• Source: 130th Illinois Infantry Regiment
    • The 130th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


      Service


      The 130th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on October 25, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.
      The regiment was mustered out of service on August 15, 1865.


      Total strength and casualties


      The regiment suffered 2 officers and 18 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 153 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 177 fatalities.


      Members


      Colonel Nathaniel Niles - resigned on May 6, 1864
      Major Jacob W. Wilkin, future Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
      Lieutenant Colonel John B. Reid - mustered out with the regiment


      See also


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


      Notes




      References


      The Civil War Archive

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