130th Illinois Infantry Regiment

130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	October 25, 1862, to August 15, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Champion Hill; Battle of Big Black River Bridge; Siege of Vicksburg; Battle of Mansfield;

The 130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 130th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on October 25, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.

The regiment was mustered out of service on August 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 18 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 153 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 177 fatalities.^[1]

Members

Colonel Nathaniel Niles - resigned on May 6, 1864
Major Jacob W. Wilkin, future Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Lieutenant Colonel John B. Reid - mustered out with the regiment^[2]

Notes

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#130th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/130-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm#130th 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] ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/130-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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