Honoring Those Soldiers Who Served with the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Defense of Washington, 1862-1863
Welcome to the 27th Maine website!
The 27th Maine is not known for any feats in battle, as it participated in no full-scale action with the enemy, but is instead known for the controversial issuing of the Medal of Honor to all those still serving in the regiment at their time of mustering out. See the history section for more about this story.
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WANTED!
Photographs of 27th Maine soldiers I am currently compiling all of my data about this regiment into book form, and will have biographies for all of the men that served in this unit. I am hoping to include photos as well, especially if they are in their Civil War uniform. Please contact me if you have images you'd like to share. I just ask that you do have permission to share said images, and they're not something downloaded from sites such as Find a Grave or someone's family tree on Ancestry.
A soldier's life, reduced to a third of a page
While I'd like to give each and every volunteer the same attention to detail as I have on the 200+ pages I've written on this website, page constraints within a single book will prevent that. As the clipping from a page shows (at left), I will include data from the descriptive rolls, the soldiers' parents, birth/death dates, burial, with spouse(s) and children, along with biographical information to give a bit of their life story. |
I am hoping to finish my book on the 27th Maine this year. I am currently (7/19/2023) at 219 pages.
RECENT BLOG ENTRIES
A Reunion for Company C
The Medal of Honor
General Orders, No. 195
Decoration Day, 2021
Col. Mark F. Wentworth Camp, Sons of Veterans (Kittery, Maine)
A Few older entries:(full list HERE)
Company L of the Second Maine Cavalry
Two dozen men of the 27th Maine and their reenlistment in Dec '63
Fort Albany, Arlington Heights, VA
(Defense of Washington)
A Medal Found
The MoH of Philip Banfield
A No-Show for Sunday Service
Saturday night's alright for...torching the sutler's tent.
First Loss
The death of Joseph Porter at Camp Lincoln (7-8 Oct 1862)
Of the Age of Eighteen Years
The discharge of Millett Blaisdell of Lebanon, and of the other underage volunteers
Presented To...
The Civil War bible of Horatio Trefethen of Company G
A Reunion for Company C
The Medal of Honor
General Orders, No. 195
Decoration Day, 2021
Col. Mark F. Wentworth Camp, Sons of Veterans (Kittery, Maine)
A Few older entries:(full list HERE)
Company L of the Second Maine Cavalry
Two dozen men of the 27th Maine and their reenlistment in Dec '63
Fort Albany, Arlington Heights, VA
(Defense of Washington)
A Medal Found
The MoH of Philip Banfield
A No-Show for Sunday Service
Saturday night's alright for...torching the sutler's tent.
First Loss
The death of Joseph Porter at Camp Lincoln (7-8 Oct 1862)
Of the Age of Eighteen Years
The discharge of Millett Blaisdell of Lebanon, and of the other underage volunteers
Presented To...
The Civil War bible of Horatio Trefethen of Company G
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Burial Places for the Veterans of the 27th Maine
I have made myself a handy Google map, marking the locations of nearly 890 burial places known for these soldiers. I color coded them so I know which ones (blue stars) I have visited and photographed so far. |
Route of the 27th Maine
Using Google Maps (above), I have marked the locations visited by the 27th Maine during their 9 months of service. Clicking to view the larger map will show details concerning each location. |
Last Updated: 19 July 2023