The twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment.
This regiment was commanded by
Lieut. Col. Echols in the
battle of Manassas,
Col. Gordon being detained by illness.
It was one of the regiments which made the forced march from
Winchester, and there were only about three hundred of the whole number engaged in the fight; and out of these gallant three hundred, over one hundred were killed and wounded — a mortality scarcely known in the history of war. The following is the list:
Of the "Greenbrier Rifles,"
W. H. Callison.
R. Scott,
C. McShehon, and
Michael Bowen, were killed.
J. W. Gilkeson,
W. H. Bouner,
D. H. Bell,
J. Callicon,
J. W. A. Ford,
G. W. Harper,
Thomas Henry,
L. H. Johnson,
M. McMahon,
Thos. Peyton and
Wm. Sergeant, were wounded.
Joseph W
Gilkeson died from his wounds on the 25th ult.
Of the "Monroe Guards,"
Capt. Hugh S
Tiffany,
Robert Hamilton, Arch
Campbell, RoCamp,
Wiley Wisfield and
John Conner were killed.
Lieut Joseph G
Wiley.
C C
Tiffany, David A Shanklin, G C
Rutledge, John C
Lynch.
W S
Patton,
Chas A Shanklin, P
Savannah, G W
Foster, J H
Fry, W H
Jennings J W
Persinger, G J Dihart and cadet C C
Wight, were wounded.
The first six severely, and the rest sightly.
Of the "Alleghany Roughs," J
Milligan, M Quinline, and B P
Stuart were killed, J P
Holmes,
John Karnes, J P
Clarke, A H Read, M Alfred, V B
Otey, S S
Carpenter,
Wm Branham,
Wm Fudge,
Jas Grady, C Lafarty.
J T
Baker, W D
Pitzer, and J R
Montague were wounded.
The first five badly wounded, and the balance not dangerously.
Of the "Alleghany Rifler,"
George Noell, Pat Manne, and
Pat Conway were killed —
David Gilbert,
Thomas Holvin,
Christopher Fry,
Cadet J W
Daniel.
Thomas Rose, William A Dawson, and
Jacob Landes were wounded; the first three severely, and the rest not dangerously.
Captain S W
Brown, of the "Greenbrier Sharp-Shooters," was the only one injured at all of the
Company.
He was badly wounded in the hand.
Of the "Hibernians," an Irish company from
Alleghany county,
cadet C. R. Morris,
John A. Hall, and
John Ryan were killed —
Pat. Quinn,
Pat. O'Donnell, and D. A Wheeler, were dangerously wounded.
Nine others were severely, but not dangerously wounded.
Of the "
Shriver Grays," a company from the city of
Wheeling,
John J. Fry and
Geo. Wheeler were killed.
Lieut J. W. Lady,
Wm. Quarrier,
Wm. Burkett,
John Frederick and
John Towers were wounded, the two first dangerously, and the rest not dangerously.
