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Thirtieth Illinois Infantry.
Dennis's Brigade —
Logan's Division--Seventeenth Corps.
| 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 | 2 | | 2 | 15 |
| Company | A | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 21 | 21 | 188 |
| | B | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 19 | 19 | 164 |
| | C | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 22 | 22 | 173 |
| | D | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 28 | 28 | 158 |
| | E | | 18 | 18 | | 23 | 23 | 180 |
| | F | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 17 | 17 | 142 |
| | G | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 17 | 17 | 170 |
| | H | | 13 | 13 | | 26 | 26 | 161 |
| | I | | 9 | 9 | | 24 | 24 | 147 |
| | K | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 21 | 21 | 171 |
| Totals | 10 | 115 | 125 | 2 | 218 | 220 | 1,669 |
Total of killed and wounded, 461; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 23.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Belmont, Mo. | 15 | Big Shanty, Ga. | 2 |
| Fort Donelson, Tenn. | 29 | Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. | 7 |
| Britton's Lane, Tenn. | 3 | Battle of Atlanta | 33 |
| Jackson, Tenn. | 1 | Ezra Chapel, Ga. | 2 |
| Jackson, Miss. | 1 | Siege of Atlanta | 10 |
| Champion's Hill, Miss. | 15 | Guerillas, S. C., Feb. 28, 1865 | 1 |
| Vicksburg, Miss. | 5 | Sherman's March | 1 |
Present, also, at Siege of
Corinth, Miss.;
Raymond, Miss.; Bogachitta Creek, Miss.;
Meridian March, Miss.; Siege of
Savannah, Ga.;
Pocotaligo, S. C.;
Columbia, S. C.;
Bentonville, N. C.
notes.--Organized at Camp Butler, August 28, 1861, moving from there three days later to
Cairo, where it was assigned to
McClernand's Brigade.
It was engaged in the
battle of Belmont, November 7, 1861, where it sustained a loss of 9 killed, 27 wounded, and 8 missing;
Major Thomas McClurken was killed in that action.
In February, 1862, the regiment sailed up the
Tennessee River with
Grant's Army to
Fort Henry; after the reduction of that stronghold by the Navy, the regiment, under
Colonel Dennis, marched to
Fort Donelson, where it took part in the storming of the works.
It was then in
Oglesby's (1st) Brigade,
McClernand's Division, and lost 19 killed, 69 wounded, and 6 missing. The Thirteenth was present at the Siege of
Corinth, after which it remained in
Northern Mississippi until the opening of the
Vicksburg campaign in the spring of 1863, during which time it was engaged in active service, reconnoissances, and frequent encounters with the enemy.
In 1863, it served in
Leggett's (2d) Brigade,
Logan's Division, Seventeenth Corps.
It fought under
Logan at Champion's Hill, where it lost 9 killed, and 49 wounded. Reenlisting in January, 1864, it went home on the usual furlough, in March, and on its return joined
Sherman's Army on June 10th, at
Ackworth, Ga. While in
Leggett's (3d) Division, Seventeenth Corps, it was hotly engaged in the
battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, in in which it suffered a severe loss.
After the fall of
Atlanta, it marched with
Sherman to the
Sea, and thence on the campaign through the Carolinas in the spring of 1865.
It was then in
Ewing's (1st) Brigade,
Leggett's (3d) Division, Seventeenth Corps.
