34th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 34th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 34th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 7, 1861 to September 16, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 34th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Red River Rifles," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 34th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 7, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on July 12, 1865 and discharged July 17, 1865 at Chicago, Illinois.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 11 officers and 129 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 119 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 261 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#34th 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 Edward N. Kirk
*Colonel Alexander P. Dysart
*Colonel Peter Ege - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/034-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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