In the first days assault at Chickasaw Bayou, Colonel Wyman was killed. It was part of General Shermans army in his attack upon Chickasaw Bayou, and from that time on became a part of the noted Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded so long by General Sherman in person. In 1862 it joined General Curtis army at Pea Ridge, 250 miles southwest of Rolla, and was with General Curtis in his memorable march from Pea Ridge to Helena, Arkansas, on the Mississippi river. While stationed at Rolla it was engaged in guarding supply trains to and from General Lyons army, in suppressing guerrilla bands in that part of the State, and was a part of General Fremonts force that went to Springfield, Missouri, in the fall of 1861 after General Price, when the Regiment was well and favorably known as “Fremonts Grey Hounds”, a name given to them by General Fremont himself, on the evening the Regiment joined his army at Bolivar, in splendid shape, after a days march of 42 miles. Louis to Rolla, Mo., where it remained until the spring of 1862. Louis, and on the 5th day of July it passed through St. On the 16th of June it was ordered to Caseyville, Ill., 10 miles east of St. Wyman, organized and commanded the “Chicago Light Guards” the first Crack Corps the Garden City ever had, and he soon brought the Thirteenth to a degree of proficiency in drill and soldierly deportment that was never excelled by any regiment with which it was afterwards associated. The Thirteenth was the first Regiment organized from the then Second Congressional District of the State, and was composed of as good citizens as Northern Illinois contained, many that enlisted as privates rising to field officers in later regiments. The Regiment was mustered into the State service on the 21st day of April and into the United States service on the 24th of May 1861 for three years or during the war, by Captain John Pope, of the Regular Army, at Camp Dement, Dixon, Illinois. Parks of Aurora, Lieutenant Colonel, and A. It was composed of companies as follows: “I” from Cook county, “H”, from Kane county, “K”, from Du Page county, “E” and “F” from DeKalb county, “A” and “C” from Lee county, “B” and “G” from Whiteside county, and “D” from Rock Island county. The THIRTEENTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS INFANTRY was one of the regiments organized under the act known as the Ten Regiment Bill.
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