27th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as Singletary's (North Carolina) Infantry Battalion until September 28

• September 28, 1861 - Organized for 12 months in the field
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• March 14, 1862 - New Bern
• April 24, 1862 - Reorganized
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 30, 1862 - Malvern Cliff
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 22, 1863 - Gum Swamp
• July 4, 1863 - South Anna Bridge
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• October 14, 1863 - Bristoe Station
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
• August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
• September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
• September 30, 1864 - Squirrel Level Road
• October 2, 1864 - Harman Road
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina (September 1861)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Pamlico (September 1861-March 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Pamlico / French's Brigade (March 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Pamlico / French's/Ransom's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / Walker's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Walker's/Ransom's Division / Walker's/Cooke's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 3rd Military District of South Carolina / Cooke's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Cooke's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Cooke's Brigade (May-June 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Cooke's Brigade (June-September 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Cooke's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Heth's Division / Cooke's Brigade (October 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: George B. Singletary (Colonel)
• John R. Cooke (Colonel)
• John A. Gilmer (Jr.) (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Calvin Herring (Major)
• Richard W. Singletary (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Thomas C. Singletary (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John Sloan (Colonel)
• Joseph C. Webb (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• George F. Whitfield (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 123-124, 169)
• Sloan, John Alexander. Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B, 27th N.C. Regiment