95th Illinois, Pride of McHenry County

Tomorrow, the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group will be talking about  the county's main Union regiment, the 95th Illinois.  Of course, men from McHenry County did serve in other regiments, but by far, this was the biggest one for the county.

I noticed right away that on June 10, 1864, the regiment went through three commanders: a colonel and two captains.  Two of them were killed and one wounded.  That must have been some fight  that day.

I did a lot of research on the 95th's colonel, the first commander killed that day, Thomas Humphrey, from Franklin Township DeKalb County.I also did research on Camp Fuller in Rockford, where the 95th and three other Illinois regiments trained.

While researching it, I came across a Lt.Col. Melancthon Smith of the 45th Illinois who was killed June 28, 1863, and buried in Rockford.

Should Be An Interesting Meeting.  --Old Secesh