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History
of the 27th Virginia
©, 1997, Jeffrey C. Weaver
The 27th Virginia Infantry was organized on May 30, 1861 as the 6th
Virginia Infantry but was re-designated the 27th Virginia Infantry the
following day. The unit was transferred to confederate control on July
1, 1861 and served as such until the Army of Northern Virginia
surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Colonel William
W. Gordon provided initial leadership for the unit. Other officers of
the unit included John W. Carpenter, (lieutenant colonel); John Echols
(lieutenant colonel, colonel); James K. Edmondson (lieutenant colonel,
colonel); Philip F. Frazer (major); Andrew J. Grigsby (major,
lieutenant colonel, colonel); Elisha F. Paxton (major); Daniel M.
Shriver (major, lieutenant colonel). The 27th Virginia Infantry, along
with the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 33rd Virginia Infantry regiments were
organized into a brigade at the outset of the war under the command of
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, and won accolades at 1st Manassas, and became
the Stonewall Brigade. The 27th Virginia Infantry, although decimated
toward the end of the war, remained in this organization until the end
of the conflict.
Engagements
- 1st Manassas
- Kernstown
- 1st Winchester
- Shenandoah Campaign
- Groveton
- Sharpsburg
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Petersburg
- Five Forks
- Saylers Creek
- Appomattox
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