South Carolina 27th Infantry (Confederate)
30/09/1863
Organized - South Carolina 27th Infantry - South Carolina
31/05/1864
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
15/06/1864
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE
21/06/1864
Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia
18/08/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Peter Charles Gaillard
ColonelPeter Charles Gaillard
18/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Johnson Hagood
Brigadier GeneralJohnson Hagood
18/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William Mahone
Major GeneralWilliam Mahone
18/08/1864
Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Johnson Hagood
Brigadier GeneralJohnson Hagood
20/09/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
07/10/1864
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
13/01/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Col. Robert F. Graham
13/01/1865
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
22/02/1865
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Johnson Hagood
Brigadier GeneralJohnson Hagood
19/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Robert F. Hoke
Major GeneralRobert F. Hoke
19/03/1865
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
26/04/1865
Mustered Out - South Carolina 27th Infantry - South Carolina
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