8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
- 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3 years)
caption=Illinois flag
dates= July 25, 1861 to May 4, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
siege of Corinth
Battle of Thompson's Hill
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Champion's Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
The 8th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3 years) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 8th Illinois Infantry was organized from the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Months) at Cairo, Illinois on July 25, 1861.
The regiment mustered out of service on May 4, 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Total strength and casualties
The battery suffered 6 officers and 160 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds and 155 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 321 fatalities. [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.]
Commanders
*Colonel Richard J. Oglesby - promoted brigadier general April 1, 1862
*Colonel Frank L. Rhoades - resigned October 7, 1862
*Colonel John P. Post - resigned September 28, 1863
*Colonel Josiah A. Sheetz - mustered out with the regiment [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/008-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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