113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

American Civil War Union Army unit March 2014 August 2024 113th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Flag of Illinois.svg 1 October 1862 – 20 June 1865 Union Infantry American Civil War Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Arkansas Post Yazoo Pass Expedition Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Siege of Vicksburg(19 May & 22 May assaults) Battle of Brices Cross Roads Colonel George Blaikie Hoge Illinois U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 112th Illinois Infantry Regiment 114th Illinois Infantry Regiment The 113th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as the Third Chicago Board of Trade regiment,Military Park Commission 1907 290 was organized at Camp Hancock near Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in for three years service on 1 October 1862, under the command of Colonel George Blaikie Hoge.Adjutant General 1900 Vol. I 200Dyer 1908 129 The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to November 1863. Post of Corinth, Mississippi, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to January 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, XVI Corps, to June 1864. 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June 1864. 1st Brigade, Post of Memphis, District of West Tennessee, to February 1865. Unattached, Post of Memphis, District of West Tennessee, to June 1865. Of note, Companies C, D, F, I, and K were sent north to Chicago with prisoners of war after the capture of Arkansas Post on 11 January 1863. The remaining five stayed to participate in the siege and capture of Vicksburg. C, D, F, I, and K rejoined the regiment in December 1864.October 2020 During the solicitation for volunteers for the 2nd Division of XV Corps (Union Army)' diversionaryGrant 1885 Vol. I 239 storming party, or "forlorn hope," that produced many Medals of Honor on 22 May 1863, the 113th's five companies were assigned a quota of three, unmarried menKellogg 1913 38 (the quota for the division was two officers and fifty men from each of the three brigadesWar Department 1889 Vol. XXIV-XXXVI-II 257). The remainder of the regiment took part in the failed assault on 22 May. Even though the assault failed to breach the defenses, the regiment was kept forward and deployed as skirmishersMilitary Park Commission 1907 292 to constantly snipe at the defenders for the next two days, a role it would continue until the capitulation on 4 July 1863.Kellogg 1913 47 The 113th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on 20 June 1865.Dyer 1908 1094 Casualties The regiment lost a total of 303 men during service; 1 officer and 25 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 273 enlisted men died of disease.Dyer 1908 1094 Detailed service DateBattle or Event6 November 1862Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee26 November – 12 December 1862 Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. "Tallahatchie March" 20 December 1862 – 2 January 1863Sherman's Yazoo Expedition26–28 December 1862 Chickasaw Bayou29 December 1862 Chickasaw Bluff3–10 January 1863 Expedition to Arkansas Post, Arkansas10–11 January 1863Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post (Companies C, D, F, I, and K detached to guard prisoners sent north after Arkansas Post, and retained in Illinois on guard duty until October 1864, when they rejoined the regiment at Memphis, Tennessee)17–22 January 1863Moved to Young's Point, Louisiana and duty there until March14–27 March 1863Expedition to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek22 March 1863Near Deer Creek19 April – 2 May 1863Demonstration on Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs2–14 May 1863Movement to Jackson, Mississippi, via Grand Gulf14 May 1863Jackson16 May 1863Champion HillAdjutant General 1900 Vol. VI 20018 May – 4 July 1863Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi19 & 22 May 1863Assaults on VicksburgGrant 1885 Vol. I 239War Department 1889 Vol. XXIV-XXXVI-II 2574 July 1863Surrender of Vicksburg4–10 July 1863Advance on Jackson, Mississippi10–17 July 1863 Siege of Jackson17 July 1863–January 1864Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, then to Corinth, Mississippi, and post duty thereJanuary 1864–June 1865At Memphis, Tennessee1–13 June 1864Sturgis' Expedition into Mississippi10 June 1864Brices Cross Roads (or Tishomingo Creek), near Guntown, Mississippi11 June 1864Ripley10 June 1864Near Colliersville, Tennessee21 August 1864Repulse of Forrest's attack on Memphis10 October 1864Eastport Notable members Burritt, William W., Private, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, 27 April 1863 Darrough, John S., Sergeant, Company F - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Eastport, Mississippi, 10 October 1864 Gould, Newton T., Private, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, 22 May 1863 Henry, James, Sergeant, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, 22 May 1863 Johns, Elisha, Corporal, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, 22 May 1863 Miller, Jacob C., Private, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, 22 May 1863 Rankin, Adam Lowry, ChaplainU.S. Civil War pension index 1861-1934. - abolitionist and son of noted abolitionist John Rankin Ruth Helena Sinnotte - Matron and nurseImage 138 of Our army nurses. Interesting sketches, addresses, and photographs of nearly one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our civil war. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.ourarmynursesint00holl/?sp=138&st=image&r=-0.235,0.133,1.559,0.759,0 2024-09-11 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA See also List of Illinois Civil War units Illinois in the American Civil War Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) Yazoo Pass expedition Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion Hill Siege of Vicksburg (19 May & 22 May assaults) Battle of Brices Cross Roads Notes 40em References 50em Adjutant General Illinois Jasper Newton Reece, BGEN Isaac Hughes Elliott Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men, Historical Mention (106th Infantry–131st (Consolidated Infantry)) Phillips Bros., State Printers Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois VI 1900 Springfield, IL 628 https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant06illi1/page/n5/mode/2up 69691325 Chatfield Edward L. McCarty Terry M McCarty Margaret Ann Chatfield The Chatfield Story: Civil War Letters and Diaries of Private Edward L. Chatfield of the 113th Illinois Volunteers BookSurge Publishing 2009 North Charleston, SC 561 https://books.google.com/books?id=KyABQgAACAAJ 9781419697227 642855968 Dyer Frederick H A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu Grant Ulysses S. Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Vol. I Charles L. Webster & Company I 1885 New York, NY 612 https://archive.org/details/personalmemoirso001gran/page/14/mode/2up 44674220 Kellogg John Jackson War Experiences and the Story of the Vicksburg Campaign from "Milliken's Bend" to July 4, 1863; Being an Accurate and Graphic Account of Campaign Events Taken from the Diary of Capt. J.J. Kellogg, of Co. B 113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Evening Journal 1913 Washington, IA 64 https://archive.org/details/warexperiencesst01kell 228718481 Military Park Commission Illinois-Vicksburg Charles R. E. Koch Illinois at Vicksburg The Blakely Printing Company 1907 Chicago, IL 730 https://archive.org/details/illinoisatvicksb00illi/page/n6/mode/2up 61398743 War Department U.S. Operations in Mississippi and West Tennessee, including those in Arkansas and Louisiana connected with the Siege of Vicksburg. January 20 - August 10, 1863 - Reports, May 16-August 10 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 1889 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies XXIV-XXXVI-II 2027/coo.31924077723033 857196196 Woolworth Solomon Experiences in the civil war S. Woolworth 1904 Newark, NJ 79 https://archive.org/details/experiencesinciv00wool 35248007 Congressional Medal of Honor Society CMOHS Congressional Medal of Honor Society 2014 http://www.cmohs.org/ 19 August 2014 CMOHS 2014 VCOnline 2020 Victoria Cross, the Men Behind the Medals: The Comprehensive Guide to the Victoria & George Cross - MOHs Victoria Cross, the Men Behind the Medals http://www.vconline.org.uk/mohs/4589918581 2 May 2020 VCOnline 2020 3 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200503163659/http://www.vconline.org.uk/mohs/4589918581 dead External links History and rosters of the 113th Illinois Infantry from the Illinois Adjutant General's Report Palantine Historical Society's Civil War page A Forlorn Hope Vicksburg Medal of Honor Recipients American Civil War CTCBS 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