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The 27th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 93 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
Organized at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J.
September 3 Mustered in
October 9 Left State for Washington, D.C. at East Capital Hill attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey’s Division, Defenses of Washington, D.C.
October 29 Near Alexandria, Va.
December 1-10 Moved to Fredericksburg and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
December 12-15 Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
1863
January 20-24 “Mud March”
February 11-13 Moved to Newport News, Va.
March 18 To Suffolk, Va.
March 19-28 To Lexington and Nicholasville, Ky. and attached to the Army of the Ohio
April Operations against Pegram’s forces
April 25-May 8 Expedition to Monticello
May 1 Monticello
June 3 Camp near Somerset
June 15 Moved to Hickman’s Bridge, thence to Cincinnati, Ohio
June Volunteered services in Pennsylvania during Lee’s invasion of that state, after term had expired. On duty at Wheeling, W. Va., and at Pittsburgh, Pa., and vicinity
June 26 Moved to Harrisburg, Pa.
July 2 To New Jersey and mustered out