130th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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

130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveOctober 25, 1862, to August 15, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Champion Hill
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Mansfield

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

See also

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/130-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References


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