The 119th Illinois Infantry was organized in Quincy, Illinois beginning in September 1862 and mustered in for three years service on October 7, 1862 under the command of Colonel Thomas Jefferson Kinney.
District of Columbus, Kentucky, XVI Corps, to January 1863.
3rd Brigade, District of Jackson, XVI Corps, to March 1863.
4th Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, 5th Division, XV Corps, to January 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to February 1865.
The 119th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service August 26, 1865.
Ordered to Columbus, Kentucky, then to Jackson, Tennessee, and duty along Mobile & Ohio Railroad until December 1862.
Duty at Columbus, Kentucky, and at Union City, Tennessee, until February 1863.
Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Mississippi, July 5–21.
Marched through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 19.
Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9.