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51st Illinois Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
51st Illinois Infantry Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Illinois, Volume 3, Revised by Brigadier General J.N.
Reece, Adjutant General, 1900
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| Regimental History |
| Fifty-first Illinois Infantry. — Cols., Gilbert W. Gumming,
Luther P. Bradley; Lieut.-Cols., Luther P. Bradley, Samuel B. Raymond,
Charles W. Davis, James S. Boyd; Majs., Samuel B. Raymond, Charles W.
Davis, Rufus Rose, James S. Boyd. This regiment was organized at Camp
Douglas, Chicago, Dec. 24, 1861, and on Feb. 14, 1862, was ordered to
Cairo, moving to Camp Cullum on the Kentucky shore on the 27th. On April
7 it moved against Island No. 10, and on the next day pursued the enemy,
compelling the surrender of Gen. Mackall and several thousand prisoners.
It was also engaged in the battle of Farmington and in the siege of
Corinth; assisted in repelling the attack of Breckenridge, Morgan and
Forrest on Nashville in November; and on Dec. 26 moved against the enemy
under Bragg. It was in the thickest of the fight at Stone's river,
losing 57 killed, wounded and prisoners. After some maneuvering it
entered the battle of Chickamauga at 4 p. m. Sept. 19 and lost that
evening 90 men out of 209 engaged. On the 20th it went into position on
the extreme right, was heavily engaged by noon, and in the afternoon the
whole division fell back in confusion to Missionary ridge. The regiment
was engaged at the battle of Missionary ridge and lost 30 out of 150 men
engaged. On Feb. 10, 1864, the regiment mustered as veterans and started
for Chicago, where on the 17th the men received a veteran furlough.
Returning to the field, it was engaged at Rocky Face ridge, losing 2 men
wounded ; at Resaca, losing 1 killed and 20 wounded ; at Dallas it was
engaged 11 days, losing 1 officer and 11 men wounded; in a skirmish on
June 15 it lost 13 killed and wounded; was engaged at Kennesaw mountain
and in the assault of June 27 lost 2 officers wounded, and 54 men killed
and wounded ; was engaged at Peachtree creek, its casualties being 5
wounded, and during the siege of Atlanta was in a skirmish at Jonesboro,
losing 2 wounded, and at Lovejoy's Station lost 3 wounded. During the
whole campaign the regiment lost 3 officers killed, 4 wounded, and 105
men killed and wounded. It was engaged in the battle of Spring Hill,
Tenn., losing 12 wounded, and then moved to Franklin, where it was
heavily engaged, with a loss of 52 men killed and wounded and 98
missing. It also participated in the battle of Nashville, where it lost
1 man killed and 5 wounded. On April 11, 1865, Co. I — 90 men — joined
the regiment from Camp Butler, and on June 15 Co. F was mustered out of
the service. The regiment embarked for Texas in July, was mustered out
at Camp Irwin, that state, Sept. 25, 1865, and arrived at Camp Butler,
Ill., Oct. 15, for final payment and discharge. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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