Organized at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., and mustered in
October 25, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 11-17, 1862. Attached to
Reserve Brigade, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Memphis, 16th Army Corps, to March,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to
July. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept. of the Tennessee,
to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. Defences of New
Orleans, La., to January, 1865. Consolidated with 77th Illinois Infantry
January 25, 1865. Regiment revived June 23, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE. – Duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., till
March 27. 1863. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 27-31, and duty there till
April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of
Magnolia Hills, Port Gibson, May 1. Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River
Bridge May 17. 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 July
10-17. Reconnoissance to Pearl River July 11. Camp at Big Black till August 13.
Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13, and duty there till October. Western
Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. At New Iberia till December 6. Moved
to New Orleans, thence to Pass Cavallo, Texas, December 6-20, and duty there
till February, 1864. Reconnoissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21. Moved to
Algiers, thence to Franklin, La. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance
from Franklin to Alexandria, La.. March 14-26. Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mills,
April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Regiment mostly captured at
Sabine Cross Roads and confined at Tyler, Texas, 13 months. Retreat to Morganza
May 13-20, Garrison duty at New Orleans, La., June, 1864, to January, 1865.
With 77th Illinois Infantry in Campaign against Mobile and its defences
February to April. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9.
Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12.
Expedition to Tombigbee River and Mcintosh Bluffs April 13-May 9. At Mobile
till July. Regiment reorganized at Mobile July 11, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans
and mustered out August 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 153 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 177.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1100-1
