The 135th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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between June 6 and September 28, 1864, during the

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The regiment was organized at

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, with a strength of 852 men,Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72. and mustered in for one-hundred-day service on June 6, 1864.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 4.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. On June 10, the regiment departed for Benton Barracks, Missouri, where they reported to General

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.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. From there five companies of the regiment were stationed on the Iron Mountain railroad.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. Three companies of the regiment were stationed at the Gasconade railroad crossing and a further two companies stationed at the Osage railroad crossing of the

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and at

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.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. The regiment was mustered out on September 28, 1864.Reece (1900), Volume 7 p. 72.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,101. During its service the regiment lost one man at Gasconade crossing and sixteen men to disease.Reece (1900), Volume 7 pp. 55–72.According to Frederick H. Dyers' (1959) ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' Compendium set, the regiment had two men killed and seventeen men died of disease.

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* Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion''. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. {{LCCN, 5912963. * Reece. Brigadier General J.N. (1900).
The Report of Illinois from Military and Naval Department of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois. Containing Reports for the Years 1861–1866
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