27th South Carolina Infantry
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- July 22, 1862 - Organized by consolidation of:
- 1st South Carolina Sharpshooters Battalion [3 companies]
- 1st South Carolina Infantry Battalion ["Charleston Infantry", seven companies]
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
- May 6, 1864 - Port Walthall Junction
- May 9, 1864 - Swift Creek
- May 12, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- August 21, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
- September 30, 1864 - 2nd Fort Harrison
- January 13-15, 1865 - 2nd Fort Fisher
- February-April 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
- April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 5th Military District of South Carolina (October 1863)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Eastern Division / Hagood's Brigade (October 1863-January 1864)
- Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 7th Military District of South Carolina / Hagood's Brigade (January-April 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (May-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (October-December 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (December 1864-March 1865)
- Hardee's Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Hoke's Division / Hagood's Brigade (April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Peter C. Gaillard (Colonel)
- Joseph Abney (Major)
- Julius A. Blake (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Hagood, Johnson, Memoirs of the War of Secession.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 102-103)