26th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

26th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry

Illinois state flag
Active August 31, 1861 to July 20, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry

The 26th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 26th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 31, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 20, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 88 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 194 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 286 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#26th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. - retrieved June 25, 2007.
  2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/026-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls - retrieved June 26, 2007.

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