23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 23rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= June 15, 1861 to July 24, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
The 23rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Irish Brigade", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 23rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 15, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 4 officers and 50 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 93 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 149 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#23rd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. - retrieved June 25, 2007.]
Commanders
*Colonel James A. Mulligan - killed in action July 24, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Simison - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/022-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls - retrieved June 26, 2007. ]
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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