The 60th Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Dubois, Anna, Ill., Feb. 17 1862, on the 22nd was ordered to Cairo, and moved to Island No. 10 on March 14. It was in the siege of Corinth, and in pursuit of the enemy beyond Boonville, Miss.; was engaged in repelling the attack of Gen. Morgan on Edgefield in November, and on Jan. 5, 1863, had a skirmish with Wheeler’s cavalry, between Nashville and Murfreesboro, repulsing them. Continue reading →