73rd Regiment Illinois was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.
The regiment was discharged from service on June 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 109 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 281 fatalities.[1]
Commanders
Colonel James F. Jacquess – Mustered out with the regiment.[2]
^Union Regimental Histories. Illinois. The Civil War Archive website, after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
73rd, illinois, infantry, regiment, 73rd, regiment, illinois, volunteer, infantry, known, persimmon, regiment, preacher, regiment, infantry, regiment, that, served, union, army, during, american, civil, 73rd, regiment, illinois, volunteer, infantryillinois, st. The 73rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry known as the Persimmon Regiment or the Preacher s Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War 73rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryIllinois state flagActiveAugust 21 1862 to June 10 1865CountryUnited StatesAllegianceUnionBranchInfantryEngagementsBattle of PerryvilleBattle of Stone s RiverSiege of ChattanoogaBattle of Kennesaw MountainBattle of JonesboroBattle of FranklinBattle of Nashville Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksService Edit73rd Regiment Illinois was organized at Camp Butler Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21 1862 The regiment was discharged from service on June 10 1865 Total strength and casualties EditThe regiment suffered 5 officers and 109 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 167 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 281 fatalities 1 Commanders EditColonel James F Jacquess Mustered out with the regiment 2 See also EditList of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil WarNotes Edit Union Regimental Histories Illinois The Civil War Archive website after Dyer Frederick Henry A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion 3 vols New York Thomas Yoseloff 1959 Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General s muster rollsReferences EditThe Civil War ArchiveExternal links EditA history of the Seventy third Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers 1890 at the Internet Archive This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 73rd Illinois Infantry Regiment amp oldid 1039564145, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
