97th Illinois Infantry Regiment
Three Year Service
September 16, 1862 - July 29, 1865

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Assigned to:

• Army of Kentucky: October 1862 - December 1862
• Army of the Tennessee: December 1862 - August 1863
• Department of the Gulf: August 1863 - February 1865
• Military Division West Mississippi: February 1865 - July 1865

Battles/Campaigns Engaged in:
Operations against Vicksburg [Chickasaw Bayou, Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, Siege of Vicksburg], Ft Blakely

Adjutant General's Regiment History

Frederick Dyer's Regimental History

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97th Infantry Field & Staff	Non-Commissioned Staff	Unassigned Recruits
This Regiment did not have a Band or Unassigned/Substitute/Drafted Recruits

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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	Macoupin County Cumberland County Calhoun & Fulton counties Cumberland & Jasper counties Coles & Jasper counties Fayette County Madison County Fayette & Jersey counties Fayette & Madison counties Jersey County

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