94th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "McLean Regiment," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois flag
ActiveAugust 20, 1862, to July 17, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Prairie Grove
Siege of Vicksburg
Fort Morgan
Operations against Mobile, Alabama

Service

The 94th Illinois Infantry was organized in McLean County, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 20, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on July 17, 1865, at Galveston, Texas..

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 9 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 162 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 175 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#94th 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/094-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References


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