27th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS
Organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio, January 16, 1864. Ordered to
Annapolis, Md. Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, to
December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, December, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 25th Corps, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps,
Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to
September, 1865.
SERVICE.-Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May-June, 1864.
Guard trains of the Army of the Potomac through the Wilderness. Before
Petersburg June
15-19. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7, 1864.
Mine Explosion,
Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
Weldon Railroad
August 18-21. Poplar Grove Church September 29-30, and October 1. Bodyton
Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. On the Bermuda front till December
1. 1st Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N.
C., January 7-15, 1865. Bombardment of Fort Fisher January 13-15. Assault
and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Hill January 19.
Federal Point February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-20. Capture of
Wilmington
February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March
1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Cox's Bridge March
23-24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in the
Dept. of North Carolina till September. Mustered out September 21, 1865.
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SOURCE: Dyer's Compendium and Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
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