27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

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Brief History
The 27th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry was organized at New Haven, Connecticut and was mustered in October, 1862. This regiment was mustered out at New Haven, July 27, 1863.

For more information about the 27th Regiment Infantry and its history, see:


 * Regimental History - Sheldon, Winthrop D. and United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 27th, The Twenty-Seventh, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991).  Available online at Google Books.  Also available at the Family History Library,

Companies in this Regiment
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. This regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut, but the majority of men in each unit resided in New Haven County.

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D -

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

Company Rosters

 * Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864, (Hartford, Connecticut : Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 772. Available Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1550802.


 * Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &amp;c., &amp;c., and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), page 857. Includes index. Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011).  Also available at the Family History Library,  or

Source Material

 * The Civil War in the East, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Timeline of the 27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment