35th Illinois Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Decatur, Ill., July 3, 1861, and accepted by the Secretary of War as G. A. Smith's Independent Regiment July 23, 1861. Moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., August 4-5. Mustered in at St. Louis, Mo., August 28, 1861. Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., September 15, thence to Otterville September 25, and to Sedalia October 15. Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October 15-November 8. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. 1st Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Southwest Missouri, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1864.
SERVICE.--Moved from Springfield to Rolla, Mo., November 13-19, 1861, and duty there until January, 1862. Curtis' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas. Advance on Springfield, Mo. and pursuit of Price to Cross Hollows, Ark., January 23-February 21. Battles of Pea Ridge March 6-8. March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 8. March to Cape Girardeau, Mo., May 10-21, thence moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 22-25. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., May 27-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. March to Jacinto June 21-22, thence to Holly Springs June 27-29. At Jacinto until August 8. Guard Bear Creek Bridge until August 21. March to Nashville, Tenn., August 21-September 1, thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, September 2-26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Near Perryville October 6-7.
March to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 7 and duty there until December 26. Expedition from Edgefield to Harpeth Shoals and Clarksville November 26-December 1. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville Knob Gap December 26. Battle of Stone River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Scout to Franklin January 31-February 12. Reconnaissance to Salem and Versailles March 9-14. Operations on Edgeville Pike June 4; Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 7; Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.
- August 16-September 22, 1863 -
The Chickamauga Campaign
- September 24-October 27, 1863 -
Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- November 23-27, 1863 -
The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Orchard Knob November 23-24.
- Mission Ridge November 25.
- March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8.
- Operations in East Tennessee until January, 1864.
- At Loudon, Tenn., January 22-April 13.
- May 1-August 25, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 -
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 9-13, 1864 -
Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- May 17, 1864 -
Engagement at Adairsville, Georgia
- Near Kingston May 18-19.
- Near Cassville May 19.
- Advance on Dallas May 23-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Pickett's Mills May 27.
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2;
- Pine Hill June 11-14;
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- May 8-11, 1864 -
- Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 26-27, thence to Springfield, Ill., August 31.
- Mustered out September 27, 1864, expiration of term.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.
Source | Casualties | Remarks |
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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 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 715, 733, 860, 862, 866, 1061)
- 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)