131st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 131st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 131st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= October 25, 1862 to November 13, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=
The 131st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 131st Illinois Infantry was organized at Old Fort Massac, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on November 13, 1862 for a three year enlistment.
The regiment was consolidated with the 29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on November 15, 1863.
Total strength and casualties
1 enlisted man killed, 11 officers and 282 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 294 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif11.htm#131st 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 W. Neely. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/131-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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