The 27th lost 2 officers and 72 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 70 enlisted men to disease.
May 21, 1861 |
Organized at Elmira, N.Y. |
June 15 |
Mustered in for two years United States service under Colonel Henry W. Slocum, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Chambers and Major Joseph J. Bartlett |
July 10 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. by rail via Harrisburg and Baltimore. Attached to Porter's Brigade, Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment lost 1 officer and 25 men killed; Colonel Slocum, another officer and 42 men wounded; and 60 men missing. Major Bartlett took command of the regiment when Colonel Slocum was wounded. |
August |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
August 13 |
Lieutenant Colonel Chambers resigns |
September 1 |
Colonel Slocum was promoted to brigadier general, Major Bartlett to colonel, Captain Alexander Adams of Company B to lieutenant colonel and Captain Curtis Gardiner of Company I to major |
October |
Attached to Slocum's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 3 |
Expedition to Pohick Church |
March, 1862 |
Attached to Slocum's 2nd Brigade, Franklin's 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 4-12 |
McDowell's advance on Fredricksburg |
April 22 |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Virginia |
April 24-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown, Va. on transports. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps |
May 7-8 |
West Point |
May 20 |
Near Mechanicsville |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 1 officer and 34 men killed or mortally wounded, 9 officers and 100 men wounded, and 18 men missing. |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill and Chickahominy |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
July 24 |
Major Gardiner resigns, Captain Joseph Bodin of Company H promoted to major |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
August 28-31 |
In works at Centreville |
September 1 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House |
September 6 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Crampton's Gap, South Mountain
The regiment lost 9 men killed or mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 22 men wounded |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September |
Duty in Maryland |
October 29-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
October 4 - 8 |
Colonel Bartlett promoted to brigadier general, Lieutenant Colonel Adams to colonel, Major Joseph Bodin to lieutenant colonel and Captain George G. Wanzer of Company E promoted to major |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
May 31, 1863 |
Mustered out, expiration of term, under Colonel Adams, Lieutenant Colonel Bodin and Major Wanzer. Three years' men transferred to 121st Regiment New York Infantry.
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