21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 21st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Illinois state flag |
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| Active | June 28, 1861 to December 16, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
The 21st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 21st Illinois Infantry was organized at Mattoon, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 28, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on December 16, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 1 officer and 51 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 127 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 181 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Ulysses S. Grant - promoted brigadier general on August 7, 1861.
- Colonel John W.S. Alexander - killed in action September 20, 1863.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#21st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. - retrieved June 25, 2007.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/021-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls - retrieved June 25, 2007.
