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Illinois 19th Infantry (Union)

1861-06-17

Organized - Illinois 19th Infantry - Illinois

1862-06-16

Battle - Winchester, Tennessee

1862-08-27

Battle - Richland Creek, Tennessee

1862-12-31

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Joseph R. Scott

1862-12-31

Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Stones River
Stones River

After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE

1863-09-19

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

Chickamauga
Chickamauga

After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE

1863-11-25

Battle - Missionary Ridge - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Missionary Ridge
Missionary Ridge

From the last days of September through October 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg's army laid siege to the Union army under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chattanooga, cutting off its supplies. On October 17, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant received command of the Western armies; he moved to reinforce Chattanooga and replaced Rosecrans with Maj. Gen. George Thomas. A new supply line was soon established. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman arrived with his four divisions in mid-November, and the Federals began offensive operat…READ MORE

1864-02-23

Battle - Dalton, Georgia

1864-05-13

Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia

Resaca
Resaca

Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE

1864-07-09

Mustered Out - Illinois 19th Infantry - Illinois

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