81st Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

81st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
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ActiveAugust 21, 1862, to August 5, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EquipmentBattle of Port Gibson
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Jackson
Battle of Champion's Hill
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Lovejoy's Station

Service

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The 81st Illinois Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 5, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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The regiment suffered 8 officers and 66 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 292 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 369 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#81st 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/081-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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