54th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 54th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

54th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveFebruary, 1862 to October 15, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsSiege of Vicksburg

Service

The 54th Illinois Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in February, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on October 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 1 officer and 11 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 171 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 185 fatalities.[1]

Commanders
  • Colonel Thomas W. Harris - resigned on December 10, 1862.
  • Colonel Greenville McNeel Mitchell - mustered out with the regiment.[2]

See also

Notes
  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#54th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/054-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References


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