27th Alabama Infantry
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- January 28, 1862 - Organized by increase of Foster's Infantry Battalion to a regiment at Fort Herman
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- February 6, 1862 - Fort Henry
- February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
- February 16, 1862 - Surrendered at Fort Donelson
- ? - Survivors attached to 33rd Mississippi Infantry
- September 4, 1862 - Exchanged at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- October 1862 - Reorganized at Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
- October 1862-January 1863 - Field consolidation with:
- May-July - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 16, 1863 - Champion's Hill
- July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
- February 8, 1864 - Morton
- February 12, 1864 - Chunky Mountain
- March 21, 1864 - Moulton
- April 12, 1864 - near Florence, Alabama
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
- July 1864-April 9, 1865 - Field consolidation with:
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- October 4, 1864 - Ackworth
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 7-10, 1865 - Kinston
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 9, 1865 - Consolidated at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina to form the 27th (Consolidated) Alabama Infantry with the following units:
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Fort Henry / Heiman's Brigade (December 1861-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Fort Donelson / Johnson's Division / Heiman's Brigade (February 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Maury's Division / ? Brigade (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Beall's Brigade (November 1862-February 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Buford's Brigade (March-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (May 1863)
- Department of the West / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (May-July 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (July 1863-January 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (January-February 1864)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of Northern Alabama (February-May 1864)
- Army of Mississippi / Loring's Division / Scott's Brigade (May-July 1864)
- Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Scott's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Adolphus A. Hugh (Colonel)
- James Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Edward McAlexander (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- R.G. Wright (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Barnard, Harry Vollie. Tattered Volunteers, the Twenty-Seventh Alabama Infantry Regiment.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 64, 95-96)