United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
“Scotch Regiment”
The 65th Illinois Infantry Regiment lost during service 1 officer and 30 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 97 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| Organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. | |
| May 1 | The 65th Illinois Infantry Regiment mustered in. Ordered to Martinsburg, W. Va. Attached to Railroad District, Mountain Department. |
| July | Duty at Martinsburg, West Virginia.Attached to Railroad District, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
| September 7 | Action at Darkesville |
| September 11-12 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry |
| September 12-15 |
Siege of Harper’s Ferry |
| September 15 |
Surrender of Harper’s Ferry |
| September 16 | Paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md., then to Chicago, Ill. |
| September-April | Duty at Chicago, Ill. |
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1863 |
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| April | Declared exchanged and ordered to Kentucky. |
| April-August | Duty in Eastern and Central Kentucky. Attached to District of Central and Eastern Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio |
| June | Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio |
| July 3-11 | Expedition from Beaver Creek, Ky., to Southwest Virginia, Pound Gap Expedition |
| July 5 | Action at Pond Creek |
| August 16- October 17 |
Burnside’s Campaign in East Tennessee. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps |
| November 17-December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
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1864
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| January 16-17 | Operations about Dandridge |
| January-May |
At Knoxville and operations in East Tennessee |
| June 4-September 8 | Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign |
| June 10-July 2 | Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
| June 15-17 | Lost Mountain |
| June 17 | Muddy Creek |
| June 19 | Noyes Creek |
| June 22 | Cheyney’s Farm |
| June 26-27 | Olley’s Farm |
| June 27 |
Assault on Kenesaw |
| June 2-5 | On line of Nickajack Creek |
| July 5-17 | On line of the Chattahoochie |
| July 8 | Isham’s Ford |
| July 22-August 25 |
Siege of Atlanta |
| August 5-7 | Utoy Creek |
| August 25-30 | Flank movement on Jonesboro |
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1864 |
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| August 31 | Rough and Ready |
| August 31-September 1 |
Battle of Jonesboro |
| September 2-6 | LoveJoy Station |
| September 29-November 3 |
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama |
| November and December |
Nashville Campaign |
| November 24-28 | Columbia, Duck River |
| November 30 |
Franklin |
| December 15-16 |
Battle of Nashville |
| December 17-28 | Pursui of Hood to the Tennessee River |
| December 29 | At Clifton, Tenn. |
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1865
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| January 15-February 7 | Movement to Washington, then to Fort Fisher, N. C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| February 10-13 | Cape Fear Entrenchments |
| February 11 | Sugar Loaf Battery |
| February 18 | Fort Anderson |
| February 19 | Capture of Fort Anderson |
| February 19-20 | Town Creek |
| February 22 | Capture of Wilmington |
| March 6-21 | Advance on Goldsboro |
| March 21 | Occupation of Goldsboro |
| April 10-14 | Advance on Raleigh |
| April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh |
| April 26 |
Bennett’s HouseSurrender of Johnstone and his Army |
| April-July | At Greensboro, N. C. |
| July 13 | The 65th Illinois Infantry Regiment mustered out |
| July 26 | Discharged at Chicago, Ill. |