|
77th Illinois Infantry
1862
1863 1864 1865
Back to Companion
Regiments
The 77th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria,
Illinois and mustered in on September 3, 1862 and was moved to Covington, KY on October 4,
1862. The Regiment lost during service two officers and 66 enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded. One officer and 137 enlisted men were lost by disease. Total of 206 men
were lost. The regiment was mustered out at Mobile, Alabama on July 10, 1865. The
chronology below shows their assignments, service, and engagements with the enemy:
Reference.
1862 –
Assignments and Service Top
Attached to 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, October
1862 March to Lexington, KY, thence to Richmond, KY, October 17 – November 2,
1862 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, to November
1862 March to Louisville, KY, November 11 – 17, thence to Memphis, TN November 20
– 27, and duty there till December 20, 1862 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps
(Old), Dept. of the Tennessee til December 1862 Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862 to January 2, 1863 Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28; Chickasaw Bluff December 29, 1862
1863 –
Assignments and Service Top
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman’s Yazoo Expedition,
to January, 1863 Expedition to Arkansas Post, AR, January 3 – 10 Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10 – 11 Moved to Young’s Point, LA, January 14 – 22, thence to Milliken’s
Bend
March 9 Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 Battle of Port Gibson May 1; Champion Hill May 16; Big Black River May 17 Siege of Vicksburg, MS, May 18 – July 4; assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and
22; surrender of Vicksburg July 4 Advance on Jackson, MS July 4 – 10 and siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 Duty at Vicksburg till August 25; ordered to New Orleans August 25 and duty there
till October 3 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps,
Army of the Tenn. to August, 1863 Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 – November 30 At New Iberia till December 6, moved to New Orleans December 6 Thence to Pass Cavallo, TX, December 8 – 20 and duty there till February ,
1864 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Tennessee and Army
of the Gulf, to January, 1864
1864 –
Assignments and Service Top
Reconnaissance on Matagorda January 21, 1864 then moved to New Orleans February,
1864 Red River Campaign March 10 – May 22 Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14 – 26 Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8 and Pleasant Hill April 9 Cane River Crossing on April 23 At Alexandria and constructing dam across Red River April 26 – May 13;
retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 Moved to Baton Rouge, LA, and duty there till August 1 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864 Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2 – 23 Siege and capture of Fort Gaines August 3 – 8; siege and capture of Fort
Morgan August 8 – 23 At Morganza Bend, Mississippi River till October 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps,
Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864
1865 –
Assignments and Service Top
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division
West Mississippi, February 1865; defenses of New Orleans, LA to February 1865 Provost duty at New Orleans, LA till March 1865 Campaign against Mobile, AL, and its defenses March 17 – April 12 Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 – April 8 Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9; occupation of Mobile April 12 Expedition to Tombigbee River and McIntosh Bluffs April 13 – May 9 At Mobile till July 1865 with the 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July,
1865
Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
|
