56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 27, 1862 to August 12, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Corinth
Battle of Champion's Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 56th Illinois Infantry was organized at Shawneetown, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 27, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on August 12, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 25 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 14 officers and 348 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 389 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#56th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
The "General Lyon" disaster
On March 17, 1865, just 23 days from the end of the war, a contingent of discharged soldiers from the regiment, including 12 officers and 195 enlisted men, were returning home on the steamer "General Lyon" when the ship caught fire in heavy seas. The fire spread quickly through the ship killing most of those on board, including all but three of the contingent - a tragic and bitter end to the war for the 56th Infantry Regiment and the families of the victims.
Commanders
*Colonel Robert Kirkham - resigned on June 26, 1862.
*Colonel William R. Brown - resigned August 31, 1862.
*Colonel Green B. Raum - mustered out March 3, 1865. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/056-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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