James F. Drish
James F. Drish served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 122nd Illinois Infantry Regiment, organized at Carlinville, Illinois, in 1862. He commanded the regiment in action against Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry and at the battles of Tupelo and Nashville. Leading the regiment in the assault on Fort Blakeley, Alabama, on April 9, 1865, Drish was seriously […]
Charles D. Gilmore
James Baker
James I. Gilbert
Colonel James I. Gilbert commanded the 27th Iowa Infantry Regiment and later a brigade in the XVI Corps, Army of the Tennessee. He fought in the Red River Campaign, was wounded at Pleasant Hill, and led troops at Tupelo, Nashville, and the capture of Fort Blakeley. Promoted to brigadier general in February 1865 and later […]