36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 36th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 23, 1861 to October 8, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stone's River
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville

The 36th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 36th Illinois Infantry was organized at Aurora, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 23, 1861 for three years service.

The regiment was mustered out on October 8, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 11 officers and 193 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 127 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 332 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#36th 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 Nicholas Greusel - resigned on February 7, 1863.
*Colonel Silas Miller - died of wounds received at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on July 27, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Campbell - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/036-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]


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