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27th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

27th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Active
  
September 12, 1861 to November 4, 1864

Engagements
  
First Battle of WinchesterBattle of Cedar MountainBattle of AntietamBattle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of GettysburgNew York Draft RiotsBattle of ResacaBattle of Kennesaw MountainSiege of Atlanta

The 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents

Service

  • The 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana on September 12, 1861.
  • First Battle of Winchester
  • Battle of Cedar Mountain
  • Battle of Antietam
  • Battle of Chancellorsville
  • Battle of Gettysburg
  • New York Draft Riots
  • Battle of Resaca
  • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
  • Siege of Atlanta
  • The regiment mustered out of service on November 4, 1864. Recruits and veterans were transferred to the 70th Indiana Infantry.

    • Total strength and casualties

    The regiment lost 10 officers and 159 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 2 officers and 131 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 302 fatalities.

    Commanders

  • Colonel Silas Colgrove
  • Lieutenant Colonel Archibald T. Harrison - older brother of Benjamin Harrison, future President of the United States
  • Lieutenant Colonel Abisha L. Morrison
  • Lieutenant Colonel John Roush Fesler
  • Major John Mehringer
  • Major William S. Johnson
  • Major George W. Burge
  • Major Theodore F. Colgrove

    • References

    27th Indiana Infantry Regiment Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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