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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 8: Corps organizations. (search)
f the First Division was filled at Atlanta by the transfer from the Sixteenth Corps; the place of the Second Division remained vacant, for that division continued to serve in the Department of the Mississippi as a part of the Seventeenth Corps. Six regiments from this division served on Banks' Red River Expedition in April, 1864, the six regiments — formed into two brigades — being known then as a Provisional, or as the Red River Division of the Seventeenth Corps. It was commanded by General T. K. Smith. Parts of this division served, also, on McArthur's Yazoo City Expedition, May 4-13, 1864, and on General Slocum's Expedition to Jackson, July 5-6, 1864. A few regiments were engaged, also, under Sturgis, at Brice's Cross Roads, and in General A. J. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo. The fighting in some of these campaigns was severe on certain regiments. In November, 1864, the Red River Division of the Seventeenth Corps accompanied General A. J. Smith's forces to Nashville, and took
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
in the battle of July 22, 1864, in which Colonel Greathouse was killed. The regiment reenlisted, and hence it continued with the corps on its March through Georgia, and in the fighting in the Carolinas. It was then in Oliver's (3d) Brigade, Hazen's (2d) Division, Fifteenth Corps. After participating in the Grand Review in Washington at the close of the war, the regiment was ordered to Little Rock, Ark., where it was mustered out August 15, 1865. Fifty-Fifth Illinois Infantry. Thos. K. Smith's Brigade — Blair's Division--Fifteenth Corps. （1) Col. David Stuart; Brig.-Gen. （2) Col. Oscar Malmborg. （3) Col. Charles A. Andress. companies. killed and died of wounds. died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. Total Enrollment. Officers. Men. Total. Officers. Men. Total. Field and Staff         1 1 13 Company A 2 12 14   11 11 106   B 1 24 25   15 15 103   C 1 22 23   14 14 114   D   8 8   16 16 104   E 2 10 12   10 10 95   F 2 14
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Red River expedition. (search)
he fight between the gunboats and the sharp-shooters. ards Shreveport, 100 miles beyond Natchitoches, and Porter's lighter vessels proceeded up the river with a body of troops under Gen. Thomas K. Smith. At that time the Confederates from Texas and Arkansas under Generals Taylor, Price, Green, and others were gathering in front of the Nationals to the number of about 25,000, with more than seventy cannon. So outnumbered, Banks would have been justified in proceeding no farther, but he and Smith, anxious to secure the object of the expedition, pressed forward. The Confederates fell back until they reached Sabine Cross Roads, 54 miles from Grand Ecore, were they made a stand. It was now evident that the further advance of the Nationals was to be obstinately contested. The Trans-Mississippi army, under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, was there 20,000 strong. A fierce battle occurred (April 8), which resulted in disaster to the Nationals. The shattered columns of Franklin's advance fell ba