Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
3/10/62
Organized - Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
26/2/64
Battle - Canton, Mississippi
12/3/64
Battle - Fort De Russy - Fort DeRussy, Louisisana
In early 1864, the Union launched an expedition into Confederate Gen. E. Kirby Smith's Trans-Mississippi Department, headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and Rear Adm. David D. Porter jointly commanded the combined force. Porter's fleet and Brig. Gen. A.J. Smith's Sixteenth and Seventeenth Corps from the Army of the Tennessee set out on March 12, 1864 up the Red River, the most direct route to Shreveport. The major impediment to the Union expedition was the formidable Fort D…READ MORE
9/4/64
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
18/5/64
Battle - Yellow Bayou - Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
14/7/64
Battle - Tupelo - Tupelo, Mississippi
Union Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, commanding the Sixteenth Corps with more than 14,000 men, left LaGrange, Tennessee on July 5, 1864, and advanced south. Smith's mission was to insure that Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and his cavalry did not raid Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's railroad supply line in middle Tennessee supporting the campaign against Atlanta. Laying waste to the countryside as he advanced, Smith reached Pontotoc, Mississippi, on July 11th. Forrest was in nearby Okolona with about 6,000 men, bu…READ MORE
15/7/64
Battle - Old Town Creek, Mississippi
23/10/64
Battle - Westport - Westport, Missouri
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the Battle of Westport Visitor Cen…READ MORE
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Jed Lake
Lieutenant ColonelJed Lake
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James I. Gilbert
ColonelJames I. Gilbert
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Kenner Garrard
Brigadier GeneralKenner Garrard
15/12/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
8/8/65
Mustered Out - Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
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