61st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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61st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	February 5, 1862 to September 27, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Siege of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 61st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 61st Illinois Infantry was originally organized at Carrollton, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 5, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 34 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 183 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 224 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Jacob Fry ^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#61st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960.
2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/061-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive