Union Regimental Histories
Illinois
Organized at Knoxville, Ill., and mustered in September 1, 1862. Moved to Peoria, I11.,
September 22, thence to Louisville, Ky., October 1. Attached to Ward's Brigade, Dumont's
12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to August, 1863. Ward's Brigade, Poet of Nashville, Tenn., Dept.
of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, and Army of Georgia, to June, 1865.
SERVlCE.--March in pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky October
1-16, 1862. March to Gallatin, Tenn., via Frankfort, Bowling Green and Scottsville October
16-November 26. Duty at Gallatin until June 6, 1868. Action at Woodbury April 27, 1863.
Moved to Lavergne, Tenn., and on railroad guard duty at Lavergne and Stewart's Creek until
February, 1864. (5 Companies mounted August, 1863.) Moved to Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn.,
February 25, 1864. Scout from Lookout Valley to Deer Head Cove, Ga., March 29-31. Atlanta
(Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Movement on Dalton May 5-8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced
Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May
22-25. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about
Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Big Shanty June 1. Operations
about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost
Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek
June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. 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. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10.
Occupation of Milledgeville November 22. Ogeechee River November 29. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Occupation of
Hardeeville January 3, 1865. Occupation of Lawtonville, S.C., February 2. Rockingham, N.
C., March 7. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, March 16.
Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Moccasin Creek March 24. 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 30-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 6 and discharged at Chicago, Ill.,
June 14, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 68 Enlisted
men by disease. Total 119.
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered In October 2, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., thence
to Bolivar, Tenn., October 30-November 2, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division,
Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 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 June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November
2-December 31, 1862. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., November 3, and duty there until November
28. Reconnaissance from LaGrange to Lamar, Miss., November 5. Wirsham Creek November 6.
Garrison at Waterford, Miss., December 1-31. Moved to Jackson, Tenn., December 31, and
duty there until March 10, 1863. Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., March 10, 1863, and duty there
until June 5. Expedition to Holly Springs and Waterford, Miss., and Colliersville, Tenn.,
April 17-25. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., June 5-6; thence to Vicksburg, Miss., June 8-13.
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Birdsong
Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Big Black River until
September 28. Moved 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 24-25. Mission Ridge
November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville and return
to Bridgeport, Ala., November 28-December 19. Moved to Stevenson, Ala., December 24,
thence to Scottsboro, Ala., December 26-28, and duty there until February 8, 1864. Moved
to Cleveland, Tenn., February 8-14. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-r/. Tunnel
Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. At Cleveland until May.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca
May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 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 June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July
4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. 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.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. 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, S.C., January 25. Combahee River January 28.
Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River
February 12-13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of
Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. 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 2-4. Mustered out June 14
and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 9, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 87 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 1 Officer and 153 Enlisted men by disease. Total 249.
Organized at Ottawa, Ill., and mustered in August 27, 1862, and ordered to Louisville, Ky.
Attached to 39th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. District of
Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. Prisoners of war to April, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from Louisville to Frankfort, Ky., September,
1862, and duty there until October 25. Moved to Hartsville, Tenn., October 26-December 1.
Action at Hartsville December 7. Regiment captured and paroled. Sent to Camp Douglas,
Chicago, Ill., and duty there as paroled prisoners of war until April, 1863, when declared
exchanged. Ordered to Brentwood, Tenn.; thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn.,, and duty there
until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Elk River July 3.
Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and
Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads,
near Dug Gap, September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September
21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pea Vine Valley
and Graysville November 26. Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27. At Chattanooga
until February, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 10, and duty there until March
15. Moved to Chattanooga March 15-19. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.
Demonstration of Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Near Resaca May
13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin
Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June
10-July 2. Pine Mountain June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-18, Peach Tree
Creek June 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank
movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Red Oak August 29. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September
29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Near Stroud's Mills, S. C,, February 26.
Cloud's House February 26. Near Rocky Mount February 28. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek,
N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. 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. Mustered out June 6 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July
11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 2 Officers and 76 Enlisted men by disease. Total 194.
Organized at Dixon, Ill., and mustered in September 2, 1862. Moved from Dixon to Camp
Douglas, Ill., September 8, 1862; thence to Louisville, Ky., September 30-October 2.
Attached to Ward's Brigade, Dumont's 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1863. Ward's
Brigade, Post of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of Georgia to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Frankfort, Ky., October 3-9, 1862; thence to Lawrenceburg in pursuit of Morgan, October 10-13. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., October 26-November 4. To Scottsville November 11, to Gallatin, Tenn., November 25; to South Tunnel December 11 and duty there until February 1, 1863. At Gallatin until June 1. Moved to Lavergne, thence to Murfreesboro July 2. Return to Lavergne July 29; thence moved to Nashville, Tenn., August 19, and duty there until February 24, 1864. March to Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn., February 24-March 10, and duty there until May 2. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 2-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 23-25. Burnt Hickory May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal (or Golgotha Church) June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. 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. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Near Hardeesville, S.C., January 3. Lawtonville, S. C., February 2. Salkehatchie February 3-5. Averyshore, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. 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. Mustered out June 7 and discharged at Chicago, Ill,, July 17, 1865. Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 49 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 187 Enlisted men by disease. Total 188.
Organized at Lincoln, Ill., and mustered in September 18, 1862. Moved to Columbus, Ky.,
November 7-10; thence to Jackson, Tenn. Attached to District of Jackson, Tenn., Left Wing
13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 4th Brigade,
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 Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to August,
1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, Army of Arkansas, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps,
Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Assigned to Provost duty at Jackson, Tenn., and as
railroad guard along Mobile & Ohio R. R. until March, 1863. Repulse of Forest's attack
on Jackson December 20, 1862. Railroad crossing Forked Deer River December 20 (Cos.
"H," "I" and "K"). Moved to Bolivar, Tenn., March, 1863;
thence to Vicksburg, Miss., May 31. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 9-July 4. Surrender of
Vicksburg July 4. Ordered to Helena, Ark., July 29; thence moved to Clarendon, Ark.,
August 13, and to Duvall's Bluff August 22. Steele's Expedition against Little Rock, Ark.,
September 1-10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty there until
October 26. Pursuit of Marmaduke's Forces October 26-November 1. Duty at Little Rock,
Duvall's Bluff, Hot Springs, Lewisburg, St. Charles, Dardanelles and Brownsville, Ark.,
until July, 1865. Operations against Shelby north of the Arkansas River May 13-31, 1864.
Action at Clarendon June 25-26. Scouts from Pine Bluff toward Camden and Monticello
January 26-31, 1865. Expedition from Little Rock to Mt. Elba January 22-February 4, 1865.
Mustered out July 12 and discharged at Springfield, Ill., July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 7 Officers and
188 Enlisted men by disease. Total 198.
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Moved to
Jeffersonville, Ind., September 30-October 1, 1862, and to Louisville, Ky., October 12.
Attached to railroad guard Louisville & Nashville R. R., Dept. of the Ohio, to
November, 1862. District of West Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865; and Dept. of North
Carolina to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Elizabethtown, Ky., October 18, 1862, and
duty there until December, 1862. Moved to Munfordsville, Ky., December 3, and duty there
until March, 1863. Moved to Glasgow, Ky., and duty there until June 18. Pursuit of Morgan
June 18-July 26. Return to Lebanon, Ky. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August
16-October 17. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Huff's Ferry November 14. Near
Loudon November 15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November
17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-22. At Knoxville until April, 1864.
Expedition to Flat Creek February 1. March to Calhoun, Tenn., April 27-30. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Dalton May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Battle of Resaca May 14-15. 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 5. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17.
Noyes' Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. On line of the
Nickajack Creek July 2-5. On line of the Chattahoochie July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July
22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. LoveJoy
Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood
September 29-November 3. Nashville, Tenn., Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck
River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16.
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-20. At Clifton, Tenn., until January
26, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., January 26-February 2, thence to Fort Fisher, N. C.,
February 11-15. Occupation of Wilmington. N. C., February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas
March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro, N. C., March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March
21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April
26. Surrender of Johnson and his army. Duty at Saulsbury, N. C., until June 21. Mustered
out June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 122 Enlisted men by disease. Total 152.
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in August 28, 1862. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky.,
October 17-November 1, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky,
Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps (Old),
Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to May, 1863. Detached Brigade, District of Northeast Louisiana, to August,
1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth,
Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis,
Tenn., to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Memphis,
Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army
Corps (New), Military Division of West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--March to Louisville, Ky., November 14-19, 1862; thence
moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 21-26, and duty there until December 20. Sherman's Yazoo
Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862.
Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863.
Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point,
La., January 17-24, and duty there until March 10. At Milliken's Bend, La., until April
25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battles of Port Gibson,
Miss., May 1. Champion's Hill May 16. Detached to guard prisoners from Big Black River to
Memphis, Tenn., May 16-30. At Young's Point, La., during siege of Vicksburg and until July
18. Moved to Vicksburg July 18, thence to Memphis, Tenn., July 26-29, and to LaGrange,
Tenn., August 5. Duty there until October 28, and at Pocahontas until November 9. At
Corinth, Miss., until January 25, 1864. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and duty there until
February, 1865. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13, 1864. Brice's (or
Tishamingo) Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Ripley June 11. Repulse of Forest's attack on
Memphis August 21, 1864. Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence to Dauphin Island, Ala.,
February 28-March 16. Operations against Mobile and its defenses March 16-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 until
July 18. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., July 18-August 5. Mustered out August 5, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
3 Officers and 202 Enlisted men by disease. Total 214.
Organized at Camp Anna, Ill., and mustered in September 11, 1862. Moved to Columbus, Ky.,
October 20-25, 1862; thence to Bolivar, Tenn. Attached to District of Jackson, Tenn.',
13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of
Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army Corps,
to April, 1863.
SERVICE.--Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862,
to January, 1863. At Memphis until March, 1863. Moved to Lake Providence, La. Regiment
disbanded April 10, 1863, having lost 237 by desertion and officers (excepting those of
Company "K") having proved themselves utterly incompetent. Company "K"
transferred to 11th Illinois Infantry.
Regiment lost by disease 2 Officers and 92 Enlisted men during its service,
Organized at Anna, Ill., and mustered in September 11, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky.,
September 23-25, 1862. Attached to 19th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the
Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to May, 1863. Unattached, 21st Army Corps to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22, 1862.
Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Danville October 11. Pursuit to Loudon October
11-22. Wild Cat Mountain, near Crab Orchard and Big Rockcastle River October 15-16. Mt.
Vernon October 16. Wild Cat October 17. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7.
Duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Stewart's Creek
December 27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At
Murfreesboro and Readyville until June. Woodbury January 24. Expedition to Woodbury April
2-6. Regiment consolidated May, 1863. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
24-July 7. Near Bradysville June 24. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign
August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13. Battle of Chickamauga,
Ga., September 19-20. Skirmishes before Chattanooga September 22-26. Siege of Chattanooga
September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob
November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville
November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 18. At North Chickamauga
and McAffee's Church until May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Tunnel
Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May
1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Guard trains of the Army until July 20. Siege of Atlanta July
22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of
Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North
Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to
April, 1865. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March
19-21. 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. Mustered out
June 5 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., June 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 13 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
2 Officers and 212 Enlisted men by disease. Total 228.
Organized at Salem, Ill., and mustered in September 18, 1862. At Camp Marshall, Salem,
until October 31, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., October 31; thence to Columbus, Ky.,
November 1, and Post and garrison duty there until March, 1863. Attached to District of
Columbus,, 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, November to December, 1862.
District of Columbus, Ky., 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to August,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from Columbus, Ky., to Fort Heiman, Ky., March
12-13, 1863, and garrison duty there until May 28. Moved to Paducah, Ky., May 28 and duty
there until October. Expedition to Conyersville, Tenn., September 1-10, and to
McLemoresville, Tenn., September 20-30. Moved to Eastport, Miss.; thence to Gravelly
Springs, Ala., and Pulaski, Tenn., October 31-November 12. Duty at Pulaski and Decatur,
Ala., until February 25, 1864. Moved to Decatur Junction February 25-27. Capture of
Decatur March 7. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., March 16-18. At Larkinsville until May 1.
Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca, Ga., May 8-13. Near Resaca
May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 17-25. 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. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. 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. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North
Alabama September 29-November 3. Bull's Gap, Ala., October 23. Turkeytown and Gadsden Road
October 25. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Assault on and capture of Fort McAllister December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January
to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. Cannon's Bridge, South Edisto River,
February 8. North Edisto River February 12-13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia
February 16-17. Fayetteville, N. C, March 11. 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. Mustered out
June 7 and discharged at Springfield, Ill. June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 75 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in September 20, 1862. Moved to Covington, Ky.,
October 8, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the
Ohio, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to
April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1868. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd
Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to May,
1854. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865; and Dept. of North
Carolina to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved to Falmouth, Ky., October 18, 1862. Escort
supply train to Big Eagle, Ky., October 19-21, thence moved to Georgetown and Lexington,
Ky. October 23-24. Duty at Lexington until March, 1863. Moved to Danville, Ky., March 21;
thence to Nicholasville, Camp Dick Robinson, Lancaster and Crab Orchard, Stanford and
Milledgeville, Ky. Duty at Milledgeville until April 26. Regiment mounted at
Milledgeville. Moved to Somerset April 26. Operations against Pegram's forces in Southeast
Kentucky April 26-May 12. Action at Monticello May 1. Duty at Somerset, Ky., until July.
Saunders' Raid in East Tennessee June 14-24 (Detachment). Knoxville June 19-20. Strawberry
Plains June 20. Rogers' Gap June 20. Powder Springs Gap June 21. Pursuit of Scott's forces
July 9-13. Operations in Eastern Kentucky against Scott July 26-August 6. Battle of
Richmond July 28. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 16. Winker's Gap
August 31. Action at Cleveland September 18. Athens, Calhoun and Charleston September 25.
Calhoun September 26. Athens September 27. About Kingston October 16-24. Philadelphia
October 25-26. Lieper's Ferry, Holston River, October 28. Knoxville Campaign November
4-December 23. Holston River November 15. Campbell's Station November 16. Near Knoxville
November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Skirmishes about Bean's Station
December 9-13. Bean's Station December 10 and 14. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Bend
of Chucky Road, near Dandridge, January 16, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January
16-17. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28. Flat and Muddy
Creek January 26. Near Fair Garden January 27. Kelly's Ford January 27-28. Moved to
Marysville, thence to Knoxville and dismounted, thence moved to Mount Sterling, Ky.,
February, 1864. Duty at Mt. Sterling February 22-April 6. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., April
6, thence to Knoxville, Tenn., arriving May 3. Movement to Tunnel Hill, Ga., May 3-5.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 5-September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Battle of
Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 18. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 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. Lost
Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes' Creek June 19. Cheyney's Farm June 22.
Olley's Creek June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Line of Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
LoveJoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood and Forest in North Georgia and
North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia,
Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December
15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-29. At Clifton, Tenn., until
January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January
18-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture
of Fort Anderson February 19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February
22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsbow March 6-21. Occupation
of Goldsboro March 21. Gurley's March 31. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of
Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at
Greensboro, N. C., until June 20. Mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., June 20 and
discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 7, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and Officer and 153 Enlisted men by disease. Total 234.
Organized at Camp Hancock, near Chicago, Ill., and mustered in October 1, 1862. Ordered to
Memphis, Tenn., November 6, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn.,
Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth, Miss., 2nd Division, 16th
Army Corps, to January, 1864.. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army Corps,
to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Post of Memphis,
District of West Tennessee, to February, 1865. Unattached, Post of Memphis, District of
West Tennessee, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.
"Tallahatchie March," November 26-December 12, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition
December 20, 1862-January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff
December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10. Assault and capture of Fort
Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. (Cos. "C," "D," "F,"
"I" and "K" guard prisoners North after Arkansas Post, and retained in
Illinois on guard duty until October, 1864, when rejoined Regiment at Memphis, Tenn.)
Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-22, and duty there until March. Expedition to
Rolling Fork, Miss., via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14-27. Near
Deer Creek March 22. Demonstration on Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2.
Movement to Jackson, Miss., via Grand Gulf, May 2-14. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May
16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July
10-17. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn.; thence to Corinth, Miss., and Post duty there until
January, 1864. At Memphis, Tenn., until June, 1865. Sturgis' Expedition Into Mississippi
June 1-13, 1864. Near Colliersville, Tenn., June 10. Brice's (or Tishamingo) Creek, near
Guntown, Miss., June 10. Ripley June 11. Repulse of Forrest's attack on Memphis August 21,
1864. Eastport, Miss., October 10, 1864. Mustered out June 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 25 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
4 Officers and 273 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in September 18, 1862. Moved to Memphis,
Tenn., November 8-16, 1862. Attached to the 5th Brigade, 5th Division, District of
Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th
Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
1st Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps,
to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of
the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Pontoneers 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division
West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.
"Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 12, 1862. Moved to Jackson, Tenn.,
December 23, and duty there until February 9, 1863. Expedition to Wyatt's, Miss., February
9-18. Guard duty on Memphis & Charleston R. R. until March 17. Moved to Young's Point,
La., March 17-April 2. Operations against Vicksburg April 2-July 4. At Ducksport, La.,
until May 2. Movement to Jackson, Miss., via Grand Gulf, May 2-14. Mississippi Springs May
13. Jackson May 14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assault on Vicksburg May 19
and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance
on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Birdsong Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson
July 10-17. Brandon Station July 19. At Vicksburg until September 3, and at Oak Ridge
until October 14. Expedition toward Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17.
Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 20-26. Expedition to Tallahatchie River February 5-19,
1864. Coldwater Ferry February 8. Near Senatobia February 8-9. Wyatt's, Tallahatchie
River, February 13. Provost duty at Memphis, Tenn., until June. Sturgis' Expedition from
Memphis to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 9. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June
1-13. Battle of Brice's Cross Roads (or Tishamingo Creek), near Guntown, June 10. Ripley
June 11. Davis' Mills June 12. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Camargo's
Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town (or
Tishamingo Creek) July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie
River August 7-9. Abbeville August 23. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., September 2. March
through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 24-November 16. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., November 24-30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to
the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., and duty there until
February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence to Dauphin Island, Ala., February
9-March 3. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 3-April 12. Siege of Spanish
Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April
12. March to Montgomery, Ala., April 13-24. and duty there until July. Moved to Vicksburg,
Miss., July 17. Mustered out August 3 and discharged August 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 45 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 4 Officers and 159 Enlisted men by disease. Total 210.
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in September 13, 1862. Moved to Cincinnati,
Ohio, and Covington, Ky., October 4-6, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army
of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Baird's 3rd Division, Army
of the Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th
Army Corps, October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Covington, Ky., until October 20, 1862,
operating against Kirby Smith's threatened attack on Cincinnati. March to Richmond, Ky.,
October 20-25, thence to Danville December 21, and duty there until January 26, 1863.
Pursuit of Morgan to Lebanon Junction December 26-31, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky.,
January 26-31, 1863; thence to Nashville, Tenn., January 31-February 8. Repulse of
Wheeler's attack on Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 4. At Nashville until March 5. Moved to
Franklin, Tenn., and pursuit of Van Dorn March 5-12. Spring Hill March 10. At Brentwood
March 27-April 8. Return to Franklin April 8, and repulse of Van Dorn's attack April 10.
At Franklin until June 2. Moved to Triune June 2. Action at Triune with Wheeler June 11.
Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. At Wartrace July 3-August 12, and
at Elk River until September 7. Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign September 7-22. Ringgold, Ga.,
September 17. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September
24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn.,
October 28-29. Duty in Lookout Valley until December 1. At Nickajack Cove, Ga., until
February, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost
Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. At Cleveland, Tenn., March and April. Atlanta
(Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge
May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Battle of Resaca
May 14-15. 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. 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 in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
Buzzard's Roost Block House October 13 (1 Company). Nashville Campaign November-December.
Columbia, Tenn., December 23. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. 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. Expedition to
Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 20-April 22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn.,
and duty there until June. Mustered out at Nashville June 11 and discharged at Camp
Butler, Ill., June 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 2 Officers and 147 Enlisted men by disease. Total 213.
Organized at Decatur, Ill., and mustered in September 30, 1862. Left State for Memphis,
Tenn., November 8, 1862. Attached to 4th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, 13th
Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--At Memphis, Tenn., until November 26, 1862. Grant's
Central Mississippi Campaign. "Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 12.
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December
26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10,
1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to
Young's Point, La., January 17-22, and duty there until March. Expedition to Rolling Fork,
Miss., via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous, and Deer Creek, March 14-27. Demonstrations
against Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs April 29-May 2. Movement to Jackson, Miss., via
Grand Gulf, May 2-14. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May
18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on
Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Big Black until September 22.
Moved to Memphis, Tenn.; thence march to Chattanooga September 26-November 20. Operations
on Memphis & Charleston R. R. in Alabama October 20-29. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October
27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Foot of Missionary Ridge November 24.
Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November
26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Moved to Larkinsville, Ala.,
and duty there until May, 1864. Expedition toward Rome, Ga., January 25-February 5.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca
May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. 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. 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. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North
Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Clinton
November 21-28. Ball's Ferry and Georgia Central R. R. Bridge, Oconee River, November
23-25. Statesboro December 4. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Fort McAllister December
13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S. C., February
2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February
16-17. 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. Mustered out June 7, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 49 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 7 Officers and 232 Enlisted men by disease. Total 295.
Source - "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)
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