Capsule Histories of the Civil War Regiments in which
Paula Christine Johnson’s “Uncles” Served
From A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer
ILLINOIS REGIMENT:
47th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in August 16, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., September 23; thence to Jefferson City, Mo., October 9, and duty there until December 22, 1861. Attached to Dept. of the Missouri to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Gulf, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to November, 1864. Chicago, Ill., to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. District of Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1866.
SERVICE.–Moved from Jefferson City, Mo., to Otterville, Mo., December 22, 1861, and duty there until February, 1862. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February 2. Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10, Mississippi River, February 28-April 8. New Madrid March 5. Point Pleasant March 7. Action and capture of Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Action at Farmington, Miss., May 9. Near Corinth May 28. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Moved to Rienzi July 3, and duty there until Augu§t 18. March to Tuscumbia, Ala., August 18-22. March to Clear Creek September 8-14. Reconnaissance to Iuka, Miss., and skirmish September 16. Battle of Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-14. Grant’s Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central R. R. November 2, 1862-January 10, 1863. March from Grand Junction to Corinth, Miss., January 8-14, 1863, thence to Ridgeway Station January 26 and duty there guarding R. R. until March 12. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Duckport, La., March 12-April 1. Demonstration on Haines’ and Snyder’s Bluffs April 25-May 2. Movement to Jackson, Miss., via Grand Gulf May 2-14. Mississippi Springs May 13. Jackson May 14 and May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Satartia and Mechanicsburg June 2-8. Satartia June 4. Expedition from Young’s Point to Richmond, La., June 14-16. Richmond, La., June 15. Advance toward Jackson, Miss., July 5. Guard duty at Black River Bridge until July 22. At Bear Creek until October. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 14-20; thence to LaGrange, Tenn., and guard Memphis & Charleston R. R., and scouting after Forrest until January 26, 1864. Skirmish at Saulsbury December 3, 1863. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 26-February 3. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. At Black River Bridge until February 23. March to Canton and return to Vicksburg February 23-March 7, Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson’s Hill March 21. Grand Ecore April 2. Campti April 3. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville, Cane River, April 22-24. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Muddy Bayou May 2-6. Well’s Plantation, near Alexandria, May 2-13, Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 22-24, thence to Memphis, Tenn., June 4-10. Action at Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6. Defeat of Marmaduke. Veterans on furlough until August. Smith’s Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Near Camargo’s Cross Roads July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Tishamingo (or Old Town) Creek July 15. Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Abbeville August 23. Non-Veterans muster out October 11, 1864. Mower’s Expedition to Brownsville, Ark., September 2-10. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 4. Ordered to Chicago November 9, thence moved to Springfield, Ill., and to Louisville, Ky., December 3. Duty at Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., until January 27, 1865. Moved to Eastport, Miss., via Nashville, Tenn., January 27-February 1, thence to New Orleans, La., February 6-22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 7-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 and at Selma until January, 1866. Mustered out January 21, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 184 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.
MINNESOTA REGIMENTS:
1st Regiment Heavy Artillery
Organized at St. Paul and Rochester, Minn., September, 1864, to February, 1865. Companies ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., as fast as organized and garrison duty there until September, 1865. Mustered out September 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service by disease 87.
10th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Garden City, Winnebago Agency, Fort Snelling and St. Paul, Minn., August 12 to November 15, 1862. Sibley’s Campaign against Sioux Indians in Minnesota August 20 to November 14, 1862. Defense of New Ulm August 24-25, 1862 (Detachment of Cos “G” and “I”). Fort Ridgly August 20-22 (Detachment of Co. “I”). Birch Coolie September 2-3 (Detachment of Co. “I”). Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine, September 23 (Detachment of Co. “I”). Regiment after organization was stationed as follows: Company “A” at Garden City, Company “B” at Winnebago Agency, Company “C” at Fort Ridgly, Company “D” at Henderson Company “E” at Henderson, Company “F” at Winnebago Agency, Company “G” at La Seur, Company “H” at Swan Lake and Vernon Centre, Company “I” at La Seur and Company “K” at Norwegian Lake until June 1863. Companies “A,” “B,” “F,” “G,” “H” and “K” a Indian execution, Mankato, December 26, 1862. Sibley’s Expedition against Sioux Indians in Dakota Territory. June 16-September 12, 1863. (Co. “I” stationed a Manannah.) Big Mound, Dakota Territory, July 24 Dead Buffalo Lake July 26. Stony Lake July 28. Missouri River July 29-30. Regiment moved to St. Louis Mo., October 7-12, 1863. Attached to District of St Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to April, 1864. District of Columbus, Ky., Dept. of the Tennessee, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.–Garrison and Provost duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., October, 1863, to April, 1864. Moved to Columbus, Ky., April 22, and duty there until June 19. (Cos. “E” and “D” detached at Island No. 10 April 27 to June 15.) Moved to Memphis, Tenn., June 19-20 Smith’s Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Pontotoc July 11. Near Camargo’s Cross Roads July 13. Near Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town or Tishamingo Creel July 15. Smith’s Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Abbeville August 23. Mower’s Expedition to Duvall’s Bluff, Ark. September 2-9. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 15. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 24-30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Clifton, Tenn. thence to Eastport, Miss., December 29-January 4, 1865 Duty at Eastport, Miss., until February 6. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 6-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala.. and its Defenses March 17-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 and duty there until May. Moved to Meridian, Miss and duty there until July. Moved to St. Paul, Minn., and mustered out August 18, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 35 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 111 Enlisted men by disease. Total 152.
OHIO REGIMENT:
2nd Regiment Cavalry
Organized at Cleveland and Camp Dennison, Ohio, August to October, 1861. Duty at Camp Dennison, Ohio, November 1, 1861, to January 27, 1862. Scout duty on the Missouri Border January 27-February 18, 1862. Attached to Doubleday’s Brigade, Dept. of Missouri, February to June, 1862. Fort Scott, Kan., to August, 1862. Solomon’s Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, to December, 1862. Columbus, Ohio, to April, 1863. Kautz’s 1st Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division Cavalry, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1864. Columbus, Ohio, to April, 1864. Cavalry, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 24, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Middle Military Division, to May, 1865. Dept. of Missouri to October, 1865.
SERVICE.–Expedition to Fort Scott, Kan., February 18-March 2, 1862. Action at Independence, Mo., February 22. Expedition to Diamond Grove, Kan., April 15-May 7. Action at Horse Creek May 7. Expedition into Indian Territory May 25-July 8. Action at Grand River June 6. Capture of Fort Gibson July 18. Bayou Bernard July 27. Montevallo August 5. Lone Jack, Mo., August 11. Blount’s Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas September 17-December. 3. Expedition to Sarcoxie September 28-30. Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Skirmishes at Carthage, Cow Hill, Cow Skin Prairie, Wolf Creek, Maysville and White River. Ordered to Columbus, Ohio, December, 1862, and duty there till March, 1863. Moved to Somerset, Ky., and duty there till June 27. Mt. Sterling, Ky., March 19 (3rd Battalion). Owensville March 31. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Action at Monticello May 1. Near Mill Springs May 29. Monticello, Rocky Gap and Steubenville June 9. Sanders’ Raid in East Tennessee June 14-24 (3rd Battalion). Knoxville June 19-20. Strawberry Plains and Rogers’ Gap June 20. Powder Springs Gap June 21. Pursuit of Morgan July 1-25. Columbia, Ky., July 3. Buffington Island, Ohio, July 18-19. Operations in Eastern Kentucky against Scott July 25-August 6. Near Rogersville July 27. Richmond July 28. Lancaster and Paint Lick Bridge July 31. Lancaster August 1. Burnside’s Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Winter’s Gap August 31. Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 4-7. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Capture of Cumberland Gap September 9. Greenville September 11. Carter’s Depot September 22. Zollicoffer September 24. Jonesboro September 28. Greenville October 2. Blue Springs October 5 and 10. Sweetwater October 10-11. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Lenoir Station November 14-15. Stock Creek November 15. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Morristown and Long’s Ford December 10. Cheek’s Cross Roads December 12. Russellville December 12-13. Bean’s Station December 14. Blain’s Cross Roads December 16-19. Rutledge December 16. Stone’s Mill December 19. Dandridge December 24. Mossy Creek Station December 26. Regiment reenlisted January 1, 1864. On Veteran furlough till March. Ordered to Annapolis, Md., March 20. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Piney Branch Ford May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-21; Piney Branch Ford May 15; U.S. Ford May 21 (Detachment); North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Mechump’s Creek and Hanover Court House May 31. Ashland June 1. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Gaines’ Mill, Salem Church, Haw’s Shop and Totopotomoy June 2. Haw’s Shop June 3-5. Long Bridge and White House Landing June 12. Smith’s Store, near Samaria Church, June 15. Wilson’s Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-30. Black and White Station June 23. Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station, June 25. Sappony Church, or Stony Creek, June 28-29. Ream’s Station June 29. Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester August 17. Summit Point August 21. Charlestown August 21-22. Smithfield and Kearneysville August 25. White Post September 3. Abram’s Creek, near Winchester, September 13. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal Pike September 21. Milford and Fisher’s Hill September 22. Waynesboro September 29. Bridgewater October 4. Near Columbia Furnace October 7. Tom’s Brook October 8-9. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. New Market November 6. Kearneysville November 10. Newtown and Cedar Creek November 12. Rude’s Hill, near Mt. Jackson, November 22. Raid to Lacey’s Springs December 19-22. Lacey’s Springs December 21. Expedition from Winchester to Moorefield, W, Va., February 4-6, 1865. Sheridan’s Raid from Winchester to Petersburg February 27-March 25. Occupation of Staunton March 2. Waynesboro March 2. Occupation of Charlottesville March 3. Ashland March 15. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Namozine Church April 3. Sailor’s Creek April 6. Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., May 27. Duty in Dept. of Missouri till October. Mustered out October 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 179 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.
UNITED STATES VETERAN RESERVE CORPS:
24th Regiment
Organized at Washington, D.C., February 24, 1864, by consolidation of the 146th, 148th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 163rd, 171st, 173rd, 174th and 195th Companies, 1st Battalion. Mustered out by detachments June 30 to November 27, 1865.
WISCONSIN REGIMENTS:
1st Regiment Heavy Artillery
Battery “A” organized as Company “K,” 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Detached from Regiment August, 1861, and assigned to duty as Heavy Artillery at Forts Corcoran, Marcy and Ethan Allen, Defenses of Washington, D.C., until October, 1861. Rejoined Regiment October 10. Permanently detached as Battery “A,” 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, December 9, 1861. Attached to Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. Whipple’s Command, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863. Defenses of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1863. 4th Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865. Assigned to duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., at Forts Cass, Buffalo, Ellsworth, Worth, Rodgers and Willard until August, 1865. Defense of Washington against Early’s attack July 11-12, 1864. Mustered out August 18, 1865.
Battery “B” organized at Milwaukee, Wis., and left State for Murfreesboro, Tenn., September, 1863. Duty at Fort Terrell, Murfreesboro, Tenn., until January, 1864. Moved to Lexington, Ky., January 4, 1864, and duty at Fort Clay, Lexington, Ky., until August, 1865. Mustered out August 30, 1865.
Battery “C” left State October 30, 1863, for Chattanooga, Tenn. Attached to 2nd Division, Artillery Reserve, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to August, 1865. Duty at Chattanooga, Tenn., until March 29, 1865. At Athens, Mouse Creek and Strawberry Plains, Tenn., until September. Mustered Out September 21, 1865.
Battery “D” mustered in November 7, 1863. Ordered to New Orleans, La., February 9, 1864. Attached to the Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. District of LaFourche, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1865. Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865. Garrison at Fort Jackson until July 23, 1864, thence moved to Fort Berwick near Brashear City and duty there until June, 1865. Ordered to Washington, D.C., and there mustered out August 18, 1865.
Batteries “E,” “F,” “O,” “H,” “I,” “K,” “L” and “M” organized September and October, 1864. Ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865. Assigned to duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Company “E” at Fort O’Rourke, “F” at Fort Ellsworth, “G” and “H” at Fort Lyon (“G” also at Fort Ellsworth), “I” at Fort Farnsworth, “K” at Fort Lyon, “L” at Fort Willard, “M” at Forts Lyon, Weed and Farnsworth. Batteries “E” to “M” mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 77 Enlisted men by disease. Total 83.
7th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in September 2, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 21. Attached to King’s Brigade, McDowell’s Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, King’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.–Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16. Advance to Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg until August. McDowell’s advance on Richmond May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 2-11. Reconnaissance to Orange Court House July 24-27. Expedition to Frederick’s Hall Station and Spotsylvania Court House August 5-8. Thornburg’s Mills or Massaponax Church August 5-6. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Catlett’s Station August 22. Gainesville August 28. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1 (Reserve). Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. At Sharpsburg, Md., to October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va.. October 30-November 22. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. “Mud March” January 20-24, 1863. At Belle Plain until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock’s Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh’s Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Haymarket October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle,” May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad August 18-21, 1864. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28. Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 28. Boydton and White Oak Roads March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 16 and mustered out July 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 271 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 143 Enlisted men by disease. Total 424.
16th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in January 31, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 13, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-20. Attached to 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.–Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss, April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth until September 17. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Ordered to Grand Junction November 2 and duty there until November 28. Grant’s Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad to December 28. Moved to Moscow and duty along Memphis & Charleston Railroad until January 10, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 10, thence to Young’s Point, La,, January 17, and to Lake Providence March 8. Action at Old River, Lake Providence, February 10. Provost duty at Lake Providence until August. Pin Hook and Caledonia Bayou, Macon, May 10. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Near Lake Providence June 9. Moved to Red Bone Church August 1 and duty there until February 5, 1864. Garrison duty at Vicksburg until March 4. Veterans on furlough March and April. Non-veterans on duty at Vicksburg until April 5, then joined Regiment at Cairo, Ill. Veterans moved to Cairo, Ill., April 20-22. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., May 4, thence march to Ackworth, Ga. via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Howell’s Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Leggett’s or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Barker’s Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 1. Salkehatchie Swamp February 2-5. Binnaker’s Bridge, South Edisto, February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 16-17. Averysboro, 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 Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 7. Mustered out July 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 141 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.
23rd Regiment Infantry
Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in August 30, 1862. Left State for Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade. 10th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, August, 1864. Guppy’s Brigade, Mobile Bay, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. District of Eastern Arkansas, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.–Duty at Newport, Ky., until October 8, 1862. Moved to Paris, Ky., October 8-15, thence to Lexington and Nicholasville, Ky., October 22-31. Moved to Louisville, thence to Memphis, Tenn., November 8-27. Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition from Milliken’s Bend to Louisiana & Shreveport Railroad December 25-26. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young’s Point, La., January 15, and duty there until March 8. Expedition to Cypress Bend, Ark., February 14-29. Moved to Milliken’s Bend, La., March 8, and duty there until April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Battle of Champion’s Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Vicksburg until August. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 24. Expedition to New and Amite Rivers September 24-29. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Carrion Crow Bayou November 3. At New Iberia until December 7. Moved to Berwick December 7-10. Moved to Brashear City, thence to Algiers and to Matagorda Peninsula, Texas, December 13, 1863-January 1, 1864. Reconnaissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21, 1864. Duty at DeCrow’s Point until February 22. Moved to Algiers, La., February 22-26. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Bayou de Paul, Carroll’s Mill, and battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Monett’s Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Moved to Baton Rouge May 24, and duty there until July 8. Moved to Algiers, La., July 8, thence to Morganza July 26. Expedition to Mobile Bay August 18-September 2. Operations near Morganza September 16-25. Expedition to Bayou Sara October 3-6. Bayou Sara and Thompson’s Creek, near Jackson, October 5. Moved to Helena, Ark., October 10, and duty there until February 23, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans, La., February 23. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Duty at and near Mobile until July. Mustered out July 4, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 262 Enlisted men by disease. Total 308.
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