27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

27th Arkansas Infantry (Confederate)

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Active 1862 to 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance CSA
Branch Infantry
Arkansas Confederate Infantry Regiments
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The 27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

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Organization

27th Infantry Regiment was organized at Yellville, Arkansas, in July 1862, composed of a handful of companies of mounted volunteers, which were dismounted and reinforced with several companies of conscripts. James R. Shaler, a Missourian who had previously served in the Missouri State Guard, was appointed colonel of the new regiment. Colonel Shaler soon proved to be unpopular with the men. The regiment was placed in Colonel R. H. Shaver's and General Tappan's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and in the spring of the 1864 united with the 38th Regiment. The field officers were Colonels Beal Gaither and James R. Shaler, and Lieutenant Colonels A. J. Magenis and James M. Riggs.[1] The unit was composed of companies from the following counties:[2]

Battles

The unit fought at Prairie Grove, Bayou Fourche, and Jenkins' Ferry, where the consolidated command reported 4 killed and 22 wounded.[1] They would go on to take part in the following battles:[4]

Surrender

The 27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was included in the surrender of the Department of the Trans-Mississippi on May 26, 1865.[5]

Biblography

Allen, Desmond Walls. History of the 27th Arkansas Confederate Infantry. (Conway, AR: Arkansas Research, 1988). ISBN 0-941765-10-5

References

  1. ^ a b National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 27th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
  2. ^ Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, 27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/27infhis.html
  3. ^ Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, 45th Arkansas Militia Regiment, Accessed 30 January 2011, http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/45milf&s.html
  4. ^ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Confederate Arkansas Troops, 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry, Accessed 27 January 2011, http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
  5. ^ Sikakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Florida and Arkansas Facts on File, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8160-2288-5, p. 118.

External links

See also
  •  American Civil War portal
  •  Military History: American Civil War
  •  Special Project: Brothers at War