The 51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 51st Illinois Infantry was organized at
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and mustered into Federal service on December 24, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on September 25, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 9 officers and 106 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities.
Commanders
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Colonel
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Gilbert W. Cumming - resigned on September 30, 1862.
*Colonel
Luther P. Bradley
Luther Prentice Bradley (December 8, 1822 – March 13, 1910) was an American soldier who served as a Union general officer during the American Civil War.
Early life
Bradley was born in New Haven, Connecticut on December 8, 1822. He held vari ...
- promoted brigadier general on July 30, 1864.
*Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Davis - discharged June 30, 1865.
*Lieutenant Colonel James S. Boyd - mustered out with the regiment.
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/051-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls]
See also
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List of Illinois Civil War Units
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Illinois in the American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the state of Illinois was a major source of troops for the Union Army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater of the Civil War), and of military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated near majo ...
51st Illinois Infantry: Letters, Diaries, History
Notes
References
Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois
1861 establishments in Illinois
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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