Preston Breckenridge, Jr

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War

Notes:

He was living with parents in 1850 and his father in 1860.
He enlisted in Army August 1862 in Co E, 114th Illinois Infantry for three years, served full term, was honorably discharged at Vicksburg, August 3, 1865, was sick at the time, but returned home with his comrades, arriving at his father's hoe on the 7th, and died the 8th of August 1865, 17 hours after his arrival. He was 23.

BRECKENRIDGE, P JR PVT E 114 IL US INF SPRINGFIELD

Military:
Name: P Breckinridge Jr
Residence: Springfield, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862.
Enlisted in Company E, 114th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 18 Sep 1862.
Mustered Out Company E, 114th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 3 Aug 1865 at Vicksburg, MS.

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Regiment: 114th Infantry Regiment Illinois
Date of Organization: 18 Sep 1862
Muster Date: 3 Aug 1865
Regiment State: Illinois
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 114th
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 4
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 45
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 159
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
ILLINOIS
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)


One Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry. - Col., James W.
Judy; Lieut.-Cols., John F. King, Samuel N. Shoup; Majs.,
Joseph M. McLane, John M. Johnson. This regiment was organized in the months of July and August and was mustered into the U.S. service at Camp Butler on Sept. 18, 1862. Cos. A and D were from Cass county, B, C, E, G, H and I from Sangamon county, and Cos. F and K from Menard county. The regiment left Camp Butler for Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 8, arrived on the 16th, and remained there about 10 days on picket duty. On May 2, 1863, it joined in the movement to the rear of Vicksburg; was engaged in the battle of Jackson, losing 5 men killed and wounded; arrived in the rear of Vicksburg on May 18 and participated in the siege, with a loss of 20 men in killed and wounded. On the surrender of Vicksburg the regiment was ordered to move against the Confederate Gen. Johnston, who retreated to Jackson Miss., and during the siege of that place the loss of the regiment in killed and wounded was 7 men. It was then ordered to Oak Ridge, Miss., and while doing picket duty there had several skirmishes with the guerrillas, 1 man being killed and 2 men captured while on duty. On Feb. 5, 1864, the regiment left on
a scout and engaged the enemy at Wyatt, Miss., thus enabling the cavalry to cross the Tallahatchie at New Albany. In June it went out again and engaged the enemy at Guntown, in which action it lost 205 in killed, wounded and missing out of 397 men. On July 13 the brigade to which the regiment was attached was surprised by the enemy near Harrisburg, Miss., but after a sharp engagement the Confederates were repulsed, the regiment receiving the thanks of the brigade commander on the field for the gallant and effective charge made by it. The regiment lost
40 men in killed and wounded. It was in the battle of Nash-
ville, made several charges during the engagement, and lost 15 men in killed and wounded. In March, 1865, it embarked for Spanish Fort, Ala., and was engaged during the siege of that place. The regiment was mustered out on Aug. 3, 1865.


Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

Battles Fought
Fought on 14 May 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 19 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 20 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 10 Jun 1863.
Fought on 15 Jul 1863 at Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 2 Oct 1863.
Fought on 10 Jun 1864 at Brice's Cross Roads, MS.
Fought on 13 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 14 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 15 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, MS.
Fought on 15 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.
Fought on 16 Dec 1864 at Nashville, TN.