76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 76th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 22, 1862 to August 4, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Siege of Vicksburg
The 76th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
76th Regiment Illinois was organized at Kankakee, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 22, 1862.
The regiment was discharged from service on August 4, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officer and 51 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 205 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 259 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#76th 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 Alonzo W. Mack - Resigned January 7, 1863.
*Colonel Samual T. Busey - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/076-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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