27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | 1861–1865 |
Disbanded | May 1, 1865 |
Country | Confederate States |
Allegiance | Tennessee |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | Maney's Brigade |
Nickname(s) | "Twenty-seventh Tennessee" |
Facings | Light blue |
Arms | |
Battles | |
Battle honor | Perryville |
Commanders | |
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The 27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Twenty-seventh Tennessee", was a line infantry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War successively commanded by Colonels Christopher H. Williams and Alexander W. Caldwell.
Organized in 1861 with volunteers from western Tennessee, the regiment was assigned to Maney's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee. After sustaining heavy casualties at the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, it was amalgamated with the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment.