27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

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27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

Brief History

The 27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and was mustered in October, 1862. The regiment was mustered out at New Haven, July 27, 1863.

For more information about the 27th Regiment Infantry and its history, see:

• 27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment at Wikipedia
• 27th Regiment Infantry at The Civil War Archive

Companies in this Regiment

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. This regiment, with Companies A - K, was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but the majority of men in each unit resided in New Haven County.

Regimental History and Roster

• The Twenty-seventh, a regimental history, by Winthrop Dudley Sheldon. New-Haven: Morris & Benham, 1866. FS Catalog film 896829, item 1. Online at: Internet Archive.
• Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864. Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office. Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864; page 772. FS Catalog film 1550802. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
• Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &c., &c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries. Adjutant General's Office. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991, page 857. Includes index. FS Catalog film 6082887(*), FS Catalog film 1033670, item 1. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
• The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,065 men on its roster for this unit.

Other Sources

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Connecticut in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Connecticut in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Connecticut, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• Timeline of the 27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment at The Civil War in the East

• United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 27th (1862-1863). Dedication of the monument of 27th Conn. Vols. at Gettysburg, October 22d, 1885 : including an account of the excursion from New Haven to Gettysburg and return. Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991. FS Catalog film 6082963(*).

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