1See Eddy, The Patriotism of Illinois,
II., pp. 53-54. The 27th Illinois was raised for the most part in the
counties of Adams, Scott, Pike, Madison, Jersey, Mason, Macoupin,
Mercer, Jackson, Henry and Morgan. Eddy states that it was mustered into
service at Camp Butler on the 10th of August, 1861. Some of the officers
who will be mentioned in this diary are: Colonel, N. B. Buford;
Lieutenant-Colonel, F. A. Harrington; Adjutant, Henry A. Rust; Quartermaster,
David B. Sears; Chaplain, S. Young McMasters; Captain W. A. Schmitt of Company
A; Captain Jonathan R. Miles of Company F, who later becomes Colonel of the
regiment. The officers of Company C, of which our diarist was a member, at this
time were: Captain, Lemuel Parke; 1st Lieutenant, Lyman G. Allen; 2nd
Lieutenant, Laommi F. Williams.
SOURCE: Transactions
of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 226
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