81st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 81st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois flag
dates= August 21, 1862 to August 5, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment= Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Jackson
Battle of Champion's Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Lovejoy Station
Battle of Lovejoy Station
The 81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 81st Illinois Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on August 5, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 8 officers and 66 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 292 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 369 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#81st 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 James J. Dollins - Killed in action at the Siege of Vicksburg AMay 22, 1863.
*Colonel Franklin Campbell - Resigned August 20, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel Andrew W. Rogers - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/081-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil 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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