129th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 129th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 8, 1862 to June 8, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 129th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an American infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 129th Illinois Infantry was organized at Pontiac, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 8, 1862 for a three year enlistment.

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

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 50 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 128 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 180 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#129th 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 George P. Smith -resigned on May 8, 1863.
* Colonel Henry Case - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/020-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]