Whether it was total ineptness on the part of its officers, or as some have speculated, the bigotry of the men who refused to serve alongside black soldiers, the Illinois 128th Infantry Regiment was a complete failure. After being formed in the fall of 1862, it lost 82% of its men in less than 5 months to desertion. When the unit was disbanded some of the men went on to serve in other units, principally the Illinois 9th Infantry Regiment. Companies of the Illinois 128th Infantry Regiment Company A - Franklin and Williamson counties Company B - Williamson County Company C - Franklin and Williamson counties Company D - Williamson County Company E - Williamson County Company F - Williamson County Company G - Williamson County Company H - Williamson County Company I - Grundy and Williamson counties Company K - Saline County

The Illinois 130th Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, and mustered into the service on the 25th of October 1862. After participating in the battles leading up to and including the Siege of Vicksburg, the 130th was transferred New Orleans, then to Texas. Most of the regiment was captured in the Red River Campaign and confined in Tyler, Texas for 13 months. Following exchange they participated in some of the final battles around Mobile, Alabama.The Regiment reorganized at Mobile July 11, 1865. It was ordered to New Orleans and mustered out August 15, 1865. It lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 153 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177

The Illinois 48th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Butler, in the month of Sept., 1861, left for Cairo 900 strong on Nov. 11, and, after its arrival there, constructed barracks for winter quarters. In Jan., 1862, it was engaged in the reconnaissance in the rear of Columbus, Ky., under Gen. Grant. At Fort Donelson, in connection with the 17th and 49th Ill., it charged the enemy's works, but was repulsed with a severe loss, and was under fire during the following day, losing a few men wounded. During the third and last day of the battle it was fiercely engaged and lost 40 in killed and wounded. It was engaged in the battle of Shiloh, bearing its full part and losing over half of its men in killed and wounded. It was in the siege of Corinth in May, 1862, in June was ordered to Bethel as garrison of that post and remained there until 1863. It moved to Memphis in June of the latter year and from there to Vicksburg, where it participated in the operations in the rear of that place, and at Snyder's bluff. It advanced with Gen. Sherman's force against Jackson, participated in the siege and in the charge of July 16, losing 45 men killed and wounded. Being transferred to eastern Tennessee it took part in the battle of Missionary ridge and then followed the retreating enemy to Ringgold. Taking part in the Knoxville expedition for the relief of Gen. Burnside, it arrived at Scottsboro, Ala., on Jan. 1, 1864, and although not yet recovered from their severe campaign, over nine-tenths of the men present reenlisted as veterans. The regiment arrived at Springfield, Ill., on veteran furlough, Jan. 27, and rendezvoused at Centralia. Returning to the field, it participated in the Atlanta campaign, marched with Sherman to the sea and up through the Carolinas, then to Washington, D. C. and from there to Louisville, Ky. From the latter place it moved to Little Rock, Ark., and was mustered out there on Aug. 15, 1865. Companies: Company A - Pope County Company B - Clay County Company C - Hardin County Company D - Washington County Company E - Men from Kentucky Company F - Marion County Company G - Wabash County Company H - White and Wabash Counties Company I - Wayne County Company K - Clay County

The 64th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Yates' Sharpshooters) was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, as a Battalion of 4 Companies, on December, 1861. Two more Companies mustered in December 31, 1861. The 64th was originally issued 1841 Rifles, which were appropriate for their skirmishing origin. They were later mainly issued 1861/63 Springfields. By individual purchase the unit's members bought Henry repeating rifles, which they had during the North Carolina Campaign with Sherman. The regiment served entirely in the west, participating in the battles from the Siege of Vicksburg, the Kentucky Campaign, Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea and the Carolina's Campaign. They mustered out on July 11 and were discharged at Chicago, Illinois, July 18, 1865. Company A - LaSalle and McDonough counties - LaSalle and McDonough county Company B - Bureau County - Bureau County Company C - Sangamon County - Sangamon County Company D - Knox and McDonough counties - Knox and McDonough county Company E - Will and Cook counties - Will and Cook county Company F - Will County - Will County Company G - Will County - Will County Company H - Edgar County - Edgar County Company I - Will County - Will County Company K - Cook and Lake counties - Cook and Lake county

Hardcover reprint of the original 1869 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Adair, John M. Historical Sketch Of The Forty-Fifth Illinois Regiment: With A Complete List Of The Officers And Privates And An Individual Record Of Each Man In The Regiment. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Adair, John M. Historical Sketch Of The Forty-Fifth Illinois Regiment: With A Complete List Of The Officers And Privates And An Individual Record Of Each Man In The Regiment, . Lanark, Ill.: Carroll County Gazette Print., 1869. Subject: United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 45th 1861865

The Illinois 96th Infantry Regiment was recruited during the months of July and August 1862, and mustered into service as a Regiment at Camp Fuller, September 6, 1862. It's first engagement was at Fort Donelson. It continued in central Tennessee, then moved to the Chattanooga area in time to participate in the Atlanta Campaign. Afterwards it pursued Hood into Tennessee and participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It ended the war at Nashville in the summer of 1865. The Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 111 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 241. Companies of the Illinois 96th Infantry Regiment Company A - Jo Daviess County Company B - Lake County Company C - Lake County Company D - Lake County Company E - Jo Daviess County Company F - Jo Daviess County Company G - Lake County Company H - Jo Daviess County Company I - Jo Daviess County Company K - Jo Daviess County

This is Marion Morrison's account of the Bloody Ninth, the Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry who found themselves in the thick of battle, bearing the brunt of the Confederate attempt at Fort Donelson to break Grant's siege lines.