10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3 Year)


caption=Illinois flag
dates= July 29, 1861 to July 11, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 10th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 10th Illinois Infantry was mustered into state service at Dixon, Illinois on April 21, 1861 and mustered into Federal service on May 24, 1861 for a three year enlistment.

The regiment was mustered out on July 4, 1865 and discharged at Chicago, Illinois on July 11, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 48 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 136 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 186 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm 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 D. Morgan - promoted to brigadier general on July 17, 1862.
*Colonel John Tillson - discharged with the regiment [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/010-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil 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]