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About the 27th Regiment
"The 27th", the "Union Regiment," was composed of three companies from
Broome County, one company from each of the following counties:
Westchester, Wayne, Monroe, Wyoming and Orleans, and two companies from
Livingston. It was mustered into the U. S. service for a two years' term
at Elmira on July 9 and 10, 1861, to date from May 21, and left the state
for Washington on July 10. It was quartered at Franklin Square until July
17 and on that day advanced toward Manassas, assigned to the 1st brigade,
2nd division, and received its baptism of fire in the battle of Bull Run,
where 130 members were killed, wounded or missing, Col. Slocum being among
the wounded. The command was withdrawn to Washington after the battle and
again occupied its old camp at Franklin Square until late in September,
when it was ordered to Fort Lyon and there attached to Slocum's brigade,
Franklin's division. On March 13, 1862, it became a part of the 2nd
brigade, 1st division, 1st corps, Army of the Potomac, and in May the
division was assigned to the 6th corps. The regiment left camp for the
Peninsula in April, participated in the battle of West Point, the siege of
Yorktown and the Seven Days' battles, suffering heavy losses at Games'
mill and Malvern hill. It was more fortunate at the second Bull Run, where
it was present but not closely engaged. The regiment then participated in
the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg, established
winter quarters at Belle Plain, shared the discomforts of the "Mud March,"
lost 19 members killed, wounded or missing in the Chancellorsville
campaign in May, 1863, and soon after returned to New York. It was
mustered out at Elmira May 31, 1863, having lost during its term of
service 74 members by death from wounds and 74 by accident, imprisonment
or disease."
-- Source:
The
Union Army: a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65 --
Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles --
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Madison, WI: Federal Pub. Co.,1908.
Volume II.
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