United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
The Sturgis Rifles lost one man who died of disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| April | The Sturgis Rifles were a militia company organized for Federal service at Chicago, Illinois. George McClellan has served with them before the War facilitated their being equipped with the Sharps Rifle. They were equipped, fed for two months and armed with their Sharps Rifles by Chicago businessman Solomon Sturgis |
| May 6 | The company was mustered in under the command Captain James Steel |
| June 15 | Ordered to West Virginia and reported at Parkersburg, Va. Assigned to duty as Bodyguard to Brigadier General George B. McClellan, Commanding Army of West Virginia. |
| July 6-17 |
West Virginia Campaign |
| July 10-11 |
Battle of Rich Mountain |
| July 25 | Moved with General McClellan to Washington, D.C. |
| August | Guard duty at Headquarters Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March – August |
Peninsula Campaign |
| November 25 | The company mustered out at Washington, D.C. |