27th Michigan Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Port Huron, Ovid and Ypsilanti, Mich., and mustered in April 10, 1863. (Co. "I" December 13, 1863; Co. "K" January 4, 1864.) Left State for Kentucky April 12, 1863. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at various points in Kentucky April to June, 1863. Action at Jamestown, Ky., June 2. Moved to Vicksburg. Miss., June 4-12.

Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station July 18-22. At Milldale until August 4. Moved to Covington, thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 4-30. March to Knoxville, Tenn.. September 10-26. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Lenoir until November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Loudon Station November 14. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Pursuit of Longstreet December 6-18. Operations in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Armstrong's Ferry January 22. Advance to Morristown January 24-March 2. (Cos. "I" and "K" Join Regiment at Mossy Creek, Tenn., March, 1864.) Moved from Knoxville, Tenn., to Nicholasville, Ky.; thence to Annapolis, Md., March 17-April 5.

May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia

Before Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2. 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on Fort Mahone and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 20-24. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington and Alexandria until July. Mustered out July 26, 1865.

Regimental Roster

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source
Source Casualties Remarks
Dyer
  • 10 Officers and 215 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
  • 3 Officers and 204 enlisted men killed by disease
  • Total 432
None
Fox
  • 10 Officers and 215 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
  • Total 225 (Combat Losses)
  • 15.1% Casualty Rate (225 Killed/1485 Enrolled)
  • Fox lists this unit as:
    • 20th on the list of units "sustaining greatest loss in action" (Infantry units with over 200 casualties)
    • 20th on the list of units with losses based on "maximum percentage of enrollment"
    • 23rd on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (4th of the Michigan troops)
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WotRWiki Statistics
  • 0 troops killed
    • Includes 0 troops mortally wounded
    • Includes 0 troops killed by disease
    • All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances
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