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96th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois flag
ActiveSeptember 6, 1862 to June 10, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EquipmentBattle of Chickamauga
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville

The 96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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The 96th Illinois Infantry was organized at Rockford, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 6, 1862. It consisted of men from Jo Daviess County and Lake County, Illinois. The composition of the companies was drawn from a hat with Companies, A, E, F, H, I, and K going to Jo Daviess with B, C, D, and G filled by Lake County men. The original officers were Colonel Thomas E. Champion of Warren, Illinois, and Lieutenant Colonel Issac L. Clarke of Waukegan, Illinois.[1]

The regiment was mustered out on June 10, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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The regiment suffered 5 officers and 111 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 124 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 241 fatalities.[2]

Commanders

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Records

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The Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda, Illinois, maintains many records associated with the regiment at their Lake County History Archives. Their records collection focuses on Company B, and includes letters and photographs from the Young and Minto families.

See also

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Notes

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References

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  • Charles A. Partridge, ed. (1897). History of the Ninety-sixth Regiment: Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
  • The Civil War Archive
  • Adjutant General's Report https://web.archive.org/web/20110525194659/http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/history/096.html