Union Regimental Histories
Illinois
Organized at Springfield, Ill., and mustered in August 10, 1861. Moved to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., August 13, 1861, thence to Bird's Point, Mo., August 30, and to Paducah,
Ky., September 8. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th
Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army Tennessee,
to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862.
2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th
Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Paducah, Ky., until March, 1862.
Demonstrations on Columbus, Ky., November 7-9, 1861. Moved to Savannah, Tenn., March
10-14, 1862. Expedition to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing,
Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, Corinth Road April 8. Advance on
and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange Grand
Junction and Holly Springs, June 1 to July 21. Duty at Memphis until November 21.
Sherman's Tallahatchie March November 26-December 12. At Davis' Mills and scouting in
Northern Mississippi until April, 1863. Expedition through Northern Mississippi, April
17-26. Guarding Memphis and Charleston R. R. until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June
8-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Birdsong
Ferry, Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. At Big Black River
until September 25. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September
25-November 22. Operations on Memphis and Charleston R. R. in Alabama October 20-29.
Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November
25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. November
28-December 9. At Scottsboro until May, 1864. Regiment veteranize January 1, 1864.
Veterans on furlough March to May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May to September. Joined army
June 3. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush
Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie
River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra
Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of
Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into
Alabama October 3-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November
22. Ogeechee River December 7-9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25.
Combahee River, S.C., January 28. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. South Edisto River
February 9. North Edisto River February 11-12. Savannah Creek and Congaree Creek February
15. Columbia February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Mill Creek March
22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of
Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston, and his army. March to
Washington, D.C. via Richmond April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville,
Ky., June 6. Mustered out July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 119 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 4 Officers and 117 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246.
Organized at Decatur, Ill., and mustered in August 5, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo.,
August 8, 1861, thence to Bird's Point, Mo., August 29, and to Paducah, Ky., September 8.
Attached to District of Cairo to December, 1861. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of
Cairo, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of West Tennessee and Army
of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, to
September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, to November, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee to
December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee to
January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th
Division, 13th Army Corps to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to
March, 1864. 1st Brigade, Provisional Division, 17th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to
June, 1864 (Non-Veterans). 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1864
(Non-Veterans). 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Paducah, Ky. (Cos. "B" and
"I," at Smithland, Ky.), until February, 1862. Demonstration on Columbus, Ky.,
November 7-9, 1861. Operations against Forts Henry and Heiman, Tenn., February 3-6. Fort
Heiman February 7. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16.
Expedition to Clarksville, Tenn., February 19-21. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March
10-16. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April
29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction. Holly Springs and
Germantown, June 1-July 21. Duty there until September 6. Moved to Bolivar, Tenn. March to
relief of Corinth October 4. Battle of Hatchie River or Metamora, October 5. Pursuit to
Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, November 2, 1862, to January
10, 1863. Reconnaissance from LaGrange to Lamar, Miss., November 5, 1862. Worsham Creek
November 16. Guard R. R. at Moscow, Tenn., January to March, 1863. Skirmish at Moscow
February 18 (Detachment). Moved to Memphis, Tenn., March, and duty there until May.
Expedition to the Coldwater, Miss., April 18-24. Hernando April 18. Coldwater April 19.
Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 12-22. Siege of Vicksburg June 22-July 4. Surrender of
Vicksburg July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson, July 10-17.
Assault on Jackson July 12. At Vicksburg until November. Moved to Natchez, Miss., November
18 and return to Vicksburg, December 16. Duty there until February, 1864. Meridian
Campaign February 3-March 2. Pearl River February 27. Veterans on furlough March to May,
1864. Non-Veterans on Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Battle of
Pleasant Hill, La., April 9. Pleasant Hill Landing April 12-13. About Cloutiersville April
22-24. At Alexandria April 30-May 13. Boyce's Plantation May 6. Well's Plantation May 6.
Bayou Boeuf May 7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18.
Moved to Vicksburg, thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 22-June 10. Action at Lake Chicot, Ark.,
June 6-7. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg near Tupelo July
14-15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Veterans moved to Cairo, Ill.,
thence to Nashville, Tenn., and to Tunnel Hill May, 1864. Assigned to duty guarding R. R.
at Tunnel Hill, Moon Station, Big Shanty, Marietta and Kenesaw Mountain until November.
March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Consolidated
with 53d Illinois Infantry December 23, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 107 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 3 Officers and 107 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.
Organized at Chicago, Ill., July 22, 1861. Left state for St. Louis, Mo., September 20,
1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1862. Flotilla Brigade, Army of
Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army Miss., to September, 1862.
1st Brigade, 13th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland to January, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army
Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas, to December, 1865.
SERVICE.--Joined Fremont at Tipton, Mo., October 18, 1861.
Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October 18-November 9. Duty at Smithton, Mo.,
December 13, 1861, to February 3, 1862. March to St. Charles, Mo., thence moved to Fort
Holt, Ky., February 3-20, 1862. Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island Number 10,
Mississippi River, February 28-April 8. Engagement at New Madrid, March 3-4. Actions at
Island Number 10, March 15-16 and 25. Action and capture at Tiptonville April 8.
Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April
17-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Action at Farmington May
3. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Action at Farmington May 9. Pursuit to Booneville
May 31-June 12. Skirmish at Rienzi June 3 (Detachment). Reconnaissance toward Baldwyn June
3. Camp at Big Springs June 14 to July 22. Moved to Iuka, Miss., July 22, thence to
Courtland, Ala. Skirmish at Courtland August 22. Duty along line of Memphis and Charleston
R. R. until September 2. March to Nashville, Tenn., September 3-12. Action at Columbia,
Tenn., September 9. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 6. Repulse of Forest's attack
on Edgefield November 5. Duty at Nashville until December 26. Hardin Pike near Nashville
December 3. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December
30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Expedition to Columbia March 5-14. Middle Tennessee or
Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage
of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga, Ga. Campaign August
16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob
November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., and
Campaign In East Tennessee November 28, 1863, to January 15, 1864. Camp at Stone's Mill,
Tenn., December 27, 1862, to January 15, 1864. Regiment veteranize January 1, 1864. Moved
to Dandridge, Tenn., January 15, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17. Moved to
Chattanooga January 21. Veterans on furlough February 21 to April 27. Atlanta, (Ga.)
Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's
Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Calhoun May 16. Adairsville May 17.
Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line
of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May
25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine
Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station
Smyrna, Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of
Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2-6. Moved to Bridgeport,
Ala., September 28. March to Chattanooga, thence to Alpine, Ga., and return October 19-30.
Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill
November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit
of Hood, to the Tennessee River, December 17-28. Duty at Huntsville and Decatur, Ala.,
until April 1, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap April 1-22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and
duty there until June 15. Moved to Now Orleans, La., June 15-18, thence to Fort Lavacca,
Texas, July 18-23, thence to Camp Irwin and duty there until August 17. Post duty at Port
Lavacca until December. Mustered out at Camp Irwin December 16 and discharged at
Springfield, III., January 10, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 13 Officers and 168 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 5 officers and 201 Enlisted men by disease. Total 387.
43rd Regiment Infantry "Koerner Regiment"
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in October 12, 1861. Moved to Benton
Barracks, Mo., October 13, thence to Tipton and Otterville, November 3-4. Attached to
Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo,
February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee and Army of the
Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson to September,
1862. Unattached District of Jackson to November, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of
Jackson, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of
Bolivar, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, 16th Army
Corps. to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, District of Eastern
Arkansas, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition to November,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division,
7th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps. garrison at
Little Rock, Ark., to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to August,
1865. Dept. of Arkansas, to November, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Otterville, Mo., until December 30, 1861.
March to Tipton December 30-31, thence to Benton Barracks January 20-21, 1862. Moved to
Fort Henry, Tenn., February 6-8, and to Fort Donelson February 25-26, thence to Savannah,
Tenn., March 4-12. Expedition to Pinhook March 18-19. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,
March 22. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.,
April 29-May 30. March to Bethel, thence to Jackson, Tenn., June 4-16, and to Bolivar July
17-19, and duty there until May, 1863. March to support of Rosecrans at Iuka, Miss.,
September 15-23, 1862. March to LaGrange and return October 9-10. Grant's Central
Mississippi Campaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Operations against Forest in
West Tennessee December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Salem Cemetery, near Jackson,
December 19, 1862. Scouting in West Tennessee and post duty at Bolivar until May, 1863.
Expedition to Wesley Camp, Somerville, May 26-29. Movement to Memphis, Tenn., thence to
Vicksburg, Miss., May 31-June 3. Expedition up the Yazoo to Satartia June 2-8. Action at
Mechanicsburg, Satartia, June 4. Moved to Haines' Bluff June 6. Siege of Vicksburg June
9-July 4. Moved to Big Black July 12, thence to Snyder's Bluff July 22, and to Helena,
Ark., July 29-August 1. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark., August 1-September 10.
Engagement at Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock
until March, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Okolona April 2-3.
Prairie D'Ann April 9-13. Camden April 15. Princeton April 28. Saline Bottom April 29.
Jenkin's Ferry April 30. Garrison duty at Little Rock until November, 1865. Princeton May
27, 1864. Scouts from Pine Bluff toward Camden and Monticello January 26-31, 1865.
Mustered out November 30 and discharged at Camp Butler, Ill., December 14, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 75 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 2 Officers and 161 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246.
Organized at Chicago, Ill., and mustered in September 13, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo.,
September 14-15, thence to Jefferson City, Mo., September 22-25. Attached to Sigel's
Division, Dept. of Missouri, and Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1862. 4th Brigade, Army of
Southwest Missouri, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Southwest
Missouri, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September,
1862. 35th Brigade, 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 35th Brigade, 11th
Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to Noyes-Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the
Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1865.
Department of Texas to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., October
13-November 8, 1861. March to Rolla November 8-19, and duty there until February, 1862.
Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo., February 2-13. Pursuit of Price into Arkansas
February 13-29. Battles of Pea Ridge, Bentonville, Leetown and Elkhorn Tavern March 6-8.
March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 3. Moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo., thence to
Pittsburg Landing May 11-26. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 29-30. Pursuit to Booneville May
31-June 12. At Rienzi, Miss., until August 26. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, August
26-September 1, thence to Louisville, Ky., September 17-19, Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky
October 1-16. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October
16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance to Milk Creek November 27.
Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and
January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14.
Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Fairfield June 27. Occupation of
Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River
and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September
19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold
Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit
to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8.
Campaign in East Tennessee December, 1863, to February, 1864. March to Chattanooga, thence
to Cleveland, Tenn., and duty there until May. Veterans on furlough February 18 to April
14. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations against Rocky Faced Ridge
May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Demonstration on Dalton May 9-13. Battle of Resaca
May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on
Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New
Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against
Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault
on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July
5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18. Peach Tree Creek, July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta
July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood and Forrest in
North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville (Tenn.) Campaign
November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle
of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the
Tennessee River December 17-28. March to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March,
1865. Operations In East Tennessee March 28-April 19. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty
there until June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 15-22, thence to Port Lavaca, Texas,
July 16-23. Camp on La Placido River until September 25. Mustered out September 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 129 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 1 Officer and 156 Enlisted men by disease. Total 292.
45th Regiment Infantry "Washburn Lead Mine Regiment"
Organized at Galena, Ill., and mustered in at Camp Douglas, Ill., December 25, 1861. Moved
to Cairo, II1., January 12, 1862, and duty there until February 2. Attached to District of
Cairo to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army
of the Tennessee, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee, to
July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, District of Jackson, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of
Jackson, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old),
Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army
Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE--Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6,
1862, Capture of Fort Henry February 6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 12-16. Duty at Fort Donelson until March 4. Moved to Savannah, Tenn., March 4-11.
Expedition to Pin Hook March 18-19. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 25. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Moved
to Bethel, thence to Jackson, Tenn., June 4-8. Guard R. R. there until August 11. Action
at Medon August 3. Guard Mississippi Central R. R, August 11 to September 17 (4 companies
at Medon, 5 companies at Toon's, Co. "G" at Treager's). Actions with Armstrong
at Meadon, Toon's and Treager's August 31 (Co. "G" captured at Treager's). Duty
at Jackson, Tenn., until November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on
the Mississippi Central R. R. to the Yockna River, Miss., November 2, 1862, to January 10,
1863. Capture of Henderson Station November 25, 1862 (Co. "B"). At Memphis,
Tenn., until February, 1863. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February 22-24. Moved to
Barry's Landing March 16 and to Milliken's Bend April 19 (a detachment ran batteries on
transports April 22, the whole Regiment volunteering). Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Plantation (or Port Gibson) May 1. North Fork
Bayou Pierre May 3. Ingraham's Heights May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12, Jackson May 14,
Champion's Hill May 16, Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4.
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19-22 and June 25. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Provost duty
at Vicksburg until October. Expedition toward Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek and
Robinson's Mill October 17. At Big Black until February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February
3-March 2. Meridian February 13-14. Chunky Station February 14. Chunkyville Station
February 29. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., March 17. Veterans on furlough until May. Moved to
Cairo, Ill, thence to Clifton, Tenn., April 28-May 5. March to Huntsville, Ala., May 5-23,
thence to Ackworth, Ga., via Decatur and Warrenton, Ala., and Rome and Kingston, Ga., May
28-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8-September 8. Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July
2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Howell's Ferry July 5. Leggett's, Bald Hill, July
20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on
Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Love-Joy Station
September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September
28-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamp, S.C., February 1-5.
Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 2. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto
River February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Fayetteville, N. C., March 13. Battle of
Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his
army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 6-8. Mustered out July 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 2 Officers and 136 Enlisted men by disease. Total 223.
Organized at Camp Butler, I11., December 28, 1861, and duty there until February 11, 1862.
Moved to Cairo, Ill., thence to Fort Donelson, Tenn, February 11-14. Attached to 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th
Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Right Wing 13th
Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th
Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps,
to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps,
to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to
December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Reserve Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to
February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West
Mississippi, February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Military Division
West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Department of Louisiana to January, 1866.
SERVICE.--Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 14-16, 1862. Occupation of Fort Henry, Tenn., February 19 to March 6. Moved to
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 6-18. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and
siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand
Junction, Holly Springs, etc., June 10-July 21. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., until September 6.
March to Bolivar and Hatchie River September 6-14. March to relief of Corinth, Miss.,
October 3. Battle of the Hatchie or Metamora October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central R. R. November 2, 1862, to January 10,
1863. Garrison duty at Moscow, Tenn., January 13-February 5. Moved to Lafayette, thence to
Memphis, Tenn., March 9. Expedition to Hernando, Miss., April 2:24. Moved to Young's
Point, La., May 13-15. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May
19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17.
Assault on Jackson July 12. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 15. Duty at Vicksburg until
August 12. Moved to Natchez, Miss., August 12. Expedition to Harrisonburg, La., September
1-7. Action near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Moved to
Vicksburg, Miss., September 16, and duty there until January 12, 1864. Red River October
14. Expedition from Natchez to Red River October 20. Regiment veteranize January 4, 1864.
Veterans on furlough January 27 to March 2. Return to Vicksburg March 2. Duty there and at
Big Black until July. Expedition to Benton and Yazoo City May 4-22. Actions at Benton May
7 and 9. Luce's Plantation May 13. Yazoo City May 13. Expedition to Pearl River, Miss.,
July 2-10. Near Jackson July 5. Jackson July 7. Ordered to Morganza, La., July 29, and
duty there until August 23. Expedition to Port Hudson and Clinton, La., August 23-29.
Moved to mouth of White River, Ark., September 3-8, Non-Veterans mustered out September
13. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., October 7-9. Thence to Memphis, Tenn., November
28-December 1, and duty there until December 21. Expedition to Germantown, Moscow and Wolf
River, Tenn., December 21-31. Moved to Kenhersville, La., January 2, thence to Fort
Gaines, Dauphin Island, Ala., February 8-10, 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its
defenses March 18-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8.
Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. Expedition to
Meridian, Miss., May 12-21. Moved to New Orleans, La., May 27-28, thence to Alexandria,
Natchitoches and Shreveport, La., on Red River. Moved to Grand Ecore, La., June 19, and
duty there until November 20. Moved to Shreveport November 20, thence to Baton Rouge, La.,
December 27. Mustered out at Baton Rouge, La., January 20, 1866, and discharged at
Springfield, Ill., February 1, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 74 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 1 Officer and 253 Enlisted men by disease. Total 335.
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in August 16, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo.,
September 23; thence to Jefferson City, Mo., October 9, and duty there until December 22,
1861. Attached to Dept. of the Missouri to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army
of the Mississippi, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to
April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, April, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, Left
Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th
Division, 16th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to
December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Gulf,
to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to
November, 1864. Chicago, Ill., to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of
Kentucky, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps
(New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. District of Alabama, Dept. of
the Gulf, to January, 1866.
SERVICE.--Moved from Jefferson City, Mo., to Otterville, Mo.,
December 22, 1861, and duty there until February, 1862. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February
2. Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10, Mississippi River, February
28-April 8. New Madrid March 5. Point Pleasant March 7. Action and capture of Tiptonville
April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn.,
April 17-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnaissance
toward Corinth May 8. Action at Farmington, Miss., May 9. Near Corinth May 28. Pursuit to
Booneville May 31-June 12. Moved to Rienzi July 3, and duty there until Augu§t 18. March
to Tuscumbia, Ala., August 18-22. March to Clear Creek September 8-14. Reconnaissance to
Iuka, Miss., and skirmish September 16. Battle of Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth
October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-14. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.
Operations on the Mississippi Central R. R. November 2, 1862-January 10, 1863. March from
Grand Junction to Corinth, Miss., January 8-14, 1863, thence to Ridgeway Station January
26 and duty there guarding R. R. until March 12. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to
Duckport, La., March 12-April 1. Demonstration on Haines' and Snyder's Bluffs April 25-May
2. Movement to Jackson, Miss., via Grand Gulf May 2-14. Mississippi Springs May 13.
Jackson May 14 and May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg
May 19 and 22. Expedition to Satartia and Mechanicsburg June 2-8. Satartia June 4.
Expedition from Young's Point to Richmond, La., June 14-16. Richmond, La., June 15.
Advance toward Jackson, Miss., July 5. Guard duty at Black River Bridge until July 22. At
Bear Creek until October. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October
17. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 14-20; thence to LaGrange, Tenn., and guard Memphis
& Charleston R. R., and scouting after Forrest until January 26, 1864. Skirmish at
Saulsbury December 3, 1863. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 26-February 3. Meridian
Campaign February 3-March 2. At Black River Bridge until February 23. March to Canton and
return to Vicksburg February 23-March 7, Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy
March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson's Hill March 21. Grand Ecore April
2. Campti April 3. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville, Cane River,
April 22-24. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Muddy Bayou May 2-6. Well's Plantation, near
Alexandria, May 2-13, Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Moved to Vicksburg,
Miss., May 22-24, thence to Memphis, Tenn., June 4-10. Action at Lake Chicot, Ark., June
6. Defeat of Marmaduke. Veterans on furlough until August. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo,
Miss., July 5-21. Near Camargo's Cross Roads July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15.
Tishamingo (or Old Town) Creek July 15. Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30.
Abbeville August 23. Non-Veterans muster out October 11, 1864. Mower's Expedition to
Brownsville, Ark., September 2-10. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price
September 17-November 4. Ordered to Chicago November 9, thence moved to Springfield, Ill.,
and to Louisville, Ky., December 3. Duty at Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., until
January 27, 1865. Moved to Eastport, Miss., via Nashville, Tenn., January 27-February 1,
thence to New Orleans, La., February 6-22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March
7-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture
of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25.
Duty there and at Selma until January, 1866. Mustered out January 21, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 3 Officers and 184 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.
Organized at Camp Butler, I11., September, 1861. Moved to Cairo, Ill., November 11, 1861,
and duty there until February, 1862. Attached to District of Cairo to February, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862. Post of Bethel, District of
Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Post of Bethel, District of Jackson, 13th Army Corps
(Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bethel, District of
Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to
July, 1863. 4th Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army
Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.----Grant's Expedition into Kentucky January 16-21,
1862. Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6. Capture of Fort Henry February
6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Duty at Fort Donelson
until March 4. Moved to Savannah, Tenn., March 4.11, thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,
March 25. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.,
April 29-May 30. Moved to Bethel, Tenn., June 4, and garrison duty at that post until May,
1863. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee December 18, 1862-January 3, 1868.
Germantown May 22. Moved from Germantown to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss.,
June 9-17. Siege of Vicksburg June 17-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10.
Birdsong Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. Jones' Ford, Messenger's Ferry, Big Black
River, July 6. Quinn's Hill July 7. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black until
September 28. Movement to Memphis, Tenn.; thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September
28-November 23. Operations on Memphis & Charleston R. R. in Alabama October 20-29.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge
November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. At Scottsboro, Ala.,
until May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May
8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 19-22. Advance on
Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New
Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against
Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June
27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22.
Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank
movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. LoveJoy
Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Reconnaissance from Rome
on Cave Springs Road October 12-18. March to the sea November 15-December 10.
Griswoldsville November 22. Near Bryan's Court House December 8. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Assault on and capture of Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamp, S.C., February 2-5. Diilingham's
Cross Roads, or Duck Branch, February 3. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River
February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh
April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to
Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to
Louisville, Ky., June 2, thence to Little Rock, Ark., June 25. Mustered out August 15,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 113 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 6 Officers and 251 Enlisted men by disease. Total 380.
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in December 31, 1861. Moved to Cairo, Ill.,
thence to Fort Henry, Tenn., February 8-10, 1862. Attached to 3d Brigade, 1st Division,
District of Cairo, February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee,
and Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Jackson, Tenn., to
November, 1862, Post of Bethel, District of Jackson, 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of
the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bethel, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to
March, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 4th Brigade,
District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. True's Brigade, Arkansas Expedition, to
November, 1863. Gilbert's Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army
Corps, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864, and Dept. of the
Tennessee to November, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Smith's Detachment, Army of the
Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Garrison, Paducah, Ky., Dept. of
Kentucky, to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 12-16, 1862. Moved to Savannah, thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-25.
Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May
30. March to Bethel, Tenn June 4, and Post duty there until March, 1863. Moved to
Germantown and White's Station, Tenn., March 10-12, and guard R. R. until August 10. Moved
to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Helena and Brownsville, Ark., August 21-September 2. Steele's
Expedition against Little Rock September 2-10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock
September 10. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, thence to Memphis, Tenn., November 15-21, and duty
there until January, 1864. Regiment veteranize January 15, 1864. Moved to Vicksburg,
Miss., January 27-February 2. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Red River Campaign
March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Battle of
Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville, Cane River, April 22-24. Occupation of
Alexandria April 26-May 13. Governor Moore's Plantation and Bayou Roberts May 3-7 and 11.
Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg,
Miss., thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 22-June 10. Old River Lake (or Lake Chieot), Ark.,
June 6. Skirmish near Lafayette June 29. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21.
Near Camargo's Cross Roads, Harrisburg, July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15.
Tishamingo Creek (or Old Town), July 15. Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30.
Hurricane Creek August 13-14. Abbeville August 23. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and
in pursuit of Price through Missouri September to November. Franklin, Mo., October 1 and
October 30. Moved from St. Louis, Mo., to Nashville, Tenn., November 21-December 1. Battle
of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit to Tennessee River December 17-28. Ordered to
Paducah, Ky., December 29, and garrison duty there until September, 1865. Mustered out
September 9, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 72 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 5 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease. Total 254.
50th Regiment Infantry "Blind Half-Hundred"
Organized at Quincy, Ill., and mustered in September 12, 1861. Moved to Hannibal, Mo.,
October 9, thence to Chillicothe October 19. To St. Joseph, Mo., November 27; to Palmyra,
Mo., December 19, and to St. Joseph, December 24. Attached to Department of Missouri
October, 1861, to February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Cairo, February,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee to
July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, Miss., 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of
the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to
January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division,
15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from St. Joseph, Mo., to Cairo, Ill., and
Smithland, Ky., January 21-28, 1862. Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6.
Capture of Fort Henry February 6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February
12-16. Expedition to Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., February 19-March 1. Moved to
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 25-31. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and
siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth until November, 1863.
Reconnaissance to Bay Springs August 4-7, 1862 (two Companies). Battle of Corinth October
3-4, 1862. Pursuit to Hatchie River October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign
November, 1862, to January, 1863. Expedition against Forest in West Tennessee December 18,
1862-January 3, 1863. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 15-May 3, 1863. Great
Bear Creek and Cherokee Station April 17. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia
April 23. Town Creek April 28. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., and return to Corinth October
11-17. Moved to Eastport, Pulaski and Lynnville November 6-12, and duty there until March,
1864. Regiment mounted November 17, and Veteranize January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough
until March 5. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13.
Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Lay's
Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 14-15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Assigned to garrison duty at
Rome, Ga., until November. Battle of Allatoona October 5. Cave Springs Road October 12-13.
March to the sea November 15-December 10. Ogeechee Canal December 9. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps,
S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 11-12.
Columbia February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of
Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his Army. March to Washington, D.C.,
via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June
3-8. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 129 Enlisted men by disease. Total 191.
Organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and mustered in December 24, 1861. Moved to
Cairo, I11, February 14, 1862. Duty there and at Camp Cullum, Ky., until March 4, 1862.
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 13th Division,
Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army
Corps, to August, 1865. Department of Texas to September, 1865.
SERVICE.--Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10,
Mississippi River, March 7-April 8, 1862. Actions at New Madrid March 13-14. Action and
capture at Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to
Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-23. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May
30. Action at Farmington May 3. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Action at Farmington
May 9. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Reconnaissance toward Baldwyn June 3. At
Corinth until July 20. Moved to Tuscumbia, Ala., July 20. Guard R. R. from Hillsboro to
Decatur, Ala. Stationed at Decatur until September 4. March to Nashville, Tenn., September
4-12. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 12-November 6. Repulse of Forest's attack on
Edgefield November 5. Duty at Nashville until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro
December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty
at Murfreesboro until June. Expedition to Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee (or
Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign
August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga,
Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard
Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville and
operations in East Tennessee November 28-January 15, 1864. Moved to Chattanooga, thence to
Cleveland, Tenn., and duty there until May, 1864. Veterans on furlough February 10-March
30. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May
8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near
Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line
of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May
25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountains June 10-July 2. Pine
Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station,
Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July
18. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on
Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Moved to Chattanooga,
Tenn.. September 28, thence to Bridgeport, Ala., and duty there until October 18. Moved to
Chattanooga October 18. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River,
November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of
Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to
Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March and
April. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until June. Moved to New Orleans, La.,
June 16-22, thence to Texas July 28-31. At Camp Placider, Texas, until September. Mustered
out at Camp Irwin September 25 and discharged at Chicago, II1., October 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 106 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 1 Officer and 134 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.
Organized at Geneva, Ill., and mustered in November 19, 1861. Moved to Benton Barracks,
Mo., November 28, thence to St. Joseph, Mo., December 8, 1861. Attached to Department of
the Missouri to February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Cairo, February,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
4th Division, District of West Tennessee, March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of
the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to
September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, to November, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to
December, 1862. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st
Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July,
1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from St. Joseph, Mo., to. Cairo, II1., and
Smithland, Ky., January 16-24, 1862. Duty there until February 10. Moved to Fort Donelson,
Tenn., February 10-17. Duty escorting prisoners from Fort Donelson, Tenn., to Chicago,
I11., February 18-March 5. Moved to St. Louis March 6-7, thence to Pittsburg Landing,
Tenn., March 13-20. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. At Corinth, Miss., until
August, 1863. Battle of Corinth October 3-4, 1862. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Action
at Little Bear Creek November 28. Dodge's Expedition into Alabama December 9-14. Dodge's
Expedition to intercept Forest, and operations in West Tennessee December 18, 1862-January
3, 1863. Expedition to Hamburg, Tenn., January 26-28, 1863. Expedition to Jacinto, Miss.,
February 25-March 6. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Rock Cut, near
Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 27-28. At Corinth until August
18. Moved to Germantown, Tenn., August 18, and duty there guarding R. R. until October 29.
March to Pulaski, Tenn., October 29-November 11. Duty at Pulaski until April 30, 1864.
Regiment veteranlze January 9, 1864. Veterans on furlough January 9 to February 24,
returning to Pulaski from Chicago February 24-29. Moved to Chattanooga April 30-May 2.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 2 to September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Snake
Creek Gap May 9-12. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Ley's Ferry,
Oostenaula River, May 15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Rome May 17-18. Advance on Dallas May
20-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church
and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River
July 5-17. Decatur and Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Moved
to Rome, Ga., September 26, and duty there until November. Reconnaissance on Cave Springs
Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Little
Ogeechee River December 4. Jenks' Bridge December 7. Eden Cross Roads December 7-9. Siege
of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie
Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February
11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Cheraw March 2-3.
Reconnaissance from Fayetteville, N. C., and skirmish on Raleigh Road to Silver Run Creek
March 14. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh
April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to
Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to
Louisville, Ky., June 2. Mustered out July 5 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 12,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 59 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 119 Enlisted men by disease. Total 180.
Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
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