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 - January 1, 1863 -- Stationed at
Jackson, Tennessee
January 1 - April 13, 1863 -- Stationed at Camp Reed,
Jackson, Tennessee
March - April 1863 -- Stationed at Corinth,
Mississippi
May - June 1863 -- Stationed at Moscow, Fayette
County, Tennessee
July - August, 1863 - Stationed at Clarendon, Arkansas
September - October, 1863 -- Stationed at camp near
Little Rock, Arkansas
November - December, 1863 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee
November 15, 1863 -- Left Little Rock, Arkansas.
Transported by railroad to Devall's Bluff on White River, distance
forty-four miles.
November 16-20, 1863 -- Embarked on board steamer Rose
Hambleton and sailed for Memphis, Tennessee, distance 392 miles.
Arrived at Memphis, Tennessee November 20.
January - February 1864 -- Stationed in the field near
Canton, Mississippi
March - April 1864 -- Stationed at Alexandria,
Louisiana
February 29, 1864 -- Mustered at Canton, Mississippi.
From thence proceeded to Vicksburg, Mississippi, distance about eighty
miles.
March 10, 1864 -- Lay there until March 10. Sailed
with the fleet and forces in command of General A. J. Smith on Red River
expedition. Ran up Old River and down the Atchafalaya some sixty miles.
March 14, 1864 -- [Moved by] forced marches for Fort De
Russy. Took Fort De Russy by storm.
March 15, 1864 -- Sailed up Red River to Alexandria,
Louisiana. Lay there several days, then marched to landing twenty miles
above. Thence sailed to Grand Ecore Landing.
April 7, 1864 -- Marched for Shreveport.
April 9-12, 1864 -- Had a general engagement with the enemy.
Fell back and arrived at Grand Ecore Landing April 12. Thence fell back by
land to Alexandria, distance eighty miles, skirmishing at intervals all the way.
May - June, 1864 -- Stationed at La Grange, Tennessee
July - August, 1864 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee
On expedition to Tupelo, Mississippi
July 14, 1864 -- In battle of Tupelo
July 15, 1864 -- Also in battle of Old Town Creek,
Mississippi, July 15. On expedition to Oxford, Mississippi. Both
Expeditions commanded by General A. J. Smith.
September - October, 1864 -- Stationed at Harrisonville,
Missouri
September 5, 1864 -- Left Memphis, Tennessee on board
steamer and with division transported to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
October 2, 1864 -- Left on march in pursuit of Rebel
General Price's forces. Marched across the state through Jefferson City,
Lexington and Independence. On return crossed Missouri River at Glasgow.
November - December, 1864 -- Stationed in the field, Tennessee.
The company marched from Pleasant Hill, Missouri to Saint
Louis, Missouri, crossing the Missouri River at Glasgow, Missouri.
November 18, 1864 -- Arrived at Camp Gamble, Saint Louis
by way of Saint Charles. Transported from Saint Louis, Missouri by steamer
to Nashville, Tennessee.
December 15-16, 1864 -- In battle before Nashville, Tennessee.
December 17, 1864 -- Marched from Nashville, Tennessee to
camp in the field near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, where the company was mustered.
Am ignorant of the distances.
January - February 1865 -- Stationed at parish of
Chalmette, Louisiana
Last mustered near Pulaski, Tennessee. Marched to
Clifton, Tennessee; thence transported by steamer to Eastport, Mississippi.
February 1 - 21, 1865 -- Left Eastport, Mississippi
transported by steamer Tarascon to New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21
and went into camp in the parish of Chalmette, Louisiana near New Orleans.
March - April 1865 -- Stationed at Montgomery, Alabama.
February 28, 1865 -- Last mustered in the parish of
Chalmette, Louisiana.
March 7, 1865 -- Marched sixty-five miles; embarked on
board ocean steamer Empire City and sailed to Dauphin Island, Alabama.
From Dauphin Island transported by steamer Starlight
up Fish River, Alabama. Moved up toward Spanish Fort. Moved up to
and invested Fort Blakely, Alabama.
April 9, 1865-- Assaulted and took Fort Blakely, Alabama, with
some 2,000 prisoners.
April 13, 1865 -- Commenced march towards Montgomery.
April 27, 1865 -- Passed through and encamped two miles
north of Montgomery.
May - June, 1865 -- Stationed near Montgomery, Alabama.
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