1st United States Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Attached to Dept. of Missouri (6 Cos.) April, 1861, to March, 1862. Unassigned, Army of the Mississippi, to July, 1862. Post of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. Unattached, District of Corinth, Miss., 13th Army Corps, Dept. Tennessee, to December, 1862. Unattached, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Unattached, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army Tennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Headquarters, 13th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to October, 1863. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to February, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to March, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to April, 1865. District of LaFourche, La., Dept. Gulf, to October, 1865.
- April 25, 1861 -
Surrender at Saluria, Texas
(2 Companies)
SERVICE.--Battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., August 10, 1861 (Cos. "B," "C," "D"). Duty in the Dept. of Missouri until February, 1862. Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island Number 10, Mississippi River, February 28-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth, Miss., until March, 1863.
- September 19, 1862 -
Actions at Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown/Blackford's/Boteler's Fords, Maryland
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Battle of Corinth October 3-4, 1862. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March, 1863. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.
- May 1, 1863 -
Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
- Big Black River Bridge May 17.
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Moved to New Orleans, La., August, and on provost duty there until October, 1865. (Go. "E" engaged at Hickory Grove, Mo., August 13, 1862.)
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during the war 2 Officers and 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 85 Enlisted men by disease. Total 124.
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Notes
- ↑ Not listed on unit homepage but referenced on Dyer summary
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 758, 777, 779, 880, 1710)