130th Illinois Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., and mustered in October 25, 1862. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 11-17, 1862. Attached to Reserve Brigade, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Memphis, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., to January, 1865. Consolidated with 77th Illinois Infantry January 25, 1865. Regiment revived June 23, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., until March 27. 1863. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 27-31, and duty there until April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. 
* May 1, 1863 - Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi 
* Champion's Hill May 16. 
* Big Black River Bridge May 17. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
** May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 11. Camp at Big Black until August 13. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13, and duty there until October. 
* October 3-November 30, 1863 - The (II) Bayou Teche Campaign 
At New Iberia until December 6. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Pass Cavallo, Texas, December 6-20, and duty there until February, 1864. Reconnaissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21. Moved to Algiers, thence to Franklin, La. 
* March 10-May 22, 1864 - The Red River Campaign
** March 14-26, 1864 - Advance from Franklin, Louisiana to Alexandria, Louisiana 
** Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mills, April 8. 
** Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. 
*** Regiment mostly captured at Sabine Cross Roads and confined at Tyler, Texas, 13 months. 
** April 30-May 10, 1864 - Damming of Alexandria, Louisiana 
Retreat to Morganza May 13-20, Garrison duty at New Orleans, La., June, 1864, to January, 1865. With 77th Illinois Infantry in Campaign against Mobile and its defenses February to April. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Expedition to Tombigbee River and Macintosh Bluffs April 13-May 9. At Mobile until July. Regiment reorganized at Mobile July 11, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans and mustered out August 15, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
 
 
 Field and Staff Officers
 
 
 Regimental Band
 
 
 Company A
 
 
 Company B
 
 
 Company C
 
 
 Company D
 
 
 Company E
 
 
 Company F
 
 
 Company G
 
 
 Company H
 
 
 Company I
 
 
 Company K
 
 
 Unassigned
 
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== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 18 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 153 Enlisted men by disease. Total 177.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 749, 750, 751, 752, 777, 779, 1100-1101)
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