75th Illinois Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Dixon, Ill, and mustered in September 2, 1862. Left state for Jeffersonville, Ind., September 27, 1862. Attached to 30th Brigade, 9th Division Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army 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. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg, into Kentucky October 1-16, 1862. 
* October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 
Action at Stanford, Ky., October 14. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Wilson's Creek Pike December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville, Knob Gap, November 26. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Shelbyville Pike January 21. Reconnaissance from Salem to Versailles March 9-14. Operations on Edgeville Pike June 4. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. 
* August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
** Guard supply trains over mountains in rear of Bragg's army during battle 
* September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
* Reopening Tennessee Riser October 26-29. 
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
** Mission Ridge November 25.
** Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27.
March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 8. At Whitesides, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs until May, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Near Dalton, Ga., February 23. Tunnel Hill, Rocky Faced Ridge and Buzzard's Roost Gap February 23-25. 
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** Tunnel Hill May 6-7. 
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. 
** May 11-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** Near Dalton May 13. 
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Adairsville May 17. 
** Near Kingston May 18-19. 
** Near Cassville May 19. 
** Advance on Dallas May 22-25. 
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. 
** Pine Hill June 11-14. 
** Lost Mountain June 15-17. 
** Assault on Kenesaw June 27. 
** Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. 
** Chattahoochie River July 5-17. 
** Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. 
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. 
** Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. 
** LoveJoy Station September 2-6. 
* Operations against Hood and Forest in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. 
Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Spring Hill November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there until June. Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 12, and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 1, 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 3 Officers and 94 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 103 Enlisted men by disease. Total 205.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 703, 704, 705, 707, 715, 733, 860, 862, 866, 1078)
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