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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
Illinois Infantry. Stevenson's Brigade — Logan's Division--Seventeenth Corps. （1) Col. Richard Oglesby; Major-Gen. （3) Col. John P Post. （2) Col. Frank L. Rhoads. （4) Col. Josiah A. Sheets;Henry, and thence to Fort Donelson, where it was actively engaged in the assault, being then in Oglesby's (1st) Brigade, McClernand's Division; loss, 54 killed and 188 wounded,--a total of 242, out officially reported by Colonel Mersy; many of the missing were killed. The regiment was then in Oglesby's (2d) Brigade, Davies's (2d) Division, Army of West Tennessee. In March, 1863, the regiment w of six companies engaged, numbering 12 officers and 262 men. At the latter action it fought in Oglesby's (2d) Brigade, Davies's (2d) Division, Army of West Tennessee. The regiment remained at Corinnis, marched to Fort Donelson, where it took part in the storming of the works. It was then in Oglesby's (1st) Brigade, McClernand's Division, and lost 19 killed, 69 wounded, and 6 missing. The T
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, List of regiments in the Union Armies, with total number of deaths in each. (search)
The first six regiments which were organized under this Act--7th to 12th Infantry, inclusive — were sworn in for three months service, at the expiration of which they reorganized and enlisted for three years. Illinois responded promptly to every call for men, and was one of the few States which furnished troops in excess of its quota. Of the generals who attained prominence in the war, Illinois is credited with: Grant, Logan, McClernand, Schofield, Palmer, Hurlbut, Black, Giles A. Smith, Oglesby, McArthur, Grierson, John E. Smith, Eugene A. Carr, White, Carlin, Lawler, Morgan, E. J. Farnsworth, Mulligan, and many others. As in the troops from other States, many of the Illinois regiments had distinctive synonyms by which they were known as well as by their numerical designations. Among these were: First Scotch 12th Illinois. Yates Phalanx 39th Illinois. Second Scotch 65th Illinois. First Douglass 42d Illinois. First Irish 23d Illinois. Northwestern Rifles 4