35th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 35th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

35th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveJuly 3, 1861, to September 27, 1864
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stones River
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Pickett's Mill
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Peachtree Creek

Service

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The 35th Illinois Infantry was organized at Decatur, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on July 3, 1861, for three years service. Its organizer and first colonel was Gustavus A. Smith after whom it was originally called G.A. Smith's Independent Regiment.

The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1864, at Springfield, Illinois.

Total strength and casualties

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The regiment suffered 7 officers and 91 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 5 officers and 164 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 267 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#35th 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/035-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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