Organized at Carlinville, Ill., and mustered in September 4,
1862. Moved to Columbus, Ky., thence to Trenton, Tenn., October 8-12, 1862, and
duty there till December 18. Attached to District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army
Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December. 1862. 4th Brigade, District
of Jackson. 16th Army Corps, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, District of
Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army
Corps, to December, 1863. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army
Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade. 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November,
1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps
(New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Right Wing of Regiment moved from Trenton, Tenn.,
to Humboldt, Tenn., November 12, 1862, to hold Mobile & Ohio R. R. from
Trenton to Jackson. Regiment moved to Jackson, Tenn., December 18, 1862.
Operations against Forest in West Tennessee December 18, 1862, to January 3,
1863. Action at Salem Cemetery, near Jackson, December 19, 1862. Parker's Cross
Roads December 30. Battle of Red Mound (or Parker's Cross Roads) December 31.
At Trenton, Tenn., till February 17. Moved to Corinth, Miss.. February 17, and
duty there till June 25. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 15-May 8.
Rock Creek, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town
Creek April 28. Guard Memphis & Charleston R. R. from Middletown to Grand
Junction, with Headquarters at Salisbury, Tenn., June 25 to October 31, 1863.
Moved to Iuka, Miss., October 3I-November 1; thence to Eastport, Miss.,
November 5, and duty there till December 8. Moved to Paducah, Ky., December 8,
and duty there till January 18, 1864. Moved to Cairo, I11., January 18, and
duty there till June. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee and Kentucky
March 16-April 14. Repulse of Forest's attack on Paducah, Ky., March 25 (Cos.
"C," "H," "K"). Moved to LaGrange, Tenn., June
26-July 3. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., and return to Memphis, Tenn..
July 5-21. Battle of Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town Creek July
15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Moved to St. Louis, Mo.,
September 8. Pursuit of Price through Missouri September to November. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., November 25-December 1. Battles of Nashville December 15-16.
Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport,
Miss., and duty there till February, 1865. Movement to New Orleans. La.,
February 9-21; thence to Dauphin Island, Ala., March 6. Campaign against Mobile
and its defences March 22-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely
March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. March to Montgomery
April 13-26, and duty there till June 5. Moved to Mobile June 5, and duty there
till July 15. Mustered out at Mobile July 15 and discharged at Springfield,
Ill., August 4, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 38 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 121 Enlisted men by disease. Total 161.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1097-8
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