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27th Indiana
Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
27th Indiana Infantry
Officer Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by
W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865 View Entire
Book
27th Indiana Infantry
Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 4, by
W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866 View Entire
Book
| Regimental History |
| Twenty-seventh Indiana Infantry. — Col., Silas Colgrove; Lieut.
-Cols., Archibald T. Harrison, Abisha L. Morrison, John R. Fesler; Majs., John Mehringer,
William S. Johnson, George W. Burge, Theodore F. Colgrove. This regiment was organized at
Indianapolis in Aug., 1861, and was mustered in Sept. 12. It left the state Sept. 15, for
Washington City, where it was transferred to Banks' Army of the Shenandoah in October. It
was in winter quarters near Frederick City, Md., and joined the movement in Shenandoah
Valley in March, 1862, marching into Winchester on the 9th and after the battle of March
22-23, joined in pursuit of Jackson's army. It was in the battles of Front Royal and
Winchester in May, holding back a vastly superior force for nearly 4 hours, after which it
fell back with the army and engaged the enemy in the public streets. It became part of
Banks' division of Pope's Army of Virginia, at Culpeper Court House and with that command
participated in the battle of Cedar mountain. It then took part in the Maryland campaign
and was actively engaged at Antietam, where it lost heavily. It was then placed on picket
duty, on the east bank of the Potomac, from Harper's Ferry to the mouth of Opequan creek,
and during the winter moved to the vicinity of Fairfax Station, where it remained until
spring. It participated in the battle of Chancellorsville, losing heavily, and in pursuit
of Lee's invading army marched with the 12th corps through Maryland into Pennsylvania,
reaching Gettysburg in time to take a prominent part in that battle, and in the resistance
to Pickett's charge on July 3, suffering heavy loss. It then joined in the pursuit of the
retreating army to the Potomac. In September it was transferred to the West with the 12th
corps and was stationed at Tullahoma, Tenn., during the fall and winter. A portion of the
regiment reenlisted on Jan. 24, 1864, and after their return from furlough, it joined
Sherman in Georgia, participating in the battle of Resaca, where, on an open field, it
defeated the 32nd and 38th Ala., inflicting heavy loss and taking the battle flag, colonel
and 100 prisoners of the 38th. Its own loss was 68 killed and wounded. It participated in
all the marching and skirmishing, battles and assaults of the army in the Atlanta
campaign, moving to the city at its conclusion. The non-veterans were mustered out Nov. 4,
1864, the veterans and remaining recruits being transferred to the 70th regiment, and
serving with it through the campaign to Savannah and up through the Carolinas. On the
muster-out of the regiment they were transferred to the 33d, with which they served until
its muster-out at Louisville, July 21, 1865. The original strength was 1,052; gain by
recruits, 116; reenlistments, 154; total, 1,322. Loss by death, 275; desertion, 47;
unaccounted for, 52. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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