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    History of the 27th CVI
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    History || Company Names || Army Commanders || Record of Casualties

    27th Official History

    The "Twenty-Seventh" A Regimental History

    Company Names

    It was common during the Civil War that newly organized companies would choose "nicknames" for themselves. The following names were uncovered by Andy DeCusati, the first historian of our unit, while researching the history of the 27th CVI.

    Company Name
    A
    		 1st Company New Haven Grays
    B
    		 Hamilton Guards
    C
    		 Monitors
    D
    		 3rd Company New Haven Grays
    E
    		 Elm City Avengers
    F
    		 Columbia Guard
    G
    		 The Patriot Guard
    H
    		 Marble Rifles
    I
    		 Burnside Rifles
    K
    		 Newell C. Hall Guard

    Army Commanders

    Army of the Potomac
    Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside.
    Major-General Joseph Hooker.
    Major-General George G. Meade.

    Right Grand Division
    Major-General Edwin V. Sumner.

    Second Army Corps
    Major-General Darius N. Couch.
    Major-General Winfield S. Hancock.

    First Division
    Major-General Winfield S. Hancock.
    Major-General John C. Caldwell.

    Third Brigade
    Brigadier-General Samuel R. Zook.

    Fourth Brigade
    Brigadier-General John R. Brooke.

    Record of Casualties

    Tabular Statement of Casualties during the Nine Months’ Campaign

    Killed Wounded Died of Wounds Prisoners
    F. C. G. F. C. G. F. C. G. F. C. G.
    Field and Staff 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
    Company “A” 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 5 0 37 0
    Company “B” 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 0 3 0 38 1
    Company “C” 3 1 2 9 1 2 2 1 3 0 27 0
    Company “D” 3 0 5 12 1 11 4 1 4 0 2 1
    Company “E” 4 1 0 8 3 1 0 0 1 2 29 0
    Company “F” 0 0 2 17 3 6 3 0 1 0 6 1
    Company “G” 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 25 0
    Company “H” 4 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 2 1 30 1
    Company “I” 1 0 0 13 1 0 2 0 3 0 39 0
    Company “K” 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 42 0
    Total 19 3 11 86 13 25 16 2 24 3 280 4


    “F” = Fredericksburg “C”= Chancellorsville “G”= Gettysburg