United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
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1861
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| April | Organized at Chicago, Ill. It was equipped, fed for two months and armed with Sharps Rifles by Chicago businessman Solomon Sturgis |
| May 6 | Mustered in under 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 | Participated in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign |
| November 25 | Mustered out |