96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois flag
Active	September 6, 1862 to June 10, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Equipment	Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Jonesboro Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville

The 96th 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 96th Illinois Infantry was organized at Rockford, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 6, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 5 officers and 111 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 124 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 241 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Thomas E. Champion - Mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#96th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/096-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive