68th Illinois Infantry Regiment
68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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Active | June 16, 1862, to September 27, 1862 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Engagements | None |
The 68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 68th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 16, 1862, for a term of three months. It served garrisons in the Alexandria, Virginia, area.
The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1862.
Total strength and casualties[]
The regiment suffered 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.[1]
Commanders[]
Notable members[]
- Pvt Paul Vandervoort, Company G - 11th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1883
See also[]
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#68th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/068-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
References[]
Categories:
- Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois
- 1862 establishments in Illinois
- Military units and formations established in 1862
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1862
- American Civil War unit and formation stubs