27th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
27th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | April 1862 – 19 May 1865 |
Country | Confederate States of America |
Allegiance | Louisiana |
Branch | Confederate States Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Regiment (973 men, Apr. 1862)[1] |
Part of | Shoup's Brigade[2] |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Leon D. Marks |
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The 27th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment formed in April 1862 at Camp Moore and served during the war in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. On 1 May 1862, the regiment marched to Mississippi and defended Vicksburg. The regiment suffered heavy losses, including both its colonel and lieutenant colonel killed, while defending the city during the Siege of Vicksburg. The survivors were captured when Vicksburg fell, were paroled, and went home. The regiment was declared exchanged in fall 1863, but many soldiers failed to report for duty. Two companies joined Gober's Louisiana Mounted Infantry Regiment, but most of the men spent the rest of the war near Pineville, Louisiana, on garrison duty, and disbanded in April and May 1865.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 137.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 549.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, pp. 136–138.
References
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 3. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-571-X.
- Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
- Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
- Dimitry, John; Harrell, John M. (1899). Confederate Military History: Louisiana and Arkansas. Vol. 10. Atlanta, Ga.: Blue & Gray Press.
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