100th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	100th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	August 30, 1862 – June 15, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	American Civil War Skirmish at Lavergne Battle of Stone's River Battle of Chickamauga Siege of Chattanooga Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Rocky Face Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Jonesborough Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville
Disbanded:	June 15, 1865
Notable Commanders:	Fredrick A Bartleson

The 100th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 100th Illinois Infantry was organized at Joliet, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on August 30, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on June 12, 1865, and discharged at Chicago, Illinois, on June 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 73 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 214 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Frederick A. Bartleson - killed in action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 23, 1864.
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Hammond - Mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

External links

• The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf8.htm#100th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/100-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls