The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

First Brigade, Second Division

Colonel H W Solcum

Colonel H W Solcum, commanding the 27th New York Infantry

Twenty-seventh New York Infantry

COLONEL H W SOLCUM
LIEUTENANT COLONEL J J CHAMBERS
MAJOR J J BARTLETT

Company A: CAPT. W M BLEAKLEY
Company B: CAPT. A D ADAMS
Company C: CAPT. E L LEWIS
Company D: CAPT. H C ROGERS
Company E: CAPT. G G WANZER
Company F: CAPT. P JAY
Company G: CAPT. J PERKINS
Second Lieutenant H S Hall commanding company on 21 July, 1861, as Captain J Perkins was not fit for duty and First Lieutenant P D Phillips had requested Second Lieutenant H S Hall to command.
Company H: CAPT. C E MARTIN
Company I: CAPT. C C GARDNER
Company K: CAPT. H L ACHILLES, JR.

Sources

"We passed the 8th N. Y. Militia, who, dressed in their grey State uniforms, were caring for some of their wounded comrades."

History of the 27th Regiment N Y Vols, being a record of its more than two years service in the war for the Union, from May 21st, 1861, to May 31st, 1863, with a complete roster, and short sketches of some of commanding officers, also, a record of experience and suffering of some of the comrades in Libby and other Rebel prisons, compiled by C B Fairchild, of Company D

Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Eighty-ninth session, 1866, volume 4, Nos. 61 to 85 inclusive, by New York Legislature Assembly

New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861–1865 (Volume 3), by Frederick Phisterer

Notes

The 27th New York Infantry was mustered in the service of the United States for two years, at Elmira, on 9 and 10 July, to date from 21 May, 1861. Its three years' men were, in May, 1863, transferred to the 121st New York Infantry and the regiment was mustered out at Elmira, on 31 May, 1863.

Portions of the 27th New York Infantry reached Fort Corcoran at about 9 AM on 22 July, 1861, and at noon was partially reorganised. The regiment marched to 'Camp Anderson', Franklin Square, and remained in Washington D. C.   until September 1861.

The Military District of the Potomac was established on 25 July, 1861 by consolidating the Military District of Washington and the Department of Northeastern Virginia and redesignated the Department of the Potomac on 15 August, 1861. The 27th New York Infantry was assigned to Brigadier General S P Heintzelman's brigade, Army of the Potomac, in August 1861.

Report

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.34: Series I, Volume 2 (S# 2), Chapter IX, pp. 388–389
Major J J Bartlett, Twenty-seventh New York Infantry