| 98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | September 3, 1862 to July 29, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry (Mounted) |
| Equipment | Spencer Rifle & Carbines
Battle of Hoover's Gap |
The 98th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later the 98th Regiment Illinois Mounted Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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The 98th Illinois Infantry was organized at Centralia, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862.
The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on March 8, 1863. An element of "Wilder's Mounted Infantry."
The regiment was mustered out on June 27, 1865 and discharged at Springfield, Illinois on July 7, 1865.
The regiment suffered 30 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 5 officers and 136 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 171 fatalities.[1]