11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
- 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry (3 Year)
caption=Illinois flag
dates= July 30, 1861 to July 14, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion's Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that
served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 11th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on
July 30, 1861 at Cairo, Illinois.
The regiment was mustered out on July 14, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 7 officers and 179 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 284 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 471
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 W.H.L. Wallace - promoted to brigadier general on July 30, 1861.
*Colonel Thomas E.G. Ransom - promoted to brigadier general on April 2, 1862.
*Colonel Garrett Nevins - killed in action near Siege of VicksburgVicksburg] on April 23, 1863.
*Colonel James H. Coates - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/011-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]
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