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146
1,713
Other Southern States,
14,756
178
122
1,553
289
2,142
California,
15,725
73
35
344
I21
573
Oregon,
1,810
IO
I
21
13
45
Colorado, -
4,903
118
35
120
50
323
Nebraska,
3,157
30
5
160
44
239
Territories,
8,811
59
20
185
174
338
Colored troops,
1,715
1,179
29,756
4,197
36,847
Regular army, etc.,
1,584
1,103
5,409
746
8,842
Indians,
86
21
775
136
1,018
-
Total
2,494,592* 67,077
42,993
224,854 24,904
359,528
TOTAL
The figures given include both regulars and volunteers, but do not embrace sailors, negroes, or those who purchased com- mutation. The period of service covered in the regular army is from April 15, 1861, to Aug. 1, 1865; that of the volunteers from the date of their muster in, until their final discharge. Prisoners of war, who died after the mustering out of their
* Exclusive of colored troops, 178,975; sailors, 101,207; and commutations, 86,- 724; the returns relating to white troops alone.
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respective regiments, have been counted so far as ascertained. By far the greater portion of the volunteer army was disbanded in the summer and fall of 1865, but the process of mustering out continued gradually until November, 1867-the last white organization being discharged on the 18th, and the last negro company on the 20th.
In regard to these losses generally, there is a discrepancy between the reports of the adjutant-general, quartermaster- general, and surgeon-general. In the preparation of this table, that of the adjutant-general, having been corrected to May 22, 1885, has been followed.
If from the entire enlisted force of 2,865,028 there be deducted an allowance of one third for duplications in enrolment and desertions, there would remain an effective force, likely to have been actively engaged, of 1,910,000 troops. The deaths by disease and the total number of deaths may be placed upon the whole number of men furnished by the states and territories during the war-2,494,592 .* Upon this basis of computation the losses may be apportioned, under the different categories enumerated in the table, as follows: one out of every 17.3 was killed or died of wounds received in battle; one out of every II of the total troops furnished died of disease or other causes; and one man out of every 7.71, or 13 per cent, died while in service.
The rates of mortality from casualties in battle and from wounds was larger among New England troops than among those from the West; the latter, however, sustained a larger proportionate loss through disease and other causes.
As regards the losses among Illinois troops, the computation being made on the same basis: one in 20 was killed in battle or died of wounds; one in 11.2 died of disease; and one out of every 7.3 died from all causes while in the service.
Before the invention of gunpowder and the employment of fire-arms in warfare, a battle was an aggregation of close per- sonal encounters. In these hand-to-hand conflicts with sword or lance or spear, individual strength, dexterity, bravery, and endurance were the principal factors in deciding the issue, and the results were often sanguinary beyond anything witnessed in
* Estimate of Capt. F. Phisterer in his "Statistical Record," sailors and colored troops not included.
ANCIENT AND MODERN FIGHTING. 733
modern times. At the battle of Canna, where the Roman eagles were trailed in the dust beneath the feet of Hannibal, out of a force of 80,000 foot and 6000 horse, the vanquished left 70,000 either killed or wounded on the field, while the Cartha- ginian loss was 5700 out of 40,000 foot and 10,000 horse.
Under the system of today, the opposing armies are, more or less, separated by the carrying distance of a bullet, ball, or shell, and the probability of being slain is more a question of tactical manœuvring and of the doctrine of chances than of personal prowess-the shot of a man who is neither skilful nor brave may . prove as deadly as that of the most courageous veteran.
Rarely does modern warfare approach that of ancient times in fatality. Yet at those critical periods when the issue of a battle hangs, as it were, upon a single thread, to be turned by the resolute daring of a heroic dash in the face of bristling bayonets,
"With cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, Stormed at with shot and shell,"
personal valor and individual prowess often decide the supremacy of the bloody field. So also when the exigencies of the mo- ment call for the display of that unflinching determination, that cool courage, which nerves devoted men to stand to their guns until cut down, one by one, by the sabres of the charging foe, the carnage becomes frightful; and when it becomes essential that a troop should "stand in the gap," to be made a target for the shot and shell of the enemy in order that a strategic point may be held, and gallant men are cut down as the bending grass before the mower's scythe, the loss of life is appalling.
Another point of difference between ancient and modern warfare is found in regard to the vanquished. In Sparta and other Greek states, it was an inviolable law never to fly nor to surrender .* All prisoners taken were enslaved by the conqueror and those who escaped were banished or degraded; so that the only alternative placed before a defeated army was death or disgrace. The vanquished now lay down their arms and sur- render.
The part which Illinois took in the war of the rebellion was
* Rollin's "History of Greece," II, 435.
*
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no less patriotic than glorious. As has already been shown, in the enlistment of volunteers, the State was nearly always in advance of the quota allotted to her by the general government. No draft was found necessary in 1863; only 3538 men had to be secured by the compulsory process in 1864; and but 55 citizens purchased exemption by commutation, a smaller num- ber than in any other state except Kansas.
The accounts of Illinois of quotas required and men fur- nished differed very considerably from those of the United States, as is shown by the annexed table:
-QUOTAS.
-FURNISHED .-
YEAR.
STATE ACCOUNT.
U. - S.
STATE ACCOUNT.
U .- S.
1861
47,785
April
- 4,683
74,160
86,772
May, July 47,785
1862
32,685
July
- 26,148
62,108
58,089
August
26,148
4,373
4,696
1863-4 64,833
64,833
3,445
28,818
1864 (militia)
20,000
38,428
25,055
1864
52,057
July -
21,997
16,082
11,328
December
32,902
15,465
1865
34,128
27,996
28,324
231,488
244,496
226,592
285,147
According to the regimental returns in the adjutant-general's office, the number was:
151 9/10 regiments of infantry, 185,941
regiments of cavalry, and 32,082
2 4/5 regiments of artillery, 7,277
225,300
The United - States account gives 157 infantry regiments, which includes the first six mustered out in July and reënlisted.
Reducing the aggregate to a three years' standard, the num- ber of men furnished by the State, according to the Federal statement, was 214,133. The foregoing table of volunteers from the different states places Illinois in the proud position of having furnished a greater number, in proportion to the popula- tion of 1860, than any other state in the Union except Kansas,
QUOTAS AND TROOPS FURNISHED BY EACH COUNTY. 735 which, being a new state, had a preponderance of male inhabi- tants of military age.
POPULATION, QUOTA, TROOPS FURNISHED, BOUNTIES AND WAR EXPENSES PAID BY EACH COUNTY OF ILLINOIS DURING THE WAR OF REBELLION :
COUNTY
POPULATION IN 1860
TOTAL QUOTA
TOTAL CREDIT
DEFICIT
EXCESS
COUNTIES' EXPENSES
Adams,
41,144
5,499
5,173
326
$80,920
Alexander,
4,652
1,526
1,358
168
Bond,
9,767
1,16I
1, 148
13
Boone, -
11,670
1,316
1,337
21
30,353
Brown,
9,919
1,213
1,215
2
52,800
Bureau,
26,415
3,598
3,626
28
797,971
Calhoun,
5,143
571
528
43
Carroll,
11,718
1,556
1,498
58
346,600
Cass,
11,313
1,369
1,312
57
54
228,010
Christian,
- 10,475
1,449
1,369
80
60,000
Clark, -
14,948
1,566
1,560
6
172.326
Clay,
9,309
1,462
1,482
20
Clinton,
10,729
1,388
1,332
56
2,347
Coles,
14,174
2,728
2,74I
13
Cook, -
143,947
24,069
22,436
1,633
2,901,455
Crawford, -
11,529
1,313
1,323
IO
71,840
Cumberland, .
8,309
91
920
2
8,151
DeKalb,
- 19,079
2,392
2,391
I
408, 195
De Witt,
10,814
1,503
1,522
19
Douglas,
7,109
1,177
1,175
2
7
254,529
Edgar,
16,888
2,372
2,312
60
Edwards,
- 5,379
619
625
6
15,972
Effingham,
7,805
1,191
1,202
II
28,602
Fayette,
11,146
1,667
1,629
38
9,502
Ford,
1,979
272
271
I
86,288
Franklin,
. 9,367
1,259
1,241
18
Fulton,
33,289
3,850
3,739
III
152,883
Gallatin,
7,629
1,358
1,362
Greene,
16,067
1,999
1,940
59
6,845
Grundy,
10,372
1,364
1,343
21
163,539
Hamilton,
9,849
1,293
1,226
67
Hancock,
29,04I
3,506
3,272
234
174,309
Hardin,
3,704
561
569
8
Henderson,
9,499
1,413
1,330
83
108,467
Henry,
20,658
3,147
3,077
70
322,766
Iroquois,
12,285
1,730
1,769
39
8,912
Jackson,
9,560
1,451
1,422
29
18
Jefferson,
- 12,931
1434
1,330
104
1,555
Jersey,
11,942
1,459
1,229
230
-
-
-
-
Jasper,
8,350
930
948
-
-
Champaign, -
14,581
2,222
2,276
-
Du Page,
14,696
1,531
1,524
4
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ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
COUNTY
POPULATION IN 1860
TOTAL QUOTA
TOTAL CREDIT
DEFICIT
EXCESS
COUNTIES' EXPENSES
JoDaviess,
- 27, 147
2,761
2,513
248
-
Johnson,
9,306
1,423
1,426
3
Kane,
30,024
3,872
3,873
I
366,867
Kankakee,
15,393
1,839
1,764
75
199,289
Kendall,
13,073
1,555
1,551
4
239,065
Knox,
28,512
3,842
3,837
5
41,608
Lake,
18,248
1,897
1,890
7
279, 362
LaSalle,
48,272
6,137
5,942
195
543,061
Lawrence, -
8,976
1,234
1,230
4
3,879
Lee, -
17,643
2,454
2,446
8
661,335
Livingston,
11,632
1,733
1,743
IO
279,847
Logan,
14,247
2,131
2, 160
29
6,950
Macon,
- 13,655
2,133
2, 189
56
220,692
Macoupin,
24,504
3,209
3, 184
25
204,047
Madison,
30,689
4,300
4,221
8
82,897
Marion,
12,730
1,946
1,954
79
Marshall,
13,437
1,812
1,797
15
179,459
Mason,
10,929
1,534
1,531
3
Massac,
6,101
967
880
87
McDonough,
20,061
2,737
2,734
3
651,937
McHenry,
22,085
2,536
2,533
3
488,986
McLean,
- 28,580
4, 189
4,349
160
153,611
Menard,
9,577
1,216
1,225
9
126.016
Mercer,
15,037
1,862
1,848
14
44,583
Monroe,
12,815
1,180
1,227
47
Montgomery,
13,881
1,761
1,620
14I
2,195
Morgan,
21,937
2,780
2,732
48
Ogle,
22,863
2,989
2,953
36
421,318
Peoria,
- 36,475
5,193
4,907
286
327,615
Perry, -
9,508
1,482
1,468
14
16,816
Piatt,
6, 124
1,051
1,055
4
23,382
Pike,
27, 182
3,221
3,132
89
97,005
Pope,
6,546
1,252
1,253
I
3,639
Pulaski,
3,904
833
643
190
149,338
Randolph,
16,766
2,066
2,099
33
8,539
Richland,
- 9,709
1,523
1,577
54
5,900
Rock Island,
20,981
2,603
2,473
130
140,45I
Saline,
9, 161
1,285
1,280
5
8.4
10,784
Schuyler,
14,670
1,655
1,570
85
14,723
Scott,
9,047
1, 206
1,212
6
40,167
Shelby,
14,590
2, 121
2,070
51
Stark, -
9,003
1,134
1,084
50
28,460
St. Clair, -
- 37, 169
4,400
4,396
4
291,309
Stephenson, .
25, 112
3,156
3,168
12
470, 171
-
-
-
-
-
Moultrie,
6,384
773
773
Putnam,
5,579
707
707
-
Sangamon,
31,963
4,926
5,010
-
737
BATTLE OF BELMONT.
COUNTY
POPULATION IN 1860
TOTAL QUOTA
TOTAL CREDIT
DEFICIT
EXCESS
COUNTIES' EXPENSES
Tazewell, -
- 21,427
2,723
2,700
23
482,651
Union,
11, 145
1,836
1,846
10
Vermilion,
- 19,779
2,589
2,596
7
31,277
Wabash,
7,233
795
707
88
4,209
Warren,
18,293
2,477
2,455
22
34,247
Washington,
13,725
1,786
1,744
42
Wayne,
12,222
1,611
1,613
2
White,
12,274
1,981
1,984
3
Whiteside,
18,729
2,539
2,535
4
547,937
Will,
29,264
3,738
3,696
42
286,621
Williamson, -
12,087
1,578
1,575
3
Winnebago,
- 24,457
3, 162
3,187
25
500,002
Woodford,
13,281
1,655
1,643
12
101,661
Total
1,704,327
231,488
226,592 5,715
819
$15,307,074
Nearly all the Illinois regiments were employed in the South and Southwest. Wherever the heaviest fighting was to be done, there were found the brave men from the Prairie State-the first in the deadly charge and the last to retreat or surrender.
The first battle in which any considerable number of Illinois troops were engaged was that of Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861, under Gen. Grant. All the troops engaged were from Illinois except the 7th Iowa. Gen. John A. McClernand commanded a brigade, as did Col. Henry Doughtery, of the 22d regiment, who was severely wounded and captured. The losses were as follows:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D MISSING TOTAL
22d, Lt .- Col. Harrison E. Hart,
23
74
37
I34
27th, Col. Napoleon B. Buford, -
-
II
42
28
81
30th, Col. Philip B. Fouke,
8
27
8
44
3Ist, Col. John A. Logan, -
- IO
61
18
89
Battery B, Ist Artillery, Capt. Ezra Taylor, -
5
-
5
2d Cavalry, Capt. J. J. Dollius, I
2
- 3
-
-
At the battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862, the first signal success of the war, the commander-in-chief, Gen. Grant; Gen. McClernand who commanded the first division; 7 command- ers of brigades, namely: Cols. Wm. H. L. Wallace, Richard J. Oglesby, Wm. R. Morrison-wounded, Leonard F. Ross, John McArthur, John Cook, and Isham N. Haynie; and Chief-of-staff Col. J. D. Webster, were from Illinois; as were also 19 of the 36 infantry regiments engaged; besides batteries B-Taylor's, and
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ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
D-McAllister's of the Ist, and D-Dresser's and E-Schwartz's of the 2d Illinois Artillery; and 4 companies of the 2d-Col. Silas Noble, and the 4th-Col. T.L. Dickey-Cavalry, and Birge's Sharpshooters. Of the six regiments which sustained the greatest losses in killed and wounded, five were from the same State, as follows:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
IIth, Lt .- Col. Thomas E. G. Ransom,
70
182
75
327
8th, Lt .- Col. Frank L. Rhoads,
54
188
242
18th, Col. Michael K. Lawler, wounded, 53
157
18
228
(Col. Augustus Mersy,
9th,{ Capt. S. B. Marks,
36
165
9
210
31 st, Col. John A. Logan, wounded,
31
117
28
176
The other Illinois regiments which lost heavily were:
12th, Lt .- Col. Augustus Louis Chetlain, 19
62
8
89
17th, Maj. Francis M. Smith,
13
61
7
81
20th, Col. C. Carroll Marsh,
18
108
6
I32
29th, Col. James Reardon,
25
61
I3
99
30th, Lt .- Col. Elias S. Dennis,
19
69
6
94
41 st, Col. Isaac C. Pugh,
14
II3
3
I30
49th, Lt .- Col. Phineas Pease,
15
44
12
71
Other Illinois losses were:
7th, Lt .- Col. Andrew J. Babcock,
3
19
-
22
45th, Col. John E. Smith,
2
20
22
46th, Col. John A. Davis,
3
-
3
48th, Lt .- Col. Thomas H. Smith, killed,
8
31
3
42
57th, Col. Silas D. Baldwin,
I
-
I
58th, Col. William F. Lynch,
-
5
12
-
17
-
-
-
-
12
12
50th, Col. Moses M. Bane,
-
-
-
-
Lt .- Cols. Wm. Irwin of the 20th, and John H. White of the 3Ist Illinois were killed while bravely leading their men.
Then came the news from the wilds of Arkansas where the troops from Illinois had been gloriously engaged in the hotly- contested battle of Pea Ridge, March 6, 7, 8, 1862; and where Col. Eugene A. Carr commanded a division, and Cols. Julius White and Nicholas Greusel, all from Illinois, brigades. Among
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the regiments which suffered the greatest losses were the following from that State:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
25th, Col. William N. Coler,
4
17
3
24
35th, Col. Gustavus A. Smith,
14
47
52
II3
36th, Capt. Silas Miller, -
4
37
27
68
37th,
Lt .- Col. Myron S. Barnes,
20
I2I
3
144
59th, Lt .- Col. C. H. Frederick,
9
57
-
66
3d, Cavalry, Major James M. Ruggles, § 9
36
13
58
In the sanguinary and stubborn conflict of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, the commander-in-chief, and 4 of the 5 division-com- manders, on the first day, when the greatest losses were sus- tained, namely, Gens. McClernand, Wm. H. L. Wallace-mortally wounded, Stephen A. Hurlbut, and Benj. M. Prentiss-captured; and nine commanders of brigades, namely, Brig .- Gen. John Mc Arthur, Colonels C. C. Marsh, Julius Raith-mortally wounded, Edward N. Kirk-wounded, Thomas W. Sweeney-wounded, David Stuart-wounded, Isaac C. Pugh, Silas D. Baldwin, and Lt .- Col. Enos P. Wood, were from Illinois; also 27 of the 65 infantry regiments,* and 10 batteries out of 27 engaged, and por- tions of the 2d, 4th, and IIth cavalry. Of the 14 regiments which suffered the most, 8 were from the same State, as follows:+
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING TOTAL
9th, Col. August Mersy,
61
300
5 366
55th, Lt .- Col. Oscar Malmborg,
5I
197
27
275
28th,
Col. Amory K. Johnson,
29
2II
5
245
40th,
Col. Stephen G. Hicks,
47
160
9
216
45th,
Col. John E. Smith, -
23
187
3
213
43d,
Lt .- Col. Adolph Engelmann,
50
118
29
197
Col. Edward F. Ellis, killed,
15th,
Maj. Wm. G. Goddard, killed,
49
II7
-
166.
Capt. Louis D. Kelley,
Col. Cyrus Hall,
14th, Lt .- Col. William Cam,
-
35
126
4
165
-
-
.
* The others being from Missouri 5; Iowa II; Ohio 10; Indiana 3; Kentucky 2; Wisconsin 3; Michigan 2.
+ It should be farther noted that of the 2830 prisoners captured by the enemy, only 401 were from Illinois.
-
Major John McConnell,
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ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
The losses of other Illinois regiments, every one of which participated in the fiery struggle, though not so large, were severe :
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
7th, Major Richard Rowett,
17
8I
I 99
Capt. Jas. M. Ashmore, wounded,
8th, ‹ Capt. William H. Harvey, killed, Capt. Robert H. Sturgiss,
$30
91
3 124
IIth, Lt .- Col. Thomas E. G. Ransom,
17
69
17
IOI
12th,
( Lt .- Col. Augustus Louis Chetlain,
22
76
3
IOI
17th, Lt .- Col. Enos P. Wood,
15
118
5
I38
18th, Capt. Daniel H. Brush, woun'd,
17
68
2
87
20th,
Lt .- Col. Evan Richards, wounded, 22
107
7 136
29th, Lt .- Col. Charles M. Ferrill,
12
73
4
89
32d, Col. John A. Logan,
39
114
5
158
41 st,
Lt .- Col. Ansel Tupper, killed, Maj. John Warner,
21
73
3 97
46th,
Col. Jolin A. Davis, wounded, Lt .- Col. John J. Jones,
25
I34
I 160
48th, Col. Isham N. Haynie,
18
II2
3
I33
49th, Lt .- Col. Phineas Pease,
19
83
8
IIO
50th,
Col. Moses M. Bane,
12
63
4
84
52d,
Capt. Edwin A. Bowen,
23
123
9
155
57th,
Col. Silas D. Baldwin, Ist day,
25
IIO
3
I38
58th,
Capt. R. W. Healy,
-
20
47
223
290
6Ist, Col. Jacob Fry,
12
45
18
75
Birge's Sharpshooters,
2
6
-
8
-
The 34th Illinois, of Buell's army, Major Charles Levenway, killed, succeeded by Capt. Hiram W. Bristol, took part in the second day's battle and met with a loss of 15 killed and 112 wounded.
The battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862, though not so large in the numbers engaged, was nearly equal in destructive results with those of the most sanguinary. Six of the com- manders of brigades, namely, Gens. Oglesby-severely wounded,
S
-
-
-
Maj. Henry Stark,
Lt .- Col. Frederick J. Hurlbut,
Col. William F. Lynch,
-
Maj. James R. Hugunin, 2nd day,
Capt. J. J. Anderson,
741
CORINTH AND PERRYVILLE.
McArthur-wounded, and Buford, and Cols. Sweeney, Mersy, and Baldwin-wounded, belonged to Illinois, as did 10 out of the 44 infantry regiments engaged. The losses sustained by these troops were heavy, as will be seen in the following table:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
7th, Col. A. J. Babcock,
9
45
23
77
9th, Col. Augustus Mersy,
II
82
55
148
12th, Col. Augustus L. Chetlain,
15
79
15
109
26th, Major Robert A. Gilmore, -
2
II
I3
L Lt .- Col. Wm. A. Thrush, killed,
47th,
Capt. Harmon Andrews, killed,
19
79
IO
108
Capt. Samuel R. Baker,
50th,
Lt .- Col. William Swarthout,
5
26
3I
52d, Lt .- Col. John S. Wilcox,
6
63
I
70
56th, Lt .- Col. Green B. Raum,
7
32
-
The 7th and IIth Illinois cavalry were also engaged in this battle, meeting with a total loss of 14.
In the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, Oct. 8, 1862, Colonels William P. Carlin and Nicholas Greusel commanded brigades. Nine Illinois regiments were actively engaged and generally sustained heavy losses, as follows:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D MISSING TOTAL
24th, Capt. August Mauff,
28
79
8
115
36th,
Col. Nicholas Greusel,
9
64
4
77
59th,
Major Joshua C. Winters,
25
59
29
113
75th,
Lt .- Col. John E. Bennett, -
46
167
12
225
80th,
Col. Thomas G. Allen,
II
45
-
56
85th,
Col. Robert S. Moore,
5
38
9
52
86th,
Col. David D. Irons, -
I
14
-
I5
88th,
Col. Francis T. Sherman, -
- 9
36
-
45
I23d,
Col. James Monroe,
- 35
119
35
189
7
41
23
74
58th, Detachment, -
2
II
6
19
64th,
Capt. John Morrill,
II
44
15
70
-
-
39
57th, 5 Lt .- Col. F. J. Hurlbut,
Major Eric Forsse,
-
At the battle of Stone's River, Dec. 31, 1862 to Jan. 2, 1863, Gen. John M. Palmer was in command of a division and Generals Edward N. Kirk-mortally wounded, Jas. D. Morgan, and Cols.
742
ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
William P. Carlin, P. Sidney Post, Nicholas Greusel, and George W. Roberts-killed, were in command of brigades. Out of the 106 volunteer regiments engaged 24 were from Illinois ;* and of the 17 regiments whose casualty lists were the largest, six were from this State, as follows:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
2Ist, - Col. John W. S. Alexander, Lieut .- Col. Warren E. Mackin,
57
187
59
303
36th, Maj. Silas Miller, wounded,
¿ Capt. Porter C. Olson,
46
151
15
212
84th, Col. Louis H. Waters,
35
124
8
167
38th, Lt .- Col. Daniel H. Gilmer,
34
109
34
177
44th, Capt. Wallace W. Barrett,
29
109
17
155
22d,
( Lt .- Col. Francis Swanwick, Capt. Samuel Johnson,
}
21
116
56
193
The losses in the other Illinois regiments, all of which were in the thickest of the fight-except the 24th, 4 wounded, and the 85th no loss reported-were:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING TOTAL
19th,
( Col. Jos. R. Scott, mortally wou'd, Lt .- Col. Alexander W. Raffen,
14
83
II
108
Col. Thomas D. Williams, killed,
25th, Maj. Richard H. Nodine, Capt. Westford Taggart,
16
75
5
96
27th,
Col. Fazillo A. Harrington, killed, Maj. William A. Schmidt,
9
69
24
103
34th,
Maj. Alexander P. Dysart, S
21
100
74
195
35th, Lt .- Col. William P. Chandler,
IO
5I
25
86
42d,
Lt .- Col. Nathan H. Walworth,
19
96
46
161
5 Ist,
¿ Capt. Henry F. Wescott,
7
41
9
57
59th,
Capt. Hendrick E. Paine,
7
43
30
80
73d,
Maj. William A. Presson,
16
64
8
88
74th,
Col. Jason Marsh,
8
35
42
85
75th,
Lt .- Col. John E. Bennett,
2
21
59
82
79th,
Col. Sheridan P. Read, killed, Maj. Allen Buckner,
24
71
124
219
-
1
2
Lt .- Col. Hiram W. Bristol, 2
Col. Luther P. Bradley,
* Ohio being represented by 29; Indiana 25; Kentucky 11; Wisconsin 5; Michigan 4; Pennsylvania 3; Tennessee 3; Missouri 2.
743
BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.
REGIMENT COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
88th, Col. Francis T. Sherman,
14
50
48
I12
89th, Lt .- Col. Chas. Truman Hotchkiss, IO
46
94
150
100th, Lt .- Col. Frederick A. Bartleson,
7
39
-
46
I IOth, Col. Thomas S. Casey, -
7
49
2
58
At the two days' bloody conflict of Chickamauga, Sept. 19- 20, 1863, Illinois was represented by two commanders of divi- sions, namely, Maj .- Gen. John M. Palmer and Brig .- Gen. James D. Morgan; 7 commanders of brigades, namely, Generals John Basil Turchin, William P. Carlin, and Colonels P. Sydney Post, Silas Miller, Robert F. Smith, Luther P. Bradley, wounded, and Nathan H. Walworth; among the staff-officers was Major Johr C. Smith of the 96th Illinois, since lieutenant-governor of the State, serving with Gen. Jas. B. Steedman; and by 28 infantry regiments .* Of the 20 regiments which met with the greatest loss, 5 of them were from Illinois, namely:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D
MISSING TOTAL
96th, Col. Thomas E. Champion,
39
I34
52
225
21st,
Capt. Chester K. Knight,
32
144
62
238
25th,
Maj. Samuel D. Wall, 1
10
I71
24
205
II5th, Col. Jesse H. Moore,
22
151
IO
183
35th, Lt .- Col. William P. Chandler,
17
130
13
160
The losses of the other Illinois regiments engaged, nearly all of them severe, were as follows:
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED WOUN'D
MISSING
TOTAL
19th,
Lt .- Col. Alexander W. Raffen, Capt. Presley Neville Guthrie,
IO
45
16
71
22d, Lt .- Col. Francis Swanwick,
23
76
31
130
24th,
( Maj. George A. Guenther, "
19
76
56
151
27th, Lt .- Col. Jonathan R. Miles,
2
79
IO
91
36th,
Lt .- Col. Porter C. Olson,
20
IOI
20
141
Col. Daniel H. Gilmer, killed,
38th, Capt. Willis G. Whitehurst,
15
87
78
180
-
* Ohio was represented by 44; Indiana 26; Kentucky 15; Wisconsin 7; Michigan 6; Pennsylvania 4; Tennessee and Missouri 2 each; Minnesota and Kansas I each.
Col. John W.S. Alexander, killed,
Capt. Westford Taggart, S
Col. Geza Mihalotzy, wounded,
Col. Silas Miller,
744
ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
REGIMENT
COMMANDER
KILLED
WOUN'D MISSING
TOTAL
42d, L Col. Nathan H. Walworth,
15
123
5
143
44th, Lt .- Col. Wallace W. Barrett,
6
60
34
100
5 Ist, Lt .- Col. Samuel B. Raymond,
18
92
18
128
73d,
Col. James F. Jaquess,
I3
57
22
92
( Lt .- Col. Carter Van Vleck,
I7
77
62
I56
79th, Col. Allen Buckner,
3
21
97
I2I
84th,
Col. Louis H. Waters,
13
83
9
IO5
85th,
Col. Caleb J. Dilworth,
86th,
Lt .- Col. David W. Magee,
I
4
I
6
88th,
Lt .- Col. Alexander S. Chadbourne, 12 - Col. Charles Truman Hotchkiss,
14
88
30
I32
92d,
Col. Smith D. Atkins,
2
22
2
26
98th,
Lt .- Col. Edward Kitchell,
5
36
2
43
100th,
Maj. Charles M. Hammond,
23
117
24
164
104th, Lt .- Col. Douglas Hapeman,
2
46
16
64
I23d,
Col. James Monroe,
I
13
24
125th,
Col. Oscar F. Harmon,
*
-
At the battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, Gen. John M. Palmer commanded the 14th corps, Gen. John E. Smith a division, and Generals Morgan, Turchin, Carlin, Giles A. Smith, and Colonels Hecker, Loomis, Silas Miller, Francis T. Sherman, Walworth, Raum, and Tupper, brigades; 38 Illinois regiments were engaged, 6 of which were among the heaviest losers, vis .: REGIMENT
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