28th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 28th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 28th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 15, 1861 to March 15, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
The 28th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that
served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 28th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into
Federal service on August 15, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on March 15, 1866.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 9 officers and 97 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of
their wounds and 2 officer and 182 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 290
fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#28th 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 Amory K. Johnson
*Colonel Jonathan R. Miles
*Lieutenant Colonel Richard Ritter - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/028-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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