During its three years and ten months service the 66th regiment marched about 3,000 miles, fought in sixteen pitched battles, and has lost as many men in killed and wounded as it contained at the time of its muster out. The following is a list of the battles in which it was engaged: Mount Zion; Fort Donelson; Shiloh; Iuka; Siege and Battle of Corinth; Snake Gap; Resaca; Tanner's Ferry, Ostenala River; Rome; Cross Roads; Dallas; Kenesaw; 22d of July, 1864, before Atlanta; Ruff's Mills; Atlanta, and Jonesboro; Nickojack Creek; Savannah, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina, and Bentonville, North Carolina.

SEVENTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.

The 78th infantry was organized at Quincy, in August, 1862. The following is the original roster:

Colonel, William H. Bennison; Lieutenant-Colonel, Carter Van Vleck; Major, William L. Broddus; Adjutant, George Greene; Quartermaster, Abner V. Humphrey; Surgeon, Thomas M. Jordan; 1st Assistant Surgeon, Elisha S. McIntire; 2d Assistant Surgeon, Samuel C. Moss; Chaplain, Robert F. Taylor.

Co. A-Captain, Robert S. Blackburn; 1st Lieutenant, Philip Chipman; 2d Lieutenant, Archibald H. Graham.

Co. B-Captain, John C. Anderson; 1st Lieutenant, William D. Ruddell; Lieutenant, David M. Taylor.

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Co. C-Captain, Charles R. Hume; 1st Lieutenant, Oliver P. Cartwright; 2d Lieutenant, George W. Blandin.

Co. D-Captain, Robert M. Black; 1st Lieutenant, John B. Warroll; 2d Lieutenant, Isaac N. Kincheloe.

Co. E-Captain, George Pollock; 1st Lieutenant, Matthew Henry; 2d Lieutenant, John J. Mercer.

Co. F-Captain, Henry E. Hawkins; 1st Lieutenant, Clinton B. Cannon; 2d Lieutenant, Seldon G. Earl.

Co. G-Captain, Jacob F. Joseph; Ist Lieutenant, Thomas L. Howden; 2d Lieutenant, Pleasant M. Herndon.

Co. H-Captain, John K. Allen; 1st Lieutenant, George T. Beers; 2d Lieutenant, Samuel Simmons.

Co. I-Captain, Granville H. Reynolds; 1st Lieutenant, Hardin Hovey; 2d Lieu tenant, James H. McCandless.

Co. K—Captain, Maris R. Vernon; 1st Lieutenant, Jeremiah Parsons; 2d Lieutenant, William B. Akins.

The 78th left Quincy on the 20th of September, 934 strong, and reported at Louisville. From Louisville the regiment was sent to Rolling Forks, and remained doing duty till the latter part of

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January, when, under General Gilbert, it went up the Cumberland river to Nashville, and there re-organized and was assigned to the 10th Division of the Army of Kentucky, and then moved to Franklin ; marched from Franklin on the 6th of June and participated in the advance movement of Rosecrans' army from Murfreesboro to Shelbyville, where it remained till the 6th of September. During this time it was assigned to the Corps of General Gordon Granger. On the 6th of September moved on Chattanooga, reaching Rossville on the 14th. On the 17th a portion of the Corps marched out to Ringgold, Ga., where it had a skirmish. On the 20th the 78th participated in the battle of Chickamauga, losing 156 killed, wounded and missing, fifty-eight in killed and wounded, and fifty-six taken prisoners. After the battle it fell back to Chattanooga, and there remained till the advance of the army under General Grant. It took part in the battles of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge, losing lightly. Next marched to the relief of Knoxville. Returning from Knoxville, it went into camp at Rossville, and remained till the 2d of May, 1864, when the army of General Sherman commenced its march on Atlanta. During this march the regiment was engaged at Resaca, Rome and Peach Tree Creek. It skirmished along till the army abandoned its position in front of Atlanta, and moved to the flank and rear of that stronghold. On the 18th of August Colonel Van Vleck was mortally wounded while the regiment was skirmishing on the right of Atlanta. At Jonesboro the 78th was engaged next, and bore a loss of eighty-three men in killed and wounded. This great loss was occasioned by charging a battery of six guns, which it captured. Next moved back to Atlanta, where it remained until the 28th of September, when it moved in conjunction with the 2d division into Northern Alabama in pursuit of General Forrest's guerrillas, rejoining the army at Gaysville, Alabama, and next helped to burn Atlanta. From Atlanta to Savannah the 78th left its mark all along the way. It next participated in the campaign through the Carolinas, burning and destroying as it went along. At Averysboro and Bentonville the 78th was engaged, losing heavily at the last place, sustaining a loss of forty-four men in killed and wounded. Rejoicing that "this cruel war is over," it joined in the grand review at Washington, and at once proceeded to Chicago,

where it arrived June 10, 1865, and was mustered out of service. It brought back 373 men and 20 officers.

EIGHTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.

The 88th regiment, commonly known as the "Second Board of Trade Regiment," was mustered into the service at Chicago on the 27th of August, 1862, with an aggregate of 840 men. The following is the original roster:

Colonel, Francis T. Sherman; Lieutenant-Colonel, Alexander S. Chadburn, Major, George W. Chandler; Adjutant, Joshua S. Bullard; Quartermaster, Nathaniel S. Bouton; Surgeon, George Coatsworth; 1st Assistant Surgeon, Arthur C. Rankin; 2d Assistant Surgeon, Frank N. Burdick; Chaplain, Joseph C. Thomas. Co. A-Captain, John A. Bross; 1st Lieutenant, John P. D. Gipson; 2d Lieutenant, Lewis B. Cole.

Co. B-Captain, George W. Smith; 1st Lieutenant, George Chandler; 2d Lieutenant, Gilbert F. Bigelew.

Co. C-Captain, Webster A. Whiting; 1st Lieutenant, Henry H. Cushing; 2d Lieutenant, Charlus H. Lane.

Co. D-Captain, George A. Sheridan; 1st Lieutenant, Thomas F. W. Gullich; 2d Lieutenant, Alex. C. McMurtry.

Co. E-Captain, Levi P. Holden; 1st Lieutenant, Sylvester Titsworth; 2d Lieutenant, Lorenzo Brown.

Co. F-Captain, John W. Chickering; 1st Lieutenant, James A. S. Hanford; 2d Lieutenant, James Watts.

Co. G-Captain, Gurdon S. Hubbard, jr.; 1st Lieutenant, Frederick C. Goodwin; 2d Lieutenant, Dean R. Chester.

Co. H-Captain, Alex. C. McClurg; 1st Lieutenant, Charles T.. Boal; 2d Lieutenant, Daniel B. Rice.

Co. I-Captain, Joel J. Spalding; 1st Lieutenant, Orson C. Miller; 2d Lieutenant, Jesse Ball.

Co. K-Captain, Daniel E. Barnard; 1st Lieutenant, Homer C. McDonald; 2d Lieutenant, Edmund E. Tucker.

On the 4th of September, 1862, the 88th left Chicago for Louisville, and four weeks later we find it at the battle of Perryville [Vol. I., p. 345], after which, under gallant Phil. Sheridan, it went to the battle of Stone River. Then it went through the Tullahoma campaign to the battle of Chickamauga, where the regiment was driven back, but not without some loss and gallant fighting.

Captain Holden wrote: "Our regiment lost heavily-think it will exceed one hundred and twenty-five in killed and wounded."

Another writer said: "It was taken into the fight on a hard run; was flanked right and left before it had time to form order of battle, and although subjected to most murderous oblique and direct fire while going through their maneuvers pushed on into the thickest of the fight until it became a hand-to-hand contest. Borne back by overwhelming numbers they pressed forward again only to recoil before new and overwhelming reinforcements, and only retreated when to stay would have been annihilation. LieutenantColonel Chadburn, although suffering from the pain of a contused thigh, resolutely kept his command. Major Chandler, as brave as a lion in the very hail and sleet of battle, cried out: 'Come on, my brave boys, I won't ask you to go where I am afraid to lead.' Captain Smith, acting as field officer, was among the bravest of the brave. The lamented Captain J. A. Bross, who was on picket, not only dextrously extricated himself and men, but gallantly fought his way back to his regiment disputing every inch of ground."

At Mission Ridge, it was among the first to plant its colors on the heights. Then follows the campaign through East Tennessee, where, as Colonel Smith remarked, the 88th was "without rations, without tents and without clothing." Under General Sherman, in Howard's (4th) Corps, it participated in every battle and skirmish of the Atlanta campaign. It was then sent to watch Hood. After the skirmish at Spring Hill, it fought in the battle of Franklin, which made the victory at Nashville, in which the 88th bore a part, only the more easy. From that place it followed Hood to the Tennessee river. It then went into camp, where it quietly remained, with the exception of a brief expedition to East Tennessee, until June, 1865. On the 12th of June it arrived in Chicago, mustering 229 men of the more than 900 who went out in 1862. It met with a cordial welcome from the citizens generally, and especially from the Board of Trade, under whose auspices it was organized.

Colonel Francis T. Sherman was born at Newtown, Fairfield county, Conn., December 31, 1825. His father, Hon. F. C. Sherman, Ex-Mayor, settled at Chicago in 1834, where his education was such as could be received in a newly-settled town. His summers were spent in laboring in his father's brick-yard, and his winters at school. At the age of eighteen he entered a wholesale grocery

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store, where he remained for two years. During Polk's administration he was for a time a clerk in the Chicago Post-Office under General Hart L. Stewart, P. M. He was afterward Secretary to the Board of Appraisers of Canal Lands, but was obliged to resign, on account of ill health. In the spring of 1849 he went to California, in pursuit of both health and wealth. He remained in California until November, 1850, undergoing the usual proportion of the perils and privations of a miner's life. On the 8th of October, 1851, he was married, and from that time till the war broke out was engaged in business in Chicago. On the 4th of October, 1861, he was mustered in as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 56th Illinois infantry, better known as the "Mechanics' Fusileers." On account of some alleged fraud in its enlistment, this regiment soon mutinied, and on the 5th of February, 1862, was mustered out of service, with all its officers. On the 8th of March following, Colonel Sherman was mustered into service as Senior Major of the 12th Illinois cavalry, with which regiment he remained till August, 1862. On the 27th of that month he was mustered into the service as Colonel of the 88th infantry. With this regiment he was identified till the close. of the war. On the 7th of July, 1864, while acting as Chief-of-Staff to General Howard, at the Chattahoochee river, he was captured by the rebels. For three months he was kept in close captivity, save on one occasion, when, with a number of other Union officers, he jumped from a railroad train and attempted to escape. The most of his companions were captured immediately, but Colonel Sherman and a few others eluded their pursuers, but on the second midnight were captured by blood-hounds. On the 7th of October he was exchanged, when he immediately returned to Chicago, and soon after rejoined his regiment.

For gallant and meritorious conduct he was promoted first by brevet and subsequently, by regular appointment, Brigadier General, a promotion well earned, amply merited.

NINETY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY.

The 96th regiment was composed of six companies from Jo Daviess county and four from Lake. It was organized at Rockford, on