PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

27th Pennsylvania Regiment

27th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Henry Shoemaker

27th PA Regiment Books

• Philadelphia in the Civil War
  27th Regiment Online at Ancestry.com.

27th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia January, 1861.
• Moved to Baltimore, Md., April 18.
• Attacked in streets of Baltimore April 19.
• Returned to Philadelphia and reorganized for three years.
• Mustered in May 31 to date from May 5. 1861.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., June 17-18.
• Attached to 1st Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861.
• Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861.
• Stahel's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, Blenker's 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, March, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division. 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to May, 1864.

  Service & Battles - 1861

• Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861.
• Battle of Bull Run July 21.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till April, 1862.
• Operations in the Shenandoah Valley May to August.
• Battle of Cross Keys June 8.
• At Sperryville and Centreville till August.
• Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Battles of Groveton August 29: Bull Run August 30.
• Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till December.
• Reconnoissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville November 28-30.
• March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Duty at Falmouth and Brooks' Station till April, 1863.
• Operations at Welford's, Kelly's and Beverly Fords April 14-15.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Duty on line of the Rapidan, near Bristoe Station, till September.
• Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
• March along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley, Tenn., October 25-28.
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Battle of Wauhatchie October 28-29.
• Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27;
• Orchard Knob November 23;
• Tunnel Hill November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25.
• March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 17.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864.
• Atlanta Campaign May 1-25.
• Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
• Dug Gap, or Mill Creek, May 8.
• Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
• Near Cassville May 19.
• Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
• Left front May 25.
• Mustered out June 11, 1864.
• Veterans and Recruits transferred to 109th PA Regiment.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 62 Enlisted men by disease. Total 134.