59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 59th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Organized at St . Louis , Mo . , as the " Washington Zouves " and mustered into Federal service as the 9th Missouri Volunteers , September 18 , 1861 ( Cos . " A , " " B , " " C " at Cape Girardeau from August 6 , 1861 ) . Regiment moved to Jefferson Barracks , Mo . , September 21 , 1861 ; thence to Booneville , Mo . , September 30 . Attached to Kelton ' s Brigade , Pope ' s Division , Fremont ' s Army of the West , to November , 1861 . Department of Missouri to February , 1862 . ( Designation of Regiment changed to 59th Illinois Infantry February 12 , 1862 . ) 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of Southwest Missouri , to June , 1862 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , Army of Mississippi , to September , 1862 . 30th Brigade , 9th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October , 1862 . 30th Brigade , 9th Division , 3rd Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November , 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Right Wing 14th Army Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January , 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , 20th Army Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October , 1863 . 2d Brigade , 1st Division , 4th Corps , October , 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , 4th Army Corps , to May 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , 4th Army Corps , to August , 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , 4th Army Corps , August , 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , 4th Army Corps , to August , 1865 . Department of Texas to December , 1865 . Detailed Service . The 59th Illinois Infantry was originally organized as the " Washington Zouaves " at the St . Louis Arsenal , and was intended to form a Missouri " Zouave Brigade " in association with the 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry . However , it was subsequently organized and uniformed as a standard infantry regiment and mustered into Federal service on September 18 , 1861 as the 9th Missouri Volunteers . While organized in St . Louis and originally mustered in as a Missouri regiment , the majority of soldiers were from the state of Illinois and the regiment was transferred to the control of the Adjutant General of Illinois on February 12 , 1862 and redesignated the 59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry . Fremont ' s advance on Springfield , Missouri , October 13 - November 3 , 1861 . March to Syracuse November 9 – 17 , thence to LaMine River December 7 and to Georgetown , Mo . , December 15 . To LaMine Bridge December 23 and duty there till January 25 , 1862 . Curtis ' advance on Springfield , Mo . , January 25 - February 11 . Campaign against Sterling Price ' s forces in northern Arkansas February and March . Battle of Pea Ridge , Ark . , March 6 – 8 . March to Sugar Creek March 10 , thence to Cross Timbers . March to Batesville April 5 - May 3 . Moved to Cape Girardeau , Mo . , thence to Pittsburg Landing , Tennessee . , May 11 – 24 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Mississippi , May 26 – 30 . Pursuit to Booneville , Mississippi June 1 – 16 . Duty at Jacinto , Mississippi , till August 4 . Reconnaissance to Bay Springs , Mississippi , August 4 – 7 . Bay Springs August 5 . March to Murfreesboro , Tennessee , August 8 - September 1 , thence to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Braxton Bragg ' s army , September 3 – 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . Lancaster October 15 . March to Nashville , Tennessee , October 17 - November 7 and duty there till December 26 . Wilson ' s Creek Pike December 25 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , December 26 – 30 . Nolensville , Tennessee , Knob Gap , November 26 . Triune , Tennessee December 27 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 , and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro till June . Reconnaissance to Versailles , Kentucky March 9 – 14 . Operations on Edgeville Pike June 4 . Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 24 - July 7 . Battle of Liberty Gap June 24 – 27 . Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga - Chattanooga Campaign Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Guard supply trains over Mountain in rear of Bragg ' s army during Battle of Chickamauga . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - October 27 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Battle of Lookout Mountain November 23 – 24 . Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25 . Battles of Taylor ' s Ridge and Ringgold Gap , November 27 . At Whiteside , Ala . , till January 27 , 1864 . Regiment veteranized January 12 , 1864 . Veterans on furlough January 27 - March 19 . Moved to Cleveland , Tenn . , and duty there till May . Atlanta ( Ga . ) Campaign May 1 to September 8 , 1864 . Battle of Tunnel Hill May 6 – 7 . Demonstration on Rocky Face Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Demonstration against Dalton , Georgia May 9 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 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 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw Mountain June 27 . Battle of Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Battle of Peachtree Creek Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 - 80 . Red Oak August 28 – 29 . Rough and Ready August 31 . Battle of Jonesborough August 31 - September 1 . Battle of Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Pursuit of General John Bell Hood ' s army , into Alabama , October 3 – 26 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood , to the Tennessee River , December 17 – 28 . Moved to Huntsville , Alabama . , and duty there till March , 1865 . Expedition to Bull ' s Gap , Tennessee and operations in East Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . At Nashville , Tenn . , till June . Moved to New Orleans , La . , June 16 , thence to Indianola , Texas , July 7 . Duty at San Antonio , Texas and at New Braunfels , Texas , till December . The regiment was mustered out on December 8 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 4 officers and 105 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 117 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 230 fatalities .