20th Illinois Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Joliet, Ill., and mustered in June 13, 1861. Moved to Alton, Ill., June 18, thence to St. Louis, Mo., July 6, and to Cape Girardeau, Mo., July 10, 1861. Attached to District of Cairo to October, 1861. Bird's Point, Mo., unattached to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1864. Provost Guard, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Cape Girardeau, Mo., until September 12, 1861.
- August 7-10, 1861 -
Expedition to Price's Landing, Commerce, Benton and Hamburg, Missouri
Expedition to Jackson August 28-September 5. Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., September 12, and duty there until February, 1862. Operations about Ironton and Fredericktown October 12-25, 1861. Action at Fredericktown October 21. Charleston January 8, 1862. Expedition toward Columbus, Ky., January 15-21. Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6, 1862. Occupation of Fort Henry February 6-12. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16.
- Moved to Savannah March 5-13, thence to Pittsburg Landing March 28-25.
- April 6-7, 1862 -
Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Purdy, thence to Jackson, Tenn., June 5-8, and duty there until August 15. At Oustenaula, Tenn., until August 31. Medon Station, Mississippi Central R. R., August 31 (4 Companies). Toon's Station, Mississippi Central R. R., August 31 (Detachment). Britton's Lane September 1. At Jackson until October 22. Guard bridges along Mobile & Ohio R. R. until November 8. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 8, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Holly Springs, Miss., December 20 (Detachment). Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 12, 1863, and duty there until February 20. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February 20-24, thence to Betty's Landing March 16. Moved to Milliken's Bend April 19.
- April 22, 1863 -
Engagement at Vicksburg and Warrenton, Mississippi
(detachment)
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.
Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17.
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Occupation of Vicksburg July 4 to November 6.
- August 20-September 2, 1863 -
Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Monroe, Louisiana
- August 20-September 2, 1863 -
Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogus Chitto Creek October 17. At Big Black November 6 to February 4, 1864.
- February 3-March 2, 1864 -
Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi
[1]
Meridian February 13-14. Chunky Station February 14. Canton February 29. Veterans absent on furlough March 2 to April 22. Moved to Cairo, Ill., April 28, thence to Clifton, Tenn., April 30-May 5. March to Huntsville, Ala., May 5-23, thence to Ackworth, Ga., via Decatur and Warrenton, Ala., and Rome and Kingston, Ga., May 28-June 8.
- June 8-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 -
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
[2] - Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Howell's Ferry July 5.
- Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
- Leggett's Bald Hill July 20-21.
- July 22, 1864 -
Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
- July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
- Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 28-November 3.
- May 8-11, 1864 -
- November 15-December 21, 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- December 10-21, 1864 -
Siege of Savannah, Georgia
- December 10-21, 1864 -
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- Salkehatchie Swamp, S.C., February 1-5.
- Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 2.
- South Edisto River February 9.
- North Edisto River February 11-12.
- Columbia February 15-17. Fayetteville, N. C., March 13.
- Battle of Bentonville March 20-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
- Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
- Grand Review May 24.
- Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 7-12.
- Mustered out July 16 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 704, 714, 715, 721, 722, 776, 777, 779, 782, 784, 798, 834, 846, 1053)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 10)
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