61st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 61st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 61st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= February 5, 1862 to September 27, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 61st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 61st Illinois Infantry was originally organized at Carrollton, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 5, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 34 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 183 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 224 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#61st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960.]
Commanders
*Colonel Jacob Fry [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/061-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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