70th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 70th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry


caption=Illinois state flag
dates= June 4, 1862 to October 23, 1862
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= None

The 70th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The 70th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in June 4, 1862 for a term of three months. It served on guard duty at Camp Butler.

The regiment was mustered out on October 23, 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#70th 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 Owen T. Reeves - mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/070-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]