| 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, 1862 - April 15, 1863 -- Stationed at Jackson,
Tennessee
March - April 1863 -- Stationed at Corinth,
Mississippi
May - June, 1863 -- Station not stated.
July - August, 1863 - Stationed at Clarendon, Arkansas
September - October, 1863 -- Stationed at Little Rock,
Arkansas
November - December, 1863 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee
November 1, 1863 -- The company moved with the regiment
from Little Rock, Arkansas to Devall's Bluff by rail; thence down White
River and up the Mississippi on board transports.
November 20, 1863 -- Arrived at Memphis, Tennessee. Since
then have been doing picket duty on the east side of Memphis, where the regiment
is now encamped.
January - February 1864 -- Stationed at Canton,
Mississippi
March - April 1864 -- Stationed at Alexandria,
Louisiana
May - June, 1864 -- Stationed at [illegible], Tennessee
July - August, 1864 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee
[For Record of Events, see Company D.]
September - October, 1864 -- Stationed at Pleasant Hill,
Missouri
The company was with the regiment.
September 4, 1864 -- Took steamboat at Memphis,
Tennessee. Passed up the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois, from thence
to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
September 25-28,1864 -- Passed down Iron Mountain
Railroad to Mineral Point and back to Jefferson Barracks on September 28.
October 2, 1864 -- Started on an expedition after Price.
Marched across the State via Jefferson City. Struck the Kansas line at
Little Santa Fe. We then struck south for Harrisonville, Missouri.
Were unable to overtake the enemy.
October 30-31, 1864-- We then marched north to Pleasant
Hill, Missouri. Arrived on October 30. Mustered on October 31, 1864.
November - December, 1864 -- Stationed at in the field.
January - February 1865 -- Stationed at Chalmette, Louisiana
December 31, 1864 - January 8, 1865 -- The company with
the regiment, mustered while on the march from Nashville, Tennessee to
Eastport, Mississippi, where we went into winter quarters January 8.
February 8, 1865 -- We left Eastport, Mississippi in
transports. Came to New Orleans, Louisiana via Tennessee, Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers, stopping at Vicksburg, Mississippi three days.
February 21, 1865 -- Went into camp at Chalmette, seven
miles below New Orleans, Louisiana.
March - April 1865 -- Stationed near Montgomery, Alabama.
March 6-7, 1865 -- This company, with the regiment to which it
belongs, left Chalmette, Louisiana, place of last muster by steamship via
the gulf to Dauphin Island, Alabama. Arrived on March 7.
March 20, 1865 -- Left Dauphin Island for a forward movement on
Mobile, Alabama.
April 9, 1865 -- Captured Fort Blakely, Alabama.
April 13-21, 1865 -- Left Blakely and marched to
Montgomery via Greenville. Arrived here on April 21, 1865.
May - June, 1865 -- Stationed at Montgomery, Alabama.
Mustered in camp near Montgomery, Alabama. Have remained
in camp until the present muster.
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