21st Illinois Infantry Regiment 
(Seventh Congressional District Regiment)
Three Year Service
May 15, 1861 - December 16, 1865

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Assigned to:

• Army of SE Missouri: March 1862 - May 1862
• Army of the Ohio: May 1862 - November 1862
• Army of the Cumberland: November 1862 - August 1865
• Department of Texas: August 1865 - December 1865

Battles/Campaigns Engaged in:
Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tullahoma Campaign, Chickamauga, Atlanta Campaign [Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesborough], Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville

Adjutant General's Regiment History

Frederick Dyer's Regimental History

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21st Infantry Field & Staff	Non-Commissioned Staff	Band	Unassigned Recruits
This Regiment did not have 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	Macon County Coles, Cumberland, Jo Daviess & McDonough counties Piatt County Douglas County Moultrie County Edgar County Clay & Marion counties Clark & Jo Daviess counties Crawford County Jasper & Richland counties

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