71st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 71st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 71st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= July 26, 1862 to October 29, 1862
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= None
The 71st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 71st Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in July 26, 1862 for a term of three months. It served garrisons in scattered garrisons in southern Illinois and western Kentucky.
The regiment was mustered out on October 29, 1862.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 23 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 23 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#71st 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 Othniel Gilbert - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/071-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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