Organized as
"Birge's Western Sharpshooters" at St. Louis, Mo. Mustered in as 14th
Infantry November 23, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862.
4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Military District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862.
SERVICE.—Moved to
Centralia, Mo., December 12-14, 1861. Skirmishes with Bushwhackers December
14-28. Capture of Columbia December 26. Battle of Mt. Zion December 28. Moved
to Sturgeon December 29. Scouting about Renick, Macon and Centralia till
February 4, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Cairo, Ill., Paducah, Ky.,
and Fort Henry, Tenn., February 4-9. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson
February 12-16. Duty at Fort Donelson till March 5. Moved to Metal Landing,
Tennessee River, thence to Savannah and Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-17.
Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss.,
April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30 and pursuit to Booneville June
1-3. Duty at Headquarters of General Grant till August 25, and Provost duty at
Corinth. Scout to Bethel August 28-30. Expedition to Glendale and Iuka
September 18-21. Battle of Iuka September 19. Battle of White House and Corinth
October 3-4. Pursuit to the Hatchie River October 5-12. Hatchie River October
9. Scout to Hatchie River November 2-5. Regiment transferred to Illinois as
66th Illinois Infantry November 20, 1862. (See 66th Illinois Infantry.)
Regiment lost during
service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 6.
Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1329
