107th Illinois Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Moved to Jeffersonville, Ind., September 30-October 1, 1862, and to Louisville, Ky., October 12. Attached to railroad guard Louisville & Nashville R. R., Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. District of West Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865; and Dept. of North Carolina to June, 1865.

SERVICE.--Moved to Elizabethtown, Ky., October 18, 1862, and duty there until December, 1862. Moved to Munfordsville, Ky., December 3, and duty there until March, 1863. Moved to Glasgow, Ky., and duty there until June 18.

June 18-July 26, 1863 - Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio

Return to Lebanon, Ky. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Huff's Ferry November 14. Near Loudon November 15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-22. At Knoxville until April, 1864. Expedition to Flat Creek February 1. March to Calhoun, Tenn., April 27-30.

May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
- Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 5.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17.
- Noyes' Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- On line of the Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- On line of the Chattahoochie July 5-17.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- LoveJoy Station September 2-6.
Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3.

Nashville, Tenn., Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-20. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 26, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., January 26-February 2, thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., February 11-15. Occupation of Wilmington. N. C., February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro, N. C., March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnson and his army. Duty at Saulsbury, N. C., until June 21. Mustered out June 21, 1865.