| 136th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | June 1, 1864 to October 22, 1864 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
The 136th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.
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The 136th Illinois Infantry was organized at Centralia, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on June 1, 1864, for a one-hundred-day enlistment. The 136th garrisoned Columbus, Kentucky.
The regiment was mustered out of service on October 22, 1864.
The regiment suffered 2 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 40 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 44 fatalities.[1]