27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

The 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Twenty-seventh Tennessee") was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and was successively commanded by Colonels C. H. Williams and A. W. Caldwell. The regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee, and on January 1, 1863, consolidated with the 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment.[1]

27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Active	1861–1865
Disbanded	May 1, 1865
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Tennessee
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Maney's Brigade
Nickname(s)	"Twenty-seventh Tennessee"
Facings	Light blue
Arms	Enfield rifled muskets
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Kentucky Campaign Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Chattanooga Campaign Atlanta Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville Campaign of the Carolinas
Battle honor	Perryville
Commanders
Commanding officers	Col. C. H. Williams † Col. A. W. Caldwell

History

The Twenty-seventh Tennessee was organized on September 10, 1861, at Camp Trenton, from new and existing companies of volunteer infantry. Its 833 men were from the counties of Benton, McNairy, Obion, Henderson, Decatur, Crockett, Weakley, and Carroll. It was furnished arms at Columbus, Kentucky, then fought at Shiloh, Munfordville, and Perryville. The regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee, and on January 1, 1863, consolidated with the 1st (Field's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment. It participated in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations, and ended the war in North Carolina attached to Palmer's Brigade. The regiment totaled 580 effectives in December 1861, and lost 54 percent of the 350 at Shiloh and 53 percent of the 210 at Perryville. The 1st and 27th Tennessee Infantry had 83 casualties of the 457 at Murfreesboro, reported 14 killed and 75 wounded at Chickamauga, and in late 1863, totaled 456 men and 290 arms. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865.[1]

Regimental order of battle

Units of the Twenty-seventh Tennessee included:[2][3]

• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D (Felix Rebels)
• Company E (Decatur Tigers)
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H
• Company I
• Company K (Henderson County Sharpshooters)

See also

• List of Tennessee Confederate Civil War units

References

1. Crute, Joseph H. Jr. (1987). Units of the Confederate States Army (2nd ed.). Gaithersburg, Md.: Olde Soldier Books. pp. 298–99. ISBN 0-942211-53-7. OCLC 660162619.
2. Taylor, John M. (1886). Lindsley, Dr. John Berrien (ed.). Military Annuals of Tennessee. I. Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co. pp. 415–29.
3. Hewett, Janet B., ed. (1998). Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. II. 67. Wilmington, N.C.: Broadfoot Publishing Co. pp. 75–89. ISBN 1-56837-275-2. OCLC 39379883.

Further reading

• Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4. OCLC 938897182.
• Carroll, John William (1898). Autobiography and Reminiscences of John W. Carroll. Henderson, Tenn. – via Internet Archive.
• Porter, James D. (1899). Evans, Brig. Gen. Clement A. (ed.). Confederate Military History. X. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Co.
• Sanders, Stuart W. (2014). Maney's Confederate Brigade at the Battle of Perryville. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-62619-264-5. OCLC 866800128.
• Sifakis, Stewart (1992). Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Tennessee. New York: Facts On File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-2286-0. OCLC 25364094.
• Watkins, Sam. R. (1882). 1861 vs. 1862. "Co. Aytch", Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House – via Internet Archive.