16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= May 24, 1861 to July 8, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Siege of Nashville
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed "The Twins" for its long association with the 10th Illinois, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 16th Illinois Infantry was organized at Quincy, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on May 24, 1861 for three years service.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 8, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 54 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 110 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 170 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#16th 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 Robert F. Smith - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/016-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]