27th Indiana Infantry

On July 3, 1863, the left wing of the 27th Indiana Infantry advanced in a regimental charge over this ground at Gettysburg, with 339 engaged, 110 killed and wounded, and one missing. Commanded by Col. Silas Colgrove, the 27th Indiana was organized in August 1861 for three years or during the war, reenlisted in Jan, 1864, consolidated with the 70th Ind. in Aug. 1864, and mustered out in July 1865. Its service included Front Royal, Newtown, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Averysboro, and Bentonville. Total enrollment was 1101, with 169 killed and died of wounds, 527 wounded not mortally, 126 missing and captured, and 127 dead from disease and other causes.

Pennsylvania · United States