Henry Ahrentts

• Death Notes
  • not sure of death

• General Notes
  • Regiment: 27th Infantry Regiment OH
    Date Mustered: 11 July 1865
    Regiment Type: Infantry
    Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 6
    Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 80
    Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 1
    Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
    
    Regimental History
    OHIO
    TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
    (Three Years)
    
    
    Twenty-seventh Infantry. - Cols., John W. Fuller, Mendal
    Churchill; Lieut.-Cols., Henry G. Kennett, Swift Spaulding, Ed-
    win Nichols, Isaac N. Gilruth; Maj., James P. Simpson. This
    regiment was organized at Camp Chase from July 15 to Aug. 18,
    1861, to serve for three years. On the morning of Aug. 20, the
    regiment marched out of camp, 950 strong, and took the cars for
    St. Louis, Mo. In December it shared in the capture of 1,300
    recruits, who were endeavoring to join the Confederate Gen.
    Price. The regiment was actively engaged during the siege of
    New Madrid and after the surrender of the town remained in camp
    about two weeks, constantly engaged in drilling. It then moved
    to Island No. 10, assisting in the capture of that place, and a
    few weeks later moved to the vicinity of Fort Pillow. During
    the siege of Corinth it was repeatedly under fire and in every
    instance behaved well. It was a part of the force sent to re-
    capture Iuka in September and participated in the fight at that
    place. In the following engagement at Corinth it was in the
    heat of the conflict and lost about 60 men. It was with the
    brigade that encountered Forrest at Parker's cross-roads, Tenn.
    and took an active part in the engagement at that place, cap-
    turing 7 guns, 360 prisoners and 400 horses. At the close of
    1863 the soldiers of the 27th re-enlisted as veterans and after
    their furlough home in May, 1864, joined the main army at Chat-
    tanooga. It was engaged with Hood's corps at Dallas , skir-
    mished at Big Shanty, fought at Kennesaw mountain, losing heav-
    ily, both in officers and men; participated in the action at
    Nickajack creek, advancing at the head of a division with fixed
    bayonets and charging the Confederate works with complete suc-
    cess. On July 22, before Atlanta, the regiment was engaged in
    one of its most severe battles, and sustained its heaviest
    loss. From the time it left Chattanooga till the fall of At-
    lanta the regiment had lost 16 officers and 201 men, only 6 of
    whom were reported "missing." This was a loss of more than
    half the men present for duty when the regiment left Chatta-
    nooga. It pursued Hood northward, then marched with Sherman to
    the sea, skirmishing near Savannah with slight loss. It shared
    in the campaign of the Carolinas and at the crossing of the
    Salkehatchie river literally hewed its way through forest and
    swamp, with water nearly up to the waist, for more than a mile,
    and was among the first to find a way to cross the river. At
    Cheraw it was the first regiment to enter the town, skirmishing
    with the Confederate cavalry, driving them through the streets
    and across the Pedee river. At Bentonville, N. C., Monroe's
    division, to which the 27th belonged, attacked the enemy's left
    and pushed forward so vigorously that the skirmish line was at
    Gen. Johnston's headquarters before they were aware of it.
    The regiment was mustered out of service on July 11, 1865.
    
    Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
    
    Battles Fought
    
    Fought at Near Savannah, GA.
    Fought on 03 November 1861 at Little Blue, MO.
    Fought on 05 November 1861 at Little Blue, MO.
    Fought on 14 November 1861 at Little Blue, MO.
    Fought on 13 March 1862 at New Madrid, MO.
    Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
    Fought on 13 September 1862 at Iuka, MS.
    Fought on 14 September 1862 at Little Blue, MO.
    Fought on 19 September 1862 at Iuka, MS.
    Fought on 03 October 1862 at Corinth, MS.
    Fought on 04 October 1862 at Corinth, MS.
    Fought on 19 October 1863 at Near Memphis, TN.
    Fought on 27 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
    Fought on 31 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
    Fought on 16 June 1864 at Big Shanty, GA.
    Fought on 17 June 1864 at Near Kenesaw Mt, GA.
    Fought on 24 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
    Fought on 28 June 1864 at Big Shanty, GA.
    Fought on 28 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
    Fought on 04 July 1864 at Nickajack Creek, GA.
    Fought on 04 July 1864 at Ruff's Mills, GA.
    Fought on 20 July 1864 at Big Shanty, GA.
    Fought on 22 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
    Fought on 23 July 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
    Fought on 01 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
    Fought on 06 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
    Fought on 14 August 1864 at Near Dalton, GA.
    Fought on 14 January 1865 at Hilton Head, SC.
    Fought on 27 February 1865 at Near Cheraw, SC.
    Fought on 03 March 1865 at Cheraw, SC.
    Fought on 05 March 1865 at Cheraw, SC.
    Fought on 21 March 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
    Fought on 22 March 1865.
    Fought on 28 March 1865.
    Fought on 29 March 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.
    Fought on 19 April 1865 at Dallas, GA.
    

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