105th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Dyer's Regimental History

from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]

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105th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

• Organized at Dixon, Ill., and mustered in September 2, 1862.
• Moved from Dixon to Camp Douglas, Ill., September 8, 1862;
• thence to Louisville, Ky., September 30-October 2.

• Attached to Ward's Brigade, Dumont's 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
• Ward's Brigade, Post of Gallatin, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August,1863.
• Ward's Brigade, Post of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January,1864.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of Georgia to June, 1865

SERVICE.-

• March to Frankfort, Ky., October 3-9, 1862;
• thence to Lawrenceburg in pursuit of Morgan, October 10-13.
• Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., October 26-November 4.
• To Scottsville November 11,
• to Gallatin, Tenn., November 26;
• to South Tunnel December 11 and duty there till February 1, 1863.
• At Gallatin till June 1.
• Moved to Lavergne, thence to Murfreesboro July 2.
• Return to Lavergne July 29;
• thence moved to Nashville, Tenn., August 19, and duty there till February 24, 1864.
• March to Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn., February 24-March 10,
• and duty there till May 2.
• Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 2-September 8.
  • Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13.
  • Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
  • Cassville May 19.
  • Advance on Dallas May 23-25.
  • Burnt Hickory May 25.
  • Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 6.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Gilgal (or Golgotha Church) June 15.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
• Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15.
• March to the sea November 15-December 10.
• Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
• Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
  • Near Hardeesville, S.C., January 3.
  • Lawtonville, S. C., February 2.
  • Salkehatchie February 3-5;
  • Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C., March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
  • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Mustered out June 7 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., July 17, 1865.

To be continued....

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