Organized at Springfield, Ill., and mustered in October 23,
1862. Moved to Washington, D.C., November 3-9. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of
Georgia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved to Fairfax Court House, Va., November 19,
1862, thence to Stafford Court House December 11. Near Aquia Creek, Va.,
December 19 to January 20, 1863. "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At
Stafford Court House, Va., till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April
27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
12-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit to Manassas Gap July
5-24. Hagerstown July 12. Duty along Orange & Alexandria R. R. till
September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 25-October 4. Operations in
Lookout Valley October 19-26. Reconnoissance to Trenton October 20. Reopening
Tennessee River October 26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29. Duty
in Lookout Valley, Tenn., till November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission
Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Cleveland November 26-27. March to relief of
Knoxville November 29-December 17. At Whitesides, Tenn., till May 3, 1864.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 3-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge
May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. 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. Gilgal (or Golgotha) Chureh June 15. Muddy Creek June
17. Noyes' Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Smyrna Camp Ground July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July
19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River
Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15.
Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Milledgeville November 22. Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of
Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March
19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Lee and
his Army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand
Review May 24. Mustered out June 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 98 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 60 Enlisted men by disease. Total 162.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1081-2
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