99th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 99th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
99th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park across the ravine from the Railroad Redoubt. Photo taken 2019.t
| 99th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | August 23, 1862 – August 9, 1865 |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Type | Infantry |
| Engagements | American Civil War
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Captain Isaac G. Hodgen of Co. A, 99th Illinois Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Service
The 99th Illinois Infantry was organized at Florence, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 23, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois, on August 9, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 4 officers and 47 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds 1 officer and 120 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 172 fatalities.[1]
See also
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- Thomas J. Higgins, a soldier in the 99th Illinois who won the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Vicksburg.
References
- http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#99th 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/099-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
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