Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as 9th Missouri Infantry,
September 18, 1861 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" at Cape
Girardeau from August 6, 1861). Regiment moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
September 21, 1861; thence to Booneville, Mo., September 30. Attached to
Kelton's Brigade, Pope's Division, Fremont's Army of the West, to November,
1861. Department of Missouri to February, 1862. (Designation of Regiment
changed to 59th Illinois Infantry February 12, 1862.) 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division,
Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the
Ohio, to October, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the
Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 4th
Corps, October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to May 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 4th Army Corps, August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army
Corps, to August, 1865. Department of Texas to December, 1865.
SERVICE. – Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., October
13-November 3, 1861. March to Syracuse November 9-17, thence to LaMine River
December 7 and to Georgetown, Mo., December 15. To LaMlne Bridge December 23
and duty there till January 25, 1862. Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo.,
January 25-February 11. Campaign against Price February and March. Battles of
Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Sugar Creek March 10, thence to Cross
Timbers. March to Batesville April 5-May 3. Moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., May 11-24. Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., May 26-30. Pursuit to Booneville June 1-16. Duty at Jacinto, Miss., till
August 4. Reconnolssance to Bay Springs, Miss., August 4-7. Bay Springs August
5. March to Murfreesboro, Tenn., August 8-September 1, thence to Louisville,
Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, September 3-26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky
October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Lancaster October 15. March
to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 7 and duty there till December 26.
Wilson's Creek Pike December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December
26-30. Nolensville, Knob Gap, November 26. Triune December 27. Battle of
Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro till
June. Reconnoissance to 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 the Cumberland
Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Guard supply trains over Mountain in rear of Bragg's army
during battle of Chickamauga. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-October
27. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge
November 25. Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27. At Whiteside, Ala.,
till January 27, 1864. Regiment veterantze January 12, 1864. Veterans on
furlough January 27-March 19. Moved to Cleveland, Tenn., and duty there till
May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Tunnel Hill May 6-7.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
Demonstration against 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 25-80. Red Oak August
28-29. Rough and Ready August 31. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood, into Alabama, October 3-26.
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 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and
duty there till March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East
Tennessee March 15-April 22. At Nashville, Tenn., till June. Moved to New
Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Indianola, Texas, July 7. Duty at San Antonio
and at New Braunfels, Texas, till December. Mustered out December 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 105 Enlisted men
killed and mortalIy wounded and 4 Officers and 117 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 230.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1073
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