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83rd Illinois Infantry
in the American Civil War
Online Books:
83rd Illinois Infantry Soldier Roster - Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Illinois, Volume 5, Revised by Brigadier General J.N.
Reece, Adjutant General, 1900
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| Regimental History |
| Eighty-third Infantry. — Cols., Abner C. Harding,
Arthur A. Smith ; Lieut.-Cols., Arthur A. Smith, Elijah C. Brott; Majs.,
Elijah C. Brott, William G. Bond. This regiment was organized at
Monmouth and was mustered into the U. S. service Aug. 21, 1862. Cos. A,
B, C, F and H were recruited in Warren county, D in Mercer, E, G, I and
K, in Knox. The regiment moved from camp Aug. 25, via Burlington and St.
Louis to Cairo, arriving there the 29th and reporting to Brig.-Gen.
Tuttle commanding the post. On Sept. 3 it moved to Fort Henry and thence
to Fort Donelson, where it remained until Sept., 1863. It had heavy
guard duty to perform, and as the whole country, especially along the
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, was infested with guerrillas, it had
daily skirmishes with the enemy, some of them being quite severe, as at
Waverly, Tenn., and Garrettsburg, Ky. On Feb. 3 nine companies of the
83d, with Co. C, 2nd Ill. light artillery, successfully resisted the
attack of Forrest and Wheeler with 8,000 men on Fort Donelson, the loss
of the regiment being 13 killed and 51 wounded. On the morning of Aug.
20, Capt. William M. Turnbull of Co. B, with 11 of his company, left
Fort Donelson in pursuit of 5 guerrillas who were making their way to
the Tennessee river with a number of horses, but failing to overtake
them he was overpowered by a party of guerrillas secreted in the timber,
while returning to the fort. Turnbull and 8 of his men were killed and
but 3 of the party escaped to tell the sad fate of their companions.
During the year 1864 the regiment had some 200 miles of communications
to guard, as well as much heavy patrol duty, and during the winter of
1864-65 it was on provost duty at Nashville, Tenn. On June 26, 1865, the
regiment was mustered out at Nashville and sent to Chicago, where it
received final pay and discharge on July 4. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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