68th Illinois Infantry Regiment

68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	June 16, 1862, to September 27, 1862
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	None

The 68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 68th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 16, 1862, for a term of three months. It served garrisons in the Alexandria, Virginia, area.

The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1862.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel Elias Stewart - mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

Notable members

Pvt Paul Vandervoort, Company G - 11th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1883

Notes

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#68th 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/068-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#68th 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/068-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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