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)
Assigned to: 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

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

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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