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The Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, established in 1929, commemorates the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads and is considered one of the best preserved of the American Civil War. The National Park Service erected and maintains monuments and interpretive panels on a small 1-acre (4,000 m 2 ) plot at the cross roads.
Illinois Rebels - A Civil War Unit History of G Company, 15th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry (1996, Guild Press of Indiana: Carmel, Indiana) Grossman, James R.. Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2005) online version; Hicken, Victor, Illinois in the Civil War, University of Illinois Press. 1991.
1864 - Moved to Eastport, Pulaski and Lynnville November 6–12, and duty there until March, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September, 1864. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8–13. Sugar Valley, near Resaca, May 9. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 14–15. Rome Cross Roads May 16.
Major Arno Voss – reassigned to 12th Illinois Cavalry February 1, 1862; Colonel Thomas H. Cavanaugh – resigned March 28, 1862. Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson – promoted to brigadier general June 3, 1863. Colonel Matthew H. Starr – died of wounds October 1, 1864. Colonel John Lynch – mustered out with the regiment. [2]
June 12, 1864: Battle of Cold Harbor: Virginia: A: Confederate: Lee repulses Grant, Confederate soldier says "We felt it was murder, not war". June 5, 1864: Battle of Piedmont: Virginia: B: Union: Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley. June 6, 1864: Battle of Old ...
The 114th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Formed in September 1862, the regiment served in Ulysses S. Grant's Central Mississippi campaign, in the Vicksburg campaign, at Brices Cross Roads, at Tupelo, in the 1864 Missouri campaign, at Nashville, and at Spanish Fort.
Battle of Waddams Grove: June 18, 1832 Near Waddams Grove, Illinois: Black Hawk War: United States Victory 5-9 United States vs Sauk: Battle of Apple River Fort: June 24, 1832 Near Elizabeth, Illinois: Black Hawk War: United States Victory 1+ United States vs Sauk and Fox: Illinois Mormon War: June 10, 1844 - September 16, 1846 Nauvoo, Illinois ...
The 79th Illinois participated in the Atlanta Campaign from May 7 – July 17, 1864 as part of the 2nd division under the command of Brig. Gen. John Newton. The regiment took part in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge from May 7–13, Resaca from May 13 – 15, and Kennesaw Mountain on June 27.