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27th Indiana Infantry

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Company Unknown

Colonel

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Devon S LordDate added 4/26/2011

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

Searching for as much on the 27th as possible. I have read the book ''Giants In the Cornfield'' about the 27th. James Harvey Dougherty was my gg granduncle, a brother to my gg grandfather Eli Dougherty, who served in the 6th Indiana.
Contributor Doug DoughertyDate added 6/25/2004

Company Unknown

Private

Joseph Edwards was my gg grandfather. Interested in corresponding with other descendants of Joseph Edwards, or others interested in the 27th Indiana Infantry.
Contributor Doug DoughertyDate added 6/25/2004

Company B

Private

Joseph Dunn Laughlin, 27th Indiana Vol. Regiment. Co. B, Daviess County Rangers. Private. Mustered in 8 Aug. 1862 and mustered out 8 June 1865 near Washington, DC. Brother of John (James) D. Laughlin, Co. B. Died in Odon, IN 4 Jan. 1925, buried in Odon, IN at Odon Walnut Hill Cemetary.
Contributor Kathy ArmstrongDate added 4/13/2008

Company B

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor bradDate added 10/24/2005

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Nancy MobleyDate added 7/25/2002

Company C

2nd Lieutenant

Jacob Lee was wounded at the Battle of Antietam on 9/17/1862 and died of his wounds on 10/24/1862. He enlisted as a sergeant and held the rank of 2nd Lieut. at his death. In the 1880s he was postumously promoted to the rank of 1st Lieut. to date from 10/4/1862.
Contributor Fred ThompsonDate added 5/19/2007

Company D

Private

The Civil War Soldier Details Return to Results Anderson , Enoch BATTLE UNIT NAME:27th Regiment, Indiana Infantry SIDE:Union COMPANY:D SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER:M540 ROLL 2 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none
Contributor Robert Anderson BarnesDate added 3/5/2015

Company D

Private

Died 30 Mar 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana
Contributor Marty CraigDate added 1/11/2016

Company D

Private

He was later transferred to Company H.
Contributor Ann Boys MorrowDate added 3/11/2011

Company E

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Daniel StadtfeldDate added 1/25/2008

Company F

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 5/11/2013

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Matthew DennyHomepage facebook.com/matt.denny1Date added 9/17/2013

Company G

Private

Alex had his Right leg crushed at Winchester Va. and taken prisoner after his release from Belle Isle Va. He return to the 101st. Attillery New York Just in time to fight at Gettisburg Pa where he was shot in his left leg and lay on the Battle field July 3rd and 4th before he was found still alive. They had to amputate his leg 2 inches below the knee. Alex died in 1902 in Greene county , Koleen Indian . He is Buried at the Walnut Grove Cemetery near Bloomfield.
Contributor MarcDate added 3/14/2004

Company G

Corporal

Brother of Joel Kemp and Peter Kemp. Buried Mt. Zion Cemetery., Morgantown, Morgan Co., IN 27th found the special order 191. Captured the colors of the Alabama 38th.
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 11/17/2012

Company G

Sergeant

POW at Chancellorsville. Paroled at City Point,Va. Brother to Peter and Granville. Buried Willman Cemetery, Hartford City, Blackfoot Co., IN
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 11/17/2012

Company G

Private

Wounded at Sharpsburg,Maryland. Brother to Granville and Joel. Buried Baptist Cem. Morgantown, Morgan Co., IN. married Rebecca Ann Sosbe. New e-mail O'Dell 1946 @ outlook.com
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 11/17/2012

Company G

Private

John F. Peterson was discharge early from the 27th for medical disability. He later enlisted in the Indiana 9th Cav., but was again discharged early for medical disability.
Contributor Sonja Fisk JonesDate added 9/26/2007

Company G

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Sonja Fisk JonesDate added 9/26/2007

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Sonja Fisk JonesDate added 9/26/2007

Company G

Rank unknown

Was one of the Generals of the Indiana 27th
Contributor Carole O'DellDate added 4/27/2013

Company H

Quarter Master

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bradford DouglasDate added 7/27/2007

Company H

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Lee NixonDate added 6/21/2017

Company H

Sergeant

rank in private rank out sergeant
Contributor James SimpsonDate added 2/16/2010

Company I

Captain

27th. Indiana Vol. Infantry Reg. Co. I. Injured--left inguinal hernia at Washington DC 9-25-61 during Company military drill. Resigned 11-10-61 for disability: hernia.
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 1/17/2009

Company I

Private

Thomas fought in many engagements up to the battle of Gettysburg. He deserted at gettysburg on July 3,1863. He turned up in Baltimore, MD in March of 1864 and re enlisted in the 1st Maryland Cavalry under the name of John Beard. He served in the cavalry until his discharge in 1865.
Contributor Robert MurphyDate added 3/20/2004

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jerry L DickensDate added 1/24/2006

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jerry L DickensDate added 1/24/2006

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jerry L DickensDate added 1/24/2006

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