16th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	May 24, 1861, to July 8, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	Siege of Nashville Battle of Resaca Battle of Atlanta Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 16th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed "The Twins" for its long association with the 10th Illinois, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 16th Illinois Infantry was organized at Quincy, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on May 24, 1861, for three years service.

The regiment was mustered out of service on July 8, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 54 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 110 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 170 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Robert Frederick Smith - Mustered out with the regiment.^[2]

See also

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

Notes

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf2.htm#16th 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/016-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

the link " http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/016-fs.htm" no longer is valid.

References

• The Civil War Archive