词条 | 96th Illinois Infantry Regiment |
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|unit_name= 96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | image=Flag of Illinois.svg | image_size = 100 |caption=Illinois flag |dates= September 6, 1862 to June 10, 1865 |country= United States |allegiance= Union |branch= Infantry |equipment=Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Jonesboro Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville }} The 96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. ServiceThe 96th Illinois Infantry was organized at Rockford, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 6, 1862. It consisted of men from Jo Daviess County and Lake County, Illinois. The composition of the companies were drawn from a hat with Companies, A, E, F, H, I, and K going to Jo Daviess with B, C, D, and G filled by Lake County men. The original officers were Colonel Thomas E. Champion of Warren, Illinois, and Lieutenant Colonel Issac L. Clarke of Waukegan, Illinois.[1] The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1865. Total strength and casualtiesThe regiment suffered 5 officers and 111 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 124 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 241 fatalities.[2] Commanders
RecordsThe Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, maintains many records associated with the regiment at their Lake County History Archives. Their records collection focuses on Company B, and includes letters and photographs from the Young and Minto families. See also
Notes1. ^Link, Ed A Short History of the 96th Regiment in Spring 2011 Waukegan Historical Society newsletter 2. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20130829030033/http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#96th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. (Snapshot of website taken on 29 August 2013, stored at archive.org, accessed on 31 March 2017.)] 3. ^Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls References
| editor = Charles A. Partridge | title = History of the Ninety-sixth Regiment: Illinois Volunteer Infantry | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3heBAAAAIAAJ | date = 1897 }}
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