Save the 95th Regimental Flag
McHenry County Civil War Flags need your Help! Due to age, our Illinois regimental flags have deteriorated and need restoration. The Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society are asking you for your support in restoring these state treasures.
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Regimental Facts
Organized at Camp Fuller, Rockford on September 4, 1862.
There were 1,324 volunteers who joined the regiment.
Traveled 9,960 miles during the civil war.
Villages of McHenry County Civil War Enlistments
| Alden Algonquin Burton Cary Chemung Coral Crystal Lake |
Dorr Dunham Grafton Greenwood Hartland Harvard Hebron Marengo |
McHenry Nunda Richmond Ridgefield Riley Seneca Woodstock |
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If only the 95th flags could talk about the battles
they participated in. These flags have
traveled to the following places.
Vicksburg (1863) ...........18th May Assault ...........22nd May Assault Meridian Expedition (February 14, 1864) Red River Campaign (March 9 to April 22, 1864) ...........Fort DeRussy (March 14, 1864) ...........Cloutierville ...........Mansura ...........Yellow Bayou Brice’s Crossroads (March to May 1864) Sherman’s March to Sea (June 24 to Sept 2, 1864) ...........Kennesaw Mountain ...........Nickajack Creek ...........Bald Hill Nashville (December 15, 1864) Spanish Fort (April 8, 1865) Blakely Fort (April 9, 1864) |
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