.... 1st. W. Aron, M, 7th cavalry............. 16th. H. C. Siebert, M, 7th cavalry. DECEMBER. 4th. J. L. Hall, G, 89th infantry.. 29th. B. Buffington, F, 74th infantry. Number of deaths...... Remaining in hospital. Returned to quarters.... Highest number of deaths, 127, August 28, 1864. CHAPTER XIX. REGIMENTAL SKETCHES, THE SEVENTY-SECOND-BATTLES OF FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE-GENERAL JOSEPH STOCKTON-THE SEVENTY-FOURTH-WHAT HOOD GOT THE SEVENTY-FIFTH-ITS BATTLES THE SEVENTY-SIXTH-ITS ROSTER AND HISTORY-THE SEVENTY-NINTHTHE EIGHTIETH-ITS BATTLES AND MARCHES-THE EIGHTY-FIRST-PURSUIT OF PRICE -THE EIGHTY-SECOND-GETTYSBURG-COLONEL FREDERIC HECKER-GENERAL E. S. SALOMON-THE EIGHTY-THIRD-DEFENCE OF FORT DONELSON-THE EIGHTY-FOURTH— THE EIGHTY-SIXTH-THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN THE EIGHTY-NINTH A BRILLIANT RECORD THE NINETIETH "THE IRISH LEGION"-THE NINETY-FIRST-SERVICE IN TEXAS THE SEVENTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY. HE following is the original roster of this (the First Board of Trade) regiment. Colonel, F. A. Starring; Lieutenant Colonel, Joseph C. Wright; Major, Henry W. Chester; Adjutant, Ebenezer Bacon; Quartermaster, Benjamin W. Thomas; Surgeon, Edwin Powell; 1st Assistant Surgeon, B. Durham, Jr.; 2d Assistant Surgeon, E. A. Beers; Chaplain, Henry Barnes. Co. A-Captain, Joseph Stockton; 1st Lieutenant, George B. Randall; 2d Lieutenant, William B. Gallaher. Co. B---Captain, Jacob S. Curtis; 1st Lieutenant, David W. Perkins; 2d Lieutenant, D. W. Whittle. Co. C-Captain, William James, Jr.; 1st Lieutenant, Glen C. Ledyard; 2d Lieutenaut, Clifford Stickney. Co. D-Captain, James A. Sexton; 1st Lieutenant, Benjamin C. Underwood; 2d Lieutenant, Nathan C. Underwood, Co. E-Captain, W. B. Holbrook; 1st Lieutenant, H. C. Mowry; 2d Lieutenant, Porter E. Ransom. Co. F-Captain, Isaiah H. Williams; 1st Lieutenant, George W. Colby; 2d Lieutenant, Richard Pomeroy. Co. G-Captain, H. D. French; 1st Lieutenant, J. H. Smith; 2d Lieutenant, J. H. Bingham. THE SEVENTY-SECOND INFANTRY. 317 Co. H-Captain, Edwin C. Prior; 1st Lieutenant, J. W. Murray; 2d Lieutenant, Hezekiah Stout. Co. I-Captain, J. W. Harvey; 1st Lieutenant, Abner E. Barnes; 2d Lieutenant, John W. Abbott. Co. K-Captain, John Reid; 1st Lieutenant, Charles Gladding; 2d Lieutenant, Edwin Small. This regiment was organized by the Board of Trade of Chicago. Its enlistment rolls were first opened on the 23d of July, 1862, and on the 23d day of August-just one month from the first enlistments-1862, the regiment embarked on board the Illinois Central Railroad cars for Cairo, where it remained until September 8th. It then took boats to Paducah, Kentucky, where it arrived September 9th, and was employed in post duty until the 17th, when it again embarked for Columbus, Kentucky, and remained there on post and picket duty until November 21st. On On that day the regiment started on the march for Vicksburg, but, with the rest of the army, was obliged to retrace its steps, the capture of Holly Springs, Mississippi, having cut off the supplies. the 13th of March, 1863, the regiment again embarked to join in the movement against Vicksburg. On the 16th of May, after marching all day, it reached the battle-field of Champion Hills, just in time to help turn the enemy's left flank, and send him flying from the field. On the next day (17th) it was engaged at Black River bridge, and on the 19th it was the first to bring on the engagement of that day at Vicksburg. May 22d it took part in the general assault on the enemy's line around Vicksburg, and suffered severely. From that time until July 4, 1863, the regiment took an active part in the siege of Vicksburg, and was among the first troops to enter the city after its surrender. Subsequently, the 72d participated in the capture of Natchez, the battle of Benton, Mississippi, and General Slocum's expedition to Port Gibson and Grand Gulf. On the 30th of November, 1864, the regiment was engaged in the battle of Franklin, in which it suf fered severely, losing, in killed, wounded and taken prisoners, nine officers and one hundred and fifty-two enlisted men, and where Lieutenant-Colonel Stockton was severely wounded. On the 15th of December it bore a conspicuous part in the battle of Nash ville. From this point it moved to Eastport, Tennessee, and, a month later, to New Orleans, where it arrived February 21st, 1865. Then followed the movement upon Mobile, in which it bore a not unimportant part, sharing in the capture of Spanish Fort, and in the subsequent capture of Blakeley. From Mobile the regiment marched to Montgomery, Alabama. Remaining in camp at that place until the 23d of May, it was ordered on post duty at Union Springs, Alabama, forty-five miles east of Montgomery, where it continued until July 19, 1865. Having received orders to muster out of the service, it proceeded to Vicksburg, Mississippi, via Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, Meridian and Jackson, Mississippi, arriving there on the 1st of August, and was mustered out on the 13th, having participated in the following engagements: Champion Hills, Big Black, Siege of Vicksburg, Benton, Franklin, Nashville, Spanish Fort, Fort Pillow, Clarkson, Horn Lake Creek, Fort Pemberton, St. Catherine's Creek, Cross Bayou, Grand Gulf, Columbia, Spring Hill, Iuka and Cedar Point. General Joseph Stockton was born at Pittsburg, August 10, 1833. He was educated at Sewickley, Pa., and removed to Chicago in 1851. Here he was engaged in mercantile pursuits until the breaking out of the rebellion. He was mustered into the service as First Lieutenant, and was the second man to sign the rolls of the Board of Trade regiments-Adjutant Heafford being the first. General S. rose by successive steps to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the regi ment, which post he held when the regiment was mustered out, previous to which time he was brevetted a Brigadier-General for meritorious service. SEVENTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. On page 397 et seq. of the first volume of this work, we have given the roster of this regiment, and followed its record till the 1st of September, 1864. After the retreat of the rebels from Jonesboro, the 74th marched to Lovejoy's Station, and from thence went to Atlanta and camped. On the 25th of September, Hood having commenced his campaign north, the 2d division moved back to Chat THE SEVENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY. At 319 tanooga, where it remained till the 22d of November, when the army began its retreat to Nashville, pursued by Hood, who, in an order to his soldiers, said he was bound for h-l or Nashville. Spring Hill his advance cavalry came upon the 74th and 88th Illinois, who were in the rear guard of Thomas' army, and was sent back reeling. At Franklin, when the enemy broke our lines, these two regiments charged forward and saved the day. On the 15th and 16th of December, at the battle of Nashville, the 74th nobly did its duty, the boys saying Hood got h-1, but not Nashville. The 74th reached Chicago on the 14th of June, 1865, and was then mustered out. When it left Rockford for the field, it numbered 936 men and officers. It returned with 279, one-third of whom were recruited during the last year of its service. SEVENTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. In the first volume of this work [p. 402] we have given the original roster of this regiment, and followed its fortunes as far as the commencement of Sherman's memorable march to the sea. At this date (November 6, 1864), the 75th was attached to the 4th Corps, which Sherman left at Gaylesville, when it proceeded to Pulaski, Tennessee. The regiment was in the battle of Franklin, and suffered severely. Then it went back to Nashville, where, on the second day of the siege, it charged through an open cornfield on the double quick for the distance of half a mile, driving out the rebels. A second charge was made by the whole corps, by brigades in echelon. The 75th was in the first charging line, and captured 223 prisoners, and large quantities of arms and camp equipage. This was the last of its fighting. It went into quarters at Huntsville on the 14th of April, moving via Rollin to Knoxville, and thence to Greenville, where the news of the surrender was received, and the regiment returned to Nashville. On the 15th of June, 1865, it arrived at Chicago, where it was paid off and discharged. The 75th started out with 868 men, and during its service recruited nearly 200. It returned with 266 men and non-commissioned officers, leaving 85 behind. Its Colonel was justly complimented with a commission as Brevet Brigadier General, and the regiment could point to the following battles and skirmishes in which it had borne an |