108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 108th Illinois Infantry was organized in Peoria , Illinois mustered in for three years service on August 28 , 1862 under the command of Colonel John Warner . The regiment was attached to the following : 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Army of Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 10th Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to May 1863 . Detached Brigade , District of Northeast Louisiana , to August 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XVI Corps , to November 1863 . Post of Corinth , Mississippi , 2nd Division , XVI Corps , to January 1864 . 2nd Brigade , District of Memphis , Tennessee , to June 1864 . 2nd Brigade , Sturgis ' Expedition , June 1864 . 1st Brigade , Memphis , Tennessee , District of West Tennessee , to February 1865 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XVI Corps , Military Division of West Mississippi , to August 1865 . The 108th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on August 5 , 1865 at Vicksburg , Mississippi . Detailed service . Moved to Nicholasville , Ky . , October 17 - November 1 , 1862 . Marched to Louisville , Ky . , November 14 – 19 , 1862 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , November 21 – 26 , and duty there until December 20 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 2 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 , 1862 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . 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 17 – 24 , and duty there until March 10 . At Milliken ' s Bend , La . , until April 25 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battles of Port Gibson , Miss . , May 1 . Champion Hill May 16 . Detached to guard prisoners from Big Black River to Memphis , Tenn . , May 16 – 30 . At Young ' s Point , La . , during siege of Vicksburg and until July 18 . Moved to Vicksburg July 18 . Memphis , Tenn . , July 26 – 29 . LaGrange , Tenn . , August 5 . Duty there until October 28 . Pocahontas until November 9 . At Corinth , Miss . , until January 25 , 1864 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , and duty there until February 1865 . Sturgis ' Expedition to Guntown , Miss . , June 1 – 13 , 1864 . Brice ' s ( or Tishamingo ) Creek , near Guntown , June 10 . Ripley June 11 . Repulse of Forrest ' s attack on Memphis August 21 , 1864 . Moved to New Orleans , La . ; then to Dauphin Island , Ala . , February 28 - March 16 . Operations against Mobile and its defenses March 16 - April 12 . Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 - April 8 . Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 . Occupation of Mobile April 12 . March to Montgomery April 13 – 25 . Duty there until July 18 . Moved to Vicksburg , Miss . , July 18 - August 5 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 214 men during service ; 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 202 enlisted men died of disease .