88th Illinois Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
The "2nd Chicago Board of Trade Regiment"
Organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 4, 1862. Attached to 37th Brigade, 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 37th Brigade, 11th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16, 1862.
March to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance to Mill Creek November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 30. Battle of Stone River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at and near Murfreesboro until June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August.
- 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.
- Campaign in East Tennessee December, 1863, to February, 1864.
- February 23, 1864 -
Skirmish at Tunnel Hill, Georgia
[1] - At Loudon. Tenn., until April and at Cleveland until May.
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- Movements on Dalton May 5-9.
- 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 22-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Pine Mountain 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.
- Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July 18.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- 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 against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until June. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 9, and discharged at Chicago, Ill., June 22, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
Source | Casualties | Remarks |
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Dyer |
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Fox |
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally referenced on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 715, 733, 860, 862, 866, 1083-1084)
- 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)