70th Illinois Infantry Regiment
70th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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Active | July 4, 1862, to October 23, 1862 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Engagements | None |
The 70th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 70th Regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on July 4, 1862, for a term of three months. The regiment was assigned to Camp Butler, where it guarded prisoners, and mustered out on October 23, 1862.
Total strength and casualties[]
The 70th Regiment suffered 19 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 19 fatalities.[1]
Commanders[]
See also[]
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#70th 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/070-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