71st Illinois Infantry Regiment 71st Illinois Infantry Regiment The 71st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 71st Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on July 26, 1862, for a term of three months. It served garrisons in scattered garrisons in southern Illinois and western Kentucky. Company K unanimously elected James Creed as captain, which was responsible for protecting two bridges along the Big Muddy river in southern Illinois from Confederate sympathizers. The regiment was mustered out on October 29, 1862. The
Muddy River (Massachusetts) is intended to prevent repeat occurrences of the Muddy River's past damaging floods. Muddy River (Massachusetts) The Muddy River is a series of brooks and ponds that runs through sections of Boston's Emerald Necklace, including along the south boundary of Brookline, Massachusetts (a town that went by the name of Muddy River Hamlet before it was incorporated in 1705). The river, which is narrower than most waterways designated as rivers in the United States, is a protected public recreation area surrounded by parks and hiking trails, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The river flows from Jamaica