Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry, Company D (Union)
03/10/1862
Organized - Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry, Company D - Iowa
09/04/1864
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
15/12/1864
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
08/08/1865
Mustered Out - Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry, Company D - Iowa
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regiment -Iowa 27th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
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