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The 104th Illinois Infantry was organized at Ottawa, Illinois, and mustered in for three years service on August 27, 1862. The regiment was attached to 39th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to December 1862.
Infantry units. In recognition of Illinois’ six regiments' service in the Mexican War, regimental numbers for infantry in the Civil War began at seven. 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment. 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment. 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment. 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment. 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment.
Awards. Medal of Honor. George L. Houghton (August 28, 1841 - February 25, 1917) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Houghton received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. [1] Houghton's medal was won for his actions at Elk River, Tennessee, where he led a party that saved a bridge ...
The 126th Infantry Regiment ("Second Michigan" [ 1 ]) is a United States military unit of the Michigan Army National Guard. The 126th was originally an infantry regiment, then was converted into an armoured role, and then was converted to a light cavalry reconnaissance unit, with subordinate units stationed in Cadillac, Wyoming, Dowagiac, and ...
Joseph H. De Castro (November 14, 1844 – May 8, 1892) was the first Hispanic American to be awarded the United States's highest military decoration for valor in combat—the Medal of Honor—for having distinguished himself during Pickett's Charge in the Battle of Gettysburg of the American Civil War.
July 6–16. 1. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War in 1862. It was, and to date is, the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action ...
John C. Black. United States. United States Army Union Army. John Charles Black (January 27, 1839 – August 17, 1915) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Illinois. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War.
All four cavalry troopers and two civilian scouts in Zachariah T. Woodall 's courier detail were awarded the Medal of Honor for this hours-long battle along the Washita River (some texts say Wichita River, a more southernly tributary of the same Red River of the South watershed). —. Charles D. Harris. Army.