The 61st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 61st Illinois Infantry was originally organized at Carrollton, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 5, 1862. The regiment was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, on September 27, 1865.Brigadier General J. N. Reece, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Priinters, 1901. pp. 241- 243.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 3 officers and 34 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 183 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 224 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#61st The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960.
Commanders Colonel Jacob Fry, March 26, 1862- May 14, 1863 (resigned)Brigadier General J. N. Reece, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Priinters, 1901. p. 209.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/061-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls Colonel Simon P. Ohr, May 14, 1863- September 14, 1864 (died).Brigadier General J. N. Reece, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Priinters, 1901. p. 209. Colonel Daniel Grass, September 15, 1864- May 15, 1865 (discharged).Brigadier General J. N. Reece, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Priinters, 1901. p. 209. Colonel Jerome B. Nulton, July 18, 1865- September 8, 1865 (mustered out).Brigadier General J. N. Reece, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois Springfield, IL: Phillips Bros., State Priinters, 1901. p. 209.
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units
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External links The Civil War Archive