27th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 27th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 27th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 10, 1861 to September 20, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Belmont
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
The 27th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 27th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 10, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1864 at Springfield, Illinois. The veterans and recruits from this regiment were transferred to the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 officers and 96 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officer and 83 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 188 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#27th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel Fazilo A. Harrington
*Colonel Jonathan R. Miles
*Colonel William Schmitt - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/027-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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