113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

The 113th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

113th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
ActiveOctober 1, 1862 - June 20, 1865
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Colonel George Blaikie Hoge

Service

The 113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as the Third Chicago Board of Trade regiment,[1] was organized at Camp Hancock near Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in for three years service on October 1, 1862, under the command of Colonel George Blaikie Hoge.[2][3]

The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to November 1863. Post of Corinth, Mississippi, 2nd Division, XVI Corps, to January 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, XVI Corps, to June 1864. 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June 1864. 1st Brigade, Post of Memphis, District of West Tennessee, to February 1865. Unattached, Post of Memphis, District of West Tennessee, to June 1865.

Of note, Companies C, D, F, I, and K were sent north to Chicago with prisoners of war after the capture of Arkansas Post on 11 January 1863. The remaining five stayed to participate in the siege and capture of Vicksburg. C, D, F, I, and K rejoined the regiment in December 1864.

During the solicitation for volunteers for the 2nd Division of XV Corps (Union Army)' diversionary[4] storming party, or "forlorn hope," that produced many Medals of Honor on May 22, 1863, the 113th's five companies were assigned a quota of three, unmarried men[5] (the quota for the division was two officers and fifty men from each of the three brigades[6]). The remainder of the regiment took part in the failed assault on 22 May. Even though the assault failed to breach the defenses, the regiment was kept forward and deployed as skirmishers[7] to constantly snipe at the defenders for the next two days, a role it would continue until the capitulation on 4 July 1863.[8]

The 113th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 20, 1865.[9]

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 303 men during service; 1 officer and 25 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 273 enlisted men died of disease.[9]

Detailed service
Date Battle or Event
November 6, 1862Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee
November 26 – December 12, 1862Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. "Tallahatchie March"
December 20, 1862 – January 2, 1863Sherman's Yazoo Expedition
December 26–28, 1862Chickasaw Bayou
December 29, 1862Chickasaw Bluff
January 3–10, 1863Expedition to Arkansas Post, Arkansas
January 10–11, 1863Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post (Companies C, D, F, I, and K detached to guard prisoners sent north after Arkansas Post, and retained in Illinois on guard duty until October 1864, when they rejoined the regiment at Memphis, Tennessee)
January 17–22, 1863Moved to Young's Point, Louisiana and duty there until March
March 14–27, 1863Expedition to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek
March 22, 1863Near Deer Creek
April 19 – May 2, 1863Demonstration on Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs
May 2–14, 1863Movement to Jackson, Mississippi, via Grand Gulf
May 14, 1863Jackson
May 16, 1863Champion Hill[10]
May 18 – July 4, 1863Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 19 & 22, 1863Assaults on Vicksburg[4][6]
July 4, 1863Surrender of Vicksburg
July 4–10, 1863Advance on Jackson, Mississippi
July 10–17, 1863Siege of Jackson
July 17, 1863–January 1864Ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, then to Corinth, Mississippi, and post duty there
January 1864–June 1865At Memphis, Tennessee
June 1–13, 1865Sturgis' Expedition into Mississippi
June 10, 1865Near Colliersville, Tennessee
June 10, 1865Brice's (or Tishamingo) Creek, near Guntown, Mississippi
June 11, 1865Ripley
August 21, 1865Repulse of Forrest's attack on Memphis
October 10, 1865Eastport

Notable members
  • Burritt, William W., Private, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, April 27, 1863
  • Darrough, John S., Sergeant, Company F - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Eastport, Mississippi, October 10, 1864
  • Gould, Newton T., Private, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863
  • Henry, James, Sergeant, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863
  • Johns, Elisha, Corporal, Company B - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863
  • Miller, Jacob C., Private, Company G - Medal of Honor recipient for action at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863
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See also

Notes
  1. Military Park Commission (1907), p. 290.
  2. Adjutant General (1900), p. 200, Vol. I.
  3. Dyer (1908), p. 129.
  4. Grant (1885), p. 239, Vol. I.
  5. Kellogg (1913), p. 38.
  6. War Department (1889), p. 257, Vol. XXIV-XXXVI-II.
  7. Military Park Commission (1907), p. 292.
  8. Kellogg (1913), p. 47.
  9. Dyer (1908), p. 1094.
  10. Adjutant General (1900), p. 200, Vol. VI.

References
  • Adjutant General, Illinois (1900). Jasper Newton Reece, BGEN; Isaac Hughes Elliott (eds.). Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men, Historical Mention (106th Infantry–131st (Consolidated Infantry)). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. VI. Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Printers. p. 628. OCLC 69691325.
  • Chatfield, Edward L.; McCarty, Terry M; McCarty, Margaret Ann Chatfield (2009). The Chatfield Story: Civil War Letters and Diaries of Private Edward L. Chatfield of the 113th Illinois Volunteers. North Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing. p. 561. ISBN 9781419697227. OCLC 642855968.
  • Dyer, Frederick H (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q.
  • Grant, Ulysses S. (1885). Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Vol. I. I. New York, NY: Charles L. Webster & Company. p. 612. OCLC 44674220.
  • Kellogg, John Jackson (1913). War Experiences and the Story of the Vicksburg Campaign from "Milliken's Bend" to July 4, 1863; Being an Accurate and Graphic Account of Campaign Events Taken from the Diary of Capt. J.J. Kellogg, of Co. B 113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Washington, IA: Evening Journal. pp. 64. OCLC 228718481.
  • Military Park Commission, Illinois-Vicksburg (1907). Charles R. E. Koch (ed.). Illinois at Vicksburg. Chicago, IL: The Blakely Printing Company. p. 730. OCLC 61398743.
  • War Department, U.S. (1889). Operations in Mississippi and West Tennessee, including those in Arkansas and Louisiana connected with the Siege of Vicksburg. January 20 - August 10, 1863 - Reports, May 16-August 10. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. XXIV-XXXVI-II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/coo.31924077723033. OCLC 857196196.
  • Woolworth, Solomon (1904). Experiences in the civil war. Newark, NJ: S. Woolworth. pp. 79. OCLC 35248007.
  • "Congressional Medal of Honor Society". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. CMOHS. 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  • "Victoria Cross, the Men Behind the Medals: The Comprehensive Guide to the Victoria & George Cross - MOHs". Victoria Cross, the Men Behind the Medals. VCOnline. 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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