90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 90th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 7, 1862 to June 10, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment= Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Ridge
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 90th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 90th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 7, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 58 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 87 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 148 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#90th 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 Timothy O'Meara - killed in action at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
*Lieutenant Colonel Owen Stewart - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/090-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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