81st Illinois Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Anna, Ill., and mustered in August 26, 1862. Ordered to Cairo, Ill., and thence to Humboldt, Tenn., October 8, 1862. Attached to District of Columbus, Ky., Department of the Tennessee, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee to December, 1862. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Provisional Detachment 17th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to June, 1864 (Non-Veterans). 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June, 1864. Detached Brigade, 17th Army Corps, June, 1864 (Non-Veterans). 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864 (Non-Veterans). 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1864 (Veterans). 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.---Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 12-19, thence to Lake Providence, La., February 20-23, and duty there until April 17. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 17. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.

Bryce's Plantation May 6. Wells' Plantation May 6. Bayou Boeuf May 7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Manaura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 13. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 21-24, thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 28-30. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown June 1-13. Brice's (or Tishamingo) Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Ripley June 11. Moved to St. Charles, Ark., August 3-6, thence to Duvall's Bluff September 1 and to Brownsville September 8. through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 21. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 23-30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., and duty there until February 6, 1865.

Veterans Joined 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Cairo, Ill., thence moved to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga.. via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 4-June 8, 1864.

Rejoined Regiment at Nashville, Tenn. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 6-21, 1865, and duty there until March 12. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 21-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 14-25. Duty there until July. Moved to Chicago, Ill., via Meridian and Vicksburg, Miss., July 19-August 5. Mustered out August 5, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 292 Enlisted men by disease. Total 369.

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Notes

  1. No reference to this in Dyer, only appears on some Illinois unit pages
  2. Not originally referenced on unit homepage

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