23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 50 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 93 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861

Organized at Chicago, Ill.

June 15

Mustered in

July 14

Moved to Quincy, Ill.

July 21

To St. Louis, Mo., and to Jefferson City

September 8-11

March to Lexington

September 12-20

Siege of Lexington

September 20

Captured by Price and paroled.

October 8

Regiment mustered out by order of General Fremont

December 10

Restored by order of General McClellan

1862

December-June

Reassembled at Chicago and guard prisoners at Camp Douglas

June 14

Moved to Harper's Ferry. Attached to R. R. District, Mountain Department, Harper's Ferry and New Creek.

July

Duty at New Creek, Va. assigned to R. R. District, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department

September

Assigned to R. R. District West Va.

September 1

Relief of Clarksburg, Va.

September 3

Relief of Parkersburg

November 9

Action at Moorefield, South Fork of the Potomac (Companies B, D, K).

1863

January

Assigned to New Creek, Va., Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department

January 3-4

Relief of Colonel Washburn at Moorefield

March

Assigned to 5th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps

April 25

Moved to Grafton

April 25

Company G in skirmish at Greenland Gap

April 26

Phillippi and Altamont (Detachment)

April 28

Rowlesburg (Companies B, F, I)

April 29

Fairmont (Company K)

June

Assigned to Mulligan's Brigade, Scammon's Division Dept. of West Virginia

July

Pursuit of Lee

July 6

Hedgesville and Back Creek

August 16

At Petersburg, W. Va.

September 4

Petersburg Gap

September 11

South Fork (Co. I)

November 8-9

Moorefield

December

Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia

December 8-25

Demonstration from Kanawha Valley, W. Va.

1864

December 31-
January 5

Operations In Hampshire and Hardy Counties

January 27 - February 7

Operations In Hampshire and Hardy Counties

January 29-30

Medley

February 21-22

Scout to Moorefield (Detachment)

April

Regiment veteranized at New Creek and on furlough until June. Assigned to Kelly's Command, Reserve Division, West Virginia

May 5

Raid on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Bloomfield and Piedmont (Non-Veterans)

July 3

Leetown

July 4-7

Operations about Harper's Ferry assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry, Division West Virginia

July 4-6

Bolivar Heights

July 6-7

Maryland Heights

July 17-18 & July 20

Snicker's Ferry

July 24

Kernstown (or Winchester)

July 30

Medley

August 7 -
November 28

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia

August 12

Cedar Creek

August 17

Winchester

August 22-23

Halltown

September 3

Berryville

September 19

Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester)

September 22

Battle of Fisher's Hill

Private John Creed of Company D was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism for capturing a Confederate flag.

September-December

Duty In the Shenandoah Valley

December 30

Moved to Petersburg front for siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond and duty in the trenches before Richmond and on the Bermuda Hundred front. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James

1865

March 27-28

Moved to Hatcher's Run

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 1

Hatcher's Run

April 2

Assault on Fort Gregg and fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April-July

Duty in the Department of Virginia

June

Assigned to 1st Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps

July 24

Mustered out at Richmond, Va.

July 30

Discharged at Chicago, Ill.

James A Mulligan