70th Illinois Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	70th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Dates:	July 4, 1862, to October 23, 1862
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	None

The 70th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 70th Regiment was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on July 4, 1862, for a term of three months. The regiment was assigned to Camp Butler, where it guarded prisoners, and mustered out on October 23, 1862.

Total strength and casualties

The 70th Regiment suffered 19 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 19 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Owen T. Reeves - 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/unilinf5.htm#70th 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/070-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

• The Civil War Archive