| Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies. Part II, Vol.
20, PP 603-637 Edited by Janet B. Hewett.
Assistant Editors Joycelyn Pinson and Julia H. Nichols. Broadfoot
Publishing Company, Wilington, NC, 1995. Record of
Events for Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, October 1862-June 1865.
October 3 - December 31, 1862 -- Stationed at Jackson,
Tennessee
January 1 - April 15, 1863 -- Stationed at Camp Reed
in Jackson, Tennessee
Mach - April, 1863 -- Stationed at Corinth,
Mississippi
April 20, 1863 -- On this day we were ordered to Corinth from
Jackson, whether we came by railroad, nothing of any importance transpiring
on the route.
May - June, 1863 - Stationed at Moscow, Tennessee
July - August 1863 - Stationed on the march,
Clarendon, Arkansas.
September - October, 1863 -- Stationed at camp opposite
Little Rock, Arkansas.
November - December, 1863 -- Stationed at camp near Memphis,
Tennessee.
November 16-20, 1863 -- Changed station from Little
Rock, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee. Transported by rail to Devall's Bluff,
distance forty-four miles. [Moved] thence to Memphis by water,
distance 375 miles.
January - February, 1864 -- Stationed at camp near
Canton, Mississippi
March - April, 1864 -- Stationed at Alexandria, Louisiana
May - June, 1864 -- Stationed near La Grange, Tennessee.
July - August, 1864 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee.
September - October, 1864 -- Stationed at Pleasant Hill,
Missouri.
September 4 - October 31, 1864 -- This company embarked with
the regiment at Memphis for Cairo; thence to Jefferson Barracks, from there
by rail to Mineral Point, returning to Jefferson Barracks. Marched via
Jefferson City, striking the line of Kansas at [Little] Santa Fe, returning
across the Missouri River at Glasgow, Missouri; thence returning to Saint
Louis.
November - December 1864 -- Stationed in the field,
Tennessee.
November 25 - 28, 1864 -- This company moved with the
regiment from Saint Louis by water to Cairo, Illinois, arriving November 28.
December 1 - 16, 1864 -- From thence to Nashville,
arriving December 1; took part in the battle of Nashville, state of
Tennessee December 15 and 16, 1864.
December 17, 1864 -- Marched from battlefield in pursuit of
Hood's retreating Army via Franklin, Columbia, Pulaski, etc., to Clifton on
Tennessee River.
January - February, 1865 -- Stationed near New Orleans,
Louisiana
January 2 - 5, 1865 -- Arrived at Clifton; moved from
thence by water January 5 to Eastport.
February 9 - 21, 1864 -- Commenced fortifying; moved by water
from Eastport February 9 to New Orleans; arrived February 21, 1865.
March - April 1865 -- Stationed at Montgomery, Alabama.
April 9, 1865 -- This company was with the regiment in
the movement on Fort Blakely and participated in the engagement which took
place, resulting in the capitulation of that stronghold with a large amount
of war material, prisoners, etc.
May - June, 1865 -- Stationed in the field near
Montgomery, Alabama
April 27 - June 30, 1865 -- This company has been stationed,
since the date of last muster, with the regiment near Montgomery doing
picket and guard duty since their arrival at this point from Blakely,
Alabama.
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