59th Illinois Infantry Regiment
(Zouaves, part of Ram Switzerland)
Three Year Service
July - September 1861 - December 8, 1865
(Organized as 9th Regiment Infantry Missouri Volunteers; name changed to 59th February 12, 1862)

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Assigned to:

• Army of the West: September 1861 - November 1861
• Department of Missouri: November 1861 - February 1862
• Army of SW Missouri: February 1862 - June 1862
• Army of the Mississippi: June 1862 - September 1862
• Army of the Ohio: September 1862 - November 1862
• Army of the Cumberland: November 1862 - August 1865
• Department of Texas: August 1865 - December 1865

Battles/Campaigns Engaged in:
Pea Ridge, Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Stone's River (Murfreesboro), Tullahoma Campaign, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga), Atlanta Campaign [Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesborough], Franklin, Nashville

Adjutant General's Regiment History

Frederick Dyer's Regimental History

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59th Infantry Field & Staff	Non-Commissioned Staff	Unassigned Recruits
Unassigned/Substitute/Drafted Recruits Not assigned to a particular company

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Link to Roster	Link to County of Origin
Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K	Knox County Edgar & Warren counties McDonough County Cook & Madison counties  St Clair County Cook & Cumberland counties Greene County Coles & Edgar counties Macoupin County Cook County (Also known as Chicago Sappers & Miners)

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