10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)

1oth Illinois Infantry Regiment
Active July 29, 1861 – July 11, 1865
Country  United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements

American Civil War

Disbanded July 11, 1865
Commanders
Colonel James D. Morgan

The 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army between July 29, 1861 and July 11, 1865, during the American Civil War.

Service

The 10th Illinois Infantry was mustered into state service at Dixon, Illinois on April 21, 1861 and mustered into Federal service on May 24, 1861 for a three year enlistment. The regiment saw service at the Battle of Island Number Ten, the Battle of Resaca, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. The regiment was mustered out on July 4, 1865 and discharged at Chicago, Illinois on July 11, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 48 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 136 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 186 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

References

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm 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/010-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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