27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 27th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (1862-1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. 27th Infantry Regiment was organized at Yellville, Arkansas, in July 1862, composed of a handful of companies of mounted volunteers, which were dismounted and reinforced with several companies of conscripts. James R. Shaler, a Missourian who had previously served in the Missouri State Guard, was appointed colonel of the new regiment. Colonel Shaler soon proved to be unpopular with the men. The regiment was placed in Colonel R. H. Shaver's and General Tappan's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and in the spring of the 1864 united with the 38th Regiment. The field officers were Colonels Beal Gaither and James R. Shaler, and Lieutenant Colonels A. J. Magenis and James M. Riggs.