77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 77th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 3, 1862 to July 10, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Port Gibson, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Champion's Hill, Red River Campaign
The 77th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
77th Regiment Illinois was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862.
The regiment was discharged from service on July 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 137 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 206 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#77th 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 Charles Ballance - Declined commission.
*Colonel David Grier - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/077-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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