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127th USCT Infantry

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Muster In: Organized at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia, Pa., August 23 to September 10, 1864.1
Muster Out: Mustered out October 20, 1865.2

Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel James Givin
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit not yet in existence.3

Second Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit not yet in existence.4

Third Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit not yet in existence.5

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit not yet in existence.6

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (September ??-October 13, 1864)

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  • Note: Ordered to City Point, Va., September [??], 1864.7 On what specific day did the 127th USCT reach City Point, and on what day did it join the brigade it was assigned to?

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army8

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James Givin (October 31, 1864)9
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  • Note: The 127th United States Colored Troops does not appear to have taken part in the Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road on October 27-28, 1864, as it does not appear in a return of casualties for its brigade during that time.10

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

First Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-?, 1864)11

Second Brigade | Third Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November ?-December 3, 1864)12

Second Brigade | Second Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-31, 1864)13

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James Givin (December 31, 1864)14
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  • Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
  • Note: I am unsure what date in November the 127th USCT moved from the First to Second Brigade in the Third Division, X Corps.  More research is needed.

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army15,16

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James Givin (January 31 & February 28, 1865)17,18
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | XXV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army19,20

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel James Givin (March 31, 1865)21
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles22:

  • Ordered to City Point, Va., September [??], 1864.
  • Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., September, 1864, to April, 1865.
  • Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 29-30.
  • Fort Harrison September 29.
  • Darbytown Road October 13.
  • Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28.
  • Duty in trenches north of the James River before Richmond until March, 1865.
  • Moved to Hatcher’s Run March 27-28.
  • Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
  • Hatcher’s Run March 29-31.
  • Fall of Petersburg April 2.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    3. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    4. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    5. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    6. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    7. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    8. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 465: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
    9. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 465: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
    10. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 149: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
    11. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    12. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    13. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1126: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
    14. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1126: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
    15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 337: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
    16. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 750: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
    17. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 337: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
    18. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 750: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
    19. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 580: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    20. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 596: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
    21. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 580: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
    22. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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