Organized by direction of the President May 4, 1861, and
confirmed by Act of Congress July 29, 1861. Organized at Chicago, Ill. Ordered
to Kentucky October, 1861. Attached to 4th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to
December, 1861. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September,
1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to December, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division (Centre), 14th Army
Corps, to January, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to April,
1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1864. Regular Brigade,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade,
1st Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Camp at Bacon Creek and Green River, Ky., till
February, 1862. March to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of
Nashville February 25. March to Duck River March 16-21, and to Savannah, Tenn.,
March 31-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of
Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle
Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August
21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-15.
Lawrenceburg-Dog Walk October 8. Perryville October 9. March to Nashville,
Tenn., October 17-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on
Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31,
1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee
(or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Beech Grove
June 26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the
Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September
21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn.. September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee
River October 26-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Orchard Knob
November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Graysville November 26. Pea Vine
Valley November 27. Reconnoissance of Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel
HIll, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1-September 8. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. 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 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. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of
Jonesboro August 31-September 1. At Atlanta till September 28. Moved to
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 28-30, thence to Lookout Mountain and duty there
till July, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 92 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 179 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 280.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1714-5
