 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment yakarongwa paCamp Buckingham, Hartford, muna September, 1861, Yakatanga kutungamirirwa naColonel Edward Harland weNorwich. Iyo regiment yakakwevera mazhinji evarume vayo vakanyoreswa kubva kuchamhembe kweHartford neLitchfield makondinendi uye yaive yakaumbwa kunyanya nevatengesi nevarimi kubva kuHousatonic River neConnecticut River Valleys kumaodzanyemba kusvika padyo neNew Milford uye kuchamhembe kusvika kuMassachusetts state line uye kumadokero kusvika nhasi Hartford. Murwi wacho wakanga une varume vatema vakawanda vakasunungukawo. Rejimendi racho rakabva kuHartford musi waOctober 17, 1861, richienda kumusasa wedzidzo kuJamaica, Long Island, uye ikoko rakagamuchira mavara aro. Yakaenda kuAnnapolis, uko yakapedza nguva yokuwa. Pakuvamba kwaJanuary, 1862, Yechisere yakafamba nechikepe neNorth Carolina sechikamu cheIX Corps. Yakachengetwa muchikamu panguva yeHondo yeRoanoke Island. 