101st_Illinois_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment

101st Illinois Infantry Regiment

101st Illinois Infantry Regiment

Military unit

The 101st Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 101st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 2, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois, on June 21, 1865.[2]

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 47 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 118 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 169 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

Notable regiment members

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Dyer, (1959), p. 1,089.
  2. [2]
    Dyer, (1959), p. 1,090.
  3. [3]
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/101-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

Bibliography

  • Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Sagamore Press, Inc. Thomas Yoseloff. LCCN 59-12963
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