This regiment started at "half strength" enrolling only 428 men at Camp Stevens, Georgia from Pike, Bibb, Jackson, Taylor, Appling, Quitman and Clay counties. Ordered to Virginia the regiment totalled 428 men in April, 1862, and was assigned to General Featherston's and Colquitt's Brigade. It was prominent on many battlefields from Williamsburg to Chancellorsville. It lost almost 40% of the 392 engaged at Seven Pines, 9 killed and 76 wounded at Gaines' Mill, 15 killed and 89 wounded during the Maryland Campaign, 31 casualties at Chancellorsville. It then moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and later to Florida. After the fight at Olustee where it lost 74 men, the 27th returned to Virginia. The 27th had 15 killed and 89 wounded during the Maryland Campaign. It saw action at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor and in the long Petersburg siege north of the James River. The few men who survived were surrendered at Bentonville, NC by General Johnston.

A brief history of this regiment is on line.

FIELD OFFICERS:

Smith, Levi B. - Colonel
Zachry, Charles T. - Colonel
Brewer, Septimus L. - Lieut. Colonel
Bussey, Hezekiah - Lieut. Colonel
Dorsey, Jasper N. - Lieut. Colonel
Gardner, James - Lieut. Colonel
Rentfro, William H. - Lieut. Colonel
Stubbs, John W. - Lieut. Colonel
Dennis, Charles J. - Major
Holliday, Henry B. - Major

BATTLES:

Seven Pines
Gaines' Mill
The Maryland Campaign
Olustee, FL
The Carolinas Campaign
Bentonville, NC

ROSTERS:

Rosters of this regiment may be found in Roster of The Confederate Soldiers of Georgia


Company F
Company I

REFERENCES:

Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate States Armies

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