Illinois in the Civil War

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Illinois - Union

Population and Demographics

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Antebellum Illinois

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Conflict

These are the only 2 documented military incidents in Illinois during the conflict:

• April 6, 1864 - Affair at Prairie de Rocher, Illinois
• August 13, 1864 - Operations in Shawneetown, Illinois

1861

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1862

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1863

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1864

• March 28, 1864 - Riot at Charleston, Illinois

1865

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Units from Illinois

Artillery

• 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery A (formerly Smith's Chicago Light Artillery Battery from April 17-July 16, 1861) - Battery B - Battery C (Houghtailing's) - Battery D - Battery E (Waterhouse's) - Battery F - Battery G - Battery H - Battery I - (I) Battery K - (II) Battery K - Battery L - Battery M
• 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery A - Battery B - Battery C - Battery D - Battery E - Battery F - Battery G - Battery H - Battery I - Battery K - Battery L - Battery M
• Bridge's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Busteed's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Chapman's Peoria (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Cogswell's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Colvin's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Chicago Mercantile (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Cooley's)
• Renwick's Elgin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Hernshaw's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• Springfield (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Vaughan's Independent Battery)
• Chicago Board of Trade (Independent) Light Artillery Battery (Stokes')

Cavalry

REGIMENTS

• 1st Illinois Cavalry
• 2nd Illinois Cavalry
• 3rd Illinois Cavalry
• 4th Illinois Cavalry
• 5th Illinois Cavalry
• 6th Illinois Cavalry
• 7th Illinois Cavalry
• 8th Illinois Cavalry
• 9th Illinois Cavalry
• 10th Illinois Cavalry
• 11th Illinois Cavalry
• 12th Illinois Cavalry
• 13th Illinois Cavalry
• 14th Illinois Cavalry
• 15th Illinois Cavalry
• 16th Illinois Cavalry
• 17th Illinois Cavalry

INDEPENDENT COMPANIES

• Stewart's (Independent) Illinois Cavalry Battalion
  • Stewart's (Independent) Illinois Cavalry Company
  • Carmichael's (Independent) Illinois Cavalry Company
• Thielman's (Independent) Cavalry Battalion
• Dollin's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Ford's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Gilbert's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Hutchin's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Jenk's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Dodson's Kane County (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Marx's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• McClernand's Body Guard
• Naughton's Irish Dragoons
• O'Harnett's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Schambeck's (Independent) Cavalry Company
• (Sherer's/Smith's) Illinois (Independent) Cavalry Company
• Thielman's (Independent) Cavalry Company

DRAGOONS

• Barker's Dragoons
• McClellan Dragoons

Infantry

• (I) 7th Illinois Infantry / (II) 7th Illinois Infantry
• (I) 8th Illinois Infantry / (II) 8th Illinois Infantry
• (I) 9th Illinois Infantry / (II) 9th Illinois Infantry
• (I) 10th Illinois Infantry / (II) 10th Illinois Infantry
• (I) 11th Illinois Infantry / (II) 11th Illinois Infantry
• (I) 12th Illinois Infantry / (II) 12th Illinois Infantry
• 13th Illinois Infantry
• 14th Illinois Infantry
• 15th Illinois Infantry
  • 14th and 15th Illinois (Consolidated) Infantry Battalion
• 16th Illinois Infantry
• 17th Illinois Infantry
• 18th Illinois Infantry
• 19th Illinois Infantry
• 20th Illinois Infantry
• 21st Illinois Infantry
• 22nd Illinois Infantry
• 23rd Illinois Infantry (Irish Brigade)
• 24th Illinois Infantry (1st Hecker Regiment)
• 25th Illinois Infantry
• 26th Illinois Infantry
• 27th Illinois Infantry
• 28th Illinois Infantry
• 29th Illinois Infantry
• 30th Illinois Infantry
• 31st Illinois Infantry
• 32nd Illinois Infantry
• 33rd Illinois Infantry
• 34th Illinois Infantry
• 35th Illinois Infantry
• 36th Illinois Infantry
• 37th Illinois Infantry
• 38th Illinois Infantry
• 39th Illinois Infantry (Yates Phalanx)
• 40th Illinois Infantry
• 41st Illinois Infantry
• 42nd Illinois Infantry
• 43rd Illinois Infantry
• 44th Illinois Infantry
• 45th Illinois Infantry (Washburn Lead Mine Regiment)
• 46th Illinois Infantry
• 47th Illinois Infantry
• 48th Illinois Infantry
• 49th Illinois Infantry
• 50th Illinois Infantry
• 51st Illinois Infantry
• 52nd Illinois Infantry
• 53rd Illinois Infantry
• 54th Illinois Infantry
• 55th Illinois Infantry
• 56th Illinois Infantry
• 57th Illinois Infantry
• 58th Illinois Infantry
• 59th Illinois Infantry
• 60th Illinois Infantry
• 61st Illinois Infantry
• 62nd Illinois Infantry
• 63rd Illinois Infantry
• 64th Illinois Infantry (Yates Sharpshooters)
• 65th Illinois Infantry (Scotch Regiment)
• 66th Illinois Infantry
• 67th Illinois Infantry
• 68th Illinois Infantry
• 69th Illinois Infantry
• 70th Illinois Infantry
• 71st Illinois Infantry
• 72nd Illinois Infantry (1st Chicago Board of Trade Regiment)
• 73rd Illinois Infantry
• 74th Illinois Infantry
• 75th Illinois Infantry
• 76th Illinois Infantry
• 77th Illinois Infantry
• 78th Illinois Infantry
• 79th Illinois Infantry
• 80th Illinois Infantry
• 81st Illinois Infantry
• 82nd Illinois Infantry (2nd Hecker Regiment)
• 83rd Illinois Infantry
• 84th Illinois Infantry
• 85th Illinois Infantry
• 86th Illinois Infantry
• 87th Illinois Infantry
• 88th Illinois Infantry (2nd Chicago Board of Trade Regiment)
• 89th Illinois Infantry (Railroad Regiment)
• 90th Illinois Infantry
• 91st Illinois Infantry
• 92nd Illinois Infantry
• 93rd Illinois Infantry
• 94th Illinois Infantry (The McLean Regiment)
• 95th Illinois Infantry
• 96th Illinois Infantry
• 97th Illinois Infantry
• 98th Illinois Infantry
• 99th Illinois Infantry
• 100th Illinois Infantry
• 101st Illinois Infantry
• 102nd Illinois Infantry
• 103rd Illinois Infantry
• 104th Illinois Infantry
• 105th Illinois Infantry
• 106th Illinois Infantry
• 107th Illinois Infantry
• 108th Illinois Infantry
• 109th Illinois Infantry
• 110th Illinois Infantry
• 111th Illinois Infantry
• 112th Illinois Infantry
• 113th Illinois Infantry
• 114th Illinois Infantry
• 115th Illinois Infantry
• 116th Illinois Infantry
• 117th Illinois Infantry
• 118th Illinois Infantry
• 119th Illinois Infantry
• 120th Illinois Infantry
• 121st Illinois Infantry
• 122nd Illinois Infantry
• 123rd Illinois Infantry
• 124th Illinois Infantry
• 125th Illinois Infantry
• 126th Illinois Infantry
• 127th Illinois Infantry
• 128th Illinois Infantry
• 129th Illinois Infantry
• 130th Illinois Infantry
• 131st Illinois Infantry
• 132nd Illinois Infantry
• 133rd Illinois Infantry
• 134th Illinois Infantry
• 135th Illinois Infantry
• 136th Illinois Infantry
• 137th Illinois Infantry
• 138th Illinois Infantry
• 139th Illinois Infantry
• 140th Illinois Infantry
• 141st Illinois Infantry
• 142nd Illinois Infantry
• 143rd Illinois Infantry
• 144th Illinois Infantry
• 145th Illinois Infantry
• 146th Illinois Infantry
• 147th Illinois Infantry
• 148th Illinois Infantry
• 149th Illinois Infantry
• 150th Illinois Infantry
• 151st Illinois Infantry
• 152nd Illinois Infantry
• 153rd Illinois Infantry
• 154th Illinois Infantry
• 155th Illinois Infantry
• 156th Illinois Infantry

Other Units

• First Troops in Service - On Expedition to Cairo
  • Chicago Light Artillery Company
  • Lockport Artillery Company
  • Chicago Zouves / Companies A and B
  • Chicago Light Infantry Company
  • Turner Union Cadets
  • Lincoln Rifles
  • Illinois Light Artillery Company
  • Houghtailing's Ottawa Company
  • Cairo Sandwich Company
• Sturgis Rifles
• 29th United States (Colored) Infantry / Companies A, B, C, D, and E)

Casualties from Illinois

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 1021-1103)
• http://civilwar.illinoisgenweb.org/reg_html/
• http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm

Other Sources

• Chicago Times