27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

The 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Twenty-seventh Tennessee") was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels C. H. Williams and A. W. Caldwell. The regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee, and on January 1, 1863, consolidated with the 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment.[1]

27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Active1861–1865
DisbandedMay 1, 1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Tennessee
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part ofManey's Brigade
Nickname(s)"Twenty-seventh Tennessee"
FacingsLight blue
ArmsEnfield rifled muskets
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Battle honorPerryville
Commanders
Commanding officers
  • Col. C. H. Williams 
  • Col. A. W. Caldwell

History

The Twenty-seventh Tennessee was organized on September 10, 1861, at Camp Trenton, from new and existing companies of volunteer infantry. Its 833 men were from the counties of Benton, McNairy, Obion, Henderson, Decatur, Crockett, Weakley, and Carroll. It was furnished arms at Columbus, Kentucky, then fought at Shiloh, Munfordville, and Perryville. The regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee, and on January 1, 1863, consolidated with the 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment. It participated in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations, and ended the war in North Carolina attached to Palmer's Brigade. The regiment totaled 580 effectives in December 1861, and lost 54 percent of the 350 at Shiloh and 53 percent of the 210 at Perryville. The 1st and 27th Tennessee Infantry had 83 casualties of the 457 at Murfreesboro, reported 14 killed and 75 wounded at Chickamauga, and in late 1863, totaled 456 men and 290 arms. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865.[1]

Regimental order of battle

Units of the Twenty-seventh Tennessee included:[2][3]

  • Company A
  • Company B
  • Company C
  • Company D (Felix Rebels)
  • Company E (Decatur Tigers)
  • Company F
  • Company G
  • Company H
  • Company I
  • Company K (Henderson County Sharpshooters)

See also

References

  1. Crute, Joseph H. Jr. (1987). Units of the Confederate States Army (2nd ed.). Gaithersburg, Md.: Olde Soldier Books. pp. 298–99. ISBN 0-942211-53-7. OCLC 660162619.
  2. Taylor, John M. (1886). Lindsley, Dr. John Berrien (ed.). Military Annuals of Tennessee. I. Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co. pp. 415–29.
  3. Hewett, Janet B., ed. (1998). Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. II. 67. Wilmington, N.C.: Broadfoot Publishing Co. pp. 75–89. ISBN 1-56837-275-2. OCLC 39379883.

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