The 27th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an
infantry regiment that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War.
Service
The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at
Port Huron,
Ovid, and
Ypsilanti, Michigan, on April 10, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out of service on July 26, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 10 officers and 215 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 204 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 432
fatalities.
[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf3.htm#27th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
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Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon
Byron Mac Cutcheon (May 11, 1836 – April 12, 1908) was an American Civil War officer, Medal of Honor recipient and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Cutcheon was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire May 11, 1836 but his parents ...
* Colonel Charles Waite
See also
*
List of Michigan Civil War Units
*
Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
References
The Civil War ArchiveRecord of the 27th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War 1861-1865 v.27
Units and formations of the Union Army from Michigan
1865 disestablishments in Michigan
1863 establishments in Michigan
Military units and formations established in 1863
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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