27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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27th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry | |
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Active | March 7, 1863 to August 5, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
The 27th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 27th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service March 7, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out on August 5, 1865 in Brownsville, Texas.
[edit] Casualties
The 27th Wisconsin suffered 22 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 5 officers and 232 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 259 fatalities.[1]