Twenty-seventh
South Carolina Infantry Regiment


One flag survives in the Confederate Relic Room, Columbia, S.C. and a second is located in the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier at Pamplin Park. The flag of the Charleston Light Infantry is located in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond.
Dedmondt, Glenn, The Flags of Civil War South Carolina, ISBN NUMBER 1-56554-696-2

(THE FIRST BATTALION S.C. SHARPSHOOTERS AND THE CHARLESTON BATTALION WERE COMBINED TO FORM THIS REGIMENT IN 1863.)


Citadel Flag by Marilyn

Twenty-seventh South Carolina Infantry Regiment
Hagood's Brigade
Defense of Charleston Harbor
Army of Northern Virginia

(COLONELS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS)

COL. P.C. GAILLARD (USMA)
Retired Disabled, 1865
Shell wound Battery Wagner

LT. COL. J.A. BLAKE
Wounded 5/64, Petersburg
Captured at Weldon R.R. 08/64

LT. COL. JOESPH ABNEY
Wounded at Drewry's Bluff

MAJOR DAVID RAMSEY
Killed in Defense of Charleston Harbor

CAPTAIN T.Y. SIMMONS


LT. COLONELS: J.A. BLAKE, JOESPH ABNEY

MAJORS: JOSEPH ABNEY, DAVID RAMSEY

STAFF:
A.W. Brunet (Asst. Surg.)
J.P. Cain (Asst. Surg.)
Capt. H. Huguenin (AQM)
W.E. Link (Asst. Surg.)
A.D. Simmons (ADJ)
Capt. R. Press Smith (AQM)
W.M. Smith (ADJ)


CoCaptainCountyNickname
AF.T. MILESCHARLESTONCO E OF CHARLESTON BATTALION (CALHOUN GUARDS)
.J.W. AXSON..
.B.W. PALMER..
.J.M. Easterby (2Lt.)..
.D.C. Webb (1Sgt)..
.G.W. Alexander(OrdSgt.)..
.P.C. Trenholm(OrdSgt.)..
BT.Y. SIMONSCHARLESTONCO B OF CHARLESTON BATTALION
.Wm. Clarkson (1Lt.)..
.Wm. Sinkler (1Lt.)..
.A.H. Masterman (2Lt.)..
.A.W. Muckenfuss (2Lt.)..
.O.D. Stoney (2Lt.)..
.H.A. Chamberlain (1Sgt)..
CDAVID RAMSEYCHARLESTONCO F OF CHARLESTON BATTALION (GERMAN FUSILIERS)*
.SAMUEL LORD..
.GEORGE BROWN..
.James Campbell (1Lt.)..
.C.M. Hopkins (1Lt.)..
.G.B. Gelling (2Lt.)..
.H.W. Hendricks (2Lt.)..
.Henry Walker (2Lt.)..
.James Riley (1Sgt)..
DH.C. KINGCHARLESTONCOMPANY D OF THE CHARLESTON BATTALION (SUMTER GUARDS)
.J.W. HOPKINS..
.J.A. CAY..
.P.J. Barbot (1Lt.)..
.C.M. Hopkins (1Lt.)..
.James Tupper Jr. (1Lt.)..
.J.T. Wells (1Lt.)..
.J.J. Edwards (2Lt.)..
.A.S. Lance (2Lt.)..
.W. Williams (SgtMajor)..
.W.W. Beckmann (1Sgt)..
.W.E. Howland(ComsySgt.)..
ER. CHISHOLMCHARLESTONCOMPANY A, FIRST BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS
.S.R. Proctor (1Lt.)..
.Middleton Stuart (1Lt.)..
.T.B. Crooker (2Lt.)..
.T.J. Dunavant (2Lt.)..
. J.G. Guignard (2Lt.)..
.S.M. Kemmerlin (2Lt.)..
FJ.B. ALLSTONCHARLESTONCOMPANY B, FIRST BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS
.E.P. CATER..
.J.G. Huguenin (1Lt.)..
.Middleton Stuart (1Lt.)..
.E.P. Cater (2Lt.)..
.C.P. Porchar (BvtLt.)..
.P.B. Watts (1Sgt)..
GHENRY BUISTCHARLESTONCOMPANY C, FIRST BATTALION SHARPSHOOTERS (PALMETTO GUARDS)
.E.H. HOLMAN..
.C.J. Macbeth (2Lt.)..
.A.B. White (BvtLt.)..
.J.Y.H. Williams (1Sgt)..
HEDWARD MAGRATHCHARLESTONCO C OF THE CHARLESTON BATTALION (IRISH VOLS.)
.J.M. MULVANEY..
.W.H. RYAN..
.A.A. Allemong (1Lt.)..
.John Burke (2Lt.)..
.P.R. Hogan (2Lt.)..
.J.F. Preston (2Lt.)..
.T.L. Hogan (1Sgt)..
.Edward Churchill(Drum)..
IJ.A. BLAKECHARLESTONCOMPANY A OF CHARLESTON BATTALION
.W.D. WALTERS..
.J.C. Salters (1Lt.)..
.W.J. Trim (2Lt.)..
.J.F. Gowan (1Sgt)..
.J.W. Guy (1Sgt)..
.G.W. Seybt(1Sgt.)..
.Middleton (Col’d Drum)..
KW. CLARKSON (1Lt.)CHARLESTONSERVED FROM 1863 TO SUMMER OF 1864 AND DISBANDED
.Wm. Clarkson (1Lt.)..
.J.B. Gardner (1Lt.)..
.J.G. Harris (1Lt.)..
.R.B. Seay (2Lt.)..
.M. McSweeney (1Sgt)..
.A.D. Simons (Adj)..


*Company C is identified on some major rosters as the Union Light Infantry. However, the Union Light Infantry maybe either I or B Company but was a part of the Charleston Battalion.

For Additional Reading:

HAGOOD, JOHNSON: Memoirs of the War of Secession, (Rosters).*
JOHNSTON, TERRY A.: Him on the one side and Me on the other, The Civil War Letters of Alexander Campbell, 79th New York/James Campbell, First South Carolina Battalion
News and Courier: The Irish Volunteers Memorial Meeting and Military Hall Festival, With a Brief Sketch of the Company.

U.D.C.:Recollections and Reminiscences 1861-65:
Individuals:
Abney, Joseph, Brooks, Jacob (Servant), 27th SCV, Vol. 3, page 458
Bookhart, D.B. Bookhart, Company D, Hagood’s First, 25th Regiment, First Sharpshooters, 27th Regiment, Vol. 7, page 17, U.D.C
Floyd, W.H. Floyd, First S.C. Sharpshooter Battalion, Twenty-Seventh S.C.V., Vol. 6, page 240, U.D.C.
Galliard, P.C., Seventeenth Regiment (Early), Charleston Battalion, 27th SCV., Vol. 3, page 67
Hungerpiller, Hungerpiller, J.J. First and Second Sharpshooter Battalion, Vol. 7, page 21, U.D.C.
Wrightman, W.S., Co. F, 27th SCV, Vol. 2, page 539
Rosters and Other:
Roster, Co A, Twenty-Seventh SCV, Vol. 2, page 568
Roster, Co A, Twenty-Seventh SCV, Calhoun Guards, Vol. VI, page 1
Roster, Co F, Twenty-seventh SCV, Vol. 3, page 555 comments
Roster, Co G, Twenty-seventh SCV, Vol. 6, page 434


Twenty-Seventh S.C. Vol. Infantry Battles and Stations
DateBattle or CityLocationCommanding OfficerBrigadeDivisionCorps
6/16/62Coastal DefenseSecessionvilleLt. Col. P.C. GalliardCharleston Battalion Only..
9-63Coastal Defense*Organized as a RegimentLt. Col. P.C. Galliard...
5/6-5/7-64Port Walthall Junction. Col. P.C. Gaillard Hagood’s BrigadeJohnson/HillPickett
5/9/64Swift’s Creek (Not Engaged).Col. P.C. GaillardHagood’s BrigadeJohnson/Pickett.
5/16/64Drewery’s Bluff .Col P.C. Gaillard+ Hagood’s BrigadeHoke's Division.
05/30/64Moved to Lee's Army .Col. P.C. Gaillard Hagood’s BrigadeHoke's Division .
6/03/64Cold Harbor.Col. P.C. Gaillard Hagood’s BrigadeHoke's Division.
8/64Petersburg.Col P.C. Gaillard Hagood’s Brigade Hoke’s Division .
... Lt. Col. J.A. Blake ...
... Major Joseph Abney ...
8/18-8/21-64Globe Tavern or Weldon R.R..Lt. Col. J.A. Blake Hagood’s BrigadeHoke's DivisionMahone
9/28-9/30-64Fort Harrison/New Market Road .Capt. T.Y. SimmonsHagood's Brigade Hoke's Division .
10/7/64Darbytown .Capt. T.Y. Simmons Hagood's Brigade Hoke's Division^ .
10/27/64Command as of this date.Capt. T.Y. SimmonsHagood's BrigadeHoke's Division.
12/24/64Moved to Wilmington, N.C..Capt. T.Y. SimmonsHagood's BrigadeHoke's Division.
1/14/65 Ft. Fisher (Detached to Kirkland's Brigade) .Col. P.C. Gaillard Hagood's Brigade Hoke's Division.
... Lt.Col. Joseph Abney Col. R.F. Graham ..
3/19/65Defense of Wilmington@.....
3/7-3/10-/65Kinston@.....
3/19/65Bentonville@.....


*Formed from The Charleston Battalion and The First S.C. Sharpshooters in September of 1863. Defended Ft. Sumter in 1863 and surrendered with The Army of Tennessee.

^Hagood's Brigade was attached to Hoke's Divison, Anderson's Fourth Corps (from October to December, 1864) and detached to Wilmington with Hoke's Division.

+Blake and Abney disappointed Hagood at Drewry Bluff.

@Hagood's Old Brigade consisted of about a regiment. This unit was consolidated under the command of Lt. Col. Rion of the Seventh Battalion. Joined with other odd units it formed the final version of Hagood's Brigade.


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