148th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 148th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 21, 1865 to September 5, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=

The 148th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 148th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 21, 1865 for a one year enlistment. The 148th served in garrisons and operated against guerillas, first at Tullahoma, Tennessee and alter along the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.

The regiment was mustered out of service on September 5, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 70 enlistedmen who died of disease for a total of 73 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#148th 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 Horace H. Willsie - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/148-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]