Regiment: 57th Infantry Regiment IL
Date Mustered: 07 July 1865
Regiment Type: Infantry
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 3
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 65
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 4
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
ILLINOIS
FIFTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)

Fifty-seventh Infantry. - Cols., Silas D. Baldwin, Freder- ick J. Hurlbut; Lieut.-Cols., Frederick J. Hurlbut, Frederick Battey; Majs., Norman B. Page, Eric Forsee, Frederick A. Bat- tey, Charles Rattray. This regiment was recruited from various portions of the state during the autumn of 1861 under the call of President Lincoln for 300,000 troops. Co. A was enlisted with headquarters at Mendota, Cos. C, E, G and I with rendez- vous at Chicago. These five companies with other fragments be- came quartered at Camp Douglas and were designated as the 57th regiment. Cos. B, F, H and K were recruited in Bureau county, and in the early part of September went into quarters at Camp Bureau, near Princeton, under authority granted to R. F. Win- slow to recruit a regiment to be known as the 56th infantry. Co. D, composed wholly of Swedes, was recruited at Bishop Hill in Henry county, and joined under Winslow at Princeton. These companies, with one other which subsequently became a part of the 45th Ill. infantry, went to Springfield in October, and from there were sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago. These two parts of regiments were consolidated in December and on the 26th were mustered into the U.S. service as the 57th Ill. infantry. On Feb. 8, 1862. with about 975 enlisted men, fully officered and armed with old Harper's Ferry muskets altered from flint-locks, it left Camp Douglas over the Illinois Central railroad under orders for Cairo, where it arrived on the evening of the 9th, thence direct by the steamer Minnehaha to Fort Henry on the Tennessee river, which had been evacuated by the enemy and taken possession of by the Federal forces. It was under fire but not actually engaged at Fort Donelson, and it was at Shiloh that the regiment was destined to be first tried in the cruci- ble of actual conflict. In the murderous engagement of the first day the 57th lost 187 of its officers and men in killed, wounded and missing, but at the first break of day next morning it moved into position near the center of the line and partici- pated in the general advance upon the enemy, who after some stubborn fighting began to give way, and before night was forced into a general retreat. In the general advance upon Corinth, which began the last of April, the regiment took an active part and shared in the toil exposure and dangers inci- dent to picket and skirmish duty building corduroy roads, en- trenching, etc., until the evacuation of Corinth on May 30. It participated in the two days' engagement at Corinth in the fol- lowing October, when the casualties in the regiment were 42 killed, wounded and missing. On Jan. 17, 1864 with the excep- tion of Co. C and a few men from other companies, the regiment veteranized, or re-enlisted for three years, starting the next day for Chicago on veteran furlough of 30 days. Returning to the front, the regiment with its brigade and division moved with the Army of the Tennessee on the Atlanta campaign, passed through Snake Creek gap, took part in the maneuvering against the rear of the Confederate Gen. Johnston's army and partici- pated in the battle of Resaca, which caused the Confederates to withdraw from that position. Cos. H, G, I and E encountered the enemy in force at Rome cross-roads where he had made a stand to protect the train of the retreating army, and Cos. A and B participated in the fight at Allatoona in October, losing in that heroic contest 3 killed, 7 wounded and 1 missing. On Oct. 13 the regiment, then at Rome, moved out with the brigade on the Cave Springs road, where a portion of Hood's army was encountered, resulting in driving the enemy some distance, with a loss to the regiment of 7 killed and wounded. It accompanied Sherman on his march to the sea and in Jan. 1865, entered upon the campaign of the Carolinas. Considerable opposition to the advance of the army was encountered, severe skirmishing result- ing at Branchville, the Salkahatchie and Edisto rivers and at every point of vantage. On Feb. 10 the regiment assisted in driving the enemy under Gen. Wade Hampton across the Congaree river into Columbia, S. C. It was slightly engaged at the battle of Bentonville, having 1 man wounded. Accompanying the army to Washington, it participated in the grand review and then was transferred to Louisville, Ky., where it was mustered out of service on, July 7, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
Source Information:
Historical Data Systems, comp. American Civil War Regiments
Battles Fought (reprinted with permission)

Fought on 16 February 1862
Fought on 11 March 1862 at Clifton, TN
Fought on 03 April 1862 at Pittsburg Landing, TN
Fought on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN
Fought on 07 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN
Fought on 03 October 1862 at Corinth, MS
Fought on 04 October 1862 at Corinth, MS
Fought on 16 May 1864 at Rome Cross Roads, GA
Fought on 17 May 1864 at Resaca, GA
Fought on 27 June 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA
Fought on 05 October 1864 at Allatoona Pass, GA
Fought on 05 October 1864 at Allatoona, GA
Fought on 13 October 1864
Fought on 22 February 1865

Database: American Civil War Soldiers - 57th Inf. Tampico Residence
Name Residence Enlist Date Occupation State Served Side Served
John Samson Tampico, Illinois 02 March 1864 Illinois Union
Perry V Lewis Tampico, Illinois 17 September 1861 Illinois Union
Leonard Lewis Tampico, Illinois 15 December 1861 Illinois Union
Van Buren Lewis Tampico, Illinois 15 December 1861 Illinois Union
Samuel J Caldwell Tampico, Illinois 12 May 1862 Illinois Union
Branson H Gray Tampico, Illinois 27 October 1861 Illinois Union
John T Gray Tampico, Illinois 21 November 1861 Illinois Union
Solomon Loney Tampico, Illinois 20 November 1861 Illinois Union
Nicholas Lutzens Tampico, Illinois 27 October 1861 Illinois Union
Isaac Howard Tampico, Illinois 08 February 1865 Illinois Union
Dewilton R French Tampico, Illinois 10 February 1865 Illinois Union
Thomas Smith Tampico, Illinois 03 March 1865 Illinois Union
William Glasby Tampico, Illinois 07 September 1861 Illinois Union
George Hohn Tampico, Illinois 07 September 1861 Illinois Union
George T Marfleet Tampico, Illinois 07 September 1861 Illinois Union
Harry Thomas Tampico, Illinois 07 September 1861 Illinois Union
Jacob Padon Tampico, Illinois 03 March 1865 Illinois Union
Austin F Foy Tampico, Illinois 28 January 1864 Illinois Union
Dewitt West Tampico, Illinois 10 October 1864 Illinois Union
Alexander Brown Tampico, Illinois 10 October 1864 Illinois Union
Lockwood Denison Tampico, Illinois 16 December 1863 Illinois Union
Lockwood Dennison Tampico, Illinois 16 December 1863 Illinois Union
Edward A Dennison Tampico, Illinois 10 October 1864 Illinois Union