27th_Tennessee_Infantry_Regiment

27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army

The 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Twenty-seventh Tennessee", was a line infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War successively commanded by Colonels Christopher H. Williams and Alexander W. Caldwell.

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Organized in 1861 with volunteers from western Tennessee, the regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, First Corps, Army of Tennessee. After sustaining heavy casualties at the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, it was amalgamated with the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment.

History

The regiment 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. On January 1, 1863, it was amalgamated with the "First Tennessee," resulting in the creation of the 1st and 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment.[1]

The regiment 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. It 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 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 with the 1st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment 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)

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Notes

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References

  1. [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. [2]
    Taylor, John M. (1886). Lindsley, Dr. John Berrien (ed.). Military Annuals of Tennessee. Vol. I. Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co. pp. 415–29.
  3. [3]
    Hewett, Janet B., ed. (1998). Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. II. Vol. 67. Wilmington, N.C.: Broadfoot Publishing Co. pp. 75–89. ISBN 1-56837-275-2. OCLC 39379883.

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