27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

27th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
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	Enfield rifled muskets Whitworth rifles
Battles	American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville Battle of Bentonville
Battle honor	Perryville
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, First Corps, Army of Tennessee. After sustaining heavy casualties at the battles of Shiloh and Perryville, it was amalgamated with the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment.