63rd Illinois Infantry Regiment

63rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
63rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	April 10, 1862, to July 13, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Bentonville

The 63rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

63rd Regiment Illinois was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on April 10, 1862.

The regiment was discharged from service on July 13, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 2 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 137 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 206 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel Francis Moro - resigned commission September 29, 1862.
Colonel Joseph B. McCowan - Mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

Notes

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#63rd 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/063-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/unilinf5.htm#63rd 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/063-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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