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 -- Stationed at Moscow, Tennessee
July - August, 1863 - Stationed at Clarendon, Arkansas
September - October, 1863 -- Stationed at Little Rock,
Arkansas
November - December, 1863 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee
November 15, 1863 -- The company left Little Rock
Arkansas with the regiment. Came by railroad to Devall's Bluff,
Arkansas, distance forty miles. [Moved] thence by steamer Rose
Hambleton
to Memphis, Tennessee. Distance 400 miles or thereabout.
January - February 1864 -- Stationed at Canton,
Mississippi
March - April 1864 -- Stationed at Alexandria,
Louisiana
May - June, 1864 -- Stationed at La Grange, Tennessee
July - August, 1864 -- Stationed at Memphis, Tennessee
September - October, 1864 -- Stationed at Pleasant
Hill, Missouri
November - December, 1864 -- Stationed in the field,
Tennessee.
January - February 1865 -- Stationed Chalmette, Louisiana
Last mustered on the march from Nashville to Clifton,
Tennessee
January 7, 1865 -- Went into winter quarters, Eastport,
Mississippi.
February 9-21, 1865 -- Left Eastport, Mississippi and
arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana February 21, 1865.
March - April 1865 -- Stationed at Montgomery, Alabama.
The company last mustered at Chalmette, Louisiana.
March 7, 1865 -- Left Chalmette; formed part of the expedition
against Mobile, Alabama under Major-General [Edward Richard Sprigg] Canby.
April 4-9, 1865 -- Aided in the siege of Fort Blakely.
Participated in the charge and capture of the Fort April 9.
April 13-25, 1865 -- Left Fort Blakely under Major-General
Smith and marched for Montgomery, Alabama, reaching her on April 25, a distance
of 160 miles.
May - June, 1865 -- Stationed near Montgomery, Alabama.
This company mustered last near Montgomery, Alabama. No
events worthy of note.
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