Federal Regiment

27th Indiana Infantry

Organized: Indianapolis, IN; mustered in 9/12/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: 11/4/1864

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Silas Colgrove

Enfields issued in June 1862, replacing Belgian Rifles.
Regiment issued 1861 Springfields after Antietam.

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 12th Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps

Unit history

Left State for Washington, D.C., September 15. Attached to Stile's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. (from Dyer's Compendium)

On the Antietam Campaign

Part of the Federal 12th Corps advance through the Miller Cornfield on the morning of 17 September, they were heavily engaged there, and nearly half the men of the Regiment were casualties.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 443; Killed in Action (KIA): 41; Wounded (WIA): 168;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 47.2%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #54: Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #28: Williams' Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #55: Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

We have 280 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Akers, Walter T.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Allee, Marion Jasper	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Ballard, James	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Bowen, Charles M.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brann, William H.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Bresnahan, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brown, Henry	AWOL 09/17
A	Pvt	Butler, Francis	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Elliott, William M.
A	Pvt	Foss, James M.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Gambolt, Eri Augustus	WIA 09/17
A	Lt	Gilmore, Robert B.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hadden, Jasper H.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hansell, John Walder	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lane, Philip A.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Layton, John	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Monnet, Spencer Carter	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Moyers, Henry A.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rankin, John Robert
A	Pvt	Rutherford, Henry	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Showalter, Christopher C.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Squire, Charles Henry	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Steele, James Simpson	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Steward, David	Died (d) 12/05
A	Lt	Vanorsdall, William	KIA 09/17
A	Capt	Wilcoxson, John Walls	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Wright, Philburd S.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Young, Harrison	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Achor, Joseph P.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Arford, Daniel L.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Combs, Jr., Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Davis, Russell	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Faith, Levi F.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Flinn, William J.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gramm, Jr., Henry	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hannah, Joseph C.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Herenden, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hubbard, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Kinnaman, Hiram Riley	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Laughlin, James O.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Laughlin, John Duncan	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Nugent, George	WIA 09/00
B	Pvt	Shively, Sanford H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Shively, William L.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Sumner, Rezin	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Williams, Andrew Jackson	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Alexander, James A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Applegate, Joseph H.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bass, James Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bergman, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bradburn, James	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Brown, Edmund Randolph	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Brown, Merrick S.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Browning, Thomas R.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Cutsinger, Stark	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Dinn, John Francis	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Doyle, William G.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	East, George D.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Fry, William W.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Fulp, Emanuel	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gardner, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hand, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Jones, Edmund C.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Kyle, Ira	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lay, Thomas J.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Layman, Jasper Newton	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Layman, Martin L.	KIA 09/17
C	Lt	Lee, Jacob A.	MWIA 09/17
C	Corp	Lewis, Jr., John M.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Morts, Richard
C	Pvt	Nugent, Jasper N.
C	Pvt	Oaks, Allen	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Paine, Lewis P.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Parker, David	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Parr, John H.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Richardson, Nathan	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Runkle, John L.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Sholl, Ephraim	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Sims, Jerome
C	Pvt	Spurgeon, Edwin	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Treadway, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wayland, William D.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wells, John P.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Zigler, John
D	Lt	Balsley, Joseph	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Bridwell, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Burke, James	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Cooper, Jonathan A.	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Dodson, James	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Donica, George W.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Douglas, Francis M.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Fiddler, Christopher Columbus	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Fiddler, William	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Henshaw, John A.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Kilgore, Benjamin Franklin	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Myers, Josephus D.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Palmer, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Phillips, Daniel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Phillips, George W.	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Quackenbush, Ebenezer	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Rayburn, Stephen Younger	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Seibert, James M.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Slider, Wesley	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Smith, William Henry	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Thompson, Lewis B.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Tumey, Elijah	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Whitted, Silas Newton	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Wilder, Austin N.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Williams, Daniel Boone	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Williams, Eldridge	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Williams, George M.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Williams, Laban	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Williams, Rufus	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Alton, Daniel R.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Barber, Joseph D.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bratton, Robert Raper	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Chapman, James M.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Chapman, John F.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Clark, Bethuel M.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Davis, Joseph A.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Doan, William	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Fitzgerald, John Chamberlain	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Freeman, Edwin	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gesler, George	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gilley, Jobe	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gilley, Martin V.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hawkins, Joseph	Died (d) 12/22
E	Pvt	Henning, William	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Herinshaw, James	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jones, Joseph R.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jones, William S.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Lane, Erastus	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Langton, Andrew	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Logan, Nathan	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mears, Frederick Sholts	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Perkins, Elisha	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Robison, Josiah C.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Smith, Franklin	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tomey, Elijah Harrison	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Waggoner, William Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	White, WIlliam Amos	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ard, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Arthur, Benjamin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Arthur, Calvin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Arthur, James Samuel	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Bloss, John McKnight	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bunnell, Joseph	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Burke, Daniel	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Burks, James Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Campbell, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Campbell, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Cantwell, Alfred Larkin	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Denney, Dawson	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Eads, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Edwards, William Weitman	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Foster, James Montgomery	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Freeman, Thomas J.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gabbert, Henry Clay	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Gaskins, Samuel	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gaskins, Thomas Mitchell	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Gentry, Tilghman Howard	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gillaspy, William Harrison	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Groves, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hensley, Howard H.	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Kenton, Joseph Vance	WIA 09/17
F	Capt	Kop, Peter	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lemon, Franklin	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	McGinnes, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	McKahin, John D.	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	McKnight, Elija	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	McManus, Philip	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Mitchell, Barton Warren	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Mullan, Archibald Lindsay Thompson	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	O'Connell, Martin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ottwell, Francis Asbury	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Peters, John R.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Riley, William Charles	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rogers, Theodore F.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ryne, Peter	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Sherman, James Donahue	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Tatlock, Joshua C.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Thomas, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Todd, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Trullinger, Joseph D.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Van Voorst, Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Vance, David Burr	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Vinson, Samuel Reed	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Weaver, John W.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Williams, John Calvin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Williams, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Wilson, Alfred	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Baker, Elijah	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	David, Daniel T.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Engle, Jeptha	AWOL 09/18
G	Corp	Fesler, James M.	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Fesler, John Roush
G	Pvt	Fisher, Jacob C.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hensley, William J.	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Kemp, Peter Winkler	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Lane, James J.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McLaughlin, Robert	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Pratt, Timothy L.	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Stimson, Joseph Brandon	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Weekly, William	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wellens, Henry C.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wright, George W.
H	Sgt	Adams, Thomas H.
H	Pvt	Ammons, Albert E.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Anderson, Harlen	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Baker, Jonathan	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Beadle, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Beesley, George W.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Booher, Perry	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bretthauer, Henry A.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Deputy, Harvey Shepard
H	Pvt	Deputy, William	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Dorsett, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Dunlap, Austin	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Dunlap, Clement	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Files, John L.
H	Pvt	Garsage, Franklin	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hunt, Thomas
H	Pvt	James, Francis M.
H	Pvt	James, Manuel C.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	King, Lewis
H	Corp	Layton, Enoch	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Lemming, Samuel S.	KIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Meek, John	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Muster, William	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ogden, Dennis W.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Olmstead, Alonzo	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Shepherd, Oliver P.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Tobias, Josiah W.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Walton, Volney	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Warner, Nicholas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Whitsett, Elisha Marshall	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Adams, John Quincy	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Chapin, George Tarvin	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Clapsaddle, John B.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Delahunt, Jr., William	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Douglas, William L.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Dreher, Lewis W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Eakin, Henry	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Faith, Robert W.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Faith, Thomas Clinton
I	Corp	Gilmore, John L.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Good, Robert S.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hadden, Isaac	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hall, James Milton	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Holloway, William H.
I	Pvt	Hunt, Ira	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Keck, Alfred Austin	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Lawrence, George	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Nance, Theodore M.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Newman, Carman A.	KIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Nosler, James Franklin	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Scott, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Smith, Joseph W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Thompson, William	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Williams, Josiah Clinton	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Berger, John David	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Conrad, John	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Duffey, Edward P.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Duffey, James	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Gardner, John E.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Harbison, William T.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Knust, Bernard	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Lange, Henry	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Meyer, Joseph	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Padget, Addison	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Seifert, John	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Sermershein, Franklin Zachary	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Striegel, Andrew	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Winder, Ferdinand
K	Pvt	Wonder, George
F&S	Col	Colgrove, Silas
F&S	Sgt	Daugherty, William Wirt
F&S	Sgt	Hamrick, Simpson Solomon
F&S	LCol	Morrison, Abisha L.
F&S	ASrg	Twiford, Willis H.

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