CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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27th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate
service in July. The men were from the counties of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Monroe, Greenbrier,
and Ohio. It contained only eight companies and became part of the famous Stonewall Brigade.
During the war it served under the command of General T.J. Jackson, R.B. Garnett, Winder,
Paxton, J.A. Walker, and W. Terry. The 27th fought at First Manassas, First Kernstown, and in Jackson's Valley
Campaign. It then participated in the campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven
Days' Battles to Cold Harbor,
moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and was active around Appomattox. The regiment reported 141
casualties at First Manassas, 57 at First Kernstown, and 4 of the 136 engaged at First Winchester. It lost 3 killed at Cedar Mountain, had 4 killed and 23
wounded at Second Manassas,
and sustained 9 killed and 62 wounded at Chancellorsville. Of the 148 in action at Gettysburg about thirty percent
were disabled. Only 1 officer and 20 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels John
Echols, James K. Edmondson, William A. Gordon, and A.J. Grisby; Lieutenant Colonels Charles
L. Haynes and Daniel M. Shriver; and Majors Philip F. Frazer and Elisha F. Paxton.
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