87th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 87th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later the 87th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

87th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
ActiveOctober 3, 1862, to June 16, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Mounted infantry
EquipmentSiege of Vicksburg
Battle of Wauhatchie
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

Service

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The 87th Illinois Infantry was organized at Shawneetown, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 3, 1862. It was mounted in November, 1863.

The regiment was mustered out on June 16, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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The regiment suffered 1 officer and 15 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 219 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 238 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf7.htm#87th 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/087-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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