27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)

United States     U.S. Military      Virginia      Virginia Military      Virginia in the Civil War      27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)

Brief History
The 27th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment comprising only eight companies. The regiment fought mostly with the Stonewall Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia.

The regiment was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. The men were from the counties of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Monroe, Greenbrier, and Ohio. During the war it served under the command of General T.J. Jackson, R.B. Garnett, Winder, Paxton, J.A. Walker, and W. Terry.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men most often enlisted in a company recruited in their home county; however, later in the war, particularly after the conscription act, some companies might be combined.

See for a list of the companies including brief company histories and  for a list of men who served in this Regiment.

Company A Light Infantry (Alleghany Roughs) - many men from Alleghany County

Company B (Virginia Hibernians)- many men from Alleghany County

Company C (Alleghany Rifles) - many men from Alleghany County See for a list of men from Companies A-C.

Company D (Monroe Guards) - many men from Monroe County

Company E (Greenbrier Rifles also Lewisburg Rifles)- many men from Rockbridge County

Company F ( Greenbrier Sharp Shooters)- many men from Greenbrier County.

Company G (Shriver Greys) - many men from Wheeling, Ohio County now West Virginia

Company H (1st) (Old Dominion Grays) - disbanded in June 1861

Company H (2nd) (Rockbridge Rifles) - many men from Rockbridge County.

The information above is from 27th Virginia Infantry, by Lowell Reidenbaugh.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in Virginia in the Civil War and United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865.


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Virginia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Virginia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * McAllister, J. Gray. Sketch of Captain Thompson McAllister, Co. A, 27th Virginia Regiment. Petersburg, Va.: Fenn & Owen Printers and Binders, 1896..


 * Reidenbaugh, Lowell. 27th Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1993..


 * Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1992- 1995. (Family History Library book, Ten Volumes.) This gives organization information for each unit and its field officers, assignments, and battles. It also lists sources further reading. Volume 5 is for Virginia.


 * Wallace, Lee A. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, 1986. (Family History Library book .) This gives brief historical sketches of each regiment and lists officers, company names, and commanders.