The 62nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 62nd Illinois Infantry was originally organized at Anna, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on April 10, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on March 6, 1866.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 9 officers and 251 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 263 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#62nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
Commanders Colonel James Milton Truehttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/062-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
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References The Civil War Archive