The 68th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 68th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 16, 1862, for a term of three months. It served garrisons in the Alexandria, Virginia, area.
The regiment was mustered out on September 27, 1862.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 25 fatalities.https://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf5.htm#68th 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 Elias Stewart - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/068-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
Notable members Pvt Paul Vandervoort, Company G - 11th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1883 Pvt Benjamin F. Funk, Company G - Mayor of Bloomington, Illinois, 1871-1876, 1884-1886; United States Representative, 1893-1895https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-pantagraph-former-mayor-b-f/203306163/
See also List of Illinois Civil War Units Illinois in the American Civil War
References
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The Civil War Archive