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135th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 135th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army between June 6 and September 28, 1864, during the American Civil War. Service The regiment was organized at Mattoon, Illinois, with a strength of 852 men,Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72. and mustered in for one-hundred-day service on June 6, 1864.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 4.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. On June 10, the regiment departed for Benton Barracks, Missouri, where they reported to General William Rosecrans.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. From there five companies of the regiment were stationed on the Iron Mountain railroad.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. Three companies of the regiment were stationed at the Gasconade railroad crossing and a further two companies stationed at the Osage railroad crossing of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and at Jefferson City, Missouri.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union (American Civil War)
The Union was the central government of the United States during the American Civil War. Its civilian and military forces resisted the Confederate State of America, Confederacy's attempt to Secession in the United States, secede following the 1860 United States presidential election, election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States. Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's administration asserted the permanency of the federal government of the United States, federal government and the continuity of the Constitution of the United States, United States Constitution. Nineteenth-century Americans commonly used the term Union to mean either the federal government of the United States or the unity of the states within the Federalism in the United States, federal constitutional framework. The Union can also refer to the people or territory of the states that remained loyal to the national government during the war. The loyal states are also known as the North, although fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Mountain, Missouri
Iron Mountain is an unincorporated community in southwestern St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately six miles south of Bismarck.The town was needed in the civil war. because of its pure iron, it was pure enough to turn into a cannon. The community was founded in 1836 as a mining site and it was named for nearby Iron Mountain, once thought to be made completely of iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f .... A post office called Iron Mountain was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1978. The railroad history of the area runs deep, as the railways were key to the distribution of the minerals being mined. The Iron Mountain and Southern Railway was prominent during the development of the Iron Mountain community in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 Establishments In Illinois
Events January * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " Beautiful Dreamer" is published in March. * January 16 – Denmark rejects an Austrian-Prussian ultimatum to repeal the Danish Constitution, which says that Schleswig-Holstein is part of Denmark. * January 21 – New Zealand Wars: The Tauranga campaign begins. February * February – John Wisden publishes '' The Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1864'' in England; it will go on to become the major annual cricket reference publication. * February 1 – Danish-Prussian War (Second Schleswig War): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider River into Denmark. * February 15 – Heineken Brewery is founded in the Netherlands. *American Civil War: ** February 17 – The tiny Confederate hand-propelled submarine '' H. L. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Units And Formations Of The Union Army From Illinois
Unit may refer to: General measurement * Unit of measurement, a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law **International System of Units (SI), modern form of the metric system **English units, historical units of measurement used in England up to 1824 **Unit of length Science and technology Physical sciences * Natural unit, a physical unit of measurement * Geological unit or rock unit, a volume of identifiable rock or ice * Astronomical unit, a unit of length roughly between the Earth and the Sun Chemistry and medicine * Equivalent (chemistry), a unit of measurement used in chemistry and biology * Unit, a vessel or section of a chemical plant * Blood unit, a measurement in blood transfusion * Enzyme unit, a measurement of active enzyme in a sample * International unit, a unit of measurement for nutrients and drugs Mathematics * Unit number, the number 1 * Unit, identity element * Unit (ring theory), an element that is inverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 United States census, which makes it the state's List of cities in Illinois, seventh-most populous city, the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford, Illinois, Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois. Approximately 208,000 residents live in the Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area, Springfield metropolitan area, which consists of all of Sangamon County, Illinois, Sangamon and Menard County, Illinois, Menard counties. The city lies in a plain near the Sangamon River north of Lake Springfield. Springfield is the county seat of Sangamon County and is located along historic Route 66. Springfield was settled by European-Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick H
Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Given name Nobility = Anhalt-Harzgerode = * Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) = Austria = * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans = Baden = * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden = Bohemia = * Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia = Britain = * Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain = Brandenburg/Prussia = * Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Illinois Civil War Units
Infantry units In recognition of Illinois’ six regiments' service in the Mexican War, regimental numbers for infantry in the Civil War began at seven. * 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment *11th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 12th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 13th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 14th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 15th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 16th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 17th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 18th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 19th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 20th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 21st Illinois Infantry Regiment * 22nd Illinois Infantry Regiment * 23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment * 24th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 25th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 26th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 27th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 28th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 29th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 29th United States Colored Infantry Regiment * 30th Illino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 United States census, ranking as the List of cities in Missouri, 16th most populous city in the state, but the 9th least populous U.S. state capital. It is also the county seat of Cole County, Missouri, Cole County and the principal city of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-most-populous metropolitan area in Mid-Missouri and the fifth-most populous in the state. It forms part of the nine-county Columbia, Missouri, Columbia–Jefferson City–Moberly, Missouri, Moberly combined statistical area, which has 415,747 residents. Most of the city is located within Cole County, with a small northern section extending into adjacent Callaway County, Missouri, Callaway County. Jefferson City is named for Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the third President of the United States, 1801–1809, and earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad operated 9,041 miles of road and 13,318 miles of track, not including Wikipedia:WikiProject_Trains/ICC_valuations/Doniphan,_Kensett_and_Searcy_Railway, DK&S, New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway, NO&LC, Texas_and_Pacific_Railway, T&P, and its subsidiaries C&EI and Missouri-Illinois Railroad, Missouri-Illinois. Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of the Union Pacific Railroad, agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. After the Supreme Court denied a trial to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern Pacific, the merger took effect on December 22, 1982. However, due to outstanding bonds of the Missouri Paci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osage County, Missouri
Osage County is a County (United States), county in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,274. Its county seat is Linn, Missouri, Linn. The county was organized January 29, 1841, and named from the Osage River. Osage County is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City, MO Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its geography and the founding of Westphalia Vineyards links it to the Missouri Rhineland, extending along the Missouri River valley to the western edges of the Greater St. Louis, St. Louis Metropolitan Area. According to data from the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, Osage County is the whitest county in Missouri, with 98.85 percent of residents being White (U.S. Census), white. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water. Adjacent counties *Callaway County, Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasconade County, Missouri
Gasconade County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,794. The county was organized on 25 November 1820 and the county seat has been Hermann since 1842. The county was named after the Gasconade River. The county is located on the south side of the Missouri River, which once served as the chief route of transportation in the state. It is located in the area known as the Missouri Rhineland. Because of its distinctive conditions, the Hermann area was designated an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in 1983. The southern part of the county is within the larger Ozark Highlands AVA, established in 1987. Etymology Gasconade County (and the Gasconade River) received its name from French-speaking settlers. They came from the Gascony region in southwestern France during French colonial rule of New France (Louisiana Territory). Per a 1916 Missouri Historical Review article, "The name is from 'Gascon' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rosecrans
William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent battles in the Western theater of the American Civil War. However, his military career ended after his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863. Rosecrans graduated in 1842 from the United States Military Academy, where he served in engineering assignments and was a professor before leaving the Army to pursue a career in civil engineering. At the start of the Civil War, he led troops from Ohio and achieved early combat success in western Virginia. In 1862, in the Western theater, he won the Battle of Iuka and the Second Battle of Corinth while under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. His brusque, outspoken manner and willingness to quarrel openly with superiors caused a professional rivalry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
