27th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Brief History
Organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio, January 16 - August 6, 1864. Ordered to Annapolis, Maryland. Mustered out September 21, 1865.

Civil War in the East: 27th United States Colored Troops

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.

Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G : Muster and Payroll; Accession number 11402, Special Collection Department University of Virginia Company H Company I Company K

National Archives
Digitized Documents
 * Regimental and Company Books of the 27th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment
 * Approved Pension Captain Sanders M. Huyck, Company I NAID 75674033
 * Approved Pension File for Private Lafayette D. Rose, Company K, 27th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SC-611151) NAID 40033186

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Union Volunteers in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Union Volunteers in the Civil War describes many Union sources, specifically for the Union Volunteers, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Kelly D. Selby.The 27th United States Colored Troops: Ohio Soldiers and Veterans. Kent State University,2009.
 * Kelly D. Mezurek. For Their Own cause:The 27th United States Colored Troops.Kent State University Press, 2016.


 * FamilySearch Wiki: Ohio in the Civil War and Maryland in the Civil War