130th Illinois Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., and mustered in October 25, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 11-17, 1862. Attached to Reserve Brigade, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Memphis, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to January, 1865. Consolidated with 77th Illinois Infantry January 25, 1865. Regiment revived June 23, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., until March 27. 1863. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 27-31, and duty there until April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.

May 1, 1863 - Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
Champion's Hill May 16.
Big Black River Bridge May 17.
May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
- May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
- May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi

Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 11. Camp at Big Black until August 13. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13, and duty there until October.

October 3-November 30, 1863 - The (II) Bayou Teche Campaign

At New Iberia until December 6. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Pass Cavallo, Texas, December 6-20, and duty there until February, 1864. Reconnaissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21. Moved to Algiers, thence to Franklin, La.

March 10-May 22, 1864 - The Red River Campaign
- March 14-26, 1864 - Advance from Franklin, Louisiana to Alexandria, Louisiana
- Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mills, April 8.
- Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8.
  - Regiment mostly captured at Sabine Cross Roads and confined at Tyler, Texas, 13 months.
- April 30-May 10, 1864 - Damming of Alexandria, Louisiana

Retreat to Morganza May 13-20, Garrison duty at New Orleans, La., June, 1864, to January, 1865. With 77th Illinois Infantry in Campaign against Mobile and its defenses February to April. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Expedition to Tombigbee River and Macintosh Bluffs April 13-May 9. At Mobile until July. Regiment reorganized at Mobile July 11, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans and mustered out August 15, 1865.