The 73rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "Persimmon Regiment" or the "Preacher's Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service 73rd Regiment Illinois was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.
The regiment was discharged from service on June 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 5 officers and 109 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 281 fatalities.Union Regimental Histories. Illinois . 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 James F. Jacquess – 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
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References The Civil War Archive
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