103rd Illinois Infantry

History

• from Dyer's Compendium
• Excerpts from Reminiscences of ... 103rd Illinois

• Mustered in for 3 years service
• Almost entirely from Fulton County
• 884 men in 9 companies in Aug 1862
• drilled unto early Sept 1862
• ordered to Peoria, IL
• Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga, TN in late Nov 1863
• Kenesaw Mountain, GA in late June 1864
• mustered out 21 Jun 1865

Rosters

• at Illinois State Archives

Specific References for this Unit

1. Reminiscences of Civil War Diaries of Members of the 103rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. by J.F. Leaming and Co., Chicago, IL. 1904. [Excerpts]
2. Army life of an Illinois soldier, including a day by day record of Sherman's march to the sea; letters and diary of the late Charles W. Wills, private and sergeant 8th Illinois Infantry; lieutenant and battalion adjutant 7th Illinois Cavalry; captain, major and lieutenant colonel 103rd Illinois Infantry. by Wills, Charles Wright, 1840-1883; Compiled and published by his sister (Mary E. Kellogg) ... [1906] Globe Printing Company, Washington, D.C.
3. see also Bibliography of State-wide References
4. see also US Army Military History Institute
5. Fulton County, Illinois Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletters. Articles by Edith Quick. Vol. XI No 4, Vol. XX No 1-2

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