The Civil War in the East

27th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

 

The 27th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 67 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 62 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by two monuments at Gettysburg.

Monument to the 27th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1861

January

Organized at Philadelphia under Colonel William F. Small

April 18

Five companies moved to Baltimore, Md.

April 19

Attacked in streets of Baltimore

 

Returned to Philadelphia and reorganized for three years

May 31

Mustered in to date from May 5 under Colonel Max Einstein, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Angeroth and Major William Schoenleber

June 17-18

Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

July

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.

August

Attached to Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac

October

Attached to Stahl's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac

1862

March

Attached to 1st Brigade, Blenker's 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, then 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains

May to August

Operations in the Shenandoah Valley

June 8

Battle of Cross Keys

The regiment lost one officer and 14 men killed, and 3 officers and 87 men wounded.

June

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division. 1st Corps, Army of Virginia

June-August

At Sperryville and Centreville

August 16-
September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 29

Battle of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

October

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac

November 28-30

Reconnaissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville

December 10-15

March to Fredericksburg, Va.

December

Duty at Falmouth and Brooks' Station

April 14-15

Operations at Welford's, Kelly's and Beverly Fords

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Lorenz Cantador.

 

From the monument: "July 1, 1863. The Regiment moved with the Brigade on the afternoon to N.E. side of Gettysburg where it became actively engaged covering the retreat of the Corps. It then withdrew to this position where after dark of the 2nd it assisted in repulsing a desperate assault of the enemy. It subsequently moved into the cemetery where it remained until the close of battle."

 

"Present at Gettysburg: 19 officers and 305 men. Killed and mortally wounded 2 officers and 7 men. Wounded 3 officers and 23 men. Captured 1 officer and 75 men. Total 111."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee

August-September

Duty on line of the Rapidan, near Bristoe Station

September 24-
October 3

Movement to Bridgeport, Ala.; transferred to Army of the Cumberland

October 25-28

March along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley, Tenn.

October 26-29

Reopening Tennessee River

October 28-29

Battle of Wauhatchie

November 23-27

Battle of Chattanooga

November 23

Orchard Knob

November 23-24

Tunnel Hill

November 25

Mission Ridge

November 27-
December 17

March to relief of Knoxville

December

Duty in Lookout Valley

1864

April

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland

May 1-25

Atlanta Campaign

May 8-11

Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge

May 8

Dug Gap, or Mill Creek

May 14-15

Battle of Resaca

May 19

Near Cassville

May 22-25

Advance on Dallas

May 25

Left front

June 11

Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 109th Pennsylvania.