Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., December 28, 1861, and duty
there till 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., till 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. Reconnoissance
to Pearl River July 15. Duty at Vicksburg till 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 till 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 till 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 till 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 till 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 defences 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 till 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.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1066-7
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