27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Active1861–1865
DisbandedMay 1, 1865
Country Confederate States
Allegiance Tennessee
Branch Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part ofManey's Brigade
Nickname(s)"Twenty-seventh Tennessee"
FacingsLight blue
Arms
Battles
Battle honorPerryville
Commanders
Commanding officers
  • Col. Christopher H. Williams 
  • Col. Alexander W. Caldwell

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.