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Illinois 42nd Infantry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:22 July 1861
  • Muster Out Date:16 Dec 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General George D. Wagner
    • Brigadier General John Newton
    • Brigadier General Luther P. Bradley
    • Brigadier General Philip Sheridan
    • Brigadier General Washington Lafayette Elliott
    • Colonel Fazilo A. Harrington
    • Colonel George W. Roberts
    • Colonel Joseph Conrad
    • Colonel Luther P. Bradley
    • Colonel Luther Prentice Bradley
    • Colonel Napoleon B. Buford
    • Colonel Nathan H. Walworth
    • Lieutenant Colonel Edgar D. Swain
    • Lieutenant Colonel John A. Hottenstein
    • Lieutenant Colonel Nathan H. Walworth
    • Major Frederick A. Atwater
    • Major General Philip Sheridan
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Franklin (1864)30 Nov 186430 Nov 1864< 1 dayFranklin, Tennessee
Stones River31 Dec 186231 Dec 1862< 1 dayMurfreesboro, Tennessee
Siege of Corinth29 Apr 186230 May 186231 day(s)Corinth, Mississippi
Spring Hill29 Nov 186429 Nov 1864< 1 dayMaury County, Tennessee
Lovejoy's Station20 Aug 186420 Aug 1864< 1 dayClayton County, Georgia
Kennesaw Mountain27 June 186427 June 1864< 1 dayCobb County, Georgia
Chickamauga19 Sept 186320 Sept 18631 day(s)Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
Nashville15 Dec 186416 Dec 18641 day(s)Nashville, Tennessee
Rocky Face Ridge7 May 186413 May 18646 day(s)Whitfield County, Georgia
Missionary Ridge25 Nov 186325 Nov 1863< 1 dayChattanooga, Tennessee
Resaca13 May 186416 May 18643 day(s)Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
New Hope Church25 May 186426 May 18641 day(s)Paulding County, Georgia
Island Number Ten28 Feb 18628 Apr 186239 day(s)New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee
Jonesborough31 Aug 18641 Sept 18641 day(s)Clayton County, Georgia
Adairsville17 May 186417 May 1864< 1 dayBartow County, Georgia
Atlanta22 July 186422 July 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Peachtree Creek20 July 186420 July 1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia
Calhoun, Georgia16 May 186416 May 1864< 1 dayCalhoun, Georgia
Columbia, Tennessee9 Sept 18629 Sept 1862< 1 dayColumbia, Tennessee

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