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27th Massachusetts Regiment Infantry.

Organized at Springfield and mustered in September 20, 1861.

Moved to Annapolis, Md., November 2-5, and duty there till January 6, 1862.

Attached to Foster's 1st Brigade, Burnside's Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to November, 1862.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862.

Lee's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1863.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Defenses of New Berne, N. C., to October, 1863.

Heckman's Brigade, Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864.

Unattached, United States Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to March, 1864.

2nd Brigade, United States Forces, Portsmouth, Va., to April, 1864.

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to September, 1864.

District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865.

Subdistrict, New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Beaufort, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865.

District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.


Service.

Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, N. C., January 7-February 7, 1862.

Battle of Roanoke Island February 8.

Moved to New Berne March 11-13.

Battle of New Berne March 14.

Duty at New Berne till May; at Batchelor's Creek till June 1, and at New Berne till September 22.

Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville July 24-28.

Expedition on Neuse River Road July 28 (Cos. “D,” “G” and “H” ).

Companies “A,” “C” and “I” at Washington, N. C., and five Companies at Newport Barracks September 9 to October 30.

Expedition from New Berne November 2-12.

Kinston Road November 11.

Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 11-20.

Kinston December 14.

Whitehall December 16.

Goldsboro December 17.

Moved to Washington, N. C., January 4-5, 1863, and duty there till April 24.

Near Washington February 13.

(Cos. “G” and “H” detached for duty at Plymouth January 27 to May 8, then rejoined Regiment at New Berne.) Demonstration on Plymouth March 10-13.

Siege of Little Washington March 30-April 20.

Rodman's Point April 4-5 (2 Cos.).

Moved to New Berne April 24.

Expedition toward Kinston April 27-May 1.

Dover Road and Wise's Cross Roads April 28.

Demonstration on Kinston May 20-23.

Gum Swamp May 22.

Provost duty at New Berne June 5 to October 1.

Expedition to Trenton July 4-8.

Quaker Bridge July 6.

Expedition to Swift Creek July 17-20, and to Winton July 25-30.

Moved to Newport News, Va., October 16-18, thence to Norfolk November 18, and Provost duty there till March 22, 1864.

Companies “A,” “D” and “K” at Portsmouth, and “F” at Norfolk till April 15.

Demonstration against Portsmouth March 4-5.

Expedition to Isle of Wight County April 13-15.

Smithfield, Cherry Grove, April 14.

Camp near Julian Creek till April 26.

Moved to Yorktown April 26.

Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28.

Port Walthal Junction, Chester Station, May 6-7.

Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10.

Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16.

Drewry's Bluff May 14-16.

On Bermuda Hundred front May 17-28.

Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1.

Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12.

Before Petersburg June 15-18.

Siege of Petersburg June 15-August 24.

On Bermuda front August 24 to September 17.

Moved to Carolina City, N. C., September 17-21, and duty there till November 28.

Moved to Beaufort, N. C., November 28; thence to New Berne December 4, and to Plymouth December 7 and duty there till January, 1865.

Moved to New Berne January 8-11 and duty there till March 3.

Moved to Core Creek March 4.

Movements on Kinston March 4-12.

Southwest Creek March 7.

Wise's Forks March 8-10.

Ordered to New Berne March 12 and duty there till June--.

Mustered out June 26, 1865.

Old members mustered out September 27, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 261 Enlisted men by disease. Total 401.

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