Full Text of HR1045 096th General Assembly
HR1045 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The 79th Infantry Illinois Volunteers was | 3 |
| organized in Mattoon in August of 1862 by Colonel Lyman | 4 |
| Guinnip; the regiment was mustered into United States service | 5 |
| on August 28, 1862; and
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| WHEREAS, The 79th Infantry was subsequently ordered to | 7 |
| Louisville, Kentucky; on September 13, 1862, the regiment was | 8 |
| assigned to the Third Brigade of Brigadier General Craft's | 9 |
| Division of the Army of Kentucky; on September 29, 1862, the | 10 |
| regiment was transferred to Colonel Buckley's 4th Brigade of | 11 |
| General Sill's 2nd Division; and
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| WHEREAS, On October 1, 1862, the 79th Infantry commenced | 13 |
| its march through Kentucky; at Frankfort, the regiment was | 14 |
| transferred to General Kirk's 5th Brigade; on October 9, 1862, | 15 |
| the regiment arrived at Perryville, Kentucky and continued its | 16 |
| march to Crab Orchard; the regiment then moved through Lebanon, | 17 |
| Bowling Green, and Nashville, Tennessee, arriving on November | 18 |
| 7, 1862; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 26, 1862, the 79th Infantry moved | 20 |
| toward Murfreesboro; on December 31, 1862, the regiment entered | 21 |
| the Battle of Stone River; early in the action, Colonel Read | 22 |
| was killed and command was assumed by Major Buckner; and
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| WHEREAS, The 79th Infantry lost 4 officers and 81 enlisted | 2 |
| men in action or from their wounds and one officer and 211 | 3 |
| enlisted men from disease; the regiment had a total of 297 | 4 |
| fatalities; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 12, 1865, the 79th Infantry was mustered | 6 |
| out of service; the regiment arrived at Camp Butler on June 15, | 7 |
| 1865; on June 23, 1865, the members of the regiment received | 8 |
| their final pay and discharge; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, 2011 will mark the 150th anniversary of the | 10 |
| beginning of the American Civil War; in total, the State of | 11 |
| Illinois provided 259,000 soldiers to preserve the Union; and
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| WHEREAS, During the Civil War centennial in 1961, various | 13 |
| Civil War regiments were reactivated by the Governor to | 14 |
| celebrate the centennial; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| urge the Governor to reactivate the 79th Volunteer Infantry | 18 |
| Regiment to honor the devotion, service, and dedication of | 19 |
| those who served; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Governor Pat Quinn.
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