131st Illinois Infantry Regiment
| 131st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Illinois state flag | |
| Active | October 25, 1862, to November 13, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Illinois U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 131st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]The 131st Illinois Infantry was organized at Old Fort Massac, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on November 13, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.
The regiment was consolidated with the 29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment on November 15, 1863.
Total strength and casualties
[edit]1 enlisted man killed, 11 officers and 282 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 294 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif11.htm#131st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/131-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Illinois. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Ill: Phillips Bros, 1900. OCLC 69691325
- Lester, Robert, and Gary Hoag. Civil War Unit Histories [Part 4], The Union, Midwest and West. Bethesda, Md: University Publications of America, 1994. OCLC 31265675
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