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27th Kentucky Infantry

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Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor leonard wayne carnesDate added 9/4/2008

Company A

Private

Died of measles/pneumonia after only one week's service.
Contributor Michelle KnightDate added 9/24/2007

Company A

Sergeant

Enlisted as a Corporal on 20 October 1861 Promoted to Full Sergeant on 20 January 1862 Enlisted in Company A, 27th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 21 March 1862. Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class on 01 May 1862 Died Company A, 27th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 20 October 1862 in Grayson County, KY
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 12/7/2005

Company A

Private

Anderson Minton and his brothers, William, Hardin (Henry) P., and Alexander, enrolled in Company A, 27th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers on 20 October 1861 at Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky to serve 3 years. He was mustered in as a private on 21 March 1862. Anderson Minton was wounded in action at the battle of Bean''s Station in Grainger County, Tennessee, during the Knoxville Campaign on 14 December 1863 and died in the regimental hospital the same day along with approximately 1,600 other American soldiers (700 US and 900 Confederate).
Contributor Kirk FowlerDate added 5/7/2004

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Norma HopkinsDate added 8/17/2010

Company B

Private

Nice website.
Contributor Patrick HaynesDate added 12/23/2011

Company C

Private

George Barlow was my GGG Grandfather. He was originally from Overton County, TN. He went to Kentucky to join the 27th KY. He was wounded in the head, but survived the war to return home and raise a family.
Contributor Bryan CollinsDate added 5/15/2009

Company C

Private

I would like to know any other info on Isaiah Henson. He is listed on the 1890 Veterans Schedule in Wright County Missouri and says he was disabled his name was spelled Isara. Gives his enlistment date of July 1862 but no discharge info. He was born and raised in Casey County Kentucky with his father Elisha Henson and Mother Elizabeth Clifton (he had another wife by the name of Elizabeth Hardin). Married to Rachel Price. Died and buried in Mansfield, Missouri.
Contributor Rita Henson JonesDate added 8/14/2012

Company C

Corporal

My great-great grandfather was Mathew Weatherington, who died in Nov 1863 during the Battle of Knoxville, TN. He is buried in the National Cemetery there. Does anyone have a picture of Mathew or the 27th infantry? I have a picture of the flag-bearer but not much more. Thanks for your help!
Contributor mtvDate added 10/13/2008

Company C

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor john b wethingtonDate added 5/19/2011

Company D

Private

Enrolled: 10/20/1861 Mustered in: 03/21/1862 at Camp Underwood Period: 3 years Mustered out:03/29/1865 at Louisville, Kentucky Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky Civil War Union Volunteers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. Vol. I-II. 1861-1866. Frankfort, KY, USA: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866. Printed by Authority of the Legislature of Kentucky.
Contributor Lisa OwenDate added 7/29/2011

Company D

Private

Buried Greenwood cemetery Newton, Harvey county, Kansas
Contributor Julian wallDate added 7/11/2010

Company E

Sergeant

Anyone know where I can find death records? All I know is that my great-great-great-great grandpa served in this unit as a Sergeant and died in Louisville in Jan. 1863, not long after the battle of Perryville. Also his son, my great -great-great grandpa served in Co. F, 37th KY.
Contributor Nathan O'BrienDate added 5/3/2006

Company E

Doctor

Rezin is my GG Grandfather. His wifes name was Mary logan Gay. Rezin`s son, Alrie Fleece is my G Grandfather.
Contributor Larry P OverstreetDate added 11/3/2014

Company F

Private

I would like any photos of the 27th Ky infantry regiment
Contributor MikeDate added 11/29/2011

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor mikeDate added 11/29/2011

Company F

Corporal

Enlisted Oct 20,1861 at camp Underwood, KY Mustered out 29 Mar 1865 as a cororal
Contributor Tommy AdkinsDate added 3/25/2013

Company H

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tina ColeDate added 12/3/2011

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor CalebDate added 2/22/2012

Company I

Captain

Looking for any photos of the Co I. I have only found one photo of My Grandfather and would like to try and find more. If anyone has photos I would really enjoy seeing them. Thanks David
Contributor DavidDate added 2/17/2011

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