The 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the Union Army between April 20, 1861, and July 11, 1865, during the American Civil War.

Service

Initial 3 month service

The infantry regiment was organized at

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, from the first companies reporting on April 20, 1861. They were ordered to

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, on April 22 where it became fully organized by an additional three companies, three artillery companies and mustered in for a three-month service by Captain John Pope, United States Army, on April 29, 1861. They were attached to Prentiss' Brigade and placed on garrison duty at Cairo, Illinois until being mustered out on July 29, 1861.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 1,048.

3 year service

The regiment saw service at the Battle of Island Number Ten, the Battle of Resaca, the

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, the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. The regiment was mustered out on July 4, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on July 11, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 48 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 136 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 186 fatalities.

Commanders

* Colonel

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- promoted to brigadier general on July 17, 1862 * Colonel

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- discharged with the regimenthttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/010-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

Bibliography

* Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion''. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. {{LCCN, 5912963.

External links

The Civil War Archive
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