Illinois 75th Infantry, Company G (Union)
02/09/1862
Organized - Illinois 75th Infantry, Company G - Illinois
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
Perryville
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
12/06/1865
Mustered Out - Illinois 75th Infantry, Company G - Illinois
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regiment -Illinois 75th Infantry (Union)
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