Organized at Rockford, Ill., and mustered in September 4,
1862. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Ky., October 10, 1862. Moved to
Mt. Sterling, Ky., October 19, thence to Nicholasville, Ky., November 16-18 and
to Danville, Ky., November 26. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of
Kentucky, ,Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Baird's 3rd
Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October,
1863. Wilder's Mounted Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864.
3rd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland,
to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division
Mississippi, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division Cavalry Corps,
Military Division Mississippi, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Duty at Danville, Ky., till December 26, 1862.
Expedition to intercept Morgan on Louisville & Nashville R. R. December 26,
1862-January 2, 1863. Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn.,
January 26-February 6, 1863. Repulse of Forest's attack on Fort Donelson,
Tenn., February 4, 1863. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., till March 5, 1863. Moved to
Franklin, Tenn., March 5, and pursuit of Van Dorn March 5-12. Operations about
Columbia March 9-10. At Brentwood till April 8. Repulse of Van Dorn's attack on
Franklin April 10. At Franklin till June 2. Moved to Triune June 2. Action with
Wheeler at Triune June 11. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
24-July 7. Occupation of Shelbyville July 1. March to Wartrace July 3. Detached
from Brigade July 6 and attached to Wilder's Mounted Infantry Brigade July 10.
Mounted July 22. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of
Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August
16-September 22. Rossville and Ringgold, Ga., September 11. Lee and Gordon's
Mills September 11-13. Leet's Tan Yard, or Rock Springs, September 12-13.
Alexander's Bridge and Dyer's Ford September 18. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.,
September 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17.
Hill's Gap, Thompson's Cove, near Beersheba, October 3. Murfreesboro Road
October 4. Near McMinnville October 4-5. Farmington October 7. Sim's Farm, near
Shelbyville, Octo: ber 7. Guard Tennessee River north of Chattanooga till
October 27. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., and duty there till January 15, 1864.
Ringgold Gap, Ga., November 27, 1863 (Co. "E"). Operations in North
Alabama January 23-29. Bainbridge Ferry January 25 (Co. "I").
Sweetwater and Florence January 25. At Huntsville, Ala., till April 6. Moved to
Ringgold, Ga, April 6. Nickajack Trace (or Gap) April 23. Reconnoissance from
Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29. Skirmish at Tunnel Hill April 29. Stone
Church May 1. Leet's Cross Roads May 2. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to
September. Near Ringgold Gap May 2. Near Nickajack Gap May 7. Demonstrations on
Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Calhoun May
15. 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. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Operations on line
of Chattahoochie River July 3-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Fairburn
August 15. Sandtown August 15. Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta August 18-22.
Jonesboro August 19, Lovejoy Station August 20. Flank movement
on Jonesboro August 25-30. Fairburn August 27-28. Jonesboro August 30. Flint
River Station August 30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. LoveJoy Station
September 2-6. Glass Bridge September 2. Operations against Hood and Forest in
North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Camp Creek September
30. Sweetwater and Noyes Creek, near Powder Springs, October 1-3. Van Wert
October 9-10. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Bear Creek Station
November 16. Near Clinton and Walnut Creek November 20. East Macon November 20.
Near Macon November 21. Near Waynesboro November 27-28. Thomas' Station
December 3. Waynesboro December 4. Ebenezer Creek December 8. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Near
Barnwell, S.C., February 6. Aiken and Johnson's Station February 11. Phillips'
Cross Roads March 4. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C., March 16. Bentonville
March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24, and of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in
Department of North Carolina till June. Mustered out at Concord, N. C., June
21, and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 10, 1865. Recruits transferred to
65th Illinois Infantry, June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 51 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 127 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 181.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1085
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