99th 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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99th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

• Organized at Florence, III., and mustered in August 23, 1862.
• Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 23-24, 1862.
• At Benton Barracks, Mo., till September 8.
• Moved to Rolla September 8.

• Attached to District of Rolla, Dept. of the Missouri, to November, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864.
• District of LaFourche Dept. Gulf, to August, 1864.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf to December, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February 1866.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi February, 1865.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division 13th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.-

• Moved from Rolla to Salem, Mo., September 17, 1862, and duty there till November 20.
• Moved to Houston, Mo., November 20, and duty there till January 27, 1863.
  • Action at Beaver Creek, Texas County, November 24, 1862.
  • Hartsville, Wood's Forks, January 11, 1863.
• Moved to West Plains, Mo., January 27, and duty there till March 3.
• Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 3-15, and duty there till April 11.
• To New Carthage April 11-12 and duty there till April 25.
• Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30.
• Battles of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1,
• Champion's Hill May 16;
• Big Black River Bridge May 17.
• Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4.
  • Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
  • Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.
• Advance to Jackson Miss. July 6-10.
• Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
• Duty at Vicksburg till August 20.
• Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 20.
• Duty at Carrollton Brashear City and Berwick till October.
• Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 9.
• Moved to New Orleans November 9-12,
• thence to Mustang Island, Texas, November 16-25.
• Duty at Indianola till June, 1864.
• Moved to Algiers, La., June 16.
• Duty at Kennersville, Algiers, and Morganza till September.
• Moved to St. Charles, Ark., September 3-11, and duty there till October 23.
• Expedition to Duvall's Bluff October 23-November 12.
• Moved to Litle Rock, thence to Memphis, Tenn., November 12-26.
• At Germantown, Tenn. guarding railroad till December 28.
• Moved to Memphis, Tenn., December 28,
• thence to New Orleans, La. January 1-9, 1865.
• Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses February 1-April 12.
  • Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8.
  • Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9.
  • Occupation of Mobile April 12.
• Moved to New Orleans, thence to Shreve port, La., May 28-June 6.
• To Baton Rouge July 19.
• Mustered out July 31 and discharged at Springfield, Ill, August 9, 1865.

Regiment lost during service

• 4 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
• 1 Officer and 120 Enlisted men by disease.
• Total 172.

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