Illinois 45th Infantry (Union)

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Regiment mustered in on December 25th, 1861. Regiment mustered out of service on July 12th, 1865.

Notable Battles:

Fort Donelson fought on February 11th, 1862 - February 16th, 1862
Shiloh fought on April 6th, 1862 - April 7th, 1862 near Hardin County, Tennessee
Port Gibson fought on May 1st, 1863 near Claiborne County, Mississippi
Raymond fought on May 12th, 1863 near Hinds County, Mississippi
Champion Hill fought on May 16th, 1863 near Hinds Co
Big Black River Bridge fought on May 17th, 1863 near Hinds Co, Mississippi
Vicksburg fought on May 18th, 1863 - July 4th, 1863 near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Resaca fought on May 13th, 1864 - May 16th, 1864 near Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Kennesaw Mountain fought on June 27th, 1864 near Cobb County, Georgia
Atlanta fought on July 22nd, 1864 near Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Jonesborough fought on August 31st, 1864 - September 1st, 1864 near Clayton County, Georgia
Bentonville fought on March 19th, 1865 - March 21st, 1865 near Bentonville, NC

Regiment was made up of:

Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F
Company G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Company F&S (Field and Staff)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Annable, John (Musician/Musician First Class, October 1861 - July 1862)
Atchison, William Dowling (Chaplain, August 1864 - June 1865)
Bigelow, Thomas A.H. (Musician, ? - October 1861; Musician, October 1861 - July 1862)
Blake, Evans (First Lieutenant, November 1861 - January 1865)
Brant, Hans (Musician, September 1861 - July 1862)
Brant, John G. (Musician, September 1861 - July 1862)
Brockman, Charles (Musician, September 1861 - July 1862)
Brockman, John (Corporal/Musician, September 1861 - July 1865)
Bush, Giles H (Adjutant, November 1863 - September 1864)
Clifford, James (Adjutant/Captain, July 1865 - July 1865)
Conant, John (Assistant Surgeon/First Lieutenant/assistant Surgeon, April 1863 - July 1863; Assistant Surgeon/First Assistant Surgeon, July 1863 - December 1863)
Cook, Frank (Musician, September 1861 - October 1861; Third Cl Musician/Musician, October 1861 - July 1862)
Copeland, Philander W (Musician, August 1861 - September 1861; Principal Musician, January 1864 - July 1865)
Cowan, Luther H (%Major, March 1863 - May 1863)
Fisk, Leander B. (%Major, May 1863 - June 1863)
Frohock, William Thompson (First Lieutenant, December 1861 - May 1863; Captain/Full 1st Lieutenant/Full Private, May 1863 - January 1864)
Gaskill, James R. M. (First Assistant Surgeon/Major Surgeon, June 1864 - June 1865; Surgeon/Major/surgeon, June 1865 - July 1865)
Glenat, Joseph C. (Qtr Master Serg/Quartermaster Sergeant, November 1861 - July 1865)
Halbert, Alfred (Musician/Musician Second Class, September 1861 - July 1862)
Hammond, Isaac M. (%Sergeant Major, December 1861 - May 1863)
Kittoe, Edward Dominicus (Surgeon, August 1861 - November 1862)
Kunkle, Martin (Musician, October 1861 - July 1862)
Lyman, William M. (Acting Surgeon, December 1861 - September 1862; Assistant Surgeon/First Assistant Surgeon/Hospital Steward, September 1862 - July 1863; Hospital Steward, January 1864 - July 1865)
Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn (Lieutenant Colonel, September 1861 - November 1862; Colonel, November 1862 - August 1863; Brigadier General/Full Brig-gen/Full Colonel/Full Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel, August 1863 - January 1866)
Neiland, Henry (Musician/Musician Second Class, September 1861 - July 1862)
Ormsby, Orange B. (Major/surgeon, ? - June 1861; Surgeon/Assistant Surgeon/Major/surgeon, June 1863 - October 1864)
Palmer, James J. (Major, April 1865 - June 1865; Lieutenant Colonel/Major, June 1865 - July 1865)
Piatt, John (First Lieutenant, September 1861 - ?)
Ralfe, Peter W (Musician/Musician Second Class, September 1861 - July 1862)
Reid, Robert F (Adjutant/Sergeant Major, July 1865 - July 1865)
Sealy, George A (Comm Sergeant/Second Lieutenant/Commissary Sergeant, July 1865 - July 1865)
Seely, Robert P (First Lieutenant/Lieutenant Colonel, August 1863 - January 1865)
Shrader, Charles (Musician/Third Cl Musician, October 1861 - July 1862)
Smith, John Eugene (Brevet Brig-gen/Brevet Major-gen/Brigadier General/Full Brig-gen/Full Colonel/Major General, March 1865 - April 1866)
Stansbury, William L. (Hospital Steward, January 1864 - September 1864)
Storms, August (Band Leader/Leading Musician, September 1861 - July 1862)
Strockle, George (Musician/Musician First Class, September 1861 - July 1862)
Taylor, William C. (First Lieutenant/Regimental Quartermaster, April 1865 - July 1865)
Thomas, Charles L. (Musician/Musician First Class/Musician Second Class, September 1861 - July 1862)
Thomas, Henry M. (%Comm Sergeant/Commissary Sergeant, April 1862 - September 1863)
Travis, John (%Quartermaster Sergeant/Commissary Sergeant, November 1861 - February 1862)
Woodward, George W. (Chaplain, January 1862 - January 1863)
Yehring, John (Musician, September 1861 - July 1862)