27th Michigan Infantry Regiment

The 27th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

27th Michigan Infantry Regiment
Michigan state flag
ActiveApril 10, 1863, to July 26, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsSiege of Vicksburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of the Crater
Appomattox Campaign

Service

The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Port Huron, Ovid, and Ypsilanti, Michigan, on April 10, 1863.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 26, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 10 officers and 215 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 204 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 432 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf3.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.

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