Signed CDV of Federal Soldier Lt. Henry H. Harrington 130th Illinois Infantry
Signed CDV of Federal Soldier Lt. Henry H. Harrington 130th Illinois Infantry!
Service History: Duty at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., till March 27. 1863. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., March 27-31, and duty there till April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Magnolia Hills, Port Gibson, May 1. Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconnoissance to Pearl River July 11. Camp at Big Black till August 13. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 13, and duty there till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. At New Iberia till December 6. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Pass Cavallo, Texas, December 6-20, and duty there till February, 1864. Reconnoissance on Matagorda Peninsula January 21. Moved to Algiers, thence to Franklin, La. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria, La., March 14-26. Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mills, April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Regiment mostly captured at Sabine Cross Roads and confined at Tyler, Texas, 13 months. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Garrison duty at New Orleans, La., June, 1864, to January, 1865. With 77th Illinois Infantry in Campaign against Mobile and its defences February to April. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Expedition to Tombigbee River and McIntosh Bluffs April 13-May 9. At Mobile till July. Regiment reorganized at Mobile July 11, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans and mustered out August 15, 1865.