101st Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	101st Illinois Regiment Infantry
Dates:	September 2, 1862^[1] – June 21, 1865^[2]
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Type:	Infantry
Size:	Regiment Battalion
Battles:	American Civil War Holly Springs Van Dorn's Attack Battle of Wauhatchie
Disbanded:	June 21, 1865

The 101st Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 101st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 2, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois, on June 21, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 47 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 118 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 169 fatalities.

Commanders

• Colonel Charles H. Fox – Resigned May 1, 1864.
• Lieutenant Colonel John B. Lesage – Mustered out with the regiment.^[3]

Notable regiment members

• Major Napoleon Bonaparte Brown

See also

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

Bibliography

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Sagamore Press, Inc. Thomas Yoseloff.

Notes and References

1. Dyer, (1959), p. 1,089.
2. Dyer, (1959), p. 1,090.
3. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/101-fs.htm Illinois in the Cvil war website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls