Tennessee 27th Infantry (Confederate)
10/9/61
Organized - Tennessee 27th Infantry - Tennessee
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Christopher H. Williams
ColonelChristopher H. Williams
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Blackburn H. Brown
Lieutenant ColonelBlackburn H. Brown
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Samuel T. Love
MajorSamuel T. Love
6/4/62
Leadership Change - Brigades - Brigadier General Sterling A. M. Wood
Brigadier GeneralSterling A. M. Wood
6/4/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
29/4/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
8/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William Frierson, and Major Alexander C. Allen
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Frierson
MajorAlexander C. Allen
8/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William Frierson
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Frierson
8/10/62
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Hume R. Field
ColonelHume R. Field
31/12/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
19/9/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
23/11/63
Battle - Chattanooga Campaign - Chattanooga, Tennessee
After taking charge of the Union's western armies in October of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant focused on lifting the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which had been in place since the Battle of Chickamauga in September. Grant opened the 'Cracker Line' across the Tennessee River to bring supplies to the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland inside the city, and, in mid-November, brought Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee into the city as well. The Confederates under Maj. Gen.…READ MORE
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John L. House
Lieutenant ColonelJohn L. House
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis M. Walker
ColonelFrancis M. Walker
22/7/64
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Hume R. Field
ColonelHume R. Field
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John C. Carter
Brigadier GeneralJohn C. Carter
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John C. Brown
Major GeneralJohn C. Brown
30/11/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John L. House
Lieutenant ColonelJohn L. House
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
9/4/65
Mustered Out - Tennessee 27th Infantry - Tennessee
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