Pennsylvania 27th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
05/05/1861
Organized - Pennsylvania 27th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
21/07/1861
Battle - First Bull Run - Fairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
One of earliest battles of the Civil War, it introduced Americans to the idea that this would likely not be a short conflict and blood would be shed:READ MORE
08/06/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Julius Stahel
Brigadier GeneralJulius Stahel
08/06/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Louis Blenker
Brigadier GeneralLouis Blenker
08/06/1862
Battle - Cross Keys - Rockingham County, Virginia
Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's and his 11,000-man Mountain Department army were tasked with keeping Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's two-division force engaged in the Shenandoah Valley and unable to join with Robert E. Lee's army defending Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign against the Confederate capital. In early June, Jackson's men under Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell were encamped in the vicinity of Cross Keys on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Union screening cavalry approached Jackson f…READ MORE
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Lorenz Cantador
Lieutenant ColonelLorenz Cantador
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Adolphus Buschbeck
ColonelAdolphus Buschbeck
13/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Adolph Von Steinwehr
Brigadier GeneralAdolph Von Steinwehr
13/12/1862
Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia
In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE
30/04/1863
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles R. Coster
ColonelCharles R. Coster
01/07/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Adolph von Steinwehr
Brigadier GeneralAdolph von Steinwehr
01/07/1863
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
28/10/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Adolphus Buschbeck
ColonelAdolphus Buschbeck
28/10/1863
Battle - Wauhatchie - Hamilton County, Tennessee
Wary of troops marching to the aid of the Federal army besieged at Chattanooga, General Braxton Bragg ordered General James Longstreet to take action against the force massing in Lookout Valley. In a rare nighttime attack, a division of Longstreet's corps attacked the Union rearguard near the crossroads of Wauhatchie. The brief fight was a bloody repulse for the Confederates, who were forced to withdraw. The Confederates had missed their last best chance to prevent supplies from reaching the Union Army of…READ MORE
07/05/1864
Battle - Rocky Face Ridge - Whitfield County, Georgia
During early May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman would successfully outmaneuver the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston would fall back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. By May 7th, Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, high mountain of Rocky Face Ridge and eastward across Crow Valley. As Sherman approached, he decided to demonstrate against the position with two columns to the north while he…READ MORE
11/06/1864
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 27th Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania
11/07/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel Moses N. Wisewill
ColonelMoses N. Wisewill
11/07/1864
Battle - Fort Stevens - District of Columbia, DC
After his victory over Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace at the Battle of Monocacy in central Maryland on July 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early pressed his advantage and moved south toward the Union capital in Washington, DC. On July 11th, Early's exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications that encircled the city, which at the time were manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. During the night, Union reinfo…READ MORE
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