127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 127th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas in Chicago , Illinois and mustered in for three years service on September 6 , 1862 under the command of Colonel John Van Arman . The regiment was attached to 4th Brigade , 5th Division , District of Memphis , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XIII Corps , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to September 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to June 1865 . The 127th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service June 4 , 1865 and was discharged at Chicago on June 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , November 9 – 13 , 1862 . Duty at Camp Douglas , Ill . , guarding prisoners , September 6 to November 9 , 1862 . Grant ' s Mississippi Central Campaign . " Tallahatchie March " November 26 - December 13 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 , to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 , 1862 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . McClernand ' s Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 22 , and duty there until March . Expedition to Rolling Fork , via Muddy . Steele ' s and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14 – 27 . Deer Creek March 22 . Demonstrations on Haines ' and Drumgould ' s Bluffs April 29 - May 2 . Movement to Jackson , Miss . , via Grand Gulf , May 2 – 14 . Jackson May 14 , Champion Hill May 16 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . . July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . At Big Black until September 22 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . ; then marched to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 22 - November 20 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Bear Creek , Tuscumbia , Ala . , October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Foot of Missionary Ridge November 24 . Tunnel Hill November 24 – 25 . Missionary Ridge November 26 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . At Larkinsville , Ala . , until May , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May to September . Demonstration on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Movement on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church , and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Chapel , Hood ' s second sortie , July 28 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29 - November 3 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Clinton November 23 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Assault and capture of Fort McAllister December 13 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Salkehatchie Swamps , S . C . , February 2 – 5 . South Edisto River February 9 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 16 – 17 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 19 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 218 men during service ; 2 officers and 47 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 168 enlisted men died of disease .