30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 30th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 28, 1861 to July 24, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Belmont
Battle of Champion's Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 30th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that

served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 30th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into

Federal service on August 28, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 16, 1865 and discharged at Chicago, Illinois on July 24, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 10 officers and 115 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of

their wounds and 2 officers and 218 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 345

fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#30th 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 Philip B. Fouke
*Colonel Elias S. Dennis
*Colonel Warren Shedd - Mustered out with the

regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/030-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]