October 1st, marched in pursuit of Bragg. Oct. 8, engaged in the battle of Chaplain Hills, losing 47 killed, 166 wounded, and 12 prisoners. Marched to Crab Orchard, Col. Woodruff assuming command of the Division. Returned via Lebanon and Bowling Green, to Nashville--General Jeff C. Davis taking command of the Division. Encamped four miles from Nashville, on the Lebanon Pike, November 7, 1862.
Since which time no historical memorandum is given in the Adjutant General's reports.
Mustered out June 12 1865, at Camp Harker, Tennessee, and arrived at Chicago, June 15, 1865, where the regiment received final payment and discharge.
CO A and some of F & G..
The 75th Illinois Volunteers was organized at Dixon, IL, on the 2nd day of Sept. 1862, by Col. George Ryan. Ordered to Lousiville, KY, Sept. 27. Was Brigaded with 30th Brigade, Col. Post; ninth Division, General Mitchell of Buell's Army.
| HOLLENBECK, Jerome | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A - Adjt. | Resigned Dec 19, 1862 |
| REMINGTON, John E. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Qrtmstr. | Resigned for Prom. Nov 24 1863 |
| PHILLIPS, George | Sep 1862 | Co A Surgeon | Resigned May 10 1863 |
| WATSON, James A. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Capt. | Prom. Mgr. MO Jun 12 1865 |
| GILES, Ezekiel | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A 1st Lt. | Prom. Capt. Res. May 23 1863 |
| PARKER Jr., William | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A 2nd Lt. | Prom. Capt. May 23 1863 |
| HEADLEY, Frederick A. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A 1st Sgt. | Prom. 2nd Lt. Hon. Disch. May 15 1865 |
| BUCKALOO, Alfred K. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Prom. 2nd Lt. Died Mar 24 1864 |
| JUDSON, Horace | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Reduced Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| COGSWELL, William J. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Disch. Mar 8, 1863 Disability |
| HILL, Joseph A. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Disch. May 28, 1863 Disability |
| WILLIAM, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Cpl. | Died Richmond VA Jan 3 1864 POW |
| BURKET, Louis H. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Promoted Sgt. Mjr. |
| JONES, Edwin J. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Deserted Oct 3 1862 |
| BARR, Isaac E. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| PUTNAM, George M. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 1st Sgt. |
| COOPER, Ezra | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Died Jun 12 1865 |
| WAGNER, David H. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 Sgt. |
| ZIMMER, Anthony | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Reduced, Absent, Sick at MO of Regt. |
| BACKUS, James L. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Musician | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| FREEMAN, David | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Sgt. | Disch. May 28, 1863 |
| ALLEN, Samuel | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| ANDERSON, Charles | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Trans. to MS Marine Brig. 20 Jan 1863 |
| BEAL Jr., John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| BINGHAM, James | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Apr 7 1863, Disability |
| COURTWRIGHT, Joseph | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| CAVANAUGH, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| CLARK, Fred | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| CLARK, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Disab. 28 Oct 1862 |
| COOKSON, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Chattanooga Jun 18 1864 wounds |
| COLLINS, Adonivan | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disc.forPro. 2nd Lt Col.Inf.Dec 30 1863 |
| CREGO, M.E. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Feb 14 1863 disability |
| CROMWELL, Joseph | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Deserted Oct 3 1862 |
| CROPSEY, Charles | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| DeFRAIN, Calvin | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1886 as Cpl |
| DONE, Alexander | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Andersonville Sep 28 1864 |
| EVARTS, Alonzo | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Trans. to US Engrs. Jun 27 1864 |
| FAUST, William | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Trans. to US Engrs. Jun 27 1864 |
| FRENCH, Orlando | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Pro. Quartermaster Sgt. |
| FORD, Frank | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died Perryville KY Oct 30 1862 wounds |
| GARDNER, WIlliam | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| GRIMES, Hiram | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Feb 3 1864 disability |
| HAUPT, Charles | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Must. out May 18 1865 as Cpl. |
| HOLTZMAN, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Jan 24, 1863, disability |
| HOYLE, Edmund | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Trans. to Invalid Corps Sep 1 1865 |
| HOWLAND, Warren | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 Sgt |
| KUHN, Philip | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Discharged disability |
| KNIGHT, Thomas | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| LINDSEY, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| LINEHAN, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| LOVAN, Mathias | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| McDONALD, Michael | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| McINTYRE, George | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Louisville Jun 28 1865 |
| MALOY, David | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 18, 1865 |
| MOORE, John J. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| MORRELL, Charles | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| MOSHOLDER, Nicholas | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| MOSTELLER, Charles | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Louisville Nov 18 1863 |
| MOSLEY, William | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 Cpl |
| MYERS, Abraham | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 Cpl. |
| MESSER, George | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 Sgt. |
| OAKES, Proctor | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Deserted Oct 3 18862 |
| PARKHURST, William | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Pro. Comm. Sgt. Reduced MO May 23 1865 |
| PEACOCK, William | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| PURBAUGH, Gideon | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 Cpl |
| PINKERTON, Enoch | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Feb 18 1865, disability |
| RICHARDS, John R. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died Whitesides TN Dec 17 1863 |
| ROSENBAUM, Alex | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died Murfreesboro TN May 22 1863 |
| REMINGTON, Alson | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 21 1865 |
| REED, James | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Aug 15 1864 1st Lt & R.Q.M |
| ROBERTS, Thomas | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Mar 6 1863 Disability |
| STEWART, WIlliam | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Evansville IN Dec 30 1863 |
| SCHUMAKER, Cyrus | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. Dec 2 1864 Disability |
| STACKPOLE, William | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Louisville KY Dec 20 1862 |
| VREDENBURGH, Wm. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Deserted Oct 3 1862 |
| WATSON, Josephus | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| WOOD, Thomas | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Disch. May 9 1865, wounds |
| WILSHAUS, Stephen | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Died at Lebanon KY Feb 26 1863 |
| YARROW, James | Sep 02, 1862 | Co A Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| MORRELL, Emery R. | Mar 13 1865 | Co A Pvt | Trans.Prov.Guard HQ 4th A.C. Jun 7 1865 |
| JORDAN, James | Sep 02, 1862 | Co F Cpl | |
| DAILEY, Patrick | Sep 02, 1862 | Co F Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| RYAN, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co F Pvt | Disch. May 30 1865 |
| STEWART, Samuel | Sep 02, 1862 | Co F Pvt | Died at Perryville KY Oct 11 1862 Wounds |
| WORICK, Ernest | Sep 02, 1862 | Co F Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 as Cpl. |
| WINK, John | Sep 02, 1862 | Co F Pvt | Disch. Nov 4 1862 |
| BOYER, Gideon | Sep 02, 1862 | Co G Pvt | Mustered out Jun 12 1865 |
| BROWN, Newton | Sep 02, 1862 | Co G Pvt | Deserted Oct 4 1862 |
| CRAWFORD, Joseph B. | Sep 02, 1862 | Co G Pvt | Disch. Feb 12 1865, wounds |
| CHAPPELL, Richard | Sep 02, 1862 | Co G Pvt | Disch. Jan 9 1863 Wounds |
| GRAVER, Joseph | Sep 02, 1862 | Co G Pvt | Trans. Invalid Corps May 3 1865 |
| BOYER, Gideon | Sep 02, 1862 | Co G Pvt | Cpl. Died Oct 30 1862, wounds |
75th Volunteers Organized Here
The 75th Illinois Volunteers in Dixon, on the bank of the river, were mustered into service by Adjutant General Fuller, September 4, 1862. The regiment elected the following officers:
George Ryron, colonel; John E. Bennett, lieutenant colonel; W.M. Kilgour, major; Jerome Hollenbeck, adjutant; G.W. Phillips, surgeon; J.C. Corbus, assistant surgeon; J.E. Remington, quartermaster.
The regiment was made up of volunteers from Lee and Whiteside counties - five companies from each. The officers of Company A were James A. Watson, captain; E.Giles, first lieutenant; WIlliam Parker, second lieutenant; F.O. Headley, A.K. Buckaloo, Horace Judson, W.J. Cogswell and J.A. Hill, sergeants.
The company left for Louisville, Kentucky on September 27, 1862.
The Dixon Evening Telegraph Centennial Edition 1951
