27th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 27th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Rochester , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on March 21 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Charles D . Pennebaker . The regiment was attached to 19th Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 19th Brigade , 4th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , November 1862 . District of Western Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . Unattached , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , Army of the Ohio , to August 1863 . Unattached , Munfordville , Kentucky , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to November 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , Cavalry Corps , Department of the Ohio , to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to June 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XXIII Corps , to December 1864 . 2nd Division , District of Kentucky and Department of Kentucky , to March 1865 . The 27th Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on March 29 , 1865 . Detailed service . At Elizabethtown and Grayson Springs , Ky . , until March 1862 . Ordered to Nashville , Tenn . , thence march to Savannah , Tenn . Battle of Shiloh , April 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 and pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . At Athens , Ala . , until July 17 , and at Murfreesboro , Tenn . , until August 17 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville October 8 ; skirmish at Danville October 11 . Near Crab Orchard October 15 . Big Rockcastle River October 16 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 7 . Ordered to Munfordville , Ky . , November 24 , and post duty there and guarding line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad until September , 1863 . Operations against Morgan December 22 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Joined Manson at Glasgow , Ky . , and march to Knoxville , Tenn . , September 1863 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee October 4 – 17 . Duty at Loudon , Tenn . , until November 14 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Action at Philadelphia October 24 . Leiper ' s Ferry , Holston River , October 26 – 28 . Rockford November 14 . Stock Creek and Holston River November 15 . Kingston and near Knoxville November 16 . Siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . About Bean ' s Station December 9 – 13 . Russellville December 10 . Bean ' s Station December 13 – 15 . Rutledge December 16 . Blain ' s Cross Roads December 16 – 19 . Scout to Bean Station December 29 – 30 . Operations about Dandridge January 26 – 28 , 1864 . Fair Garden January 27 . Ordered to Mt . Sterling , Ky . , February 1864 . March to Kingston , Ga . , and Join Sherman ' s Army May 23 . Atlanta Campaign May 23 - September 8 . Kingston May 24 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Mountain June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Decatur July 19 . Howard House July 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama , September 29 - November 3 . Ordered to Kentucky November 14 . Duty at Louisville and at Owensboro , Ky . , operating against guerrillas until March 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 217 men during service ; 1 officer and 34 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 181 enlisted men died of disease .