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词条 116th Illinois Infantry Regiment
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  1. History

  2. Commanders

  3. Notable members

  4. See also

  5. Notes

  6. External links

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Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
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The 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

History

The 116th Illinois Infantry was organized in Decatur, Illinois, and mustered in for three years service on September 30, 1862, under the command of Colonel Nathan W. Tupper.

The regiment was attached to 4th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Pass Expedition, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to June 1865.

The 116th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 7, 1865. The regiment lost a total of 295 men during its service; 7 officers and 49 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 7 officers and 232 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

  • Colonel Nathan W. Tupper

Notable members

  • Private Charles Earl Bowles, Company B - post-Civil War western stagecoach robber known as "Black Bart"
  • Sergeant Martin K. Davis, Company H - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[1][2]
  • Captain Nicholas Geschwind, Company F - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[1][2]
  • Private Andrew Johnson (soldier), Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[1][2]
  • Private Charles W. Rundle, Company A - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[3][2]
  • Private Benjamin W. Schenck, Company D - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[3][2]
  • Corporal Benona Sprague, Company F - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[3][2]
  • Private Thomas J. Ward, Company C - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[3][2]
  • Private Andrew J Widick, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863[3][2]

See also

{{portal|American Civil War|Illinois}}
  • List of Illinois Civil War units
  • Illinois in the Civil War

Notes

1. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html|title=Medal of Honor Recipients - Civil War (A-L)|last=History|first=U.S. Army Center of Military|website=www.history.army.mil|access-date=2017-08-17}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/vicksburg-medal-of-honor-recipients.htm|title=Vicksburg Medal of Honor Recipients - Vicksburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)|website=www.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html|title=Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (M-Z)|last=|first=|date=August 3, 2009|work=Medal of Honor citations|publisher=United States Army Center of Military History|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404143547/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html|archivedate=4 April 2010|deadurl=yes|accessdate=April 12, 2010|df=}}
References
  • Bear, Henry Clay. The Civil War Letters of Henry C. Bear, a Soldier in the 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Harrogate, TN: Lincoln Memorial University Press), 1961. {{OCLC|3527732}}
  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

External links

  • 116th Illinois Infantry monument at Vicksburg
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154549/http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/reg_html/116_reg.html History and rosters of the 116th Illinois Infantry from the Illinois Adjutant General's Report]

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