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The Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment: the Washburne Lead Mine Regiment in the Civil War

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Of the roughly 3,500 volunteer regiments and batteries organized by the Union army during the American Civil War, only a small fraction has been studied in any scholarly depth. Among those not yet examined by historians was one that typified the western armies commanded by the two greatest Federal generals, Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman. The Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry was at Fort Donelson and Shiloh with Grant in 1862, with Grant and Sherman during the long Vicksburg campaign of 1862 and 1863, and with Sherman in the Meridian, Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolinas campaigns in the second half of the war. These Illinois men fought in several of the most important engagements in the western theater of the war and, in the spring of 1865, were present when the last important Confederate army in the east surrendered. The Forty-fifth was also well connected in western politics. Its unofficial name was the “Washburne Lead Mine Regiment,” in honor of U.S Representative Elihu B. Washburne, who used his contacts and influences to arm the regiment with the best weapons and equipment available early in the war. (The Lead Mine designation referred to the mining industry in northern Illinois.) In addition, …
Date: December 2015
Creator: Mack, Thomas B., 1965-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1982 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1982

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1982
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Maple Park, Ill.), Vol. 26, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1971 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Maple Park, Ill.), Vol. 26, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1971

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1988 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1988

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1988
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 40, No. 3, Ed. 1, December 1986 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 40, No. 3, Ed. 1, December 1986

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1986
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1980 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1980

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Maple Park, Ill.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1973 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Maple Park, Ill.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1973

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 38, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1984 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Godfrey, Ill.), Vol. 38, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1984

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hellcat News, (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1979 (open access)

Hellcat News, (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1, December 1979

Newsletter published by the 12th Armored Division Association, discussing news related to the activities of the U.S. Army unit and updates on previous members of the division.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Twelfth Armored Division Association (U.S.)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History