The 58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry also known as the "Lyon Color Guard" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 58th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 26, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on April 15, 1866.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 8 officers and 75 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 211 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 298 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#58th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Commanders Colonel William Francis Lynch - mustered out with the regiment. Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References The Civil War Archive