71st Illinois Infantry Regiment

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71st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveJuly 26, 1862 to October 29, 1862
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsNone

The 71st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 71st Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in July 26, 1862 for a term of three months. It served garrisons in scattered garrisons in southern Illinois and western Kentucky.

The regiment was mustered out on October 29, 1862.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 23 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 23 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

  • Colonel Othniel Gilbert - mustered out with the regiment.[2]


See also

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#71st 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/071-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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