Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in August 28, 1862.
Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., October 17-November 1, 1862. Attached to 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee,
to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to
May, 1863. Detached Brigade, District of Northeast Louisiana, to August, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth,
Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District
of Memphis, Tenn., to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864.
1st Brigade, Memphis, Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to February, 1865. 3rd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division of West
Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE. – March to Louisville, Ky., November 14-19, 1862;
thence moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 21-26, and duty there till December
20. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw
Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas
Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas
Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-24, and duty there
till March 10. At Milliken's Bend, La., till April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg
and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battles of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1.
Champion's Hill May 16. Detached to guard prisoners from Big Black River to
Memphis, Tenn., May 16-30. At Young's Point, La., during siege of Vicksburg and
until July 18. Moved to Vicksburg July 18, thence to Memphis, Tenn., July
26-29, and to LaGrange, Tenn., August 5. Duty there till October 28, and at
Pocahontas till November 9. At Corinth, Miss., till January 25, 1864. Moved to
Memphis, Tenn., and duty there till February, 1865. Sturgis' Expedition to
Guntown, Miss., June 1-13, 1864. Brice's (or Tishamingo) Creek, near Guntown,
June 10. Ripley June 11. Repulse of Forest's attack on Memphis August 21, 1864.
Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence to Dauphin Island, Ala., February 28-March
16. Operations against Mobile and its defences March 16-April 12. Siege of
Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort
Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April
13-25. Duty there till July 18. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., July 18-August 5.
Mustered out August 5, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 202 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 214.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1092-3
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