 
History of the Unit: Formed originally as the 9th Regiment, it was reorganized and renamed the 27th in September 1861. It had been recruited from Orange, Guilford, Wayne, Pitt, Lenoir, Perquimans, and Jones counties, North Carolina.
In the Antietam Campaign: James A Graham, Co. G of the 27th, said of the Battle: "The day had been a long one, but the evening seemed longer; the sun seemed almost to go backwards, and it appeared as if night would never come."
More on the Web: See a fine article about the 27th at Sharpsburg from Dean Harry of Company D (reenacted); and more about Company B and the rest of the Regiment throughout the War from the excellent Guilford Greys website.
References, Sources, and other Notes: Source: Crute, Joseph H. Jr., Units of the Confederate States Army, Midlothian (VA) : Derwent Books, 1987; and
Wagstaff, H. M., editor, The James A Graham Papers, Chapel Hill (NC): The University of North Carolina Press, 1928.
We have 235 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:
| Co. |
Rank |
Name |
Casualty? |
Details* |
| A | Pvt | Baker, John B. | |  | | A | Pvt | Howell, William | KIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | King, Allen | WIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | Martin, M. | WIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | McIntyre, Robert T. | WIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | Musgrave, M. | WIA 09/17 | | | A | Lt | Nobles, Richard L. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | Parker, James H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | Parker, Nathan B. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | A | Sgt | Rhodes, Bryant J. | WIA 09/17 | | | A | Pvt | Smith, Stephen J. | KIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | Snipes, Tobias | WIA 09/17 |  | | A | Pvt | Thompson, Thomas | WIA 09/17 | | | B | Capt | Adams, William | KIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Archer, Washington D. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Ayers, Hardy L. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Brown, Peter M. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Burnside, Benjamin F. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | B | Sgt | Campbell, Charles A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Coble, Alfred F. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Coble, Robert S. | Died 09/12 | | | B | Pvt | Crider, Henry | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Crutchfield, Paul W. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Dennis, James | WIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Donnell, Robert L. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Edwards, James M. | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Edwards, James T. | WIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Forbis, H. Smiley | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Corp | Forbis, Hugh Rufus | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Gibson, Rufus B. | WIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Gray, Samuel E. B. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Greeson, Thomas R. | POW 09/09 |  | | B | Pvt | Hall, James S. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Hardin, James M. | POW 09/19 |  | | B | Pvt | Horney, William A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Hunter, William F. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Corp | Klutts, Alfred W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | McAdoo, Walter D. | WIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | McDowell, John W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | McFarland, William | MWIA 09/17 |  | | B | Lt | McKnight, John H. | |  | | B | Pvt | McLean, Joseph E. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | McNairy, John W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Orrell, James A. | POW 09/09 |  | | B | Pvt | Prather, Lovett L. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Rankin, Joseph W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Shepherd, J. Paisley | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Smith, R. Leyton | KIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Stanley, Andrew L. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Tate, Robert B. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Underwood, William W. | MWIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Wilson, James L. | WIA 09/17 | | | B | Pvt | Winbourne, Stephen D. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Woodburn, Thomas Monroe | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Woolen, George H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | B | Pvt | Young, Samuel | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Brown, Powell | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Sgt | Dawson, Benjamin | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Dawson, Simon | WIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Dawson, Thomas | WIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Fields, Bartholomew | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Fields, Bennett Curby | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Herring, Edward M. | KIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Hines, James A. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Hines, Samuel | WIA 09/17 | | | C | Pvt | Perdue, Thomas | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Potter, John | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Seymour, John C. | KIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Suggs, Joshua F. | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Sutton, Henry | KIA 09/17 |  | | C | Pvt | Sutton, Lemuel H. | WIA 09/17 |  | | C | Capt | Whitfield, George Franklin | |  | | C | Pvt | Willis, William R. | KIA 09/17 | | | C | Lt | Wooten, John Pugh | MWIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Carter, William B. | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Davenport, Louis | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Davis, Malaciah | KIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Davis, Robert W. | WIA 09/17 | | | D | Corp | Deaver, Richard | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Gray, John Robert | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Corp | Hardy, George E. | KIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Howard, John Robert | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Mosley, William Cicero | MWIA 09/17 |  | | D | Lt | Nunn, Benjamin Franklin | MWIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Outlaw, Jr., William | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Potter, Jesse | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Quinn, James | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Sgt | Rouse, Thomas A. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Smith, Ira | WIA 09/17 |  | | D | Pvt | Stroud, Daniel | WIA 09/17 | | | D | Corp | Taylor, Isaac E. | WIA 09/17 | | | D | Pvt | Turner, David J. | WIA 09/17 | | | D | Pvt | Wooten, James B. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Baker, Allen J. | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Baker, J. B. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Barrett, Edwin A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Lt | Barrett, Joseph B. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Crawford, James A. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Sgt | Dixon, John R. | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Elks, Charles Franklin | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Harris, Baker P. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Jones, Bryant | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Capt | Joyner, Jason P. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | E | Corp | Kilpatrick, Frank M. | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Kilpatrick, William P. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Moore, John | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Moore, Turner | WIA 09/17 |  | | E | Pvt | Parker, Charles W. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Parker, Robert H. | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Phillips, Seth | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Pierce, Wiley | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Sgt | Tyer, John E. | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Lt | Warren, Silas B. | KIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | Watson, J. | WIA 09/17 | | | E | Pvt | William, S. | WIA 09/17 | | | F | Pvt | Barclift, Joseph G. | POW 09/12 |  | | F | Pvt | Benton, Thomas J. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Billups, Joseph R. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Billups, Robert L. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Boyce, John A. | WIA 09/17 | | | F | Pvt | Bundy, Jesse | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Griffin, William F. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Hendricks, Calvin | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Humphries, Alfred | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Capt | Jones, Thomas D. | |  | | F | Pvt | Keaton, Joseph | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Knight, James | MIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Knight, William | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Lane, Charles A. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Lane, Edmund | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Lane, Joshua | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Lane, Nehemiah | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Lt | Mebane, William A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Mullen, Joseph | |  | | F | Corp | Myers, William S. | KIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Nixon, Thomas R. | POW 09/00 |  | | F | Pvt | Perry, Thomas J. | WIA 09/17 | | | F | Lt | Riddick, Elbert Thomas | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Corp | Riddick, Thomas T. | WIA 09/17 | | | F | Lt | Skinner, Jr., Benjamin S. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Small, Robert P. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Stacy, Joseph | MWIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Turner, Richard Henry | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | White, Anderson M. | WIA 09/17 | | | F | Pvt | White, Henry E. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | White, Isaiah | POW 09/17 |  | | F | Corp | White, Joseph H. | POW 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | White, Timothy | WIA 09/17 |  | | F | Pvt | Wren, W. R. | WIA 09/17 | | | G | Sgt | Carmichael, Thomas Clay | MWIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Clark, Fred P. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Cooley, Charles Sterling | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Cooley, James Leonidas | POW 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Dunnegan, Lorenzo | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Faucett, James N. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Corp | Graham, James Augustus | |  | | G | Pvt | Hall, Thomas J. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Hayes, James Alexander | WIA 09/17 | | | G | Pvt | Hopkins, William J. | KIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Jackson, Jacob I. | KIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Merritt, Lafayette | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Miles, James | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Patterson, Willie Thomas | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Paul, Alfred N. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Corp | Richards, Roscoe | WIA 09/17 | | | G | Pvt | Robeson, Milton B. | |  | | G | Pvt | Shields, Jr., William Thomas | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Sneed, James Marion | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Terry, William L. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Thompson, David | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Walker, George A. | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Watson, Orrin A. | KIA 09/17 |  | | G | Lt | Whitted, James Young | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Whitted, Jehu Robert | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Sgt | Whitted, Thomas Byrd | WIA 09/17 |  | | G | Pvt | Woods, George W. | MWIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Adams, Edward | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Adams, F. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Davenport, McG. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | DeLoach, Peyton | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Corp | Fleming, Peter | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Fleming, R. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Garris, W. B. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Hardee, Joseph J. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Herrington, Frank | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Herrington, James | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | James, Matthew A. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Johnson, J. G. S. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Little, J. H. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Mayo, James E. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Nelson, Henry E. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Nelson, James H. | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Oxley, Wilkes | WIA 09/17 |  | | H | Pvt | Page, John | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Lt | Price, Henry F. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Robinson, Bracy | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Rollins, John R. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Stancil, W. H. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Summerell, W. J. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Corp | Teel, G. G. | MIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Teel, McGee | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Sgt | Vendrick, W. F. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Wetherington, Turner | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Whitley, G. M. D. | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Williams, John A. | WIA 09/17 | | | H | Capt | Williams, Joseph A. | | | | H | Sgt | Williams, Samuel W. | KIA 09/17 | | | H | Pvt | Wilson, Stephen A. | WIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Hall, E. S. | KIA 09/17 | | | I | Sgt | Hays, Curtis | WIA 09/17 | | | I | Lt | Jones, Kenneth R. | WIA 09/17 |  | | I | Pvt | Koonce, R. H. | WIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Lovitt, William | WIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Marshall, Henry | WIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Mason, George W. | WIA 09/17 | | | I | Pvt | Rowe, Levi F. | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Lt | Barnes, Bennett G. | WIA/POW 09/17 |  | | K | Lt | Barnes, Bennett G. | |  | | K | Sgt | Benson, ----- | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Benson, J. | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Best, Robert H. | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Corp | Blow, Stephen F. | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Horn, P. | KIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Howell, Stephen | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Hughes, Gustus | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Musgrave, William K. | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Newsom, Joab | WIA 09/17 |  | | K | Pvt | Parks, Joseph E. | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Peacock, David Woodard | WIA 09/17 |  | | K | Pvt | Phillips, Rufus | WIA 09/17 | | | K | Pvt | Smith, J. B. | WIA 09/17 | | | F&S | Col | Cooke, John Rogers | |  | | F&S | Sgt | Dupree, R. W. | KIA 09/17 | | | F&S | LCol | Singletary, Richard W. | WIA 09/17 |  | | F&S | Lt | Wilson, William P. | WIA 09/17 |  |
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