27TH REGIMENT

GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

ARMY OF TENNESSEE

C. S. A.

 

 

 

 

Brief Regiment Profile

 

Bibliography

 

 

ROSTER OF THE FIELD STAFF AND BAND

Name	Highest Rank Held	Remarks
Levi B. Smith	Colonel
Charles T. Zachry	Colonel
Septimus L. Brewer	Lt. Col.
John W. Stubbs	Lt. Col.
Jasper N. Dorsey	Lt. Col.
James B. Gardner	Lt. Col.
Hezekiah Bussey	Lt .Col.
William P. Edwards	Lt. Col.
Henry B. Holliday	Major.	Also Asst. Quartermaster
Charles J. Dennis	Major
Elisha Duncan Graham	Major
William H. Renfroe	Major
P. Tracy	Major
George B. Buchannan	Captain	Also Asst. Quartermaster
Charles F. Redding	Adjutant
Jesse B. Pye	Adjutant	2 May 1864
George Henry Pattillo	Chaplain	Resigned November 1861
W. S. Baker	Chaplain
George T. Embry	Chaplain	Resigned October 31, 1864
Christopher C. Parker	Sgt. Major
J. W. Lewis	Sgt. Major
William T. Dennis	Sgt. Major	26 Februray 1864
J. G. Russell	Sgt.	Quartermaster
Wade A. Turner	Sgt.	Ordnance
Thomas M. Darnall	Surgeon	Resigned 1 June 1862
Walter Hugh Drane	Surgeon
Thomas H. Butler	Asst. Surgeon	Resigned 18 June 1862
James Wilson Clements	Asst. Surgeon
Zedekiah W. Little	Asst Surgeon
Isaiah D. Morgan	Asst. Surgeon
J. C. Clements	Hosp. Stew.
J. J. Crawford	Hosp. Stew.
William Larkin Williams	Hosp. Stew.
John M. Zachry	Comm. Sgt
Raleigh H. Turner	Comm. Sgt.
Thomas J. Bacon	Asst. Com. Sgt.	Killed Seven Pines Va.
George M. Chaffin	Ensign
William Griffin	Sergeant
I.C. Tomlinson	Sergeant
A.W. White	Corporal
Russell L. Whitt	Musician
J. William L. Mason	Musician

 

 

 

 

COMPANY COMMANDERS

 

Company A Georgia Drillers	Capt. Perry C. Carr Capt. William E. Dougherty Capt. Robert Patton	Marion and Schley Counties
Company B Rutland Grays (Bibb Grays)	Capt. John W. Stubbs Capt. John J. Allen Capt. John Wesley Forrester Capt. Seaborn W. Thornton	Bibb County
Company C Jackson Guards	Capt. Charles J. Dennis Capt. James W. Murray Capt. Thomas A. Grace Capt. William W. Johnson	Crawford County
Company D	Capt. Jasper N. Dorsey Capt. George W. Latham	Hall County
Company E Bethsaida Rifle Guards	Capt. Jesse M. Spratlin Capt. William H. Renfroe Capt. Abercrombie	Campbell and Fayette Counties
Company F Taylor Guards	Capt. Septimus L. Brewer Capt. Jordan Wilcher Capt. William Posey Edwards	Taylor County
Company G County Line Guards	Capt. William Dozier Redding Capt. John C. Beeks Capt.George B. Buchanan Capt. Marcus L. Billingsly	Pike and Spalding Counties
Company H Zachry Rangers	Capt. Charles T. Zachry Capt. Wm. W. DeLamar Capt. Robert A. Harkey Capt. John M. Zachry	Henry County
Company I Appling Grays	Capt. Osgood A. Lee Capt. Elisha Duncan Graham Capt. Willlis Baxley	Appling County
Company K	Capt. Levi B. Smith Capt. Hezekiah Bussey Capt. Calvin Calhoun	Talbot County

 

 

 

 

Company Rosters

27th Georgia Regiment

Georgia Volunteer Infantry

 

 

Company A - Georgia Drillers

 

Company B - Rutland Grays (Bibb Grays)

 

Company C - Jackson Guards

 

Company D

 

Company E - Bethsaida Rifle Guards

 

Company F - Taylor Guards

 

Company G - County Line Guards

 

Company H - Zachry Rangers

 

Company I - Appling Grays

 

Company K

 

Members of Unknown Companies

 

 

27th Regiment Engagements:

April 14, 1862 - Yorktown, Va.

May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg, Va,.

May 31, 1862 - June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)

Seven Days Battles Around Richmond, VA.:

June 26, 1862 - Mechanicsville; Ellison's Mills (Beaver Dam Creek), Va.

June 27, 1862 - Gaines Mill; Cold Harbor, Chickahominy, Va.

June30, 1862 - Glendale; Nelson's Farm; frazier's farm, Charles City Crossroads; New Market Crossroads;Willis Church, Va.

July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill; Crew's Farm; Poindexter's Farm, Va.

September 14, 1862 - South Mountain (Turner's Gap), Md.

September 17, 1862 - Sharpsburg (Antietam), Md.

December 12, 1862 - Decamber 15, 1862 - Fredericksburg, Va.

May 1, 1862 - May 5, 1862 - Chancellorsville, Va.

February 20, 1864 - Olustee (Ocean Pond), Fl.

May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling), Va.

May 19, 1864 - August 25, 1864 - Seige of Petersburg, Va.

June 1, 1864 - Cold Harbor (2nd), Va.

June 17, 1864 - Colquitt's Salient (Petersburg Line), Va.

July 30, 1864 - The Battle of the Crater (Petersburg Line), Va.

August 18, 1864 - Weldon Railroad (Globe Tavern), Va.

September 29, 1864 - Fort Harrison (Chaffin's Farm), Va.

January 13, 1865 - Fort Fisher, N. C.

January 29, 1865 - Sugar Loaf, N. C.

February 17, 1865 - Fort Anderson, N. C.

February 21, 1865 - Wilmington, N. C.

March 8, 1865 - Kinston, N. C.

March 16, 1865 - Averysborough (Taylor's Hole Creek), N. C.

March 18, 1865, Bentonville, N. C.

Compiled by William A. Bowers

Designed and maintained by Ed Jackson