History of the 85th Illinois Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry

by
Henry J. Aten


Table of Contents




Introduction

Index - list of all persons in the book with link to pages








List of Advance Subscribers
names added to Index, & linked



Portraits






Biographies are in Chapters 26-36
Each soldiers' bio is linked to on Index page - just click on the last page #
Other page # are linked to his name on other pages of the book






Chapter page #s
Chapter 1

The Call for Additional Troops
Chapter 2
Recruiting of the Regiment; Mustered into Service; Uniforms and Arms Supplied






Chapter 3

Off for the South; The Danger Threatening Louisville; The First Long Roll; The Kentucky Campaign
Chapter 4
The Battle of Perryville






Chapter 5

Advance to Nashville
Chapter 6
Garrison at Nashville






Chapter 7

Garrison at Nashville
Chapter 8
Garrison at Nashville






Chapter 9

Brentwood, Tennessee
Chapter 10 The March to Chattanooga; Battle of Chickamauga






Chapter 11
Siege of Chattanooga
Chapter 12 Battles of/near Chattanooga






Chapter 13
Preparing for a New Campaign
Chapter 14 Atlanta Campaign






Chapter 15
Atlanta Campaign
Chapter 16 Atlanta Campaign






Chapter 17
Atlanta Campaign
Chapter 18 Atlanta Campaign






Chapter 19
Resting at Atlanta; Back in Alabama; Again in Chattanooga; The March to Gaylesville; The Return to Atlanta
Chapter 20 The March to the Sea






Chapter 21
The March to the Sea
Chapter 22 Campaign of the Carolinas






Chapter 23
Campaign of the Carolinas
Chapter 24 The Final Campaign






Chapter 25
The Grand Review; In Camp at Washington; The Homeward Journey
Chapter 26 The Field and Staff






Chapter 27
Roster of Company A
Chapter 28 Roster of Company B






Chapter 29
Roster of Company C
Chapter 30 Roster of Company D






Chapter 31
Roster of Company E
Chapter 32 Roster of Company F






Chapter 33
Roster of Company G
Chapter 34 Roster of Company H






Chapter 35
Roster of Company I
Chapter 36 Roster of Company K






Errata


End Matter Letter from Eugene F. Ware; Letter from Major Holmes, 52nd Ohio;  Newspaper article from the Chicago Inter-Ocean, August 12, 1901







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