57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 57th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= December 26, 1861 to July 7, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 57th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 57th Illinois Infantry was organized at Shawneetown, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 26, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on July 7, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 65 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 108 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 389 fatalities. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#57th 57th Regiment Infantry] , 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 2008-05-17]
Commanders
*Colonel Silas D. Baldwin - cashiered on March 12, 1863.
*Colonel Frederick Hurlbut - drowned in the Chicago River on May 8, 1865.
*Lieutenant Colonel Frederick A. Batty - mustered out with the regiment. [ [http://www.civilwar.ilgenweb.net/f&s/057-fs.htm Roster of Field and Staff 57th Illinois Infantry] , retrieved 2008-05-17]
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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