65th Illinois Infantry Regiment
(Second Scotch Regiment, Cameron's Highlanders)
Three Year Service
May 1, 1862 - July 26, 1865
Non-Veterans mustered out April 1865
Regiment Consolidated and filled with new recruits and transfers, May-June 1865
Battles/Campaigns Engaged in:
Atlanta Campaign [Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesborough], Franklin, Nashville

Adjutant General's Regiment History
Frederick Dyer's Regimental History

Original Organization
65th Infantry Field & Staff
Non-Commissioned Staff
Unassigned Recruits
 
Unassigned/Substitute/Drafted Recruits
 
This Regiment did not have a Band.

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
Henderson, Ogle, & Stark counties
Mercer & Rock Island counties
Marshall County
Henry County & Michigan
Boone & McDonough counties
Lake & Cook counties
Cook County
Cook County
Stark & Cook counties
Cook & Winnebago counties

65th (Consolidated) Illinois Infantry Regiment
Veterans Consolidated into Companies H and K, May 1865
Four Companies New Recruits Joined Regiment (A, C, D, E), May 1865
Two Companies transferred from 92nd Infantry (G, I), One Company from 112th Infantry (F), June 1865
Company B filled with drafted recruits
Consolidated Organization
65th Infantry Field & Staff
Non-Commissioned Staff
Unassigned Recruits
 
Unassigned/Substitute/Drafted Recruits
 
The Consolidated Regiment did not have a Band

Link to Roster    Link to County of Origin
Company A (Consolidated)
Company B (Consolidated)
Company C (Consolidated)
Company D (Consolidated)
Company E (Consolidated)
Company F (Consolidated)
Company G (Consolidated)
Company H (Consolidated)
Company I (Consolidated)
Company K (Consolidated)
Adams County
Assorted counties
Cook County
Cook County
Assorted counties
Transfers from 112th Infantry
Transfers from 92nd Infantry
consolidated
Transfers from 92nd Infantry
consolidated

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