27th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

27th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

27th Infantry Regiment was organized in December, 1861, at Fort Heimen, Tennessee. Its companies were recruited in Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Mobile, Madison, and Morgan counties. The unit was sent to Fort Henry, then Fort Donelson where it was captured on February 16, 1862. However, a number of men were sick in the hospital and escaped the surrender. These men were organized into two companies, joined a Mississippi regiment, and at the Battle of Perryville lost 8 killed and 25 wounded. The main body of the regiment was exchanged, reunited with the other two companies at Port Hudson, and assigned to Beall’s and Buford’s Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The 27th was engaged at Champion’s Hill and Big Black River Bridge, served in the trenches at Jackson, and later moved with the army across the Pearl River. During the spring of 1864, it joined with the Army of Tennessee and, attached to General Scott’s and Shelley’s Brigade, participated in many conflicts from Resaca to Bentonville. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Adolphus A. Hughes and James Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel Edward McAlexander, and Major R.G. Wright.

Source: National Park Service

Editor’s Note: The 27th is one of the few Alabama units for which a first hand account is available. J. B. Cannon’s Inside of Rebeldom is 344 pages in length. It contains no rosters, but is an excellent day by day account of the war.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Companies by County:

Company A – many men from Franklin County
Company B – many men from Franklin County
Company C – many men from Lauderdale County
Company D – many men from Lawrence County
Company E – many men from Lauderdale County
Company F – many men from Madison County
Company G – many men from Franklin County
Company H – many men from Morgan County
Company I – many men from Lawrence County
Company K – many men from Lauderdale County
The list of companies with their counties is on the researchonline.net website.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,663 men on its roster for this unit. Roster