Jump to content

100th Illinois Infantry Regiment

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
100th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveAugust 30, 1862 – June 15, 1865
DisbandedJune 15, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders

The 100th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

[edit]

The 100th Illinois Infantry was organized at Joliet, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on August 30, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on June 12, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on June 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

[edit]

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 73 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 214 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#100th 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/100-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
[edit]