122nd Illinois Infantry Battalion
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:
- The 122nd Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized at Carlinville, Ill, and mustered in 4 Sep 1862.
- Moved to Columbus, Ky, then to Trenton, Tenn: 8 - 22 Oct 1862, and duty there til 18 Dec.
- Attached to District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept of the Tennessee to Dec 1862.
- 4th Brigade, Dist of Jackson, 16th Army Corps , to Feb 1863
- 2nd Brigade, Dist of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to Mar 1863
- 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps to Dec 1863
- Dist of Columbus, KY., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to Jun 1864
- 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps to Nov 1864
- 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to Dec 1864
- 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Dept of the Cumberland to Feb 1865
- 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to Jul 1865
SERVICE:
- Right Wing of Regiment moved from Trenton, Tenn. to Humboldt, Tenn., 12 Nov 1862 to hold Mobile & Ohio R.R. from Trenton to Jackson.
- Regiment moved to Jackson, Tenn. 18 Dec 1862
- Operations against Forest in West Tennessee 18 Dec 1862 - 3 Jan 1863
- Action at Salem Cemetery, near Jackson 19 Dec
- Parker's Cross Roads 30 Dec
- Battle at Red Mound (or Parker's Cross Roads) 31 Dec 1862
- Moved to Corinth, Miss. 17 Feb and duty there til 24 Jun 1863
- Expedition to Northern Alabama 15 Apr - 8 May 1863
- Rock Creek, near Tuscumbia, 22 Apr
- Tuscombia 23 Apr
- Town Creek 28 Apr
- Guard Memphis & Charleston R.R. from Middletown to Grand Junction, w/Headquarters at Salisbury, Tennessee 25 Jun to 31 Oct 1863
- Moved to Iuka, Miss. 31 Oct - 1 Nov, then to Eastport, Miss. 5 Nov and duty there til 8 Dec 1863
- Moved to Paducah Ky. 8 Dec and duty there til 18 Jan 1864
- Moved to Cairo, Ill. 18 Jan and duty there till Jun 1864
- Operations against Forest in West Tennessee and Kentucky 16 Mar - 14 Apr 1864
- Repulse of Forrest's attack on Paducah, Ky. 25 Mar (Co's C,H,and K)
- Moved to LaGrange, Tenn. 26 Jun - 3 Jul 1864
- Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss and return to Memphis Tenn. 5 - 21 Jul 1864
- Battle of Harrisburg near Tupelo: 14 - 15 Jul
- Old Town Creek 15 Jul
- Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss 1 - 30 Aug 1864
- Moved to St. Louis, Mo. 8 Sep
- Pursuit of Price through Missouri: Sep - Nov 1864
- Moved to Nashville, Tenn. 25 Nov - 1 Dec 1864
- Battles of Nashville: 15 - 16 Dec 1864
- Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee river 17 - 28 Dec 1864
- Moved to Eastport, Miss. and duty there till Feb 1865
- Movement to New Orleans, LA 9 - 21 Feb then to Dauphin Island, Ala. 6 Mar 1865
- Campaign against Mobile and its defences 22 Mar - 12 Apr
- Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely 26 Mar - 8 Apr
- Assault and capture of Fort Blakely 9 Apr
- March to Montgomery 13 - 26 Apr and duty there til 5 Jun 1865
- Moved to Mobile 5 Jun and duty there till 15 Jul 1865
- Mustered out at Mobile 15 Jul and discharged at Springfield, Ill 4 Aug 1865.
122nd Illinois Infantry Regimental Summary:
The Regiment, during it's existence, lost during service:
2 Officers and 38 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
121 Enlisted men by disease.
TOTAL 161.
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