10th Illinois Infantry Regiment (3 Year)

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1oth Illinois Infantry Regiment
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Battle of Chattanooga III
ActiveJuly 29, 1861 – July 11, 1865
DisbandedJuly 11, 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelJames D. Morgan

The 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment[1] 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.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ J. N. Reece, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of the Illinois: Containing Reports for the Years 1861-66, 8 volumes (Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros. State Printers, 1900), vol. 1, pp. 478-511; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 17 Feb 2019).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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