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=== Brief History  ===
=== Brief History  ===
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=== Batteries&nbsp;in this Battalion with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Batteries&nbsp;in this Battalion with the Counties of Origin  ===


Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  


Company A – recruited principally in Westchester County
Company A – recruited principally in Westchester County  


Company B – recruited principally in Wayne County
Company B – recruited principally in Wayne County  


Company C – recruited principally in Broome County  
Company C – recruited principally in Broome County  
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Company D – recruited principally in Broome County  
Company D – recruited principally in Broome County  


Company E – recruited principally in Monroe County
Company E – recruited principally in Monroe County  


Company F – recruited principally in Broome County
Company F – recruited principally in Broome County  


Company G – recruited principally in Livingston County
Company G – recruited principally in Livingston County  


Company H – recruited principally in Livingston County
Company H – recruited principally in Livingston County  


Company I – recruited principally in Allegany County
Company I – recruited principally in Allegany County  


Company K – recruited principally in Oswego County
Company K – recruited principally in Oswego County  


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===
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Brief History[edit | edit source]

The 27th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at Elmira, New York, and mustered in May 21, 1861. The regiment mustered out May 28, 1863. [1]

Batteries in this Battalion with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A – recruited principally in Westchester County

Company B – recruited principally in Wayne County

Company C – recruited principally in Broome County

Company D – recruited principally in Broome County

Company E – recruited principally in Monroe County

Company F – recruited principally in Broome County

Company G – recruited principally in Livingston County

Company H – recruited principally in Livingston County

Company I – recruited principally in Allegany County

Company K – recruited principally in Oswego County

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

1. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System has the information listed above and may have additional historical information. Searches can be made by name of a soldier or sailor. Information about cemeteries battles, prisoners, medals of honor and national parks is also included.

2. Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon, 1912. Google Books, other libraries with this book, FHL Book 974.7 M2p; FHL Film 1486494-6

3. The Union Army : a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers, Reprint of original published: Madison, WI.: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. Other libraries with this book, FHL Books 973 M2ua, vols. 1-9

4. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at Civil War Soldiers; Sailors System (database on-line).

5. New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. "Unit History Project : New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center at citing Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912).

6. Hawks, Steve, The Civil War in the East. Database.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).