Freelance Historian

James F. Jaquess

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Official record: Residence Quincy IL; Enlisted on 8/28/1861 as a Chaplain. On 1/9/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff IL 6th Cavalry He was discharged for promotion on 8/21/1862 On 8/21/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff IL 73rd Infantry He was Mustered Out on 6/12/1865 at Nashville, TN Promotions: * Colonel 8/21/1862 (As of 73rd IL Infantry)

As colonel of the 73rd Illinois Infantry, Jaquess led his regiment’s charge up Missionary Ridge. He led the unit from its inception through the end of the war.