27th Pennsylvania Infantry

Welcome to this site devoted to the soldiers of the 27th Pennsylvania Regiment Volunteer Infantry. Learn about the beginnings of the Pa 27th regiment including their experience in the Baltimore Riots before this regiment became the 27th. Learn about the man who organized this Philadelphia regiment and why he left. Find out about the over whelming odds they faced at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. See how they repulsed the famed "Louisiana Tigers" at Cemetery Hill to prevent the collapse of the Union Army line at Gettysburg. And much, much more. There is much to be proud of this regiment that time has almost forgotten.