at this point continued for some time. Planting the colors -upon the top, the men loaded their pieces under shelter of the brow -of the hill, then, rising up, delivered their fire. Meanwhile the -troops to our right gave way, and, taking advantage of the exposed -position of the right flank of our brigade, the enemy advanced a -body of troops in that direction, and General Brooke at length -ordered our shattered line to fall back, which was accomplished -under a heavy cross-fire. - -Thus with varying success the battle raged from four P.M. until -dark. Now the feeble line of the Third Corps trembles before the -fierce onset of the foe, and retires, contesting the ground inch by -inch; but the irresistible onslaught of reënforcements soon turns -the tide. Again the rebels push back the Union troops almost to -the original lines on Cemetery Ridge, and again are themselves -repulsed before the concentrated fire of our artillery, aiding the -charge of a brigade of infantry. - -The conflict on the left wing terminated at dark, leaving the enemy -in possession of the wheat-field. No attack had yet been made -upon other parts of the line, but, as the day closed, a division, -deploying from the edge of the town, made a brief and desperate, -but fruitless, assault upon the batteries posted on Cemetery -Hill. And still further to the right, the enemy, observing that -the larger part of the forces on Culp’s Hill had been drawn off -to meet pressing emergencies elsewhere, crossed Rock Creek, and, -charging up the woody slope, secured a lodgement for the night in -the unoccupied portion of the works. Such was the general result of -the day’s fighting. - -The Twenty-seventh went into action with seventy-five men, all -that could be mustered for duty after an active service of not -quite nine months. At the camps of paroled prisoners, the Richmond -voyagers of our regiment, though not permitted to rejoin the -command, yet in thought followed their comrades through all the -vicissitudes of march and battle which attended them. At five P.M. -that little band of seventy-five men formed for the charge at -the edge of the wheat-field. At dark thirty-eight were numbered -among the casualties: eleven killed--among them Lieutenant-Colonel -Merwin, and Captain Jedediah Chapman--twenty-three wounded, and -four missing. One of the latter, when Lee’s army retreated, was -marched by his captors from Gettysburg to Staunton, Virginia, one -hundred and eighty miles, and thence transported by railroad to -Richmond. After a six weeks’ experience on Belle Island, he was -paroled, and returned home so emaciated and worn down by hardship -as to be almost beyond recognition even by members of his own -company. - -At the close of the action in front of the left wing, the -Twenty-seventh was assigned a new position in the line of battle, -about midway on the ridge between Cemetery Hill and Round Top. The -regiment remained in this vicinity until the Second Corps started -in pursuit of Lee’s army, three days later. Early the next morning, -July third, the men were roused from sleep by a furious cannonade -from batteries posted on Power’s Hill, about half a mile to the -rear. These dogs of war were paying their morning compliments to -the rebels, who still occupied the works on the extreme right, -which they had captured the previous evening. For an hour this -thunder-toned reveille awoke the resting armies to the still -fiercer drama of the last battle day. The infantry followed up this -fiery prelude with a vigorous attack upon the rebel vantage-ground, -the importance of which seemed fully appreciated by both sides. The -struggle continued with unabated resolution until nine o’clock, -when the Union forces succeeded in dispossessing the enemy of this -to them valuable _point d’appui_ for future operations. - -With the exception of a severe artillery fire, to which General -Meade’s headquarters were subjected, the enemy attempted nothing -further during the remainder of the forenoon. The Twenty-seventh -was busily engaged in throwing up intrenchments, gathering for -this purpose rails and stones from neighboring fences, and, in -the absence of picks and shovels, using their bayonets and tin -plates to heap up the earth. In his morning rounds, General Hancock -visited the brigade, and as he stood near by, conversing with Major -Coburn, our acting Brigadier, Colonel Brooke, called the General’s -attention to the little remnant of the Twenty-seventh, alluding, -in strong terms of commendation, to the conduct of the regiment in -the action of the preceding afternoon. Turning to the men, General -Hancock said: “Stand well to your duty now, and in a few days you -will carry with you to your homes all the honors of this, the -greatest battle ever fought upon the continent.” - -From eleven o’clock until one, only stifled mutterings of the -impatient storm disturbed the quiet which reigned along the lines. -The rebels were silently maturing their plans for the last grand -charge, upon which they staked the fate of the invasion. Those were -hours of indescribable suspense to the defenders of the Union, -whether or no the sun would set upon a foe elated with victory and -pressing onward to new conquests, or sullenly retiring in defeat. -At one o’clock the combat began. From every commanding eminence -in their concave line, the rebel artillery, numbering more than a -hundred guns, opened a terrific cannonade, probably unsurpassed -in violence during the whole war. For more than an hour this wild -storm of shot and shell rolls over the Union line, from Round -Top to Rock Creek. The infantry are partially sheltered behind -intrenchments, while the cannoneers stand at their posts, replying -occasionally to the bombardment, but reserving their fire for more -decisive work, when the rebel forces advance to the assault. At -length the cannonade slackens, to give way to the next act in the -drama, the crisis of the tragedy. In full view two heavy lines of -troops, the flower of the rebel army, with skirmishers in front, -deploy from the woods and ridges beyond the Emmettsburg road. -With the steadiness of hardened veterans they move forward to the -attack. From Cemetery Ridge thousands of Union troops are watching -their progress, for the assault is directed upon the left centre. -On arriving at the road, the enemy opened a heavy musketry fire, -and dashed rapidly forward across the level plain. The very moment -they emerged from behind Seminary Heights, the Union artillery met -them with shot and shell and solid shot, but now, as they approach -within easy range, their ranks are mercilessly raked with a tempest -of canister. Cemetery Hill is wreathed with flame from the guns -of thickly-massed infantry, and the fringe of fire courses along -the crest of the ridge for two miles, as far as the rebel attack -extends. Though temporarily checked, one division still marches on -with desperate energy up to the very works. Only a weak line bars -their progress, but reinforcements quickly arrive at the critical -point, around which the contending hosts now struggle, in one of -the most hotly-contested encounters of the battle. For a time the -rebels bravely maintain their position, but clouds of missiles -from Cemetery Hill tear into their ranks, while infantry crowd -them vigorously in front and flank. At length, leaving the ground -thickly strewn with killed and wounded, and multitudes as prisoners -in the hands of the conquerors, the broken remnants roll back in -wild confusion, and disappear behind the hills from which they had -sallied forth. - -This last charge of the rebels took place just to the right of the -position held by the Twenty-seventh, which we have already referred -to as being half-way between Round Top and Cemetery Hill. From the -relation of the ground to the surrounding high land, the location -of our brigade was regarded as one of the weakest in the line, and -General Hancock expressed the opinion that here the enemy would -make his attack. Fortunately it proved otherwise, although for a -time such a movement seemed imminent. Near the close of the action, -a division, massed in column, advanced directly upon our front, -but the reserve artillery quickly drove them back before they came -within musketry range. The favorable termination of what was felt -to be the last assault the rebels would make, produced a profound -feeling of satisfaction. But one of the saddest of duties remained -to be performed--to bury the dead and gather the wounded into the -hospitals. This work occupied the men during July fourth. On that -day, Lee’s army withdrew from this scene of inglorious defeat, and -retired in a southwesterly direction. - -In the afternoon of July fifth, the war-worn Twenty-seventh, with -the Second Corps, left those battle-scarred heights, the theatre -of a costly but substantial triumph, which marks the turning-point -in the fortunes of the rebellion. For the next few days the march -was directed toward the Potomac, following at first the Taneytown -road. But slow progress was made, in consequence of frequent rains -and the thoroughly exhausted condition of the troops. The state of -popular feeling along the route was in striking contrast with the -dejected aspect of every countenance when the army was on its way -to Gettysburg. Now, Frederick City put on its most smiling face. -Flags were flung to the breeze, and the people gave an enthusiastic -welcome to the regiments as they passed through in pursuit of -Lee’s army. The route now crossed the Blue Ridge, by way of -Crampton’s Gap. Here the severe rains had gathered a considerable -torrent, several feet deep, which formed the pathway of the troops -for nearly two miles. The Twenty-seventh was once more in the -vicinity of the enemy, who had retreated down the western slope of -the mountains, and were now in position at Williamsport, on the -Potomac, preparing to cross into Virginia. The sound of cannon in -that direction informed us that they were but a short distance to -the front; and while on the field of Antietam, the brigade formed -in line of battle, as a precautionary measure. The next day the -rebel cavalry attacked the skirmish line, but quickly fell back -before a severe shelling. In anticipation of further fighting, the -men spent two nights and one day in building an elaborate line -of intrenchments; but it proved to be labor lost, as the rebels -retired, on the night of the fourteenth, to the south bank of the -river. Immediately on ascertaining this fact, the Twenty-seventh, -with the brigade, was ordered down to Falling Waters, a short -distance below Williamsport, and arrived there just in time to -witness the capture of the enemy’s rear-guard, more than a thousand -strong. - -The invasion was now at an end; and as the last rebel left the soil -of Maryland, the campaign of the Twenty-seventh drew near to its -close. Leaving Falling Waters, the regiment accompanied the Second -Corps down the Potomac to Harper’s Ferry, and went into camp at -Pleasant Valley, about two miles distant. On the morning of July -eighteenth the Twenty-seventh ceased its connection with the Army -of the Potomac. In announcing this event, Colonel Brooke, our -brigade commander, issued the following general order: - - “HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, } - SECOND CORPS, CAMP IN PLEASANT VALLEY, } - MARYLAND, July 17, 1863. } - - “GENERAL ORDER--NO. 9. - - “The term of service of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Volunteers - having nearly expired, it has been relieved from further duty, - and ordered to report to its place of enrolment. - - “The Colonel commanding the brigade desires, in parting with the - officers and men of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut, to convey to - them his sincere feelings of regret at losing their services, - while at the same time he thanks them for the obedience and - faithfulness which have been a marked feature of the regiment. - - “Knowing it intimately for so many months of active and arduous - service--having been an eye-witness of its many deeds of - gallantry, and of the noble devotion displayed by it on many a - memorable day, during the time in which he has had the honor to - command its services--he feels it a duty he owes, not only to the - living heroes, but to the memory of those who have fallen in the - field in battling in our righteous cause, to bear testimony to - the valor and gallantry it has always displayed. - - “Side by side with the veterans of the Army of the Potomac it has - fought, and by the gallantry of its conduct won for itself an - enviable name and reputation, and which may well, in after years, - cause all who belong to it to feel a pardonable pride in having - it to say that they served with the Twenty-seventh Connecticut. - - “By order. COLONEL BROOKE. - “CHARLES P. HATCH, Lieutenant, - “Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.” - -With glad hearts the men formed in line at an early hour and took -the cars for Baltimore, after a parting salute to the brigade, -as it marched by on its way into Virginia. On the twentieth, the -detachments of paroled men from Annapolis and Camp Convalescent -arrived at Baltimore, and the whole regiment, now mustering about -half the original number, started by railroad for New-Haven. Once -more we were entertained at the “Volunteer Refreshment Saloon,” -in Philadelphia, and, after a night’s bivouack at the Battery, in -New-York, arrived at the “place of enrolment” on the twenty-second -of July, 1863, exactly nine months from the date of departure for -the field. We shall not attempt to describe the hearty enthusiasm -and deep feeling of the reception which followed. That “glorious -welcome home” will long be remembered by the soldiers of the -Twenty-seventh. Escorted by the military companies of the city -and the municipal authorities, the regiment marched from the cars -to the north portico of the State House, while “Welcome!” pealed -from the ringing bells, thundered in the roar of cannon, waved -from every flag-staff, and shone on every countenance of the vast -multitude, gathered from all parts of the county, and thronging the -streets and public square. At the State House, after the regiment -had been drawn up “in column by division,” the Mayor presented the -formal welcome of the city, and was succeeded by Rev. Dr. Bacon -in a brief address, closing with a prayer of thanksgiving. The -following poem, written by Mrs. William Doty, of New-Haven, and -accompanying a gift of laurel wreaths to the field-officers, was -then read: - - -A TRIBUTE OF WELCOME - -TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS. - - We’ll fling to the breeze our banner bright, - America’s emblem of freedom and right, - And rallying round the standard true, - Shout a joyous welcome, brave patriots, to you. - - Ye went forth from us, a loyal band, - Firm on the side of right to stand; - Ye return with hearts still brave and true; - Then our warmest greeting we give to you. - - Ye return, but our tears will fall as ye come, - For the mournful notes of the muffled drum - Are borne on the breeze over mountain and wave, - As it beats the dirge by your comrades’ grave. - - With the order, “Forward!” ye marched proudly on, - And your colors bright to the front were borne; - When the smoke of the battle had cleared away, - Side by side with the “veterans” your brave boys lay. - - Through the summer’s heat and winter’s cold - At your post ye stood, fearless and bold; - And when on the field, ’mid the conflict dire, - Ye _did not_ “quail at the enemy’s fire.” - - Oh! the road to Richmond hath altars bright, - Where, a “captive band,” ye camped at night, - And “Libby’s” grim walls a record bears, - Of the patriot’s song and the hero’s prayers. - - Now the toil is over, the march is done; - And the wreath of laurel, ye’ve bravely won, - We offer to you, and our welcome it breathes, - For our prayers were twined with its glossy leaves. - - But ye’re not _all_ here, and we’ll look in vain - For the smiles that will greet us never again; - And the quivering lip and tearful eye - Mutely ask you where our treasures lie. - - Some sleep where Virginia’s waters flow, - Murmuring their requiem soft and low; - Others with fairest flowers were drest, - And close by the old homes laid to rest. - - When the angel of peace, with brooding wing, - Shall fly o’er our land and its anthem sing, - With trembling fingers the strings she’ll sweep, - As she nears the spot where our loved ones sleep. - - Then a costly crown will our country wear, - And bright the gems that shall sparkle there. - She shall sit a queen, peerless and free, - And the graves of her heroes her glory be! - - Still firmly stand, in God your trust, - Till the rebel horde shall bite the dust, - And the North and South encircled be - With the bands of truth and liberty. - - Fight on, till our starry flag of blue, - Each glistening fold to its purpose true, - Shall wave from wild Atlantic’s roar - To the golden strands of Pacific’s shore. - -At the conclusion of these exercises a bountiful collation was -served up, after which the men separated, to await the completion -of the papers necessary to the final muster out of service, which -took place July twenty-seventh, 1863. - -Thus terminated the eventful campaign of the Twenty-seventh -Connecticut Volunteers. During this brief term of nine months, the -regiment performed marches in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, -amounting to no less than five hundred miles, and participated -in three of the great battles of the war--Fredericksburg, -Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg--losing in killed and wounded in -the first, about one third, and in the last, one half, of those -present in action. Very many of our number, on their return, -reënlisted in other organizations, and illustrated on new fields -the same valor which bore them and their comrades up the fiery -slope of Fredericksburg, nerved all hearts calmly to meet disaster -in the wilderness of Chancellorsville, and crowned with victory the -heights of Gettysburg. - - - - -_IN MEMORIAM._ - - -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 each individual name, and -gather up those qualities by which each is remembered among his -comrades. But after all that might be said, the simple record of -the central fact in their history, that these men fell in defence -of the most righteous cause ever submitted to the decision of the -sword, is far more impressive than any commemorative words. And yet -there are some whose marked character and prominent connection with -the regiment as a whole, or with single companies, seem to demand -more than a passing notice. Chief among these, the mind and heart -of each member of the regiment will at once recur to the name of - - -LIEUT.-COL. HENRY C. MERWIN, - -who fell in the battle of Gettysburg, July second, 1863. If this -noble spirit must leave its mortal tenement amid the wild tumult -of war, how appropriate that it should be when the black cloud of -disaster, which had so long hovered over the cause of our country, -was just rolling away, and already revealed its silver lining of -victory! - -Colonel Merwin was a native of Brookfield, Connecticut, where he -was born September seventeenth, 1839. He spent the greater part -of his life in New-Haven, and at the beginning of the war was -in business with his father and brother. He early manifested a -fondness for military life, to which the subsequent events of his -history proved him well adapted. When the first gun of the war -sounded from the rebel batteries at Charleston, it awoke in his -breast a determined and prompt response. At that time he was a -member of the New-Haven Grays, and immediately volunteered with -that corps for three months’ service in the Second Regiment, -holding the position of sergeant. It will be remembered that that -was one of the very few regiments which returned with credit from -the field of Bull Run. After this brief campaign he remained at -home for a season, constrained by considerations of filial duty, -by which a noble nature like his is ever governed until yet higher -obligations demand attention. The armies of the Union were being -rapidly filled up, and at length the Government stopped recruiting, -while the nation beheld with confidence the vast and apparently -irresistible preparations, which betokened an easy victory. Under -these circumstances it was not strange that so many, like Colonel -Merwin, held back by peculiar home duties, refrained from throwing -themselves into the struggle. But these anticipations resulted in -disappointment, and all this array of resources proved a disastrous -failure. The call of the country was now heard in louder and -more imperative tones than ever before, and appealed to a far -wider circle in the community. Henry C. Merwin responded with a -calm, but earnest alacrity, as is ever true of those whose guide -is duty. His deserved and unsought popularity soon gathered to -his banner a full quota of men, which was designated as Company A -of the Twenty-seventh. Subsequently, at the organization of the -regiment, he was chosen Lieutenant-Colonel by the votes of his -fellow-officers. From this point his history is identified with -that of the regiment. From the moment of departure for the field -to the time of his death in that terrible combat of July second, -at Gettysburg, he had never been relieved from duty, except as -the casualties of war separated him from his command. He shared -the fortunes of the regiment during the terrible and fruitless -battle of Fredericksburg, and met with undaunted courage the -sudden shock of disaster in the thickets of Chancellorsville. He -visited Richmond as a prisoner of war, and on being exchanged at -once returned to the regiment, to the command of which he was now -called. Along the weary march to Gettysburg he inspired the men -with his own indomitable spirit, and on that fated wheat-field, -where the missiles of the enemy, as it were, mowed down the waving -grain, he fell, mortally wounded, breathing out those words of -noble self-forgetfulness, “My poor regiment is suffering fearfully.” - -Without disparagement to any, it may truly be said that no officer -in the regiment attracted to himself such universal and unvarying -respect, confidence, and affection among the men of his command. -Nor was this strange in view of the remarkable and harmonious -combination of noble qualities in his character. No pride of -position ever marred the beautiful consistency of his life, and -yet there was a natural dignity which forbade undue familiarity. -He felt deeply the responsibility of his relation to the regiment, -and this o’ermastering principle swallowed up every consideration -of self-interest. Duty was evidently the supreme motive of his -life, and intent upon the performance of his own, he expected and -required equal faithfulness on the part of others. He was quick of -discernment, and rapid in execution, but no harshness ever dimmed -the transparent kindness of his demeanor. His genial countenance -and words of sympathy and encouragement often cheered the -loneliness of the hospital. He thoroughly appreciated the hardships -and trials peculiar to the private soldier, and at all times -endeavored to sustain and inspirit his weary energies. All these -more amiable qualities were supplemented by a manly independence -and decision, which made him always jealous for the rights of his -men. On that trying march to Gettysburg, no arrogance and severity -of superior officers ever deterred him from a gentlemanly, but bold -and firm, maintenance of the rights and interests of the regiment. -He at once secured the respect, and soon the high regard of Colonel -Brooke, commanding the brigade, who felt most keenly the loss of -Colonel Merwin, and, on hearing that he was wounded, gave orders -that every thing possible should be done for his welfare. - -But none can do justice to such a character. In his death the -Twenty-seventh laid its costliest sacrifice upon the altar of our -country. - - “He had kept - The brightness of his soul, and thus men o’er him wept.” - - -[Illustration: ADDISON C. TAYLOR, - -CAPTAIN OF COMPANY C.] - -This gallant officer fell severely wounded in the engagement -at Fredericksburg, December thirteenth, 1862, and died at his -home in New-Haven, March thirteenth, 1863. He was born October -twenty-eighth, 1841, in Wellington, Lorraine county, Ohio. His -parents were natives of Connecticut, which State became his home -when he was about twelve years of age. For several years he was -a pupil in the Collegiate and Commercial Institute of New-Haven, -and subsequently a teacher, and also the military instructor in -that school. The outbreak of the rebellion in 1861 found him -performing the duties of this position. Though feeling that his -relations and duties to others did not permit him at that time -to enter the active military service of the country, yet he took -an earnest and enthusiastic part in the stirring scenes of that -period. Troops were to be raised and prepared for the field with -the utmost dispatch. How vividly memory recalls the experiences -of those days, then so strange in our national history, when men -were gathering from all quarters for the nation’s defence, and -our streets resounded with the drum and fife, and the public -square was alive with squads and companies moving to and fro -in the mazes of military evolutions! Captain Taylor’s zeal and -military knowledge found an ample sphere for exercise at this -important crisis, and truly most efficient service did he render. -It should be particularly mentioned, that he drilled the company -of Captain, now Brevet Major-General, Joseph R. Hawley, then -of the First Connecticut Regiment of three months’ volunteers. -Brevet Brigadier-General Edward W. Whittaker, the adventurous -cavalry leader, was also at that time a member of this company. So -successfully did Captain Taylor fulfil these duties that Captain -Hawley offered him the most flattering inducements if he would -consent to accompany the regiment; but the time had not arrived -when he was to give even life itself for his country. It came -when the battle summer of 1862 convinced the nation that this was -no ordinary struggle, and brought each man face to face with the -question of his own individual duty. At this juncture the call was -issued for volunteers for nine months’ service; and Captain Taylor, -with his accustomed ardor, immediately entered upon the work of -recruiting the “Monitors” for the Twenty-seventh Regiment, and -soon assembled about him a very superior body of men, to whom his -military knowledge and experience were of very great advantage. -His was the color company, and at its head he moved on that day of -fearful carnage, the memorable thirteenth of December, 1862, when -he received the wound which resulted in death, after three months -of patient suffering. - -Did space allow, we might appropriately introduce at this point the -singularly unanimous testimony of those who knew him best, to the -self-reliance which he manifested from his earliest years; to the -thorough, unostentatious sincerity, purity, and conscientiousness -of his life; to the high sense of duty which impelled him to the -field, and animated him in every act; and, more than all this, to -the Christian principles which formed the basis of his symmetrical -character. - - “The light of his young life went down, - As sinks behind the hill - The glory of a setting star-- - Clear, suddenly, and still. - The blessing of his quiet life - Was in his every look. - We read his face as one that reads - A true and holy book.” - - -[Illustration: JEDEDIAH CHAPMAN, JR., - -CAPTAIN OF COMPANY H.] - -Death singled out another shining mark when Captain Chapman fell -in the fore-front of battle, on the same afternoon that beheld the -close of Colonel Merwin’s life. Two congenial spirits in nobility -and worth together passed to the land of immortality on that day of -death’s high carnival. - -Jedediah Chapman, Jr., was born in New-Haven, November -twenty-first, 1839. Like Colonel Merwin, he was a member of the -New-Haven Grays at the opening of the war, and accompanied them -to the field as a private in the three months’ service. When the -Twenty-seventh was being recruited under the call for nine months’ -troops, he took hold of the work with vigor, and was in great -part instrumental in raising Company H, of which he was chosen -First Lieutenant. During more than one third of the campaign he -had command of the company, and to his exertions and military -experience its efficiency was largely due. Amid the terrors of -that disastrous day at Fredericksburg, no one acquitted himself -with greater bravery and coolness than Lieutenant Chapman. In -consequence of protracted sickness during the spring of 1863, he -did not participate in the battle of Chancellorsville, and thus -escaped the fate of the regiment. But it was a great disappointment -to him not to be with his men, and share with them the vicissitudes -of the campaign. By reason of the disaster to the Twenty-seventh -in that battle, only two companies of the regiment remained in the -field, with a few remnants of those which were captured. These -scattering portions were formed into one company, and Lieutenant -Chapman was placed in command. His peculiar qualifications of -discipline and character contributed much to their unity and -effectiveness during the succeeding campaign of Gettysburg; and -at their head he fell on the second of July, 1863. His commission -as Captain of Company H, dated May thirteenth, 1863, had been -already issued and forwarded; but he did not live to know of this -well-deserved honor. - -Much that has already been said of Colonel Merwin might, with -equal propriety, be applied to Captain Chapman. He was an officer -well known, and highly esteemed, not only in his own company, but -throughout the regiment. He possessed in a peculiar degree all the -elements which constitute an efficient, and yet popular, commander. -In all his relations, he manifested a genial frankness of manner, a -conscientiousness of purpose, and keen sense of justice, which at -once gained universal confidence and regard. He was one of the most -unassuming of men, and yet in that soul burned a depth of devotion -to duty, and a power of noble action, which seemed to require the -stern, trying scenes of war to bring them forth in their original -strength and glory. So long as the campaign of the Twenty-seventh -lives in the memory of those who participated in it, so long will -the members of Company H cherish the name and reputation of their -beloved commander, Jedediah Chapman. - - * * * * * - -Let us now turn to the long catalogue of enlisted men, whose names -appear in the necrology of the regiment. History can never do -justice to the grandeur and far-reaching importance of the cause to -which they gave the testimony of their lives, nor can it do justice -to the nobility and value of the sacrifice. It is not necessary -to repeat in this place the names of these worthy men; but we -will call to mind a few representatives of their number. There -was Orderly-Sergeant Richard H. Fowler, of Company A, who died of -wounds received at Fredericksburg. He was a native of Guilford, and -one of a family whose record for active patriotism and sublimity of -sacrifice has few, if any, parallels during the whole war. Corporal -William A. Goodwin and Private Augustus B. Fairchild likewise -fell at Fredericksburg. To the efficiency and worth of them all, -the officers of the company bear willing testimony. Companies C, -D, E, and F, also suffered severely in the loss of faithful and -tried soldiers. The battle of Fredericksburg struck from the roll -of Company H some of its most valued members. Among these were -Orderly-Sergeant Thomas E. Barrett, and Corporals George H. Mimmac -and Frank E. Ailing. Sergeant Barrett was a man of very superior -character and education. Previous to his enlistment he had been -a much-esteemed teacher at the Eaton Public School in New-Haven. -The pleasant duties and associations of this position, and all its -prospects of usefulness, he yielded up to enter the service of the -country. Few made greater sacrifices, or made them more cheerfully, -than he, in obedience to a purely unselfish sense of duty. He -sought and expected no office, and only at the earnest solicitation -of his comrades consented to accept the post of First Sergeant, and -certainly no company ever had a more faithful and conscientious -officer. He was a noble Christian soldier; a man whom society could -ill afford to lose. But he has left behind him an example which -should be carefully cherished and regarded. The sacrifice of such -a man is of no ordinary value, and gives unusual significance to -the struggle through which the nation has passed. Corporals Mimmac -and Ailing possessed very similar elements of character. The latter -was a member of Yale College at the time he enlisted, and left -the congenial pursuits of a student’s life to respond to what he -regarded the call of duty. Such were some of the men the ranks of -the Twenty-seventh contributed to that roll of honored names, whose -heroism and self-sacrifice will grow brighter and brighter, as the -progress of years reveals, in all their meaning and influence, the -events of the war for Liberty and Union. - - - - -RECORD OF CASUALTIES. - - -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. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Corporal William A. Goodwin, Jr. - Private Augustus B. Fairchild. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - 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, December 17th, 1862, at camp - near Falmouth. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private Henry B. Hilliard, December 17th, 1862, at Hammond General - Hospital, Maryland. - Private Edward C. Hazard, October 16th, 1862, at Camp Terry, - New-Haven. - Private Frank A. Johnson, December 14th, 1862, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Treat A. Marks, December 25th, 1862, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Joseph B. Thompson, February 7th, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Elbert W. Ball, August 5th, 1863, at New-Haven. - - -COMPANY B. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._. - - Corporal George E. Wilford. - Private Timothy Callahan. - - Private Joseph Bennett. - Patrick Condon. - Josiah Johnson. - Michael Taylor. - L. Mortimer Willis. - Edwin L. Wilford. - -_At Gettysburg_. - -Private Charles Paxden. - - -DIED OF WOUNDS. - - Corporal George E. Wilford, January 8th, 1863. - Private Joseph Bennett, December 25th, 1862. - Patrick Condon, December 28th, 1862, in hospital at Annapolis. - Josiah Johnson, January 5th, 1863. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private George C. Baldwin, January 25th, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Edward B. Dolph, March 20th, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Lewis M. Tucker, October 10th, 1862, at Branford, Connecticut. - Second Lieutenant Edmund B. Cross, August 6th, 1863, at New-Haven. - - -COMPANY C. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Private Charles Michael. - Wilbur Nash. - Joel C. Parmelee. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Private Samuel B. Clark. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Corporal Charles E. Cornwall. - Color-Corporal Joseph Stevens. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Captain Addison C. Taylor. - Second Lieutenant Charles B. Brooks. - Sergeant Henry M. Stanton. - Color-Corporal Henry E. Wing. - Color-Corporal James L. Ambler. - Color-Corporal Sydney R. Thompson. - Private Hector Murphy. - John Platt. - George W. Hine. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Sergeant Charles S. Beatty. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Color-Corporal William S. Bodwell. - Corporal Gilbert A. W. Ford. - - -DIED OF WOUNDS. - - Captain Addison C. Taylor, March 13th, 1863, at New-Haven, - Connecticut. - Color-Corporal William L. Bodwell, July 5th, 1863, at Gettysburg. - Color-Corporal Sydney R. Thompson, December 30th, 1862. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Color-Corporal Sydney H. Plumb, April 18th, 1863, at camp near - Falmouth. - Private John G. Clark, December 30th, 1862, in General Hospital, - Washington. - Private Harvey S. Welton, July 14th, 1863, near Harper’s Ferry, - Virginia. - - -COMPANY D. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Sergeant Garry B. Sperry. - Private William Reuter. - Gilbert Keller. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Private William O. Scott. - William E. Wilson. - Patrick Dunn. - Marcus O. Judson. - John Goodwin. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - First Lieutenant Frank H. Smith. - Second Lieutenant Ellsworth A. Smith. - Sergeant John A. Munson. - Henry B. Hill. - Benjamin H. Cobb. - George B. Lego. - Corporal Andrew J. Barnard. - Private James Johnson. - Alpheus D. Cobb. - Thomas M. Kilcullen. - Loren M. Higgins. - John Mitchell. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Sergeant Fitch M. Parker. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Captain Cornelius J. Dubois. - First Sergeant George T. Swank. - Private Dwight T. Brockett. - Thomas M. Kilcullen. - William Lee. - Charles H. Nichols. - John Phillips. - Richard A. Tenner. - John E. Williamson. - John Hogan. - Thomas G. Yale. - - -DIED OF WOUNDS. - - Sergeant Henry B. Hill, January 14th, 1863. - Benjamin H. Cobb, January 19th, 1863. - Private Loren M. Higgins, February 1st, 1863. - John Mitchell, December 15th, 1862. - Thomas G. Yale, August 26th, 1863, Philadelphia. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private John W. Lounsbury, December 8th, 1862. - Private William Goodwill, December 10th, 1862, at College Hospital, - Georgetown, D. C. - Spencer Bronson. - Thomas M. Kilcullen, September 10th, 1863, in Richmond, - Virginia. - - -COMPANY E. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Corporal James G. Clinton. - Private George Brown. - Andrew B. Castle. - Edward Thompson. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Private William Burke. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Sergeant John D. Sherwood. - Private Timothy Carroll. - Seth Woodward. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Corporal Frederick G. Bell. - Private Edward A. Dunning. - David S. Rockwell. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Private Charles H. Henderson. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private Jacob Schneider, January 19th, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - - -COMPANY F. - - -KILLED. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Private Michael Confrey. - Edward B. Farr. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - First Lieutenant DeWitt C. Sprague. - Sergeant Henry D. Russell. - Corporal Thomas Ward. - James B. Munson. - Elias C. Mix, Jr. - Private John Crosby. - John A. Hopkins. - Charles Higgins. - William A. Kelley. - Dennis W. Tucker. - James Williamson. - Henry C. Wakelee. - Henry A. Kelsey. - Leonard Russell. - William F. Tuttle. - Jairus C. Eddy. - Samuel Fowler, 2d. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Sergeant Thomas Ward. - Private William Blakeslee. - John Crosby. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Captain Joseph R. Bradley. - First Lieutenant Charles P. Prince. - Sergeant Thomas Ward. - Corporal Henry W. Clark. - Private Edward B. Fowler. - Daniel O’Neal. - - -DIED OF WOUNDS. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Sergeant Henry D. Russell, January 4th, 1863, in hospital, Washington. - Private Jairus C. Eddy, December 20th, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Samuel Fowler, 2d, January 9th, in hospital, Washington. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private John S. Robinson, June 18th, 1863, in Baltimore. - - -COMPANY G. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Sergeant Casper S. Gladwin. - Corporal Andrew J. Boardman, Jr. - Private Hosea B. Button. - Henry H. Onthrup. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Corporal William H. Stannis. - Private John Griffin. - Martin Merrill. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Nelson N. Beecher, June 24th, 1863. - - -COMPANY H. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - First Sergeant Thomas E. Barrett. - Corporal Frank E. Alling. - George I. Judson. - George H. Mimmac. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Private John Rawson. - -_At Gettysburg._ - - Captain Jedediah Chapman. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Sergeant Wareham A. Morse. - Frederick E. Munson. - William H. Alden. - Private Joseph A. Rogers. - Leicester J. Sawyer. - Private Hezekiah P. Smith. - Byron Ure. - Frank L. Merwin. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Private Silas Benham. - James Braddock. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private Charles L. Alling, March 22d, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - Private Hezekiah P. Smith, January 18th, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - - -COMPANY I. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Corporal Corydon N. Thomas. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - First Lieutenant Samuel M. Smith. - Color-Sergeant James Brand. - Corporal Henry B. Wilcox. - William G. Hill. - Judson H. Dowd. - Private Francis E. Beach. - Dennis Crummy. - Henry D. Calkins. - Alvah R. Doane. - Samuel J. Field. - Private George S. Hill. - Thomas Pentelow. - Julian F. Watrous. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Private George W. Beckwith. - - -DIED OF WOUNDS. - - Corporal William G. Hill, January 6th, 1863, in Washington. - Private Rufus S. Shelley, December 29th, 1862, in hospital, at - Georgetown, D. C. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private Joseph Hull, March 2d, 1863, at camp near Falmouth. - Private George S. Hill. - William M. Phile, April 20th, 1863. - - -COMPANY K. - - -KILLED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Captain Bernard E. Schweizer. - Corporal Albert Cabanis. - - -WOUNDED. - -_At Fredericksburg._ - - Corporal Augustus Vogt. - Private John Huber. - George Gunther. - Ernst Klein. - Ernst Reuthe. - John Schaffner. - -_At Chancellorsville._ - - Private Michael Hauserman. - George Eckle. - - -DIED OF DISEASE. - - Private William F. Bernhardt, June 15th, 1863. - - -Tabular Statement of Casualties during the Nine Months’ Campaign. - - Legend:- - F: Fredericksburg. - C: Chancellorsville. - G: Gettysburg. - D: Of Disease. - WF: Of wounds rec’d at Fredericksburg. - WG: Of wounds rec’d at Gettysburg. - Co: Company - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - | KILLED. | WOUNDED. | DIED. | PRISONERS. - |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------- - | F | C | G | F | C | G | WF | WG | D | F | C | G - ----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+---- - Field and | | | | | | | | | | | | - Staff, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. - Co. A, | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 37 | .. - Co. B, | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 38 | 1 - Co. C, | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 27 | .. - Co. D, | 3 | .. | 5 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 - Co. E, | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 29 | .. - Co. F, | .. | .. | 2 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 - Co. G, | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 25 | .. - Co. H, | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1 - Co. I, | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 39 | .. - Co. K, | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 42 | .. - ----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+---- - Total, | 19 | 3 | 11 | 86 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 280 | 4 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Killed and wounded at Fredericksburg, 105 - Killed and wounded at Chancellorsville, 16 - Killed and wounded at Gettysburg, 36 - --- - Total killed and wounded, 157 - Deaths in battle and by wounds at Fredericksburg, 35 - Deaths in battle and by wounds at Chancellorsville, 3 - Deaths in battle and by wounds at Gettysburg, 13 - --- - Total deaths by battle, 51 - Deaths by disease, 24 - --- - Total deaths by battle and disease, 75 - --- - Total killed, wounded, and deaths from disease, 181 - Taken prisoners, 287 - --- - Total casualties, 468 - - - - -ARMY COMMANDERS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH. - - -_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. - - --------------+-------------------------+-----------+------------------+ - RANK. | NAME. | RESIDENCE.| DATE OF | - | REMARKS. | | COMMISSION. | - --------------+-------------------------+-----------+------------------+ - Colonel, |[B]Richard S. Bostwick, | New-Haven,| Oct. 2d, 1862, | - Lieut. |[B]Henry C. Merwin, | New-Haven,| Oct. 2d, 1862, | - -Colonel, | { Promoted from Captain, Co. A. Killed at | - | { Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863. | - Major, | Theodore Byxbee, | Meriden, | Oct. 2d, 1862, | - | Resigned, March 28th, 1863. | - Major, |[B]James H. Coburn, | New-Haven,| March 28th, 1863,| - | Promoted from Captain, Co. A. | - Adjutant, | George F. Peterson, | New-Haven,| Oct. 6th, 1862, | - Quartermaster,| H. Lynde Harrison, | Branford, | Oct. 6th, 1862, | - | Resigned, Jan. 20th, 1863. | - Quartermaster,| Ruel P. Cowles, | New-Haven,| April 1st, 1863, | - | Appointed from Captain, Co. H. | - Chaplain, | John W. Leek, | New-Haven,| Nov. 10th, 1862, | - | { Resigned, March 25th, 1863, by reason of | - | { wound received at Fredericksburg. | - Surgeon, | Wm. O. McDonald, | New-York, | Jan. 17th, 1863, | - | Discharged for promotion, May 23d, 1863. | - 1st Asst. | Thomas M. Hills, | New-Haven,| Oct. 27th, 1862, | - -Surg., | Discharged, Feb. 2d, 1863. | - 2d Asst. | Frederick S. Treadway,| New-Haven,| Oct. 18th, 1862, | - -Surg., | Resigned, March 24th, 1863. | - --------------+-------------------------+-----------+------------------+ - - -NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. - - ---------------+------------------------+--------------+ - RANK. | NAME. | RESIDENCE. | - | REMARKS. | | - ---------------+------------------------+--------------+ - Sergeant-Major,| Edmund B. Cross, | New-Haven, | - | { Promoted 2d Lieutenant, Co. B, | - | { March 25th, 1863. | - Sergeant-Major,|[B]Francis A. Foster, | Milford, | - | Appointed April 16th, 1863. | - Q. M. Sergeant,| Charles A. Baldwin, | New-Haven, | - | Appointed Oct. 8th, 1862. | - Com.-Sergeant, | John H. Steadman, | Meriden, | - | Appointed Oct. 8th, 1862. | - Hospital | Jesse W. Henry, | Orange, | - Steward, | Appointed Oct. 8th, 1862. | - ---------------+------------------------+--------------+ - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -OFFICERS OF THE LINE. - - ---------------+-----------------------+-----------+------------------+ - | | | DATE OF | - RANK. | NAME. | RESIDENCE.| COMMISSION. | - | REMARKS. | | | - ---------------+-----------------------+-----------+------------------+ - COMPANY A. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Henry C. Merwin, | New-Haven,| Sept. 8th, 1862, | - | { Promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel, Oct. 2d, 1862. | - | { Killed at Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863. | - 1st Lieutenant,| James H. Coburn, | New-Haven,| Sept. 8th, 1862, | - | { Promoted to be Captain, Oct. 2d, 1862, | - | { and Major, March 28th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Frank D. Sloat, | New-Haven,| Sept. 8th, 1862, | - | { Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, Oct. 2d, 1862, | - | { and Captain, March 28th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Frank M. Chapman, | New-Haven,| Oct. 2d, 1862, | - | Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, March 28th, 1863.| - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Adelbert P. Munson, | New-Haven,| March 28th, 1863,| - | Promoted from 1st Sergeant. | - | | | | - COMPANY B. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Calvin L. Ely, | Branford, | Sept. 13th, 1862,| - 1st Lieutenant | Daniel W. Fields, |Wallingford| Sept. 13th, 1862,| - | Resigned, March 25th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]George W. Elton, |Wallingford| Sept. 13th, 1862,| - | Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, March 25th, 1863.| - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Edmund B. Cross, | New-Haven,| March 25th, 1863,| - | Promoted from Sergeant-Major. | - | | | | - COMPANY C. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Addison C. Taylor, | New-Haven,| Sept. 11th, 1862,| - | { Died, March 13th, 1863, from wounds received | - | { at Fredericksburg. | - Captain, |[B]Ira S. Beers, | New-Haven,| March 13th, 1863,| - | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Co. G. | - 1st Lieutenant,|[B]Wm. R. Harmount, | New-Haven,| Sept. 11th, 1862,| - 2d Lieutenant, | Chas. B. Brooks, | New-Haven,| Sept. 11th, 1862,| - | | | | - COMPANY D. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Cornelius J. Dubois,| New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - 1st Lieutenant,| Frank H. Smith, | New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - 2d Lieutenant, | Ellsworth A. Smith, | New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - | Resigned, April 16th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, | Sewell A. Dodge, | New-York, | May 17th, 1863, | - | Promoted from 1st Sergeant. | - | | | | - COMPANY E. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | George F. Hotchkiss,|Woodbridge,| Sept. 13th, 1862,| - | Resigned, April 20th, 1863. | - 1st Lieutenant,|[B]David S. Thomas, | New-Haven,| Sept. 13th, 1862,| - | Promoted to be Captain, May 1st, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, | Wm. S. Rawson, | New-Haven,| Sept. 13th, 1862,| - | | | | - COMPANY F. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Joseph R. Bradley, |East-Haven,| Sept. 9th, 1862, | - 1st Lieutenant,| De Witt C. Sprague, | New-Haven,| Sept. 9th, 1862, | - | Honorably discharged, May 4th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, | Charles P. Prince, |East-Haven,| Oct. 18th, 1862, | - | Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, May 17th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, | Daniel Worcester, |East-Haven,| May 17th, 1863, | - | Promoted from Sergeant. | - | | | | - COMPANY G. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Theodore Byxbee, | Meriden, | Sept. 3d, 1862, | - | { Promoted to be Major, Oct. 2d, 1862; | - | { resigned March 28th 1863. | - 1st Lieutenant,| Ira S. Beers, | New-Haven,| Sept. 3d, 1862, | - | Promoted to be Captain, Co. C, March 13th, 1863.| - 1st Lieutenant,|[B]Stillman Rice, | Madison, | March 13th, 1863,| - | Promoted from 2d Lieutenant, Co. I. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Samuel T. Birdsall, | New-Haven,| Sept. 3d, 1862, | - | Promoted to be Captain, Oct. 2d, 1862. | - 2d Lieutenant, | Frank B. Wright, | Meriden, | Oct. 3d, 1862, | - | | | | - COMPANY H. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Ruel P. Cowles, | New-Haven,| Sept. 11th, 1862,| - | { Resigned, April 1st, 1863, to accept | - | { Quartermastership. | - 1st Lieutenant,| Jedediah Chapman, | New-Haven,| Sept. 11th, 1862,| - | { Promoted to be Captain, May 13th, 1863. | - | { Killed at Gettysburg, July 2d, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Orrin C. Burdict, | New-Haven,| Sept. 11th, 1862,| - | Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, May 13th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Winthrop D. Sheldon,| New-Haven,| May 13th, 1863, | - | Promoted from 1st Sergeant. | - | | | | - COMPANY I. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, |[B]Chas. M. Wilcox, | Madison, | Sept. 10th, 1862,| - 1st Lieutenant,|[B]Samuel M. Smith, | New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - 2d Lieutenant, | Stillman Rice, | Madison, | Sept. 10th, 1862,| - | { Promoted to be 1st Lieut., Co. G, March 13th, | - | { 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, | Charles W. Ely, | Madison, | March 13th, 1863,| - | { Promoted from 1st Sergeant; resigned June 4th,| - | { 1863. | - | | | | - COMPANY K. | | | | - | | | | - Captain, | Bernard E. Schweizer,| New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - | Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13th, 1862. | - 1st Lieutenant,|[B]Oswald Eschrich, | New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - | Promoted to be Captain, Feb. 28th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Christian Weller, | New-Haven,| Sept. 10th, 1862,| - | Promoted to be 1st Lieutenant, Feb. 28th, 1863. | - 2d Lieutenant, |[B]Wm. Muhlner, | New-Haven,| Feb. 28th, 1863, | - | Promoted from 1st Sergeant. | - ---------------+-----------------------+-----------+------------------+ - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -COLOR-BEARERS. - - -SERGEANTS. - - James Brand. - Amos N. Benton. - -_By Promotion._ - - John F. Sanford. - - -COLOR-GUARD. - - -CORPORALS. - - James L. Ambler. - John M. Bristol. - James W. Baird. - Joseph R. Clark. - Joseph B. De Witt. - John F. Sanford. - Sydney R. Thompson. - Henry E. Wing. - -_By Promotion._ - - William L. Bodwell. - Sydney H. Plumb. - Joseph Stevens. - George W. Tibbals. - George E. Treadwell. - - - - -PROMOTIONS AMONG THE ENLISTED MEN. - - -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. - - First Sergeant Sewell A. Dodge to be Second Lieutenant. - Fifth Sergeant George B. Lego to be Fourth Sergeant. - Corporal Fitch M. Parker to be Fifth Sergeant. - Augustus T. Freed to be Third Sergeant. - George T. Swank to be First Sergeant. - Private William E. Wilson to be Corporal. - - -COMPANY E. - - Privates George Clemson, - Isaac Bradley, to be Corporals. - - -COMPANY F. - - Second Sergeant Daniel Worcester to be Second Lieutenant. - Fifth Sergeant Stiles L. Beech to be Fourth Sergeant. - Corporal Thomas Ward to be Fifth Sergeant. - Private Moses Thomas to be Corporal. - - -COMPANY H. - - Private Winthrop D. Sheldon to be First Sergeant and Second Lieutenant. - Private Origen Parker to be Sergeant. - Privates Amariah Bailey, - William A. Parmalee, - William G. Martin, - Edward McCormick, - Ambrose W. Hastings, to be Corporals. - - -COMPANY I. - - First Sergeant Charles W. Ely to be Second Lieutenant. - Privates James R. Matthews, - John N. Watrous, - Henry Walton, to be Corporals. - - -COMPANY K. - - First Sergeant William Muhlner to be Second Lieutenant. - Corporal Louis Trappe to be Sergeant. - Private Carl H. Hager to be Corporal. - - - - -PIONEER CORPS. - - -A. - - Charles J. Morris. - - -B. - - George W. Baldwin. - Nelson Vibbert. - - -C. - - Sylvester R. Snow. - - -D. - - Henry E. Smith. - - -E. - - John B. Hartshorn. - - -F. - - Elizur E. Page. - - -G. - - Nelson N. Beecher. - - -H. - - Edward E. Gamsby. - David Ford. - - -I. - - Corporal Henry Walton. - - -K. - - Adam Rutz. - - - - - CATALOGUE - OF - ENLISTED MEN. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY A. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 3D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Richard H. Fowler, New-Haven. - Nelson S. Wilmot, Orange. - [B]Adelbert P. Munson, New-Haven. - James B. Blair, “ - [B]Alexander H. Coburn, “ - -_Corporals._ - - [B]Henry C. Shelton, “ - [B]George B. Durrie, “ - William C. Peck, “ - Wm. A. Goodwin, Jr., “ - [B]William H. Merwin, “ - William C. Tyler, “ - [B]Robert C. Arnold, “ - William K. Barlow, “ - -_Musicians._ - - Edward P. Donnelly, “ - Samuel C. Waldron, “ - -_Wagoner._ - - George A. Bradley, “ - -_Privates._ - - Ahern, Otto, “ - Augur, Charles B., “ - [B]Ashdown, George, “ - [B]Backus, Chester H., “ - Backus, George A., “ - [B]Ball, Elbert W., “ - Barnes, Henry E., “ - [B]Barnes, William H., “ - Bainbridge, Henry H., “ - [B]Best, William, “ - [B]Bradley, DeWitt V., Orange. - [B]Bradley, George H., New-Haven. - Bradley, Franklin, Orange. - Bulkley, Frederick, New-Haven. - [B]Cowan, Joseph W., “ - Cornwall, Wm. H., “ - Dawson, Frank T., “ - Dardelle, Antonio, Clinton. - Dibbel, Samuel, “ - Doolittle, Lewis E., New-Haven. - Doolittle, Daniel H., Bethany. - Fairchild, Augustus B., New-Haven. - [B]French, Smith B., Orange. - [B]Fenn, William S., “ - [B]Fenton, Frederick B., New-Haven. - Fox, Simeon J., “ - [B]Goodrich, Miles A., “ - [B]Hopkins, Sereno A., “ - Hall, Aaron A., “ - Hilliard, Henry B., “ - Hilliard, Lewis F., “ - [B]Hilliard, Samuel J., Clinton. - Hotchkiss, Lauren R., New-Haven. - [B]Hofacker, Conrad, “ - Hazzard, Edward C., “ - [B]Isbell, Wyllis, “ - Jacobs, John, “ - Johnson, Frank A., “ - Lanman, John T., “ - Lindsley, Charles T., “ - Marks, Treat A., Milford. - Merritt, Charles L., New-Haven. - [B]Merrells, John W., “ - [B]Morris, Charles J., Orange. - Potter, Samuel L., “ - [B]Ransom, George, New-Haven. - [B]Rice, George M., “ - [B]Rice, Oliver W., “ - [B]Scharff, Augustus A., “ - Scoville, William W., “ - [B]Stannard, Orson, “ - [B]Stevens, Samuel J., “ - Stevens, Alonzo H., Clinton. - [B]Stevens, Samuel L., Jr., “ - [B]Story, Richard L., New-Haven. - [B]Storer, George, “ - Thompson, Joseph B., Orange. - [B]Thompson, Sherw. S., New-Haven. - Tuttle, Cyrus W., Orange. - Trowbridge, George T., “ - [B]Wallace, Robert M., “ - Wallace, Thomas H., “ - Wilcox, E. LeRoy, New-Haven. - Wright, Williston S., Orange. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY B. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 3D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - [B]Daniel Averill, 2d, Branford. - [B]Robert B. Goodyear, North-Haven. - [B]Samuel S. Cook, Branford. - Alonzo F. Hubbell, “ - [B]Billious C. Hall, Wallingford. - -_Corporals._ - - George M. Prout, Branford. - Albert Harrison, North Branford. - Samuel Beach, Branford. - Henry D. Boardman, North Branford. - [B]Charles A. Young, Branford. - [B]George S. Rogers, “ - George G. Wilford, “ - Isaac K. Hall, Wallingford. - -_Musicians._ - - Byron Hill, “ - Henry Z. Nichols, Branford. - -_Wagoner._ - - Rudolphus Bartholomew, “ - -_Privates._ - - Baldwin, George C., “ - [B]Beach, William H., “ - Bennett, Joseph, “ - [B]Beach, Harvey, “ - Bradshaw, William, Wallingford. - [B]Beaumount, Harvey, “ - [B]Backus, Michael, “ - [B]Baldwin, George W., Branford. - Bunnell, William, “ - Camp, Henry A., Wallingford. - [B]Camp, Joel, “ - Condon, Patrick, “ - Condon, John, “ - Callahan, Timothy, “ - [C]Cusher, Joseph, Branford. - [B]Dibble, Elizur B., “ - Dolph, Edward B., Wallingford. - [B]Ennis, James, “ - Evans, Thomas H., “ - [B]Fowler, Walter E., Guilford. - [B]Foster, Andrew, New-Haven. - Fairchild, Douglass, Wallingford. - Gallaghan, William J., “ - [B]Hubbard, Henry W., Branford. - Hotchkiss, John, “ - Hart, Henry F., “ - Higgs, Israel, New-Haven. - Hall, Roger, Branford. - [B]Harrison, Nathan, North Branford. - Holmes, William W., Wallingford. - Johnson, Josiah, North Branford. - [B]Johnson, Homer R., Wallingford. - [B]Kelsey, Richard T., Guilford. - Kneringer, Matthias, Branford. - [B]Kennedy, James, Wallingford. - [B]Lamm, Adam, North-Haven. - [B]McGowen, James, Wallingford. - [B]O’Neil, Michael, Branford. - [B]O’Brien, Thomas, North Haven. - [B]O’Brien, Edward, Wallingford. - [B]O’Brien, John, Branford. - [B]Palmer, William B., “ - Parsons, Edwin W., “ - Palmer, Nathan A., North-Haven. - Paden, Charles, Wallingford. - [B]Page, James B., Guilford. - Sheldon, Edward D., Branford. - Stone, Elizur C., North Branford. - Smith, Elbert J., North-Haven. - Sloman, James, Wallingford. - Shepard, Harvey G., Branford. - [B]Tyler, Obed L., “ - [B]Taylor, Michael, Wallingford. - [B]Todd, Kirtland, North-Haven. - Todd, Beri M., New-Haven. - Todd, Henry D., North-Haven. - Tucker, Lewis M., Branford. - Tyler, William A., “ - [B]Vibbert, Nelson, Wallingford. - Wilford, Edwin L., Branford. - [B]Wheaton, Merwin, North Branford. - [B]Willis, L. Mortimer, Branford. - Wallace, William, Wallingford. - [B]Wilder, John K., “ - Yale, Solomon, Branford. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - -[C] Taken prisoner at Gettysburg. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY C. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 4TH, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Edward H. Carrington, New-Haven. - [B]Edwin B. Baldwin, Milford. - Henry M. Stanton, Norwalk. - Francis A. Foster, Milford. - Amos N. Benton, Guilford. - -_Corporals._ - - Charles E. Cornwall, Milford. - Oliver S. Bishop, Norwalk. - [B]Joseph L. Stearns, New-Haven. - [B]Agur Wheeler, “ - Irad Fuller, “ - Gilbert A. W. Ford, “ - Charles Hurlburt, “ - [B]Charles S. Beatty, Norwalk. - -_Musicians._ - - Horace W. Brockett, New-Haven. - Thomas I. Persons, “ - -_Wagoner._ - - George Kellogg, Norwalk. - -_Privates._ - - Ambler, James L., Norwalk. - Baldwin, Dennis E., Milford. - [B]Baldwin, Roger S., “ - Baird, James W., “ - Beard, William A., “ - [B]Beatty, George E., Norwalk. - Beers, Calvin H., Guilford. - Benjamin, David W., Milford. - Bishop, Edward L., Guilford. - Bristol, John M., New-Haven. - [B]Bristol, S. Allen, Guilford. - [B]Burton, Henry, Milford. - Bodwell, William L., Norwalk. - [B]Brown, John T., “ - Clark, Almond E., Milford. - Clark, John G., “ - Clark, Joseph R., “ - Clark, Samuel B., Milford. - Church, William W., Durham. - [B]Conway, William, New-Haven. - [B]Cornwall, Frederick, Milford. - [B]Denton, Hart, Norwalk. - De Witt, Joseph B., New-York - Disbrow, James H., Norwalk. - [B]Dodge, Jeremiah R., Milford. - Douglass, George, New-Haven. - Fitch, Theodore, Norwalk. - [B]Ford, Charles W., Milford. - Graham, William W., “ - [B]Hallett, Henry, Norwalk. - Hine, George W., Milford. - [B]Hine, Lewis, “ - Hubbell, Allen P., Norwalk. - [B]Jansen, Albert, New-Haven. - Johnson, David T., “ - Joyce, Henry E., “ - Lyman, Chester, “ - [B]Lyman, Henry W., “ - Michael, Charles, Milford. - [B]Mulligan, James, New-Haven. - Murphy, Hector, “ - [B]Nash, Olin, Norwalk. - Nash, Wilbur, “ - Payne, Elisha T., “ - Parmele, Joel C., Guilford. - Platt, John, New-Haven. - Plumb, Sidney H., Milford. - Pike, Lewis, New-Haven. - [B]Rogers, George E., Milford. - Sanford, John F., “ - [B]Smith, Caleb, “ - [B]Snow, Sylvester R., Guilford. - Stevens, Joseph, New-Haven. - Stowe, Edgar P., Orange. - [B]Talcott, Samuel T., New-Haven. - Thompson, Sidney R., Bridgewater. - Tibbals, George W., Milford. - Tibbals, James S., “ - Treadwell, George E., New-Haven. - Welch, Lewis M., Milford. - Welton, Harvey S., Guilford. - White, Charles E., Norwalk. - Wing, Henry E., “ - [B]Wixon, James E., “ - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY D. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 22D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Sewell A. Dodge, New-York. - John A. Munson, New-Haven. - Henry B. Hill, “ - Benjamin H. Cobb, “ - [B]George B. Lego, “ - -_Corporals._ - - Charles Dodge, New-Haven. - Fitch M. Parker, “ - Harvy Brown, “ - William S. Peck, Woodbridge. - George T. Swank, New-York. - George W. Barry, New-Haven. - Augustus T. Freed, New-York. - Andrew J. Barnard, Waterbury. - -_Wagoner._ - - Frank Sanford, New-Haven. - -_Privates._ - - Bronson, Spencer, Waterbury. - Brockett, Dwight T., New-Haven. - Bennett, Edgar H., Woodbridge. - Burwell, Arnold T., Milford. - Beecher, George E., New-Haven. - Bowns, Teunis, “ - Craig, Edward, “ - Church, Henry, “ - Cady, George E., “ - Cobb, Alpheus D., “ - Clock, Gilbert L., “ - Dunn, Patrick, Wallingford. - Eagan, Thomas, New-Haven. - Ford, William B., Bethany. - Griffing, Richard H., New-Haven. - Goodwill, William, “ - Goodwin, John, “ - Griswold, Isaac, “ - Higgins, Loren M., “ - Hitchcock, Dwight L., Bethany. - Hogan, John, New-Haven. - Hotchkiss, Lewis W., Bethany. - Hildreth, Charles B., New-Haven. - Hildreth, John L., “ - Hitchcock, Lewis, Bethany. - Hitchcock, Ransom, “ - Hipelius, Frederick, New-Haven. - Judson, Marcus O., “ - Jones, William H., “ - Johnson, James, “ - Jewett, Joseph W., Prospect. - Kent, William H., New-Haven. - Keller, Gilbert, “ - Kahn, William, “ - Keeler, Herbert E., “ - [C]Kilcullen, Thomas M., “ - [C]Lee, William, “ - Lounsbury, John W., Bethany. - Lowrie, Robert, “ - Loop, Charles N., New-York. - Mitchell, John, Bethany. - Mills, William C., “ - Nichols, Charles H., “ - Nichols, Stephen G., New-Haven. - Phillips, John, “ - Potter, Willis, “ - Reuter, William, “ - Rogers, Charles A., “ - Robinson, Lorenzo, “ - Robertson, James M., “ - [B]Smith, Henry E., “ - Sperry, Garry B., “ - Schrimper, William, “ - Schaner, Paul, “ - Sharples, Samuel, “ - Scott, William O., Milford. - Tuttle, Wesley P., New-Haven. - Tenner, Richard A., “ - Torney, Claus, “ - Taylor, George H., “ - Thoman, Philip, “ - Talmadge, Frederick L., “ - Thompson, John, “ - Williamson, John E., “ - Wilson, William E., New-York. - Yale, Thomas G., New-Haven. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - -[C] Taken prisoner at Gettysburg. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY E. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 22D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - J. Fletcher Hermance, New-Haven. - [B]Henry N. Horton, “ - [B]Almarine Hayward, “ - [B]Chauncey Hickox, “ - John D. Sherwood, “ - -_Corporals._ - - [B]Frederick Lundberg, New-Haven. - [B]Charles O. West, “ - [B]John P. Tyrrell, “ - [B]Amos J. Herkins, “ - Wm. H. Peckman, “ - James G. Clinton, “ - [B]George T. Dade, “ - Frederick G. Bell, “ - -_Musicians._ - - Benjamin E. Brown, New-Haven. - Wm. L. Parmalee, “ - -_Wagoner._ - - Homer W. Fenn, Woodbridge. - -_Privates._ - - Andrews, Gilead T., New-Haven. - Andrews, Norris, “ - Bradley, Joseph W., Woodbridge. - Brown, George, New-Haven. - Baldwin, Edward F., Woodbridge. - Burke, William, Cheshire. - [B]Bradley, Isaac, Woodbridge. - [B]Baldwin, Charles, “ - Bryan, James A., New-Haven. - Behinger, Julius, “ - Castle, Andrew B., “ - Choisy, Albert, “ - [B]Clemson, George, Bridgewater. - Carrol, Timothy, New-Haven. - Dunning, Edward A., “ - Doran, Philip, “ - Demorest, Charles, “ - Elliott, William, “ - Elkins, George W., New-Haven. - [B]Fuller, Philo S., “ - Fortunata, Charles, “ - [B]Golden, John C., “ - Hartmann, Conrad, “ - Hungerford, George W., “ - Henderson, Charles H., “ - [B]Homan, Elisha F., “ - [B]Hartshorn, John B., Orange. - Holmes, William, New-Haven. - [B]Hickey, William, “ - Hill, Jahleel, Norwich. - [B]Hagemeyer, August, New-Haven. - Hellgrau, John, “ - [B]Munson, William, North Branford. - McNeil, William S., New-Haven. - Mansfield, Frederick O., “ - [B]McEvoy, Edward, “ - [B]McHattie, Thomas, “ - [B]Mabie, Henry, Bridgewater. - [B]Mabie, James H., “ - Orlemann, Louis, New-Haven. - [B]Patterson, Robert G., “ - [B]Paulscraft, George, Bridgewater. - Platt, Cornelius, New-Haven. - Rose, Daniel, Wolcott. - Rockwell, David S., New-Haven. - [B]Rosha, Adrian C., Bethany. - Ryan, John H., New-Haven. - [B]Rice, James W., Bethany. - Stein, Frederick, Easton. - [B]Squire, John H., Farmington. - Stinson, Avery, New-Haven. - [A]Stone, Richard, “ - Smith, Charles F., “ - Sperry, Charles, “ - [A]Sperry, John M., “ - Smith, James, “ - Schneider, Jacob, “ - Tuttle, Henry E., “ - Thompson, Edward, “ - Woodward, Seth, “ - Wilson, William, “ - Warner, Stephen B., “ - [B]Waldron, Henry O., “ - Wilson, John, “ - -[A] Taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY F. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 18TH, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Henry A. Barnes, New-Haven. - Daniel Worcester, East-Haven. - Charles A. Tuttle, “ - Henry D. Russell, “ - Stiles L. Beech, New-Haven. - -_Corporals._ - - Thomas Ward, New-Haven. - Elias C. Mix, Jr., “ - James B. Munson, “ - [B]Alvan B. Rose, East-Haven. - Albert Bradley, “ - Henry W. Clark, New-Haven. - George E. Dudley, “ - George S. Hine, “ - -_Musicians._ - - Charles W. Wilcox, New-Haven. - Charles M. Barnes, East-Haven. - -_Wagoner._ - - Charles L. Rowe, East-Haven. - -_Privates._ - - Allen, John, East-Haven. - Adams, John, North Branford. - Burrell, David, East-Haven. - Brockett, Lewis, “ - Brockett, George E., North-Haven. - Burwell, A. R., New-Haven. - Barnes, Andrew J., “ - Brady, John, “ - Bradley, Rodney, East-Haven. - Benton, Edward R., Guilford. - Buckmaster, Robert S., New-Haven. - Bristoll, William T., “ - [B]Baldwin, Theodore, Orange. - Beecher, Charles L., “ - Blakeslee, William, New-Haven. - Condon, Morris, “ - Crosby, John, “ - [B]Collins, George C. H., New-Haven. - Confrey, Michael, “ - [B]Cady, Arrah B., Woodbury. - Deming, Calvin, East-Haven. - Eddy, Jairus C., New-Haven. - Fowler, Edward B., East-Haven. - Farr, Edward B., New-Haven. - Ferris, Adam, “ - Fowler, Samuel, 2d, Guilford. - Goodsell, Luzerne, New-Haven. - Higgins, Charles, East-Haven. - Hope, James H., New-Haven. - [B]Hopkins, John A., “ - Hemingway, Willis E., East-Haven. - Judd, Truman O., North-Haven. - Kelley, William A., East-Haven. - Kelsey, Henry A., New-Haven. - Leonard, George A., “ - Mallory, Zina, East-Haven. - Mallory, Lyman A., “ - Marks, Hobert P., New-Haven. - Meers, Frank B., “ - Munson, Charles, “ - O’Neal, Daniel, “ - Prout, William, East-Haven. - Potter, Charles E., “ - Potter, Leverett, “ - [B]Page, Elizur E., North Branford. - Parmalee, Smith, New-Haven. - Russell, Leonard, East-Haven. - Robinson, John S., North Branford. - Richmond, William W., New-Haven. - Riggs, Ranford, “ - Stebbins, James, “ - Showles, Jacob J., “ - Talmadge, Alson L., “ - Tucker, Dennis W., North-Haven. - Tuttle, William F., New-Haven. - Treat, Horace, Orange. - Thomas, Moses, New-Haven. - Turner, Edward H., “ - Ward, Joseph, Wallingford. - Wharton, John E., New-Haven. - Williamson, James, “ - Wilcox, Edward T., “ - Wakelee, Henry C., “ - Wilmont, Henry F., “ - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY G. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 22D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Solomon H. Wood, Meriden. - Casper S. Gladwin, Haddam. - George W. Taylor, Meriden. - Allen D. Baldwin, Orange. - [B]Lucius Kentfield, New-Haven. - -_Corporals._ - - And. J. Boardman, Jr., East Haddam. - William H. Stannis, Meriden. - [B]George L. Seymour, “ - Collins Upson, “ - Gilbert Upson, “ - [B]Stiles D. Woodruff, Orange. - Albert J. Puffer, Meriden. - [B]William H. Stewart, New-Haven. - -_Musicians._ - - Thomas W. Crawford, Meriden. - William S. Bronson, New-Haven. - -_Wagoner._ - - James M. Warner, Meriden. - -_Privates._ - - Bailey, Harvey E., Haddam. - [B]Brinton, Charles P., Farmington. - [B]Beecher, Nelson N., New-Haven. - Button, Hosea B., “ - Chapman, John, East-Haddam. - [B]Carter, James T., Meriden. - Clark, Edwin C., “ - Chatfield, Edwin, Seymour. - [B]Coe, Nathan, Barkhamsted. - [B]Clark, E. Beach, New-Haven. - [B]Clark, Albertus N., Orange. - [B]Calkins, Arthur B., New-Haven. - Charters, Lucian W., “ - Clarke, Everett B., Orange. - [B]Dunbar, Peter, New-Haven. - Eggleston, Augustus, Barkhamsted. - [B]Fergurson, William J., Meriden. - Fowler, Frank, New-Haven. - [B]Gladwin, Frank O., Meriden. - Glynn, Patrick, New-Haven. - [B]Grant, Joseph, Meriden. - Griffin, John, New-Haven. - Harvey, Amos S., East-Haddam. - Harding, Charles, New-Haven. - Holcomb, Charles F., “ - Hartley, William, “ - Isbell, Harlow R., Meriden. - Kinsey, Charles P., New-Haven. - Lowell, Reuben W., Meriden. - Lomax, Thomas, New-Haven. - [B]Miles, Wallace A., Meriden. - Marsh, Florence H., New-Haven. - Merrill, Martin, Orange. - Merwin, Edwin F., New-Haven. - Onthrup, Henry H., “ - Pierpont, J. Evelyn, “ - Russell, Stephen D., Orange. - [B]Russell, William M., “ - [B]Sanford, Andrew H., New-Haven. - [B]Spellman, James, Seymour. - [B]Skinner, Edwin F., East-Haddam. - [B]Symonds, Charles A., Meriden. - Sedgwick, Henry, “ - Steel, Edward J., “ - Smith, Henry, Chester. - Scobie, William C., New-Haven. - [B]Smith, Charles F., Orange. - Snow, Albert H., New-Haven. - Sliney, David, Branford. - Treat, Charles H., Orange. - [B]Treat, Thelus C., “ - Yale, Merritt A., New-Haven. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY H. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 22D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Thomas E. Barrett, New-Haven. - Wareham A. Morse, “ - [B]Simeon Smith, “ - Frederick E. Monson, “ - [B]William H. Alden, “ - -Corporals. - - [B]David S. Eldridge, New-Haven. - Samuel Lloyd, “ - [B]Henry F. Peck, “ - Edgar S. Dowd, “ - Henry J. Beecher, “ - Frank E. Alling, “ - George I. Judson, “ - George H. Mimmack, “ - -_Musicians._ - - William J. Gore, New-Haven. - Willie P. Downs, “ - -_Wagoner._ - - Leander F. Johnson, Madison. - -_Privates._ - - Alling, Charles L., New-Haven. - Arndt, Carl, “ - [B]Atwood, Joseph, “ - Barnes, Henry A., “ - [B]Beach, George H., “ - Benham, Henry E., “ - Benham, Silas, “ - Benham, James W., “ - Braddock, James, “ - [B]Bailey, Amariah, “ - Boyle, Edward, Wallingford. - [B]Carroll, Frank, New-Haven. - [B]Cashman, Thomas, “ - [B]Chamberlin, M. N., “ - Covert, Alexander H., “ - [B]Dade, Charles J., “ - Davis, Bronson F., “ - Davis, Wells R., “ - [B]Doty, William, “ - Dennison, William, New-Haven. - Dewire, Timothy, Harwinton. - Ford, Charles A., New-Haven. - [B]Ford, David, “ - Ford, William C., “ - Fay, Charles, “ - Friend, Joseph, “ - Gamsby, Edward E., “ - Gay, William B., “ - [B]Grant, William R., “ - [B]Hastings, Ambrose W., “ - [C]Hine, Samuel, “ - Johnson, Alphonso O., Orange. - [B]Kinney, William C., New-Haven. - [B]Mansfield, Edward G., “ - [B]Martin, William G., “ - [B]McCormick, Edward, “ - McGinnis, John J., “ - McDougal, George J., “ - [B]Miller, Richard, “ - [A]Morgan, John, “ - Moses, William W., “ - Merwin, Frank L., “ - Olmsted, Marvin, “ - [B]Palmer, Richard, “ - [B]Parker, Origen, “ - [B]Parmalee, William A., “ - Peterson, Ernest A., “ - [B]Quinn, Cornelius, Harwinton. - Rawson, John, New-Haven. - Riker, John E., “ - [B]Robinson, Augus. R., “ - Rogers, Joseph A., “ - Ryan, James, “ - Sawyer, Lester J., “ - Seward, Silas W., “ - [B]Sheldon, Winthrop D., “ - Spencer, John R., “ - Sperry, Edward M., “ - Smith, Hezekiah P., “ - Tomlinson, Peter, Derby. - [B]Tanner, Norman A., New-Haven. - [B]Tuttle, Henry C., “ - Ure, Byron, “ - [B]Whitney, William M., “ - Willoughby, John, “ - -[A] Taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - -[C] Taken prisoner at Gettysburg. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY I. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 22D, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - Charles W. Ely, Madison. - James Brand, New-Haven. - [B]William B. Hunter, Madison. - [B]Wm. B. Crampton, “ - [B]Thomas S. Field, “ - -_Corporals._ - - Henry B. Wilcox, “ - William Hunter, New-Haven. - Corydon N. Thomas, Madison. - William G. Hill, New-Haven. - [B]Henry H. Smith, “ - James S. Brockett, “ - [B]George E. Wheaton, Madison. - Judson H. Dowd, “ - -_Musicians._ - - Eugene A. Chatfield, New-Haven. - A. Dutton Hall, “ - -_Wagoner._ - - Sidney W. Buck, “ - -_Privates._ - - Adams, Edward P., Wethersfield. - Bean, William H., New-Haven. - Beckwith, George W., “ - [B]Bailey, Frederick F., Madison. - Bailey, John B., “ - Beach, Francis E., New-Haven. - [B]Blake, Edson S., Madison. - Bulkeley, Henry, Vernon. - [B]Crane, John N., New-Haven. - [B]Cutler, Charles L., “ - Crummy, Dennis, Seymour. - Calkins, Henry D., New-Haven. - [B]Dickinson, William J., “ - [B]Dorman, Joel H., “ - [B]Day, Thomas, Madison. - Doane, Alvah R., “ - [B]Dowd, James Hull, “ - [B]Dowd, James R., Madison. - [B]Dowd, Timothy A., “ - Dudley, Sylvester S., “ - Dudley, Lancellotte, “ - Eckhart, Joseph M., “ - [B]Farren, George L., New-Haven. - [B]Faughnan, John, “ - Foote, Wallace J., “ - [B]Field, Samuel J., Madison. - [B]Foster, Frank, “ - [B]Fitzgerald, Michael, Bethany. - [B]Gould, Jonathan H., New-Haven. - Hine, Albert H., “ - Howd, Henry C., “ - Heitman, Adrian C., “ - Hall, Selden, Madison. - [B]Hill, George S., “ - Hill, Horace O., “ - [B]Hopson, Addison A., “ - [B]Hull, Frederick W., “ - Hull, Joseph, “ - Kane, James, Newtown. - [B]Lee, James, New-Haven. - [B]Meigs, Timothy A., Madison. - Matthews, James R., New-Haven. - Norton, George W., Madison. - Norton, Joseph R., “ - [B]Norton, William S., “ - Phile, William M., New-Haven. - [B]Price, William W., “ - [B]Patterson, William E., “ - Pentelow, Thomas, Madison. - Rolf, Henry, “ - [B]Ryan, Patrick, Seymour. - [B]Smith, Samuel S., Madison. - [B]Smith, Frederick M., New-Haven. - [B]Scranton, Daniel F., Madison. - Shelley, Rufus S., “ - [B]Spencer, James E., “ - Spencer, Thomas J., Clinton. - Thompson, James E., New-Haven. - Thompson, Julius, “ - [B]Watrous, John N., Madison. - Watrous, Julian F., “ - [B]Walton, Henry, New-Haven. - Yemmans, William H., Litchfield. - [B]Young, Charles H., Madison. - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - -INFANTRY COMPANY K. - -MUSTERED INTO UNITED STATES SERVICE OCTOBER 18TH, 1862. - -_Sergeants._ - - William Muhlner, New-Haven. - Louis Oppertshauser, “ - [B]George Nichtern, “ - [B]Frederick Buchholz, “ - [B]Charles Weidig, “ - -_Corporals._ - - [B]Louis Trappe, “ - [B]John Boehm, “ - Henry Hoffman, “ - Gustus Vogt, “ - Auguste Halfinger, “ - [B]Peter Schmidt, “ - Carl Wunsch, “ - [B]Henry Vogt, “ - -_Musicians._ - - [B]Wilbur F. Calkins, “ - [B]Charles Spreyer, “ - -_Wagoner._ - - Chas. W. Prætorius, “ - -_Privates._ - - [B]Baers, William, “ - [B]Beahring, William, “ - Bernhardt, Wm. F., “ - [B]Bauer, George, “ - [B]Baumer, Matthias, “ - Bruning, William L., “ - Becker, Charles, “ - Cabanis, Albert, “ - [B]Dobel, Frederick, “ - [B]Eckle, George, “ - [B]Frank, Louis, “ - [B]Ganser, Andrew, “ - Gunther, George, “ - Gunther, Michael, “ - [B]Glamtner, Joseph, “ - Hermann, John G., “ - Herman, Jacob, “ - [B]Hauserman, Michael, New-Haven. - Haiden, William, “ - [B]Hartung, Frank, “ - [B]Hager, Carl H., “ - [B]Hegel, John, “ - [B]Henkel, Frederick, “ - Huber, Anton, “ - [B]Huber, John, “ - [B]Kuhrasch, August, “ - Kraus, Frank, Hamden. - Knecht, John, New-Haven. - Kessel, John, “ - Kramer, Jacob, “ - Klein, Ernst, “ - Lange, Carl, “ - Lacombe, Arthur, “ - Miller, Joseph A., “ - [B]Miller, Frederick, “ - Miller, Carl C., “ - [B]Munzing, Martin, “ - Marazin, Emmanuel, “ - Michou, August, “ - [B]Meyer, Henry, “ - Mai, August, “ - Otto, Emil, “ - [B]Pfleger, Ferdinand, “ - Reuthe, Ernst, “ - [B]Rutz, Adam, “ - [B]Richter, August, “ - Reinhart, John, “ - Ridel, Joseph, “ - Rohrbeck, Albert, “ - [B]Strobel, Constantine, “ - Schmidt, John, “ - Schmidt, Joseph, “ - [B]Schaffner, John, “ - [B]Schmidt, Charles, “ - Sievert, Frederick, “ - Somers, Cyrus, “ - Schenck, Paul, Branford. - Timm, Henry C., New-Haven. - [B]Thesing, Frederick, “ - [B]Urban, Rudolph, “ - [B]Vander Brake, Wm., Hamden. - Victor, Jean, New-Haven. - Welch, Martin, “ - Werner, Albert, “ - -[B] Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained: for example, - reënforcements, reinforcements; roadside, road-side; inclosure; - superadded; intrenching; careered. - - Pg 67: ‘to ear our flag’ replaced by ‘to bear our flag’. - Pg 80: ‘while the cannoniers’ replaced by ‘while the cannoneers’. - Pg 115 et seq.: in these tables, which were very wide in the original - book, the ‘REMARKS.’ column has been moved under the ‘NAMES.’ - column to make a multiline entry for each name. - Pg 116: in this table, the comma after ‘Wallingford’ has been - omitted to fit the name in the cell space. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The "Twenty-Seventh", by Winthrop D. 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