Organized at St. Louis, Mo., and mustered in August 4, 1861.
Attached to Department of Missouri to January, 1862. 4th Brigade, Army of
Southwest Missouri, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of
Southwest Missouri, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the
Mississippi, to September, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio,
to October, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio,
to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing, 14th Army Corps, Army
of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th
Army Corps, to August, 1864.
SERVICE. – At St. Louis, Mo., till August 23, 1861. Moved to
Jefferson City, Mo. Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., September
25-November 8. March to Rolla, Mo., November 13-19, and duty there till
February, 1862. Advance on Springfield, Mo., February 2-13. Skirmish at Crane
Creek February 14. Pursuit of Price, to Benton County, Arkansas. Battles of Pea
Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Batesville April 5-May 3. Moved to Cape
Girardeau, Mo., May 11-20, thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., May 22-26.
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Boonesville
May 31-June 6. Duty at Jacinto, Miss., till August 4. Reconnoissance to Bay
Springs August 4-7. Skirmish at Bay Springs August 4. March to Nashville,
Tenn., August 21-September 1, thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg,
September 2-26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Near Perryville
October 6-7. Chaplin Hills, Perryville, October 8. Stanford October 14. March
to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 7. Skirmish at White Range, Tenn.,
November 7. Expedition to Harpeth Shoals and Clarksville November 26-December
1. Reconnoissance toward Franklin December 9. Near Brentwood December 9.
Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville Knob Gap December 26.
Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at
Murfreesboro till June. Reconnoissance to Salem and Versailles March 9-14.
Operations on Edgeville Pike June 4. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign
June 24-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till
August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga
(Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Caperton's Ferry, near Bridgeport,
August 29. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga
September 24-October 26. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-26. Orchard
Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville
November 28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till February, 1864. At
Cleveland, Tenn., till June. Guard train to front June 4-7. Atlanta Campaign
June 7-August 1. 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 July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek
July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 1. Sent to rear for muster out
August 1, and mustered out at Camp Butler, Ill., September 5, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 80 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 148 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 232.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1055-6
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