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131st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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Country
  
United States

Branch
  
Infantry

Allegiance
  
Union

Active
  
October 25, 1862, to November 13, 1865

The 131st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents

Service

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

1 enlisted man killed, 11 officers and 282 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 294 fatalities.

Commanders

  • Colonel George W. Neely.
  • Additional Reading

  • 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
  • References

    131st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Wikipedia