105th Illinois Infantry Regiment

March 2017 March 2017 105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1862–1865 United States Union Union Army Infantry Regiment Light blue Facings American Civil War Atlanta campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Peachtree Creek Siege of Atlanta Sherman's March to the Sea Carolinas campaign Battle of Bentonville Colonel Daniel Dustin Commanding officerIllinois U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 104th Illinois Infantry Regiment 106th Illinois Infantry Regiment The 105th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was made up of volunteers, primarily from the Illinois counties of DeKalb and DuPage but other counties were represented as well. The 105th Regiment served from 1862 through the end of the war in 1865. Origin The 105th was formed in response to President Lincoln's July 1862 Proclamation 121 which requested 300,000 volunteers from throughout the Union to serve for three years. The regiment consisted of ten companies of approximately 100 men each. Six of the companies were made up of men from DeKalb County and four companies came mostly from DuPage County.Reece 1901 866 The regiment was mustered at Fort Dixon in Dixon, Illinois on September 2, 1862. It moved from Dixon to Camp Douglas in Chicago on September 8, 1862. The regiment, commanded by Colonel Daniel Dustin, was initially attached to the Ward's Brigade commanded by General William T. Ward in the 12th Division in the Army of the Ohio. Organization Sept. 1862 - Nov. 1862: Ward's Brigade, Dumont's 12th Division, Army of the OhioDyer 1908 433 Nov. 1862 - June 1863: Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the CumberlandDyer 1908 443 June 1863 - Oct. 1863: 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the CumberlandDyer 1908 452 Oct. 1863 - Jan. 1864: Ward's Brigade, Post of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the CumberlandDyer 1908 466 Jan. 1864 - Apr. 1864: 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the CumberlandDyer 1908 455 Apr. 1864 - June 1865: 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of Georgia to June, 1865Dyer 1908 459 Officers and Staff Colonel Daniel Dustin (Sept. 2,1862-June 7, 1865) Breveted Brig. Gen. Mar. 16,1865 Lieutenant Colonels Henry F. Vallette (Sept. 2,1862-June 18, 1864) Everell F. Dutton (June 18, 1864 – June 7, 1865) Majors Everell F. Dutton (Sept. 22,1862-June 18, 1864) Henry D. Brown (June 18, 1864 – June 7, 1865) Adjutants William N. Phillips (Sept. 2,1862-Dec.2, 1862) David D. Chandler (Dec.2, 1862-June 7, 1865) Quartermaster Timothy Wells (Sept. 2,1862-June 7, 1865) Surgeons Horace S. Potter (Sept. 5,1862-June 2, 1864) Alfred Waterman (June 2, 1864 – June 7, 1865) First Ass't Surgeons Alfred Waterman (Sept. 2,1862-June 2, 1864) George W. Beggs (June 2, 1864 – June 7, 1865) Second Ass't Surgeon George W. Beggs (Sept. 2,1862-June 2, 1864) Chaplains. Levi P. Crawford (Sept. 15, 1862-Dec. 24, 1862) Daniel Chapman (Dec. 24, 1862-June 7, 1865)Reece 1901 665 Service The 105th Illinois Infantry was organized at Dixon, Illinois, and mustered in for three years of service on September 2, 1862, under the command of Colonel Daniel Dustin. It was recruited in DeKalb and DuPage counties. The regiment was attached to Ward's Brigade, Dumont's 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Department of the Cumberland, to August 1863. Ward's Brigade, Post of Nashville, Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia to June 1865. The 105th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 7, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on July 17, 1865. Casualties When the 105th left Camp Douglas to begin serving in the field on September 30, 1862, a total of 967 men had been mustered in. By that time, 8 men had either resigned, been discharged or transferred to another unit within the Union military forces. In addition one man had died and 8 men deserted, leaving an active population of 950 men in the regiment. By the time the 105th completed its service on June 7, 1865, 1012 men had mustered into the regiment and 512 mustered out. One hundred and sixty eight men lost their lives, Two hundred and eighty four men were either discharged, resigned, or transferred to other organizations within the Union military. Thirty six men had deserted. Of the 954 men who mustered in at the regiment's inception on September 2, 1862, 496 mustered out.Reece 1901 665-685 See also American Civil War List of Illinois Civil War units References 1 Sources Dyer Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: 105th Illinois Infantry Regiment Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu/page/n7/mode/2up 1908 Des Moines, Iowa Dyer Publishing Co. January 10, 2025 1091–1092 Reece J.N. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois: 1861-1866 - Volume V 1901 https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutantv5illi/page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive Phillips Bros., State Printers Springfield, Illinois 686 10 January 2025 https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UIL0105RI#:~:text=Mustered%20out%20June%207%20and,137%20Enlisted%20men%20by%20disease. National Park Service 105th Regiment, Illinois Infantry NPS105th Further reading Cram George Bohrnstedt Jennifer Soldiering with Sherman: The Civil War Letters of George F. Cram DeKalb, Illinois Northern Illinois University Press 2000 0-87580-261-3 Strong Robert Hale Halsey Ashley A Yankee Private's Civil War Chicago Henry Regnery Company 1961 61-10744 1058411 External links Roster of the 105th Illinois Infantry Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois Category:1862 establishments in Illinois