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27th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit raised in southern Indiana in August 1861. Organized at Evansville under Col. Robert H. Milroy, it fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, then joined the Atlanta campaign before mustering out in November 1864.
The 27th Indiana was organized at Evansville, Indiana, and mustered on August 21, 1861, for three years’ service. Recruits came largely from Vanderburgh, Gibson, Posey, Daviess, Monroe and Warrick counties. Robert H. Milroy, a former U.S. Congressman and Indiana militia general, was commissioned colonel. The regiment contained approximately 950 men in Companies A through K.
Ordered east to join the Army of the Potomac, the 27th camped near Washington, D.C., into late 1861. In February 1862 it advanced into Virginia's Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. The regiment saw its first combat at the Battle of Front Royal (May 23, 1862), where it helped delay the forces of Stonewall Jackson.
During the Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862), the 27th was assigned to the brigade of George Henry Gordon in XII Corps. In the morning phase near the East Woods and Cornfield, the regiment advanced under heavy fire, capturing a Confederate battery. It suffered 85 casualties (12 killed, 50 wounded, 23 missing) out of 275 engaged.
In December 1862, the 27th moved to Stafford County, Virginia, and was engaged in the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862). Serving in the brigade of John K. Murphy in XII Corps, it advanced on Marye's Heights but was repulsed with 30 killed and 80 wounded.
During the Battle of Chancellorsville (May 1–5, 1863), the 27th, in the brigade of Thomas H. Ruger in the XII Corps, held reserve positions near Banks's Ford. It saw limited action but sustained 15 casualties during Confederate flanking movements.
In June 1863, the 27th joined the Gettysburg campaign. On July 1, 1863, it arrived near Cemetery Hill as part of Ruger's Brigade. On July 2, the regiment defended the eastern slopes of Culp's Hill against a Confederate division under Richard H. Anderson. Heavy fighting on July 3 saw the 27th repulse multiple assaults, losing 50 out of 200 engaged (8 killed, 30 wounded, 12 missing). Early in the morning of July 3, 1863, the 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment, along with the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, were ordered to attack Confederates at the southern area of Culp's Hill, or Spangler's Hill, just south of Spangler's Spring. The attack was a disaster for the United States. Both regiments lost heavily. The 27th Indiana took approximately 339 men and officers into the fighting here, and 110 of them were killed, wounded, missing or captured per The Gettysburg Daily
From August 15 to September 5, the regiment was on detached duty in New York during the draft disturbances. On September 24, the unit moved to Bridgeport, Alabama, transferring to the Army of the Cumberland. By October 4, they were guarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad at Elkwater Bridge and Tullahoma, Tennessee.
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27th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit raised in southern Indiana in August 1861. Organized at Evansville under Col. Robert H. Milroy, it fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, then joined the Atlanta campaign before mustering out in November 1864.
The 27th Indiana was organized at Evansville, Indiana, and mustered on August 21, 1861, for three years’ service. Recruits came largely from Vanderburgh, Gibson, Posey, Daviess, Monroe and Warrick counties. Robert H. Milroy, a former U.S. Congressman and Indiana militia general, was commissioned colonel. The regiment contained approximately 950 men in Companies A through K.
Ordered east to join the Army of the Potomac, the 27th camped near Washington, D.C., into late 1861. In February 1862 it advanced into Virginia's Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. The regiment saw its first combat at the Battle of Front Royal (May 23, 1862), where it helped delay the forces of Stonewall Jackson.
During the Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862), the 27th was assigned to the brigade of George Henry Gordon in XII Corps. In the morning phase near the East Woods and Cornfield, the regiment advanced under heavy fire, capturing a Confederate battery. It suffered 85 casualties (12 killed, 50 wounded, 23 missing) out of 275 engaged.
In December 1862, the 27th moved to Stafford County, Virginia, and was engaged in the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862). Serving in the brigade of John K. Murphy in XII Corps, it advanced on Marye's Heights but was repulsed with 30 killed and 80 wounded.
During the Battle of Chancellorsville (May 1–5, 1863), the 27th, in the brigade of Thomas H. Ruger in the XII Corps, held reserve positions near Banks's Ford. It saw limited action but sustained 15 casualties during Confederate flanking movements.
In June 1863, the 27th joined the Gettysburg campaign. On July 1, 1863, it arrived near Cemetery Hill as part of Ruger's Brigade. On July 2, the regiment defended the eastern slopes of Culp's Hill against a Confederate division under Richard H. Anderson. Heavy fighting on July 3 saw the 27th repulse multiple assaults, losing 50 out of 200 engaged (8 killed, 30 wounded, 12 missing). Early in the morning of July 3, 1863, the 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment, along with the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, were ordered to attack Confederates at the southern area of Culp's Hill, or Spangler's Hill, just south of Spangler's Spring. The attack was a disaster for the United States. Both regiments lost heavily. The 27th Indiana took approximately 339 men and officers into the fighting here, and 110 of them were killed, wounded, missing or captured per The Gettysburg Daily
From August 15 to September 5, the regiment was on detached duty in New York during the draft disturbances. On September 24, the unit moved to Bridgeport, Alabama, transferring to the Army of the Cumberland. By October 4, they were guarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad at Elkwater Bridge and Tullahoma, Tennessee.