105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 105th Illinois Infantry was organized at Dixon , Illinois and mustered in for three years service on September 2 , 1862 under the command of Colonel Daniel Dustin . It was recruited in DeKalb and DuPage counties . The regiment was attached to Ward ' s Brigade , Dumont ' s 12th Division , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . Ward ' s Brigade , Post of Gallatin , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to June 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Reserve Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to August 1863 . Ward ' s Brigade , Post of Nashville , Tennessee , Department of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to April 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia to June 1865 . The 105th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 7 , 1865 and discharged at Chicago , Illinois on July 17 , 1865 . Detailed service . Moved from Dixon to Camp Douglas , Ill . , September 8 , 1862 ; thence to Louisville , Ky . , September 30 - October 2 . March to Frankfort , Ky . , October 3 – 9 , 1862 ; thence to Lawrenceburg in pursuit of Morgan , October 10 – 13 . Moved to Bowling Green , Ky . , October 26 - November 4 . To Scottsville November 11 , to Gallatin , Tenn . , November 25 ; to South Tunnel December 11 and duty there until February 1 , 1863 . At Gallatin until June 1 . Moved to Lavergne , thence to Murfreesboro July 2 . Return to Lavergne July 29 ; thence moved to Nashville , Tenn . , August 19 , and duty there until February 24 , 1864 . March to Wauhatchie Valley , Tenn . , February 24 - March 10 , and duty there until May 2 . Atlanta Campaign May 2 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 23 – 25 . Burnt Hickory May 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Gilgal ( or Golgotha Church ) June 15 . Muddy Creek June 17 . Noyes Creek June 19 . Kolb ' s Farm June 22 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26 - September 2 . Occupation of Atlanta September 2 - November 15 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Near Hardeesville , S . C . , January 3 . Lawtonville , S . C . , February 2 . Salkehatchie February 3 – 5 . Averyshore , Taylor ' s Hole Creek , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 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 May 24 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 238 men during service ; 2 officers and 49 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 187 enlisted men died of disease .