54th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 54th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 54th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February, 1862 to October 15, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Siege of Vicksburg
The 54th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 54th Illinois Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in February, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on October 15, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officer and11 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 171 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 185 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#54th 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 Thomas W. Harris - resigned on December 10, 1862.
*Colonel Greenville M. Mitchell - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/054-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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